Resultados para "Noir" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Des nouveaux pouvoirs liés à un sorcier impitoyable. Une traque. Une vengeance. Et un vampire un peu trop collant. Mon entrée dans le monde de la magie ne pouvait pas mieux débuter ! Un soir dans une ruelle sombre, la vie de Rain bascule, la propulsant dans un monde inconnu. Victime d'un vampire sorti tout droit d'un magazine de mode, elle découvre qu'elle est une sorcière. Il faut dire que leur sang est infect, et que l'homme aux canines aiguisées n'hésite pas à le lui faire savoir !

So, I have a third mate. No big deal. Except Auric punched my royal—descended from gods—betrothed right in the face. Novak has murder in his eyes, more so than usual. And my body is screaming at me to take all three males and teach them who’s in charge here. Because I believe the truth now. I’m a Noir royal descended from the gods themselves and destined to fix the history my fake-father forged: the one where black-winged angels were the result of sin and scandal instead of the truth.

As his 18th birthday approaches, the only thing that Xander Stryker wishes for is death. Yet, he wakes up each morning, forced to go on living and remembering the image of his stepfather murdering his mother. Instead of dying, he is thrown into a supernatural world and offered a choice: Continue his sorry life or start anew. For Xander, the choice is obvious. In the new world, life is just as unforgiving. Horrors from his past lurk from the shadows. As they fuel a fresh legacy, Xander has to stand tall and show old monsters a stronger, better version of himself.

A fresh-faced newcomer arrives in an isolated, gang-run town and soon finds herself taking a job nobody else wants: bodyguard to a ghoul. Not just your average mindless, half-rotted shuffler, though. Lucille is a dancer who can still put on her own lipstick and whose shows are half burlesque, half gladiator match. But the stranger is no stranger to this particular ghoul. Both women are undercover in their own way. And both have something to lose if their connection comes to light.

À la requête de Simon Ford, ancien contremaître des houillères d'Aberfoyle, en Écosse, l'ingénieur James Starr en reprend l'exploitation. Un nouveau filon est découvert, permettant une reprise fructueuse de l'exploitation et entraînant la création d'une véritable « ville » minière sous la surface de la terre : Coal-City.

Layla is my crown, my purpose, the sheer essence of life. She’s the key. The key to unlocking the darkness in my soul. There is no reform. No restitution. Only retaliation and fear. I’ll decorate my throne with the broken wings of my enemies. Their blood will run like a river, a red carpet at my feet. The games have just begun. The players have been cast. And in this world of darkness and sin, all will bow to their king.

Adventuress Countess Alessandra Zorzi has a new vocation: reacquiring the occult artifacts she stole to put into the safer hands of Miskatonic University. With her new apprentice, Pepper Kelly, Zorzi tracks the infamous Zanthu Tablets to Paris. But the city is rife with spies and the countess has many enemies. When Pepper is kidnapped, it becomes clear that someone is out for revenge. Zorzi must rescue her apprentice, find the tablets, and prevent an old enemy from summoning an army of vengeful ghouls from the depths of the catacombs. Stealing relics is a lot harder the second time around.

Eine Auszeit – die ist dringend nötig nach den ganzen Hiobsbotschaften der vergangenen Tage. Seit wir auf einer weiteren Gala von Wikinger-Alpha Fynn Hansen waren, ist nicht nur Adrian aufgewühlter denn je. Was wir dort erfahren haben, könnte nämlich das Ende meiner Rudelzeit bedeuten.

Norman Spindle: CEO. Business guru. Secret mortal enemy. Lance Zoom must stop the mad tycoon from taking over ZoomCorp—unfortunately, spreadsheets creep him out. It falls to Layla Zoom to call in the cavalry. Or in this case, the twelve-year-old. In this warped introduction to the Zoom Universe, a hero will rise, a dark heart will be kindled, and the family toaster will be in dire peril. Hey, business meetings are tough.

