Résultats pour "Rose Royal" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Les Contes ne sont jamais ce qu’ils semblent être au premier abord…. Lorsque Warren s'est retrouvé projeté contre son gré dans l'univers des Contes, il ne pensait pas rencontrer Blanche-Neige et encore moins que cette dernière mettrait sa tête à prix après qu'il a découvert la vérité sur la Méchante Reine. Notre Héros en formation, accompagné d’Ariane et de ses fidèles acolytes, est désormais pourchassé par les troupes de Blanche par-delà les frontières du royaume de Schneefall, à la recherche d'une Héroïne dont il ignore tout, pour tenter de sauver le monde.

Paris, sous le Second Empire. Napoléon III confie au baron Haussmann la mission d'"assainir" la capitale en la quadrillant d'avenues et de boulevards - ce qu'il fait avec un zèle qui lui vaut le surnom d'Attila. Des quartiers entiers sont anéantis. Rue Childebert, Rose Bazelet mène une vie paisible. Jusqu'au jour où elle reçoit la lettre fatidique : sa maison doit à son tour être démolie. Mais Rose a fait à son mari disparu le serment de ne jamais quitter ce qui fut leur foyer : contre tous, elle va se battre pour sauver la demeure familiale, qui renferme un secret jalousement gardé.

La vie n'est pas facile pour les femmes de la famille Beauséjour. En effet, c'est au tour de Rose, la fille de Victorine, de subir les misères du destin qui lui est imposé. Seule fille parmi une fratrie de garçons, Rose comprend bien vite que les hommes détiennent tous les privilèges et que le sort des femmes est de se soumettre aux caprices de la bienséance, dictée par la société.

Rose ist fast fünfzig, als sie Luc kennenlernt. Sie hat eine Ehe überstanden und zwei Kinder zur Welt gebracht, hat Liebschaften erlebt, Jobwechsel, Schicksalsschläge und Trauerfälle. Das Leben hat sie stark gemacht. In ihrer Handtasche steckt ein Revolver, der sie gegen die vielen Dreckskerle dieser Welt beschützen soll. Doch Luc ist anders, das spürt sie sofort. So charmant und zurückhaltend. Seit sie ihn kennt, liegt in ihren Augen ein neuer Glanz. Bis er sich eines Tages in seinem männlichen Stolz gekränkt fühlt und zuschlägt.

One week. If you survive, you choose a Cosmic Power ... If you survive. Jace isn’t one to give up. Not when his sister dies. Not when he loses his legs. And definitely not when The Cosmic System takes over Earth. With nothing more than his street smarts, the clothes on his back, and a river otter companion, he must survive a planet full of vicious predators that see him as an easy meal. If he can survive? He gets to choose a Cosmic Power and a Class. A path to ascension. A way to bring his sister back.

Thorvyn Valteria would like to clarify a few misunderstandings. No, the white hair isn't a fashion statement. Yes, his tribe thinks he's cursed because of it. And no, buying a supposedly haunted house back on Earth wasn't his best decision. Now he's stuck on a primitive volcanic island where "diplomacy" means hitting someone slightly less hard with your club, while kingdoms with actual plumbing exist far across the sea.

Jace Seren, Tier 10 Ascendant, the only person who wields both Dark Matter and Void through The Cosmic System, delved into the Astral Verge. A journey outside of his Universe that took him through the realm wrought from the shared dreams and nightmares of all Universes.

Jamie Beckett is a man on the run. After saving his Leashes from a rival Leasher, Jamie thought he'd found safety in luxury. But the expensive beach house is only a temporary haven. He's still being hunted, but now it is by a mysterious military force from another world. One that knows who he is and how to find him.

No woman shall succeed in Salique land. Louis X is dead, poisoned, murdered, by the hand of Mahaut d'Artois. Her plan is simple - to clear the path to the throne for her son-in-law, Philippe. However, there is the small matter of Queen Clemence and her unborn child. As the country is thrown into turmoil, Philippe of Poitiers must use any means necessary to save his country from anarchy. However, how far is he willing to go to clear his path to the throne and become King in his own right?

