Resultados para "Sequence" en Epopeyas

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

Endless Skies, a reality in a game. For most humans, it represents a second life away from the horrors of a broken Earth. To Eyre, her first full-dive into the fantasy realm is a long shot gamble at finding independence, from her family and her past. Determination, cleverness, and luck get her far enough to pick up a quest from a shady wizard, with the promise to fulfill her deepest desire.

Caldan ist zehn Jahre alt, als seine Eltern von den Schergen des Kaisers ermordet werden. Er selbst entkommt seinen Verfolgern und findet in einem Kloster Unterschlupf, wo er von den Brüdern in den Grundlagen der Arkanen Magie unterrichtet wird. Doch dann verletzt er Jahre später bei einer Prügelei unwillentlich einen Mitschüler und wird, mit nichts als ein paar Münzen in der Tasche, hinausgeworfen. Von nun an muss er sich alleine durchschlagen - in einer Welt, die noch immer von den Mördern seiner Eltern beherrscht wird.

Luca Windborne is out for revenge. For as long as he could remember, his whole life had been leading to the moment where he would taste the nectar of the death of the Count Vinsaro of Rehma. Until, that is, he arrives in the chamber of his enemy to discover him already dead. His life takes a turn onto a path he could not have envisaged, into a world of magic and secrets that connect to his family's past.

In the second book of the suspense-filled Gentleman Bastard Sequence, hailed by George R. R. Martin as “fresh, original, and engrossing,” Locke Lamora faces a caper so death-defying that nothing short of a miracle will pull it off. For some, only a prize worth dying for makes life worth...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the third book of the “gorgeously realized” (George R. R. Martin) epic fantasy caper Gentleman Bastard Sequence, Locke Lamora must make the hardest decision of his life . . . or death. “Fast paced, fun, and impossible to put down . . . Locke and company...

National best-selling author and winner of three Hugo Awards, C.J. Cherryh returns to the universe of her acclaimed Foreigner trilogy - with an epic tale of the survivors of a lost spacecraft stranded on a planet inhabited by a hostile, sentient race. The beginning of a second trilogy, Precursor follows a single human delegate living among aliens, who are just gaining access to space.

Anasoma, die mächtigste Stadt des Kaiserreichs, ist gefallen, und zum zweiten Mal in seinem Leben muss der junge Magier Caldan alles hinter sich lassen und fliehen. Gemeinsam mit seinen Gefährten stellt er sich den Gefahren einer Welt, der ein schrecklicher Krieg bevorsteht und in der das Böse aus Legenden plötzlich lebendig zu werden scheint. Doch es ist vor allem Miranda, um deren Leben Caldan bangt. Ein verbotener Zauber droht sie zu töten. Caldan weiß, dass er sich seiner außergewöhnlichen Begabung stellen muss, um Miranda - und das gesamte Kaiserreich - zu retten.