Resultados para "deck" en Fantasía

As a child, Chris Hooper dreamed of monsters. But in deep space, he found only darkness and isolation. Then, on planet LV178, he and his fellow miners discovered a storm-scoured, sand-blasted hell - and trimonite, the hardest material known to man. When a shuttle crashes into the mining ship Marion, the miners learn that there was more than trimonite deep in the caverns.

Arthur lives with his father, a fallen but proud former noble, in Border Village #49, along with the other good folks condemned to toil in service to the Baron. But Arthur has an edge: a stolen heart card that secretly fell into his possession, thanks to a dragon. It’s a priceless source of power for the Baron and the tyrant will kill to get it back. Invaluable, too, to a young man of spellcasting ambitions.

Having survived their journey into the Dark Heart, Arthur and his dragon, Brixaby, have a new goal: complete their Legendary card sets. Unfortunately, the next Legendary card is locked away in Blood Moon, a hive with a reputation for chaos, lawlessness, scourgling eruptions, and—rumor has it—dedicated dragon hunters. Still, Arthur and his retinue feel they have little to fear. Then again, they also don't have much knowledge of what actually lies ahead.

Guilds everywhere want to snuff us out before we can even get off the ground, and enemies from outside of Millbank and even Earth are determined to take us down. It's a good thing there are expansion weapon cards that might just help us even the odds a little.

More Cards. More Power. More Revelations. We've cut Wilson's feet out from under him, but now we've got to take him down once and for all. Arbiters are hiding a dark secret. Will we be able to stop the game that Wilson started in Millbank?

After discovering a magical world beneath the ordinary and building my own deck, I've made a few enemies. Chief among them is Wilson, a kingpin who's well-protected and secretive as hell. To ensure I don't become another victim of the Game, I'm starting my own guild of players. Then, it's hunting unique cards and unlocking their hidden abilities. All the while, I'll have to juggle my budding romances with a beautiful knight and a wily assassin. And those two are bound to be only the beginning of my adventures with female players.

It was a regular day when I found my first card. Now, my days are anything but. Beautiful women, powerful cards, and guilds who will do anything to kill me and acquire my deck. It's a life beyond my wildest dreams—if I can just survive long enough to enjoy it.

They arrive in a land both familiar and strange. A continent where there have been no dragons for generations. One where human civilization now exists in shrinking cities that are increasingly squeezed in by dead lands. Here, the bold and desperate risk it all for the promise of cards.

Mark Henson is a riverboat gambler at heart. But as a practiced cheat and card counter, he’s been 86’d from half the casinos on The Strip. In his mind, he’s always one game away from his luck turning around. That is, until The System arrives—and warps Nevada (and the rest of the world) into a digital card-based game. When Mark awakes in the slums of Lost Vegas, a deck of cards rests on his chest. But these aren’t just ordinary playing cards.

Where power is measured in cards, Arthur stands among the elite as a Legendary card wielder now forever linked to a frighteningly powerful dragon. Or Brixaby will be once he grows from the size of a parrot. Before that can happen, a chance encounter whisks Arthur and Brixaby away to a place they never thought possible: A new dragon hive outside the kingdom. This Free Hive doesn't suffer from the scourge that's infected the rest of the planet. It's a place where crafting using card powers is king.

Time is not on his side. A once-in-a-generation legendary dragon egg has been laid. But the competition to bond with it will pit Arthur against the most powerful card-wielders in his generation…including his own cousin.

Alexis hat sich in Sparta den Ruf einer unbarmherzigen, gefährlichen Kriegerin erworben. Das verlockt nicht wenige Männer, ihr Glück bei Alexis zu versuchen. Kharon und Augustus, die beiden düsteren Götter der Unterwelt geben sich jede Mühe ihr zu gefallen. Doch auch Alexis attraktive Mentoren Achilles und Patro sind sich auf einmal sicher, dass sie und Alexis füreinander bestimmt sind. Es sieht so aus, als müsste zwischen den Göttern wählen – aber ist das wirklich eine gute Idee?

One by one, three ancient talismans disappear. After Columba Riverford’s induction to the Hall of Swords, the sacred sword Genesyx is stolen and Columba is accused of its theft. Meanwhile, Aridisia Myric obtains membership to the Crypt of Scrolls, and the One Scroll Canodex vanishes. Soon after, the One Stone Luxullian disappears and Baron Marl Gneiss’ access to the Vault of Stones is denied. Banished, the three embark on a quest to recover the artifacts and restore their names.

Nima hat in ihrem jungen Leben hauptsächlich eins gelernt: in Bars und Lokalen rote Rosen an Liebende zu verkaufen. Dass merkwürdige Dinge geschehen, wenn jemand sie wirklich wütend macht, blendet sie aus. Eines Abends erscheint ein Fremder mit magischen Fähigkeiten und macht ihr ein unglaubliches Angebot: Sie soll ein privates Studium absolvieren und danach für ihn arbeiten. Nur was steckt hinter dieser großzügigen Offerte? Als sie das herausfindet, stellt es alles auf den Kopf, was sie über sich und die Welt weiß.

Gregor und Foster, Erben des in Ungnade gefallenen Hauses Ashmen fristen ein trostloses Leben: Sie verdingen sich als Söldner, um ihren Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen. Im Königreich gibt es für Männer wie sie immer etwas zu tun, doch für mehr als das bloße Überleben reicht es kaum. Als der Ruf des Königs zu den Bannern in der fernen Hauptstadt Hall an ihre Ohren dringt, folgen sie ihm – denn wo, wenn nicht im Krieg, ist die Chance auf Ruhm und Beute, mit der sie endlich das Leben als Mietschwerter hinter sich lassen können, so groß? Doch alles entwickelt sich anders.

Locked in a brutal conflict, the Paladin Kingdom and the Ascendant Empire wage a battle for dominance that’s left the world scarred. But far from the frontlines, a different kind of resistance brews in secret. When Locke Maxwell discovers a power buried within him and the truth about his mother’s past, he’s drawn into the hidden war waged by the Knights of Fate, an outlawed order founded to defy both sides. Trained in ancient magic and forbidden truths, Locke must choose where he stands in a world where trust is scarce, power is deadly, and fate can be rewritten.

Gregor und Foster, Erben des in Ungnade gefallenen Hauses Ashmen fristen ein trostloses Leben: Sie verdingen sich als Söldner, um ihren Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen. Im Königreich gibt es für Männer wie sie immer etwas zu tun, doch für mehr als das bloße Überleben reicht es kaum.

Someone was setting fire to the Commonwealth Rim, nurturing a storm to drag humanity through the horrors of colonial warfare and thereby hasten the rise of Empire. Their plan had just one fatal flaw: It didn't count on an ex-Marine pathfinder with a grudge, a dagger, and a deadly partner.

When Aviva lands a baffling murder investigation, she discovers that the key to solving the crime lies in the last place she expects—a deadly magic gaming hall aboard a freaking yacht. Because why solve a supernatural murder on nice solid ground? While she navigates this high-stakes inquiry on the high-seas, she’s also hunting a mysterious artifact. Should it fall into the wrong hands, it’s game over for any half-demons—like her. No pressure.

Sometimes life deals a bad hand. But it’s all about how you play the cards. Solidarity in the face of oppression. Songs in the dark. Finding hope in spite of the odds. Thirteen stories set in the dystopian universe of the Aces High, Jokers Wild series keep fighting the good fight in the darkest of times.