Showing results for "Crescent" in Dark Fantasy

When the ancient Daywalker Azura sails back into the Crescent City, he brings storms bound long ago in blood oaths and broken covenants. The Moreau brothers rise from the dark, the wolves of the bayou grow restless, and the witches whisper of a curse older than the levees. In the chaos, Clara Morgan prepares her son Caleb, unaware that his awakening will change the balance of power forever.

Bryce Quinlan nunca esperó ver un mundo que no fuera Midgard, pero ahora que lo hizo lo único que quiere es regresar al suyo. Todo lo que ama está ahí: su familia, sus amigos, su pareja. Atrapada en un extraño mundo nuevo, necesitará hacer acopio de todo su ingenio para poder volver a casa… y eso no es algo fácil cuando no tiene ni idea de en quién puede confiar.

Bryce Quinlan tenía una vida perfecta, trabajando todo el día y divirtiéndose toda la noche, hasta que un demonio asesina a sus mejores amigos, dejándola herida y sola. Cuando el culpable está detrás de las rejas pero los crímenes continúan, Bryce se encuentra a sí misma en el corazón de la investigación...y hará lo que sea necesario para vengar la muerte de sus amigos.

Some small towns keep their secrets. Crescent Pines buries them in blood. Alex Castillo never planned to return to Crescent Pines. The remote Northern California town was little more than a ghost in his past—a place he left behind years ago. But when he decides to visit his aging aunt, Rosa, Alex can’t ignore the sense of urgency in the town's residents voices. They sound scared. Desperate. Like they know something he doesn’t. From the moment he arrives, the town feels wrong. The streets are too quiet. The locals avoid his gaze.

Nilas Greythorn is offered power but refuses to be controlled by it, becoming a threat in a world built on obedience. Marked by a consent-bound lunar sanctum and accompanied by a Moon-Kissed Beast, he inspires fear, belief, and conflict as rumors spread. As violence rises and ancient forces awaken, Nilas faces escalating costs for choosing restraint over domination. This is a dark fantasy about preserving agency and humanity—not fulfilling destiny—and about the wars sparked by refusing power’s terms.

Bryce Quinlan non si sarebbe mai aspettata di vedere un mondo diverso da Midgard ma, ora che è successo, l'unica cosa che vuole è tornare indietro. Tutto ciò che ama è lì: la sua famiglia, i suoi amici, il suo compagno. Bloccata in un luogo spaventoso e a lei sconosciuto, avrà bisogno di tutto il suo ingegno per riuscire a tornare a casa. E non è un'impresa facile dal momento che Bryce non ha la più pallida idea di chi potersi fidare.

Sie bringt den Tod. Ist er bereit, für sie zu sterben? Eine Berührung von Kaythara ist tödlich. Immer. Daher lebt sie in einem von der Welt abgeschotteten Tempel, unter den strengen Gesetzen des Königreichs des schwarzen Mondes. Bis ein geheimnisvoller Wärter plötzlich alle Regeln für sie...

Bryce Quinlan e Hunt Athalar hanno stretto un patto e stanno lentamente cercando di tornare alla normalità. Hanno sì salvato Crescent City, ma le loro vite sono così stravolte che l'unica cosa che vogliono è del tempo per rilassarsi. Rallentare. Capire cosa riserva il futuro. Gli Asteri finora hanno mantenuto la parola, lasciando Bryce e Hunt in pace. Ma con il tentativo dei ribelli di Ophion, in gran parte umani e Vanir, di intaccarne il potere, la minaccia che i governanti rappresentano sta diventando sempre più concreta.

Ventitré anni, mezza Fae e mezza umana, Bryce Quinlan ha una vita perfetta: di giorno lavora in una galleria d'arte e di notte passa da una festa all'altra, senza problemi e senza preoccupazioni. Quando però una brutale strage scuote profondamente Crescent City, la città in cui vive, e Bryce perde una persona a lei molto cara, il suo mondo crolla in mille pezzi lasciandola disperata, ferita e molto sola. Adesso non cerca più il divertimento, ma un oblio in grado di farle dimenticare i terribili fatti che hanno cambiato la sua vita per sempre.

Welcome to Teargarden, a town bereft of law and order. It's controlled by two individuals–the devious innkeeper Therolim, and the mysterious yet beautiful Celina. Their rivalry was about to tear the town part, but all that would change with the arrival of the Archon. Archons were supposedly celestial saviors, sworn to protect the citizens of Agarath from demons, but Celina knew better. In order to protect herself and the rest of the town, she would need to devise a way to kill an angel.

The Sisters of the Crescent Empress is the second book in Leena Likitalo's Waning Moon Duology, a fabulous historical fantasy based on the lives of the Romanov sisters. We all think we know how the story ends...with the Crescent Empress dead, a civil war has torn the empire asunder. No one seems able to stop the ruthless Gagargi Prataslav. The five Daughters of the Moon are where he wants them to be, held captive in an isolated house in the far north.

Marcus Colten is living the perfect life, a high school football star and dating the head cheerleader. He is popular, skilled in athletics, and from a wealthy family. The football team he quarterbacks for just won their first district championship. Marc doesn't show it, but he is being haunted. Orphaned at the early age of two, he has ghostly memories of a past that makes his flawless model life feel out of place. And then there are the elusive dreams.

After the catastrophic events that Sarah and George suffered, they now find themselves on a mission for vengeance. Still only beginning to understand the power they wield as the pair who share a splintered soul, they search for meaning as to why they are in this predicament and learn what it means to be the children of the crescent moon...and the responsibility that brings. The pair soon realize that the world is in peril as High King Herald’s dark forces bring death and destruction.