Results for "Hex" in Literature & Fiction

Nick and his crew have saved a lot of people from monsters. But what happens when they don't WANT to be saved? The monster? The Mnemophage. It's diet? Every embarrassing memory you've ever lain awake at 2AM regretting. The problem? The town that's been feeding it their collective memories of...

Thalie, 16 ans, vit avec ses parents, Gabriel et Sandrine, dans la Cité de Sainte-Foy au Québec. Nul n’a le droit de franchir le Mur qui entoure la ville et protège ses habitants de la dévastation et du chaos qui sévissent au-delà. Chaque printemps et jusqu’au retour des neiges...

Whoever is born here is doomed to stay until death. Whoever comes to stay never leaves. Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a 17th-century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Blind and silenced, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She stands next to children's beds for nights on end. So accustomed to her have the townsfolk become that they often forget she's there. Or what a threat she poses.

The last in a proud line of witches, he’s come to test his small magic in the big city. Stealing enchanted artifacts pays the rent, but the competition is fierce. And handsome. And great at magic too.

Wer in diesem Dorf bleibt, stirbt - wer es verlässt, auch. Black Spring ist ein beschauliches Städtchen im idyllischen Hudson Valley. Hier gibt es Wälder, hier gibt es Natur - und hier gibt es Katherine, eine dreihundert Jahre alte Hexe, die den Bewohnern von Black Spring gelegentlich einen kleinen Schrecken einjagt. Dass kein Fremder je von Katherine erfahren darf, das ist dem Stadtrat von Black Spring schon lange klar, deshalb gelten hier strenge Regeln: kein Internet, kein Besuch von außerhalb oder Katherines Fluch wird sie alle treffen.

Hexerei ist skandalös – ein Duke mit Piratenmanier noch viel mehr. Sich zu verlieben? Eine Katastrophe! Verlieb dich in den dritten Band der Hex & Heartbeats-Reihe, voller Hexerei, Wortwitz und Society-Skandale – Bridgerton trifft auf Witchy Romantasy! Lady Tiffany Worthington hat ein...

Hex is a visceral depiction of what happens when a society is consumed by fear and superstition, exploring how the terrible force of a king's violent crusade against ordinary women can still be felt, right up to the present day.

The two-time Hugo Award-winner expands the universe of his Coyote saga. The danui, a reclusive arachnid species considered the galaxy's finest engineers, have avoided contact with the Coyote Federation. Until, that is, the danui initiate trade negotiations, offering only information: the coordinates for an unoccupied world suitable for human life - a massive sphere, composed of billions of hexagons.

Bloomsbury presents Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, read by Jenny Slate. ‘Wise, funny, suspenseful’ JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER 'Sardonic and strange ... With its dark humour and loopy lyricism, it bewitches’ DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Narrated with badass gusto' DAILY MAIL 'Reads like a botanist’s...

Bienvenido a Black Spring, una población pintoresca con un macabro secreto: una mujer recorre las calles con la boca y los ojos cosidos, entra en los hogares y espía a la gente mientras duerme. La llaman la Bruja de Black Rock. Para protegerse de curiosos, los fundadores de Black Spring han instalado equipos de vigilancia con los que mantienen la zona en cuarentena. Hasta que unos adolescentes, hartos de su aislamiento, deciden saltarse las normas y convertir la maldición en una experiencia viral. Nadie se imagina la siniestra pesadilla que entonces los aguarda. 

Nick's day was going fine until a portal opened in the middle of a county highway and deposited a tattooed, post-apocalyptic goth girl directly in front of his Hellcat. Grace has been running for weeks from something called the Grume — a monster that can't be killed permanently, only temporarily, and gains immunity to every weapon used against it. Then Nick killed it with Grace's crossbow. Now the Grume is immune to yet another weapon, and it's coming after Nick and his crew.

