Resultados para "hell" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Jordan Shaw is one of the Mohiri’s best young warriors. Fearless and bold, she’s passionate about completing every job and living life to the fullest, even if that means breaking all the rules. When Jordan encounters a demon believed to have been killed off centuries ago, her discovery sends ripples up to the highest levels of the Mohiri. While they discuss how to face the biggest threat to humanity yet, she prepares herself for the mission of her life. There’s just one problem - the frustratingly fierce male warrior who calls to her demon.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A furious, queer debut novel about embracing the monster within and unleashing its power against your oppressors. "A long, sustained scream to the various strains of anti-transgender legislation multiplying around the world like, well, a virus." —The New York...

A bad day off is better than a good day at work. At least that's what Seth thought until his dream vacation of visiting a civil war battleground came to life. Unfortunately, the dead soldiers that had been lying in peace had a hundred-year hunger to feed. Follow Seth and his family to see if they can escape the dead.

A bad day off is better than a good day at work. At least that's what Seth thought until his dream vacation of visiting a civil war battleground came to life. Unfortunately, the dead soldiers that had been lying in peace had a hundred-year hunger to feed. Follow Seth and his family to see if they can escape the dead. Will there be another day, or will everyone perish? The Williams will have to fight to survive, to elude ravished zombies, and aliens who seem to only want one thing...to conquer Earth.

My name is Lexi Cameron, and until three weeks ago, I thought I was human. It was all a lie. I’m a demon, and I’m signed up to attend The Demon Academy. I soon find out it’s the darkest, cruelest school around, and not many survive a full year, let alone three. Welcome to DA, where, unless you are a high demon, you can expect to be treated like trash.

Seth and family didn't think things could get much worse. But this vacation from hell is giving them one hell of a run for their money. There is nothing they can do but fight and do everything they can to try and survive. Not everyone is going to make it through this one. Which of your characters will make it to the end?

Northern Russia, 1924: The Red Army is eliminating those who resist the fledgling Soviet government. At the Battle of the Plutonian Plain, the White Russian forces do not fall, but instead retreat into the dangers of Pellucidar. Mikhail Kirillovitch Kirov, a young conscript caught up in this mad scheme, is fascinated by this new world. He finds Pellucidar’s Stone Age landscape and inhabitants a revela­tion—until he’s grabbed by a mammoth Skal and flown back to its aerie to feed its offspring. Thus begins Kirov’s astounding adventure in the Northern environs of Pellucidar.

Virgil Erath is on death row for a crime he didn't commit. But he gets a new beginning when he is mystically transported to a planet of hallucinatory landscapes, warring humanoid races, and a cloud-filled sky that has never seen the sun. Its inhabitants of this world call it Amtor—others have called it “Venus.” Captured by a clan of winged warriors, Virgil is brought before the great Jong Kum Kloojong. But this “king of kings” is under attack by a deadly terrorist sect, and Virgil may be his only hope of saving Amtor from an apocalyptic war.

World War Z meets Independence Day in this apocalyptic, extraterrestrial, genre-blending mashup adventure! Can Seth and his family survive all while trying to keep Earl from starting an interplanetary war? Will there be another day, or will everyone perish? The Williams will have to fight to survive, to elude ravished zombies and aliens who seem to only want one thing...to conquer Earth.

Do dia para a noite, crianças começam a morrer de um misterioso mal súbito. Em pouco tempo, a doença se espalha e os que sobrevivem a ela desenvolvem habilidades psíquicas assustadoras. Uma delas é Ruby. Na manhã do seu décimo aniversário, um acontecimento aterrador faz com que seus pais a tranquem na garagem e chamem a polícia. A menina é então levada para Thurmond, um acampamento que segue as diretrizes brutais do governo vigente.

Magick and myth and monsters, once confined to fairy tale, was loosed onto the world. The world of science and technology was a thing of the past; the realm of magick had taken its place. It is a dangerous place, no matter what path you take, no matter what side you’re on. For astrophysicist Edgar Cole, science was his world and his world of science was destroyed in just one day.

