Showing results for "N" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Samuel has one goal in life: fix his broken core. What does he not want? A bossy, overprotective, possessive, teasing dragon sticking his nose in business that is not his. Even if he is sexy and supports Samuel on his quest to find the lost Sousa Mage Clan. Utterly beside the point. He does not need a dragon boyfriend. (Un)fortunately, Dimitri disagrees.

Contains books two and three of the Scales 'n' Spells series. Breath: Tori was doing great until sexy dragon Baldewin interfered. Between the little gifts, constant protection, and the steadfast confidence from the overgrown lizard, Tori wonders if maybe that last step needs revising. Wish: North has a map of Europe, a dragon scale, and a little bit of magic. He’s currently short a dragon, but all in good time, right? Right. Because he can totally dodge dangerous men and frustrated calls from his family, all while searching for a dragon during the Christmas season.

Countess Alessandra Zorzi, international adventurer and thief, arrives in Arkham pursuing an ancient body freshly exhumed from a mound in Oklahoma. Before she can steal it, another party beats her to it. During the resulting gunfight at the Miskatonic Museum, the countess makes eye contact with the petrified corpse and begins an adventure of discovery outside her wildest experiences. Now, caught between her mysterious client, the police, and a society of necrophagic connoisseurs, she finds herself on the trail of a resurrected mummy as well as the star-born terror gestating within it.

Time marches on. Powers shift and new leaders control the supernatural world. People change, learning and growing, evolving into new versions of themselves. I do my best to remain consistent through it all. I will always be Jacky Leon, a member of the werecat ruling family. I’m getting married to Heath Everson, a werewolf and the man I love, if we can finish planning the wedding. Soon, I’m going to have the family I’ve always dreamed of.

He was born to kill monsters. Instead, he became one. Ashton Deimos is a Draken Killer by blood—and a traitor by choice. Raised in a royal family built on cruelty, conquest, and the slaughter of drakens, Ashton learned young that mercy is punished and compassion is weakness. When he refused to kill an innocent draken as a boy, his father answered with brutality that never stopped. Now, as the Grand Kermis begins—a deadly month-long trial where princes compete for brides and survival—Ashton is forced to face the legacy he despises. Failure means torture or death.

Seventeen-year-old Dylan Bennett thought restoring the Time Sigil was hard. Now he's facing something worse: centuries of systematic psychological torture designed to convince the Matter Sigil that all cooperation is just sophisticated exploitation. The entity that holds physical reality together has been taught to doubt its own judgment, shown carefully selected examples of partnership gone wrong until it believes connection itself is the problem. The culprit is Corvus, a corrupted apprentice who's spent seven hundred years perfecting his brainwashing techniques.

‘When the barrier gives way, this planet will be flooded by all the evil in N-Space; and at the moment I have no idea how to stop it.’ The Brigadier’s ancient great-uncle Mario seems unsurprised by the spectres which haunt his even more ancient Sicilian castle. But when the Doctor comes...

The viral TikTok fantasy romance, now in a special print edition with bonus material! As dark forces gather to claim the realms, Ryker, Kya, and Zalen must master their own deadly challenges to stop them in this pulse-pounding second book in the Realms In Peril series. Ryker, a Worthy fae sworn...

В переводе с испанского "Nada" означает "ничто", "ничего"; в переводе с персонального внутреннего языка составителя этого сборника "Nada" -- часть заклинания "мненада", такого могущественного, что лучше не связываться с тем, кто его произнес. Если уж ему нада, пусть будет так. Где-то между двумя вариантами перевода и следует искать смысл этой книги, собранных в ней рассказов и жизни на планете Земля, которая, хотим мы того или нет, краткое (но вечное) торжество созидательной воли "мненада" над сокрушительным "Nada", гулким набатом небытия.

The Sectiaan invasion has begun, and the Consortium wasn't ready. Major worlds are falling daily to the aliens' superior technology. Even Hank's coalition of Peacers, Inquisitors, and soldiers can barely slow their advance. When the aliens demonstrate their ability to control organic minds, the situation becomes truly desperate. As Emortium itself comes under attack, Hank realizes that everything they learned fighting Twain might not be enough. Some enemies can't be beaten with conventional tactics, and some wars can't be won with force alone.

