Resultados para "Le sable" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She’ll risk her life—and her heart—to be one of them. Meryn Cooper has always hated the Bonded, elite warriors who form mental links with the massive, vicious direwolves they ride. While they live in luxury, Meryn struggles to keep her family out of poverty. When her little sister, Saela, is kidnapped—stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting—Meryn’s world falls apart.

Before the mask, before the bloodshed, there was one little girl who saw Jaeson Vale. Really saw him. While the other kids laughed at him, she sat beside him. Played with him. Protected him. What they didn’t know was that she was strange for a reason... she was a seer. A witch. And the day Jaeson drowned, she made a vow: the world would pay. With blood-soaked rituals and forbidden magic, she brought him back. Again and again. Every time they tried to kill him, she whispered to the darkness and gave him more.

Gideon Sable specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't usually be stolen. But these days the legendary master thief is officially retired from the caper game. Now, instead of pulling off elaborate heists with his crew of supernatural specialists, he runs a magical shop in the heart of London with his partner Annie Anybody. Still, he can't resist occasionally going out in the night to steal things when Annie's not looking. For old times' sake—and for the joy of the con.

Judi Rifkin is one of the world’s most successful collectors of the weird and unnatural. In a London underworld filled with criminals with very special talents, Judi is a force to be reckoned with. And Gideon Sable—thief, rogue, and chancer—owes her a very large favor. Judi makes him an offer he can’t refuse: steal her the legendary Masque of Ra, kept safe in a Las Vegas casino, and she’ll wipe the slate clean. This isn’t Gideon’s first heist. But with old grudges, an unpredictable crew, and a formidable supernatural security team, this job might be a gamble too far.

Master thief, rogue and chancer Gideon Sable is back for another fast-paced supernatural heist—and this time he has the vault of a Las Vegas casino in his sights. Judi Rifkin is one of the world's most successful collectors of the weird and unnatural. In a London underworld filled with criminals with very special talents, Judi is a force to be reckoned with. And Gideon Sable—thief, rogue and chancer—owes her a very large favour. Judi makes him an offer he can't refuse: steal her the legendary Masque of Ra, kept safe in a Las Vegas casino, and she'll wipe the slate clean.

Gideon's planning a heist, to steal the only thing that matters from the worst man in the world. To get past his security, he's going to need a crew who can do the impossible...but luckily, he has the right people in mind. The Damned, the Ghost, the Wild Card...and his ex-girlfriend, Annie Anybody. A woman who can be anyone, with the power to make technology fall in love with her. If things go well, they'll all get what they want. And if they're lucky, they might not even die trying.

Gideon Sable specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't usually be stolen. But these days the master thief is officially retired from the game. Now, instead of pulling off elaborate heists with his crew of supernatural specialists, he runs a magical shop in the heart of London with his partner Annie Anybody. Still, he can't resist occasionally going out in the night to steal things when Annie's not looking. But after one of his late-night illicit jaunts, Gideon returns to the shop to find that while he's been stealing, someone else has been hard at work . . . stealing from him.

Gideon Sable—master thief, con artist and self-proclaimed vigilante—faces a challenge he can't refuse. His client, the former Head of the British Rocketry Group, Professor Neil Sharpe, wants him to break into the Preserve. Once inside, Gideon and his crew of supernatural misfits can get any mystical artefact they desire out of the Preserve's collection. The catch? To reach it, they must go through the treacherous Box Tunnel complex and not only face trained guards and booby traps but steal something that can't normally be stolen—a ghost!

You can find everything you've ever dreamed of in the strange, old magical shop known as Old Harry's Place. The problem is, not all dreams are kind. Gideon Sable—legendary master thief, conman and well-dressed rogue—and his partner in crime Annie Anybody don't want to be shopkeepers, but when the enigmatic Harry decides to retire, he blackmails the pair into taking the store on. Before the grand reopening can happen, however, a menacing stranger arrives—with a rare and deadly item for them to appraise.

Gideon Sable is a thief and a con man. He specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't normally be stolen. Like a ghost's clothes, or a photo from a country that never existed. He even stole his current identity. Who was he originally? Now, that would be telling. One thing's for sure though, he's not the bad guy. The people he steals from always have it coming. Gideon's planning a heist, to steal the only thing that matters from the worst man in the world. To get past his security, he's going to need a crew who can do the impossible....

