Showing results for "The Kill" in Dark Fantasy

A rogue attack changed Tyson's life forever. Already frustrated at not being publicly acknowledged as the rightful heir to the Steel Pack, his anger grows when he's wounded in battle and left behind. Saved by vampires but unable to return to what's left of his family, he's wandered for years, plotting his revenge. The darkness inside him eats away at his soul as he plans how to get his revenge, reclaim his pack and find the mate he's been searching for since a chance encounter right before the attack.

I always figured I’d eventually get killed in my line of work. I just assumed I’d stay dead at that point. I was the one people hired to do the killing, after all. I knew a thing or two about how death worked. So when I was finally taken down during a high-profile hit, I was ready to embrace death with open arms. Except I didn’t fully die. Not yet, at least. Some crazy afterlife system seems to have had me on its radar for a while now, and I’ve just been recruited to kill my way through a whole different world like it is a demented video game.

Zwei Herzen, kein Schlag. Zwei Seelen, keine Erinnerungen. Zwei Wesen, zu viel Schicksal. Es ging alles schief. Einfach alles. Ich weiß nicht, wo Landon ist oder gar, wo ich bin. Nur eines ist klar – unser Märchen kann kein Happy End mehr haben. Oder? Das Finale der düsteren Romantasy-Dilogie von Anny Thorn rund um etwas andere Märchen, geheimnisvolle Verbündete und verwirrende Gefühle.

“Moira Quirk brings her signature emotive and immersive talent to this fast-paced fantasy debut, keeping listeners on edge at every step.”—AudioFile Magazine (Earphones Award Winner) An unlikely assassin struggles to escape a legendary bounty hunter in this breakneck fantasy debut that...

Sarita has been watched over by a guardian angel her entire life. She calls him Angelo, and keeps him a secret. But secrets can’t stay buried forever. When Angelo murders someone she loves, Sarita begins to see what's really been lurking in the shadows surrounding her. And she will have to embrace the evil within if she hopes to make it out alive. Johnny Compton, critically acclaimed author of The Spite House and master of dread, takes you on a terrifying race of one woman against the hordes of hell.

When Esther’s sister vanishes without a trace, no one cares—not for a struggling addict. But Esther refuses to let the only family she has left slip away. Her search becomes an obsession, uncovering whispers of a dark secret others have died to keep buried. Dozens of disappearances. The same location. The same lie. Every year, the government sends a group of people deep into New Hampshire’s White Mountains. And every year, they don’t return.

Sandman Slim has reached the far edge of Tenebrae: the desolate home of the lost dead. Alone and with no clue how to get back home, he collides with a caravan of the damned, led by the ruthless Magistrate. Slim didn't land in Tenebrae by chance. When he tried to open Heaven, he sent a tsunami across the universe, and now the afterlife is falling apart. The angels know Slim is close by, and they have put a tempting bounty on his head.

Eine magische Grenze, die die Welten der Menschen und Märchen trennt. Eine verrückte Prinzessin, die sie zerstören will. Eine böse Fee, deren Herz alles retten könnte. Als dreizehnte Fee habe ich wegen eines Fehlers alles verloren und wirklich gedacht, das Schicksal wäre mit mir fertig. Bis er vor mir steht – Landon, Auftragsmörder aus der Menschenwelt und Nachfahre der Naraar. Ein alter Wunsch bindet uns aneinander und zwingt mich, ihm zu helfen, der Märchenwelt für immer den Rücken zu kehren.

Baxter has been packed off to Hexpoort, a magical training school for MK6 agents. It sucks, but Baxter slowly learns to control his fledgling abilities and takes his first steps to becoming a dreamwalker. Lessons with Jackie Ronin lead them to suspect that the Obayifo may be involved with a doorway that Baxter inadvertently opened when operating the Mantis. Baxter and Jackie are plunged into the most dangerous place they've encountered yet: Cape Town Fashion Week.

Dan Wells introduced listeners to John Wayne Cleaver in the chilling audiobooks I Am Not a Serial Killer and Mr. Monster. In I Don't Want to Kill You, Cleaver faces his toughest challenge yet. John Wayne Cleaver has called a demon---literally called it on the phone---and challenged it to a fight...

