Resultados para "Power" en Cuentos de hadas

Naomi Novik’s SPINNING SILVER meets GAME OF THRONES in a mesmerising and unputdownable Balkan fantasy novel of family and survival from the instant New York Times bestselling author of WILDER GIRLS. Rhea and her twin brother Lexos have spent an eternity helping their father rule their small...

The Argyros family has been torn asunder, their nation betrayed and taken over by former allies, all four siblings scattered across the world. Now head of the rebellious Sxoriza, Rhea grapples with her newfound abilities and an uneasy relationship with Michali, her resurrected beloved. But...

With any great change, there is always strife, and Covenant University has become the front line between pure-bloods who want the Breed Order reinstated and the half-bloods who want the right to control their own destinies. The violence is escalating, and war between the races seems inevitable. Hyperion may be out of commission, but Josie and Seth know that they have only earned a reprieve. Seth must get Josie fully prepared, which means controlling her newfound abilities, and they need to find the other demigods before the Titans do.

Her life has fallen apart, and everything she had come to love and cherish has been taken from her. The future she had looked forward to has unravelled with a few words. Mae, a young woman in her mid-20s, finds herself in a state of emotional turmoil. She has been unable to establish a career in her field of interest since graduating from university and is now working a job that offers no sense of achievement. Her life is not at all what she imagined it would be when she was a first-year student with the love of her life by her side, and the world was yet her oyster.

The demons are after us. The ECU is after us. What are the odds that we'll ever stop them from hunting us down? Very low. Good thing I'm all up for impossible challenges. When the demons came into the ECU's "research" facility where we were being held prisoner, the strange dragon around my hand came to life, giving me a way to end those suckers for good. We might have made it out alive, but a lot of witches like us didn't. Instead, they were kidnapped by the demons. 

The Sword of Power - Excalibur - was given to Uther Pendragon to heal the land not divide it. Now with Uther's death and no apparent heir to claim the throne and both the Christian Abbott of Glastonbury and the High Priestess of Avalon claiming the sword as theirs how will it serve to heal when it appears to dividing those who should seek to heal the land and their people.

Anna needs to find her way out of the mysterious and confusing new world that she was dragged into. Her captors want to use her for their own benefit, but can Anna turn the situation around on them? Meanwhile, the pack is desperate to get Anna back, but that's not the only battle they are fighting.

These legendary mystics want a peaceful life. But with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, a new mission brings them too close to darkness. Anne Le Clair and Michael Levy prefer the mundane joys of parenthood to any more world-saving. But when all the crystal key holders are summoned to Peru, they must once more answer the call of duty. For there in the Andes, lies a mystical doorway that can usher in a new golden age. Preparing for an ancient ritual to open the gate for the Old Ones to return, the couple is trailed by a sinister magician.

'An extraordinary, hallucinatory accomplishment' KAREN JOY FOWLER '[A] reminder about what it means to be alive . . . with razor-sharp prose and diction so precise' MORGAN TALTY 'Read it and be changed' B. PLADEK Something terrible has happened. In a mysterious apartment filled with ghosts, our...

When Maela awakens in a realm of magic and myth, everything she thought she knew shatters. Named the Seelie Queen of the Summer Fae and heir to the ancient Kingdom of Aelba, Maela must embrace a legacy rooted in forgotten gods and hidden power. Tasked with restoring peace to a fractured kingdom, Maela’s journey takes her deep into enemy territory to confront the tyrannical Trow King. To succeed, she must unlock the secrets of the Tuatha Dé Danann—mystic treasures with the power to turn the tide of war.

Alara was once ruled by the Leobregae, an order of terrifyingly powerful lion shapeshifters. Arrogant and violent, they wiped themselves out in an endless fight for the throne. Now, only old retired soldier Torrhen Morbihan remembers them, and he is the last of his generation. But when his young apprentice brings him a shining Leobregu sword, everything changes. Old Tor has a lion in him now, and it wants power...and it will destroy him from the inside out to claim it. Power's Curse is the first in the Rebel Lion series from K.J. Taylor.

In a faerie hierarchy built upon one’s ability to produce specific, color-driven magic, Opal is an outcast, and on the cusp of giving up on her future at court. While visiting the human realm, she witnesses a dark magic shadow beast attack a human—a beast which should have been forever imprisoned in the Shadowlands. Upon her return home to the faerie realm, she finds the Shaede Palace in chaos, the vampiric Dark Princes ready to start a war over old wounds and court prejudices, and a revolving door of impossible choices.

Recommended by Mary Beard as one of the BBC History Magazine's Books of the Year Classical stories about women who wield power, from the Amazons to Dido to Cleopatra A Penguin Classic There is no other anthology that brings together similar stories of ancient women in power. These women threaten...

In this tale, two military powers bring their interest in conquest to an area around a small village. This village has no military, but is prosperous, peaceful, and happy. The woman who leads the village is often referred to as a sorceress, a priestess, or a queen. She has no such ideas about herself. Her legend started when, after a mystical miracle, she was appointed as head of her village council. This woman of peace named Kaori has been trained since childhood to believe in another world. This other world allows Kaori to perform the miraculous and lead her people.

Siblings torn apart by betrayal grapple with their broken bonds—and fight to regain their power—in this stunning conclusion to a mythic epic fantasy duology from the New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls. The Argyros siblings have lost everything. With their father dead and their...

“Fresh and original . . . full of lush writing and detailed worldbuilding . . . [with a] rich fantasy landscape and an almost Shakespearean feel.”—Paste Twins imbued with incredible magic and near-immortality will do anything to keep their family in power—even if it tears the family...

A shard of glass, a palace of ice, A world of power, cold and precise. But does the beauty hold the weight? To shape a king and settle fate? Or is the empire's perfect glow, The only light the lonely need to know? Step through the frost and choose your path, Between the heart and winter's wrath.

A Brave Ape. A Radiant Goddess. A Forest on the Brink of Darkness. In a mystical world where apes swing through enchanted trees and goddesses guard ancient secrets, one unexpected bond will determine the fate of an entire realm. Meet Nunu, a fearless young ape with a heart full of questions and the courage to chase answers beyond the known. When he encounters Luna, the powerful yet compassionate Goddess of Gem, their worlds collide sparking a journey that blends magic, mystery, and the strength of unlikely friendship.

Brought to you by Penguin. Three powerful heroines – a queen, a sorceress and woman made of flowers – plot revenge against the villain who wronged them. A gorgeously dark debut novel inspired by Celtic Britain’s first fantasy fiction. Man is cruel, but the flowers will take their revenge...

Although masculinity may be high, it becomes pure and unclouded in the vicinity of women's love. I have experienced many life events with such love. Is it possible to not respect these women in my life? Lord Krishna has his own way of life. He is a child, a brother, a charioteer, a warrior, a disciple, a guru, a cowherd, a messenger, the beloved of the gopis. Throughout his life, Krishna enacted so many roles. But what Krishna thought about the women in his life is addressed through this novel.