Showing results for "The Twenty" in Dark Fantasy

It doesn't take long for DeeDee, Lloyd, and Kevin to figure out that living with the angel of death isn't easy. Lost souls. Angry exes. Ancient curses. Will the grim reaper ever get his afterlife together? The outlook is not so good. The reaper isn't the only angel who's out of sorts. Lloyd's devilish boss Faust hasn't been the same since a tentacle monster spit him out of an alternate dimension, and his ex-girlfriend tried to start the zombie apocalypse. And Angel eight ball? He's having a hell of a time juggling a terrible new boss and saving Lloyd from eternal damnation.

Hadjar has seen everything that the Mortal Realm of the Nameless World has to offer. Beloved son, disgraced prince, brother, loyal friend, brave warrior, illustrious commander, murderer, traitor, devoted husband, monster . . . All these roles converge in Hadjar Darkhan, the Mad General. He has left behind songs and tales of courage and honor that have become the lament of the thousands who've met their end at his blade, their blood drenching the fields and valleys of the mortal regions. And he did it all so he could keep going, so his journey wouldn't end before its time.

In the aftermath of the struggle, long-held grudges are boiling over and conflicts are breaking out. The monarchs want to settle border disputes, the aristocrats want to impose their will on monarchs and peasants alike, the commoners want freedom and justice, and the magical communities want to rule all or else separate themselves from the mundanes. And most of this chaos is being orchestrated by Emily’s mentor, the sorcerer Void. He believes the only path to salvation for the Allied Lands is to make himself the undisputed ruler of the world.

Ivory Malinov’s only brethren are the wolves. Abandoned by her family, and cast out by everyone she held dear, Ivory has lived centuries without love. She has sustained her sanity by preparing for one purpose—to destroy her greatest enemy. Then she picks up the scent of a man. Her salvation. Her lifemate. The curse of all Carpathian women.

The comfortable and safe mortal lands of the Nameless World have been left behind. The petty kingdoms with their endless feuds, the supposedly great empires with their innumerable intrigues and tragedies, even the Strange Lands that consider themselves to be the last bastion of true freedom. The Mad General has traversed them all, from one end to the other. What lies ahead? The road to the Land of the Immortals.

Emily had hoped for some peace in the wake of the war. A chance to sit down, relax, and come to terms with everything that happened over the last year. But it was not to be. The post-war world is in chaos, with mundane revolutionary factions clashing with magical supremacists, kings fighting to maintain what remains of their power, magitech changing the world, and shadowy forces preparing themselves to take advantage of the coming conflict… all unaware of a growing threat rising from the long-forgotten past.

Her memory loss must have been catastrophic because almost nothing was familiar. The language was foreign to her, with only a few words bearing some similarity to the language she thought in. Still, a full moon cycle had passed since her awakening, and little by little she was gaining basic understanding of it—only a few words and phrases, but she was learning more each day.

D accompanies a convoy delivering a vampire Noble to face public trial for his crimes against humanity. However, the Noble's enemies have targeted the men and women of the convoy, and they are out for vengeance!

Blut regnet vom Himmel, Untote entsteigen ihren Gräbern, Dämonen machen Jagd auf Menschen und gigantische Monster hinterlassen Schneisen der Verwüstung. Die Quelle dieses grauenvollen Mysteriums zu vernichten – das ist die Mission von Malcolm Max. Mit der Halbvampirin Charisma an seiner Seite stellt er sich den Ausgeburten der Hölle, um ihren finsteren Machenschaften ein Ende zu setzen. Während sie verbissen ums Überleben kämpfen, decken Malcolm Max und seine Begleiterin einen Fluch auf, der die kosmische Ordnung der ganzen Welt bedroht.

Hypnos is a first-person narrative, written from the perspective of an unnamed character living in Kent and later London, England. The narrator writes that he fears sleep, and is resolved to write his story down lest it drive him further mad, regardless of what people think after reading it. The narrator, a sculptor, recounts meeting a mysterious man in a railway station. The moment the man opened his "immense, sunken, and widely luminous eyes", the narrator knew that the stranger would become his friend-–"the only friend of one who had never possessed a friend before.

In a village on the edge of the Frontier, D is among the warriors and mercenaries hired to defend the village from the Black Death, a notorious bandit gang. But the bandits don't arrive, and the village mayor dismisses the mercenaries. As D leaves the scene, he’s struck by "sunlight syndrome"—the deadly ailment unique to dhampirs!

Stormy Bay is a dying town nestled against an eerily placid ocean, and Ray Lilly is trapped in it. He can barely remember his name let alone his mission for the Twenty Palace society. Worse, he realizes that for some time now he's been living as a puppet, his body and mind under the complete domination of an unknown power, and the townsfolk think this puppet is his real identity. And that power can still seize control of Ray's body at any time, forcing him and the people around him to playact in nonsense stories that center around a mysterious boy and his monster dog.

She might just look like an ordinary—if beautiful—young woman, but Iriya is anything but ordinary! A ruthless warrior clad in red armor, Iriya is a Hunter determined to exterminate the vampires that were once her parents and siblings. Now, half-vampire, half-human D has to decide to offer his assistance, get out of the way, or have a dangerous battle on his hands! Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!

Audrey Hamilton, a young American woman, comes to Paris to seek her fortune as an artist. Lurking beneath the glamour of the city, however, in a nation still recovering from the Great War of 1914-18, is the dark spiritual force of the poet Charles Baudelaire. Evil will rise from the moody old Cemetery of Montparnasse to ensnare Audrey's spirit and drag her to her doom.

Die CLASSICS-Reihe erzählt die Vorgeschichte: Wie alles begann und John Sinclair zum berühmten Geisterjäger wurde. Von Sinclair-Schöpfer Jason Dark persönlich empfohlen!

Eine Welt, in der Geister zum Alltag gehören. Ein letzter, alles entscheidender Kampf im großen Serienfinale der Totenbändiger: Die Wintersonnenwende steht kurz bevor und mit ihr die vierte Unheilige Nacht. Nachdem die Hunts erkannt haben, welche katastrophalen Folgen die Vollendung des vierten Rituals haben wird, versuchen sie alles, um Cam zu beschützen.

Nach der schockierenden Erkenntnis darüber, was beim vierten Ritual passieren wird, setzen die Hunts alles daran, einen Ausweg zu finden. Doch wird es ihnen gelingen, das Schlimmste zu verhindern? Der 23. Roman aus der Reihe, "Die Totenbändiger", von Nadine Erdmann ("Cyberworld", "Die Lichtstein-Saga").

Nach dem Nebellockdown schmieden die Hunts verschiedene Pläne, um Carlton endlich das Handwerk zu legen.

London steht ein weiterer Nebellockdown bevor, doch der ist die geringste Sorge der Rifkins und Hunts, als sie erfahren, dass Evan verschwunden ist.

Nach der kurzen Auszeit in Cornwall hat der Alltag die Hunts viel zu schnell wieder. Während Cam den Ghost Reapers bei ihren Aufträgen hilft und dabei weiter mit seinem Zwilling trainiert, steht für die Spuk Squads der Metropolitan Police die erste der geplanten Säuberungsaktionen an, mit denen man nach und nach alle Verlorenen Orte Londons zurückerobern will.