Resultados para "The Alchemist" en Ciencia ficción

So far, Edgar has proven successful in integrating into his new surroundings, learning, and enhancing his quality of life. Despite his best efforts to stay off the radar and keep his talents a secret, he still needs to survive in a world full of unexpected dangers. As an alchemist, he has a lot of groundbreaking discoveries to offer to the aristocratic society. But the daunting task is to find the right balance and preserve his integrity while pursuing his ambition. How can he be sure that people won't use his innovations for malevolent purposes?

The ritual proved successful, granting Ed a miraculous escape from a dying world and an opportunity to start a new life. What he did not expect was that this vibrant new world would be filled with dangers waiting around every corner. Barely giving him any time to adjust, fate dealt its cruel hand once more. Ed lost his family and landed in the clutches of their enemies. But could this really discourage a talented alchemist, who has already accomplished the impossible once before?

Ed is living life to the fullest. Having been given a second chance, he's determined to seize every opportunity. The freshman year at the Lyceum has ended, and a much-anticipated vacation has finally started. Tempting offers from classmates promise a dream of a perfect summer filled with relaxation and seaside adventures. However, Ed still has work to do.

Zilan sogna di diventare un'alchimista reale, di provvedere al sostentamento della sua famiglia producendo oro e gemme alchemiche, che donano ai più ricchi l'eterna giovinezza. Quando le si presenta l'opportunità di completare gli esami imperiali, si dirige verso la capitale per competere contro i migliori alchimisti del Paese in sfide ardue ed estremamente pericolose.

Is there anything better than a quiet life? Well, there's a quiet life surrounded by people you care about, people who love you in return, of course. But Tailyn Vlashich knew nothing of the kind. His parents had died years before, the townspeople stayed well away from the god's favorite, and his guardian just wanted to be rid of him. That was the setting when Tailyn was again placed on the road to uncertainty, beset by terrifying lixes, and hounded by a harsh trainer it was impossible to please.

The Magic Academy...an institution shrouded in mystery and secrets. People from all over the different empires want nothing more than to enroll, get their hands on the knowledge stored there, become those most respected in the world - mages. Tailyn Vlashich was one of the lucky few admitted without going through the entrance exams.

There are whole anthologies of stories out there about what humankind does when a game enters their world. But what about when they're living in one where a game arrived thousands of years before? What if they're the survivors of a bloody struggle, having fought for and earned their place on the planet? Tailyn Vlashich was a young nobody far away from all those grander issues. All he cared about was one thing: making his way through a harsh world where the emperor, evil foes, and an impartial god held sway.

Over 100,000 reads on Royal Road. 4.7 on Amazon from 99+ reviews. #1 New Release in Time Travel Fiction. Top 10 in Time Travel Sci-Fi. Towerbound is the Progression Fantasy LitRPG readers can’t stop binging. They left him for dead. Now he’s back—and he’s bringing the Tower down. Ren Varrow was never the hero type. A quiet alchemist with a talent for potions, he kept his head low while others chased glory. But when a top guild lured him into a lethal dungeon and stabbed him in the back, his story should’ve ended. Instead, it rewound.

A unique mix of sci-fi, paranormal, drama and a dash of mystery. Wade Ashby inherits his grandfather's estate in Oxfordshire, England, becoming 13th Baron of Ashby Manor. He travels from Australia with his friend Hugh to take up his birthright and find out why there is secrecy surrounding certain aspects of the baronage and members of the family. The two are caught up in strange dreams and odd time occurrences.

When Tudor explorers returned from the New World, they brought back a name out of half-forgotten Viking legend: skraylings. Red-sailed ships followed in the explorers’ wake, bringing Native American goods - and a skrayling ambassador – to London. But what do these seemingly magical beings really want in Elizabeth I’s capital? Mal Catlyn, a down-at-heel swordsman, is appointed to the ambassador’s bodyguard, but assassination attempts are the least of his problems.

