Resultados para "la magia" en Literatura y ficción

Oliver era un insignificante mago menor. Sólo conocía tres hechizos: uno de ellos no servía más que para controlar su alergia a la caspa de armadillo y otro para atar los cordones de los zapatos. Aunque sólo tenía 12 años, era el único mago de una aldea en la que hacía mucho tiempo que no llovía. Por eso, Oliver y su armadillo son enviados con la misión de traer de vuelta la lluvia. Armado con sus tres hechizos, nuestro héroe no tiene la menor idea de lo que le espera. Oliver era un insignificante mago menor. Por desgracia, era la única opción que tenían.

In this third volume of the popular Immortals Quartet, Daine enters a glittering world laced with danger and treachery, a world that grows more intense when the gods themselves push her to use her wild magic for their own ends.

This second novel in the Miss Peregine's Home for Peculiar Children series begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine's island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. Along the way, they encounter new allies, a menagerie of peculiar animals, and other surprises. Complete with dozens of newly discovered (and thoroughly creepy) vintage photographs, this new adventure will delight fantasy fans of all ages.

Notable incursión por parte de Andreu Martín en la literatura de corte religioso, sin por ello abandonar los rasgos que caracterizan su literatura juvenil: la aventura, el amor, la narración desenfrenada y los personajes inolvidables. Un joven de baja clase social se enamora de una chica pudiente que está a punto de ingresar en un convento. Ante la perspectiva de perderla, el joven planea volar por los aires una iglesia. Sin embargo, hay alguien que se interpondrá en su camino, alguien capaz de cambiar el curso de su vida y que responde al nombre de Don Bosco.

Cadence and her sister possess the seeds of glory and ruin—or so their father always insisted. Cadence never understood what he meant until Airlie’s seed of power is activated, turning her into the most powerful mage in generations. Despite knowing it must mean her own dormant seed is much more malevolent, Cadence is swept away to the distant Mage’s Guild in her sister’s wake. She’s used to living in Airlie’s shadow, but she can’t see a place for herself in this world. Plagued by questions from her isolated childhood, Cadence needs answers, and the Guild might hold them.

After surviving and defeating a plot to plunge the continent into war, Nate loves his new life. He has been awarded a knighthood and a position in the Royal Guard, where he has made good friends, as close as family. Unfortunately, he is torn by the need to get back home to save his sister from the consequences of his mysterious disappearance. Given a chance to petition the most powerful mage in the kingdom for help, he may soon have to decide between magic and the sword, thanks to guild politics, or face dire consequences.

Jack has promised to free Azhoth the aether god from captivity, and to do so he must awaken the dungeons of the Noonlands. The power of Nightvale is turned against him, and Jack must defeat the Devourer of Dungeons. His quest to free the world from the clutches of the evil mages of Nightvale will take him and his companions down a dark path, to come to the ultimate expression of their power, and the very source of magic itself…

After a battle with the core of the warlock's tower, Jack and Melinda turn their attention to growing stronger. With the warlock Lachlan Woe to teach them, and the support of Ivan the goblin butler, it seems their path could only go upward. When rumors of hunters reach their ears, their lives take a turn. These hunters could prove the breaking of Jack and his friends. Thankfully, Jack is a walking dungeon, and there are other dungeons in the outside world with whom he shares a bond. If these dungeons could be awakened….

L'amico Kaede ha lasciato il Giappone per l'Italia e Yoshie si ritrova di nuovo da sola. Stavolta, però, la vita in città sembra farle meno paura. Il quartiere le è amico, e le giornate scorrono nella continua scoperta di piccoli motivi di felicità. La giovane impara a leggere nel cuore delle persone, a scorgerne l'anima fragile oltre la maschera di durezza che indossano nella loro quotidianità troppo indaffarata. Riuscirà a lasciare anche qui una traccia lieve, a trovare le parole giuste per portare conforto agli abitanti soli e affaticati della città? E che ne sarà della sua storia con Shin'ichiro? Saprà resistere alla nostalgia di Kaede e della nonna?

