Resultados para "Illusion" en Epopeyas

Breaker, der legendäre Gründer des Ordens der Paladine, erwacht 10.000 Jahre nach seinem Tod in seinem Grab. Ohne Erinnerungen, Kräfte oder Orientierung muss er sich in seiner Heimatwelt Ganomed zurechtfinden, die er kaum wiedererkennt. Während einige seine Identität anzweifeln, tritt er seinem alten Orden erneut bei, der sich ebenfalls sehr verändert hat. Die Welt ist friedlich und das magische Volk des Planeten hat den Krieg und das Leid vergangener Zeiten lange vergessen.

The final chapter in the war for Ourea ends with blood. Kara Magari is an icon. A hero. The people love her. The royalty tolerates her. She has everything - an army, allies, and a close circle of chosen family. They believe she will end the war, and they shouldn't. She's as scared as they are. She just can't show it. The war she accidentally started ends with a final battle that will either save or enslave her people. She will do anything to win - until she learns the cost of victory.

Fifty years after the establishment of the Imperium, and 450 years before the events of Isolate, Dominic Mikail Ysella—ancestor of Avraal Ysella—is the grandson of the last king of Aloor. Stripped of most of their land, Dominic, as the third son, must support himself. Dominic becomes a legalist and is elected to the Imperial Council quietly working as an isolate, someone unreadable by government telepaths.

In Contrarian, protests against unemployment and poor harvests have become armed riots as the people sink deeper into poverty. They look to a government struggling to emerge from corruption and conspiracy. Recently elected to the Council of Sixty-Six, Steffan Dekkard is the first Councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empaths—but not the recent bombing of the Council Office Building by insurrectionists.

In Cantagna, being a sorcerer is a death sentence. Romy escapes her hardscrabble upbringing when she becomes courtesan to the Shadow Lord, a revolutionary noble who brings laws and comforts once reserved for the wealthy to all. When her brother, Neri, is caught thieving with the aid of magic, Romy's aristocratic influence is the only thing that can spare his life—and the price is her banishment.

Ivy verfügt über die Gabe der Illusion und weitere magische Tricks, aber nichts davon ist dem verfluchten Halsring gewachsen, der sie an den skrupellosen König Baylor fesselt. Sie muss dem König gefügig sein, bis sie ihn vernichten und sich befreien kann. Als der mysteriöse Seelenfänger Thorne es auf genau die mächtige Waffe abgesehen hat, die Ivy für ihre Freiheit benötigt, geht sie ein Bündnis mit ihm ein.

Finn wollte helfen, doch nun droht alles im Chaos zu versinken. Es hat einen Grund, weshalb das Schreiben magischer Bücher verboten ist. Beim Buch der Seelen verwendete Finn unwissentlich die falsche Tinte und setzte damit die Sicherungen der besonderen Bücher außer Kraft. Völlig unkontrolliert drohen jetzt nicht nur die Phantasien die Welt der Menschen heimzusuchen, sondern auch die dunkelsten Geheimnisse der Buchwächter-Welt ans Licht zu kommen. Finn steht vor der schier unlösbaren Aufgabe, das Chaos einzudämmen.

Steffan Dekkard is an isolate, one of the small percentage of people who are immune to the projections of empaths. As an isolate, he has been trained as a security specialist, and he and his security partner Avraal Ysella, a highly trained empath, are employed by Axel Obreduur, a senior Craft Minister and the de facto political strategist of his party. When a respected Landor Councilor dies of “heart failure” at a social event, because of his political friendship with Obreduur, Dekkard and Ysella find that not only is their employer a target, but so are they.

Continued poor harvests and the steam-powered industrialization displace and impoverish thousands. Protests grow and gather followers. Against this rising tide of social unrest, Steffan Dekkard, newly appointed to the Council of 66, is the first councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empaths. This makes him dangerous. As unknown entities seek to assassinate him, Dekkard struggles to master political intrigue and infighting, while introducing radical reforms that threaten entrenched political and corporate interests.

The conclusion to the League of Illusion trilogy. Five years ago, Sebastian Davenport tried to go back in time to reverse a fatal mistake, but found himself trapped in another reality, and gave up his magic for a quiet life as a blacksmith. Healer Drea Blairwood knows he's hiding something about his past, but has no idea what kind of adventure awaits them both. After militant elves kidnap Drea, Sebastian needs to find a way to reclaim his magic. The fate of the League - and the world - hangs in the balance.