Moderne fantasy

Tradução do romance em língua alemã "Hexenkolk -Wiege des Fluchs", de Thomas H. Huber. Nesse livro, também, o leitor vivenciasuspense, MÍSTICA, AMOR E AVENTURA.AVISO: Este livro contém violência, drogas e sexo. São descritas algumas cenas perturbadoras. Os textos não devem ser dados a menores em nenhuma circunstância.Essa turbulenta aventura de fantasia leva o leitor a tempos passados e é parcialmente baseada em eventos reais do período entre 1618 e 1680. Durante a época da caça às bruxas, mulheres inocentes eram forçadas a entrar em um saco de linho e jogadas nas águas agitadas de um açude, que também era chamado de kolk. Esse procedimento desumano acabou dando ao local fatídico seu nome, Hexenkolk. Se a mulher morresse durante esse ato violento, isso era visto como prova de que ela era uma bruxa que merecia morrer. Se ela fosse retirada da água com vida, a evidência era ainda mais clara. Era incontestável que ela era uma bruxa, pois uma mulher normal não teria sobrevivido a tal tortura. Com esse veredicto esmagador, ela foi levada à fogueira, onde teve seu fim agonizante. No romance, Elisabeth do Palatinado (1618 - 1680) lidera uma luta solitária contra o patriarcado e pela liberdade das mulheres. Como no romance "The Code of the Cicadas" e na história "Plan Eden 2021", o leitor encontrará alguns protagonistas novamente em "Hexenkolk" e, portanto, o feitiço mágico espiritual e único.História:Nova York, 21 de agosto de 2019: Para os cidadãos da cidade, é um dia como qualquer outro, eles não têm ideia de que uma catástrofe os aguarda. Um cientista misterioso afirma saber o que está por trás disso. Ele está convencido de que uma mulher que foi condenada por bruxaria há quase 400 anos lançou uma maldição que deve entrar em vigor hoje. Será que seu palpite está correto? Ou há uma força muito mais sinistra em ação? Essas duas perguntas permanecem sem resposta até que ele embarca em uma viagem no tempo com um grupo de pessoas escolhidas para desvendar o mistério. A história não apenas mostra as crueldades do final da Idade Média, mas também a glorificação romântica dessa época. Mas também mostra os efeitos da superstição e as consequências do fanatismo religioso. O sexo e a violência fazem parte do filme tanto quanto a esperança, o conforto e a confiança. O bem e o mal são dois lados da mesma moeda. Essa história não é para os fracos de coração.

The end of this gripping suspense with a twist you never saw coming. Dan Vindico, Garrett Haydenshire, and Jeff Strenton race against the clock and against the impossible to figure out who is behind every scandal that threatens their families. Old enemies, new alliances, bitter rivalry, fiery passion, brutal treachery, and cold-blooded murder threaten to either pull the Shields apart or turn them into an impenetrable force. Some Shields are born of fire. Some are destroyed by it. Will they find the resilience they need or will all hope be destroyed? Will the powerful Shields fall to the Tangle of Ruin?

"Five Stars...The fourth and final installment of the Tipsy Collins series...beautifully wraps up the characters' journeys with a blend of paranormal intrigue and life lessons..." -Readers' FavoriteThings have been going great for Tipsy Collins, the Lowcountry's favorite clairvoyant artistic genius. Her kids are happy and healthy, she's producing and selling her celebrated paintings, and she's engaged to the love of her life, psychiatrist Scott Brandt. Everyone in Tipsy's life seems content, except Henry Mott, her mercurial supernatural roommate and wannabe literary virtuoso.Henry has been brooding for over a century, but lately, his discontent has gone into overdrive. His famous temper is out of control and he can't write a single sentence. Henry's malaise and its accompanying destruction threaten to complicate Tipsy and Scott's family blending while her ex-husband haplessly navigates a second marriage crisis. As Henry slowly loses his mind, a series of unexplainable events has Tipsy combing through ghostly memories, meeting new friends and reuniting with old ones, exploring and testing the supernatural limits, and, as always, learning some priceless life lessons.True Indigo is the highly anticipated fourth and final installment in the award-winning Tipsy Collins Series.

