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She was born a shepherd; she could die a queen. Lena doesn’t want to be a hero, and she doesn’t believe in prophecy. She wants to find her lost lamb. When Lena accepts an amulet that unleashes the power of iron lightning, people believe she’s the long-awaited Moon Queen. Lena must master an ancient magic that threatens to destroy her from within.

Somewhere in the darklands of Creet, an necromancer and murderous android have just made a horrifying pact. Kase, a novice mage, and Brell, an outlaw bounty hunter, are out to stop them. Brell wants the reward. Kase wants vengeance. Armed with his magic and her illegal technology, they set out on a perilous journey. Soon they’re plunged into a deadly adventure of cursed cities, sinister necromancers, and untamed magic. The killer is expecting them. After all, he invited them to carry out his master plan.

Through cursed battlefields and crumbling ruins, relics of sorcery and lost machines resurface, each with the power to destroy kingdoms. Across the centuries, an ageless dark sorcerer has been weaving rituals of death and control that now threaten to consume both sides of the Rift. To stop him, Kase Hamerson must outwit rival guilds, risk tombs guarded by lethal curses, and battle demons born of another world. Every discovery draws him deeper into a mystery that harbors a terrible secret. Every victory comes with a cost.

When Kase and Brell agree to track down a thief they didn't expect it to lead them into the middle of a war. What was supposed to be a quick visit to the Teck world quickly spins out of control when a crime lord blackmails Brell and Kase into hunting down the unfortunate thief who stole his valuable shipment. Crossing paths with old friends and older enemies, they follow a string of clues deep into the wastelands and a mysterious graveyard of ancient machines.

After bringing a bloodhungry demon back to Valen, Breed's life is saved by a prince of the Midnight Court. But all is not well in the greatest city in the Empire. Revolution is in the air, gangs are fighting for supremacy, and plague is spreading. Armed with little more than a kitchen knife and a bad attitude, Breed must fight for a place in the Midnight Court and wreak revenge on Duke Leopold and the creature wearing Mother Blake's skin. Where There's a Blade is the sixth and final audiobook in The Chronicles of Breed.

War is coming to the realms, and only Gryph and the power of his Godhead can prevent the apocalypse. With his loyal NPC Lex at his side, Gryph races to rescue a spy with information critical to the survival of his people. A spy who happens to be Gryph’s younger sister. But when an unknown foe rips Gryph from the Realms, Lex must lead a rag-tag bunch of companions to find the one man who can get Gryph back. Their quest has barely begun when Lex discovers that the Princes of Chaos have turned their eyes on the Mortal Realms. And where their gaze falls, destruction follows.

Deadpool meets Game of Thrones in this thrilling tale of demons, dragons and treachery. After Breed, a thief-assassin of small renown, is chased by a dragon, tricked by a demon, almost killed by a psychopathic gang boss and hunted by a ferocious spider, life really takes a turn for the worse. Sentenced to five years bonded servitude to a one-handed priest magician, Breed must find the hammer of the ancient hero known only as The Hammer of the North within a year and a day...or else.

"The Wood Beyond the World" is perhaps the first modern fantasy novel to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural and is thus the precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature. The protagonist, (Golden Walter), gets married when he is a young man. His wife betrays him with another, so in his sorrow and to avoid a feud with her family, he sets off to sea.

On the edge of civilization, the village of Blackstone is dying, ignorant that a dormant evil has awoken in the mountains. Elayna, her father and the formidable Mistress Murgathwin strive to sustain Blackstone despite the oppressive demands of the Durian Monastery. Cast out of the Monastery, Kerne, a rejected half-breed senses a creature hunting the people of Blackstone. Against his better judgement, he follows its trail into the village. On his hunt he meets Elayna, in whom he finds the hope of acceptance, and Leusios, whose instinct for power will alter the course of the world.

With the Awakening now fully realized, Elwin Escari must find allies in his war against Abaddon, the Seeker of Souls, who has returned to Arinth intent upon remaking the world in his image. Still hunted by the Guardians of Life and now with enemies at every turn and no way to defeat a being of such immense power, Elwin must forge his own destiny and discover new ways to fight Abaddon. The road ahead appears lonely, but Elwin holds to hope and has faith in his companions, even though they are now lost to him.