For the record, putting the Sousa clan to sleep for five hundred years is not Amaru's fault. At least he's found his two—count 'em two—sexy, hunky, adorable, overprotective dragon mates because of it, and they'll help him wake up his clan. So why are his mates avoiding him? Especially Luka. This should not be as hard as they're making it. What are the proper tools to fix relationship problems? Is it screwdrivers?

Sora finds this to be doubly true after meeting the struggling Burkhard Clan and the mischievous Ravi. The wind dragon has stolen his breath, and heart, away. Sora suspects he might have found his mate. But his inability to be truthful with Ravi eats at Sora. When the Jaeggi attack, Sora can’t keep his secrets any longer. Not when Ravi is in the center of the war raging around them. He has to reveal who he really is. It’s the only way to be with Ravi and give the Burkhards the help they need.

Ich führe ein ruhiges, zurückgezogenes Leben als Barkeeperin mit meiner besten Freundin Ciara. Doch alles ändert sich, als die Shadow Fae auftauchen – Jäger magischer Wesen. Sie haben herausgefunden, dass ich eine Halb-Fae bin. Nur unter einer Bedingung lassen sie mich am Leben: Ich muss mich ihnen anschließen. Mein Mentor ist ausgerechnet Ruadan, der mysteriöse Shadow Fae, der ein Schweigegelübde abgelegt hat und ebenso anziehend wie tödlich ist.

Salem's guide to making a dragon break up with him: Step 1: Don't sleep with him. (No, seriously, don't). And definitely don't let him into your apartment; he won't leave. Step 2: Deny being mates and don't fall in love with him. Steps one and two failed. Gregori is too stubborn and irresistible.

Die legendäre Originalversion der Lesung von Dirk Bach – pur, ungekürzt, virtuos. Man schrieb das Jahr 2002, als Dirk Bach ins Studio ging und seine charakteristische Stimme dem berühmten Käpt'n Blaubär, dem Held des ersten Romans von Walter Moers, seine Stimme lieh. Und so wurde der phantastische Kontinent Zamonien samt seiner Bewohner von Bachs leidenschaftlicher Virtuosität zum Leben erweckt:

Alyc Halcyon is born of grief and prophecy. Raised in the war-hardened kingdom of Emberfall, she is a child of steel, trained by her swordmaster father to fight before she can even mourn. Her life is a series of traditions and combat, a rigid path meant to forge a champion for the sacred Trials of Valor. But when the Trials begin, assassins move in the shadows, champions die, and the throne itself turns traitor. In a moment of horrifying betrayal, Alyc's father is executed. Hunted and alone, she flees, vanishing into the underbelly of a world on the brink of war.

Ein Blaubär entführt den Hörer in eine Welt, in der Phantasie und Humor auf abenteuerliche Weise außer Kontrolle geraten sind. Dem Hörer geht es in dieser akustischen Neufassung wie der Hauptfigur: Gepackt vom Sog der Lesung Dirk Bachs geht es über sparsam, aber effektvoll eingesetzte Musik zu Zwergpiraten, Klabautergeistern und Gimpeln. Dramatische Klangbilder machen die Reise so plastisch, dass Finsterberge, der Große Wald, der Ewige Tornado, Atlantis u.v.m.

In Blackpool, sixteen-year-old Dylan Bennett prefers order, mathematics, and predictable routines. When his Rottweiler Bruno digs up what appears to be driftwood, Dylan discovers it's actually a magical wand opening a portal to Dravengate—a realm between worlds.

Ozzy escaped the Concord, but the path to Eritol is fraught with new dangers. Space travel is not for the faint of heart. When an encounter with Captain Voidclaw and his pirates of the Rising Dawn damages Stormy's ship, the crew is forced to dock at Dilennia, a haven for criminals, pirates, and cyberthieves.

Countess Alessandra Zorzi, international adventurer and thief, arrives in Arkham pursuing an ancient body freshly exhumed from a mound in Oklahoma, of curious provenance and peculiar characteristics. But before she can steal it, another party beats her to it. During the resulting gunfight at the Miskatonic Museum, the countess makes eye contact with the petrified corpse and begins an adventure of discovery outside her wildest experiences.