Resultados para "Sequence" en Fantasía

Genetic engineer Noah Parker helped domesticate dragons for use as pets and deployed them for the United States military. Now his team is tasked with designing dragons to tackle invasive species and other ecological problems. It's no easy job, especially because government approval requires the dragons have built-in failsafes to prevent them from reproducing in the wild. To Noah's surprise, the approval also requires the presence of an onsite observer—who happens to be his former rival from graduate school.

Nella misteriosa città di Camorr un orfano ha vita dura, e spesso breve. Ma il giovane Locke Lamora riesce a eludere la morte e a non farsi catturare come schiavo, fino a diventare un furfante provetto sotto la tutela del Forgialadri, un talentuoso artista della truffa. A capo della banda di fratelli dalle dita leste, noti come Bastardi Galantuomini, Locke diventa presto celebre, e si fa beffe persino del più temuto re della malavita.

Doveva essere il colpo più clamoroso della loro carriera, invece si è rivelato un... clamoroso fiasco. Così Locke e il suo fedele compagno Jean sono riusciti a malapena a salvare la pelle. Almeno, Jean ci è riuscito: Locke sta morendo, avvelenato in modo lento ma inesorabile da una sostanza che nessun alchimista o dottore può combattere. Ma quando la fine sembra ormai vicina, una donna misteriosa offre a Locke un'opportunità che potrà salvarlo, o ucciderlo. Le elezioni del Konseil sono imminenti, e le diverse fazioni hanno bisogno di una pedina da muovere a loro piacimento.

Dopo un violento combattimento con la malavita che li ha quasi uccisi, Locke e il suo fedele compare Jean fuggono dalla città in cui sono nati e approdano agli esotici lidi di Tal Verrar per curarsi le ferite. Ma neppure all'estremità occidentale del mondo civilizzato possono riposare, e presto tornano a dedicarsi a ciò che sanno fare meglio: rubare ai ricchi e intascare il ricavato. Questa volta il loro obiettivo è oltremodo ambizioso: la torre di Peccapicco, la casa da gioco più esclusiva e più sorvegliata che ci sia.

In a world where witches are bound by strict laws and immortals walk in the shadows, Seira Dufey’s life takes a dark turn when her mentor, the powerful High Witch Matace, is brutally murdered. Thrust into an investigation filled with danger and deception, Seira is drawn to a vampire who has haunted her dreams, a figure whose presence in her life is as unsettling as it is compelling. As she navigates the treacherous waters of supernatural politics, Seira uncovers a hidden connection that ties her fate to the vampires and the dark secrets that threaten to tear the magical world apart.

Pandora's humans have been recovering land from its raging seas at an accelerated pace since The Lazarus Effect. The great kelp of the seas, sentient but electronically manipulated by humans, buffers Pandora's wild currents to restore land and facilitate the booming sea trade. New settlements rise overnight, but children starve in their shadows. An orbiting assembly station is near completion of Project Voidship, which is the hope of many for finding a better world.

Cuarenta años después, aún se perciben las secuelas de la Guerra de los Dioses. En Skittersill, un distrito pobre que todavía se rige por los decadentes edictos de los dioses caídos, las malas condiciones de vida de los habitantes han despertado una serie de protestas y motines.

The Tarot Sequence imagines a modern-day Atlantis off the coast of Massachusetts, governed by powerful Courts based on the traditional Tarot deck. Rune Saint John, last child of the fallen Sun Throne, is backed into a fight of high court magic and political appetites in a desperate bid to protect his ward, Max, from a forced marital alliance with the Hanged Man. Rune's resistance will take him to the island's dankest corners, including a red light district made of moored ghost ships and the floor of the ruling Convocation, where a gathering of Arcana will change Rune's life forever.

As Rune Saint John grapples with the challenges of assuming the Sun Throne, a powerful barrier appears around New Atlantis’ famed rejuvenation center. But who could have created such formidable magic...what do they want from the immortality clinic...and what remains of the dozens trapped inside? Now, the rulers of New Atlantis must confront an enemy both new and ancient as the flow of time itself is drawn into the conflict. And as Rune finds himself drawn back to the fall of his father’s court and his own torture, the secrets that he has guarded will be dragged into the light.

In The Jesus Incident, Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom introduced Ship, an artificial intelligence that believed it was God, abandoning its unworthy human cargo on the all-sea world of Pandora. Now centuries have passed. The descendants of humanity, split into Mermen and Islanders, must reunite--because Pandora's original owner is returning to life.

