Résultats pour "Soul" dans Réalisme magique

Matt has a terrible life. Seriously—it's awful. It is so bad that Dan the Demon is shocked when Matt turns down his infernal offer: 10 years of a blissful life in exchange for his soul. But Dan is a salesman behind on his quota and his demonic managers are running out of patience. He forges Matt's signature on the dotted line, stealing his soul and thrusting him into a supernatural world he never knew existed. Matt must learn to navigate the hidden society of demons, faeries, demigods, and worse.

With the wisdom and heart that charmed readers of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a magical novel in which eleven souls get the chance to return to the loved ones they left behind in a most unusual way. What if you could come back after death to watch over a a beloved, your soul occupying an object...

Brought to you by Penguin. A JAPANESE MODERN CLASSIC Discover the highly original and moving literary gem for fans of Banana Yoshimoto and Kawaguchi's BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD What if you could come back after death to watch over your loved one, installing yourself in a treasured mug, for...

A new and exciting story entwined with magical realism and fantasy about a divine African American healer born in Los Angeles depicting the miracle of love. Ever since Olisa was a child, her father has feared that the world might one day find out that his daughter is blessed with very special gifts. On a fateful 4th of July, the renowned Venice Beach Boardwalk becomes the scene of a violent conflagration between Latino and Black gangs. People flee in all directions except for one black woman who fearlessly cradles the head of a notorious gang leader who has been fatally stabbed.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A suspenseful magical realism novel about a mysterious teenage “go-between” who arranges meetings between the living and the dead, from multimillion-copy Japanese bestselling author Mizuki Tsujimura. I bring together the living and the departed. I am the go-between. When...

Since Jet Black discovered The Sorcerer’s Guide, a book with a mind of its own, he has uncovered elemental magic, clashed with mythological creatures, and obtained the first tablet piece of the Phoenix. Jet has only scratched the surface of the new magical world around him. War is on the horizon, but his promising development is about to come to a screeching halt. Plagued with roadblocks, dissension, and something far more sinister, he must achieve the impossible. Acquiring the second tablet piece is vital for their success, but can they beat Shane Fallon to the location?

Welcome to the south, the hidden center of occult America. A wild land where tales of gods and demons, werewolves and shapeshifters whisper though old growth forests. A world where magic is as likely as the Tree of Life. This is Eli Seven Crow’s world, a world that he has both loved and hated for the two hundred years. A world he doesn’t understand. Because though it’s intent on killing him it won’t let him die. He’s experienced the cruel history of America, and fought against the crushing grip of the Mahan Group. An ancient secret society who’s founders are the reason humans fear the dark.

Eric stumbles through the wilderness, searching, hunting – desperate for sign of his sister. But the girl is gone, stolen away by the power of the Soul Blade. With each passing hour its hold on her tightens, her spirit fading before the onslaught of its magic. If he cannot save her soon, it will claim her soul. And he will have to kill her. Meanwhile, Gabriel is trapped, imprisoned in the black cells beneath Ardath.

Rayne Higgins must save the world without losing her mind. After an accident left her with nightmares, memory loss, and an inescapable fear of mirrors, Rayne is ready for a fresh start. A college study abroad program in Venice, Italy is the perfect solution. Then a confrontation with a pickpocket turns into a deadly fight with a monster only she can see. The pickpocket, Loic, is a knight from a mirror world, fighting a madman who seeks to merge the worlds together and destroy them both.

Jon successfully killed Belphegor...but he forgot that everything comes with a cost. The cost may need to be paid with money...or life. With his archenemy alive in the game, Jon's days are going to be troublesome. But killing Kurush in-game is not simple as killing Kurush was in real life. Here, Kurush holds power. The power of a whole second-tier guild. With his puny prowess, can Jon go against a second-tier guild and complete his mission that put him in prison in real life? Find out where Jon's life will take him next.

For listeners of Roberto Bolaño’s Savage Detectives and Muriel Spark’s Loitering with Intent, this “sublime” and “delightfully unhinged” metaphysical mystery disguised as a picaresque romp follows one poet’s spectacular fall from grace to ask a vital question: Is everyone a...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE UNFORGETTABLE MILLION-COPY JAPANESE BESTSELLER BY THE AUTHOR OF LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR Brimming with suspense and heartbreak, the million-copy Japanese fantasy mystery for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD and LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR Is there anyone you...

Transport yourself to a world of imagination and wonder, a world in which magic is real and miracles are commonplace. Born from a marriage of art and allegory, written as a celebration of love and friendship, every offering represents a unique interpretation of the artistic talent of a gifted individual. Seek within for tales of the light and the dark, of courage and cowardice, of intense joy and profound sorrow, of audacious bravery and abject fear.

When Alex is abducted by our newest foe, I have the entire nation searching for him. But Miletus has a plan and it includes my fae lover. In our quest to return him, we form an uneasy alliance with the Atlanteans and search for a way to save a forsaken people. We learn we must retrieve a rare artifact, but that too comes at a price. With the fate of a species hanging in the balance, do I save the Shrouded Nation or the man I love?

Somewhere on another astral plane, a lover's quarrel between gods, millennia old, has come full circle. Ea, a dark and ancient god and the father of the first werewolf, is hell-bent on destroying his supernatural offspring. He'll use anyone and everyone he can to get it done even from beyond the physical. For now, his vessel is the evil and mysterious Indra, a witch whose powers only slightly outweigh her penchant for hitting on the help.

Eliza Paladin is disillusioned with normal life. She and her talking cat, Pal, discover a world where magic is as real as taxes. Even as all her fantasies come true, Eliza discovers a sinister plot that could result in losing the very powers that have given her life meaning.

Six ordinary lives unravel when the mundane world collides with the magical. From a girl investigating her mysterious new neighbor to a boy's peculiar disappearance in his own back yard, the creatures they encounter are not interested in making friends. These fairy tales aren't about pixies that fly in and leave you little gifts, but about the folk that hide in the shadows to play tricks on you for their amusement. In this world, beautiful, charming mermaids don't exist but there is certainly something lurking below the waves.

Sam has cheated death, but the world he returns to is mutated, and the holograms and robots are programmed to watch his every move. He is hounded by his past ghosts and surrounded by suspicious people bent on keeping him imprisoned.

“Narrator Eunice Wong's perfect pacing and faultless emphasis bring Trip to life, and she adds an edge to her depiction of Sandra, reflecting her high anxiety and frustration.” —AudioFile A woman embarks on an odyssey through the afterlife to help her son, who is literally and figuratively...

Daryl spends his days working at the hospital as a caring orderly, but he spends his nights listening to his gorgeous neighbor Jessica get intimate with her husband through the paper-thin walls of his apartment. It's not so bad until he gets a mysterious package containing an old wooden carving that gives him some very vivid, very personal dreams...dreams where he's not only with Jessica, but where he is Jessica! Daryl takes care of all the patients at St. Mary's, a special hospital where most of the city's saddest cases end up, but he's especially caring towards one patient.