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Buch 4 eines Isekai LitRPG-Abenteuers über einen unerwarteten Helden, der in seiner neuen Heimat heranwächst, an Macht und Fähigkeiten gewinnt, während er die Geheimnisse der Magie und eines Systems aufdeckt, das vielleicht nicht so vertrauenswürdig ist, wie es scheint.

When a prominent businessman suddenly dies from suicide, Evelyn suspects supernatural foul play after discovering that he only recently catapulted to success. Later, Frankie witnesses another man narrowly escape his own death moments after he was seen crying about his misfortune. They soon discover that Lady Luck is behind the change of fate. And while she dishes out good luck to those who need it, after a year their luck abruptly turns bad and often leads to their deaths.

Anna is used to hunger and hardship. Ever since the pale shadows on her skin were mistaken for leprosy, she has lived alone in exile, each day focused only on survival. Then a single act of kindness towards a beautiful stranger changes her life forever. Suddenly, her body is as untouched by time as it is by harm, and Anna experiences a new freedom she has never known. But as decades and centuries pass, the lives of everyone she meets slip through her fingers like grains of sand… everyone, except Khiran—the shapeshifting god who gave her immortality.

Delios ist mit einer Delegation auf dem Weg zur Einschlagstelle der Träne aus Feuer - und Kara, seine Tochter, will ihm heimlich folgen. Doch dann gerät sie in eine magische Falle und findet sich auf der mysteriösen Insel der Sirenen wieder, wo auch die Flammenden Steine stehen. Und hier offenbart sich ihre Bestimmung: Sie ist die Auserwählte der Stummen Götter, die durch Kara in den Kampf um das Schicksal von Atlantis und der ganzen Welt eingreifen!

Janvier 1918 : Laura Iven, après avoir été grièvement blessée, est revenue du front où elle était infirmière. Elle tente de retrouver sa vie d’avant à Halifax, au Canada, bien que son frère, Freddie, soit pour sa part resté dans les tranchées. Un jour, elle reçoit l’annonce de sa disparition, accompagnée de l’uniforme du jeune homme. Incapable de croire à la mort de celui-ci, Laura décide de repartir pour la Belgique. Novembre 1917 : Après une explosion, Freddie Iven reprend connaissance sous une casemate retournée, coincé dans le noir avec un soldat allemand.

Ich war sechzehn Jahre alt, als das Ende seinen Anfang nahm. Nur wusste das zu diesem Zeitpunkt kaum jemand. Einige, darunter mein Vater, ahnten es, doch sie wurden verlacht, verspottet, oder man schenkte ihnen schlicht kein Gehör. So nahm das Unheil seinen Lauf. Und als es selbst die größten Leugner und Zweifler nicht länger zu ignorieren vermochten, war es zu spät. Da war er bereits unter uns: der Schwarze Tod! Hätte ich doch bloß für einen Moment innegehalten und meinem Vater zugehört, vielleicht wäre mir das Grauen dann erspart geblieben. Mein Name ist Kara. Und dies ist meine Geschichte .

Im zweiten Teil der Schwarzen Königin von Bestsellerautor Markus Heitz bleibt es blutig, actionreich und dramatisch! Wenn es neben Zauberei und Alchemie ...

Une auberge, perdue au milieu de montagnes boisées, est soudainement attaquée par une troupe de soldats vêtus de noir. Les survivants, un groupe éclectique de guerriers, mercenaires, voleurs et autres rôdeurs ne se connaissant pas les uns les autres, parviennent à se barricader à l'intérieur avant le second assaut. Leur point commun : ce sont tous des professionnels de la survie. Eux ont une chance de survivre là où la plupart périraient.

A plan. A sensible, efficient, and most definitely unrushed plan. Every dwarf has one. Dwarves in general are like rhinos—slow to get going, but unstoppable once they do. The dwarf named Crow is no exception. He has a plan, too: one that is properly thorough, unhurried, and carefully laid out. This is the plan he has been following since the day he arrived at the Gray Peak outpost.

The Richter clan was getting stronger and becoming a real nuisance to a lot of people. All the spheres of influence have long been divided among aristocrats, gangsters, and corrupt officials. And now, they all wanted to destroy the upstart healers. But the real evil dwelled in the past. Max was looking for those who had tried to kill him once before.

