Resultados para "The Skull" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Built from the skulls of fallen generals and demon princes, it is a seat of honor and ancient, powerful magic, keeping the demon corelings at bay. From atop the throne, Ahmann Jardir was meant to conquer the known world, forging its isolated peoples into a unified army to rise up and end the demon war once and for all. But Arlen Bales, the Warded Man, stood against this course, challenging Jardir to a duel he could not in honor refuse.

Well, he's the last elf standing. It's confusing not being human anymore. But being the only living member of the Biscuit's Union has its benefits. No need to take on shifts baking cookies, for one. No one telling Clyde what to do. No one.... You have been offered a quest by the Biscuit's Union: Rebuild the Guild. Reform the guild by having at least eight members in good standing by the end of one week.

Killing the sadistic warlord known as the Dog Tongue took everything Gus Berry had, including the woman he loved. Now, all he wants is to get away from the bloody scene of their final showdown. But when he heads west in a stolen truck, a brutal snowstorm forces him to turn back—and seek refuge in the Dog Tongue’s former headquarters. Though it’s littered with human carnage, the abandoned luxury hotel has a lot to offer a guy like Gus. But in addition to soft beds and working toilets, he encounters still-lurking dangers both living and undead.

The fierce swordfighter Frost has lost her supernatural powers and must travel to the pit of hell and back in order to save herself and the kingdom. Doing battle with all the forces of Hades: demons, sorcerers, vicious spiders, and the most vile of all beasts, Frost must quest to save the princess and the world to which both are accustomed before evil is left to dominate for all eternity. Even without her amazing powers, Frost and her trusty sword are always ready to raze Hell.

Conger, a skilled hunter, is being sent on a very special and peculiar mission: to seek out and kill the founder of the church. There are only two problems: No one knows what the founder looks like, and...he's been dead for two centuries! But Conger has one identifying clue - the founder's skull.

Step into the enigmatic world of the Athos—a vessel that blends the luxury of a cruise ship, the intrigue of a scientific research station, and the might of a military starship. Here, amidst the stars, you'll find Ellis McFadden, the ship’s head librarian, embarking on adventures she never anticipated this late in her career.

Auf der Suche nach dringend benötigten neuen Verbündeten, wenden sich die Skulls und die Überreste der condorianischen Streitkräfte an ein Bündnis ehemaliger Rebellen und jetziger Piraten, Wegelagerer und Schmuggler. Denn wenn man vom Gesetz gejagt wird, sind Kriminelle die Einzigen, die möglicherweise noch in der Lage sind zu helfen. Doch die sind alles andere als begeistert von der Aussicht, aufseiten des Königreichs in den ungleichen Kampf einzugreifen.

Skull-Face is a fantasy novella by American writer Robert E. Howard, which appeared as a serial in Weird Tales magazine, beginning in October 1929, and ending in December, 1929. The story stars a character called Stephen Costigan but this is not Howard's recurring character, Sailor Steve Costigan. The story is clearly influenced by Sax Rohmer's opus Fu Manchu but substitutes the main Asian villain with a resuscitated Atlantean necromancer (similar to Kull's bit character Thulsa Doom) sitting at the center of a web of crime and intrigue meant to end White/Western world domination with the help of Asian/Brown/African peoples.

Skull-Face is a fantasy novella book that deals with conquering drug addiction. Written in 1929, the controversial story deals with a fictional opium den in London's Chinatown.

Captured by the survivors of his massacre at Arx Gravis, the Nameless Dwarf is sentenced to die. The assassin Ilesa has abandoned him, and so it falls to the ex-rogue Nils and Silas the sorcerer to stage a rescue. But with the Lich Lord's grimoire obsessing him more and more, Silas suspects he is no longer in control of his own fate. Sick and close to death, he is drawn on by visions of a black staff within a forest of tar.

