Resultados para "Siren" en Fantasía oscura

A decade after a tragic accident claimed her parents, Ari Quinn is a girl defined by what she has lost . Raised by her Uncle Henry and Aunt Maggie in a house that always felt borrowed, Ari has spent years polishing lies to hide a hollow chest and a world that burned away when she was seven. She clings to a single silver bracelet—a final gift from her mother—as the only constant in a life of wreckage.

Abruptly catapulted into a fantasy world, Mimori Touka and his classmates have been summoned by the world's resident goddess to serve as heroes. Luckily, most of the students display amazing skills upon arrival—except for Mimori, whose abilities bottom out at a measly E-rank.

After defeating the strongest human in the world with his "useless" spells, Mimori Touka's quest for vengeance is back on track! He knows he's still too weak to defeat the foul Goddess, so he sets out to find more information about the Forbidden Magic that could be key to taking her down. His search will bring him into the path of a corrupt duke, a fierce beastwoman gladiator, and a fighting tournament where the stakes are life and death!

People remain skeptical of Fran's abilities despite her achievements with Teacher, and so, accused of playing favorites, the Guild Master assigns the duo a difficult mission to prove their worth. Fran and Teacher don't much care what anyone thinks of them, but once they venture into the snare-filled Spider's Lair, even they realize they may have bitten off more than they can chew...

Reincarnated as a sentient weapon with memories of his past life, but not his name, a magical sword saves a young beastgirl from a life of slavery. Fran, the cat-eared girl, becomes his wielder, and wants only to grow stronger, while the sword wants to know why he is here. Together, the strange duo's journey has only just begun!

In search of the Country at the End of the Word and its secrets of forbidden magic, Mimori Touka plunges back into the Land of the Golden-Eyed Monsters. But on the way he's confronted by perilous new foes: the descendants of previous heroes from another world! The E-class underdog must flex his "useless" skills in a battle against their Sword of Courage and leader, the indominable Lewin Seale.

When half-fae Bronwyn is caught fleeing the scene of a robbery, a Crusader arrow finds its mark. But as her roguish partner-in-crime Eoin tends to her wounds, a spark between them replenishes Bronwyn's magic—revealing her as part-Siren. And quite possibly cursed. Meanwhile, word is spreading of the two thieves and the illegal magic they left behind them. To escape discovery, Bronwyn and Eoin accept a dangerous yet tempting job: a wedding heist that leads them into the depths of the fae realm.

Our mother wants to push our aunt off the tallest turret. Malvolia won't stop trying to seduce Helian. Our father is possessed. The dragons have revolted. Finn, Nikkos, and Blaze are missing. Fae-eating spiders are ravaging the countryside. An army of ghost demons is sailing toward our shores. Zombie giants are attacking our fortifications. A vindictive demon sorceress has the power to erase our memories.

Ci sono vittorie che portano dentro il seme della propria rovina. E a volte, per sconfiggere il buio, bisogna prima liberarlo. Diana Blake ha vinto. Ha conquistato il Trono Oscuro, sbaragliato le Confraternite, reclamato il titolo di Nera. Ma la pace che avvolge Nocturnia è fragile come ghiaccio sottile su acque nere. Gli Evocatori, i Maghi Neri, i Negromanti si sono ritirati nelle loro fortezze, feriti ma vivi, e il Potere Oscuro continua a strangolare la terra come un'edera velenosa che non muore mai. Diana lo sa: finché le Confraternite respireranno, Nocturnia non conoscerà l'alba.

In my new world, life has no worth. Reborn as an apprentice under the Order of Assassins, an organization that takes on all manner of underhanded jobs, I’m prepared to do anything and everything to survive. First, I have to get through their oppressive training, where failure equals death. My assassin-to-be rivals include a tigerborn whose strength eclipses my own, an elf who is a master of essence, and a dragonborn, their kind known as the mightiest of races. Isn’t all that almost unfair? Although death lurks around every corner, I swear I’ll claw my way through this hell.