Les têtes de nains tranchées ont beau s'accumuler sur le parvis de Castral-Roc, celle de Tyrion, meurtrier présumé de Tywin Lannister, son père, semble toujours solidement juchée sur ses deux épaules. Sa sœur Cersei, désormais régente, ne sait plus qui elle doit haïr le plus : lui ou la petite reine, Margaery, intrigante de basse-cour qui est parvenue à lui ravir le cœur du futur roi, son fils. Ses manœuvres ont beau être cousues de fil blanc, son joli minois et ses nombreux alliés font d'elle une rivale avec qui il faut compter.

" Laissez-vous emporter par le souffle brûlant du vent des sables, intriguer par d'anciennes légendes, bercer par la poésie des étoiles, charmer par une histoire d'amour hors du temps... ". Etudiant en Égyptologie, Guillaume participe à la plus incroyable fouille archéologique jamais réalisée. Un chantier où chaque strate mise au jour dévoile des vestiges toujours plus anciens. Plus vieux que les premiers hommes. Antérieurs aux tout premiers dinosaures. Remontant jusqu'aux origines de la vie connue.

Comment survivre quand il n'y a plus d'espoir ? La dystopie écologique qui a conquis Leonardo Dicaprio. Il suffit d'un grain de sable pour faire s'écrouler un empire. Une page s'est tournée dans l'histoire de l'humanité depuis que les dérèglements climatiques ont rendu la plus grande partie du globe inhabitable. Puis a eu lieu la révolution orchestrée par les Loups, un puissant groupe armé. Ce jour-là, ils ont pris le pouvoir. Ce jour-là, ils ont tout pris à Eden, qui n'a rien vu venir. La voilà désormais détenue dans un camp de travail sous haute sécurité. Son seul espoir ?

Çeda est désormais une Vierge du Sabre, une guerrière d'élite. Tandis que les rois de Sharakhaï lui confient des missions secrètes afin de consolider leur pouvoir, la jeune fille s'efforce de découvrir leurs secrets. Elle connaît déjà la terrible histoire des asirim, mais lorsqu'un lien se crée entre elle et ces pitoyables créatures, leur douleur devient la sienne. Les asirim ont soif de liberté et veulent briser leurs chaînes, mais ils sont soumis à la volonté des dieux et n'ont d'autre choix que d'obéir. Et l'atmosphère de Sharakhaï est plus délétère que jamais.

Psychic Nan Killian and Medium Sarah Lyon-White - along with their clever birds: the raven, Neville; and the parrot, Grey - have been agents of Lord Alderscroft, the Elemental Fire Master known as the Wizard of London, since leaving school. Now Lord Alderscroft assigns them another commission: to work with the famous man living at 221 Baker Street - but not the one in flat B. They are to assist the man living in flat C. Dr. John Watson and his wife, Mary, themselves Elemental Masters of Water and Air, take the occult cases John's more famous friend disdains.

Ianthe keeps her freedom because her dynamic is a carefully guarded secret. Omegas are rare and highly prized, but they have no rights. An Omega is the property of whatever Alpha is strong enough to claim her. Ianthe toils in the slums, pretending to be Beta, so she can hide from a world that wants to make her a pet in a gilded cage. Legion, the Alpha and brutal cartel boss, believes her to be Beta. When he discovers her deception, nothing will stop him from claiming her.

Movie composer Davis Hunter is one of Hollywood’s most eligible bachelors. He’s got it all - talent, money, charm and a bad-boy reputation that attracts all the wrong women. And he’s frightened. The stress, the press and the demands on him have created a block he can’t overcome; until he meets - and falls in love with - the ghost of a famous ballerina. He finds himself drawn to her portrait and the story of her suicide, wondering if that is the fate that awaits him.

In a respectable neighborhood, on the top floor of a beautiful house, crouches the Succubus; by design, and by temperament, she is all that men crave and fear. To the wealthy and privileged men of London, the Succubus is a test they must pass to gain access to the House of Sable Locks, the most exclusive brothel in town. However, to William, a wealthy young man born and raised in India, she is the very essence of his desires.