Résultats pour "death" dans Science-fiction et fantasy

Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Twilight! This special double-feature audiobook by Stephenie Meyer includes the classic novel, Twilight, read by Ilyana Kadushin, and a bold and surprising reimagining, Life and Death, read by Michael Crouch. This new edition features over 16 hours of new...

Vor zwei Jahren hat Elena ihr Dorf vor den Seelen der Toten gerettet und ist Nan, dem einstigen Totengott, verfallen. Als Oberhaupt ihres Dorfes versucht sie alles, um das Andenken an die Verstorbenen zu ehren. Doch als die Wesen der aztekischen Mythologie auf einmal überall in der Welt der Lebenden auftauchen und für Chaos sorgen, erfährt Elena, dass das Totenreich Mictlan auseinanderbricht. Im Zuge dessen finden sich Elena und Nan auf verfeindeten Seiten eines Krieges zwischen Lebenden und Toten wieder.

Packed with British wit, absurd charm, and unexpected heart, Death Rattlers: Volume 1 is a supernatural comedy about connection across generations, the strange ways we find purpose, and why you should never underestimate someone’s nan.

When Faith Williams almost loses her life during a robbery, Death is there. While he spares her soul, he makes a promise to return when she's eighteen and collect it. Now, it's the eve of that special birthday, and Faith has no recollection of that fateful day. But echoes of Death appear in her art—his intense eyes, his intriguing demeanor—and she can't get him out of her head. When he arrives in person, Faith is drawn into an epic supernatural battle where her very existence is questioned at every turn.

Thomas knows that Wicked can't be trusted, but they say the time for lies is over, that they've collected all they can from the Trials and now must rely on the Gladers, with full memories restored, to help them with their ultimate mission. It's up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test. What Wicked doesn't know is that something's happened that no Trial or Variable could have foreseen. Thomas has remembered far more than they think. And he knows that he can't believe a word of what Wicked says. The time for lies is over.

Faith Williams has managed to escape the clutches of Death and the gates of hell. But when she discovers she is the only one who can read the Book of the Dead, she realizes why her soul is so valuable to the forces of evil. Suddenly, someone Faith loves is stolen from her, bringing her back to the Devil's door. To stop a common enemy, Faith is forced to team up with her irresistible but villainous "friend," Death. Fighting alongside the enemy quickly becomes a dangerous game of saving the mortal realm while fighting forbidden feelings for each other.

In this YA fantasy thriller from the author of These Deadly Prophecies, two teens are pitted against each other in a magical duel for revenge while they fight their growing attraction to each other. “Dueling sapphic magicians collide in To the Death, a no-holds-barred story of love, rivalry...

Death is the family business, but not one I want to pursue. Thankfully, it’s been passed down from father to son for generations, so it should skip over me as Death’s daughter. Then, I won’t have to stop being alive and can actually live my life. Right? Well, the reapers don’t agree. And neither do the angels.

From the New York Times & USA Today best-selling author Tamara Rose Blodgett. Almost 15-year-old Caleb Hart is a Cadaver-Manipulator in the year 2025. When teens receive a government-sanctioned pharmaceutical cocktail during school, paranormal abilities begin manifesting...making the teens more powerful than the adults.

Sophia Briggs has passed the entrance exam and is a freshman at the famous School of Roots and Vines. The young magical is an Elemental with a twist. She can help everything that grows out of the ground—and then some. Her magic is a kind that hasn't been seen in generations. A secret even to her, but not for long. In the center of the boarding school stands an oversized oak tree that stretches across the campus and houses the classrooms—and is still alive. Even the tree holds a powerful secret that is being protected by a few. 

The day Nick Ramsay's eighth-grade teacher drops dead in his classroom, Nick sees his first reaper. When another cloaked figure appears at his grandmother's bedside, Nick issues an order for the vile creature to leave her alone. This simple act of defiance creates a domino effect that brings Fate and Death to Nick's door and reveals his true lineage, throwing his world into chaos.

Questions asked. Identity revealed. Promises made. With his first semester soon coming to an end, Nox the Death God, now known as Eli of Velmond, has realized just how difficult it is to keep up with his disguise without arousing any suspicion. Especially now that all eyes are on him after his encounter with Aria, the Lady of Light. With fake [Heroes], Avatars of Death, and demons to deal with, how will he be able to survive the rest of his time in the Holy Academy without getting exposed? And that is not to mention his upcoming finals too...

The first ferry of the new term arrives in six days. Let us hope it finds you alive and well. When Bronte Cade’s mother vanishes, the only clue she leaves behind is an invitation to a retreat for magical poets. Determined to find answers, Bronte attends in her mother’s place by masquerading...

Flora and Henry were born a few blocks from each other, innocent of the forces that might keep a white boy and an African American girl apart; years later they meet again, and their mutual love of music sparks an even more powerful connection. But what Flora and Henry don't know is that they are pawns in a game played by the eternal adversaries Love and Death, here brilliantly reimagined as two extremely sympathetic and fascinating characters.

When I set out to squash the reaper rebellion, I never thought having the positions of both Fate and Death would be a liability. Boy was I wrong. Seriously, an ultimatum from Heaven never makes for a great start to the holidays. On top of the heavenly host trying to obliterate me, I’ve been cursed in the cruelest of ways.

Seventeen-year-old RJ always gets what she wants. So when her soul is accidentally collected by a distracted Grim Reaper, somebody in the afterlife better figure out a way to send her back from the dead, or heads will roll. But in her quest for mortality, she becomes a pawn in a power struggle between an overzealous archangel and Death Himself. The tribunal presents her with two options.

In the shadow of newfound peace, Lucia's world shatters into chaos. Rumors of marauding orcs, the haunting return of the sin of lust, and an impending undead horde converge on her home, drive her into action. The sin of lust, now wielding the terrible power of the Rider of Ruin and exiled by her own kind, is desperate for Lucia's strength to aid in her survival. But before Lucia can grapple with this ominous request, an orc raid ends with her dear friend, Fina, captured. Driven by a desperate need to save her, Lucia embarks on a rage-filled pursuit.

La loro storia d'amore ha conquistato i cuori di tutti. Ma cosa succederebbe se i ruoli si ribaltassero? Se non fosse lui la creatura straordinaria, l'eroe meraviglioso dotato di capacità sovrumane ma… lei? Beaufort è un ragazzo alto e dinoccolato trasferitosi dall'Arizona. Quando incontra la bellissima Edythe, non sa che la fortissima attrazione che prova per lei potrebbe essere la sua rovina… Spettacolare riscrittura di Twilight, Life and Death riapre le porte del piccolo mondo di Forks.

Nach einer verheerenden Niederlage wurden Tisaanah und Maxatarius auseinandergerissen. Tisaanah setzt alles daran, Max aus seiner Gefangenschaft zu befreien - doch während sie für die Freiheit ihres Volkes kämpft, wird der Krieg immer gnadenloser. Hinter den Mauern von Ilyzath ist Max nur noch ein Schatten seiner selbst. Seine Erinnerungen sind verloren, seine Zukunft liegt in den Händen einer neuen, skrupellosen Königin.

A dark contemporary fantasy featuring witchcraft, tarot, death, and a bit of romance that's perfect for fans of Immortal Dark and Cinderella Is Dead. On an ordinary Monday morning, eighteen-year-old Mikaela Broussard receives the shock of her life. During a customer’s tarot reading at her...