Resultados para "Ring" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

San Francisco, 1927. Jordan’s broke and desperate to escape a life going nowhere…Until a man from the future shows up and says, “Oh, by the way—you’re a time traveler.” Apparently, she’s part of The Ring, a bloodline with the rare ability to access the Fold, a portal through time. Now shadowy forces called TEMPUS are hunting her—and the only way to survive is to team up with four strangers from different decades to save a future she’s never even seen.1956. 1973. 1984. 2015. One from each era. One mission: stop TEMPUS before they fracture the timeline forever.

Rosie: Capricorn. Her talisman: a magical jacket from her mother's past that gets people to do whatever she says. Caro: Taurus. Rosie's older sister. Her talisman: a baseball bat that fixes whatever it breaks. Zeke: Certified Triple Pisces. His talisman: a manifestation stone that will make anyone fall in love with him. Rosie, Caro, and Zeke—and their talismans—find themselves intertwined in a magical, hilarious, and whip-smart Outsiders for the modern day.

Thorgrin and his brothers follow Guwayne's trail at sea, pursuing him to the Isle of Light. But as they reach the ravaged isle and the dying Ragon, all may be just too late. Darius finds himself brought to the Empire capital, and to the greatest arena of them all. He is trained by a mysterious man who is determined to forge him into a warrior, and to help him survive the impossible. But the capital arena is unlike anything Darius has seen, and its formidable foes may be too intense for even him to conquer.

In A Charge of Valor (Book 6 in the Sorcerer's Ring), Thor continues on his quest, deeper into the Empire, to retrieve the stolen Destiny Sword and save the Ring. As he and his friends meet unexpected tragedy and lose a member of their close-knit group, Thor and his remaining friends become closer than they ever were, learning that they must face and overcome adversity together.

Thorgrin and his brothers emerge from the land of the dead, more driven than ever to find Guwayne, and set sail across a hostile sea, leading them to places beyond their wildest dreams. As they come ever-closer to finding Guwayne, they also encounter obstacles unlike ever before, obstacles which will test them to their very limits, which will call on all their training and force them to stand together as one, as brothers. Darius stands up to the Empire, boldly waging a guerilla war, amassing an army, as one freed slave village after the next rallies to his cause.

Gwendolyn is determined to find her baby, lost at sea, and to lead her nation-in-exile to a new home. She travels across foreign and exotic seas, encountering unthinkable dangers, rebellion, and starvation as they sail for dream of a safe harbor. Thorgrin finally meets his mother in the Land of the Druids, and their meeting will change his life forever, make him stronger than he has ever been. With a new quest, he embarks, determined to rescue Gwendolyn, to find his baby, and to fulfill his destiny.

In A Dream of Mortals, Thorgrin and his brothers struggle to break free from the grips of the pirates, and to continue their search for Guwayne at sea. As they encounter unexpected friends and foes, magic and weaponry, dragons and men, it will change the very course of their destiny. Will they finally find Guwayne?

In A Reign of Steel, Gwendolyn must protect her people as she finds King's Court under siege. She strives to evacuate them from the Ring-but there is one problem: Her people refuse to leave. As a power struggle ensues, Gwen finds her queenship under challenge for the first time - while the greatest threat to the Ring looms. Behind the McClouds lie the threat of Romulus and his dragons, who, with the Shield destroyed, embark on a catastrophic invasion, nothing left to stand between them and the complete annihilation of the Ring.

With its sophisticated world-building and characterization, A Sea of Shields is an epic tale of friends and lovers, of rivals and suitors, of knights and dragons, of intrigues and political machinations, of coming of age, of broken hearts, of deception, ambition, and betrayal. It is a tale of honor and courage, of fate and destiny, of sorcery. It is a fantasy that brings us into a world we will never forget, and which will appeal to all ages and genders.

In A Sky of Spells, Thorgrin finally returns to himself and must confront his father once and for all. An epic battle occurs, as two titans face each other, and as Rafi uses his power to summon an army of undead. Luanda struggles to prevail against her captor, Romulus, as the fate of the Shield hangs in the balance. Reece, meanwhile, struggles to lead his men back up the Canyon walls, with Selese's help. Their love deepens; but with the arrival of Reece's old love, his cousin, a tragic love triangle and misunderstandings develop.

