Résultats pour "The Twin" dans Science-Fiction et fantasy

This is the seventeenth book in a series of near-future Hard-SciFi Thrillers. Their heroine Ell Donsaii has a nerve mutation that’s rendered her a genius as well as providing astonishing athletic abilities. Her genius has let her revolutionize our world with a number of inventions, including instantaneous communications and trans-dimensional portals that deliver fuel, water, and food all around the world

The mighty Lalas are dying. The great sentient trees are departing the world that they have protected since the beginning of time, leaving the people bereft and confused. The fabric weaves of its own will, winding around the Twins, binding them inextricably into the cloth as they are violently thrust into a threatening world. Separated at birth, Davmiran and Tomas, heirs to the throne of Gwendolen, struggle to find the truth that will save their world.

Defying the fate that claimed his evil predecessor, Raistlin opens the Portal to the Abyss and passes through. With Crysania at his side, he engages the Queen of Darkness in a battle for the ultimate prize - a seat among the gods. At the same time, Caramon and Tasslehoff are transported to the future. There they come to understand the consequences of Raistlin’s quest - and Caramon at last realizes the painful sacrifice he must make to prevent his brother’s success.

The Ninth Rain has fallen. The Jure'lia are awake. Nothing can be the same again. Tormalin the Oathless and the fell-witch Noon have their work cut out rallying the first war-beasts to be born in Ebora for three centuries. But these are not the great winged warriors of old. Hatched too soon and with no memory of their past incarnations, these onetime defenders of Sarn can barely stop bickering, let alone face an ancient enemy who grow stronger each day....

One hundred years have passed since the fiery Cataclysm that changed the face of Krynn forever. For one hundred years, the people of Krynn have struggled to survive. But for some, those one hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye. Catapulted forward in time by Raistlin’s powerful magic, Caramon and Crysania find themselves aiding the mage’s unholy quest to master the Queen of Darkness. To his dismay, Raistlin discovers along the way that the annals of Time are not so easily bent to his will. Neither are the longings of his heart.

Sequestered in the blackness of the dreaded Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas, surrounded by nameless creatures of evil, Raistlin Majere weaves a plan to conquer the darkness - to bring it under his control. Crysania, a beautiful and devoted cleric of Paladine, tries to use her faith to lead Raistlin from the darkness. She is blind to his shadowed designs, and he draws her slowly into his neatly woven trap. Made aware of Raistlin’s plan, a distraught Caramon travels back in time to the doomed city of Istar in the days before the Cataclysm.

Shea wakes covered in dried blood and bruises, a dark contrast to her pale skin. She also has no memory of the last year of her life. A stranger named John Doe claims to be a friend- and the only person she can trust. The previous year, Shea Murphy is running a team that works on the development of implantable tech hardware. Noticed by the CEO at Crowned Skull Laboratories, she is offered a position that seems too good to pass up. But, every step forward leads deeper into a world she doesn't understand. Now, journeying to the Alaskan wilderness, Shea fights for answers and survival.

As people start to recall the Oracle's prophecy, Erius begins to quietly kill off his female relatives who pose the only threat to his monarchy. Constantly in fear for her life, Princess Ariani the King's sister, gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. But Ariani is married to Lord Rhius, the patron of the powerful wizard Iya, and Iya has sinister plans for the babes.

Everything is just short of perfect for Tate and Ayra - even their soulmates. Join them on this soul-swapping adventure featuring dragons, vampires, romance, and more. Can they find their fated mates? Or will they be stuck in the wrong bodies forever?

Everything is just short of perfect for Tate and Ayra - even their soulmates. Join them on this soul-swapping adventure featuring dragons, vampires, romance, and more. Can they find their fated mates? Or will they be stuck in the wrong bodies forever?

An Arch Magus dies, only to find himself in the body of a young man in a medieval Kingdom. He finds out that he is the second son of a Duke, exiled to a desolated town by his own family. Shackled by the notorious reputation of his new shell, he tries his best to develop his domain, implementing new policies and innovations, leading his subjects to prosperity. In this world where magic is undeveloped, he shall once again pave a new path.

A God is dead, the Twin Kingdoms are divided, and a demon has cast a curse over one kingdom so that the people transform into werewolves. The remaining kingdom is at risk of the same fate if the heir to the God’s magic and the throne isn’t found. Being a shapeshifter in modern day America is a lonely life. Abandoned as an infant and hunted by mysterious creatures, Ava hides behind a fortress of anger and isolation. Her only friend in the world, a drug addict named Cassie, doesn’t even know her secret.

The Idyll-Flume, an eight-story-tall trial created by a long-dead sage and guarded by a worldspirit, is now open, and the rush is on to explore the hidden realm, undergo the trials, and absorb the mysterious drops of destiny that can be found within. Malachi, Dusk, Kene, and new companions must fight from the resources of this mysterious land, all while other competitors continue to advance and push themselves forward.

The Emperor's Twin is a haunting exploration of power, identity, and the terrifying intersections between the human body and the divine—the grotesque and the sublime—that questions the nature of control, survival, and the price of unrelenting ambition.

The Intertwined Twins is an epic tale set in the world of Cryst, where magic is a fundamental force, and each person’s power emerges at the age of six. The story centers on Eryndor and Kael, twins separated at birth and raised in different villages, unaware of their true heritage. Eryndor grows up in a nurturing environment, developing strong magic and natural leadership qualities. Kael, on the other hand, is raised in harsher conditions, his weaker magic and circumstances leading him down a darker path. As they come of age, their destinies begin to unfold in parallel yet opposing directions.

The dark elf, Imris, saw me. Chased me. Won me. After I gave in . . . he left me. Not just heartbroken. But also . . . pregnant. A year later, I've moved on and am thriving. Life is hard. But good. And then Imris comes back. He says he never wanted to be sent away. That he fought to come back to me. He says he still loves me. Dare I trust him? Or is it an act? Will he leave again? Do I risk falling in love with him again? And more importantly . . . do I risk letting my kids love him too?

Growing up in Florida, Diana Kress was always weird. She talked to her dead relatives, even saw into other worlds. But she never thought she was dangerous. That all changed in 7th grade when something supernatural attacked her and her friends in the woods at Twin Lakes, killing them and leaving her scarred for life. With no answers, she blamed herself for their deaths and so did everyone else, including the police. But they couldn’t prove anything.

The world of searchers and settlers goes unchanged, but Emry, Sebastian, and Theo's lives will never be the same. Emry is the first settler to be touched by the bond, but even when destiny has its own plans, she won't leave her husband, Sebastian. Theo doesn't want her to. It's not long before their new family is put to the test, and the places they think are safe and people they begin to trust betray them. After Emry is abducted by an old enemy, the men work together for the woman they both love, making a connection even the bond couldn't create.

When Vampire Hunter D entered the town of Sedoc, it was in search of answers to the meaning of a dying vampire's last words: "Find Muma." But when he meets Mia, the daughter of the local fortuneteller, he learns the mists emanating from a smoking crater on the outskirts of Sedoc have reanimated thousands of corpses, compelling them to crawl from their graves and hurl themselves into the smoking chasm.

All Otar ever wanted was being part of a community, but the monster in his veins, bent on killing those Otar touches, makes it impossible. It has already slipped his grasp more than once—with devastating consequences.