Résultats pour "The Book Eaters" dans Science-Fiction et fantasy

In den Mooren Yorkshires lebt eine geheime Gruppe von Menschen, für die Bücher Nahrung sind, die alles verschlingen, was darin steht. Devon gehört dazu - bis ihr Sohn mit einer dunkleren Art von Hunger geboren wird: nicht nach den Geschichten in Büchern, sondern nach denen in den Köpfen der Menschen. Er ist ein Gedankenesser, eine 'Abart', die meist schon bei der Geburt gnadenlos getötet wird. Doch Devon schwört ihn zu retten und flieht mit ihm in die Welt der Menschen, verfolgt vom eigenen Clan und seinen schrecklichen Handlangern, den 'Rittern'.

"Katie Erich’s riveting and emotionally rich realization of Dean’s strange and vivid world makes this an entrancing listen from start to finish; we hope to hear much more from author and narrator alike." - The Seattle Times "Katie Erich narrates Devon with the voice of a true storyteller...

Alien larvae in a baptismal font mark the beginnings of a terrifying adventure for the Torchwood team in this exclusive audio adventure, read by Gareth David-Lloyd Searching for the source of a bizarre Rift reading, Gwen, Jack and Ianto find a corpse on the beach, his face covered in hundreds of tiny cuts. Watching from the shadows is a man in black... The Reverend Hayward thinks he has found a way to take away people's sins. The trouble is, his special baptisms tend to take away their lives too.

Known only as Reaper, he vows to destroy the federal government and all those who violate the basic tenets of freedom and human decency. Those who choose to join him must agree to never stop fighting against tyranny.

Monsters from the farthest edges of the galaxy have shown themselves, and they are here to stay until everything is devoured. It is up to the Syndicate, led by Captain Reaper to assess the dangers of these monsters and prove not only their existence, but where they lie on the threat scale.

Carrera’s won his war, and inflicted a horrific revenge upon his enemies. But there are wars after wars. The Tauran Union is planning an attack. The criminals of neighboring states are already attacking, and threatening to embroil him in a war with the planet’s premier power. His only living son is under fire among the windswept mountains of Pashtia. An enemy fleet is hunting his submarines. His organization has been infiltrated by spies. One of the two governments of his adopted country, Balboa, is trying to destroy everything he’s built and reinstitute rule by a corrupt oligarchy.

When dragons rise from the earth, firefighters are humanity's last line of defense, in this wild near-future fantasy. Firefighter Cole Brannigan is on the verge of retirement after 30 years on the job, and a decade fighting dragons. But during his final fire call, he discovers he's immune to dragon smoke. It's such a rare power that he's immediately conscripted into the elite dragon-fighting force known as the Smoke Eaters. Retirement cancelled, Brannigan is re-assigned as a lowly rookie.

Houston, Texas, 1985. 0735 hrs. Franco Hernandez is pronounced dead. At 0755 hrs, he awakens. By 1100 hrs, the virus has spread throughout St. Mary's Hospital, infecting patients and staff. By 1600 hrs, the contagion has spread across Galveston. 1715 hrs: The Galveston Police Department is overrun. 2100 hrs: Houston is overrun with the undead.

A terrifying menace descends upon Earth from beyond the solar system in this gripping tale of cosmic horror. Frank Belknap Long delivers a chilling narrative that marks the first work of cosmic horror within the Cthulhu Mythos not penned by H. P. Lovecraft. Experience the uncanny dread that captivated readers in Weird Tales, July 1928.

Their mission: search and destroy. Their target: classified. Their location: classified. The empire’s finest are gathered for a clandestine mission on a ruined planet. Their orders are sealed until they reach orbit. The stakes are higher than they realized, and the enemy will do anything to stop them.

With two keys discovered, Seleska and Nasataa have just one more key to collect to open the Haroc. But with Heron's memory gone and the Draven attacking Ko'Torenth, will they be able to find the last key before the entire world is lost?

Can Nora take her father’s crown...before his dark magic takes her life? Ulmin Abrios, King of Cellerin, has gone mad. He’s invading and terrorizing his own cities. Princess Nora, his estranged daughter, is determined to seize the crown and save her people. Along with her boyfriend Ovrun and her friends Krey and Sarza, she secretly returns to Cellerin. As she plots to take down her father, Nora wrestles with her desire to find love. She knows how confining life in the palace will be. Could Ovrun - or any man - ever truly embrace the restrictive life of a king?

The New United States Army has taken over, and America has devolved into a full-on dragon apocalypse. Smoke eaters are banned and have gone into hiding to avoid being held prisoner by the soldiers. Guiellermo Contreras is a private in the NUSA, and when he's accused of potentially being a smoke eater upon pain of death, he escapes and sets out to find the heroes who disappeared years before. But what he discovers is that the NUSA has been working on something unthinkable, and it's going to take more than a few smoke eaters to stop them.

An NPR Best Book of 2021 NYPL 10 Best Books for Adults, 2021 A story collection, in the vein of Carmen Maria Machado, Kelly Link, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, spanning worlds and dimensions, using strange and speculative elements to tackle issues ranging from class differences to immigration to...

The Doctor takes Bill and Nardole back to second-century Scotland to learn the fate of the 'lost' Ninth Legion of the Imperial Roman Army. 5,000 soldiers vanished without explanation—how? The search for the truth leads the Doctor and his friends into a deadly mystery. Who is the Guardian of the Gate? What nightmare creature roams the wildlands, darkening the sky and destroying all in its path? A threat from another dimension has been unleashed on the Earth, and only a terrible sacrifice can put things right.