Erstmals seit Kriegsbeginn ist das Vereinigte Koloniale Königreich in der Offensive. In Dutzenden kleiner Scharmützel und Gefechte fügen sie den Invasionsstreitkräften der Solaren Republik immer wieder schwere Verluste zu. Doch diese stehen unter neuer Führung und sind dabei, sich zu erholen. Das Königreich steht kurz davor, die unter so bitteren Opfern erkämpfte Initiative wieder zu verlieren. Allen Beteiligten ist klar, ein Symbol muss her, um den Menschen aller besiedelten Welten vor Augen zu führen, dass das Königreich keineswegs tot ist. Dieses Symbol ist Castor Prime.

Die Wahrheit über den Zirkel und all jene, die in Wirklichkeit die Fäden ziehen, wurde endlich offenbart. Die Solare Republik fällt unter dem Vorwand, Friedenstruppen zu entsenden, ins von Unruhen erschütterte Königreich ein. Bevor den demoralisierten, zersplitterten Überresten der königlichen Streitkräfte überhaupt bewusst ist, was vor sich geht, sind die meisten bereits entwaffnet, interniert oder auf der Flucht. Nur wenigen gelingt es überhaupt entfernt so etwas wie Widerstand auf die Beine zu stellen.

When there has been a great crime committed, one may pray to God for strength and guidance. Others may pray for revenge.... Thus the wrath of God is called upon. The cursed one will make herself known and enjoy the punishment she was summoned to inflict. Hated and almost murdered by her mother as a child, Isabeau’s father rescued her and made her into a fierce warrior. A native to Scotland, Isabeau lost her only child. She believed a wolf had killed her son.

Jean-Paul Sartre said, "Hell is other people." But he was only half right. Hell is the other people who work in the offices of Raven and Skull. After a week of horror and upset, six colleagues from the Raven and Skull offices get together in the pub to exchange stories and decide which of them has had the worst week.

When science and secrets collide, where cures can kill, and the best intentions lead to deadly peril. Determined to avoid an arranged marriage, Lady Olivia stowed away inside a dirigible. Only to find herself imprisoned in a castle with no hope of rescue. So much for proving herself a worthy spy. Worse, survival hinges upon feigning marriage to the suspected double agent she was tailing—the handsome scientist Lord Rathsburn.

With the world balanced after the tragedies of the year before, two tribes attempt to come together and form a whole. But as an ancient foe from the past reappears and a new threat from the south snakes its way to them, the Stick People and the Cliff People must do more than put their differences aside...they must come together to survive.

It is the summer of 1883 and Professor Langdon St. Ives, brilliant buteccentric scientist and explorer, is at home in Aylesford with his family. A few miles to the north a steam launch has been taken by pirates above Egypt Bay, the crew murdered and pitched overboard.In Aylesford itself a grave is opened and possibly robbed of the skull. The suspected grave robber, the infamous Dr. Ignacio Narbondo, is an old nemesis of Langdon St. Ives. When Dr. Narbondo returns to kidnap his four-year-old son Eddie and then vanishes

Das Vereinigte Koloniale Königreich befindet sich im Umbruch. Ein neues Gesetz soll die Vormachtstellung einzelner Söldnereinheiten am Markt zementieren und somit die Mehrheit käuflicher Soldaten aus dem Geschäft drängen.

Imagine a future where the fate of humanity is ruled by the vile and unforgiving government. Executions of the poor become daily occurrences in order to make more room for the wealthy and the children of a new generation. A questionable agenda has been given to a dark, unforeseeable future, and the hope of the people rests in the unsure success of a starship named the Horizon. The search for humanity's new home has begun.

Fälschlicherweise des Mordes am König beschuldigt, bleibt den Überlebenden der Söldnereinheit Skull nur die Flucht in die unbewohnten Weiten des Weltraums. Sie werden nun nicht allein vom Zirkel und dessen militärischem Arm gejagt, sondern auch von der Colonial Royal Navy, die den Tod ihres Monarchen unter allen Umständen rächen will. Die Hinweise verdichten sich, dass der Zirkel inzwischen die Kontrolle über die Regierung des Vereinigten Kolonialen Königreichs erlangt hat.