Résultats pour "A" dans Dragons et créatures mythiques

Finding himself on the run from the law, Freddy will need a safe place to hide. His target? A borderline lawless subordinate territory of the Empire; a land of cruelty, vigilantism, and mountains of ice—the Northern Belt. Despite having acted in self-defense, Freddy knows that, should the law catch up with him, he stands no chance of being declared innocent. If he wants to remain free—or even alive—he needs to find somewhere he can hide long enough to bury the trail. His first choice ends up being the infamous, crime-ridden area of the Northern Belt.

Greater political influence and power always comes at the cost of new enemies. Between digging up ancient secrets, a war that seems to escalate with every passing day, and dealing with the schemes of his political enemies, Zareth really hasn’t had the chance to truly enjoy his newfound wealth and status. But that doesn’t mean that things are all bad.

Alaire Aerendyl has survived by her fists, her wits, and sheer defiance. An orphaned human, unjustly imprisoned by the powerful fae houses that rule her world, she's never truly known freedom—only how to fight for scraps of it. So when she's offered a place at a brutal fae academy known for its deadly magical trials and bonded mythical winged creatures, she doesn’t hesitate. Freedom is worth any risk. Alaire is meant to fail. But when she bonds with a legendary phoenix, reviving the long-lost House Ashfyre, everything changes. Memories awaken. Magic stirs.

With his time in Faralethal’s mines coming to an end, Freddy is finally free to tackle the world. With the spoils of his unlikely victory, he expects to take the world of delving by storm. Unfortunately for him, things are never that easy. Big city life is harsh for those without backing. There are many who have been born into power, and many who are willing to do anything to get ahead. In the grand scheme of things, an independent two-star is still prey.

As the half faerie daughter of a human king, my days were spent tucked out of sight—until the Seelie Fae sought an alliance with our kingdom. In exchange for my father’s help in defeating their Unseelie enemies, I would wed Atakan the heartless. The Seelie prince loathed everyone, but none more than me. Throughout the years leading to our nuptials, each encounter grew more terrifying than the last as he demonstrated how he’d earned his infamous reputation.

As her father lay dying, I swore always to protect fifteen-year-old Zenevieve. I took the grieving girl in, and she filled my life with sunshine. Now she's grown, she's looking for a mate, and her eyes have turned to me. Zenevieve has always been my weakness, but she's not the woman who has been promised to me. I'm waiting for the Omega I've never met, who may have died, who could be lost to me forever. I will wait for her, because I would rather perish in dragonfire than touch a woman who isn't mine.

For years he haunted my dreams. I never knew he was my shadow Fae guardian . . . Or that I'm the future Queen of Nightmares. Until he arrives, very much flesh and blood, to spirit me away to the Realm of Nightmares, and my awaiting throne. But I'm not about to marry someone I've never met. If my guardian thinks I'll go quietly, he's about to have a fight on his hands. What I'm not expecting is the powerful magic my guardian awakens in me . . . or the deep, dark secret he's hiding.

Lissa Allaway is the best healer in her poverty-stricken region. Her people need her help to survive, but when she's drafted to serve the Drakeon in the capital, she's forced to abandon her loved ones and leave the only home she's ever known. With Draekon numbers dwindling, these mighty beings need inferior humans to make their city run. To some, this decline has given rise to the rumblings of rebellion . . . But are the Draekon as evil as stories say?

Eigentlich wollte Dr. Minerva Sterling ihre Professur an der Universität in St. Andrews beginnen, aber das Universum hat andere Pläne: Allen voran einen unmöglichen Studenten, der ihr völlig unerwartet unter die Haut geht, ein mysteriöses Amulett, das ihre Welt auf den Kopf stellt, und ein Geheimnis, das alles fordern wird – nicht zuletzt auch ihr Herz. Wenn dein Schicksal mit den antiken Göttern verbunden ist, bist du bereit, es zu erfüllen?

The thrilling sequel to award-winning author Bradley P. Beaulieu's epic fantasy series, The Book of the Holt. Long ago, the elder gods devised a brutal contest - a game of ascension, where contestants gained power by killing their own. The prize? Godhood. Now, that game is stirring once again. In the wake of the great battle at Ancris, the capital lies in ruins - and Faedryn, the trickster god, is closer than ever to escaping his prison.

