Resultados para "Stoner" en Ocultismo

Fueled by visions promising him prolonged life and political power, the dying Corajidin, leader of a millennia-old dynasty, has brought the nation of Shrian to civil war. But is his bright destiny assured, or do the events unfolding around him promise a more ignoble, and finite, future? Indris, warrior-mage of the Seq Scholars and scion of a rival Great House, is caught in the upheaval. Driven by loyalty and conscience to return to a city that haunts his past, Indris reluctantly accepts the task of finding a missing man, the only one able to steer the teetering nation toward peace.

There are stories about the dilapidated stone circle at Chipping Amesbury, going back centuries. The villagers may tell the tales with relish to visiting tourists, but a careful observer will notice that there is no transport to the stone circles, no tours on offer, and the locals stay well away. Alistair Kincaid, the youngest-ever bishop of All Souls Hollow, is an expert in Britain’s ancient stone circles. That’s why, when landowner Sir Neville Chumley announces his plans to restore the circle to its ancient glory, he agrees to take part in a documentary about the project.

Fleeing from a traumatic break-in, Londoners Paul and Tricia Feenan sell up to escape to the isolated Holiwell village where Tricia has inherited a property. Scattered throughout the settlement are centuries-old stones used during the Great Plague as boundary markers. No plague-sufferer was permitted to pass them and enter the village. The plague diminished, and the village survived unscathed, but since then each year the village trustees have insisted on an ancient ceremony to renew the village boundaries.

“A feast of a novel, The Stone Witch of Florence is erudite, transportive, and addicting. Magical in every sense of the word.” —Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters A woman's secret. A deadly Plague. Unleash the hidden magic… 1348. As the Black Plague ravages...

Medical Examiner Dr. Laura Powell didn't think anything could be more frightening than what she uncovered in an autopsy a year ago. Yet, in this chilling sequel to Nicholas Kaufmann’s best-selling The Hungry Earth, the cause of death is literally petrifying. When a completely petrified corpse ends up on her autopsy table, Laura is convinced it must be a fossil, but the evidence says otherwise. Impossibly, the man on her table died in a car crash earlier that day. But what could cause a human body to transform so quickly from flesh to a hard, stonelike substance?

Leadership is a mantle I never wanted, but when the responsibility is foisted upon me, I have no choice but to take the reins at least until I can find a worthy replacement. Even with newly found alliances that alter my very existence, I have every intention of returning to the shadows when my job is done. Until secrets surface that make it nearly impossible to ignore what’s been taken from me. Our rules may be few, but the repercussions are swift and brutal when broken.

Mortician Tennessee England lives to honor the dead. But a slow season means she’s back freelancing as a party planner. Doctor Phillip Saint James warns the stress might worsen her cerebral aneurysm, causing all sorts of mystifying symptoms. To her disgust, he’s right. She’s been hallucinating a sexy ghost samurai all damn day. Or has she? His icy touch on the nape of her neck feels awfully real! So do his dire warnings that she must choose a side: mortal or immortal.

Phillip Springer has been grading diamonds since he was eight years old. His eyes are as sharp as any magnifying glass, and he has used them to turn the family diamond business into a global concern. Besides their love of diamonds, the Springers have another interest: the occult, ESP, and the mystical power of gems. Phillip has never fully believed in such superstition, but a sudden death in his family forces him to contemplate things he thought impossible.

Ladies and gentlemen, Kayla Bopp is back! That's right, Caleb bought it back in a whole new tale about the Kowlikadoo Stone. This time, there's more at stake. I can't reveal everything, but just know that it will be a wild ride that you will never forget! Enjoy the ride.

Fran Tarantino once believed her mother’s ghost watched over her. But the truth is much darker. Her haunting protector was never her mother—it was Daedrian, a seductive and ruthless spirit bound to the women of her bloodline for generations.

In this fast paced, supernatural mystery/suspense novel a young artist, Margo, with a penchant for truth, sets off to find the identity of a missing ancestor. Unknown to her, she ends up discovering something far more significant—a key stone to a dark secret. Though she doesn’t realize the importance of the hidden message inscribed on it, the heavenly forces do. Stirred by her finding, a host of angelic beings resume an age-old struggle to reveal the truth about the town of New Coven, formerly New Covenant.

A small therapy group arrives at Grief House hoping that a combination of isolation and hard work will help them begin the healing process each of them so desperately needs. But their presence has awakened something in the old dwelling. Something linked to the ancient stone megaliths at the rear of the property and a terrible crime, committed centuries before. Before the weekend is over, the group will learn the secrets of the Grieving Stones, and come to understand the true meaning of transformation.

Eddie Lancaster is dead. His final act was one of sacrifice in the town of Cedarstone. He thought self-sacrifice would buy him eternal bliss in the afterlife. He was wrong. Luckily for him, Lucifer is willing to offer him a deal. If he returns to life and retrieves the Ambrotos Dagger then Lucifer will allow Eddie to rest in peace for eternity. All his past sins will be expunged. The task seems easy enough until Eddie tries to do it.

Andrea Green might work for one of the most secret organisations in the world, but fighting the forces of evil comes mostly in the form of endless paperwork and mundane office banter. But when a routine inspection yields unexpected results, the fall out reveals a shattering secret.

Playground of the Dead is a macabre tale set in a seaside California community of Clear Vista. There have been a number of unexplained deaths of the town’s citizens—all related to tragic incidents involving its children. The police chief, Braden Powell, a man dealing with his own troubled, tragic history, has been investigating the mysterious occurrences with frustratingly minimal success.

Clear Vista, California, is a picturesque town overlooking a tranquil bay on the Pacific. It’s a great place for children to grow up. But an unusual number of children in Clear Vista don’t live long enough to grow up. So many tragedies fill the plots in the local cemetery Resurrection Gardens. The worst is the disappearance of eight-year-old Loewen twins Heidi and Holly. When their bodies are found in the cemetery’s tool shed, the horrified townspeople are desperate to find the predator that has come into their midst.

The disappearance of a young reporter takes her fiancé on a journey through a place he thought he knew. He ended up in a North Bay nightmare.