Résultats pour "Collector" dans Science-Fiction et fantasy

Elizabeth aches for one more precious hour with her son who died in a senseless accident. Andy is desperate to find his first love who vanished after a whirlwind romance. Logan craves the rush of surfing and mountain climbing, yearning to reclaim the freedom he lost after a misstep landed him in a wheelchair. Brooke is looking for an hour of relief from the guilt of an unforgivable mistake.

This set includes a prequel novella as well as the first two novels of the Charm Collector urban fantasy series. Veiled Threats: Camila Fletcher has made a career out of finding missing people. Despite being a full-blooded human, she’s often contacted by members of the fae population hiding amongst mundanes. When a young fae girl asks for help finding her sister, Camila is thrust into an investigation that involves much more than one missing girl…

Lieutenant Dev Singh dutifully spends his days recording the memories of people who, struck with incurable depression, will soon have their minds erased in order to be more productive members of society. At night though, hidden in the dark, Dev remembers and writes in his secret journal the special moments shared with him—the small laugh of a toddler, the stillness of a late afternoon, the first flutter of love. But when the Bureau finds out that he has been recounting the memories—and that the depression is in him too—he is sent to a sanitarium to heal.

Ein atemberaubendes Zukunftsabenteuer in Cinemascope. Die Zukunft, unendliche Weiten ... Dies ist die Geschichte vom Aufbruch der Menschheit ins All. Die Geschichte der Besiedelung zahlloser faszinierender Welten. Und die Geschichte der Begegnung mit den Collectors, Außerirdischen, die noch überheblicher sind als wir – und weitaus gefährlicher... Mit "Collector" hat Markus Heitz, Autor des Bestsellers "Die Zwerge", das ultimative Zukunftsepos geschrieben - ein atemberaubendes Abenteuer in Cinemascope.

Das Jahr 2134: Die Erde steht vor dem Untergang - und mit ihr die gesamte Menschheit. Hunger und Armut, Kriminalität, Gewalt und Terror beherrschen den Alltag. Die einzige Rettung der Menschheit scheint in der Kolonisierung neuer Welten zu bestehen. Die Space Troopers, Kämpfer einer speziell ausgebildeten militärischen Einheit, sollen die Kolonisten beschützen. Doch im Kassiopeia-Sektor wartet ein fremder Feind, dessen Brutalität die Menschheit kaum etwas entgegenzusetzen hat.

Every harvest moon, the Witch Collector rides into our valley and leads one of us to the home of the immortal Frost King, to remain forever. Today is that day—Collecting Day. But he will not come for me. I, Raina Bloodgood, have lived in this village for 24 years, and for all that time he has passed me by. His mistake.

Lucene Jones has a secret. Except, even she doesn’t know what it is. Working as an assistant to the priestess Reverend Isabella in a small spiritual temple in Florida, and renting a room from her best friend, Fatima, her world is upended when a mysterious stranger shows up one late afternoon in the middle of a storm. Following his arrival, memories from her past, ones she had buried long ago, begin to resurface.

Ein atemberaubendes Zukunftsabenteuer in Cinemascope. Die Zukunft, unendliche Weiten... Dies ist die Geschichte vom Aufbruch der Menschheit ins All. Die Geschichte der Besiedelung zahlloser faszinierender Welten. Und die Geschichte der Begegnung mit den Collectors, Außerirdischen, die noch überheblicher sind als wir – und weitaus gefährlicher.

After years in Wonderland, Alice has returned to England as an adult, desperate to reclaim sanity and control over her life. An enigmatic gentleman with an intriguing job offer too tempting to resist changes her plans for a calm existence. Soon, she's whisked to New York and initiated into the Collectors' Society, a secret organization whose members confirm that famous stories are anything but straightforward and that what she knows about the world is only a fraction of the truth.

At only 8 years old, Weldin had just had his dual Affinities bestowed upon him by the Goddess Athera when he ended up in a Nexus Rift far exceeding his Level. To make it worse, the Affinities he ended up with, Light and Energy, weren’t exactly the best when it came to offensive capability, and he struggled to kill any of the higher-Level monsters that stood in between him and his freedom. The lack of a powerful Ability to defend himself, as well as a lack of worldly knowledge, eventually led to his downfall.

After freeing himself from the clutches of two treacherous Academy Instructors, Jeremy is stuck in a Rift with no way to easily escape. However, what he does have is an opportunity to improve himself by dispersing the energy inside the Cores within the Rift, finally applying permanent increases to his Abilities; he might even have the opportunity to permanently unlock the Fire Affinity, adding to his growing collection.

After 20 years working for Pervenio Corp chasing bounties and extinguishing rebellions throughout the solar system, he’s on a routine pickup job hunting a wealthy offworlder heir who ran away from home. But when a mad scientist gets his hands on the boy, Malcolm finds himself caught up in a twisted plot to develop working androids.

Choose your power. Grow your family. Slay a goddess. Pryvet came to this land seeking power untold, he just didn't expect there to be strings attached. Now, he must bed as many beauties as he can, or his life itself will be forfeit. Still, it doesn't hurt that his power grows with each new wife he adds to his growing family. Nothing will stop him in his quest for revenge. Not battle elves, not an entire army of valkyrie soldiers, not even the deadly World Forest itself.

Children are constantly complaining about the monster in the closet. As parents, we just shake it off as childhood fantasy. But what if the monsters are real? What if they want something from our children?Jerry is a Collector, and each night he is sent into bedrooms to gather specimens to study so that experts can either fix his world, or help them find a new one.

Benedict Shade, a were-cat and collector of exotic and potentially lethal magical artifacts, arrives in Yerba City with his good buddy, Dwayne, to “collect” (some would say “steal”) an unusual dagger that is much more than it seems. Little does Shade realize that the dagger was involved in an assassination attempt with dire consequences.

Raina Bloodgood will nur eines: den Frost King und den Witch Collector töten, der ihre Schwester entführt hat. Raina wird in eine uralte Geschichte von Eis, Feuer und alten Göttern hineingeworfen. Sie muss auf Rache verzichten und dem Witch Collector helfen oder ihr Reich - und ihre Schwester - in die Hände des Feindes fallen lassen.

This is a short prequel story that takes place before Diabolical Sword, book 1 in The Charm Collector urban fantasy series. Camila Fletcher has made a career out of finding missing people. Despite being a full-blooded human, she’s often contacted by members of the fae population hiding amongst mundanes. When a young fae girl asks for help finding her sister, Camila is thrust into an investigation that involves much more than one missing girl … Please note that this is a low-romance series. The prequel’s spice level is at zero.

When a powerful mage slew his parents, Pryvet had nothing left but revenge. Now, a desperate wager with a distant goddess is his only path to vengeance. He'll risk everything for power undreamt. Yet, when he discovers that three gorgeous women need him, he realizes everything includes so much more than just his own life. He holds not only their lives in his hands, but also their love.

Manna City is a climate-controlled utopia for the elite, enclosed in a massive wall. But when an unknown female is found dead in the shantytown outside full of desperate people hoping to get in, the local Body Collector takes an interest. His usual job is to burn unclaimed dead to earn a meager wage. However, the victim bears the strange markings of the Olduvai survivalists who manage to live in the surrounding wasteland by cultivating dala, a medicinal plant with hallucinogenic properties.

Pryvet's making good time on his wager. Three beautiful women, a gorgeous magical companion, and sultry mysterious captive aren't anything to scoff at. Still, they won't be enough to satisfy his debt. And time is always running down. With the elven threat held at bay, Pryvet needs to convince his captive to trust him. Only then will she divulge her people's secrets.