Resultados para "Kaplan" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Two worlds bound by a pomegranate gate. Toba Peres can speak but she can’t shout; she can walk but she can’t run; and she can write in five languages… with both hands at the same time. Naftaly Cresques dreams every night of an orange-eyed stranger; when awake, he sees things that aren’t...

High school senior Mindy Murphy has been questioning her small town life forever and, more recently, her sexuality. Maybe it has something to do with her new friend, Lucia West. When they were kids they used to be besties, until Lucia grew a head taller and a cup size bigger. Now she's captain of the cheer team, winner of the Boyfriend Olympics, and voted least likely to remember Mindy at their high school reunion. In short, she's possibly the worst person alive for Mindy to crush on. Especially after Lucia's bitten by a vampire.

An emotional grounded sci-fi tale that speaks to the sandwich generation and the role reversal parents and their children grapple with as they age, Raising Father follows an estranged father and son who get a unique opportunity to re-do their relationship when the son elects to raise his father, born anew from a legal yet controversial reboot technology.

The End Times are upon us. 2020 has been heralded as the "Year of the Woman." One of the ladies in power is harboring an ominous secret: her identity as the Antichrist. Sam Dolan and Dustin Van Horn, under the guidance of a mysterious boy, set out to curtail her reign. Can they stop her before it's too late?

Rowan Sinclair has trained for a life in the shadows. As a member of the Guild, she's vowed to mercilessly hunt werewolves or die trying. But when one approaches her, claiming to know her missing father's fate, she decides to do the unthinkable - work with one of the very monsters she's sworn to destroy. Dean Mason is a man living with a curse, doing whatever he can to keep the beast inside from sating its bloodlust under the light of the full moon. When a chance meeting offers a tantalizing glimpse of a potential cure, he'll do anything to end the nightmare.

"Take the lute. Be safe, be careful, trust no one, and live, my child, live to write a glorious ballad about your adventure..." With these words, a dying elf gives young bard Gillien Songespynner a magical lute and changes her life forever. For someone is after the lute - a relentless adversary who is never what he seems, and who will stop at nothing in order to prevent Gillien from delivering the lute safely to Queen-mother Ariel.

In the enchanting conclusion to the Mirror Realm Cycle, the fate of all three realms hangs in the balance as Toba, Naftaly, and their companions must settle the question of Luz once and for all. . . Toba and Naftaly have stepped through the Gate of Luz into the mythic world of Aravoth, home to...

In the quiet town of Hollow Creek, an unassuming factory hides a dark secret. Dean Laboratories, a leading employer in the area, claims to be advancing medical research—but beneath this facade, they’re pushing the boundaries of genetic manipulation. When several of their experiments escape, terror is unleashed as the bodies of local residents are found savagely mauled. Rick Green, a Miami police officer, returns to his hometown after his father, Conrad Green, is brutally killed. The coroner blames a bear or large cat, but something far more sinister is at play.

Half-dead witch Geneviève Crowe makes her living beheading the dead—and trying to juggle her new duties as a faery princess now that she's married Eli Stonecroft, a faery prince who was in self-imposed exile in New Orleans. But monsters have no patience with royal obligations, and the same creature who once hunted her great-times-great grandmother is now trying to put Gen in the ground.

Verbotene Liebe und heimtückische Magie Miss Mitchelmore wurde verflucht. Das findet sie heraus, als sich ihr Kleid auf einem Ball plötzlich in Luft auflöst und sie nur knapp einem Skandal entkommt. Sie ist entschlossen, herauszufinden, wer es auf sie abgesehen hat. Ausgerechnet die...

Zwei Helden wider Willen – können sie den Untergang der Welt verhindern? Emily und Ben wissen nun, welches Ziel auf der Elite-Akademie Arcadia tatsächlich verfolgt wird. Ohne ihr Wissen sind die Schüler darauf vorbereitet worden, nach dem bevorstehenden Klimakollaps die Entstehung einer...

