It was a cold winter's evening late in the Stone Age; the sun had gone down blazing over the plains of Thold; there were no clouds, only the chill blue sky and the imminence of stars; and the surface of the sleeping Earth began to harden against the cold of the night.
After rescuing a beautiful maiden, Conan escapes to a remote island where he encounters a skulking creature and mysterious iron statues, and is captured by pirates.
And the diviner rose up, stroking his grey beard, and spake guardedly-"e;There are certain events,"e; he said, "e;upon the ways of Fate that are veiled even from a diviner's eyes, and many more are clear to us that were better veiled from all; much I know that is better unforetold, and some things that I may not foretell on pain of centuries of punishment.
Set in an alternate day New York filled with monsters, The Wren in the Holly Library is a dark, spicy urban fantasy loosely inspired by Beauty and the Beast - perfect for fans of V.
And the Book of the Knowledge of the gods tells further how the day on which Pompeides found the gods shall be kept for ever as a fast until the evening and called the Fast of the Departing, but in the evening shall a feast be held which is named the Feast of the Relenting, for on that evening Sarnidac pitied the whole world and tarried.
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NORTH WIND COMES A DARKLY REIMAGINED TALE OF FORBIDDEN LOVE, INSPIRED BY THE GREEK MYTH OF HERO AND LEANDER AND THE SCOTTISH BALLAD TAM LIN.
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'EPIC AND ROMANTIC' AM LIE WEN ZHAO'TRULY EPIC' THEA GUANZON'DEFIANT AND COURAGEOUS' NALINI SINGHThis sweeping fantasy adventure inspired by the legend of Mulan follows a young woman determined to choose her own destiny - even if it means going against everyone she loves.
Thus passed away in the hour of her iniquities before Annolith, in the two thousand and thirty-second year of her being, in the six thousand and fiftieth year of the building of the World, Babbulkund, City of Marvel, sometime called by those that hated her City of the Dog, but hourly mourned in Araby and Ind and wide through jungle and desert; leaving no memorial in stone to show that she had been, but remembered with an abiding love, in spite of the anger of God, by all that knew her beauty, whereof still they sing.
Dieses eBook: "Das Leben, die Abenteuer und die Piratenzüge des berühmten Kapitän Singleton" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
Abgelehnt von seinem besten Freund und der Frau, die er für sich haben wollte, ist der sexy Alphamann Lucas auf einem dunklen Weg zur Selbstzerstörung.
Als sich die schöne Königstochter nicht an ihr Versprechen hält und sich - wie im gleichnamigen Märchen - mit dem Frosch anlegt, steckt sie bald in ernsthaften Schwierigkeiten: Denn der Frosch verwandelt sich in einen charismatischen Prinzen .
This is a collection of the 7 best short stories of one of the most innovative and influential fantasy and horror authors ever to have been published, E.
Die hübsche Werwölfin Aurelia hat ein Problem: eben wurde sie von einem sexy Wolf gerettet, dessen Großzügigkeit kaum Grenzen kennt und irgendwie ist es doch nicht genug.
Jahrzehnte hat Grima darauf gewartet, dass die Prophezeiung sich erfüllt und sie den Mann trifft, der ihr Schicksal ist und mit dem sie glücklich werden kann.
