Resultados para "La tempestad" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Gargoyle incaricati di proteggere l'umanità, demoni ribelli e una ragazza con un segreto esplosivo. Il primo romanzo di una nuova trilogia, collegato alla serie "Dark Elements". Anche se sta diventando cieca, Trinity Marrow può vedere fantasmi e spiriti e comunicare con loro. Il suo dono, però, è parte di un segreto così pericoloso che è costretta a vivere nascosta in un luogo isolato, sorvegliata a vista dai Guardiani, gargoyle mutaforma incaricati di proteggerla. Perché se le creature degli Inferi scoprissero la verità sul suo conto la divorerebbero.

"Non sarà sempre così" dissi a me stessa. "Più tempo passerai da libera, più diventerà facile." Un giorno mi sarei svegliata da un sonno senza incubi, avrei camminato per strada senza timore. Fino a quel momento, mi tenevo stretta il mio pugnale sottile, desiderando sentire il peso sicuro dell'acciaio Grisha nella mano. Ricercata per tutto il Mare Vero, perseguitata dal senso di colpa per le vite spezzate a causa sua nella Faglia d'Ombra, Alina, la potente Evocaluce, sta cercando di ricostruirsi una vita con Mal in una terra dove nessuno è a conoscenza della sua vera identità.

In Tempest Rising, Tempest chose to return to the sea, following in her mother's footsteps and forging a relationship with the selkie Kona. Now many months have gone by, and she yearns to see her family again. Life under the ocean is full of rigorous training to eventually take over the throne, which leads to Tempest's powers growing and manifesting in new ways. When Tiamat, Tempest's power-hungry nemesis, attacks Tempest's brother Moku on land, she returns to his side, which also brings her back to her old flame, Mark.

Half-mermaid Tempest Maguire is trying to have it all: fulfilling her duties as second-in-line to the merQueen Hailana while periodically returning home to the California coastline to be with her family and longtime boyfriend, Mark. Living under the sea and rebuilding Coral Straits is grueling work, while being back home reminds her of everyone she loves and misses. But when her old flame Kona arrives bearing news that Hailana has died and Tempest is now officially merQueen, she returns permanently to Coral Straits - even though it devastates her family and rips her apart from Mark.

In Tempest Rising, Tempest chose to return to the sea, following in her mother's footsteps and forging a relationship with the selkie Kona. Now many months have gone by, and she yearns to see her family again. Life under the ocean is full of rigorous training to eventually take over the throne, which leads to Tempest's powers growing and manifesting in new ways. When Tiamat, Tempest's power-hungry nemesis, attacks Tempest's brother Moku on land, she returns to his side, which also brings her back to her old flame, Mark. But was the attack calculated to get Tempest out of the way?

After years on the run, Adelaide thinks her lonely and dangerous life as a thief is finally over. But her world is upended when a witch steals her away to a faraway kingdom to perform an impossible heist. If Adelaide fails, her newfound family would be sacrificed to a beast. To complete her mission, she’s forced to assume the role of a noblewoman and enter a royal competition. The prize is the hand of the elusive crown prince. Elimination means certain death.