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A mysterious force transports Noah to a fantasy realm of magic and levels. Unable to return home, he leans into his Blacksmith Apprentice class. By killing creatures in battle, mining ore, and even picking plants, Noah will obtain the ingredients he needs to create items to help him survive. His old life drags on him at first, a fact he doesn't let hold him down, because on Prixa, there's a brutal war between feline warriors and werewolves.

The high-concept thriller with a supernatural edge from the world-famous director, whose films include Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy. A plane lands at JFK and mysteriously ‘goes dark’, stopping in the middle of the runway for no apparent reason, all lights off, all doors sealed. The pilots...

One moment, everything was normal. Then the World Core woke up and slaughtered almost everything alive so it could harvest their Chi. After that, it rebuilt everything and put the survivors in a game-like environment, pitting them against monsters and each other. The rules are different now. Chi power is as important as being able to fight. I'm one of the survivors. With my knowledge of martial arts and my special Chi skill, I'm turning myself into a force to be reckoned with. And the women I meet along the way? Let's just say there's more than one advantage to joining my party.

Ein alternatives New York im Jahr 1920: Wohlstand und imperiale Architektur prägen das Bild, doch unter der Oberfläche lauert ein schleichendes Gift. Willkommen in der Welt von „Der Wiederhersteller von Rufen", der berühmtesten Kurzgeschichte aus Robert W. Chambers' legendärem Sammelband „Der König in Gelb". Wir folgen Hildred Castaigne, dessen Geist sich nach einem schweren Sturz und der Lektüre eines mysteriösen, verbotenen Theaterstücks verändert hat.

Os leitores que percorrem essas páginas fazem uma incursão pelas narrativas repletas de alumbramento da autora, que mais uma vez os arrebata com seu dom único para criar mundos fascinantes e os convidar a habitá-los. Marina Colasanti é uma das mais premiadas escritoras brasileiras, com livros de destaque em todos os segmentos. Em 2023, esse reconhecimento se tornou ainda maior: Marina recebeu o Prêmio Machado de Assis – o mais antigo e importante do país – pelo conjunto de sua obra. Este Sereno mundo azul é seu primeiro livro inédito a ser publicado após a premiação.

Other Tales: Volume V contains eight bizarre and incredible tales of science fiction and fantasy, including stories by eminent genre writers Fritz Leiber (author of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser) and Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of Sherlock Holmes) and an original Dungeons & Dragons-esque yarn by author and narrator Adriel Brandt.

Welcome to Aearth Brave Adventurers Wanted! This collection of six short stories will introduce you to the broken world of Aearth. Glimpse moments in time. Where magic and the gods still influence the world. Step foot into the world since the loss of magic. Where monsters haunt more than nightmares. Aearth was once a place of magic and wonder. A world where the gods were said to walk among its people and gift champions with great power. Aearth, once so powerful and grand, fell to the Great War over two-thousand years ago.

Mit „Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow" schuf Washington Irving einen der bekanntesten Klassiker der phantastischen Literatur. Im abgeschiedenen Dorf Sleepy Hollow verbreiten sich unheimliche Geschichten über einen kopflosen Reiter, der nachts durch die Wälder streift. Der ehrgeizige Schulmeister Ichabod Crane gerät zunehmend in den Bann der düsteren Legenden – bis eine schicksalhafte Begegnung sein Leben für immer verändert. Irving verbindet feinen Humor mit schauriger Atmosphäre und erschafft eine Erzählung zwischen Volksmärchen, Gothic Horror und psychologischer Spannung.

In einer Welt, die von uralten Göttern und vergessenen Mächten zerrissen wurde, gerät der junge Soldat Casias nach einem blutigen Massaker in den Besitz einer Bastardklinge – eines der sechs legendären Schwerter, die das Schicksal von Nakhan für immer verändern könnten. Doch er ist nicht allein: Khara, die Tochter einer Hexenkönigin, Suta, eine Frau mit mysteriöser Verbindung zu einem uralten Wesen, Tune, eine gläubige Dienerin eines undurchschaubaren Gottes, Tororthran, ein Gelehrter der Naturkräfte, und Gales, ein Krieger mit einer tragischen Vergangenheit, schließen sich ihm an.

