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Als der Gaming-Nerd Charly überraschend einen der heiß begehrten Beta-Testplätze von Ascendreya ergattert, beginnt für ihn das Abenteuer seines Lebens. Zwei Jahre später kommt endlich der große Release – doch Charly steht draußen vor der Tür. Plötzlich kann er wieder nach Ascendreya zurückkehren – doch das vertraute Reich Uposia brennt. Intrigen zerreißen das Königreich, dunkle Kräfte steuern aus dem Schatten heraus jeden Konflikt, und Charly landet mitten in einer Verschwörung, die weit über ein simples Spiel hinausgeht.

Damien was a simple man, cruising on the highway of life. A goddess of temptation lures him into a deal he scoffs at. To him, superstition is for the foolish. Small problem: she's real, her ritual works, and Damien is magically teleported into a strange new realm. He awakens in Nordan, a land of myth and magic. A realm where humans battle legendary creatures for the amusement of the gods. In a war between man and myth. Damien's powers set him above the rest, a lord of life and death - enemy of all. Stranded, but not alone, will he perish, or conquer his way home?

To escape his mother’s relentless matchmaking, fire Dragon Prince Asante makes a desperate choice—he plucks a hard-headed baker from a small village and declares her his fiancée. It’s a harmless ruse, meant only to buy him time. After all, what threat could a woman with flour-dusted hands pose to the throne? But Kiala is no ordinary baker. She is the lost Ice Dragon Princess, a woman thought to have perished an avalanche. Hiding in plain sight, she has spent years concealing her identity, waiting for a day when she could truly be free.

Survival is no salvation. In the heart of a cursed desert, Sergeant Gideon Ward leads a doomed convoy escorting a mysterious VIP and a sealed briefcase. Their cargo? A celestial Key—capable of opening a gate between worlds. Their pursuer? Remiel, a fallen angel made of smoke and judgment, commanding an army of the possessed.

Michael Connelly, le roi du thriller contemporain écrit, dans son best-seller Le Poète : « Un des poèmes, Le Palais Hanté , figure dans une nouvelle, La Chute de la maison Usher , je suis sûr que vous l'avez tous lue. Ce poème est une description cachée du personnage principal, Rodrigue Usher » Preuve qu'à notre époque on considère encore cette œuvre comme une référence en matière de littérature étrange ou fantastique. Et d'Edgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne écrivait : « Un romancier américain de haute réputation ; vous connaissez son nom, beaucoup sans doute, mais peu ses ouvrages.

Um einem grausamen König zu entkommen, beschwöre ich einen Feenprinzen – und werde zu seiner Gefangenen. „Ich kann Gold spinnen“, lüge ich. Ich habe nur eine Chance, meine Lüge wahr zu machen, und bin schockiert, als es mir tatsächlich gelingt. Zu spät erkenne ich, dass mir dadurch ein Leben im goldenen Käfig droht: Der König will mich zu seiner Gemahlin machen. Ich soll sein Bett mit ihm teilen – und bis zu meinem letzten Atemzug in einen Turm eingesperrt werden, um dort Gold für ihn zu spinnen.

Find out what sort of game the Senior Girls Bayonet Drill Team play. Discover haunted toilets, strange beasts, the hungry dead, weird off-trail shops that sell unique hats and twisted dreams. Spend time with a courageous barber, meet a mythological being that may be part of all our myths, and is well-versed in the various games of shooting marbles. Ghostly cars, ghostly hotels, a shrinking world, gorillas in the yard, a brave and industrious mouse and a less than noble elephant are also here.

Tuzin opowiadań Roberta J. Szmidta po raz pierwszy zebranych w jeden, niepowtarzalny tom. Prześmiewcze fantasy, akcyjne science fiction, horrory i oczywiście ponura postapokalipsa. Bohaterowie zmagają się z nieznanym, z własnymi demonami i kryzysami. Wyobraźnia autora nie zna granic. Przekracza je.

