Résultats pour "David" dans Épique

Voici venus les temps où les peuples respirent. Torak est mort, le dieu-dragon, l'Enfant des Ténèbres, et la menace cosmique paraît conjurée. Pourtant la Prophétie des Ténèbres est bien gravée dans les mémoires. Et le vieux Gorim, dans sa grotte, entend gémir et gronder la terre : une pierre maléfique s'est réveillée. Le culte de l'Ours aurait-il encore des adeptes secrets ? Çà et là, on complote, on assassine, on repère les enfants marqués par le destin. Déjà la guerre s'allume dans les États du Sud. Puis, une nuit, la Voix parle à Garion.

L'histoire tumultueuse de l'inquisiteur Gideon Ravenor et de son groupe d'acolytes, aussi efficaces que meurtriers, nous transporte dans le lointain et sinistre futur de l'Imperium de l'Humanité. En enquêtant sur le trafic d'une dangereuse substance, ils vont traverser toutes les strates de la société impériale, depuis les bas-fonds jusqu'aux plus hautes sphères, allant de planètes rongées par la pollution jusqu'à une station spatiale isolée où la loi impériale n'a pas cours, en passant par un monstrueux cirque impérial.

Le dieu pervers, Torak, va s'éveiller. Les temps sont venus, l'univers vacille. Horreur ! Le dieu pervers, Torak, va s'éveiller ! Belgarath se hâte : il n'est que temps de retrouver l'Orbe d'Aldur, qui peut sauver les hommes de la colère des dieux. De la brumeuse Arendie à la putride Nyissie, patrie des Hommes-Serpents, Belgarath entraîne Garion sur une route semée d'embûches.

Best-selling authors David and Leigh Eddings welcome fans back to the time before The Belgariad and The Malloreon series. Join them as they chronicle that fateful conflict between two mortally opposed Destinies, in a monumental war of men and kings and gods.

Tout l'univers retient son souffle. Zandramas est en fuite et possède un moyen sûr d'imposer la domination des forces obscures ; encore lui faut-il échapper aux Gardiens du Ponant, régulièrement contrariés par des obstacles imprévus : cette fois, c'est l'empereur de Mallorée qui les fait prisonniers.

Les gardiens du Ponant poursuivent leur quête folle de pays en pays pour retrouver le petit enfant de Garion, enlevé par la mystérieuse Zandramas. Elle l'a emmené à l'Endroit-qui-n'est-plus pour l'égorger devant la pierre maléfique; le Dieu Noir renaîtra alors. Et le Père des dieux sait que tous ses efforts, depuis l'origine des âges, seront anéantis. Quand les Ténèbres viendront, un Grolim pourrait devenir grand-prêtre ; et le roi des Murgos se verrait bien en roi des rois. Le sort de l'univers va se décider pour des millénaires, mais où ? Le ravisseur a plusieurs mois d'avance sur Garion et ses compagnons, et la piste refroidit.

La saga de La Mallorée de David Eddings est une série fantasy constituée de cinq volumes : "Les Gardiens du Ponant", "Le Roi des Murgos", "Le Démon Majeur de Karanda", "La Sorcière de Darshiva" et "La Sybille de Kell".

Le jour est proche où cessera la Division qui est au cœur de la Création. Bientôt les forces de la Lumière et des Ténèbres se livreront leur ultime combat à l'Endroit-qui-n'est-plus. D'ici peu, la Sibylle procédera au choix qui décidera du sort de tout ce qui est, de tout ce qui fut.

For twenty years, the Dread Empress has ruled over the lands that were once the Kingdom of Callow, but behind the scenes of this golden age, threats to the empire are rising. The nobles of the Wasteland weave their plots behind pleasant smiles while rebellion stirs beyond Peren Woods, for dreams of crowns were buried in shallow graves. The greatest danger of all lies to the west, where the First Prince of Procer restored order at last: her people sundered, she ponders if a crusade might not be the way to secure her reign.