A protector. A lost soul. A siren looking for salvation. Kylee Paradox never expected to be a protector of humankind, but when hell's portals open and let loose the creatures of the underworld, she can't see any other way. Armed with an ultimatum, Kylee has no choice but to embrace her new position as bounty hunter of the damned. Sending these monsters back to purgatory becomes her life's mission.

He’s back. Despite absolutely no requests at all, Sir Apropos of Nothing - he who was spawned from the violent assault of a tavern wench by a group of drunken knights - has returned. This time his voyages take him to the land of Rogypt, a surprisingly ancient realm where the tragic people known as the Shews labor endlessly in building pyramids for their masters. When Apropos inadvertently interferes with he who is destined to be their savior, no less than a deity reaches down and points his fickle finger upon him, informing him it is now his responsibility to liberate the people.

The Unseen Hand of the Gods helped Kanata's group to take out Reniement and Lucifer, two of the vilest villains around. Too bad the higher beings' plot is well underway: they're activating Zero, the Silent Void's life-siphoning curse to obliterate Locklore. Kanata and company rush to stop the curse only to crash into the gods' final trump card--Zoras, a lich with a mastery of magic. The wicked god Naiarotop shows his face at last to herald the ultimate showdown between Kanata and the higher powers governing this world.

Things in Locklore just keep getting more complicated! Kanata meets a dragon-girl on the run from mysterious enemies, and he and his friends agree to help her out. But soon she leads them into dangerous, uncharted territory—the homeland of dragons! Meanwhile, Kanata may have eked out a win and saved the city of Manaloch, but his actions have also drawn attention from the beings he wants to avoid most: the gods who sent him to the world of Locklore in the first place! What lies in store once they find the level 1 character who escaped the inescapable labyrinth?

For generations, a shrine has stood in the mountain village of Kadono, and for each generation the shrine has had an Itsukihime--its shrine maiden--and the maiden has had her guardian. During the Edo period, a young man named Jinta protects the town and the Itsukihime. When he confronts a strange demon in the nearby forest, it tells him that in the distant future a Demon God will threaten all people, everywhere, and it claims that the Demon God's rise to power springs from this very time and place, in the village of Kadono.

Oda Akira is the kind of guy who people forget is even there. His unassuming nature pays off, though, when his entire class is swept away to a fantasy world, and he slips easily into his new role as a silent assassin. Between his suspiciously high starting stats and too many details that don't fit, Akira is sure something is wrong. But digging into royal secrets is a dangerous game, and when Akira uncovers an evil scheme, he also makes a powerful enemy--the very king who brought him to this world!

Becalmed on alien seas, Ariane offers herself up to the sea god, fulfilling the vow she broke years before. But will her sacrifice be enough to save their ship and country? Sir Garland and company enter alien territory in their chase against time and the terrifying keeper of Graywash Hall. The Journeyman knows that only one thing can save them against the Shadowman’s Orb.

When David Caine, a celebrated skeptic of the supernatural, is invited by an old friend to spend a month in "the most haunted house in Virginia," he believes the case will be like any other. But the Alexander House is different. Built in the 1700s by a land baron to contain the madness and depravity of his eldest son, the house is plagued by shadows of the past and the lingering taint of bloodshed. David is haunted, as well. Twenty-two years ago, he turned away the woman he loved, and she took her life in sorrow. And David suspects she's followed him to the Alexander House.

""I loved making the acquaintance of SirHereward and Mister Fitz. If you haven't met them yet, you are in for a treat. They are the best partnership in the world of fantasy since Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser.” — George R.R. Martin, co-editor “A Cargo of Ivories” New York Times bestselling...

Book 1 in the Blood Sea Series Ceruleus, Crown Prince of the Blood Sea, spots Penelope while patrolling one night. This human female should be no threat to him . . . so why can she hear his song? Convinced that Goddess has a purpose for her, Ceris saves the female, defying the laws of his people in the process. Penelope Carver is young, beautiful, wealthy, and the heir to an empire. Hours before she is to be wed to the man her father has chosen for her, a storm knocks her overboard into the sea. A Siren's Hold is a spicy siren romantasy with content some readers may find disturbing.