In the city of New Amsterdam, the roaring '20s are in full swing. Victor Quinn, a warlock and heir apparent to a magical kingdom, is working as a gumshoe and doing his best to stay out of politics. Victor has one rule in life: "Don’t get attached," and so far he’s done a good job of it. Everything, however, is about to change - including the very essence of his being. As he struggles to master his new life, an evil plot threatens to destroy his home. Facing a lifetime of change in a few days, how will Victor save the world, when he doesn’t fully understand what he’s become?

Depuis des siècles, les souvenirs de la Compagnie noire sont consignés dans les présentes annales. La troupe se loue au plus offrant, et les batailles qu'elle a livrées ont déjà rempli maints volumes. Jamais pourtant elle n'aura traversé de période aussi trouble. Entrée au service de la...

La Déesse veille. Son autorité est représentée par ses Anges et ses Archanges. Ils interviennent dans tous les aspects quotidiens de la vie. Francesca Sebastani se rend dans la ville marchande d’Alba pour accomplir les volontés de son père : épouser un riche négociant de basse extraction sociale et retrouver son frère, Taddeo, qu’elle déteste, afin de le pousser à accepter son héritage. Seulement, Francesca ne désire qu’une chose : découvrir qui a causé l’effroyable assassinat de son autre frère, Iacopo... et lui faire justice, car en rêve, elle la voit.

Il n'en reste plus que sept : Toubib, Gobelin, Qu'un-Œil, Otto, Hagop, Murgen et la Dame, rebaptisée Madame. Jamais dans l'histoire de la légendaire Compagnie noire les effectifs n'étaient tombés si bas. Toubib, archiviste aujourd'hui capitaine, entreprend un retour aux sources, à Kathovar...

Cinq ans après l’apparition d’un virus implacable, la « Veuve Noire », qui n’a frappé que les hommes, le dernier mâle sur Terre rend l’âme. Le monde bascule dans un après aux contours inédits. Entre le vertige du deuil et l’urgence de réinventer le quotidien, les règles se renversent et les imaginaires s’ouvrent. Quels héritages garder, quelles alliances tisser, quels rêves oser quand la moitié de l’humanité a disparu?

Nous sommes la dernière des compagnies franches de Khatovar. Nos traditions et nos souvenirs ne vivent que dans les présentes annales et nous sommes les seuls à porter notre deuil. Tous les hommes naissent condamnés, disent les sages. Ils tètent le sein de la mort. Son souffle apaise toutes...

Murder Beyond the Milky way earns every word of its five-star reviews. It takes the hard-boiled noir detective tradition and transplants it into the outer reaches of space. On the most isolated planet in the explored universe an elite member of one of the five corporations that control all of...

A handsome Lyran diplomat wants to marry me and will not take "no" for an answer. Of course, he is a tall, muscular, and jaguar-like god of a man, but I’m not ready to give up my freedom in the galaxy. However, I can do dinner. He says he has two surprises for me. I am human. I am curious.

Aliens say humans shouldn’t be so curious. But I want to know what Agnorrians are. Male, female, both, or neither? I can hardly turn down an opportunity to spend some intimate time with a beautiful Agnorrian royal when asked. I know people say Agnorrians are hazardous to humans, but how can a species that is so perfectly made be dangerous? Each story will describe a night in the life of one human woman and an alien. My stories are for open-minded science fiction fans, contain scenes of a sexual nature, and end as realistically as they begin.

Freya vit avec sa meute dans les forêts glaciales de Norvège. Maudite par les dieux nordiques, elle est incapable de se transformer en louve. Contre toute attente, le beau Caïn, héritier d'une puissante meute rivale, devient son allié. Mais leur relation bascule lors d'une terrible nuit qui la force à s'enfuir et abandonner les siens. Comme si être une demi-louve ne suffisait pas, la mort de sa mère, son alpha, ne lui laisse pas le choix. Elle doit retourner sur ses terres, affronter Caïn et prendre les rênes de sa meute.

If being my wife was something galactic women could apply for, they’d happily die for the opportunity. I am a Lyran Metamorph god. I am the god of night. Shockingly, this human female only wants to return to Earth. I fear she will not pass the three challenges to become my wife. I must woo her and inspire her. This human must succeed. If she fails, we both die. Our destinies are intertwined. We must be victorious.