Showing results for "One On One" in Fantasy

Having made a superior look a fool, Honor Harrington has been exiled to Basilisk Station in disgrace and set up for ruin. Her demoralized crew blames her for their ship's humiliating posting to an out-of-the-way picket station. The aborigines of the system's only habitable planet are smoking homicide-inducing hallucinogens.

A Heavenly messenger warns of an upcoming apocalypse, thrusting Akio into a new reality filled with endless dangers and miraculous opportunities. But those who dwell within jealously guard their wealth and power. Accompanied by an enigmatic and beautiful Faerie princess, the only chance for Akio — and Earth — is to gather companions, level up, and become the unlikely saviours of both their worlds. When you start from nothing, the only way to go is up!

A HANDSOME COMMANDER IS THE CURE!One day, twenty-nine-year-old accountant Seiichirou Kondou is accidentally transported to another world. As compensation, the Romany Kingdom promises to take care of all his living expenses, but the workaholic Seiichirou still asks for a job. Once he’s placed...

Rosemary Bell just wants to live a quiet, happy life and raise her daughter as far away from her toxic ex-husband as she can get. But when they move into a decrepit cottage in the woods of Mosswood, Georgia, Rosie realizes her life will never be simple.A gang of meddling neighborhood do-gooders want to run her out of town. The vicious laundromat machines keep eating her spare change. And to top it all off, strange things keep happening around Rosie when she least expects it....

By night, they fight in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse. By day, they are friendly next-door neighbors. Neither of them know that their alter egos are archenemies. I’ve spent my life training in the family business of slaying vampires, but I’m tired of all the death. I want to prove we slayers can help society, not just break it. I start my new life by joining the Magiford supernatural task force, which exists to protect humans and supernaturals from harmful magic.

The Unreal and the Real is a major event not to be missed. In this two-volume selection of Ursula K. Le Guin's best short stories--as selected by the National Book Award winning author herself--the reader will be delighted, provoked, amused, and faced with the sharp, satirical voice of one of the best short story writers of the present day. Where on Earth explores Le Guin's earthbound stories which range around the world, from small town Oregon to middle Europe in the middle of revolution to summer camp.

Armon Ellington is nineteen year old kid that always felt out of place. He’s an orphan, a gamer, and a role playing game geek. When he dies after a seventy-two hour gaming marathon, instead of going to an afterlife he’s transported to a new world governed by rules that are eerily similar to the RPG games he loves. On this new world, Terra, he can be anything he wants, a warrior, mage, or even a crafter. Only, Armon wants more than that, he also wants friends and family.

For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison.

Ever since he was a kid, all Balt Vana wanted was to be a world-renowned Jekua Summoner like his grandmother, battling other Summoners in front of audiences of thousands. From where he stands now, living up to the Vana name feels impossible. But when his best friend Alani–an initiate at the local Church–is sent on a pilgrimage to find her path in life and the god she will follow, Balt sees the perfect opportunity to launch his career by escorting her across the archipelago and its purple seas.

Quand trois sorcières sont témoins d'un drame, tout bascule dans le monde des ombres… Des amies aussi proches que des sœurs, contraintes de se dissimuler parmi les loups, pour sauver leurs vies… S'il y a bien un endroit au monde où la magie est puissante, c'est à Fallen Creek. Les descendants des plus puissants sorciers y demeurent. Les loups y pullulent. Les vampires s'y terrent. Trois races d'êtres magiques ou maléfiques. Trois races qui n'ont pas le droit de se mélanger.

Government has gotten serious about helping the homeless. Crews roam the streets of San Francisco. Air conditioned buses sweep people away to isolated camps where they’re given free shelter, food, medical care and retraining. One man refuses to go. He's a unique guy, his life filled with major triumphs and gut-wrenching tragedies. To some, he’s a courageous hero, standing up for noble principles. To others he’s just another washed-up troublemaker. But until they catch him, he's the last one on the run.

Go on a date or get fired—that’s the ultimatum from my boss at the Moon Bean coffee shop. But I picked a real jerk and now I’m stuck at the bar with him. I don’t need anyone to save me, but a smart girl recognizes a good escape plan when she kisses one. It’s not like I’m going to fall for a jock with more notches on his belt than books on his shelf. But Eli is more than that and I'm developing some crazy feelings for him. That is until he turns into a werewolf straight out of a horror movie.

Sie glaubt nicht an die Liebe. Schon gar nicht an die, die es nur in Romanen gibt. Nachdem Juna ihre Jungfräulichkeit an einen Badboy verloren hat, für den sie nur eine Wette war, ist sie sich sicher: Sie will sich auf gar keinen Fall wieder verlieben. Niemals und unter gar keinen Umständen...

The Muad'Dib's jihad is in full swing. His warrior legions march from victory to victory. But beneath the joy of victory there are dangerous undercurrents. Paul, like nearly every great conqueror, has enemies - those who would betray him to steal the awesome power he commands. Paul himself begins to have doubts: Is the jihad getting out of his control? Has he created anarchy? Has he been betrayed by those he loves and trusts the most? And most of all, he wonders: Am I going mad?

Adolf Hitler is dead. Great Britain lies prostrate, subdued under a storm of poison gas and incendiaries that have turned the great city of London into a blazing abattoir. For RAF Squadron Leader Adam Haynes, London’s destruction is the nightmare outcome of years spent fighting the specter of Fascism. Getting out of England one step ahead of the Nazis, Adam embarks on a continent-spanning odyssey that will put him at odds with his former employers, his family, and all three of the Axis powers.

It is finished... Sweat dripping off her brow as the threads started long ago start to fuse together. It’s time to make plans, hide the truth, and get the HELL off her throne. But how to accomplish creating a federation when those coming together want to gut her empire? Anyone who understands the Queen Bitch knows she won't accept that condition without a fight. However, to accomplish meeting her love again in a system far away, she will accomplish the impossible. Her eyes start to glow red. No one will stop her from getting back to Michael.

Following her sudden death, Caroline is given 10 years as a spirit to wander amongst the living and say her final goodbyes. She thought watching over her loved ones would grant her the peace of knowing they’ll be okay without her. Instead, she discovers her life with her husband wasn’t as perfect as she thought. Is it possible her death wasn’t a tragic accident? Delving deeper into the details of her demise, Caroline searches for ways to decipher the cryptic clues offered to her by a mysterious spirit guide.

"Игра на нервах" - фантастический роман Дениса Деева, первая книга одноименного цикла, жанр боевое фэнтези, ЛитРПГ. Нажав на кнопку "Вход" ты можешь стать кем угодно. Воином Света, выкашивающим кроликов целыми стадами ради клочков шерсти и крох опыта.

In this book, the Crisis ex-girlfriend gets super powers and swears revenge on him, working for the arch villain Doctor Gloom, whom the Crisis has upset from time to time. At the same time The Crisis, his wife Delphi, cohorts in crime Poison and Stiletto have been forced to flee the country and join Dr. Impossible where he has become the Supreme Dictator for Life in Thailand. Of course this prompts an all out superhero invasion funded by the multinational corporations Crisis and the gang have been waging war against.

Hijinx ensue.

Что делать, если платишь за чужие ошибки, да ещё с процентами, ведь выгодных договоров с королями не бывает? А в этом так вообще мелким шрифтом прописаны неустойки, вроде монастыря, эшафота или того хуже — свадьбы! Более того, женихом оказывается тот, от которого хочется сбежать не оглядываясь. Что остаётся? Правильно — скрыться. Но что оказывается труднее всего в этой авантюре — сберечь сердце от собственных чувств. Таких противоречивых, и к тому, кого ни одно приворотное зелье не берет!