As the daughter of shopkeepers, Elena has always known that the mysteries of reading and writing are closed to her. Only the mageborn can risk harnessing the power unleashed from putting pen to paper. Until Elena discovers an impossible new ability and joins the elite ranks of the mages. But with the kingdom at war, the authorities can't agree if Elena is an asset, or a threat they need to eliminate. Thrust into the unknown world of the Royal Academy without friends or experience, Elena will need all of her wits, strength, and new power to carve a place for herself.

Nothing says Happy Birthday like summoning the spirits of your dead relatives. Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a generation and she hates magic. At her Deathday celebration, Alex performs a spell to rid herself of her power. But it backfires. Her whole family vanishes into thin air, leaving her alone with Nova, a brujo boy she can't trust. A boy whose intentions are as dark as the strange marks on his skin. The only way to get her family back is to travel with Nova to Los Lagos.

Rina has lost her shifting mojo. Will her mage powers be enough to subdue rage and fury? Mage Shifter is the third book in an exciting new magic-filled urban fantasy, starring a girl with lots of moxie, fine brawny shifters, BFFs with questionable morals, and pygmy trolls in need of an attitude adjustment.

Surrounded by unfamiliar politics and long-held enemies, Verene discovers that some at the Academy want her gone by whatever means necessary. As the threats grow ever more sinister, she starts to question all of her assumptions. The hardened prince might just be her best hope of survival and — even more shockingly — he might be right about her power. But as danger grows in the shadows, Verene isn't the only one in danger. If she wants to save both her old kingdom and the new one she's starting to love, she must uncover her hidden powers and take her true place among the mages.

Ultron's hatred for humanity reaches its peak when he creates a doomsday weapon that will wipe out all living creatures across the Earth! When some of his teammates are injured by Ultron's robot warriors, it's up to Iron Man to save the planet before it's too late. Alone and outmatched, Iron Man must fight the robotic madman and his steel henchmen, as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance!

Ever since The Night in Question left her with a hideous scar and no memory of what happened, Theo Lane has been hiding. An aspiring filmmaker, she uses a hidden button cam to keep the world at bay. She spends the entire summer in a Manhattan cafe, secretly documenting random "subjects".

El príncipe Oak está pagando por su traición. Encarcelado en el helado norte y ligado a la voluntad de una nueva reina monstruosa, tendrá que valerse del encanto y la astucia para sobrevivir. Cuando el rey supremo Cardan y la reina suprema Jude toman medidas extremas para rescatar a su heredero robado, Oak deberá decidir si intenta recuperar la confianza de la chica a la que siempre ha amado o si permanece leal a Elfhame y acaba con el reinado de Wren, aunque eso signifique acabar también con ella.

Delphine possesses great power—too much power for the daughter of farmers. The Mage’s Guild would eagerly take her, but she wants nothing to do with its arrogant and self-centered members. That is, until her friend is abducted in front of her.

Can Valrin save the one who saved him? Tossed by a storm into an island, they narrowly escape an attack by monstrous beasts when several strangers appearing wielding magic unlike no others upon the seas. It soon becomes obvious that these strangers are the only ones that can help them but it will not be so simple. Valrin will learn of evil beyond mere pirates but will he have the skill to save an entire race before it is too late?

Lucille îl place foarte mult pe Digby Jones, dar are multe alte probleme grave pe cap decât să se îndrăgostească de fratele geaman al celei mai bune prietene a ei. Are facturi de plătit şi o sora mică, Wren, de care trebuie să aibă grijă. La doar 17 ani, Lucille trebuie să se descurce cumva şi să ţină familia, cât a mai rămas din ea, unită.

Danny Tozer has a problem: She just inherited the powers of Dreadnought, the world's greatest superhero. Until Dreadnought fell out of the sky and died right in front of her, Danny was trying to keep people from finding out she's transgender. But before he expired, Dreadnought passed his mantle to her, and those secondhand superpowers transformed Danny's body into what she's always thought it should be. Now there's no hiding that she's a girl.