Resultados para "The Awakening" en Fantasía oscura

Join the military and fight the demon hordes or sell his soul to the Corpos. Both options having minimal appeal to a shut-in like Jack. Thanks to the high cost of living, and his sister’s medical expenses, Jack has never given much thought to what he’d want to do with life, always living paycheck to paycheck, scrounging just enough to keep the lights on and his sister safe. However, in a strange turn of events that nearly kills him, an Angel presents him with a third option.

What do you desire in exchange for your soul? Everlasting youth? A million dollars? Women? Power? Bored high-schooler Adam Staples wants for nothing. Such an offer could only be a prank, right? Who would have thought that the prankster is a demon in disguise? After selling his soul and turning into a half-demon, Adam finds himself orphaned and dragged into a realm outside of the world he knew. Training under his benefactor and enrolling in a school made for those who were gifted with powers, Adam ventures around the Outworld to hunt down the demon that turned his life inside out....

In a Post-Apocalyptic world of Magic and Machinery, Jack Knight is an orphan who finds himself caught between a life-altering decision. Join the military and fight the demon hordes or sell his soul to the Corpos. Both options having minimal appeal to a shut-in like Jack. Thanks to the high cost of living, and his sister’s medical expenses, Jack has never given much thought to what he’d want to do with life, always living paycheck to paycheck, scrounging just enough to keep the lights on and his sister safe. However, an Angel presents him with a third option.

It has been thousands of years since beast-kind were united under one banner. The empire encompasses most of the known world, driving out or enslaving the lesser races without mercy. In a state of constant war and conquest, they have perfected the art of battle. For commoner wolf-kind Valian, being accepted and trained in a noble house's army was a dream come true. Without wealth or a family, it was his best shot at attaining honor and glory. Until fate intervened. When Valian discovers he's descended from an ancient and long-thought-extinct line, everything changes.

The battles she fought in the faerie courts may be over, but the war for the world has only just begun. After millennia of planning, Lucifer has finally broken out of his prison. Fortuna knows his arrival brings bad tidings, especially now that he has Oliver at his side. But the odds of survival aren’t in their favor. Fortuna’s family is still reeling from loss, and she has enemies everywhere she turns. She’s afraid of her own power and the darkness it brings out of her. Then there’s Collith and Laurie—each one complicated, each one in love with her. Fortuna fears losing them.

The year is 1625... It is a time of great sickness as the black plague holds all in its grip. a hardy band of vampyres: the kindred, Nosferatu, Soul-Eaters... a living human vampyre born from blood, and a trio created from experiments by an ancient one... One who seeks to control all. This is the story of Emeline Gardner and those that contributed to her path. it is a dark path with many directions that they could go. But the time will come for her to awaken and become... during a war between the breeds.

When the Blackout arrives, Dax Harper finds himself alone and fighting for survival on the chaotic streets of New Orleans. He is on the run, desperately searching for his estranged sister as the riots intensify. An unexpected encounter with his ex-girlfriend thrusts Dax into a leadership position—one he's not sure he can accept. As the hours pass, the city floods, pitting Dax in an epic battle against time and a mysterious new enemy threatening the future of humankind.

The dead are rising from their graves. Somewhere beneath the land of Terrassia, something stirs from its ages-old slumber. Leighandra Evenstar planned to attend the resulting summit of nations simply to chronicle the problem and the suggested solutions. Soon, however, she finds herself wrapped up with a group of young heroes intent on making solutions rather than talking about them. They are an odd assortment - humans, an elf, and one of the wolf-like luranar - and yet Leighandra finds purpose in the unity of peoples and nations.

War. Betrayal. A rare man committed to his oath. The world was destroyed nearly a millennium ago, yet conflicts continue to rage. In the events that lead up to the Second Duraani World War, Crinnan Jamiso, Centurion of Black Knight, fights his way through the overgrown ruins of an Ancient city. The world's mightiest powers pursue him and he needs to choose wisely when deciding who is friend and who is foe.

