Ergebnis für "Soul" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

A hero's work is never done! I'm the guild's only reaper witch and it's my job to save humanity. After a few hiccups, I rose to the challenge and expelled the demon king from Earth, however, Moloch's time in exile allowed another demon prince to rise in ranks. Not good since this self-proclaimed Emperor of Inferis is planning an invasion. While I've managed to finally hone my magic and no longer suck at physical combat, there's still much to do. Seducing two sexy reapers is at the top of that list, but I also need to pay a debt to a mysterious voice.

Der Kampf den Poppy, Casteel und ihre Getreuen ausfechten müssen, hat gerade erst begonnen. Überall – sowohl im Iliseeum als auch in der Welt der Sterblichen – erwachen die Götter und bereiten sich auf den Krieg vor. Als Poppy kurz davor steht, die Fülle ihrer Macht zu erlangen, fällt sie ins Koma, und Cas muss fürchten, sie für immer zu verlieren. Die einzige Chance auf Rettung liegt in ihrer gemeinsamen Vergangenheit, und so beginnt für die beiden Liebenden eine Reise zum Beginn ihrer Geschichte.

Known as a harbinger of bad omens and blamed for Demons eating her family, Reia is shunned by her entire village. When the next offering is due and the monstrous Duskwalker is seen heading their way, her village offers her an impossible choice—be thrown into the prison cells or allow herself to be sacrificed to a faceless monster.

A great primal power has risen. The Queen of Flesh and Fire has become the Primal of Blood and Bone—the true Primal of Life and Death. And the battle Casteel, Poppy, and their allies have been fighting has only just begun. Gods are awakening across Iliseeum and the mortal realm, readying for the war to come. But when Poppy falls into stasis, Cas faces the very real possibility that the dire, unexpected consequences of what she is becoming could take her away from him.

Der Beginn einer neuen Epoche – der »New York Times«-Platz-1-Bestseller endlich als Hörbuch! Lange vor der ersten Ordnung und dem Imperium wachten die Jedi-Ritter über die Hohe Republik. Es war ein goldenes Zeitalter des Friedens.Eine Explosion im Hyperraum bedroht die Leben von Milliarden. Zum Glück sind die Jedi stark in der Macht, und sie eilen unverzüglich herbei, um das Schlimmste zu verhindern. Der kleinste Fehler kann zur Katastrophe führen, doch die Völker der Galaxis blicken voll Zuversicht auf ihre Beschützer.

Reborn in a crypt, Nick was given an ancient heritage and an important task: to become king, and make the Archaens rise again. Nick was now the last one, and he would need to find allies by forming Soul Pacts with both followers and wives. With the power of the Soul Knight class, he would have to use both paladin and necromancer magics to conquer the tower and defeat his enemies. But not all was right, in or outside the tower. A bandit warlord had taken control of the city of Havendale, and a deathly Trial within the tower lurks, barring Nick from collecting his Heritage.

The Night Lords were once among the most potent forces of the Imperium, Space Marines who used fear itself as their weapon. Now, cast adrift from the Emperor's light and hunted as heretics after their monstrous betrayal, the Night Lords clad themselves in symbols of death and fight the Long War, bringing pain and terror to all who worship the corpse-god of Terra. A summons from Warmaster Abaddon sends these rebels on a dangerous journey that leads inexorably to a conflict with the Emperor's chosen warriors, the Blood Angels.

When Shai is caught replacing the Moon Scepter with her nearly flawless forgery, she must bargain for her life. An assassin has left the Emperor Ashravan without consciousness, a circumstance concealed only by the death of his wife. If the emperor does not emerge after his hundred-day mourning period, the rule of the Heritage Faction will be forfeit and the empire will fall into chaos. Shai is given an impossible task: to create - to Forge - a new soul for the emperor in less than 100 days. But her soul-Forgery is considered an abomination by her captors.

Nell Ingram draws her powers from deep in the earth, and uses them to help Psy-LED, the Psychometric Law Enforcement Division, which solves paranormal crimes. When a local vampire calls to report a dead body on her compound, Nell knows she and her team have to be ready for anything. But the dead body is just the beginning of a mystery that involves supernaturals of all kinds, including some of the most powerful vampires in the country. As Nell gets closer to the truth, she begins to understand that the perpetrator is tracking her too—and that there is something personal about this crime.

Diana Bishop ist Historikerin mit Leib und Seele. Dass in ihr zudem das Blut eines uralten Hexengeschlechts fließt, versucht sie zu ignorieren...