Burning down the lab will do that. But every cloud has a silver lining, and after being let go from his most recent job for unsanctioned experiments, Alph is given the chance to blow off a little steam with a cutting edge new game that isn’t even out of beta. It's called Nova Terra.

On the run! Union Engineer Braxton Wright thought his mission into the south was to extract the contents of a top secret Confederate train. Unbeknownst to him, he was a just a pawn in Alan Pinkerton’s plan to break his ace spy Hattie Lawton out of the Castle Thunder Prison. Now free, and in the company of Braxton’s childhood friend Laurie as well as a mysterious metal man, Braxton is itching to return north to his safe, quiet drafting board.

This funny, comedic, science fiction fantasy horror novel takes you on a journey through the depths of outer space, infinite time, alternate dimensions, and the outer reaches of whatever realities are possible. This is a hilarious cartoonish at times novel about what would happen concerning evolution of species in a ring of species separated from each other on different planets and space ships over the course of eternities. This novel philosophically considers the depths of all religions to determine the possible meanings of life, and the purpose of life.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is obsessed with a legendary red book. Its peculiar stories have come to life, and rumors claim that it has rewritten its own endings. Convinced that possessing this book will help him write his ever-popular Sherlock Holmes stories, he takes on an unlikely partner, John Patrick Scott, known to most as a concert pianist, but a paranormal investigator and a time traveler professor to a select few.

Was soll man tun, wenn sich die ganze Welt gegen einen verschworen hat? Aufgeben, in irgendein Loch kriechen und die Feinde anbetteln, das eigene Leben zu verschonen? So offensichtlich die Antwort auf diese Frage auch sein mag - schon manch Erwachsener war an den Klippen zerschellt, die der zwölfjährige Tailyn Vlashich jetzt zu erklimmen hatte. Vor ihm lag ein geheimes Labor, das einst den Ancients gehörte, während an seinen Fersen eine ganze Horde hing, die von seinem Erzfeind angeführt wurde.

Die Magische Akademie... eine geheimnisumwitterte und unergründliche Institution. Menschen aus allen Ecken der unterschiedlichen Imperien eifern danach, dort zu studieren, Zugang zu ihrem unermesslichen Wissensschatz zu erhalten und die angesehensten Magier der Welt zu werden. Tailyn Vlashich war einer der wenigen Glücklichen, die ohne Aufnahmeprüfung zugelassen wurden. Kaum war er hineingekommen, warteten das Training, die Arena, der Unterricht und eine interessante Auffassung dessen, was sich dreitausend Jahre zuvor abgespielt hatte.

Es gibt ganze Anthologien mit Geschichten darüber, was die Menschheit tun würde, wenn ein Spiel Besitz von ihrer Welt ergreift. Was aber, wenn die Menschen in einer Welt leben, die schon seit Tausenden von Jahren von einem Spiel beherrscht wird? Was, wenn sie die Überlebenden eines blutigen Gefechts sind, die sich ihren Platz auf dem Planeten erkämpft und verdient haben? Tailyn Vlashich war ein junger Niemand, der sich einen Dreck um den ganzen Ruhm- und Ehre-Zirkus scherte.

Gibt es etwas Schöneres als ein ruhiges Leben? Nun, natürlich: Ein ruhiges Leben im Kreise von Menschen, die einem viel bedeuten und von denen man geliebt wird. Tailyn Vlashich hatte so ein Leben nie kennengelernt. Seine Eltern waren vor vielen Jahren gestorben, und die Stadtbewohner hielten sich seit eh und je von ihm fern, erst recht, seitdem sich gezeigt hatte, dass er der Liebling des Gottes war. Und sein Vormund wollte ihn einfach loswerden. So kam es, dass Tailyns Weg ihn nun wieder ins Ungewisse führt.

"Копи Тартила" - фантастический роман Василия Маханенко, пятая книга цикла "Алхимик", жанр ЛитРПГ, постапокалипсис, темное фэнтези.

Что может быть лучше спокойной жизни? Только спокойная жизнь в окружении любящих и родных людей. Тайлину Влашичу незнакомо это чувство.