Resultados para "Laura" en Acción y aventura

Kogetsu, un ser de otro mundo y propietario de una confitería que solo puede verse durante el crepúsculo, ofrece a sus atribulados clientes unos dulces para cumplir todos sus deseos. Una novela reconfortante ubicada en Japón en la línea del éxito Antes de que se enfríe el café, de Toshikazu Kawaguchi, o La biblioteca de los nuevos comienzos, de Michiko Aoyama. Bienvenidos a la tienda de los deseos. Nuestros dulces pueden tener efectos inesperados.

Florida, 1971. Fern es una adolescente que, al quedar embarazada, es enviada a una institución donde las familias esconden a sus hijas para que den a luz en secreto y entreguen a sus bebés. Las chicas llevan una vida controlada y monótona. Pero todo cambia cuando Fern descubre un libro sobre brujería oculto en una biblioteca ambulante. Intrigadas, las jóvenes comienzan a practicar hechizos, descubriendo un poder que nunca habían experimentado. Lo que comienza como un juego para resistirse a un sistema que las quiere invisibles pronto se transforma en una revolución mágica.

En un futuro cercano, siete años después de que un cometa golpeara la Tierra y oscureciera el sol, el mundo es un paisaje oscuro y congelado. Y entonces, emergen criaturas bestiales y toman el control. ¿Podrían ser realmente vampiros?

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success.

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.

My name is Charlotte Locke, and I’m on a mission to capture my nemesis. As an analyst for Section 47, a secret spy organization, I use my magical form of synesthesia to track down paramortal criminals, but one villain keeps eluding me—Henrika Hyde. Henrika claims to have answers about my father’s death on a Section 47 mission years ago, and she has also created a horrific new weapon capable of killing even the strongest paramortals, which makes her my number one target. Helping me is Desmond Percy, a powerful galvanist who is my partner both inside and outside Section 47.

Raithe, the God Killer, may have started the rebellion by killing a Fhrey, but long-standing enmities dividing the Rhunes make it all but impossible to unite against the common foe. And even if the clans can join forces, how will they defeat an enemy whose magical prowess renders them indistinguishable from gods?

Quando as trigêmeas Beatriz, Daphne e Sophronia nasceram, sua mãe, a imperatriz Margaraux, já havia traçado um plano: elas deveriam ser rainhas. Agora, aos 16 anos, as três precisam deixar sua terra natal e se casar com um príncipe. Belas, inteligentes e reservadas, elas parecem ser as noivas perfeitas, mas não são nada inocentes. Treinadas nas artes da falsificação, dos venenos e da sedução, as irmãs têm como objetivo derrubar monarquias. Seus casamentos são apenas a primeira etapa de uma trama muito maior da imperatriz para reinar sobre todo o continente de Vesteria.

"Certo che ho paura. Ma non è meglio bruciarsi in una vita fatta di gioia ed eccitazione e avventura, invece di stare seduta a casa ad aspettare che una vita di servitù scorra via lentamente, senza aver mai saputo davvero cosa significa vivere?" Il futuro di Cass, diciassette anni, sembra già tutto scritto: un marito, dei figli, un'esistenza tranquilla.

Con un bradipo sulle spalle e un grande talento nel recuperare oggetti smarriti, Zinzi si ritrova a dover accettare un lavoro che odia: cercare le persone scomparse. Ritrovare una pop star per conto del produttore musicale Odi Huron dovrebbe garantirle la possibilità di lasciare per sempre Zoo City, un reticolo di bassifondi infestati dai criminali della peggior specie e dai loro fedeli animali. Al contrario, questo incarico la getta direttamente tra le fauci di una città deturpata dalla criminalità organizzata e dalla magia.

Shianan Becknam, commander, count, and bastard, has survived committing treason and the murder plot against him. Now that the kingdom is at last protected from marauding Ryuven, the only worth he’s ever had is no longer needed. Trapped in conflicting oaths of allegiance, he’s more a political liability than ever—and less able to court the woman he nearly died to save. But the protective shield, for which Shianan suffered so much, may not be working. The reports of Ryuven raiding the countryside should be impossible within the magical shield.