Thrust into the realm of gods and magic, Sean, a humble chemist from Earth, never expected to find himself embroiled in a cosmic conspiracy. Summoned by a group of deities, Sean’s journey takes a wild turn when the mischievous trickster god intervenes, catapulting him into a realm of chaos and uncertainty.

Was würde geschehen, wenn unsere Welt in ein Computerspiel verwandelt würde? Klingt gut? Aber was, wenn die Menschen in diesem Spiel nicht wie üblich die Spieler sind, sondern nur als NSC die Welt bevölkern? Erfahrungspunkte, Talententwicklung, Beute und Level sind für andere da. Unsere einzige Aufgabe ist es, nach der Pfeife derjenigen zu tanzen, die die Erde in einen Server verwandelt haben, der zu ihrer Unterhaltung dient.

Three thousand years from now, civilization regresses into a primitive society where machines are gods. Sana, the chief’s daughter, spends her day fending off her father’s pleas to join the ladies at court. She wants nothing to do with court, preferring a warrior’s life. Sana loses everything to King Shunlin’s ruthless greed after a vicious attack against her tribe. Lurking in the darkness, far more sinister schemes are about to unfold. The king wishes to awaken Abaddon, the sleeping god, who is responsible for nearly ending human civilization.

Life for Arthur Roberts, along with fellow classmates, Jenny and Hitch Crenshaw, meant preparing for their last year of high school. Looking onward to all that was still ahead of them. In the middle of Iowa, it was an existence that was simple and unassuming. Until the day that it wasn’t. After witnessing an unspeakable act, these friends are taken from their homes and sent away to a place they never would have thought possible. They are left to survive with nothing but their courage and each other. While the rest of the world counts on them.

10. Juli. An diesem Tag sollten Katherine und mein Kind hingerichtet werden. Mir blieben noch 22 Tage, um es zu verhindern. Bis dahin musste ich stark genug werden. Ich würde meine Familie retten und den Mann töten, der die Leben meiner Lieben bedrohte. Ich würde der Herrschaft des Verrückten Kaisers ein Ende setzen!

Das Gesetz des Dschungels lässt keinen Zweifel: Wer sich mit den Starken und Mächtigen anlegt, fordert das Schicksal heraus. Doch als der Sensenmann Vyllea vom Stamm Urbangos holen will, lässt der Suchende Zander sie nicht kampflos gehen! Und wer bereit ist, restlos alles zu tun, um seiner großen Liebe das Leben zu retten, lässt sich von keinem Gesetz der Welt aufhalten.

The Starbreakers were your classic teenage heroes. Using their combined powers and skills, they were the most successful group of glintchasers in Corsar. But that all changed the day the city of Relgen died. The group went their separate ways, placing the blame on each other. Brass carried on as a solo act. Snow found work as a notorious assassin. Church became a town’s spiritual leader. Angel was the owner of a bar and inn. And after overcoming his own guilt, Phoenix started a new life as a family man.

The Starbreakers were heroes, until a tragedy broke them apart. Only now, years later, have they begun to make peace with each other. The rest of the world is a different story. There has been a breakout in the prison known as Oblivion, and now the worst of the worst have been turned loose on an unsuspecting world. Desperate to contain the crisis, the right hand of the king has called the disgraced Starbreakers back into service. After all, they were the ones who put most of these villains away in the first place.

Der Trial geht weiter und wer hinter dem endlosen Blutvergießen steht, ist immer noch ein Rätsel. Es spielt keine Rolle, ob du einer Kaste angehörst und Privilegien genießt oder ein vogelfreies Stück Fleisch bist, ein berühmt-berüchtigter Top Star, dessen Foto alle Welt kommentiert, oder der letzte Loser – niemand hat eine Ahnung, und mit jeder Erkenntnis tun sich nur neue Fragen auf. Vor dem Start auf der neuen Ebene hast du eine Wahl. Je härter die Gangart, die du wählst, desto schöner die Preise, die dir winken.

A seemingly ordinary Christmas gift turns one man's world upside-down. Little did he know that he soon would be thrown into a spirit realm and made aware of the existence of strange creatures. Now he must find lost objects to help the good spirits find the light while evading the Dark Entities.