When Sia Mason lost her twin sister Mia in a car accident, she thought the grief would define the rest of her life. Years later, the truth crashes into her world with shattering force: Mia isn’t gone. She has been remade as a demon, bound to Hell itself. Determined to save her sister’s soul, Sia steps into a hidden world of dragons, paladins, and magi. Ancient orders wage silent wars, and the balance between Heaven and Hell is always on the edge of collapse.

A quiet climb back to godhood was never in the cards. Word is spreading about a young man in a strange helmet. A Wood rank who punches above his weight. A nobody who keeps surviving things he shouldn't. In taverns, they tell stories of him. And in the deep, forgotten places of this world, the whispers of his deeds find ears, too. Unaware of the growing danger, Brynn has finally reached the subterranean city of Thrask and the chance to claim his cursed bedroll token along with the rest of his hard-won loot. For the first time since waking on Eros, Brynn can catch his breath.

Sur l'île du Sorcier, le fief des magiciens dirigé par Magnus depuis la mort de Pug, son père, l'arrivée de trois visiteurs d'un autre monde bouleverse un quotidien le plus souvent paisible. Dernier survivant de la lignée des Firemane, Hatushaly est accompagné par son épouse chérie, Hava, et par leur ami Donte, que personne n'a invité – mais ce n'est pas le genre de détail qui l'arrête. Magicien très puissant – peut-être le plus puissant de l'histoire –, Hatu a encore beaucoup à apprendre pour maîtriser ses pouvoirs et réaliser son potentiel.

Arden shouldn’t be this strong. His Path Energy reads low, but his power keeps rising, and so does the danger. His defiance of tradition and unbreakable will are beginning to shake the very foundations of the Realm Verse System. Now, with his companions, the rogue Thumper and the wizard Merlin, Arden plans the unthinkable: challenge the ruling noble Pathwalkers and break into the Grand Generational Passing.

They say mated dragonborns can hear each other. I never believed it. Not until I was trapped in an abandoned building, surrounded by flesh-eating monsters, terrified and alone. My body was failing, but my mind reached into the void, begging for someone to hear me. Then the door burst open. The man who came for me was the last person I ever expected—my enemy. Strong, fearless, and endlessly captivating, Tynan works for the people who imprisoned me, and I hate him even more because I can't stop staring whenever he shapeshifts.

Luke never planned on becoming a caretaker to a chaos fairy. Breaking the seal on an old puzzle box was supposed to be a simple job—appraise the relic, pocket the profit, and move on. Instead, he unleashes Riven, a mischievous, mana-hungry sprite bound to his life force.

Король драконов Райнхард долгие годы ждет истинную. Она нужна не только ему, но и всему королевству. Только истинная пара может помочь навсегда закрыть Врата, удерживающие Тьму. К сожалению, когда владыка случайно встречает девушку, предначертанную ему судьбой, он не понимает этого. Истинную Райнхарда забирают его враги.

A second dragon has awoken—her heart tainted and her power commandeered by two ruthless highbloods whose cruelty knows no bounds. My dearest friend teetered on the brink of death. A dragon saved her, but now she's tied to him in a way I can scarcely understand. What will this new bond do to the woman I've come to love as a sister? And then there's Blake. Once my relentless tormentor—he betrayed me again, nearly condemning Nyxaris to a cursed, stone-cold fate. Now, something has shifted in him. His gray eyes hide a secret he's desperate to keep.

Following Ryūta's escape from the clutches of a Summoner with grand plans, he makes his way to the city of Helmstatter to reunite with his friends, but not before getting embroiled in the troubles of an elfin enclave. Now with a young elfin in tow, he arrives to find the unseen forces of evil stalking the city. Stakes grow ever higher as he discovers that a scheming and malicious God has their eye fixed on the royal family, and Ryūta's party is swept up in the ensuing maelstrom.

Right. So apparently this is a story about dragons. Not that I was asked, mind you. Some overenthusiastic writer with too much imagination and not enough sense opened a portal full of the blasted things, and now the world’s on fire.