Résultats pour "David" dans Épique

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

While Ludo begins his unexpected search for a brother he thought he'd lost long ago, Bryony and a pair of unlikely allies set their course on unraveling the mysteries of Lostwood. In the heart of the forest, Perfidy and her motley crew of acolytes search for Cainan while rumors of the first ever dragon to inhabit Finfalla swirl from mouth to mouth, ear to ear.

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.

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.

With the Awakening now fully realized, Elwin Escari must find allies in his war against Abaddon, the Seeker of Souls, who has returned to Arinth intent upon remaking the world in his image. Still hunted by the Guardians of Life and now with enemies at every turn and no way to defeat a being of such immense power, Elwin must forge his own destiny and discover new ways to fight Abaddon. The road ahead appears lonely, but Elwin holds to hope and has faith in his companions, even though they are now lost to him.

'THE HARD-BITTEN CHAMPION OF BRITISH HEROIC FANTASY' - Joe Abercrombie 'HEROISM AND HEARTBREAK . . . GEMMELL IS ADRENALINE WITH SOUL' - Brent Weeks Legend is the classic Drenai novel from the British master of heroic fantasy, a powerful tale of courage and sacrifice in the face of overwhelming...

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.

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.

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?

Parmenion, the Lion of Macedon - a lone hero in search of salvation and instead finding destiny. Alexander, the Dark Prince - a child who will become Alexander, founder of the greatest empire the world has ever known. He will conquer all, save for the Chaos Spirit, the immortal evil that dwells in his soul. Together they will be forced into other dimensions, across time, into enchanted worlds full of wonder and sorcery....

For 5,000 years, the Wild Era of humanity has reigned supreme, where strength and magic are the source of everything. Kelin Wildfire, once called the Lord of Wildfire and the Archmage of Souls, was mysteriously killed on a battlefield of the Chaos War. Nevertheless, his soul lived on in the cycle of reincarnation, his memories frozen in time. Until today. Now he is twenty years old, an orphan living on a lawless planet in the human domain where he is barely able to scrape by.

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?