Ergebnis für "turner" in Zeitgenössische Fantasy

The Warden Morgan has been accused of treason against the Wizards of the White Council - and there's only one, final punishment for that crime. He's on the run, wants his name cleared, and needs someone with a knack for backing the underdog. Someone like Harry Dresden....

Overwhelmed by guilt and burdened with more power than he ever wanted, Samuel Branch is slowly crumbling. The pressure mounts with the arrival of the Green Man, who has risen from the very heart of the world with a single purpose: Kill Samuel Branch. Sam is hampered at every turn by an ambitious reporter looking for a story, a newcomer with an ambiguous agenda, and a coven of black magic sorcerers. As he struggles with his own fragile state of mind, Sam must find a way to accept the costs of power or face certain death at the hands of the Green Man.

Dave Marwood is trapped in a soul-crushing dead-end job. He's in love with his work colleague Melanie and his only friend Gary is a conspiracy theory nut. His life is going nowhere until he has a Near Death Experience—though Death thinks of it as a Near Dave Experience. He discovers gifts he never knew he possessed and a world he never dreamed existed. A world where the Grim Reaper is a hard-drinking, grumpy Billy Joel fan and the undead are bored, lonely, and dangerous.

When Bridget indulges her urge to break free from her monotonous existence for an afternoon, she unleashes the tragic memories that she had successfully numbed out. As she relives her past, Bridget awakens to her family’s Celtic ancestry and a bloodline of empowered Matriarchs. She must choose whether or not to embrace her prophesied potential to master the Craft of The Tinaru, an ancient skill to wield the elements of earth, water, air, fire, and spirit.

December 1874. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are looking forward to a traditional Christmas with plenty of food, alcohol, and the odd duel. But then Death meets Elizabeth, a young girl with unusual gifts, who needs their protection. When other children start going missing throughout London and the Prime Minister himself asks for their help, they have to put down the brandy and mince pies to solve the mystery while—as usual—saving the world from an unspeakable horror.

Thirty-seven-year-old Ramie Phillips has led a very successful life. She made her fortune, and now she hobnobs with the very rich and occasionally the semifamous, and she enjoys luxuries she only dreamed of as a middle-class kid growing up in Potomac, Maryland. But despite it all, she can't ignore the fact that she isn't necessarily happy. In fact lately Ramie has begun to feel more than a little empty.

When Tomilyn calls upon the wind to seek revenge upon her sister, Seraphina, she forgets she is in a state of rage. The wind goes after Seraphina but it is boosted a hundred fold by Tomilyn's need for revenge. The cyclone hits the solarium where Seraphina is hiding and when the dust settles, all that is left is two black wings and two beautiful black eyes.

Un2attractive (pronounced un-unattractive) is a tale about Griffin, a likable guy that has a "really great personality". An unfortunate event involving a taco truck and an El Camino begins Griffin's slide into a life-altering adventure, putting his life at risk and him at the center of a mysterious quest. Pursued by a trio of love-struck women, Griffin searches for the reason behind his sudden rise to "chick magnet" status while trying to keep himself alive.

"Be careful what you ask for" was the dire warning Leah had heard before she was transformed forever into an immortal. Zeal and Freya had chosen her because in her prayers she had unknowingly asked for this: a painless end to her cancer diagnosis. Now as she stands looking down on her daughter on life support, does she take God's will into her own hands to keep her daughter with her for eternity?

Experience the extraordinary last days and countdown to humanity's evolution beyond money, narrated by the author. How one man's refusal to bow to the system becomes the catalyst for a global metamorphosis. F-Day is a high-octane political thriller loaded with a powerful message - and a heady dose of realism. Prepare to have your world view blurred as you sit in the passenger seat of what could some day become mankind's greatest single journey.

Un2dead (call it un-undead) is a humorous adult sci-fi/horror/fantasy that involves chorizo and egg tacos, a vintage El Camino, a guy that used to be a vampire that has lost his fangs, a green-eyed lady, a granny that hunts wolves and a few other misfits. Yep, it's a love story.

The trio of Freya, Leah, and Zeal are living in the Swenson Castle on the North Sea in Norway. Each day there are new unique challenges, for they are led by orders from Freya. Coming in from all over the world are the calls for help, some right in their own backyards. The family is constantly growing, as the need to find homes for so many abused children is answered with joy by the residents of Swenson Castle. Leah tries to adjust to the life, so different from her home in Virginia, as her past life calls, tugging at her heart: "Be careful what you ask for."

Number six in The Eyes of Freya series, The Infamous Fairies of Fairystone is a prelude to The Eyes of Freya set in ancient North America when Asmodeus ruled the underworld. Lilith is fighting for her life as her baby is struggling to be born. The child's father, Aries the Archangel, has shunned her, so she ran right into the trap the evil Asmodeus set for her. The child is being cut from her, and this gives Asmodeus two children to carry on his evil, as Lilith is forever trapped to look on as her children grow eviler every day.

Elrod Deupree was just going about a normal day in his self-imposed hell as the father of his newly adopted nieces. He had been the owner of Deupree Logging Company ever since his own father's death in a logging truck accident 25 years ago. At 15, the responsibly of his brother, sister, and mother fell upon him. Now he is guardian to his sister's four girls while mama, Beula Bell, pulls 10 years in the big house for growing pot.

Morgan Miller came to Manhattan with big dreams of becoming a Broadway star, but eight years later, she’s still a single waitress in an Italian restaurant with a bad boy boyfriend. Fed up with her life, she plans to end it, but not before her mani-pedi, blow-dry, and make-up appointments. She intends to look fabulous for her final performance! When Morgan’s plan takes an unexpected turn, she ends up in a coma, but able to hear and see everything going on around her, including a beautiful spirit guide.

Three short stories that explore human emotions and experiences. "Letting Go": If you could keep your loved ones forever, would you? Susan must choose whether to watch her mother slowly fade away or preserve her. "Regret": When Lawrence Winkley invents a machine that removes regret, he unintentionally changes the course of history. "Have You Seen Tarum?": Kimberly has given up hope of having anything more in her life than her grandmother, until crazy old Mr. Jeffries asks, "Have you seen Tarum?"