Resultados para "The Kiss" en Acción y aventura

Working on a dig on the southern coast of India, the last thing Annja Creed expects is to be hit by a tsunami. Or to strike archaeological gold. But that's exactly what happens when several objects wash ashore in the storm. The relics carry unfamiliar markings that hint at a legendary city. Excited by the prospect of discovering a culture believed lost to civilization, Annja embarks on a perilous journey deep into the heart of danger.

When destiny is involved there are no chances. On the night of Graelyn's upcoming birthday, he and his Dawnborn lover, Myra, planned to escape his tyrant father. However, the night of their departure, a Duskborn assassin comes looking for Gray even as an insatiable, unknown Hunger blooms within him. Attacked and framed, they flee for their lives, only to be captured by orc pirates. They encounter an orcish druid, who has dreamed of a figure shrouded in darkness—a prophecy foretelling the salvation or ruination of the land of Uncanny.

Underhill is my ruthless mother. Her realm is my deadly home. The brutal creatures here are both foe and friend. But the group of fae that just attacked me? They’re all foe. Dragged from my game of hide-and-seek with a dragon, and my home of twenty-one years, I’m thrust into a weak, ugly realm. Earth. Something is taking the fae children of the Irish court, and an Oracle has declared I must find them. Nope. Not my problem. Bye. Except a three-year-old girl they suspect is the next Queen of All Fae was taken too.

Haunted by the death and destruction left in his wake, Graelyn hopes to confront his father and get the answers to his questions. What is the purpose of being Night Kissed? How is Gray supposed to wake a dreaming god? Fresh from the assault by the Order of the Merciful Mother, Gray and his companions travel to the Port of the Hanged Masses on their way to the ruined temple of Kry’Lana. Once in the city, Gray encounters a mysterious, dark skinned warrior, seeking the aid of one of his companions, and a sinister force deadlier than anything Gray’s encountered so far.

Waking on his death slab, Graelyn found his women embroiled in the fight of their lives. To slake his Hunger’s thirst for vengeance and to protect the women he loves, he threw himself into the fight. With the revelations from his sojourn to the afterlife, Graelyn was determined to right the wrongs of Uncanny. Still pursued by the Lord’s of the Hunt, will Gray be able to raise the army needed to reclaim his birthright and ensure his survival afterward?

First published in the pages of Weird Tales in 1934, C. L. Moore's Jirel of Joiry is the first significant female sword-and-sorcery protagonist and one of the most exciting and evocative characters the genre has ever known. Published alongside seminal works by H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, the five classic fantasy tales included in this volume easily stand the test of time and often overshadow the storytelling power and emotional impact of stories by Moore's more famous contemporaries.