Ihre Liebe ist stärker als jede Regel, stärker als die Zeit und das Leben selbst. Doch als Diana und Matthew im elisabethanischen London angekommen sind, werden sie auf eine harte Probe gestellt. In einer Welt der Spione und der Täuschung muss Diana einen Tutor finden, der sie in der fortgeschrittenen Hexenkunst unterweist, während Matthew unfreiwillig mit seiner Vergangenheit konfrontiert wird.

Thrown into the Veil for a crime she committed, Delora was discarded by the world. Although afraid of her oncoming demise, she accepts it as it would be a worldly escape from her problems. She didn’t expect that she would wake up from her deadly fall, nor that the person who saved her would be a Duskwalker. She’s wary about him at first, but Delora begins to realise there’s more to him than just a faceless monster.

When Cassius Black moves to San Francisco for a fresh start, the angel's hopes of staying below the radar of the supernatural organizations that oversee the otherworldly and magic users in the city are dashed when he stumbles across a dead body in the sewers. Morgan King and his team of Argonaut agents have been on the hunt all summer for the culprits behind a series of gruesome killings that have rocked the city. When Fate puts Cassius in Morgan's path, he realizes the angel everyone likes to call The Devil may very well be the only person who can help them track down the murderers.

Nach ihrer Zeitreise in das London Elisabeth' I. kehren Diana Bishop und Matthew Clairmont zurück in die Gegenwart, wo neue Herausforderungen, vor allem aber alte Feinde sie erwarten. In Sept-Tour, der Heimat von Matthews Ahnen, treffen sie aber auch endlich ihre Freunde und ihre Familien wieder. Außerdem werden sie mit einem tragischen Verlust konfrontiert, der besonders Diana trifft. Die wahre Bedrohung für die Zukunft aber muss noch aufgedeckt werden, und dafür ist es von höchster Wichtigkeit, das Geheimnis um das verschollene Manuskript Ashmole 782 zu entschlüsseln und die fehlenden Seiten zu finden.

Die Archäologin Jessika Raapke ist eben erst mit ihrer Adoptivtochter Leonie nach Hameln gezogen, als man sie bittet, einen unheimlichen Vorfall in der alten Kirche zu untersuchen: Bei Bauarbeiten wurde ein verborgener Sarkophag beschädigt, kurz darauf tötet ein riesiger Rattenschwarm einen der Arbeiter. Jessika findet an dem Sarkophag, der vollkommen leer ist, eine halb zerstörte lateinische Bannschrift mit einem Hinweis auf den sagenumwobenen Rattenfänger.

Wenn dein Tod erst der Anfang ist und im Vorhof zur Hölle die Liebe lauert. Das verratene Herz ist der Auftakt der Pageturner-Trilogie Empire of Sins and Souls von Bestseller-Autorin Beril Kehribar: Dark Romantasy mit einem morally gray cast und einer Heldin, für die der Tod nicht das Ende ist. Zoé Durand ist eine Sünderin. Eine Lügnerin, eine Prostituierte und eine berüchtigte Diebin. Nach einer schicksalhaften Nacht muss sie sich einen weiteren Titel auf ihre Liste schreiben: Mörderin. Kein Wunder, dass sie sich nach ihrer Hinrichtung in Xanthia wiederfindet, der letzten Station vor den Toren der Hölle.

Being 16 is always difficult, even more so when there's a Death in the family. After all, it's hard to grow up normally when Grandfather rides a white horse and wields a scythe. Especially if he decides to take a well-earned moment to uncover the meaning of life and discover himself in the process, so that you have to take over the family business, and everyone mistakes you for the Tooth Fairy.

Scorio will rise from the ashes to conquer the 10 layers of hell. Reborn without memories, Scorio learns that he is a Great Soul, a legendary defender of the ancient city of Bastion. That within the hallowed halls of the Academy and under the stern eyes of the underworld’s greatest instructors he will enjoy enormous privilege, rediscover unique and wondrous powers, and one day return to the millennium-old battle against their infernal foes. Until he is betrayed.

Ever since a faerie cursed her, Theodora Ettings has had no sense of fear, embarrassment or even happiness - a condition which makes her sadly prone to accidental scandal. Dora's only goal for the London Season this year is to stay quiet and avoid upsetting her cousin's chances at a husband. But when the Lord Sorcier of England learns of her condition, she finds herself drawn ever more deeply into the tumultuous concerns of magicians and faeries.

Grier's work as a Haint is the one thing that makes her feel normal, but even that's more paranormal than usual. Spirits are vanishing from well-known hot spots on the ghost tour circuit, and vampires are turning up as shriveled husks. Grier takes it upon herself to uncover what's preying on Savannah's supernatural community, and what she uncovers is bigger than a few flickering lampposts gone dark. It's a deadly threat unleashed by one of their own, and saving her city just might kill her.