Rune Saint John, the last child of the fallen Sun Court, is hired to search for Lady Judgment's missing son, Addam, on New Atlantis, the island city where the Atlanteans moved after ordinary humans destroyed their original home. With his companion and bodyguard, Brand, he questions Addam's relatives and business contacts through the highest ranks of the nobles of New Atlantis. But as they investigate, they uncover more than a missing man: a legendary creature connected to the secret of the massacre of Rune's Court.

Han pasado setenta años desde que Kopil derrotó a los dioses y estableció la Corporación Rey de Rojo para administrar la ciudad de Dresediel Lex. Durante todo ese tiempo las deidades dejaron de tener poder sobre los humanos...pero ahora una plaga de demonios ha contaminado las reservas de agua de la ciudad y amenaza con terminar con el orden establecido. Nadie sabe de dónde han venido....Ante esta situación, el Rey de Rojo envía a Caleb Altemoc a descubrir a los responsables del ataque que ha puesto en peligro a diecisiete millones de personas.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The first book of the epic fantasy caper Gentleman Bastard Sequence about a roguish group of conmen, which George R. R. Martin says “captured me right on the first page and never let me go.” “If you haven’t read [The Lies of Locke Lamora], you should. If you have...

A aguardada sequência do best-seller O gato que amava livros – uma história inspiradora sobre um gato esperto, uma menina que adora livros e o poder transformador da leitura.Nanami Kosaki adora ler. A biblioteca local se tornou o seu lar longe de casa, e os livros, seus melhores amigos. Quando Nanami começa a reparar que alguns dos seus livros favoritos estão desaparecendo das prateleiras da biblioteca, ela passa a suspeitar de um homem de terno cinzento cujo comportamento furtivo não lhe parece nem um pouco certo.

Dopo che i genitori del giovane Caldan furono uccisi, un gruppo di monaci decise di crescerlo e iniziarlo agli arcani misteri della stregoneria. Ora, mentre due potenti imperi si affrontano in un letale gioco di supremazia, magie violente e creature leggendarie sono state scatenate. Per invertire le sorti della guerra e prevenire l'annientamento, Caldan deve imparare a sfruttare la sua spaventosa e proibita magia.

The year is 2040 and an envoy of the North American Union finds himself a fugitive in the Southeast Asian nation of Tinhau. Lucas Lehrer is tasked with travelling from the North American Union to the island-nation of Tinhau to extend the offer of political partnership. When negotiations break...

Anasoma, jewel of the Mahruse Empire, has fallen. As Caldan and his companions flee the city, horrors from the time of the Shattering begin to close in. With Miranda's mind broken by forbidden sorcery, Caldan is forced to disobey the most sacrosanct laws of the Protectors if he is to have any chance of healing her. But when one of the emperor's warlocks arrives to take control of him, he begins to suspect his burgeoning powers may be more of a curse than a blessing.

When Caldan’s parents are brutally slain, he is raised by monks and taught the arcane mysteries of sorcery. Vowing to discover for himself who his parents really were, and what led to their violent end, he is thrust into the unfamiliar chaos of city life. With nothing to his name but a pair of mysterious heirlooms and a handful of coins, he must prove his talent to earn an apprenticeship with a guild of sorcerers. But he soon learns the world outside the monastery is a darker place than he ever imagined, and his treasured sorcery has disturbing depths. As a shadowed evil manipulates the unwary and forbidden powers are unleashed, Caldan is plunged into an age-old conflict that brings the world to the edge of destruction.

The God Wars destroyed the city of Alikand. Now, a century and a half and a great many construction contracts later, Agdel Lex rises in its place. Dead deities litter the surrounding desert, streets shift when people aren't looking, a squidlike tower dominates the skyline, and the foreign Iskari Rectification Authority keeps strict order in this once-independent city - while treasure seekers, criminals, combat librarians, nightmare artists, angels, demons, dispossessed knights, grad students, and other fools gather in its ever-changing alleys, hungry for the next big score.

Dopo la morte dei genitori, brutalmente uccisi per una ragione apparentemente oscura, il giovane Caldan viene allevato da una comunità di monaci che lo iniziano agli arcani misteri della magia. Ma una volta cresciuto, afflitto da domande sul proprio passato, decide di scoprire la verità sui suoi genitori. La ricerca lo porterà oltre le mura del monastero, nella caotica vita della città di Anasoma.