Résultats pour "Helena" dans Épique

You'd think that life would finally be dealing Mack Smith a kind hand. Living in London and with the opening of the new and improved city version of Clava Books mere days away, things appear to be settling down. Other than the terrible nightmares about dragons, that is. Or the fact that she's being constantly tailed by a string of mages, shifters, and faeries, all of whom are constantly demanding her attention. And that's without even bringing the temptation of Corrigan, Lord Alpha of the Brethren, into the equation.

After escaping the claws of Corrigan, the Lord Alpha of the Brethren, Mack is trying to lead a quiet lonely life in Inverness in rural Scotland, away from anyone who might happen to be a shapeshifter. However, when she lands a job at an old bookstore owned by a mysterious elderly woman who not only has a familiar passion for herbal lore but also seems to know more than she should, Mack ends up caught in a maelstrom between the Ministry of Mages, the Fae and the Brethren.

Mack begins her training at the mages' academy in the hope that, by complying, the stasis spell will be lifted from her old friend Mrs. Alcoon. However, once there, she finds herself surrounded by unfriendly adults and petulant teenagers, the majority of whom seem determined to see her fail. Feeling attacked on all fronts, Mack finds it harder and harder to keep a rein on her temper. Forced to attend anger management classes and deal with the predatory attentions of Corrigan, the Lord Alpha of the shapeshifter world, her emotions start to unravel.

Aspasia ha diciotto anni e conduce un'esistenza tranquilla e solitaria, circondata dai libri e dai silenzi di suo padre. Dopo aver subìto un'aggressione, ha costruito un muro per proteggersi dagli altri, ripiegandosi su sé stessa e sul proprio amore per le parole. Per questo, pur essendo dotata di una vivida immaginazione, la ragazza intuisce il mistero all'origine dell'universo solo quando l'enigma si svela davanti ai suoi occhi: esiste un mondo parallelo, e un giovane dai capelli bianchi, di nome Septimus, è arrivato proprio da lì per reclamarla.

Rakastetun fantasiatrilogian huikea päätös. Maailma on vääjäämättä kulkemassa kohti pitkää talvea. Vain vanhojen mahtien suojeluksessa oleva perhekunta Ailegais, Arni ja Troi kumppaneineen ja lapsineen voi selvitä talvesta. He ovat kokoontumassa yhteen matkatakseen kotiin, suuren veden taakse Pohjankontuun. Mutta joukosta puuttuu yksi: Troi, jonka ympärille koko sisarusten ja heidän perheidensä maailma kietoutuu.

Sir Roslind of Aksson, fierce and unyielding, is not the only female knight—but she is few among men who cling to older ways. And while whispers of disdain are so easily heard in a land pushing beyond tradition, whispers of rebellion are more subtle, more insidious, and much more costly to ignore.

Quite long after the world we occupy, when man reaches the very heights of decadence and treachery, the first great breaking upends dominance and sends us into the ashes of failed greatness. Fire and stone ground down the vast masses into flickering tribes of roving survivors, the world unfriendly to those solemn few who so tirelessly remain. And yet, as always, humanity survives...