Resultados para "The Star" en Contemporánea

On Earth, life held for him only the fate of a recluse - confined to daydreams and the lore of ancient wonders but apparently destined never to share them - until he found the formula that let him cross space to the world of the Green Star. There, appearing in the body of a fabled hero, he is to experience all that his heroid fantasies had yearned for. A princess to be saved... an invader to be thwarted... and otherworldly monsters to be faced!

Throughout their married lives, baseball star Gaspar Bethlen's wife gave him a lovingly crafted mystery every year for Christmas. Solving the clues led him to his present, but the mysteries themselves were the true gift. Now, Beth has died, leaving Gasper a wreck of a man. But Beth left behind a clue, the beginning of one final Christmas mystery, and it's much more than either of them expected.

Ivy Wilde, the laziest witch in the West, is still entangled with the Hallowed Order of Magical Enlightenment. That's not a bad thing, however, because it gives her plenty of excuses to spend more time with sapphire-eyed Raphael Winter, her supposed nemesis. And when he comes knocking because he needs her to spy on the latest series of Enchantment, she jumps at the chance. Hanging around a film set can't be hard - or dangerous - right?

Practical, smart, and desperate to escape a shadowy past, Faye takes a job at a top advertising firm in London where she hopes she and her children can find a fresh start. When she finds the beautiful two-story flat for rent in a stately old Victorian complete with a neglected but tumbling English garden, she can scarcely believe her good fortune. But it isn't long before Faye realizes not everything in the old home may be as peaceful as it seems.

Liv’s role in the war between the Bevans and the Moores is as solid as the motif carved in her protective amulet. The problem? She never volunteered. Her connection with Trey happened too fast. She can’t trust in love built by magic. Trey’s place in the war has shifted. No longer the target, he’s just someone in the way. Not if he can help it. He’s packed and ready to return to the Moore estate. This time, he can’t bring Liv, but he can’t leave her to battle Moore-trained assassins alone.

Polaris, the North Star, has called the first Constellation Congregation in centuries. Every single one of the Constellations in the night sky will descend on Los Angeles to hold court in plain sight of the mortals in an event disguised as a fan convention. Enemies new and old circle around them, trying to tear the Hunt itself apart.

Although Brent's dreams seem so real that they terrify him, he doesn't believe lucid dreaming is possible until his favorite high school teacher, Kaiba, insists that it is. And not only can lucid dreamers control their dreams, but they can also live in them. With help from Kaiba, Brent soon learns that the dream world is actually an alternate reality, as tangible as the real world and just as dangerous. While the bodies of lucid dreamers sleep, their minds and souls awaken in the dream world - called the Ream Realm - with just as much vitality and even greater physical and mental abilities.

Hunter Hume was kicked from the Star Pilot’s Guild and now scrapes a living guiding rich clients onto unpopulated worlds to hunt the wildlife. When scouting a new world Hume spotted something unusual and saw an opportunity to make money. In a devilish deal with an underworld kingpin Hume leads a safari into the jungle world of Jumala, and into a terrifying situation he never expected.

Kyle Riggs is snatched by an alien spacecraft sometime after midnight. The ship is testing everyone it catches and murdering the weak. The good news is that Kyle keeps passing tests and staying alive. The bad news is the aliens who sent this ship are the nicest ones out there.

Amber Benson has no idea what to do for the rest of her life, let alone what major to pick for college. So when she inherits an apartment in Manhattan from a grandmother she never knew, she moves there faster than a New York minute. Her plan to find herself is soon derailed—on the subway, where she’s attacked by demons. Even crazier? She defends herself with something she never knew existed: magic.

Mina’s Bollywood extravaganza is a huge hit–especially when a surprise celebrity makes a dramatic entrance. While everyone queues for a selfie, Conrad is wondering why a Fae Princess has descended on him. It turns out she has a problem, and her problem is about to become Conrad’s problem: amidst the dark Satanic mills of Lancashire, something is attacking the Fae.