Embark on an epic journey where danger is around every corner, mysteries of the past come back to haunt and dragons awaken.

Soldark. A city where stories are written, destinies ignited. Caz Coppersdown wants nothing to do but stay in Soldark and get a job as a journalist. But when her parents ship her off to her aunt’s country estate, she fears she won’t find anything newsworthy to write about. Until she realizes this small town is harboring a few surprises: Her aunt isn’t the fussy old lady Caz thought she was. The local air show is hiding a catastrophic secret. And soon fingers are being pointed at innocent people. Caz has found her story. But can she solve the mystery behind it?

A mysterious island, a tribe of lovely monster gals, and a fight for survival. Troy Thunder, ex-US Secret Service, finds himself stuck on a mysterious island with nothing more than a knife and the shirt on his back. To survive, his skills will be put to the test.

Mark wanted to clock out of work, like an average guy, to have an average night with dreams of kicking his feet up. Fate happened to have another plan. After a dust storm envelops him, Mark awakes in the mythical land of Lathinia where adventure awaits. The land is teaming with magical monsters, and yes, fearsome dragons. Armed with a legendary sword and a very unique mount, he'll utilize a skill point system in the hopes of returning home.

Ambientado en las desoladas regiones del Ártico, el texto presenta la figura de un anciano enigmático —el "matusalén"— que encarna la memoria de un mundo antiguo y olvidado. A través de una atmósfera gélida y melancólica, Blavatsky explora temas como el paso del tiempo, la soledad del conocimiento, la decadencia de las civilizaciones y la permanencia del espíritu frente a la materia. El hielo y el silencio del paisaje polar funcionan como metáforas de la eternidad y del olvido, convirtiendo el relato en una meditación sobre la condición humana y los ciclos de la existencia.

The storm brewing on the beach is no match for the turmoil inside Jenna’s breaking heart. The last time she and her father were on the shoreline together, Jenna decided she was too grown to look for imaginary mermaids in the waves. Now, regret and grief threaten to consume her as she wishes more than anything that there could be more time with her father—who is nearing the end of his battle with terminal cancer. An encounter with a strange piece of sea glass leaves Jenna with an opportunity to have her greatest wish granted…

Two stories that take place at two different Christmas times. Jim and Della struggle during hard times in 1906 New York City. Della has gorgeous hair, and Jim has a beautiful watch. Each of the young lovers decide to give up their most prized possessions to get a Christmas present for the other. Annabelle and Henry each run special shops in the city that have the gifts Jim and Della want, but when Annabelle does much more than help Della, hers and Jim’s love for each other will be put to a series of tests. Wink was an elf baby orphaned in the woods after a winter storm.

One might say this about monsters, but that would be a clumsy way of missing the point. The Werewolf Diaries is concerned, rather, with what happens when the self begins to fracture under the pressure of time, fear, and memory. The moon is present, yes, and the forest, and the sudden terror of teeth in the dark—but these are merely the outer garments of something far more intimate. Here the werewolf is not simply a creature that prowls; it is a consciousness divided against itself. By day, the mind arranges its thoughts neatly—work, love, regret, the steady ticking of ordinary hours.

Rockstar reúne tres relatos en los que la narrativa de lo extraño dibuja un hilo conductor.

It's time for another collection of twisted Christmas stories from your favorite dark elf, B.D. Anklevich. The stories range from strange, to creepy, to unusual, to nasty, to heartwarming, and jolly. It's holiday collection that will surely fill your holidays with cheer and unease and become a Christmas traditions that you go back to season after season. It's filled with stories, most of which have never been seen anywhere before. You don't want to miss it.

Es gibt Träume, die man in Marmeladengläsern füllt, weil man Angst hat, sie könnten sonst zerbrechen. Doch manchmal beginnen sie von selbst zu leuchten und erinnern uns daran, wer wir einmal waren.

Books 4-6 of the White Haven Witches series in one binge-listening volume!