Results for "Kassandra" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

In this delightful rom-com, a fateful elevator ride gives a woman a second chance—and then some—at saving her failing business and reigniting a past love. Vivian Voltaire doesn't have time for romance. She's too busy planning her sister's wedding and pitching their struggling start-up to...

Archivio Kassandra Il futuro che non ha avuto mai fineUno spazio radiofonico che non si limita a raccontarvi il futuro, ma vi accompagna dentro le pagine che lo hanno immaginato. Se siete stanchi della solita realtà, o se semplicemente volete capire come Philip K. Dick, Stanisław Lem o Ursula K. Le Guin abbiano previsto il nostro presente, questo è il vostro punto di atterraggio.A cura di Gianni Gozzoli e Alessio SfientiRegia di Alessandro RenziGrafica di Andrea Conti ed Erica TentoniQuesto è il canale podcast della trasmissione radiofonica in diretta. Per ascoltare le puntate in forma ...

Vor sechs Jahren musste die damals hochschwangere Myra hilflos zusehen, wie ihr Mann ihre älteste Tochter Row kidnappte und mit einem Boot über die dunklen Fluten davonfuhr. Sie hatte keine Chance, sie einzuholen. Denn die Erde ist nicht mehr, wie sie einst war: Seit der großen Klimakatastrophe gibt es kein Festland mehr, lediglich Archipele, die ehemaligen Bergregionen, auf die sich die verbliebenen Menschen gerettet haben. Doch nun bekommt Myra eine einmalige Chance: Mit ihrer jüngsten Tochter darf sie auf einem Boot mitreisen. Eine Chance auf eine Zukunft, auf ein neues Leben.

An inventive and riveting epic saga, After the Flood signals the arrival of an extraordinary new talent. A little more than a century from now, our world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly overtaking the continent, rising floodwaters have obliterated America’s great coastal...

Children think we make them, but we don’t … They come into the world and make us. They make us by breaking us first. ‘Utterly gripping’ Karin Slaughter ‘Impossible to put down’ Booklist ‘Undeniable, brilliantly written’ Theodore Wheeler ‘Thrilling’ Lydia Kang The world is...

William James is a man with a lot on his plate. Three years after a messy divorce, he’s renovating the dilapidated old house his wife let him have, working for a construction technology firm, and playing music in bars. But when he moves into a new apartment, he discovers a supernatural ability—he can see ghosts and raise the dead. With his ghostly roommate and two girlfriends, William embarks on a journey to explore the unseen world, build a new family, and learn to control his powers.

Since William James discovered he’s a necromancer, the world has changed drastically. The unseen world has emerged into the open after the elves from Prime sent two billion soldiers, magicians, pleasure slaves, and farmers to Earth. Will and Darcie have found Jack, but will he survive? Will the Sigma virus be the end for humanity? Governments will disintegrate. Both humans and elves will die as they fight for ownership of Earth.

On the run from the forces attempting to take over the country, Deirdre and her companions must cross the desert and enter the jungle to find a lost tribe of her kinsmen who hold the key to her being able to call the dragons and end the war. Along the way, she also has to master her burgeoning powers and find a way to succeed as the ever-increasing forces ally against her while she races the clock to save what has become her home.

The secret is out about the shapeshifters of the world, and as they face the wildly disparate reactions from all parts of the globe, the local groups of shapeshifters are trying to adapt to being in the public eye. For some, like Sasha Wellington, the revelation of her status as a wolf shapeshifter is not something she can reveal just yet in her role as a biology teacher at a Boulder, Colorado high school. As a matter of fact, that is probably the last thing she should consider.

Deirdre Hawes had never thought of her life as extraordinary, until one day she met the father she never knew, and thus began the adventure of a lifetime. Armed only with the knowledge that she is heir to special magical gifts that would allow her to call on the aid of the long-vanished dragons, she finds herself drawn into a web of intrigue and murder, where the powers behind the throne are aligning to make sure she doesn't succeed, no matter the cost.

Raine gave her life to save her pack, but when a she-wolf wakes with no memory of who she is, can the story have a happy ending? She is hunted by demons and vampires, but Raine must find her way and lead the charge against the Demon King before he can unleash the sorcerer's magic into the world.

Will James has had an interesting summer so far. He met a ghost, resurrected her, and took her for a girlfriend. She is a witch who died in 1891. She tells him he’s a necromancer. His occasional hookup becomes a full-time hookup. He meets an angel. He resurrects another ghost. His out-of-town girlfriend turns out to be a sorceress. He ties his boss up at a workshop, and she likes it. All these ladies want Will. What’s a guy to do? Create a harem of strong, talented women, of course.

Kaitlyn just wanted to keep her head down and do her job. She didn't want to be noticed. Notice would mean attention from Harbinger, and that is the one thing she doesn't need. The epileptic siphon doesn't have a choice, however. Her world is turned upside down at age 34 when she's forced to all but murder her assigned-husband for treason. Add in an evil government agency creating zombies to take out magic, and Kaitlyn must become more than she's ever wanted to be. 

At forty-one years of age, William James discovered that he was born a necromancer, the progeny of the most powerful necromancer ever known. He’s won duels with necromancers, drained the life from zombies, battled elves who were super-powered by magical collars, and rescued his succubus girlfriend before marrying her. Will had hoped that his life would calm down after that to let them catch their breath.

Hi. My name is Will. Apparently, I’m a necromancer. You would think that I might be a little bit more certain about something like that. Magical practitioners apparently go through a lot of training in an apprenticeship. Again with the apparently. In this case, "apparently" is completely appropriate because I didn’t do any of that. I was finally ready to renovate my house, so I was in a pinch for an apartment. I ended up in one that had a bunch of weird reviews. I did say I was in a pinch. It turned out that the apartment had a ghost.

Raine is stolen away to the Faerie Realm and she faces untold dangers. Secrets are revealed. As her world comes crashing down, can she discern friend from foe and traverse the politics of this new world to return home?