Des voyageurs surpris par l'orage se réfugient chez un homme qui a autrefois passé un pacte avec le DIABLE... Repenti, il attend vainement que son pacte cesse. Or, cette nuit-là, nos voyageurs mi-goguenards mi-effrayés vont le tenter… Un récit fantastique ou SF, qui grâce à l'interprétation magistrale de Marc Deroy vous fait dresser les poils et vous donne la chair de poule !

1 – LA MARQUESA: Casada a los 16 con un Marqués entrado en años, viuda 6 meses después, la marquesa de R, tuvo una mala primera experiencia con el sexo opuesto, que le llevó a despreciar a los hombres. Pero una mujer sin marido o amante no tiene apoyo en la sociedad depravada de la época y sufre la humillación, el sarcasmo, el ridículo, al que le acosa su entorno social.

This bundle includes books one, two, and three in the Beechwood Harbor Magic Mysteries series.

On its first appearance, The Screwtape Letters was immediately recognized as a milestone in the history of popular theology. Now, in it’s 70th Anniversary Year, and having sold over half a million copies, it is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil. This profound...

It’s fate when a man accidentally drops his phone off the bridge. It’s fortune when it’s retrieved by a friendly shape sloshing in the muck underneath. From that day forward, as they share a coffee every morning, an unlikely friendship blooms. Considering the reality for the man above, where life seems perfect, and that of the sharp-witted creature below, how forever after can a happy ending be?

Chegou a hora do último acerto de contas... Conheça o desfecho da aclamada trilogia legado do coração de dragão! Após a derrota de Odran na Batalha do Portal da Escuridão, seu plano de tomar Talamh foi interrompido – por enquanto. Mas as consequências do terrível embate abalaram a...

In der Dunkelheit verbergen sich Geheimnisse, die selbst die Götter erschüttern können. Eine Schuld will beglichen werden und ruft nach Vergeltung. Priester tanzen in ihren blutigen Tempeln, denn sie preisen den Neun. Das Spiel von Tag und Nacht verlangt den nächsten Zug. Der vierte Teil der Chroniken von Ereos. »Tretet ein und lasst alle Hoffnung fahren, denn ihr befindet euch nun im Schattenland, dem Reich der Schatten, aus dem es kein Entrinnen gibt.

One age ends... and another begins. With the coming of Dorothy Gale from the plains of Kansas, the Wicked Witch of the East has been destroyed, and now her sister in the west assembles an arsenal of wizards and wrong-doers to decide the fate of their villainous order! While the wicked men contemplate life beyond the literal realm, however, their leader seethes at the prospect of running from this new suspicious threat, vowing instead to stand and fight against whatever magic she or Glinda might send her direction.

Die Meisterin der Fantasy ist zurück! Was wäre, wenn Elizabeth Bennet und Mr. Darcy Drachenreiter sind, im alten Rom auf einmal Dracheneier ausgebrütet werden und eine Pilzhexe auf der Scholomance-Akademie lernen muss, dass der schlimmste Feind manchmal der eigene Mitbewohner ist? 13 fantastische Kurzgeschichten entführen in bekannte und in brandneue Welten, von den düsteren, magischen Hallen der Scholomance-Akademie über das kalte Reich des Silbers und hoch hinaus in die Lüfte auf dem Rücken eines Drachens.

Este livro reúne dois contos do escritor e abolicionista cearense Manuel de Oliveira Paiva. Em "O ar do vento, Ave Maria", o autor volta a explorar o sobrenatural, fazendo bom uso de uma narrativa em primeira pessoa. O enredo? Uma cabeça de mulher encontrada pelo narrador... E também a morte – de Jesus – está no centro do enredo de "A paixão", onde o leitor mergulha no fluxo de pensamento do narrador, em meio à celebração da paixão de Cristo.

Elin's across-the-street neighbor has gotten a little obsessive about mowing the lawn. Shadow Hill's HOA isn't that strict. Is there something darker going on? Or is Elin just letting her imagination run away with her?