Résultats pour "roman roman" dans Épique

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.

Le royaume de Rubisie se déchire entre l’Ouest, appauvri par de graves sécheresses, et les riches duchés de l’Est, dont l’influence menace le roi. Mus par l’ambition, les nobles continentaux et la puissante famille Carmidor s’allient contre la dynastie royale. Seule la princesse héritière, Dista Arvagna, échappe au massacre. Entre complots, assassinats et montée en puissance d’une secte religieuse prédisant le soulèvement des océans, les Carmidor doivent lutter pour leur survie, quels que soient les sacrifices.

Des vagues de larmes et de sang ont beau avoir balayé le mariage de Giorda, elle n’en demeure pas moins prisonnière des ambitions d’un tyran. Alors que la dangereuse foi népéiste se répand au sein du peuple et de la noblesse, un autre mal se propage au sud : la peste noire, dont les premiers contaminés surgissent lors d’une messe en l’honneur du dieu des océans. D’autres Carmidor, exilés sur des terres étrangères, luttent pour leur survie et leur vengeance. Hanté par ses cauchemars, le duc de Corance le redoute : bientôt les braises de la discorde enflammeront le royaume tout entier.

Voici plus d'un siècle, un homme étrange nommé Nol visita tous les rois du monde connu. Sur sa demande, des émissaires parmi les plus sages l'accompagnèrent alors pour un voyage mystérieux sur l'île de Ji. Mais tous n'en revinrent pas, et les survivants gardèrent le silence sur ce qu'ils avaient vu, jusque dans la tombe. Depuis, leurs descendants se réunissent régulièrement pour commémorer cet événement dont ils ignorent presque tout. À part eux, plus personne ne s'intéresse à cette histoire tombée dans l'oubli.

Sioban, Caleb et Logan se retrouvent séparés et parcourent le territoire dans une course à l'ultime bataille ! Pour sauver les siens, Sioban Calypsa a sacrifié sa vie en s'unissant au prince héritier des Sang-de-Soleil. Seulement voilà, leur fils est mort.

Sollte der Endgegner nicht eigentlich am Ende kommen? Oder war die Konfrontation mit dem Kardinal nur der Auftakt zu einer Questreihe aus der Hölle?

Désormais fugitifs, Amalia et Yonas sont contraints de se dissimuler dans les entrailles de la cité de Dehaven. Mais bien que la magie qui les enveloppe tous deux depuis le drame les protège de leurs poursuivants, elle semble aussi très instable et dangereuse.

With a huge open planet before him, Jake has literally grown wings as he begins his conquest of the local wildlife. With his newfound freedom, he finds his true Path as a hunter. All the while trying to avoid the responsibilities of having founded the first city on the planet. Meanwhile, all across Earth, godly and mortal factions alike move to establish themselves as the dominant force on Earth. None of which Jake cares too much about while he finds himself far too busy doing what is truly important in life: Hunting, alchemy, and getting that D-grade evolution.

Timothy Walter Bolton - better known as Timmy - has spent most of his life as a necromancer. When he isn't terrorising his enemies, he's plotting inside his castle, which is built on top of lightless chasms filled with nameless horrors and beings of a generally malevolent and megalomaniacal nature. But after one of his latest creations, a zombie hydra-dragon-bear, tries to eat him, he decides that maybe it's time to find a new, less dangerous, career.

A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters. Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement.

Sur les rivages de l'île oubliée, les héritiers s'apprêtent à suivre les traces de leurs ancêtres... Mais avant de se lancer sur la piste de Celui-qui-Vainc, il leur faudra affronter leurs propres démons intérieurs. Et ceux-ci sont parfois aussi effroyables ! Quels sont les secrets de Nolan, de Niss, de Cael ? Comment Eryne reconnaît-elle des endroits qu'elle n'a jamais vus ?

1828. Robin Swift, den ein Cholera-Ausbruch im chinesischen Kanton als Waisenjungen zurücklässt, wird von dem geheimnisvollen Professor Lovell nach London gebracht. Dort lernt er jahrelang Latein, Altgriechisch und Chinesisch, um sich auf den Tag vorzubereiten, an dem er in das Königliche Institut für Übersetzung der Universität Oxford - auch bekannt als Babel - aufgenommen werden soll. Oxford ist das Zentrum allen Wissens und Fortschritts in der Welt. Für Robin erfüllt sich ein Traum, an dem Ort zu studieren, der die ganze Macht des britischen Empire verkörpert.

Mankind has lorded over the land of Illian for a thousand years, building on the ruins left by the elves, as if it were their birthright. A thousand years is a long time for an immortal race to see the truth of things, a truth that has remained unsaid for a millennium—elves are superior. They are faster, stronger, and connected to the magical realm in a way that man could never grasp. Illian should belong to them.

Das große Finale: Frodo will endgültig den Ring vernichten. Doch die Last ist schwer und Sam muss ihm helfen, den Ring zur Schicksalsschlucht zu bringen. Dort erwartet sie Gollum, der seinen Schatz für sich will. Die restlichen Gefährten bereiten sich auf die große Schlacht gegen Sauron vor. Unter ihnen ist auch der rechtmäßige Erbe Gondors und so beginnt der Kampf um die Rettung Mittelerdes.

The New Empire intends to celebrate its victory over the Nationalists with a day that will never be forgotten. On the high holiday of Wintertide, the empress will be married. Degan Gaunt and the Witch of Melengar will be publicly executed. Then the empress will suffer a fatal accident leaving the empire in the hands of the new emperor. It will be a perfect day. There is only one problem - Royce and Hadrian have finally found the lost heir.

It's raining in Liscor. The spring rains have come and Liscor's entire geography changes with the dawning of the new year. The Floodplains of Liscor live up to their name, and the only way anyone is going to travel is by boat. With the rains come more monsters, dungeon delving, more goblins...not to mention some unwanted attention for the Wandering Inn.

Jack Kross only wanted to play the game. Now he’s fighting for his life. When a mysterious hacker takes control of Hundred Kingdoms, Jack is trapped inside the fantasy VR world along with millions of other players. But Jack is in a worse predicament. He’s cornered in the very tower the terrorists have taken as their base; the only free player left within its walls. Even worse, in the real world, his body lies in a sweltering room with no hope of relief.

Crispin is a mosaicist, a layer of bright tiles. Still grieving for the family he lost to the plaque, he lives only for his arcane craft. But an imperial summons from Valerius the Trakesian to Sarantium, the most magnificent place in the world, is difficult to resist. In a world half-wild and tangled with magic, a journey to Sarantium means a walk into destiny. Bearing with him a deadly secret and a Queen's seductive promise, guarded only by his own wits and a talisman from an alchemist's treasury, Crispin sets out for the fabled city. Along the way he will encounter a great beast.

In Seth Dickinson's highly anticipated debut The Traitor Baru Cormorant, a young woman from a conquered people tries to transform an empire in this richly imagined geopolitical fantasy. Baru Cormorant believes any price is worth paying to liberate her people - even her soul.

I just wanted to ease the suffering of Arimus, a gryphon blinded in combat. He’d lost his first rider, and his will to live. But when he forges a new psychic link with me to be his replacement rider, it brands me as “an affront to the gods” for daring to ride an avatar of the god of man.