Das Schicksal der Menschheit entscheidet sich in einem hochgeheimen Eliteinternat Ben und Emily würden beide alles geben, um im Elite-Internat »Arcadia« aufgenommen zu werden. Emily stellt sich dafür sogar der lebensgefährlichen Aufnahmeprüfung. Sie möchte nichts lieber, als ihre...

Wie in jedem Club, in jeder Gemeinschaft, haben auch wir Regeln. Einen Kodex, an den wir uns halten, um die Anzahl der Toten in einem überschaubaren Rahmen zu halten. Wir jagen im Dunkeln. Wir jagen im Rudel. Wir jagen nie zum Spaß. Wir entwickeln keine Gefühle für unsere Beute. Und wenn – falls – jemand doch stirbt: dann verhalten wir uns gefälligst professionell. Wer wir sind? Wir sind Monster, böse Geister, Dämonen. Incubi werden wir genannt. Doch als dieses Mädchen trotz aller Vorsicht in unseren Armen stirbt, geraten auf einmal all unsere Regeln ins Wanken.

Stattdessen beschützt sie die Stadt mit ihrer Bikergang vor den Vampiren, die wie jedes Jahr zu Karneval einfallen. Doch dann stellt sich heraus, dass die Vampire und Biker einen gemeinsamen Feind haben. Widerwillig muss sich Paige mit einem der Blutsauger zusammentun. Lavaughn ist selbstverliebt und arrogant – und stellt doch alles infrage, was sie über die Vampire geglaubt hat.

Als Sara in die blauen Augen von Dante Craven blickt, ist ihr Schicksal besiegelt. Sie verfällt ihrem charmanten Mitschüler, ohne zu ahnen, welches Geheimnis er hütet. Auch wenn er gegen jede Regel verstösst, die der Rat aufgestellt hat, Dante kann Sara nicht fern bleiben. Er besucht sie Nacht für Nacht, bis das nicht mehr reicht. Ein Wächter der Unterwelt darf keine Sterbliche lieben und doch tut er es. Mitreissende Romantasy-Reihe mit Suchtfaktor.

Half-dead witch Geneviève Crowe makes her living beheading the dead—and spends her free time trying not to get too attached to her business partner, Eli Stonecroft, a faery prince in self-imposed exile in New Orleans. After a faery bargain gone wrong, a walking-dead relative and a deadly but well-paying job make juggling the holidays, romance, and work a lot more complicated than anyone needs. With a killer at her throat and a blood martini in her hand, Geneviève accepts what seems like a straight-forward faery bargain.

Half witch, half killer, wholly unsuccessful at every faery bargain so far...Geneviève Crowe makes her living beheading or resurrecting the dead in near-future New Orleans. After entering an accidental engagement, overcoming attempted murder, and discovering a family secret, Geneviève is ready for things to settle down, but carnival season in New Orleans is not the best time of year for "normal".

Demons, fairies, and fallen angels are everywhere. They lurk at crossroads, crouch behind doors, hide in trees, slip into beds, wait in caves, hover at weddings and childbirths, disguise themselves as friends, relatives - even disguise themselves as you. They are powerful; they are protean; they are enchanting. And, to the uninformed, they are often invisible. This guide - the first of its kind - reveals the remarkable permutations of the demon and fairy species worldwide.

Separated for decades by circumstance and political machinations, the Ruby Dynasty, hereditary rulers of the Skolian Empire, struggle to bring together the tattered remnants of their family in the shadow of a disastrous interstellar war. Too many have died, others are presumed lost. Yet they must move quickly if they are to resume their rightful place as rulers of Skolia.

Ein geheimnisvoller Fremder, der nicht ist, was er zu sein scheint, ein Schloss am Wasserfall, das jahrhundertealte Geheimnisse verbirgt, und eine Liebe, die so viel mehr zerstören könnte, als nur ein Leben ... Die 18-jährige Lena würde alles tun, um endlich ihrem verhassten Heimatdorf und dem ständigen Streit mit ihrer Mutter zu entkommen. Ein Stipendium für Chemie muss her, koste es, was es wolle. Dass sie sich verliebt, ist nicht geplant - schon gar nicht in den 25-jährigen Cay, der einen Kurs für die Bewerber um das Stipendium leitet.