Resultados para "River" en Epopeyas

Los Hermanos Kaul luchan contra clanes rivales por el control de la ciudad en Legado de jade, la conclusión de la saga de los Huesos Verdes. El jade, el misterioso material mágico que una vez fue exclusivo de los guerreros de Kekon, ahora es codiciado por todo el mundo. Todos quieren tener...

LA FAMILIA ES DEBER. LA MAGIA ES PODER. EL HONOR LO ES TODO. El jade es lo que da vida a la isla de Kekon. Se ha extraído de las minas, se ha intercambiado, se ha robado y se ha matado por él. Y, durante siglos, los honorables guerreros de los Huesos Verdes, guerreros como la familia Kaul, lo...

En Guerra de jade, la segunda parte de la novela ganadora del World Fantasy Award Ciudad de jade, los hermanos Kaul luchan contra clanes rivales por el honor y el control de una metrópolis de inspiración asiática. En la isla de Kekon, la familia Kaul libra una violenta lucha por el control de...

As the son of a mere merchant, Klöss wants nothing more than to pass his trials and join the ranks of the Bjornmen raiders, breaking free of his father’s ambitions and following in the footsteps of his forebears. Times are changing in the Barren Isles. The centuries-old traditions of coastal plunder are making way for outright conquest, and the threat of war is looming.

The countries of Eistrea and Hellebore were once one land, torn asunder by war. A thousand years later, the Hellebore Empire and the Kingdom of Eistrea foster peace along the shared borders of the river Adracias, united by faith in a river god and an ancient treaty signed in blood and magic. Prince Elia of Eistrea is the youngest of four and is hated by siblings and royal parent alike. Outcast for being different, Elia suffers through abuse and scorn. Gifted with magic that leaves him hated by his father, Elia is waiting for the day he's tossed aside.

The world has stopped turning. Burned by a blazing sun. Thrust into eternal winter. Life survives only in the Sunset Forest. For untold millennia, mankind lived subservient to the dryads, forced into worship of the Earth-Mother, Astea. Then one man ventured into the Scorched Desert and returned with the secret of fire. His rebellion brought the dryad empire to ash. In its place, he founded the Kingdom of Heartsong.

Fleeing certain death, a young woman shrouded in mystery arrives in Periton. Rescued by the renegade mages Kylen and Dalthinir, she sets out with them for the ruined kingdom of Methesia. Hunted relentlessly by unseen enemies, the fugitives risk everything in crossing the border and heading for the former capital of Ettaran. Dangers multiply as the doomed city draws closer. The truth about its sinister reputation must soon be exposed. What they find in Ettaran could destroy them all. Mortals are flickers of candlelight before a power that shatters kingdoms.

A fragile period of peace between the eternally warring kingdoms of Oakharn and Langmyr is shattered when a surprise massacre fueled by bloodmagic ravages the Langmyrne border village of Willowfield, killing its inhabitants—including a visiting Oakharne lord and his family—and leaving behind a scene so grisly that even the carrion eaters avoid its desecrated earth.

Magentite. The rarest of gems, one capable of turning any mage into an unstoppable force of destruction. A gem found only in the empty lands surrounding the Tyber River. And now war has come. Endless war between Esteria and the native Tyberons, a savage and mysterious people who prowl the grass-covered land with spearpoints ready. Unable to end the conflict the Esterians rely on mercenaries to bolster their military, desperate men like Dain Gladstone, a disgraced Paladin.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the untamed wilderness beyond the Black River, Conan the Cimmerian is hired by a civilized nation to help secure lands from the primitive Picts. But the Picts are far from pleased with this arrangement, and survival becomes a brutal struggle against...

 Daidoji Shin, unrepentant wastrel with a taste for scandal and dice, coasts through his role as Crane Clan's trade envoy in the City of the Rich Frog. But when a case of poisoned rice threatens the brittle peace between the competing clans, the Imperial Governor drags Shin from his indolence and orders him to find the culprit. Despite himself, Shin uncovers an intriguing conspiracy involving more than just dead rats. 

When an exiled Kashgar prince seeks refuge in their land, Prince Atul agrees to dispatch emissaries to Kashgar. Yet, in a sinister declaration of war, the emissaries return lifeless, carried by a ship draped in shadows. Determined to restore the exiled prince to the throne, Prince Atul travels to Kashgar with the intention of rooting out the rebels. When he arrives, Prince Atul is prepared to wage war against men. Instead, he encounters an arcane land of curses and spells. How does he defeat what he does not understand?

Serena Brimstone, fierce warrior woman of the Northlands, awoke to find the enormous diamond she had recently claimed from a dying stranger embedded in her chest. Suddenly, old sparring partners refuse to fight her. Enemies throw down their weapons and profess their undying love for her. When Serena and three magicians are recruited by the enigmatic leader to seek out a legendary wizard and promised their hearts' desires in return, she hopes she has finally found a way to be rid of the diamond and the adoration it causes others to feel for her.

Ayla used to dream of adventure, but long ago settled into life as an innkeeper. When her family is wrongly accused of rebellion, the only way she can save them is to volunteer for the Gloamroad Trials: an unforgiving journey meant to restore the magic that sustains the human, elven, and dwarven kingdoms. Few survive. None returns unchanged. What begins as a simple pilgrimage quickly becomes a gauntlet of deadly outlaws, ancient forces stirring in the wilds, and political schemes that follow her every step.

So starts one of Western literature's most epic journeys, The Hobbit, a fantasy novel that has delighted adults and children alike since it was published in 1937 by professor J.R.R. Tolkien. Ostensibly, The Hobbit is an adventurous tale about hobbit Bilbo Baggins, who leaves the cozy comforts of his home to try to win a share of a treasure, guarded by a dragon named Smaug. The novel follows Bilbo and an assorted cast of magical characters and creatures.

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." So starts one of Western literature's most epic journeys, The Hobbit, a fantasy novel that has delighted adults and children alike since it was published in 1937 by professor J.R.R. Tolkien. Ostensibly, The Hobbit is an adventurous tale about hobbit Bilbo Baggins, who leaves the cozy comforts of his home to try to win a share of a treasure guarded by a dragon named Smaug.

Tolkien's expertise with language and history inform the story, but The Lord of the Rings is a staggering, complex work for adults, not children. Tolkien took the themes from The Hobbit and revisited them, but this time he went even deeper. The corruptive nature of power and the many forms of bravery are once again front and center as major themes. Working together and the environmental degradation of industrialization and war are also themes woven through the work.

The kingdom of Mercia has been at war with the Shadow King and his dark army for ten years. To escape the seer’s vision of her capture, Mercia’s heir to the throne, Princess Norah Andell, is secreted away by her father to keep her safe. But when he dies in battle, so too dies the knowledge of where she’s hidden. She’s lost to the world—until three years later, when she’s found with no memory of who she is or the kingdom that now rests on her shoulders.

The history of the world lies in ruins left by the Elder Races. Only in the dragons' Emerald Halls can Verse find clues to what really happened. Nothing else has survived a hundred thousand years. In one of these ruins, he discovers a fragment of his history and a key to strengthening his ancestral bloodline, the heritage of the Emerald Dragons, one of the nine races who ruled the ancient world. In need of resources, he heads to Boreas, the greatest city for alchemy in the Middle Provinces.

Legends of the Imperial Knights are older than the Starfall Empire itself. Their titles have been passed down for thousands of years, from the mists of a forgotten era, one that gave rise to powers greater than anything seen today. While searching for the source, Verse discovers the ruins of the Italith and an even older civilization. One that reveals his true heritage.