Resultados para "Oracle" en Paranormal y urbana

One week ago, I became the queen of the Oracles. One day ago, I learned the cost of such a power. One hour ago, I decided this isn't all it's cracked up to be. There's no rest for the weary. Or the wicked, depending on how you look at it. So let's look at it. First, I have a demon problem. I've had one all along, but now I know who it is and why she's here. And what she wants—she is not getting, Not if I have anything to say about it. But going up against a demon...the thought it terrifying.

Beneath the streets of Averalaan, capital city of the Essalieyan Empire, lie the three Princes of the firstborn, doomed to sleep until the end of days. When gods walked the world, they feared the Sleepers. They fear them even now. If the Sleepers wake, the city will not survive - and the Sleepers are waking.

Steeped in legend, the Pearl of Palawan has a history marked by destruction, vengeance, and love. But more important, the mythical black pearl is rumored to grant a power long coveted by mankind - immortality. It is a power men would risk dying to achieve. Sun, sand, and scuba diving in the Philippines certainly sounded like and ideal vacation. But after a way-too-close-for-comfort encounter with a tiger shark, Annja Creed finds herself drawn into a group of German divers. They are treasure hunters searching for the fabled pearl.

Davie was lost and presumed dead. With no choice but to move on without her, Bron, Mallory, and Mickey are forced to prepare for a war they appear incapable of winning. When a young street urchin shows up claiming to have critical information, they may have found salvation. Will they risk everything on the fantasies of a homeless orphan boy? Dragon Oracle Omnibus: Volume 2 contains books 4-6 in the Dragon Oracle urban fantasy series.

Davie is a normal girl trying to live a normal life. Except that she can see the future and has visions that make her seem crazy. When she meets a man who immediately seems too perfect to be real, her quest for a normal life quickly ends. She soon learns the world is full of mythical creatures including shape-shifting dragons, dwarves, and mystical oracles. Can Davie adapt to the new world that has dropped her into the middle of a mythical war that could tear the world apart?

Davie and her friends are sealed away behind a powerful shield, and one of the most dangerous dragons alive is in captivity, but they are far from safe. She must mend her friendship and decipher visions of unknown people determined to bring them down. Can they figure out what is really going on before the ultimate evil is unleashed on the world? Dragon Oracle Omnibus: Volume 3 contains books 7-9 in the Dragon Oracle urban fantasy series.

I've just met Nina Davenport, my newest consultant, and to say she needs my help is an understatement. For starters, it turns out she's got one hell of a gnarly curse covering her. I have no idea what this curse is meant to do, but whatever it is, it's not good. To make matters worse, Nina is on the run with a nasty ex on her tail who is determined to take her daughter from her. For the icing on the cake, this isn't something that we have lots of time to figure out. According to Florry, the magical clock is ticking on this one.

Just when I thought it was safe to step onto my porch, the power of the Oracle has sent another person in need to my stairs. He thinks he's searching for his missing husband, but the moment I smell him, I know he's dragging along a curse from a necromancer with a stench strong enough to curl the leg hairs I haven't had time to shave. Which reminds me—I should probably do some grooming before my date. Did I mention I have an arraignment in court? For murder? It's all I can do to put this legal nonsense to bed before the rotten bouquet of necromancy wafts into my world yet again.

While excavating a previously uncharted passage beneath the ancient city of Teotihuacan, archaeologist Jade Ihara makes a startling discovery: enormous stone spheres, arranged to resemble a model of the solar system, slowly orbiting a golden sun. Even more fantastic, when Jade attempts to move one of the spheres, she catches a glimpse of the future...a premonition that will save her life and launch her into a desperate race to unlock the mysterious secret of the oracular orbs.

For my forty-fifth birthday, I planned to treat myself to a spa day with my bestie. But instead, my late husband's insurance broker drops by to let me know that not only am I still widowed but my husband's insurance policies are being paid to his other wife-and his other family. The next thing I know, I'm being romanced by an Indiana Jones wannabe who arrives like a dervish to sweep me off my feet. One thing leads to another, but before anything happens, Indy goes missing, the place is trashed, and I've got myself a glowing snake tattoo that seems to be talking to me about magic.

