Results for "Sanctuary" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Ever since civilization fell apart eight years ago, I've used my body in any way necessary to protect my younger sister and stay alive. Now she's safe and settled, I'm free to travel my own path, never again confined by walls or the demands of any man. Everyone says a woman isn't safe by herself...

Paris's path is clear, his future settled. He's trained his whole life in politics and the running of a kingdom. He's going to be an adviser to the future king, his beloved prince. But when his father dies unexpectedly, the current king takes the opportunity to get rid of him, sending him to the barbaric southern tribe lands of Nemeda as a diplomat. No one has ever returned from the tribes alive.

It’s not easy serving Chernobog, the God of Destruction, Darkness and Death…especially during the holidays; and especially when you’re out of eggnog and one of your pesky, freeloading mythic creatures has eaten your last cookie. Roman would like nothing more than to be left alone, but when a wounded boy stumbles into his yard and begs for sanctuary, Roman takes him in. Now elite mercenaries are camped out on his property, combat mages are dousing the house with fire, and strange priests are unleashing arcane magic. 

When two fallen angels are cast from Heaven for defying divine law, they awaken in a mortal world already rotting from famine and faith. One becomes silent; the other, hungry. A century and a half later, Seraphine Vex lives in exile, hiding her celestial scars behind mortal skin and the illusion of normalcy. But when a brutal tether binds her to Kael, a Disciple of Wrath sent to hunt her kind, the past she buried claws its way back-along with the truth of what she really is.

Ben and his crew have come a long way since they first began their dystopian road trip from hell. But hard-learned lessons and discovering what it takes to survive in a world that doesn’t tolerate the weak or unprepared has molded them into a cohesive team.

A new world arises from the ashes of the old...but the fight for survival has only just begun. In the day of the nomad, oceans flooded the continents and the Earth split open, pouring darkness into the skies. Jessica Rollins survived, but at what cost? The key to humanity's survival may lie in the backpack she recovered from her father, in data he collected more than 30 years before. Her father's final words circle around and around in her head. What does the data mean?

Am Anfang stehen Naturkatastrophen. Es folgt die Auflösung der öffentlichen Ordnung. Dann stürzen die USA in Chaos, Bürgerkrieg und Anarchie. Milliardär John Brandt hat sich seit Jahren auf dieses Szenario vorbereitet: Das Sanctuary, ein ehemaliges Raketensilo, achtzehn Stockwerke tief, voller Vorräte und Waffen, soll seiner Familie und seinen engsten Vertrauten auf Jahre Schutz gewähren. Schon bald rotten sich bis an die Zähne bewaffnete Überlebende, die nichts mehr zu verlieren haben, vor den Toren der Zuflucht zusammen.

For humans, the circus is a place filled with wonder and amazement. For Harrow, though, it’s a place to hide from those who slaughtered her entire clan. Disguising her abilities as part of her act has kept her true identity safe for years. Until he arrives. A strange new attraction with no name, no memory of who—or even what—he is, let alone an explanation for his odd yet deadly powers. But beneath the layers of anger and isolation, one glimpse into his inky eyes reveals a soul that calls out to the loneliness in her own. And so she chooses him.

Who will you save when the world ends? 'This pitch-perfect near-future tale shines a bright and unforgiving light on the American moment we’re all living in right now‘ Nick Petrie ____________________ After decades of unrelenting disasters, America is on the brink of environmental and social...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The first contact wasn't an invasion. It was a plea. When a being from another world walks through the doors of the Adana embassy, ​​it doesn't demand humanity's surrender or bring a message of universal peace. It simply utters two words that throw...

Book 1 of 8: Thistlewick Hollow Every wounded creature deserves a sanctuary. Wren Ashcombe is about to learn that healers do too. When gifted healer Wren Ashcombe loses her licence and her place in the capital, an unexpected inheritance sends her to Thistlewick Hollow. The sanctuary waiting there is crumbling, its wards are failing, and its halls are crowded with opinionated gnomes and magical creatures no one else knows how to save. Cormac Vane, the guarded groundskeeper, expects Wren to leave.

The American Museum of Magic has a secret beneath its floors: a living Hotel that stretches farther than maps allow, where hospitality is law and harm has no standing in the halls above. After the Farm falls, Sia and Mia Mason take refuge there with friends who are more family than team. They...

“The meek shall inherit the Earth, unless the rich get there first.” That’s the reality of the post-apocalyptic world in this electrifying debut thriller. The near future… Climate disasters have crippled the United States. With half the country under water and the other half a dust bowl...

Jamie and Sierra have managed to establish a foothold in Overworld, but legion are those who hungrily eye their territory. Will Jamie be able to hold them at bay? Or will the inexorable might of the other races prove too great to bear?

They face more danger than they can deal with. They have no idea if they can win the race against time before one of them becomes critical. Meanwhile, back at home, a plan is hatched to overthrow a tyrannical ruler.

Isolated at her family's wildlife refuge in northern Georgia, Raven longs to escape. Instead, she spends her days shoveling manure for bears, wolves, and a tiger. That is, until her father contracts the Hydra virus—a mysterious, lethal disease spreading across the country like wildfire. Desperate to help him, Raven journeys into town to get medicine, only to discover the outside world is swiftly collapsing into chaos. There are no more police, no more laws, and no hospitals. No one is coming to help.

The dragon plague has scoured the land of living things, and Troyson Strom lives on his small boat, staying on the move, and gathering supplies when he can. But he has a plan – save enough provisions and sail back to the coast of Greenland and search for the mighty rift in the ice wall that leads through Odin’s Gate, and then on to Lemuria.

Bridges have been burnt, and Raysha needs out. With the opportunity to travel and leave Darius behind, she jumps at the change and drags the Misfits along with her. Tension is rising between the nations of Erasted and Nhami, and problems plague the border towns. Through it all winds one question she cares about above all others: Why are spirits being hunted? And how can she find a way to protect them and strike down those who dare try and harvest their hearts?

Within the Sanctuary of Wings is the conclusion to Marie Brennan's thrilling Lady Trent Memoirs After nearly five decades (and, indeed, the same number of volumes), one might think they were well-acquainted with the Lady Isabella Trent--dragon naturalist, scandalous explorer, and perhaps as...

The first book in a brand new trilogy by well-loved Dragonlance authors! Two of the authors of the Elven Nations trilogy now continue the story of the elves! The fortunes of war have driven the once-great elven nations into exile in the desert land of Khur. The elves must overcome extraordinary perils including treachery to establish a new homeland.