Phaedra, die einen Prinzen heiraten soll, widersetzt sich den Hofregeln und wird von einem Fremden entführt, den sie aus ihren Träumen kennt. Ulfin, ein magischer Markgraf, bietet Hilfe an, doch welche Motive und welchen hohen Preis hat er dafür gezahlt?
Die fesselnde Drachen-Trilogie erzählt von der mutigen Kämpferin Veldan und ihrem Feuerdrachen Kazairl, die in einer gefährlichen Mission die zerfallende Schleierwand der Reiche Myrials vor dem ruchlosen Lord Blade schützen müssen. Ein spannendes Drachenepos!
Meet Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, in the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that “blends the genres of romance, horror and adventure with stunning panache”(Diana Gabaldon). Laurell K. Hamilton’s bestselling series has captured readers’ wildest imaginations and addicted them to a seductive world where supernatural hungers collide with the desires of the human heart, starring a heroine like no other... Anita Blake is small, dark, and dangerous. Her turf is the city of St. Louis. Her job: re-animating the dead and killing the undead who take things too far. But when the city’s most powerful vampire asks her to solve a series of vicious slayings, Anita must confront her greatest fear—her undeniable attraction to master vampire Jean-Claude, one of the creatures she is sworn to destroy... “What The Da Vinci Code did for the religious thriller, the Anita Blake series has done for the vampire novel.”—USA Today
As the Curtain Walls across Myrial continue to fail, the threat of war grows ever greater. But the Shadowleague, the council responsible for peace and order, is beginning to tear itself apart. If this occurs, any hope of avoiding the deepening crisis will be destroyed. And as the divisions spread, the ruthless and enigmatic Lord Blade rallies his supporters, waiting for his chance to take over. To prevent catastrophe, Loremaster Veldan must persuade Zavahl, the tortured former Hierarch, to open his mind and unlock the knowledge of Aethon the Dragon Seer. With the fate of the world hanging on a half-remembered tale from long ago, Veldan, the firedrake Kazairl and their companions must travel down a dark and dangerous road. One that will lead them beneath the beleaguered city of Tiarond, deep within the mountain's living core where the secrets of the past lie buried. Find out more about this title and others at www.orbitbooks.co.uk
Im Jahr 1900 betritt Wilson Dowling als erster Mensch seit langer Zeit die Ruinen von Machu Picchu. Als Zeitreisender hat er die Mission, den bevorstehenden Weltuntergang zu verhindern, indem er das jahrhundertealte Geheimnis der Inkastadt löst.