A thousand years have passed since the last Blood Tide, when the goddess Narcissi Herself fought to defend humankind from certain extermination by an ancient enemy. But when She failed during the final battle, She was forced to retreat into the safety of Lostwood's shadows, never to appear again. Legend has it She planted Herself in the earth, allowing the forest to grow around Her. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, the goddess is now defended by her army of Sightless, Guardians, and Protectors. Collectively, they call themselves the Forsworn.

A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded journalist in Governor Reagan's California; a vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors; a genetically modified "dinery server" on death-row; and Zachry, a young Pacific Islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilisation: the narrators of Cloud Atlas hear each other's echoes down the corridor of history.

Gotrek and Felix: unsung heroes of the Empire, or nothing more than common thieves and murderers? The truth perhaps lies somewhere in between and depends entirely upon whom you ask.... Once companions on the greatest of adventures, Gotrek and Felix have long since gone their separate ways. Felix, married and settled, secretly craves the excitement of his youth. And when the opportunity arises, Felix embarks upon what might be his final journey. As the chaos of the End Times engulfs Kislev, Gotrek and Felix are reunited, battling the hordes of the Troll King alongside Ulrika, Snorri and Max.

Reincarnated as the War God—he has a lot to learn to live up to that title. His power is only as good as the skill he possesses to wield it. But there is a reason the former War God fell. He can only dare to imagine what foes lie in wait. He will have to build a team out of a former shield maiden, an elven sorceress intent on hiding her power, a beautiful lycan who doesn't trust anyone and a mortal-hating fire celestial. What could be hard about that?

Polgara is the epic culmination of a magnificent saga, and a fitting farewell to a world which, once experienced, will never be forgotten.

She soars above a world of warriors, kings, and priests. The daughter of Belgarath and the shape-shifter Poledra, she has fought wars, plotted palace coups, and worked her powerful magic for three thousand years. Now, Polgara looks back at her magnificent life, in this fitting crown jewel to the saga that is the Eddings' Belgariad and Mallorean cycles.

Even in death, Skilgannon the Damned's name lives on. Now, as an ancient evil threatens to flood the Drenai heartlands in a tide of blood, he returns.... A thousand years after they fell in battle, two heroes - Druss and Skilgannon - are revered throughout the war-torn lands of the Drenai, where men and women live in abject fear of the dark sorceress known as the Eternal.... But what if the soul of one such hero could be called back from the void, his bones housed again in flesh?

A heart-felt, cozy, neurodivergent adventure filled with found family and an elderly autistic hero searching for his place in the world, Magic, Maps, and Mischief is a story built on love, friendship and acceptance, perfect for readers of Legends and Lattes, The Teller of Small Fortunes and...

It is the thirty-second millennium and the Imperium is under assault from an ork invasion of unparalleled scale. Terra itself has been threatened and nothing seems to be able to halt this catastrophic threat. Potential hope emerges in a distant system, but will the beleaguered Imperial forces be able to react in time?

Three lives will change the destiny of nations. Helikaon, the young prince of Dardania, haunted by a scarred and traumatic childhood. The priestess Andromache, whose fiery spirit and fierce independence threatens the might of kings. And the legendary warrior Argurios, cloaked in loneliness and driven only by thoughts of revenge. In Troy they find a city torn apart by destructive rivalries - a maelstrom of jealousy, deceit and murderous treachery.

The Imperium's initial attempts to attack the orks and kill their leader have ended in failure and tragedy, but there can be no surrender – the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. Black Library's epic The Beast Arises saga reaches its conclusion. Discover what happens when the Space Marines head to the orks' home world one final time. There can be no retreat – they must succeed in their mission… or die in the attempt.

It is the thirty-second millennium and an ork invasion of unparalleled scale has thrown the Imperium into scrambled action and disarray. Worlds burn, renowned Space Marine Chapters are destroyed, and now an ork attack moon looms large and threatening over Terra itself – can the beleaguered Imperial forces stave off this sudden and brutal assault?