Resultados para "The Kill" en Fantasía oscura

I always figured I’d eventually get killed in my line of work. I just assumed I’d stay dead at that point. I was the one people hired to do the killing, after all. I knew a thing or two about how death worked. So when I was finally taken down during a high-profile hit, I was ready to embrace death with open arms. Except I didn’t fully die. Not yet, at least. Some crazy afterlife system seems to have had me on its radar for a while now, and I’ve just been recruited to kill my way through a whole different world like it is a demented video game.

Baxter has been packed off to Hexpoort, a magical training school for MK6 agents. It sucks, but Baxter slowly learns to control his fledgling abilities and takes his first steps to becoming a dreamwalker. Lessons with Jackie Ronin lead them to suspect that the Obayifo may be involved with a doorway that Baxter inadvertently opened when operating the Mantis. Baxter and Jackie are plunged into the most dangerous place they've encountered yet: Cape Town Fashion Week.

A rogue attack changed Tyson's life forever. Already frustrated at not being publicly acknowledged as the rightful heir to the Steel Pack, his anger grows when he's wounded in battle and left behind. Saved by vampires but unable to return to what's left of his family, he's wandered for years, plotting his revenge. The darkness inside him eats away at his soul as he plans how to get his revenge, reclaim his pack and find the mate he's been searching for since a chance encounter right before the attack.

Murders are taking place on Haven's Street of Gods - the gods themselves are being killed. Hawk and Fisher are assigned to work with a Seer, a Sorcerer, and a Swordsman, a peacekeeping team known as the God Squad. Together, their task is to bring the killer to justice before the mounting panic erupts into an all-out War of the Gods, which could destroy the city of Haven.

Seven years ago, Jade and Raven witnessed their father's brutal murder. The killer has returned, and he will stop at nothing to find the power that the Gray family has hidden. Crushed between a nest of vampires and their ancient enemy, the sisters sometimes struggle just to take their next breath. As Elementals just beginning to understand their potential, the sisters are hunted. Hiding a dark secret and on the run, the sisters are often at odds with each other. They must learn to work together or risk everything.

The name's Burnside, and I always get the weird cases. I built my detective career taking down the strangest bad guys in Earth Sector. No matter how crazy the case, I always managed to get it off the books. After 20 years of pounding my beat, I was ready to pack it in, and I'd called it a day. Then these killings started, weird to the point of freaked-out PD Chiefs, and only one person who fit the case. So much for retirement. The story I'm going to tell you covers two years of my life, and took me from one end of human space to the other.

What happens when The Firm meets Anita Blake? You get the Halls of Power - our modern world, but twisted. Law, finance, the military, and politics are under the sway of long-lived vampires, werewolves, and the elven Alfar. Humans make the best of rule by “the Spooks”, and contend among themselves to affiliate with the powers-that-be, in order to avoid becoming their prey. Very loyal humans are rewarded with power over other women and men. Very lucky humans are selected to join the vampires.

Skharr wants a break. He needs a break in his life, and a quiet trip back to Verenvan. It doesn't look like that is going to happen. An old god might be making waves in a dungeon that has laid undisturbed for centuries. No one wants that to happen, so Skharr is asked by a local temple of Theros to get involved. Unfortunately, the temple does not have many resources to offer him. The one paladin who happens to be nearby is on a sabbatical. And she has definitely heard of the Barbarian of Theros.

Jacky Rowan once slew giants. In this thrilling sequel, she is tricked and then enslaved by a master of vicious Unseelie creatures. This cruel thief is bent on stealing his very sustenance—not only from Jacky—but from all of the Seelie faerie court. Only the Moon herself and a handsome young fiddler, unaware of Faerie and the power of his music, have the magic to set Jacky free.

When Esther’s sister vanishes without a trace, no one cares—not for a struggling addict. But Esther refuses to let the only family she has left slip away. Her search becomes an obsession, uncovering whispers of a dark secret others have died to keep buried. Dozens of disappearances. The same location. The same lie. Every year, the government sends a group of people deep into New Hampshire’s White Mountains. And every year, they don’t return.

