As the seals on the Dark One's prison crumble and the armies of the Shadow boil out of the Blight, Perrin Aybara, hunted by specters from his past, must seek answers in "Tel'aran'rhiod" and find a way to master the wolf within him--or lose himself to it forever. Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life ... as The Tower of Ghenjei awaits.
Het weefsel van de werkelijkheid wordt almaar dunner. Alle voortekenen wijzen erop dat Tarmon Gai'don, de Laatste Slag, ophanden is. Weliswaar bereidt Rhand Altor zich voor op de confrontatie met de Duistere, maar eerst moet hij een wapenstilstand zien te bewerkstelligen met de Seanchaanse legers, want die putten zijn troepen steeds meer uit. De andere hoofdrolspelers, Perijn en Mart, Elayne en Egwene, allemaal hebben ze hun handen meer dan vol.
The first novel in the Infernal Devices trilogy--a prequel to the "New York Times"-bestselling Mortal Instruments series. The year is 1878. Tessa Gray descends into Victorian London's dark underworld to search for her missing brother, with the mysterious Shadowhunters as her only allies.
A killer with a passion for the past, his victims tortured beyond endurance, all done in the name of a game...DIE FOR ME is Karen Rose at her most chilling best. If you love this be sure to check out the sequels to Karen's mini-trilogy, SCREAM FOR ME and KILL FOR ME. But playing games will kill you... When a multimedia games designer decides to take his research to the next level for his new game, fantasy ends and murder begins. Homicide detective Vito Ciccotelli is expecting the worst. Called to a remote murder site, he is confronted with numerous bodies, all with horrific injuries, all it seems the victim of the same killer. When the medical examiner reveals that the wounds are consistent with instruments of medieval torture, Ciccotelli turns to Sophie Johannsen, museum curator and specialist in medieval warfare, to learn more about the killer's methods and to try and find the killer before he spirals out of control...
A portent of annihilation awakens the powerful sorcerer Pug in the dead of night—a dread vision warning of a vast and terrible army descending upon the exposed heart of Midkemia. Even the formidable might of the Tsurani Empire will not beat back the alien invaders. And in far Stardock town, two boys—untrained, unready, and barely come of age—will be called upon by the mysterious Conclave of Shadows to confront a sinister plot that implicates even the highest-ranking nobles in the land. For a nightmare of treason, intrigue, and murder is brewing among an ancient Brotherhood of Death—a clan of merciless assassins whose name is spoken only in fearful whispers . . .
As the very fabric of reality wears thin all portents indicate that Tarmon Gai'don, the Last Battle, is imminent - and Rand al'Thor must ready himself to confront the Dark One. But Rand must first negotiate a truce with the Seanchan armies, as their forces increasingly sap his strength. Perrin has made his own desperate truce with the Seanchan - he would deal with the Dark One himself to save his wife Faile from the Shaido. Meanwhile, Mat is caught up in a reckless escape from Ebou Dar with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons. But Tuon is in fact in deadly danger from her Seanchan countrymen. Mat will have to risk much to prevail and still win her as his bride. All is in flux as established powers falter ... In Caemlyn, Elayne fights to gain the Lion Throne while trying to avert civil war and Egwene finds that even the White Tower is no longer a place of safety. The winds of time have whirled into a storm, and Rand and his companions ride in the vortex. This small company must prevail against the trials of fate and fortune - or the Dark One will triumph and the world will be lost.
Eragon a une double promesse à tenir : aider Roran à délivrer sa fiancée, Katrina, prisonnière des Ra'zacs, et venger la mort de son oncle Garrow. Saphira emmène les deux cousins jusqu'à Helgrind, les Portes de la Mort, repaire des monstres. Or, depuis que Murtagh lui a repris Zar'oc, l'épée que Brom lui avait donnée, Eragon n'est plus armé que du bâton du vieux conteur.
Four millennia have passed since the hundred immortal gods came to Myrillia. Out of chaos they created the Nine Lands, blessed with their Graces and protected from the nightmarish Hinterlands, where rogue gods stalked across a barbarous wilderness. In all this time nothing has disturbed the peace of the Nine Lands.Until now. For the impossible...the unthinkable...has happened. Meeryn, goddess of the Summering Isles, has been murdered.The only witness was Tylar de Noche, a crippled and disgraced former Shadowknight who lives in agonizing shame of his past. He saw the dark entity that killed Meeryn. And as he held the dying goddess, her last breath bestowed a powerful blessing on him—a mark that healed his broken body. A mark that many see as proof that he killed a god. A mark that unleashed a powerful force of darkness within him.Chased across Myrillia by enemies both human and ethereal, aided only by outcasts like himself, Tylar must uncover and face down a being powerful enought to kill an immortal—the true godslayer. If he fails, all of Myrillia will fall into shadow....
La Roue du Temps tourne et les Âges naissent et meurent, laissant dans leur sillage des souvenirs destinés à devenir des légendes. « Jordan est parvenu à dominer le monde que Tolkien a révélé. » The New York Times Un enfant vient de naître sur les flancs du pic du Dragon. Pourrait-il être le sauveur annoncé par les prophéties ? Moiraine Damodred et Siuan Sanche, deux jeunes Acceptées de la Tour Blanche, se lancent à sa recherche. Venu à Tar Valon pour succomber héroïquement face aux terribles Aiels, Lan Mandragoran a la surprise de survivre... et de vaincre, puisque ses ennemis battent en retraite. Mais que faire d’un avenir, quand on a cru devoir y renoncer ? Après sa rencontre fortuite avec Moiraine, le guerrier n’aura plus à se poser la question.
The tenth book in the Sword of Truth series from bestselling author Terry Goodkind. Fantasy adventure on a grand scale featuring the popular wizard-hero Richard Cypher.