"In this contemporary fantasy, the most notorious nine-tailed fox in Korea pairs up with a trickster god-turned-detective to track down a wrathful demon before it can destroy the mortal world"--

Not all enemies have magic.At a dinner with her new neighbors, Samantha gets a weird vibe from their son, Dennis, who seems too interested in her and her sister and the strange things often happening at their house. That worry gets pushed aside, however, when Samantha goes into labor and rushes off to the hospital to have the baby.Meanwhile, Dennis continues his own investigation into the sisters, tracking down people from their past who have come into close contact with them and their strangeness.When Dennis shows up at the hospital and starts asking questions about the sisters that they believe have a malicious end, Kathy tracks him down before he has a chance to do any harm to them or Samantha's unborn baby.Witch Hunter is the tenth book in the Coven series, which serves as a prequel to the Under the Moon series.

In The Voice and the Mind, the fourth and final book of the Shapewalker's Song series, Sumi is finally heading home. After reaching the fountain of Essomuai, she freed Vilodai and received a strange and powerful necklace. But is it as powerful - and as dangerous - as the stones once wielded by the great Southern Emperor?Now, as she makes her way west with Erso and Parimu, there's no telling what awaits her. Berill is full of enemies, and Vice Peer Pont'dulairn is still fighting Queen Welaya for power. Sumi desperately wants to change her people, to build a bridge between Shapewalkers and humans, but will anyone listen? Join her, and discover why one beta reader called this, 'the ending Sumi always deserved.'

Joe Watson is an awkward high-school student with no more than one lover and that too doesn't exist in the real world. At least that's what people think, but to him, his imaginary girlfriend Diane is just as loyal and lovely as the morning sun. But sometimes even Joe himself doubts her existence and remembers that the real world somehow does not blend with her sudden disappearance. It wasn't until he found a strange bright object in the church that changed his life and helped him find his one true love. But when he finally gets to know her, he realizes she is not what he wanted. She is something else that he would never dare to look upon as a lover. But who do you think Diane is? .

Ethereal dreamer. Intangible beauty. The woman with copper fire in her eyes. Kaimi Walyuo may have finally found the love she's sought since she was abandoned. But both their pasts prove determined to keep them apart. As secrets Garrett Haydenshire longs to keep hidden are revealed, he must rectify who he was and who he will become. His world is on the brink of destruction as blackmail threatens his closest friends. His very being wants nothing more than to be Kaimi's fated Shield. Garrett must determine who he can keep safe, who he must keep quiet, and who he's willing to destroy to get the life he's always wanted. He tries to reassure her in this overwhelming Tangle of Trust.

The legends say that for every Shield there is a fated mate. The one the Shield will stop at nothing to protect. The only one who can soothe the aching, restless need. The one he can bring exquisite pleasure once their energy combines. Protector. Destroyer. Playboy. Garrett Haydenshire is quite certain the legends are nothing more than childish fantasies. But the restlessness that has consumed his life threatens to finally drag him under...until he meets her. He recognizes the danger that surrounds her that she can't allow herself to see. He yearns to protect her. His body hungers to pleasure her. Suddenly, nothing is more important to Garrett than claiming this woman as his own, keeping her safe, and satisfying the need that consumes them. Can Garrett become the savior she needs or will they lose everything in these Tangle of Fates?

With unparalleled accuracy, Dan Vindico will readily destroy anyone who threatens his wife. He will stop at nothing to protect his daughters. To say he's over the top would be a significant understatement. When Fionna goes into labor, Dan's shield readies itself for the responsibility, but his focus on his investigation at Venton Academy weakens. When the cat is away...old enemies resurface, and Dan must learn to rely on other Shields to survive. As the labyrinth of chaos continues to unfold, the only way for him to ensure the safety of his girls is to do the one thing he never wanted to do-take them all back home. Can he sustain his nerve and finally unravel this Tangle of Desire?

