Resultados para "Hades" en Historias alternativas

Em 1991, o direito feminino ao voto e à participação política são sumariamente revogados. Em 2205, são consideradas úteis apenas as mulheres que podem servir aos homens em cargos específicos e a eles subordinados. Contudo, a economia mundial depende de um número reduzido de mulheres linguistas, que atuam como tradutoras em negociações entre povos alienígenas e corporações familiares da Terra. Quando perdem sua utilidade, elas são enviadas para as Casas Estéreis, onde apenas aguardam a morte.

—AUDIBLE BOOK OF THE YEAR Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the true cost of one woman’s fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths she’ll go to secure her future. “[Ariel] Blake is adept at describing...

It is a time of Old gods, of new beliefs and new restrictions on living. Sherewode stretches nearly from coast to coast, from the Humber in the North, to Buckingham in the South; from Willenhall in the West to Crowland, East of Ermine Street, with tendrils running all the way to Kernow, Scotland and Wales. Everywhere Saxons and the old Ænglish are being crushed under the cruel bootheel of the Normans. Thousands of years of history is being stolen, plundered, sold off.

Their story begins with the giant boat-builder, Kaleva, his only son Fornjot, and his three grandsons, Logi, Kari, and Aegir. When the boys go on a god-quest to find the one-eyed god Odin, it is only the beginning of their adventures. Sibling rivalry over birthrights and dominance grows between them that eventually leads to war and death. Blood between brothers will flow.

This audiobook is about an unusual, yet incredibly brave and fierce warrior, born deep within the Dek Rong Mountains. Learning of his supernatural gifts and powers, this warrior’s caretaker then embarks on a journey to raise him as his own, all the while, teaching him the control and cultivation of his innate abilities, through discipline, heart, and courage. This warrior also discovers self-defense and the inborn desire to fight for what he believes is right, for the ultimate survival of all humanity and all living creatures of the earth, through peace and discernment.

In the last years of the dying Qing Empire, a courtesan is found frozen in a doorway. Her death is clouded by rumors of foxes, which are believed to lure people by transforming themselves into beautiful women and handsome men. Bao, a detective with an uncanny ability to sniff out the truth, is hired to uncover the dead woman’s identity. Since childhood, Bao has been intrigued by the fox gods, yet they’ve remained tantalizingly out of reach—until, perhaps, now.

Deirdre Kirkwood, the bastard child of Griffin, a Catholic priest, and demon-infested Roanna Douglas, has been raised with her cousins Betsy and Hal, the children of Griffin’s twin, Donovan. Each of them has inherited a powerful magical talent and a wolfhound familiar. Any of them could become the next Merlin of Britain. Deirdre’s quest to know something, anything, about her father leads to a confrontation with El Lobison the Master of all Werewolves. No one is safe from him, as the cousins learn to their terror.

Eifel, 1315, Gero und Hannah sind am Ort ihrer Träume angelangt und erhoffen sich auf der Burg seiner Vorfahren ein friedliches Familienleben. Doch das Glück währt nur kurz. Truppen des Erzbischofs von Trier sind Gero auf der Spur und verlangen seine Auslieferung an die Heilige Inquisition. Zu allem Übel taucht ein alter Bekannter aus der Zukunft auf, der mit Hannahs Hilfe herausfinden will, warum mächtige Gegner plötzlich auch ohne das Haupt der Weisheit die Zeiten wechseln können. Aber nicht nur sie drohen das letzte Geheimnis der Templer zu entschlüsseln und damit die Welt an den Abgrund zu führen.