What happens when The Firm meets Anita Blake? You get the Halls of Power - our modern world, but twisted. Law, finance, the military, and politics are under the sway of long-lived vampires, werewolves, and the elven Alfar. Humans make the best of rule by “the Spooks”, and contend among themselves to affiliate with the powers-that-be, in order to avoid becoming their prey. Very loyal humans are rewarded with power over other women and men. Very lucky humans are selected to join the vampires.

Kyla must trade her pen for a sword and fight to change her story's ending, but this isn’t a fantasy anymore. No happily-ever-after is guaranteed. And mental illness has robbed her of everything she needs to succeed: love, fighting spirit, hope. If Kyla can’t overcome the darkness inside her, she’ll die with her darlings.

Seven years ago, Jade and Raven witnessed their father's brutal murder. The killer has returned, and he will stop at nothing to find the power that the Gray family has hidden. Crushed between a nest of vampires and their ancient enemy, the sisters sometimes struggle just to take their next breath. As Elementals just beginning to understand their potential, the sisters are hunted. Hiding a dark secret and on the run, the sisters are often at odds with each other. They must learn to work together or risk everything.

Powerful Prince Malcolm is facing ruin in the wake of a curse that has destroyed his harvest. He blames the band of nomadic Móndyalítko who summer in the meadow below his castle - and he is determined to root out the people who caused the blight by any means necessary. When Céline and Amelie Fawe, descended from the Móndyalítko, learn that their mother's people are under suspicion of sabotage and treason, they set out to use their magical gifts to save their estranged relatives and learn about their own origins.

Mutations run rampant. Worlds devastated by war. The PASTOR agency plans to rule them all. On the run, Madelin and her evolved friends are intent on stopping the black-ops agency and freeing victims like herself - including those attempting to kill her. She must discover her own abilities and learn to harness them...or else entire worlds will be overrun. Even then...it may be too late. Weston Kincade’s sequel in The Priors series is a thrilling step into the unknown, exploring the depths of friendship, self-discovery, and above all, revenge.

The universe is much larger than people think - worlds spanning into infinity and humankind evolving into everything from vampires to the unknown. Madelin is special, and a government black-op agency knows it. To free herself, she will have to trust an unknown godfather and men with questionable pasts to test the limits of this world and break them...but will the next be any better?

Prinz Hamlet ist auf der Flucht vor den Intrigen am Hofe Dänemarks, als sein Schiff auf hoher See von Piraten angegriffen wird und kentert. Er wird am Strand des mystischen Landes Illyria angeschwemmt und gelangt dort an den Hof des Königs Macbeth. Vom König erhofft Hamlet sich Hilfe, um so schnell wie möglich zurück nach Dänemark zu gelangen und seinen ermordeten Vater zu rächen.

Tief in ihren eigenen Machtkampf verstrickt, ziehen Richard und Lady Macbeth mit der Armee gegen die Gesetzlosen am Globe. Aber auf dem Weg dorthin kommt es zu einer folgenreichen Konfrontation. Währenddessen hat der Schattenjäger die Gesetzlosen im Wald von Arden aufgespürt und Julia ist schockiert, als sie die wahre Identität ihres Verfolgers entdeckt. Es kommt zu einem erbitterten Streit zwischen Hamlet und Julia und die Gemeinschaft zerfällt.

König Macbeth ist tot und Richard und Lady Macbeth stellen sich am Hof als neues Herrscherpaar vor. Aber wie vereint sind die beiden wirklich? Hamlet kennt jetzt den Aufenthaltsort Shakespeares - der mystische Wald von Arden. Die Gesetzlosen beschließen, ihn zu begleiten und auf dem Weg dorthin, den "Globe", eine mächtige Festung des Königs, anzugreifen und so den Herrscher zu schwächen. In den ruhigen Stunden vor dem Kampf offenbart Kate ihre wahre Identität.

Hamlet erreicht zusammen mit den Gesetzlosen Arden. Der Wald ist erfüllt von sprechenden Bäumen, gefährlichen Waldwesen und einem schelmischen Geist. Der Prinz ist noch immer getrieben von dem Wunsch, seinen Vater zu erlösen, aber die Reize der Anführerin der Gesetzlosen ziehen ihn zunehmend in ihren Bann. Derweil ist das neue Herrscherpaar am Hof alles andere als vereint. Sie werden mehr und mehr zu Gegnern.