Résultats pour "A" dans Contemporain

De nos jours, Luna ignore le sort funeste qui la guette. En offrant son cœur à Éric, elle découvre les secrets du passé et un monde qu'elle ne soupçonnait pas. Enfreignant les lois de l'Éternel, Éric succombe à sa protégée. Il est prêt à perdre ses ailes pour elle, mais cela suffira-t-il à la sauver des griffes de Lucifer ?

Unexpectedly elected Senior Councilor, Jeran Chenzira must now build a home for his new people, and prove that they can become honorable members of his society, but how can he counsel a species he barely understands, or earn their trust in only a few months?

Ein Julitag. Anna Ehlert hat sich mit ihrer neunjährigen Tochter Emily in ein Ferienhaus in Südschweden zurückgezogen. Plötzlich stieben Vögel auf, eine Wolkenwand rast heran und die Temperatur sackt ab. Es beginnt zu schneien, mitten im Sommer. Als die erste Schneeflocke Emily berührt, erleidet das Mädchen einen Anfall. Später beschreibt sie beängstigende Visionen von etwas, das sie den Frostbringer nennt. Das Wetterphänomen entwickelt sich zu einem Weltuntergang in Zeitlupe.

In the shadowed streets of Portsmouth, Detective Nicholas Cain, a vampire with a haunted past, faces his most dangerous challenge yet. Recently, Cain transformed his partner, Marcus Brown, into a vampire to save his life, and now the two are thrust into a deadly conflict with the ancient vampire council that governs their kind. Facing the council's wrath, Cain and Marcus must navigate a labyrinth of dark secrets, political intrigue, and treacherous trials designed to test their loyalty, strength, and resolve.

Uka Buka is a grippingly raw original story that provides a different strategical outlook on how to deal with our world's industrial boom of wasteful consumption. Investigate with a team of vigilante environmentalists the scarring decisions that are transforming the face of the planet. Witness how good guys can teeter into doing bad things so unapologetically. Dive deep into the philosophy of planetary morals while enjoying the broad arch of quirky human mannerisms and vital natural spirits working together for the sake of Mother Earth.

Un petit village gallois se met soudain à bouillonner de magie, phénomène qui inquiète autant qu'il enthousiasme les universitaires d'Oxford. Ni une ni deux, on fait appel au Pr Tarrant, spécialiste des catastrophes thaumaturgiques, pour étudier...

Tara has returned to Thomas, but she is no longer the person he remembers. She has now spent twelve years in the eighteenth of November, while Thomas has endlessly repeated his identical day. He struggles to reconcile Tara as she is now with the Tara he loves. And so she rejoins her friends, with whom she finds companionship and understanding. They set off for Val Benoît, where other time-stranded people have created a community built on curiosity, conversation and even optimism.

Kai Donovan has always had sharp teeth. Earning his keep as an underground fighter in South Boston, he revels in well-earned notoriety. Wild. Irreverent. Vicious. His secret: he's the monster from a fable. But when Kai loses a match against a mysterious opponent whose ferocity rivals his own, he...

Diese fesselnde Biografie blickt hinter die wohlgehütete Maske des dunklen Magiers, der zum meistgefürchteten Zauberer aller Zeiten werden wollte. Sie enthüllt mit scharfem Blick fürs Detail, wie aus einem vernachlässigten Waisenkind »Der-dessen-Name-nicht-genannt-werden-darf« wurde – und lädt dazu ein, die Menschlichkeit in einem Mann zu entdecken, der alles daransetzte, sie zu vernichten.

Als Grace die Büchse der Pandora geöffnet hat, war sie überzeugt, etwas Gutes zu tun. Da bietet Zeus eine einmalige Gelegenheit: Wenn sie Prometheus einen magischen Gegenstand stiehlt, bekommt sie die verloren geglaubte Büchse wieder. Trotz ihrer gegenseitigen Abneigung kommen Prometheus und Grace sich näher. Je greifbarer Graces Ziel ist, desto schwerer lasten die Schuldgefühle. Was anfänglich nur eine Taktik war, wird schnell zu einem wahrhaften Gefühlschaos. Schon bald muss sie sich entscheiden: Liebe oder Verrat.