When the World Council sends assassins to Haven's Rest, Harper does something no one has ever dared: he declares independence. From their laws. From their authority. From their right to control his life. The message is clear: Haven's Rest belongs to the people. But rebellion has consequences. Refugees flood in faster than Harper can house them. Saboteurs hide among the desperate. The World Council's embargo threatens to starve them all. And through it all, Harper builds, leads, and protects while proving that someone CAN stand against the most powerful organization in the world.

Jace Seren has achieved what no others have before: become a Tier 10 Ascendant within The Cosmic System. As part of this achievement, he is now permanently infused with it and can never lose the phenomenal powers he has gained. Even better, he can no longer die to old age—though a violent end is still quite possible. Having placed a gate upon Oblivion—the singularity at the center of his universe—Jace must gear up and go into another layer of reality: the Astral Verge. A realm of chaos wrought from the emotions and thoughts of countless universes.

After achieving Tier 3 as a Dark Matter Aspirant, Jace Seren and his allies—Priam Westerfold, Greg Bhastal, and Quinn Cipher—are on their way to Earth. Their mission is dangerous: take down all five megacorporations to clear the way for the Star Council to instill their control over the world and lift Earth’s civilization to its pinnacle of possibility. Corpo-mercs, cybered-up soldiers, lingering Aspirants, and Ascendants? That’s only the start of it. For the Nebula Alliance already has agents on Earth, and they do not take kindly to hostile takeovers.

Aythryn City—truly a mess of neon and trash all supporting the psychopaths that live here. Desire is the name of the game in such a bright place, as anyone on the streets can verify. Whether it be the gangs roaming the streets, the corpo rats in their tall towers, or the people just trying to get by; everyone wants something. Then enter me: a poor thief turned investigator just to make enough for end’s meet. Or at least, that’s how it was supposed to go down. Now though? Now I’m caught in several storms between stealing from one of the Big 7 to a weird interface telling me what to do.

Jamie Beckett was just another overworked nobody. Dead end job, crappy apartment, and no way out. Then he met the bleeding elf in the alley. Turns out Jamie is a Leasher. One of a rare few born with the ability to bond powerful beings to himself. When he forms his first bond with the beautiful, dagger wielding elf, Lilly, Jamie gets dragged into a divine game where power and survival are all tangled up.

After the king of Talador's mysterious death, Princess Lily must prepare to take the throne, even if she doesn't feel ready yet. As her coronation draws near, an attack on her life sends her fleeing the castle with her devoted Captain of the Guard, Keane, the one man she trusts above all others. 

On the Imperial Pleasure Island, where excess is law and indulgence reigns, Jason reshapes the corpulent obscene legacy of Magnus Travon Thull, reforging himself into something the empire has not seen in an age, a hero emperor. He now commands the empire’s gaze with the ruthless gravity of a sovereign reborn. The empire hungers, though, for power, for pleasure, for dominion. But in a world where desire and submission are weapons, even a prince must tread carefully.

A wave of kaiju spawn is fast approaching his Settlement. It'll be up to Pax and his allies to ensure their remnant of humanity can survive the hostile world around them. New dangers, however, bring new opportunities, and Pax is ready to push his power even higher. With elves and dwarves to bolster their ranks, Pax won't let anything destroy his Safe Zone. And once the Wave has been dealt with, Pax has his sights set on a larger target. He's after the biggest threat any of them have ever seen.

Jace Seren has been assigned his next task for the Dark Between Stars: visiting a rogue planet that was flung out of its orbit millennia past. Many Complexes await completion—promising Stardust, Boons, and danger. Jace will come up against many threats; Black Hole Conclave cultists seeking to drive the world into oblivion, Astral Demons from a different layer of reality who seek his destruction, and mercenaries chasing the bounty placed upon his head by the leader of the Nebula Alliance.

The Rift was like nothing Pax and the others had experienced before. The scenario demanded they think outside the box and deal with a whole new level of threats. But with new dangers came new opportunities, and Pax and the others are more than ready to rise to the challenge.

Noah was once a Mecha pilot leading the defense of Earth against the invading Parasites. Now he is just one lone man stranded on a strange planet, with nothing to do but endlessly fight and devour beasts to increase his strength in the hope of leaving that forsaken place. A new opportunity arose the day a spaceship crashed on the planet. Follow Noah as he escapes, enters the wider universe, and discovers the truth about what happened to Earth.