A small-town librarian witnesses a murder at his local deli, and what had been routine sleep paralysis begins to transform into something far more disturbing. The trauma of holding a dying girl in his arms drives him out of his own body. The town he knows so well is suddenly revealed to him from a whole new perspective. Secrets are everywhere and demons fester behind closed doors. Worst of all, he discovers a serial killer who has been preying on the area for over a century, one capable of traveling with him through his dreams.

Kyla must trade her pen for a sword and fight to change her story's ending, but this isn’t a fantasy anymore. No happily-ever-after is guaranteed. And mental illness has robbed her of everything she needs to succeed: love, fighting spirit, hope. If Kyla can’t overcome the darkness inside her, she’ll die with her darlings.

When Jackson finds himself staring at a blank page and unable to meet his impending deadline, he goes to his local pub in defeat. In walks Alenna, and after a single touch, Jackson cannot keep his eyes or mind off of her. Taking her back to his secluded cabin, inspiration flows. That is, until it stops....

Sandman Slim returns in this stunning, high-octane ninth thriller in the series, filled with the intense, kick-ass action and inventive fantasy that are the hallmarks of New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey. Sandman Slim has been to Heaven and Hell and many places in between, but now...

Prinz Hamlet ist auf der Flucht vor den Intrigen am Hofe Dänemarks, als sein Schiff auf hoher See von Piraten angegriffen wird und kentert. Er wird am Strand des mystischen Landes Illyria angeschwemmt und gelangt dort an den Hof des Königs Macbeth. Vom König erhofft Hamlet sich Hilfe, um so schnell wie möglich zurück nach Dänemark zu gelangen und seinen ermordeten Vater zu rächen.

Hamlet ist Gefangener der "Gesetzlosen" und sitzt fest. Vor allem Kate, die geheimnisvolle Anführerin, traut dem Dänenprinzen nicht. Er muss einen Weg finden, seine Suche fortzusetzen. Kann Falstaff die skeptischen Gesetzlosen von Hamlets Glaubwürdigkeit überzeugen? Währenddessen tobt am Hofe weiterhin der Machtkampf zwischen König Macbeth und Richard.

Prinz Hamlet ist auf der Flucht vor den Intrigen am Hofe Dänemarks, als sein Schiff auf hoher See von Piraten angegriffen wird und kentert. Er wird am Strand des mystischen Landes Illyria angeschwemmt und gelangt dort an den Hof des Königs Macbeth. Vom König erhofft Hamlet sich Hilfe, um so schnell wie möglich zurück nach Dänemark zu gelangen und seinen ermordeten Vater zu rächen.

Am Globe trifft Richards Armee auf die Gesetzlosen und ein erbitterter Kampf bricht aus. Mit letzter Kraft retten sich Julia und ihr treuer Gefolgsmann Othello aus dem Wald von Arden und beschließen, sich dem Kampf gegen Richards Truppen anzuschließen. Der König ist zunehmend besessen von Machtphantasien. Lady Macbeth, die immer noch gefangen gehalten wird, schmiedet derweil fieberhaft neue Pläne.

Hamlet erreicht zusammen mit den Gesetzlosen Arden. Der Wald ist erfüllt von sprechenden Bäumen, gefährlichen Waldwesen und einem schelmischen Geist. Der Prinz ist noch immer getrieben von dem Wunsch, seinen Vater zu erlösen, aber die Reize der Anführerin der Gesetzlosen ziehen ihn zunehmend in ihren Bann. Derweil ist das neue Herrscherpaar am Hof alles andere als vereint. Sie werden mehr und mehr zu Gegnern.

Im letzten Kapitel des Abenteuers kommt es zur großen Konfrontation auf den Schlachtfeldern von Illyria. Wird es Richard, der mittlerweile vollkommen dem Wahn verfallen ist, gelingen, die Gesetzlosen endgültig zu besiegen? Oder wird der alte und schwache Shakespeare seinen Geschöpfen ein letztes Mal beistehen, um Illyria vor dem Untergang zu bewahren? Und wird sich Hamlet für die Loyalität zu seinem Vater oder doch für seine große Liebe entscheiden?