Resultados para "Kanada" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Premio de las Letras Ciudad de Santander, Finalista Premio Tigre Juan y Premio Cálamo Otra Mirada Kanada comienza donde la mayoría de las novelas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial terminan: con el fin del conflicto. Porque en 1945 se interrumpen las matanzas, pero se inicia otra tragedia: el...

Solomon Kane es otro de los famosos personajes nacidos de la pluma del escritor estadounidense Robert E. Howard. Sus aventuras aparecieron en la revista Weird Tales a partir de 1928 y narraban el enfrentamiento contra el mal de este puritano inglés de rostro pálido, ojos fríos, espada, mosquetes y sombrero de ala ancha. Solomon Kane busca y da caza a las criaturas más tenebrosas y malignas a lo largo de Europa y África, en una época donde nadie está a salvo, ni siquiera un hábil justiciero como él.

Once upon a time I had a name . . . For years, my life has been a nightmare. Trapped in a lab where humans use me as a test subject, they've stolen everything from me—including my memories. A careless mistake gives me the opportunity to escape, but the world outside is harsh and unfamiliar...

Puritan. Fiend. Fanatic. Solomon Kane. In the wake of several grisly murders, Solomon Kane has been summoned to Windsend, England, to determine a woman’s guilt. Is Sybil Eastey a witch? And is she behind these gruesome crimes? His first night in Windsend, Kane awakens from horrific nightmares only to witness a man being torn asunder. Fear quickly turns to something more sinister and the villagers are ready to lynch Sybil before Kane intervenes. Kane must establish Sybil’s true nature and solve the macabre mystery before more blood is spilt. However, nothing is what it seems in Windsend.

I expected college to bring sleepless nights and lazy roommates, not a secret war against bloodsucking monsters. All it took was one wrong turn in a darkly-lit park to introduce me to the girls of Sigma Omega Sigma, a sorority of gorgeous and lethal vampire slayers. Now, I’m the only guy in a house full of fearless women who fight with somersaults and wooden stakes. And the kicker? They believe I’m a slayer master, a legendary figure destined to repopulate their numbers while stopping the undead from taking over.

My ordinary college life shattered the night I discovered vampires were real. After joining a secret sorority of beautiful women, we managed to strike first, crushing a vicious plot to convert the entire student body. But the campus isn’t safe yet. The vampires have allied with a deadly new threat, one that unleashes supernatural predators hungry for our blood.

The war in Troyan is nearly over when mythical ice giants begin ravaging the northern coasts. To counter the threat, I'll have to sail to the remote island of Meranthia, where rogue pirates guard the secret of a floating ice platform at the heart of the chaos. Its purpose? To restore the balance of the world by blanketing the entire continent in endless winter. With my women at my side, I will end the threat of these legendary creatures. Or die trying.

Cade Clarke spends his last night on Earth drinking with an old Army buddy. When he decides to risk his life to defend a gorgeous bartender, he pays the ultimate price. Resurrected to Antinium, Cade finds himself thrown into a world where the very rules of reality have shifted. He chooses a unique class, customizes his soul weapon, and levels up to unlock vital skills, traits, and attribute points in order to survive.

My capital lies in ruins after the Gray Prince's assault, aided by the treacherous Lucius Trante. With war on the horizon, my legions take the field, ready to punish those standing in our way. But Prince Ashur is no ordinary foe. With three powerful talismans, he hopes to outlast my army while unleashing his will across Trastevere. To strike back, I must tame an ancient and dangerous creature, where any wrong move could be my last.

At long last, Acalia's most powerful cultivator will learn what it means to cross me. The price paid in the Sky Tower proved greater than I'd hoped. After banishing the avatar of a fallen god, my vessels well deserve their rest... and we'd all like a chance to grieve the fallen. Yet after an encounter with an assassin in Viatross, our group is bound to head south, far south to Ferendell. Cormac Alchemist IX has summoned me. The man wishes to take back Rael, the Divine Artifact he gifted Astra. Regardless of his desires, I've sworn to protect this land I love.

Contains books 1-4 of the Towers of Acalia series.

Quintasia stands on the razor's edge of oblivion. Jez has claimed control—and with it, the shattering truth: this academy of stone and shadow is their reality, its fate in her fragile grip. Beyond the dungeon's membrane, the elves are coming. An ancient, ravenous tide of starlight and spite, they will consume every soul, every memory, every last spark of defiance. Geraint and Eve crawl from the battle with the Horrors, broken but burning with venomous purpose.

After being trapped in the merciless realm of Hellspace, the Hellmarine has killed time mostly by single-handedly decimating the Demonic legions that once threatened humanity. Clad in salvaged armor adorned with the skulls of his enemies, wielding weapons forged in the fires of endless combat, he is humanity's ultimate weapon against the forces that would consume the multiverse.

After incursions of demons from another plane of existence changed the course of history, humanity learned one undeniable truth: traditional weapons wouldn't cut it. Those strong enough to resist cultivated their Ki, and emerged as Heroes of Ascension to combat the demonic threat. For two hopeful Ascendants, J and Alex, this journey begins at Wyvern Academy. But surviving in one of the world's top battle academies isn't the only thing they have to worry about.

Kane is a six-foot-seven French Canadian. But, a year ago, he was a wolf. He'd been in the woods when a crazed, infected man attacked him. The next day, he transformed into a human. Now, Kane is searching for the Biting Man to get the answers he needs to become a wolf again and return to his pack. The only one who knows Kane's secret is a troubled young woman named Emelda. She needed out of a terrible situation; Kane needed someone who could drive. Wolves who become humans are terrible drivers. He also has a problem with moonlight.

Two centuries ago, the First Expansionary Fleet set off to the farthest reaches of the galaxy, hoping to explore, colonize, and conquer new worlds in the name of humanity. But when the fleet was violently and unexpectedly thrown off course, the colonists found themselves trapped in an unexplored region of the galaxy—and caught right in the middle of a bloody interstellar war. Now, after generations of relentless fighting, a tentative truce has finally ushered in an era of growth and prosperity.

Ever since I was old enough to hold a blade, I knew I wanted to become a Magical Knight. For years, I trained, waiting for the day I would receive a grimoire of my own. But magic can neither be controlled nor predicted and when it was my turn to take the test… I failed. I'm Null, a person born without a core. With this, all my plans have been upended, and the future lies veiled in mystery. However, a chance encounter one evening challenges everything I'd come to believe. As it turns out, I do possess a certain kind of magic.

I wasn’t born to rule. I’m the king’s second son, the spare that won’t inherit any real power. Despite my fate, I’ve always felt like I was destined for more. When a surprise journey to the elvish kingdom of Hamelin puts me in the crosshairs of scheming nobles, magical talismans, brutal orc hybrids, and ruthless brigands, I finally have the chance to prove myself.

I like my whiskey like I like my women: stretching a metaphor way too far. A couple of years ago I screwed up so badly that everybody I remotely cared about wound up dead, nearly dead, or just plain betraying me. Some days, I'm sober enough to care. My list of "things I really don't need right...

After being exiled by my pack at 17, I've spent the last four years constantly on the move trying to avoid all ties to the shifter world. Unfortunately, I can't outrun fate. When I step in to break up a fight, the shifters involved realize I'm a rare male omega. Not only does that revelation put me in the crosshairs of competing packs that would do anything to control me, it also leads me to cross paths with an Alpha who claims to be my fated mate.