Working as a quality-assurance grunt in the gaming industry sounds like fun, right? You get to play the coolest new games before anyone else. And all you have to do is to find, reproduce, and report bugs before the last pixel is locked in and the games are launched to an eager public. Sure, there’s the unpaid overtime, the office politics, and the ever-present threat of layoffs. But you get to game!

He’s taken on an apprentice, started a family, and somehow kept the city from falling apart. But Everson Croft's greatest trials are still ahead. Ancient gods are maneuvering, a shadow realm grows darker and more dangerous, and demonic forces are massing for a final reckoning.

Bonded by Friendship and Fate is a Simi-cozy, contemporary, paranormal fantasy novel with a helping of spice. When a man from her past seeks refuge, Kate's quiet supernatural life is thrown into chaos. Protecting him means defying a powerful vampire, testing her newfound strength, and rallying the House she’s begun to call home. As romance blooms between her best friend and a wolf shifter, Kate must decide what kind of leader—and what kind of legacy—she’s ready to create.

This is the story of Stan, a brilliant young graduate student, his girlfriend, and his AI companion united by a daring mission: to change the world, one act of Virtual Justice at a time. At the heart of their work is Stan’s groundbreaking invention: a neural patch. Placed at the base of the neck, it allows thoughts to flow in and out of the brain and true telecommunication between minds. Stan and his team intend to use this device in a radical way: to confront killers with the memories of their victims.

Unbound doesn’t mean unbroken. It just means she’s got a lot less to lose. After the trauma (and drama) of Beloved’s Eve, sixteen-year-old witch Affinity Blending would really like a nap—and maybe five minutes to figure out her new gifts without accidentally blowing a hole in the roof. But when a catastrophic run-in with Hell’s nastiest ændemon costs her nearly everything and everyone she loves, she’s left reeling. And okay, yes—it was pretty much her fault.

With a wedding to plan and a future mother-in-law who hates her, the last thing Lizzie Grace needs is two psycho vampires rampaging through Castle Rock. But as their battle draws ever closer to her circle of friends, Lizzie finds herself unwillingly drawn deeper and deeper into their conflict. Then one vampire does the unthinkable, and Lizzie goes to war. Can she save everyone she loves and finally get her happy ending with Aiden?

They say that by the age of 40 you should have gained the skills and experience to have a better life. But the only thing I've gained is a job promotion to permanent desk jockey until retirement. I thought I escaped my mediocre destiny when I met my husband...until he died on our honeymoon and a series of unfortunate events left me with a strange mark on my body and my husband's corpse stolen right out of the funeral home!

What happens when the man who controls everything... loses control? Ren Lewis thought he'd won. Perfect woman. Perfect job with the Lucidites, stopping disasters before they unfold. The monster inside finally caged. So why does victory taste like ash?

In the occupied city of Tejomaya, calor—a magical fossil fuel—is found only in the blood rains that fall from the sky. While a six-month drought has brought Tejomaya to a desperate standstill, rumors of a secret stash of magic propel three unlikely treasure seekers to risk everything. Tenacious and street-smart Zain Jatav has been forced to steal calor for her slumlord bosses for years. Finding the magic reserve might be her only key to freedom. But she'll have to contend with Iravan Khotar, a slumlord himself and an ambitious revolutionary hoping to use the same magic to save his people.

"You are nothing but a monster dressed in a pretty little bow." For years, there has been peace amongst the worlds. Even as Anastasia longs to celebrate, her recurring nightmares have prevented her from fully embracing the harmony. She desires to believe her fear is unwarranted, that it's simply the result of spending an entire life at war. But it's not long before a new enemy arrives, a deadly siren who sets her sights set on obtaining the one person Anastasia cannot live without.