In A Grant of Arms, Thor is caught between titanic forces of good and evil, as Andronicus and Rafi use all of their dark sorcery to attempt to crush Thor's identity and take control of his very soul. Under their spell, Thor will have to battle a greater fight than he has ever known, as he struggles to cast off his father and free himself from their chains. But it may already be too late.

Thor, determined to rescue Guwayne, continues with his Legion brothers on his quest far across the sea, to the massive caves that herald the Land of the Spirits, encountering unthinkable monsters and exotic landscapes. In the Southern Isles, Alistair sacrifices herself for Erec - and yet an unexpected twist might just save them both.

Dylan ha quindici anni quando la sua vita subisce un drastico cambiamento: il treno su cui sta viaggiando ha un tragico incidente. Dylan sembrerebbe essere l’unica sopravvissuta e, una volta uscita, si ritrova nell’aperta campagna scozzese. Attorno non c’è anima viva, a parte un ragazzo seduto sull’erba. Si chiama Tristan e, con il suo fare imperturbabile e deciso, convince Dylan a seguirlo lungo un arduo cammino, tra strade impervie e misteriose figure che girano loro intorno. A un certo punto Tristan le rivela la verità: è un traghettatore di anime.

Simon Moody’s mom inherits her wealthy Uncle Edmund’s estate, giving them more than enough money to pay all four years of Simon’s upcoming college tuition. The only problem is, they have to leave Brooklyn, move to the little town of Caligo Falls, and make Wilder House, the infamous Victorian mansion built by Edmund’s grandfather in 1905, their new home. They’ve also inherited a mysterious caretaker named Harrington, and a punctual but melancholy cook, Mrs. Morley.

Ein halber Elf unter Zwergen – ein Außenseiter kämpft für seine Freiheit und seine Träume. Erion Leichtfuß träumt von großen Abenteuern. Fern draußen im Land hat ein Heer von Invasoren unter einer dunklen Herrscherin die Reiche der Menschen erobert. Nur eine kleine Schar von Rebellen führt einen verzweifelten Kampf gegen die Wiederkehr eines uralten Übels.

Imogene Sol has had to work twice as hard for everything she has earned as a cadet at The Ring Academy on Serta. An orphan of notorious parents who killed hundreds of thousands of people in a bombing against the Federation, most people hate her by name alone, others have gone out of their way to make her life difficult. Though she’s managed to acquire a handful of trusted friends over her years at the academy, most of her peers loathe her. But she’s made her mark in the top ten of her cadet class and she’s ready to compete for what’s next.

Thirteen-year-old Ivy and Ava watch in horror as their friend Brett mysteriously disappears while swimming in the river near their Australian outback farm. The girls soon discover they are suspects in his murder and must endure the taunts and accusations of their schoolmates. Desperate to escape, Ava climbs the massive ring tree on their farm, an ancient landmark believed to be from another time and place. Ivy watches from below as Ava spreads her arms and jumps from the tree...then disappears.

Darren Kraus—a rogue time agent—has returned with a new team: Kronos. They’re faster, stronger, and built from the DNA of the original Ring. Translation: they’re genetically engineered to take Jordan and her team down. As timelines collide and eras bleed into one another, Jordan’s ability to bend the timestream makes her humanity’s last hope—and Kraus’s ultimate target. And just when she thinks it can’t get worse, a secret from her past surfaces… one that could unravel everything. Reality is cracking. Time is at war. And not everyone will survive the next jump.

Like its ambitious companion novel, Replica, this far-reaching novel by the powerhouse author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy digs deep into questions of how to be a human being in a world where humanity cannot be taken for granted. In the world outside of the Haven Institute, Lyra and...

Like its ambitious companion novel, Replica, this far-reaching novel by the powerhouse author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy digs deep into questions of how to be a human being in a world where humanity cannot be taken for granted. In the world outside of the Haven Institute, Lyra and...