Underneath the world we know is one filled with monsters and mayhem. And the only thing standing between it and us is Nick. Recruited by a mysterious woman in latex, he has one job: Keep the supernatural in check.Aided by a sentient breast implant sidekick (she's a silicone slime!) and driving a Hellcat, he’s going to find himself faced with threats way above his league. Fortunately for him, his knack for recruiting gorgeous Chosen One-types may be just the thing he needs to stay alive.

Monster hunters for hire, fueled by Waffle House and each other, they're used to low-level threats and manageable chaos. Their mysterious benefactor Anastasia had other plans. Libusen has a problem: people are vanishing without a trace, leaving nothing behind but the sound of gnawing teeth. The locals have protection—or they did. Moira Orchard is a Canadian tattoo artist with no visible ink and a guilty conscience.

»Durchdrungen von herrlicher Magie und erfüllt von fantastischen Freundschaften und ewiger Liebe.« Sarah Beth Durst, Bestsellerautorin von Spellshop Ein verlorenes Herz. Ein magischer Pakt. Ein Hauch von Schicksal. Prag 1769: Die Goldene Stadt hütet ein Geheimnis – sie besitzt ein...

Twenty years ago, Sarah, Katrina and Alicia were inseparable. In college, they discovered their affinity for magic and practiced in secret - until their most ambitious spell went horribly wrong, resulting in a catastrophic fire that burned down their college dorm building, and the coven scattered. Now Sarah Nelson has built a life for herself. Working as a luxury realtor, with her doting husband and two children, she could be any other mother in the neighbourhood. Until now, her magic has lain dormant. Then the former coven reunites, and their magic no longer wants to stay hidden.

Nick, Salma, Grace, Moira, and Tiffany. Three 'Chosen Ones', a talking slime...and a regular guy. Or so everyone thinks. Trained in the Fae Wilds, all evidence points to Nick being little more than an average hunter of the supernatural. Faced with (apparent) aliens and (apparent) bigfoots (big-feet?), he will find himself embroiled in a conflict that is both weirder and more deadly than any the team have faced. And the Path of Blood and Shadow will be revealed for the first time...

After he mysteriously inherits land on Steens Mountain in Oregon, Hector Eladio Xavier—Hex—leaves his home in Los Angeles for a weekend trip to dispose of the property. Weeks later he finds himself saddled with cattle, horses, and frustratingly entangled in the community. As a young urban professional, he’s unequipped for life in a small cow town and bewildered by the culture of the people who live there. Experience as a Latino gang member, Army Ranger, and businessman has to keep him alive to solve a thirty-year puzzle. Mystery, danger and comedy mix with ulterior motives and rural quirks.

One Malefic sister finds herself outcasted and fighting to right her wrongs. The other Malefic sister has to find out for herself how far, and how wicked, she'll go for love. Charm the Hex Girls picks up right where book one's cliffhanger ends. Journey with Rumor, Prism, and the Blackthorne Boys...

All Essie ever wanted was to have a normal life but in the end she found herself drawn back to Beldam House because she just can’t stop her witchiness (although the ability to instantly chill wine is pretty awesome, even she has to admit). Into this coven of chaos stumbles gorgeous, clueless Josh, their new landlord—and he’s just discovered his tenants haven’t paid rent since the 1700s! As Josh is drawn further into the lives of the inhabitants of Beldam House, Essie is determined to keep him at broomstick’s length.

Tagsüber zeigt Elionore Brevent ihren Kunden schicke Häuser, aber in der Nacht widmet sich die Maklerin als Hexe lieber magischen Dingen. Ihr Doppelleben hat Eli fest im Griff – bis eines Nachts wie aus dem Nichts ein ziemlich attraktiver Vampir neben ihr auftaucht und sich zu allem Überfluss ein nicht weniger ansehnlicher Werjaguar an ihre Fersen heftet. Dass diese beiden Kerle etwas mit der sonderbaren Magie in einem ihrer Häuser zu tun haben und dunkle Geheimnisse mit sich herumschleppen, spürt Eli ganz stark.