Worthless. Undeserving. Hacker. Those lies have haunted Jeff Strenton since he first learned of his parentage and his powers. Falling in love with one of the governor's daughters didn't help. If he's ever going to outrun the legacy that torments him and get Becca's family to accept him, he must be accepted and trained by the most formidable Shield on the planet-Dan Vindico. Jeff negotiates a deal. Vindico can turn him into the protector he was always meant to be. In turn, Jeff will use his powers to help Dan unravel the scandals destroying the magic held deep within their alma mater. With every keystroke, Jeff seeks to bury his past so he can have the future that's just out of reach. But one misstep triggers a cascade of revenge. He must choose between protecting the only woman he's ever loved or ending the people determined to trap Jeff in the Tangle of Chaos.

Protector. Warrior. Shield. That is who Dan Vindico has always been-would always be. Until he wasn't. He seeks redemption. Robbed of his station and his command, he'll serve his penitence by teaching other Shields not to make his mistakes. But repentance never comes without a sacrifice. Dan is ordered back to his alma mater and finds it embroiled in scandal, an unraveling mystery he can't seem to solve. This time his father is on the line unless Dan can protect his family from everything that threatens to destroy them. Empath. Oracle. Savior. Fionna Vindico is the most powerful of the Empathic Receivers. She wields her wisdom like a sword and her understanding a spear. She must protect her daughters. She must protect Dan. When the lines between good and evil blur, Dan knows there is only one person he can trust-Fionna. They need the flames of their passion to sustain them. But to reveal the hidden secrets, they must be careful not to get caught in the blaze. This time they'll work together to unravel the Tangle of Lies.

Mary Dunlavy didn't intend to become a professional babysitter. Of course, she didn't intend to die, either, or to become a crossroads ghost. As a babysitting ghost, she's been caring for the Price family for four generations, and she's planning to keep doing the job for the better part of forever. With her first charge finally back from her decades-long cross-dimensional field trip, with a long-lost husband and adopted daughter in tow, it's time for Mary to oversee the world's most chaotic family reunion. And that's before the Covenant of St. George launches a full scale strike against the cryptids of Manhattan, followed quickly by an attack on the Campbell Family Carnival. It's going to take every advantage and every ally they have for the Prices to survive what's coming--and for Mary, to avoid finding out the answer to a question she's never wanted to know: what happens to a babysitting ghost if she loses the people she's promised to protect?

Being haunted by the consequences of your own choices is bad enough. But ghosts? Turns out, ghosts are worse.A dramatic worldwide uptick in ghost sightings. A mysterious disease killing ghouls. As the arbiter to the supernatural community, it's up to Elizabeth to figure out what's going on.Fortunately, she already knows who's responsible. Unfortunately, that person is her, and she may have also ever-so-slightly kicked off a wizard civil war to boot.Not exactly the quiet, small-town Christmas Elizabeth had in mind.

Nutidens vederstyggelige massemorder eller fremtidens helt og frelse? Synet af blod tænder en dyb trang i den unge Geo. Skæbnen tager ham ud på en nådesløs rejse, som spået af den mystiske spåmand, men er spåmandens syn til at stole på? Mens Geo Dimen i sine unge år får sat hele skolen godt på plads, siddende på sin retmæssige trone, synes omgivelser og drengens egen personlighed at være vrangforestillinger, mens han rejser gennem de foruroligende gymnasieår. Med minder fra en fjern fortid og syn af en uvirkelig fremtid føles Geos liv som en feberdrøm af en rutsjebanetur. Tog spåmanden fejl? Var Geo Dimen ikke den vederstyggelighed, som spåkuglen havde skabt et klart billede af? En ting er sikkert. Dimen er ikke sig selv, og nogen må vide, hvad der er sket, eller hvem der står bag. Hvor. Er. Geo Dimen?

