Resultados para "Sophie" en Fantasía oscura

Traumatized college student Morgan Mallory has survived the treacherous land of Pandaemonium by evolving into a soul-devouring entity. Now a merciless warrior, she goes by Alice. But her new identity is fractured, and she finds herself hopelessly grasping at the shards of her parallel selves from different timelines. To piece these multiple personas together, she must kill the Demiurge, the world's tormented creator, who has banished Alice to a facsimile Earth.

I've spent my whole life preparing for one moment, but on the night I'm supposed to commit myself to the Moon Coven, a murder attempt has me fleeing the safety of the only home I've ever known. I run straight past the safe cottage in the woods and right into the arms of a most unlikely hero—a ruthless pirate captain. As I board The Ruined Soul, I can't be sure if I'm a passenger or a captive, but as the tides grow more dangerous, I begin to suspect there's more to the cold-hearted captain than meets the eye. And my magic just might be the thing to help her thaw out.

Sadie Sadler lives in the big city. Takes the train to work each day. Drinks fancy coffee. Does yoga… and never, ever does magic, lest it leads Gabriel Thornber straight to her door. Sadie’s family have used their magic to protect the small northern town of Mannith for centuries. But now, Sadie’s brother Brendan is on trial for murder, and Gabriel, the charismatic and sinister head of the Sadlers’ only rivals, is moving to take the town. Only Sadie has both the knowledge to save Brendan and the magical strength to face down Gabriel.

With her life turned upside down, it's almost a relief for Hallie to be asked to work a case. She is tasked with helping the Conclave Investigators follow up on a suspected theft, and also help track down one of their own—Special Investigator Girard Abbott has gone missing. But nothing is straightforward. The supposed victim of the theft doesn't seem interested in helping with the investigation. No one seems to know what's been stolen. Girard may not just be missing, but also injured—or worse.

The second book in Vanessa Nelson's exciting Fractured Conclave series.

With her life turned upside down, it's almost a relief for Hallie to be asked to work a case. She is tasked with helping the Conclave Investigators follow up on a suspected theft, and also help track down one of their own—Special Investigator Girard Abbott has gone missing. But nothing is straightforward. The supposed victim of the theft doesn't seem interested in helping with the investigation. No one seems to know what's been stolen. Girard may not just be missing, but also injured—or worse. And then Hallie senses the stirring of ancient magic, powerful enough to threaten her entire city.

Some people are born under a lucky star; Aris Gray isn’t one of them. Orphaned as a baby, she has struggled her entire life, but now, at 18, she hopes that going off to college will mean a new path for her. Unfortunately, that new path begins when she’s attacked in an alleyway by a stranger. To protect herself, Aris summons shadow powers she didn’t know she had and a Constellation, a being that also grants her elemental powers.

Hallie works as a skip tracer—hunting down people wanted by the law, for one reason or another. It's not glamourous, and it doesn't pay all that well. But it's legal work, and that's hard to come by in the cramped quarters of old town. When a childhood friend calls her in a panic, Hallie goes to help and gets a lot more than she bargained for. One of the elite has been murdered and the special investigators are looking for someone to blame.

Back when Morgan Mallory was human, she dreamed of magic while drowning in self-destruction. Then she was transported to a fantastical new reality, and her dream turned into a waking nightmare. To survive against the monsters of the labyrinthine land of Pandaemonium, she became Maven Alice, a soul-devouring demon who kills with blade and spell. Now that she's tasted blood and escaped a fae king's trap, Alice has been pitted against six fearsome rivals in a contest in which the stakes are no less than life or death.

With their magic diminishing, warring factions of New Orleans witches desperately search for the Book of the Unwinding - a legendary grimoire, hidden by spells, that holds the key to unimaginable powers. As a ruthless struggle erupts in a maelstrom of malevolent magic, psychic Nathalie Boudreau finds her destiny intertwined with that of an exiled witch. Her name is Alice Marin, a vulnerable young woman trapped in a realm of illusion. Only Nathalie can free her, but first she must come to understand and master her own extraordinary abilities.

This collection of 22 short stories by the author of Daughter of Hounds and Alabaster firmly established Caitlín R. Kiernan as one of the preeminent voices in dark fantasy today. Through a cycle of interconnected narratives, Kiernan unflinchingly explores a surreal world where the fantastic and the mundane are never separated by more than the insubstantial thickness of a shadow.

Zwei Herzen, kein Schlag. Zwei Seelen, keine Erinnerungen. Zwei Wesen, zu viel Schicksal. Es ging alles schief. Einfach alles. Ich weiß nicht, wo Landon ist oder gar, wo ich bin. Nur eines ist klar – unser Märchen kann kein Happy End mehr haben. Oder? Das Finale der düsteren Romantasy-Dilogie von Anny Thorn rund um etwas andere Märchen, geheimnisvolle Verbündete und verwirrende Gefühle.

Eine magische Grenze, die die Welten der Menschen und Märchen trennt. Eine verrückte Prinzessin, die sie zerstören will. Eine böse Fee, deren Herz alles retten könnte. Als dreizehnte Fee habe ich wegen eines Fehlers alles verloren und wirklich gedacht, das Schicksal wäre mit mir fertig. Bis er vor mir steht – Landon, Auftragsmörder aus der Menschenwelt und Nachfahre der Naraar. Ein alter Wunsch bindet uns aneinander und zwingt mich, ihm zu helfen, der Märchenwelt für immer den Rücken zu kehren.

Einst symbolisierten Margery und die Sieben das Gute, doch nun stellen sie sich gegeneinander. Kann jemand, der den Tod eines anderen will, wahrhaft gut sein? Ist jemand böse, nur weil er überleben will? Wenn sich das Gute nicht mehr vom Bösen unterscheiden lässt, steht das Ende bevor. In einem letzten Kampf zwischen Mutter und Tochter zeigt sich, ob dieses Märchen gut ausgeht.

Quinn Darkova wandelt verloren im Reich der Dunkelheit. Lazarus Fierté ist nicht mehr der Mann, der er einst war. Als Bestie, verzehrt von seinem Kummer um Quinn, ist sein einziges Ziel Rache an dem Mann, der ihm seine Liebe entrissen hat. Kann Risk ihre Schwester aus der Dunkelheit befreien und damit Quinn und Lazarus retten? Bekommen Quinn und Lazarus die Chance, ihr gemeinsames Schicksal zu erfüllen?

Ich bin von Zeus entführt, in Manhattan aufgegriffen und von der olympischen Gottheit halb zu Tode erschreckt worden. Jetzt werde ich in der Unterwelt gefangen gehalten und gezwungen, in einer Reihe von tödlichen Tribunalen, um die Position der Königin der Unterwelt zu kämpfen. Das würde bedeuten, Hades heiraten zu müssen, den furchterregenden Gott des Todes. Wer zum Teufel möchte überhaupt einen Ehemann, geschweige denn einen, der aus Rauch geschaffen und von Tod durchsetzt ist?

Venice, 1717. Before Maddalena arrived at the Ospedale della Pietà, Venice's most illustrious music school, fifteen-year-old orphan Luisa has only wanted one thing: to be the best at violin. Luisa is good at violin, but she is not the best. She has peers, but she does not have friends. Until Maddalena. Sent to the Pietà until her noble family can find her a husband, Maddalena is cunning, passionate, and unlike anyone Luisa has ever met. Maddalena can promise the world to Luisa, and when she does, their fates intertwine.

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