Il fenomeno Romantasy che ha conquistato milioni di lettori in tutto il mondo. Benvenuti nel castello di Re Mida... Auren vive da tempo nel sontuoso palazzo di Re Mida, l’unico uomo capace di tramutare ogni cosa in oro soltanto toccandola. Pur essendo la favorita, la vita di Auren non può certo dirsi perfetta. Le sue giornate si svolgono tutte all’interno di una mirabolante gabbia dorata, dotata di passaggi e passerelle che le permettono di muoversi su un intero piano del castello. La prigioniera si sente protetta e al sicuro nella sua gabbia. Ma da cosa?

Сборник из трех аудиокниг "Спартанец", "Великий царь", "Удар в сердце". Отправляясь на подавление бунта в зоне, молодой боец отряда спецназа "Тайфун" Тарас Черный не подозревал, чем закончится для него этот выезд. После взрыва светозвуковой гранаты он потерял сознание, а очнулся уже в другом времени и другой стране. Эта страна называется Спарта, а он сам как две капли воды похож на молодого спартанца по имени Гисандр, случайно погибшего у него на глазах. Заняв место Гисандра в строю спартанских "волчат", Тарас вынужден каждый день доказывать в этом новом мире свое право на жизнь.

von Konrad Carisi — Mein Name ist Gilgamesch, König von Uruk. Mein Abenteuer begann vor mehreren Jahrtausenden. Ein Zauberkundiger versuchte mich zu töten, doch durch eine Laune der Götter starb ich nicht und überdauerte die Zeit. Ich wurde Sklave der Römer und gelangte schließlich in den Diensten eines Wikingerfürsten in die Normandie. Dies ist meine Geschichte. ..

In the shadows of the hollow hills, a queen's destiny unfolds. Britain, AD 38. Having defeated her enemies, Queen Cartimandua works swiftly to stabilize the north. But not all foes yield quietly. Forces move in the shadows to destabilize the Brigantes. Working to root out resistance, Queen Cartimandua finds an unlikely ally in deposed Prince Venutiux—much to his wife’s dismay. Even with King Eddin’s support, facing an unnamed enemy proves difficult. Darkness, in the shape of an eagle, looms for them all.

Das Gesetz des Dschungels besagt: Jeder kämpft für sich allein! Dieser Grundsatz gilt nicht nur in der Welt der Menschen, sondern auch im Reich ihrer schlimmsten Widersacher — den Dämonen. Zone Null der Dämonenwelt unterscheidet sich nur wenig von Zone Null der Menschen. Die Ressourcen sind genauso knapp, die Kreaturen genauso bösartig und die Gesetzlosigkeit genauso offensichtlich. Doch wenn es hart auf hart kommt, kennen die Himmel keine Gnade. Wenn Zone Null einer fremden Welt erobert werden muss, gibt es kein Zurück. Schließlich ist der Weg zur Unsterblichkeit nur den Starken vorbehalten.

1592. Cybil Harding is a First Daughter. Cursed to bring disaster to those around her, she is trapped in a house with a mother paralyzed by grief and a father willing to sacrifice everything in pursuit of magic. Miriam Richter is a creature of shadow. Forged by the dark arts many years ago, she is doomed to exist for eternity and destined to be alone—killing mortals and consuming their souls for sustenance. Everything changes when she meets Cybil, whose soul shines with a light so bright, she must claim it for herself. She offers a bargain.

Princess Delphinia knows her mother, the queen of the Corvo kingdom, is up to no good. Del can feel it in her bones, and she's determined to uncover the truth. When her search for answers leads her to a mysterious chest filled with artifacts from the distant past--from the world before--she realizes her mother's nefarious actions are more deeply rooted than she ever could have imagined.

Finding an old manuscript in the attic has always been a fantasy of Sylvia’s. She just never expected the fantasy to come true, or for it to lead her to answers about her mysterious family.

Jelena has found acceptance and love with her new family, but war, a sweeping pestilence, and the death of her beloved leave her desolate. Unaware Ashinji still lives, she seeks comfort in the arms of a young soldier determined to marry her. Knowing Jelena’s life is in peril, Ashinji continues his desperate trek homeward. Racing against time, and chased by murderous slave hunters, he and his companions are out-matched until Ashinji breaks the bonds preventing him from tapping his own extraordinary magical power.