A powerful sorcerer, traveling onboard a private yacht, sailing to an unknown destination. Stannis, the master of magic. With him he has brought Heather Taylor and her son Noah. Over these past weeks, Heather has struggled to learn magical incantations in strange languages. She must become a mistress of magic as quickly as possible if she is to save the Bishop sisters, Melissa and Rachel, who have been encased in magical sarcophagi to protect them from Tom Taylor's evil spells. They will reunite in Paris with old friends Sterling, Alexandria, and Achilles and together brave the famous Parisian catacombs and the dragon who guards ancient magic.A battle between good and evil will be fought. And this time not even the psychic Sterlin knows the outcome.

A cruel bishop. An ancient weapon. An ultimatum.Violet's mind begins to unravel in the Bishop's secluded mansion, where she is tortured by the mysterious General Scarth.It's only a matter of time before she gives in to the Bishop's demands, but how much is she prepared to sacrifice along the way? And why is Albert stalling their escape?When the full moon rises, the grounds once used by the Mouldering Duke for his infamous werewolf hunts loom before Violet in a game of survival.And the howling begins...~~~Forged by Angel & Hellfire is book 4 of Not the Same River, which follows Violet as she goes from gobby orphan to gobby warrior in this six-book series.This book features a blood club owning succubus, a legendary vaewolf, and an archangel who definitely wasn't at the nativity.

Welcome to Allora University, the Argent City's premier institute of higher learning! You'll find all kinds of mythic creatures here - including Allora University's newest freshman, Ricky Konacsz, next in line to be named king of the Dragons. Not that he ever wanted the job. He'd rather just listen to his vintage Joy Division LPs in peace.Ricky's been having an eventful semester. His roommate is a Satyr, and his polycule vacillate between constantly propositioning Ricky and eating all his snacks. The Sidhe noble in Ricky's accounting class has been tormenting him nonstop, threatening to turn him into a set of matched luggage. And the human girl at the library front desk has been hunting him on another playing field altogether! All he wants to do is listen to music and be left alone - and maybe get a job working behind the scenes at the college radio station.Ricky had hoped he could just have a normal life, but Fate had other plans. One night, he ends up behind the Allora University Radio's microphone instead of the sound board. What began as a one-time event becomes a viral sensation. Things get even worse when he accidentally insults the father of a Sidhe noble on the air - the same noble who's been making his life miserable all semester. Now, all eyes are on him, and not in a good way. What's a young Dragon King to do?

It's a world where danger and spells often entwine, and Murphy Blackwell figured shedding her role as a chaos witch meant her troubles were over. But becoming a Summate, one who wields every variety of power in the craft, has unveiled some new-and daunting-challenges.A love spell gone haywire, an ominous spirit's warning of a rival coven's deadly intentions, and a malevolent scheme poised to plunge the world into anarchy mark just the start of her worries. As Murphy's very life and the fate of the world hang in the balance, she must draw upon her newfound Summate abilities and rally the strength of the entire Lughaidh coven to navigate the treacherous path ahead.

As Halloween draws near, Qwyrk and company are abruptly reminded of just how screwed-up everything can get. Qwyrk and Holly are literally being driven apart by magical forces they don't understand, and their friends are in disarray. Then Holly goes missing and Qwyrk loses something else that's almost as important, while the behind-the-scenes scheming comes to the fore at last. And who is the mysterious, ancient figure in red that seems to know all and see all, but annoyingly, won't talk about it? Traitors abound, old friends return, sides will be picked, and the final battle between good and evil will rage. To stop the actual end of the world from happening, Qwyrk might have to make a decision that will change her life forever. Faytte is the final book in a series of four novels about the comic misadventures of a group of misfits at the edge of normal reality in modern northern England, a world of shadows, Nighttime Nasties in a bakery, a mysterious key, every horrid monster you can imagine, an abundance of sarcasm, and the answers to all the questions. Oh, and Qwyrk is going to definitively prove that she's not an elf. They're just silly! Described as a "literary raconteur" and a "virtuoso," Tim Rayborn denies everything, but it's true that he's a versatile writer and an acclaimed musician. He's written dozens of books, appeared on more than forty recordings, plays many musical instruments, and has visited five continents. Faytte is his fourth novel.