Thirteen-year-old Mark Harrison has a week to hike across the desert. He will meet his parents on the other side. By his fourth day, he’s made good time. As he settles in for the night, he gazes up at the stars, feeling completely content. Suddenly, a blue light streams from the sky, jolting Mark into another dimension. Now, in a land filled with strange jungle animals and primitive tribes, Mark desperately battles hunger, armed enemies, and superhuman powers.

Though forty miles away, Duston Heights is not safe from the flu that’s raging through Boston. When Johnny Dixon’s grandmother falls ill, he’s sent to live with his neighbor to avoid infection. So many locals are getting sick that school is canceled for a week, and the reclusive Dr. Abram Ashburn comes out of retirement to make house calls. After seeing a scary vision of his bedridden grandmother outside of a window, Johnny starts to feel on edge. Then he and his best friend find what looks to be a weird map of a cemetery in Dr. Ashburn’s house.

On a country lane in snowbound 1950s New Hampshire, a car goes skidding off the road. Professor Childermass and Johnny Dixon escape unscathed, but their car is stuck, and they are forced to walk into town. Johnny doesn’t mind. A curious young man, he has fun anytime the professor takes him out, because he’s treated like an adult. Together they’ve gotten into all sorts of supernatural scrapes, and this winter night they’ll face their toughest challenge yet. When Childermass suddenly vanishes, Johnny is the only one who can find him.

H. Bagwell Glomus built an empire out of cereal. In the 1920s, his Oaty Crisps were the most popular breakfast in the United States, and Mr. Glomus was the wealthiest man in the little town of Gildersleeve, Massachusetts. But he was not a happy man. In 1936, he took his own life and his will was never found. Legend has it that his last will and testament is hidden somewhere in his office, but so far, no one has been able to find it and claim the ten thousand dollar reward. Yet, no one has looked as hard as Johnny Dixon.

It’s the 1950s when Johnny Dixon’s mother dies, his father goes to fight in the Korean War, and he goes to live with his grandparents. Although life in a new house is strange, Johnny’s “Grampa” listens to his favorite ballgames, takes him on long walks, and tells him stories of the strange mysteries that lurk in the shadows. Best of all, he’s friends with Professor Childermass, an eccentric academic who’s about to take Johnny on the adventure of a lifetime.

Der Unterricht an der Schule der grundlegenden Magie hat wieder begonnen. Alison, die junge Drow-Prinzessin, ist für ihr zweites Semester nach Charlottesville zurückgekehrt, zusammen mit den anderen Elfen, Hexen, Zauberern und vielen mehr. Und ihre Kräfte wachsen. Doch dunkle Mächte haben eine böse Saat in die Studentenschaft gepflanzt. Sie wollen ihren verborgenen Vorteil nutzen, um die Türen zu schließen, bevor das Schuljahr vorüber ist. Sie haben nicht mit Alison und ihren einzigartigen Gaben gerechnet.

Emma Ayers has lived a lifetime's worth of intrigue in less than a week. Now that she has been introduced to the mystical realm of the Belles, she has to sort out what her purpose is in the midst of her new world.

Nach der Katastrophe im IMP taucht Kay bei GOD in Midgard unter. Kay beschließt, ihre Rettung selbst in die Hand zu nehmen. River sitzt in seinem persönlichen Albtraum: zwischen den Darklingen, deren Gefangenschaft er selbst zu verantworten hat. Verstoßen, abgelehnt, weder Teil der Lyslinge noch der Darklinge. Der Untergang steht bevor, die Opfer bereit und während Gut und Böse keine Bedeutung mehr haben, so ist auch niemand mehr sicher.

This is more than one story, more than one now. But I’ll tell it as best I can. Me? I’m Jude – like the Patron Saint of lost causes. Him? He’s Novo. Like nothing on earth. Literally. In the beginning, before Novo showed up, my mum and me moved to the seaside. Then the first of July, 11.34am. Novo arrived. I was like an atom in his orbit. Alone with him, feeling the pull. Suddenly in the moment, in the now.