Résultats pour "Cher" dans Science fiction et fantaisie

For over 60 years, readers of all ages have been enchanted by the magical realms, the epic battles between good and evil, and the unforgettable creatures of Narnia. This box set includes all seven titles in The Chronicles of Narnia - The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; and The Last Battle.

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Se déroulant dans un monde oublié et dans des temps lointains, cette épopée tumultueuse raconte l'histoire de Kira, l'enfant mauve conçue lors du viol de la Reine Fan de Shola par Amecareth, l'Empereur Noir. Les Chevaliers d'Émeraude devront mener de durs combats pour protéger cette petite fille, afin que s'accomplisse la prophétie de la destruction d'Amecareth.

The world is falling to the burning shadow of the Possessed and only the power of a battle mage can save it. But the ancient bond with dragonkind is failing. Of those that answer a summoning too many are black. Black dragons are the enemy of humankind. Black dragons are mad. Falco Dante is a weakling in a world of warriors, but worse than this, he is the son of a madman. Driven by grief, Falco makes a decision that will drive him to the brink of despair. As he tries to come to terms with his actions Falco follows his friends to the Academy of War.

For years, Aquila Danté has been fighting the Possessed with his dragon, Calon Tân. Together with the human armies they are holding the legions of hell at bay. But when a battle mage goes missing, Aquila and Tân encounter a new and terrifying demon known as Caim, The Cleaver of Souls. Even as Aquila battles Caim, his wife is giving birth to their son, but fate deals a heavy blow, and Aquila begins a new battle against tragedy, grief and the endless machinations of the magi. And all the while, the scales of his beloved dragon grow darker.

Doremus Jessup, a newspaper editor, is dismayed to find that many of the people he knows support presidential candidate Berzelius Windrip. The suspiciously fascist Windrip is offering to save the nation from sex, crime, welfare cheats, and a liberal press. But after Windrip wins the election, dissent soon becomes dangerous for Jessup. Windrip forcibly gains control of Congress and the Supreme Court and, with the aid of his personal paramilitary storm troopers, turns the United States into a totalitarian state.

Beginning with a series of strange flashes in the distant night sky, the Martian attack initially causes little concern on Earth. Then the destruction erupts—ten massive aliens roam England and destroy with heat rays everything in their path. Very soon mankind finds itself on the brink of extinction.

A sequence of gigantic solar flares created a series of massive electromagnetic pulses that stopped the heart of our modern world and returned us to the Dark Ages. Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant Nathaniel Hogan finds he has been changed by the huge amounts of gamma radiation in the solar flares. They have enhanced his natural abilities, giving him increased speed, strength, and healing. They have Indefinitely extended his life span and enabled him to be able to draw on the power of the solar flares to create magik. Making him - the Forever Man.

An ancient menace that was widely believed to have died in 1912 has now reappeared with a vengeance. Zoa Promaji, a demonic horde of nearly six-hundred entities, had long been credited for some of the worst calamities to strike mankind during the past two-thousand years. Instigating disasters ranging from weather and seismic events to plagues responsible for the eventual deaths of millions of people mercifully came to an end when the demons guided an iceberg field into the path of the RMS Titanic.

Within the deep woods of rural Alabama, along the forgotten southern course of the Black Warrior River, lies an unseen world long feared by the residents of the tiny town of Carlsdale. Down through the centuries, few people have survived a visit to this hidden place long enough to talk about it. Among these fortunate souls is Jack Kenney. Thirteen years old at the time of the event, Jack and his family were forced to flee Carlsdale in the aftermath and head north to the larger city of Tuscaloosa. Mercifully, the menace from their former home left them in peace for nearly eight years.

The Quantum Wayfarers are under attack. Their gates have been blown wide open, and a rift in the multiversal space-time continuum is now expanding on a lonely research planet within the cosmic boundaries of TriColony Sigma. The Court of Enigmus is subsequently called to arms, equipped only with Zira’s warnings of the ‘other-place’ and all the dangers it contains. He and Qaira are assigned to cross the rift, find out what has caused it, and amend its expansion.

The first battle is over and the people of the realms grieve for the fallen. Meanwhile, Aiden, Eliza, Kat, and Dyson return to the Earth Realm, fleeing accusations of war mongering, while Tember and Jaemes venture toward the elf tribes in seek of aid. They’ll need numbers for the coming battle and they’re not above fighting to get what they need. But no matter where they go, nowhere is safe. The enemy Fee have many traps waiting, and their victories seem only to bring more heartache, highlighting the terrifying truth that the enemy has them right where they want them.

Against Tember’s orders, Aiden, Eliza, and Dyson sneak into the Dream Realm. They want to save their friend, but instead, they snag the attention of Sureen in an explosion of mighty magic. Not everyone returns home. Scared for her mother in the afterlife, Kat and the witches rush to the Death Realm to hide Janine. Over her dead body will her mother, a captive among the rest, be used in Corbin’s plans.

Katriane DuPont: I never thought this would be my life. I never imagined I’d be the center of destruction. The choices I’ve made, and will make, could be their end - or ours. But now, in the middle of our rift between fear and fate, we’re out for blood to save the ones we love. Can you blame us? A battle isn’t on the horizon. It’s already here. Sides are chosen and nefarious secrets are revealed. And though many will fall by sword, arrow, and magic, fear will be their greatest battle.

AltaMira Pharmaceuticals releases Vigorex, a drug that allows people to sleep and experience R.E.M. while they're awake. A colorful cast of characters begin to take the drug, which if not taken properly will have hazardous consequences. But each of these people has undergone a deeply traumatic episode in their formative years, which will affect them in differing ways; murder, arson, kidnapping, vigilantism, among other crimes, will characterize their nightly personalities and send them crashing into one another.

This time, the boys have gone intergalactic. Space vampires, artificial intelligence, battles galore. But maybe Nate has taken on too much. After all–he’s only human…or is he? As always, Nate, Tad and Kob have gone large. Their quest–to save an entire species, whatever the personal cost. OORAH!

A birthright. It should be something no one can ever take away. But that’s not how it works in the world of vampires, especially when the birthright involves a unique type of blood necessary for an elitist vampire society to remain young and beautiful. Welcome to the continued misadventure of Txema Ybarra. The earth’s most privileged undead believe they deserve a stake in Txema’s blood, and there is power and prestige for whoever controls her ancient bloodline. However, the vampire demon, Ralu Izcacus, and his burgeoning Chupacabra army crave the same lofty status.

When two young men go missing, Fate and the Tutor find themselves caught up in a fight for survival against dark witches, mystical assassins, and subterranean terrors in the flooded sewers of Guile. Their search for the truth brings them face-to-face with the notorious Butcher of Guile. But could it be that the greatest threat comes from much closer to home?

Imagine a secret, hidden city that gives a second chance at life for those selected to come: felons, deformed outcasts, those on the fringe of the Outside World. Everyone gets a job, a place to live; but you are bound to the city forever. You can never leave. Its citizens are ruled by a monstrous figure called the "Man" who resembles a giant demented spider from the lifelike robotic limbs attached to his body. Everyone follows the man blindly, working hard to make their Promised Land stronger, too scared to defy him and be discarded to the Empty Zones.

Qaira Eltruan leads the fearsome Sanctum Enforcers, a specialized military sect designed to eradicate angel terrorists. Oldest son of the Nehelian Regent, he has large shoes to fill. But Qaira's father and his people don't know the sordid deeds it takes to keep the angels from invading. He has blood on his hands; so much that it has stained his skin forever. As the Regent slips into early onset dementia, Qaira is forced to take the throne. He's never been a leader, always a soldier, and the war against the angels is getting fiercer every year.