Multimillion-copy bestselling author Gregory Maguire brings us the enchanting second novel in the series Another Day, returning to the world he first created in Wicked. The Oracle of Maracoor, the second in the trilogy called Another Day, continues the story of Elphaba’s green-skinned...

Ozanna’s job was going to get her killed. What was meant to be simple bodyguard duty on a cushy, boring bridal journey becomes an increasingly bizarre series of events. Her charge, Emmelina, is a princess with many talents and little sense of self preservation. She leads Ozanna into danger at nearly every turn. When they’re captured by elven highwaymen, Emmelina has the nerve to try and play matchmaker with Ozanna and a wicked dark elf. In the wake of the princess’ chaos, Ozanna is left questioning not just her career choices, but her sanity as well.

Gretel has lived for a very long time, and for most of that time, her life has sucked. This year is no exception. She's responsible for taking care of her brother (who happens to be an annoying cat now), she's hopelessly in love with her indifferent boss (the terrifyingly efficient and ruthless Ms. L. Thorne), and then there's that tendency to see the future, whether she wants to or not....

The day I turned 19, I expected to gain what little freedom I could within the restrictions of my bank account and the hallucinations that had haunted me for the last six years. I expected to drive away from a life that had been dictated by the tragedy of others and shaped by the care of strangers. I expected to be alone. Actually, I relished the idea of being alone. Instead, I found fear I thought I'd overcome and terror that was more real than anything I'd ever hallucinated before. I'd seen terrible, fantastical, and utterly impossible things...but not love. Not until I saw him.

Over a year and a half had passed since Jade Godfrey - aka the dowser - fixed my mother’s necklace. Since I’d thwarted the vision of the death of love. Since I’d made a deal with a devil and acquired a demigod for a mentor. I still didn’t understand or control my power or my magic, but it had been a great year. A year of rest. A year of love and light. But now the reprieve was over. Now it was time to see. Magic willed it so. This paranormal romance/urban fantasy is the second book in the Oracle Series by author Meghan Ciana Doidge.

When a power-hungry elf hires August to get her favorite book back from her vampire ex-lover, August figures it’ll just be another job. Except that vampire is the meanest vampire this side of Canada, the book bestows its reader with the power to write their own future, and the elf isn’t the only one that wants the book. Things go from bad to worse when a horoscope-writing oracle starts having visions of the end of the world, and August pops up in all of them.

Envie de visiter l'Écosse ? Plongez dans le premier tome haletant de cette saga d'Urban Fantasy ! Le vent poussait Bree à avancer vers l'océan, mais elle résista. Elle savait que, sans sa peau, elle n'y avait plus sa place. Bree est une Selkie au service de la Brigade écossaise de Protection des Créatures Magiques. Sur la piste de contrebandiers responsables d'un trafic de créatures magiques, un échec cuisant lui vaut un changement radical de mission.

Sarah Wright doesn’t think something as minor as death should get in the way of her future. With the worst summer of her life behind her, it’s time to start focusing on her education. An immortal vampire - even if she is still new at it - pursuing a degree may or may not be a waste of time, but it at least it’s a way to keep up an illusion of sanity. Soon after classes start, a mysterious presence trapped at the school attaches itself to Sarah, and her hopes for a normal college year evaporate. Sensing a lost soul in need, she decides to help.

Dunkle Magie, gefährliche Abenteuer und eine verbotene Liebe – der Auftakt der neuen Saga von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Deborah Harkness. Diana Bishop und Matthew Clairmont sind ein ungewöhnliches und verbotenes Liebespaar: In der Historikerin fließt das Blut eines uralten Hexengeschlechts, während ihr Mann nicht nur Naturwissenschaftler ist, sondern ein 1.500 Jahre alter Vampir. Mit ihren siebenjährigen Zwillingen haben die beiden ein neues Leben in Connecticut begonnen, als Diana erfährt, dass sie ihre Kinder zu einem großen Ritual zum Stammsitz ihrer Familie bringen muss.

Time traveler Amara will do anything to save her wounded companion and the precious cargo she carries, even if it means convincing troubled entrepreneur, Max Griffin, to trust a woman again - and himself. As Max and Amara journey across Egypt to face her nemesis in Greece, Amara realizes an even greater danger threatens her newly found freedom: she is falling in love.