Résultats pour "Hymne" dans Science-Fiction et fantasy

Von der Autorin der weltweitbekannten Romane "Atlas wirft die Welt ab" und "Der Ursprung". Gleichheit 7-2521 lebt in den dunklen Zeiten der Zukunft, in denen alle Entscheidungen von Ausschüssen getroffen werden, alle Menschen in Kollektiven leben und alle Spuren des Individualismus ausgelöscht wurden. Trotz eines solch restriktiven Umfelds brennt in ihm immer noch der Funke des individuellen Denkens und der Freiheit. Er, Gleichheit, 7-2521, verlor fast sein Leben, weil sein Wissen als verräterische Blasphemie angesehen wurde.

Raised in a Greek legion, Phaidros has been taught to follow his commander’s orders at all costs. But when Phaidros rescues a baby from a fire at Thebes’s palace, his commander’s orders cease to make sense: Phaidros is forced to abandon the blue-eyed boy at a temple, and to keep the baby’s existence a total secret. Years later, struggling with panic attacks and flashbacks, Phaidros is enlisted by the Queen to find her son, Thebes’ young crown prince, who has vanished to escape an arranged marriage.

Now the struggle between the Andro-Francine Order of the Named Lands and the Y’Zirite Empire has reached a terrible turning point. Believing that his son is dead, Rudolfo has pretended to join with the triumphant Y’zirite forces—but his plan is to destroy them all with a poison that is targeted only to the enemy.

Callie und Des werden zum jährlichen Fest der Sonnenwende eingeladen und reisen in das Königreich der Flora, um ihre Ermittlungen fortzusetzen. Bei der Versammlung verschwinden Soldaten und einige der Fae vermuten, dass Des hinter alledem steckt. Für Callie steht eines fest: Niemand ist der, der er zu sein scheint. Nicht einmal ihr Seelengefährte. Etwas regt sich und wenn Callie nicht aufpasst, wird es alles fordern, was sie liebt – und sie noch dazu.

The Hymns of God and Men follows the story of ten individuals and their journey after a world war. The fable begins with the deeds of a man whose life was based on extreme ideas brought on by misinterpretation of what he thought was true. His faith and his actions lead to a war and the death of a million souls.

Marina is willing to play the part of Caspian’s mate and betrothed, both to give her time to learn the history of the siren people and because of her true feelings for the Siren King. A truth that Caspian doesn’t yet know. Or so she thinks. But Caspian knows that they will both have to face their feelings to end the centuries-long feud that tore apart their people, and he will do whatever it takes to force fate to let them be together.

With Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the Galactic Federation offers help to the backward humans - for a price. You can protect yourself from your enemies, but God save you from your allies!

For many, the dying part is hard. For some, the living part is harder. At 16 years of age, Mathius’ life is focused on scrounging bits of food in the midst of a five-way civil war on the planet Novalis III. Two government factions and three rebel factions are all hell-bent on killing one another, and the civilian population is caught in the middle. If Mathius doesn’t find food, he and his father, mother, and sister will go hungry for the day, a not-so-unusual occurrence.

The veterans of the 35th Maine are back in action against their deadliest foe yet. A regiment of American Civil War soldiers is swept from the battlefields of Earth to a distant alien world, where they face a wave of terror with only their ideals to save a fledgling human republic.

The Argent Forces have been crippled. Two Vel’Haru are dead. Calenus Karim, Exodian Silver King, is no longer willing to stand by and let the war continue. And in the middle of this all, Yahweh is forced to deal with the death of his brother and his permanent placement as Leid’s newest guardian. The carrion crows are circling Qaira and Leid once more, their wings beating to the countdown of the doomsday clock that permanently looms over the Jury’s heads.

A storm has swept across The Atrium, fueled by famine, fear, and the desperation for survival. Hell has declared war on Heaven, and Argent Commander Yahweh Telei is left without any time to prepare. Leid and her guardians face exile from The Atrium, as the end of the Contest means the end of their contract. With expiriation quickly eating away at her, it won't be long before Calenus Karim and the Court of Enigmus come to drag Leid back to Exo'daius. But she won't go without a fight.

Qaira Eltruan leads the fearsome Sanctum Enforcers, a specialized military sect designed to eradicate angel terrorists. Oldest son of the Nehelian Regent, he has large shoes to fill. But Qaira's father and his people don't know the sordid deeds it takes to keep the angels from invading. He has blood on his hands; so much that it has stained his skin forever. As the Regent slips into early onset dementia, Qaira is forced to take the throne. He's never been a leader, always a soldier, and the war against the angels is getting fiercer every year.

Sanctum is lost. The angels have won. Regent Qaira Eltruan is cornered. Surrender or stand to lose everything - everything being Advisor Leid Koseling and his sanity. As his people await news of their fate, the Court of Enigmus circles Sanctum, ready to deal swift punishment for Leid's contract breach. All fronts look bleak, and now there's much more at stake than Qaira's world. Except Qaira isn't willing to hand Leid over, nor is surrender part of his vocabulary.

The Second Civil War continues to rage as Union president Samuel T. Sloan battles to keep America whole. Following a fateful battle between Union Army major Robin "Mac" Macintyre and her sister, the New Confederacy places a price on Mac's head, and bounty hunters are on her trail. Mac is determined to help Sloan reunify the country by freeing hundreds of Union POWs from appalling conditions in Mexico and capturing a strategic oil reserve deep inside Confederate territory.

Four survivors of a magical apocalypse embark on a road trip through the fantasy wasteland that once was America. Filled with mischievous and often malicious otherworldly creatures, strange and esoteric survival rules, and impossible, dreamlike landscapes, the world has become both indescribably beautiful, and ruthlessly, indiscriminately deadly.