Resultados para "Spin" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

"Un paio di occhi dorati brillavano nella boscaglia accanto a me. La foresta era silenziosa. Il vento non soffiava più. Persino la neve aveva smesso di scendere. Quel lupo era enorme. Il petto mi si strinse fino a farmi male. E in quell'istante mi resi conto che la mia vita dipendeva da una sola domanda: era solo? Afferrai l'arco e tirai indietro la corda. Non potevo permettermi di mancarlo. Non quando avevo una sola freccia con me."

C'era e non c'era una volta - così cominciano sempre le fiabe - una principessa destinata ad avvelenare chiunque la toccasse. Ma per Soraya, tenuta nascosta fin dalla nascita, cresciuta lontana dalla sua famiglia, al sicuro solo nel suo giardino, questa non è soltanto una fiaba. All'approssimarsi delle nozze del suo gemello, Soraya deve decidere se uscire allo scoperto per la prima volta. Nelle segrete del palazzo una div, una demone, potrebbe avere le risposte che sta cercando, la chiave per ottenere la libertà.

Hypnos and Jen aren't married long when they realize something's missing: they both want to have a child, especially when they see how happy Therese and Than are with their twins. But the creation of new gods is against the rules, and they aren't willing to give up their immortality. So Hypnos goes to Mount Olympus to offer Zeus a deal. He'll make it his mission to find out the source of the recent attacks on Gaia - horrible earthquakes - if Zeus will agree to let him and Jen have one immortal child.

The rebellion led by Hades prepares to storm Mount Olympus, but their every move is sabotaged. Morpheus is torn between his allegiance to his Underworld family and the oath he swore to Zeus under duress. Forced to play both sides, Morpheus sees no hope for the rebellion. Hermie and Hestie share Morpheus's despair. Although Poros turned them into gods, the transformation has only heightened Hermie's debilitating fears. And even Hestie's fierce determination isn't enough to overcome her trust issues. As the gods square off, how can one identify the friend from the foe?

The University of Heart’s Eye barely survived the conflict between magical and mundane students–a conflict fanned by an undercover sorcerer hiding in the last place anyone suspected, a conflict that came within moments of destroying the university or delivering the student body into inescapable servitude. But the fight for academic independence is far from over. Chaos is spreading across the Allied Lands and the university is being sucked into a vortex that may still destroy Emily’s dreams of a better future for the entire world.

Adam of Beneficence wanted to be a magician, and even undertook a magical apprenticeship, but there isn’t a single spark of magic in his entire body. In desperation, his master arranged for him to study at Heart’s Eye University, a former school of magic that has become a university, a place where magicians and mundanes can work to combine their talents and forge the future together. But all is not well at Heart’s Eye. The magical and mundane apprentices resent and fear each other, and outside, powerful forces are gathering to snuff out the future before it can take shape.

In a world inspired by karma, three teens encounter magnificent beasts, unforgiving magic, and epic battles in this propulsive and wholly original young adult fantasy. “Evocative of Sanderson, Pullman, and Fullmetal Alchemist, yet at the same time shockingly original.” —Rosaria Munda...

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Die junge Tempeldienerin Cassia weiß genau, wer hinter dem Tod ihrer Freundinnen steckt, aber der skrupellose Dämon Ianus wird in ganz Rom als Gott verehrt und scheint unantastbar. Als dem Mädchen, das immun gegenüber dämonischen Kräften ist, eines Tages in Aussicht gestellt wird, Ianus zu Fall zu bringen, willigt sie ohne zu zögern ein, sich als Sklavin in dessen Villa einschleusen zu lassen. Doch dort bringt ein unerwarteter Gast ihre Pläne durcheinander: Belial, seines Zeichens angehender Teufel und Ianus' Erzrivale.

Mit der Existenz von Elfen kann Allison sich gerade so abfinden. Dass sie nun das Sterben eines ganzen magischen Reichs verhindern soll, ist da schon schwerer zu verkraften. Doch sie ist der Schlüssel und damit die Einzige, die es vermag, die Regenpforte zu schließen, sobald das Herz der Anderwelt wieder an seinem Platz ist. Dabei muss Allison erst einmal herausfinden, wie es um ihr eigenes Herz bestellt ist. Denn das wird nicht nur von dem gut aussehenden Wächter Finn erschüttert, sondern auch von einem dunklen Prinzen, mit dem sie mehr verbindet, als sie je geahnt hätte.

Die Elfen aus Sandra Regniers Bestseller-Trilogie "Pan" sind zurück! Die unterirdischen Gassen Edinburghs sind für die 16-jährige Allison nichts weiter als eine Touristenattraktion. Bis sie bei einer Führung mit ihrer Schulklasse aus Versehen eine mysteriöse Pforte öffnet und unsägliches Chaos anrichtet. Denn von nun an heftet Finn sich an ihre Fersen, der zwar verdammt gut aussieht, aber leider ziemlich arrogant ist und obendrein behauptet, ein Elfenwächter zu sein. Er verlangt von Allison, das Tor zur magischen Welt wieder zu schließen.