After generations of war, the fragile new peace hangs by a thread, as Ryuven attacks continue despite the treaty. Shianan leads an exhausted army facing a fresh and magically superior foe. Worried for Ariana, not yet returned from her own deployment, and as demoralized as his soldiers, Shianan is unprepared in every way when Flamen Ande, high priest of the Gehrn cult, reappears to demand Luca back.

The prince-heir’s life hangs by a thread, and the last person to see him conscious was the king’s bastard, Shianan Becknam. As rumor grows of Commander Becknam’s possible fratricide, Shianan pushes away Black Mage Ariana Hazelrig, lest her rise be destroyed by connection to him.

Roland Deschain y su ka-tet viajan hacia el sudeste a través de los bosques del Mundo Medio. El camino les lleva a él y sus compañeros hasta el Calla Bryn Sturgis, una tranquila comunidad de granjeros y renaceros en las fronteras del Mundo Medio. Más allá de este pueblo se encuentra Tronido, de donde procede la más terrible de las amenazas: los lobos. Los lobos de Tronido se están acercando y por primera vez los habiantes del Calla Bryn Sturgis, entrenados e inspirados por el coraje de Roland y su ka-tet, van a luchar.

Sola, incapace di controllare i propri poteri e piena di paura, si dirige verso il Regno Celeste, terra di meraviglie e di segreti. Per salvare la madre, Xingyin sarà costretta a intraprendere un viaggio avventuroso e ad affrontare creature leggendarie e pericolosi nemici.

Wisteria is magically attuned to the world around her. Her senses relish the tastes of magic that the wonders of nature offer. But the peacefulness of her backwoods existence is shattered when her village is attacked by the raiding force of the bellicose Lord Purvis, who leaves only this twenty-something magic wielder and an adolescent lass as the inadvertent survivors. Wisteria has pledged herself to a mission. Now she and her young ward must brave the wilds beyond their home in pursuit of the ravager who destroyed everyone near and dear to their hearts.

Seit sie von ihrem Vater an Prinz Taran verkauft wurde, hat sie jeglichen Glauben an eine friedliche Zukunft verloren. Mit allen Mitteln versucht sie, aus dieser Lage zu entkommen, allerdings ohne Erfolg. Doch als der Prinz Mara eines Abends fast umbringt, eskaliert die Situation und ihr gelingt die Flucht.

Gerda Jones is no average bridge troll. Sure, she can create riddles like the best of them, but she has skills up her sleeve that no one would expect . . . and a backstory that no one would believe. She uses her fortune-telling talents to change the fate of everyone around her, but avoids getting too close to anyone herself. All of that changes when Gerda catches the eye of Duke Julian von Slyke at his sister's wedding. The tall, dark, and handsome half-elf is making her let down her guard—and inviting a royal heap of trouble into her life.

Kenton is the last of his people, desperately searching for others who can aid in his quest to unearth the gods from their hiding places and restore goodness and order to the world. As Kenton gathers together the legendary godbearers - who are said to be able to retrieve the gods, wherever they lie - he finds an unlikely ally in Daniella, the daughter of the dictator himself. Daniella is tired of being her father's puppet, all too eager to be out of his grasp. But as they travel together, Kenton begins to suspect she may be something far more dangerous than a dictator's pawn.

Niemals hätte sie gedacht, dass sie sich einmal so machtlos und ausgeliefert fühlen könnte. Maya Davis ist 17 Jahre alt, als ihre Eltern ihr verkünden, dass sie ihre geliebte Heimatstadt Angel Springs aufgrund von Verschuldung bald verlassen müssen. Und somit auch ihre Freunde und ihre Schule. Doch Maya will das nicht wahrhaben und hofft auf ein Wunder. Ein Wunder, das auch eintritt. Denn als der mysteriöse Junge, Rafael, in ihr Leben tritt, bekommt sie durch ihn tatsächlich die Chance, die Schulden ihrer Eltern zu begleichen.