She comes to him in a dream: her creamy skin delectably cool, silky raven hair smelling of the sea, and ocean-blue eyes reflecting the depths of her passion. She is everything Kalen has been desperate to capture in his art - and in his bed. In reality, when Christine finds his remote Scottish castle, it is to persuade the immortal warrior to help repel the darkness spreading around the world. But Kalen has a vindictive Sidhe trying to steal his powers and a dark secret of his own to battle before he and Christine can give in to - the awakening.

Waking up in Hell is the least of Felicia's problems… she thinks. Without a single memory of anything before that moment, she finds herself already claimed by a horrific devil. Lucky for her, she’s saved by a ragtag crew of rogue demons: A streetwise pervert, A titan of a woman, A gun-toting jarhead, A sleek, foxlike ninja, And their dark, mysterious leader.

Texas archaeology student Nicolas Murray has an ironic fear of the dead. A latent power connecting him to an ancient order of necromancers floods his mind with impossible images of battle among hive-mind predators and philosopher fishmen. When a funeral service leaves him shaken and questioning his sanity, the insidious power strands him in a land where the sky kills and earthquakes level cities.

In this second volume of the GemQuest series, the battle lines have been drawn. The Dark Lord reaches beyond his realms in search of the heir, and the disparate nations of the world begin to recognize the magnitude of his evil. They rise up united and renew their bonds. From the dazzling ice kingdom of Eleutheria to the magnificent tree-top city of Seramour, revived allies succor and protect the Twins during the preparation for their all-important quest for the Gem of Eternity.

Lei vive di intuizioni. Lui si nutre del suo piacere. Solo nove città sono state risparmiate dalla collera degli dei che ha distrutto il mondo. Ora sono separate da vaste distese selvagge brulicanti di mostri e pericoli inimmaginabili, e ciascuna di esse è governata da un principe o una principessa della stirpe degli Hyhborn, custodi del Regno di Caelum, creature misteriose che si nutrono del piacere mortale.

On the run and desperately trying to save his loved ones, Dax confronts the epic, evil forces now pillaging the post-apocalyptic landscape. Powerful allies and new friends come to his side as the battle of the Final Awakening begins. Dax must risk everything to save himself - and humanity.

It's always darkest before the dawn. As New Orleans continues to burn and the flood waters rise, Dax Harper must get his band of survivors to safety. The dark forces overrunning the city need him - for reasons explained by the enigmatic voodoo priest, Papa Midnight. But as the situation deteriorates, Dax will have to dig deep to save himself, his loved ones, and his beloved city.

When the Blackout arrives, Dax Harper finds himself alone and fighting for survival on the chaotic streets of New Orleans. He is on the run, desperately searching for his estranged sister as the riots intensify. An unexpected encounter with his ex-girlfriend thrusts Dax into a leadership position - one he's not sure he can accept. As the hours pass, the city floods, pitting Dax in an epic battle against time and a mysterious new enemy threatening the future of humankind.

Travis Sterling has escaped a life of slavery and has attained incredible magical potential, but he is still vulnerable. What’s more, inheriting Odin’s mantle has automatically earned him a slew of enemies. But now that Trav has power and freedom, he needs a plan. What’s more, he must explore who he is and what he is becoming.

For generations the Connelly witches made a great sacrifice to protect their town. In exchange, New Mourne remained a refuge for humans and supernatural beings to live in peace. Now Brenna Connelly Burns, or another chosen female of this generation, is next in line to die unless Brenna can find a way to end the curse of the malevolent Woman in White. With coven protections breached, Sheriff Jake Tyler joins the battle. The witch and the shape-shifter search for answers to break the curse, becoming closer every day.

Long ago, the world was destroyed by gods. Only nine cities were spared. Separated by vast wilderness teeming with monsters and unimaginable dangers, each city is now ruled by a guardian—royalty who feed on mortal pleasure. Born with an intuition that never fails, Calista knows her talents are of great value to the power-hungry of the world, so she lives hidden as a courtesan of the Baron of Archwood. In exchange for his protection, she grants him information. When her intuition leads her to save a traveling prince in dire trouble, the voice inside her blazes with warning—and promise.