Wir befinden uns mitten im Meer, in einem Inselreich mit acht Inseln, weit weit weg von anderen bewohnten Kontinenten und Zivilisationen. Es ist das Zeitalter der Galátai Kulturen. Das dort lebende Inselvolk entstammt einem dieser ersten Galátai Stämme. Die Ahnen der Siedler hatten sich auf der Suche nach einer neuen Heimat auf vielen Schiffen auf das weite, unbekannte Meer gewagt und in einem Tage andauernden Sturm die Orientierung verloren. Die Überlebenden des Unwetters strandeten an den Ufern der Inseln.

The Song of the Prophet has long foretold that an apocalypse of storms, pestilence, and war would tear the land of Rhye asunder. The path to salvation is obscure. Hope seems to lie in a mysterious savior, somewhere beyond the Seventh Sea.

Amina al-Sirafi has survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural. But when she’s offered a job no bandit could refuse, she jumps at the chance for one final adventure with her old crew that will make her a legend and offers a fortune that will secure her and her family’s future forever. Yet the deeper Amina dives the higher the stakes. For there’s always risk in wanting to become a legend.

Off the coast of Ireland sits a legendary island hidden by magic. A place of ruins and ancient trees, sea-salt air and fairy lore, Hy-Brasil is the only home Biddy has ever known. Washed up on its shore as a baby, Biddy lives a quiet life with her guardian, the mercurial magician Rowan. A life she finds increasingly stifling. One night, Rowan fails to return from his mysterious travels. To find him, Biddy must venture into the outside world for the first time. But Rowan has powerful enemies—forces who have hoarded the world’s magic and have set their sights on the magician’s many secrets.

Beatrice is the convent's librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscripts. Then, one carnival night, two women, bleeding and stricken, are abandoned outside the convent's walls. Moments from death, one of them presses something into Beatrice's hands: a bewitching book whose pages have a dangerous life of their own.

Discovering she is another world’s prophesied heroine was not something Hannah Winters could have ever predicted. However, having accepted the mantle of Aerisia’s Artan, Hannah must now move beyond the pain of the past and conquer her magic in order to save this land.

Marie is a woman sold into a loveless marriage in a 1700s, second-world France. Under the close tutelage of the esteemed Lady Colette Valand, Marie has sewn a small corner of life for herself in their little town in the country-side.

The peace of the Sect has been broken. Incursions come from the nomadic tribes of the southern mountains and from deep underground. Against these foes of the Empire—both old and new—Ling Qi and her allies will be set to test themselves. It is said that conflict is the great whetstone of talent, but war may devour the genius and the common talent alike without differentiation. What is to be gained and what is to be lost as the fires grow?

Logan Gyre is king of Cenaria, a country under siege, with a threadbare army and little hope. He has one chance—a desperate gamble, but one that could destroy his kingdom. In the north, the new Godking has a plan. If it comes to fruition, no one will have the power to stop him. Kylar Stern has no choice. To save his friends—and perhaps his enemies—he must accomplish the impossible: assassinate a goddess.

After their daring adventures behind enemy lines in France, Loveday Penhale and Celeste Blanchard cannot settle into everyday life at home. Has the Tinkering Prince forgotten them entirely? What of the prize he promised? Then, with the flourish of a royal messenger’s hand, their lives are changed. Not only have they won the prize, they are to join the Prince’s Own Engineers in London!

Zbiór opowiadań o wyobrażeniach demonologicznych z czasów Polski szlacheckiej. Zawarte tu historie nie są ścisłą rekonstrukcją staropolskich podań, lecz autorską wizją tego, jak przed wiekami imaginowano sobie świat nadprzyrodzony. Zasiądźcie zatem z siedemnastowiecznymi bohaterami książki do stołu podczas szlacheckiej gościny, aby posłuchać mrożących krew w żyłach opowieści o latawcu, skarbniku, zmorze, morowicy i innych istotach nadprzyrodzonych grasujących niegdyś po polskich ziemiach.