Want to know something cool? Neverland is real. It's beautiful, and magical, and filled with so much more than the novels described. I was stupid. The whole time I was there, I wanted to find my way home. Now that I've been brought back, I have to return.

As conflicting expectations strain Dagor and Frankie’s budding relationship, they join a shore excursion to the ruins of Tehuacalo, where an ancient map of dubious origins claims a powerful amulet is buried. Despite Kian’s reservations about the danger of entering cartel territory, Kalugal is set on leading the group of immortals, gods, and one human on an adventure and promises they will be back in time for Amanda and Dalhu’s wedding.

Quite by accident she thinks, Henrietta Draper (Hattie) finds herself standing on the surface of a distant planet orbiting the star HD10307 in the constellation Andromeda. Bad enough . . . but it seems the planet's inhabitants expect her, somehow, to "save the universe."

Was tut man, wenn plötzlich ein sehr alter, sehr gefährlicher Drache vor der eigenen Tür steht? Richtig! Ruhe bewahren und einen Kaffee anbieten! Leider ist es mit der Ruhe bald vorbei, denn der Drache fordert seinen Schatz zurück, der Eli hinterhältig entwendet wurde. Gleichzeitig treibt ein schwarzmagischer Ring sein Unwesen im Norden von Deutschland und unsere liebe Erdhexe muss mal wieder zur Rettung Unschuldiger aufbrechen. Außerdem verhält sich Vincent sehr sonderbar und Pax hat ein Auge auf den gutaussehenden Dr. Maxim Stöverbeck, den Drachenwandler, geworfen.

Was tun Erdhexen, wenn sie mal nicht die Welt retten müssen? Sie werden romantisch. Es könnte alles so schön sein in Elis endlich einmal geregelter Welt. Ist es auch. Bis ihr das Haus gekündigt wird. Nun gilt es eine neue Bleibe zu finden. Was sich als schwierig erweist. Bei diversen nächtlichen magischen Aktivitäten und einem Kerl, der sich regelmäßig in einen Jaguar verwandelt, sind Nachbarn nun wirklich nicht wünschenswert.

Taking a break from his studies, Thomas travels to Greece to more fully understand the origin of Western culture. In Delphi, he meets a young Mexican actress named Lucia who performs for him—in Spanish—a scene from Euripides’s Electra. Lucia’s talents exceed mere acting; sometimes she hears voices, seemingly echoes from the distant past. Thomas enlists the aid of a brilliant high school chum to help unravel the mystery of these “voices”. The three of them continue their travels through Greece, eventually joined by a young Jesuit who turns out to have an agenda of his own.

Eigentlich wünscht sich Eli, die liebenswerte Hexe mit Hang zu Kaffee und Chaos, nichts sehnlicher, als endlich mal ausschlafen zu können und vielleicht davor noch ein wenig zu kuscheln. Oder auch etwas mehr. Doch das scheint ihr nicht vergönnt. Denn die hinterhältigen Vampire träumen von der Weltherrschaft und wieder einmal ist es an Eli, die Welt vor dem Zugriff des Bösen zu bewahren. Und zu allem Überfluss mischen auch die Elfen erneut mit, was auch den mysteriösen Pax zurück auf die Bildfläche bringt.

Engel lieben gefährlich... Hexen aber auch! Nach einem Jahr mit dem Werjaguar Vincent glaubt die Hexe Elionore Brevent ihr Leben im Griff zu haben. Sie trinkt viel Kaffee, verkauft viele Häuser und findet ihr Leben gerade prima. Einzig Vampir Nicolas Deauville, der bei Eli im Garten beharrlich seine neu entdeckten Hexenkünste übt, stört die traute Zweisamkeit der Verliebten und sorgt nach einem schief gegangenen Zauber für erhebliche Aufregung.

The Bright Ones are attacking again. Well...a magical girl with unique abilities launches a harassing campaign against Team Stone. With the approaching super-threat of the Thousand-Year Dragon, Team Stone would really like to get some rest, for once. The Falcon’s masters, the Bright Ones, have other plans. So does the Viper. The time for the final fight is getting close!