Fairy Saga

Jace, a backcountry ranger assigned to patrol the wilderness of North America, was hiking when abruptly he was somewhere…else. Wind battered his thinly clothed body, and the salt air from crashing waves immediately soaked him to the bone. Nothing looked familiar. And then the strange game messages started appearing in his vision.

Surpass all odds, break the chains, defeat a God... Heracles’ trials are far from over. Carrying the weight of the heavens, accompanied only by his most loyal friend, Iolaus, he will do anything to atone for his crimes. But all is not as it seems. Gods and men alike plot against him... First Heracles must obtain the girdle of the Amazonian Queen, Hippolyta, steal cattle from the monstrous Geryon, and take apples from the Garden of Hesperides.

On his deathbed, the 400-year-old emperor of Atlantis has reason to worry. Signar, the savage ruler of a powerful outlying state, is scheming to seize control of the empire, and not even its advanced technology can save it. Signar will halt his invasion if he can take the emperor’s daughter, the beautiful Empress Salustra, as his bride. Such a marriage contradicts the deepest feelings of Salustra’s heart, the secret wisdom of her lineage, and her sacred trust as Atlantis’s queen. But the emperor has a plan: Salustra will seduce Signar and then sentence him to death.

Petits ou grands, nous avons tous en tête des fables de La Fontaine : "Le corbeau et le renard", "La cigale et la fourmi", "La grenouille qui veut se faire aussi grosse que le bœuf", "Le chêne et le roseau", "Le lièvre et la tortue", "La poule aux œufs d'or" et tant d'autres. Chacune de ces fables est une petite histoire, avec des mots simples, et contient des vérités qui servent de leçons. Il y a un peu de nous, un peu des autres, un peu de tous, dans chacune des fables. Comme le dit si bien l'auteur, Jean de La Fontaine, "tout parle en mon ouvrage, et même les poissons, ce qu'ils disent s'adresse à tous tant que nous sommes ; je me sers d'animaux pour instruire les hommes".

Can Kavan protect a goddess against the dragon gods and their allies? After the harrowing attack on Moonvale, Kavan, his friends, and the townsfolk begin to pick up the pieces of their lives as summer approaches. But, all is not as it seems. Strange hauntings, arrogant inquisitors, and dark secrets threaten the fragile peace of his new home.

The first saga tells of three Björkans, led by Juha the storyteller, who set out from their valley to discover what lies beyond its borders. Their quest brings them into contact with the devious story-trader Anthony de Marchand, a group of gun-toting aliens in search of Heaven and an ethereal Medicine Woman named Lilly. In the second saga, Juha is called upon to protect his people from invaders bent on stealing the secrets contained within the valley’s sacred trees. The third chronicles the journey of Lilly as she travels across the universe to bring aid to Juha and the Björkans.

The dark age of Kali is rising, and every man and woman must choose between duty and conscience, honour and shame, life and death.... The Pandavas, banished to the forest following the disastrous games of dice, return to Hastinapura. Draupadi has vowed not to bind her hair till she washes it in the blood of the Kauravas. Karna must choose between loyalty and gratitude, friend and Guru. Aswathama undertakes a perilous mission to the mountains of Gandhara, in search of the Evil One. Kunti must decide between her firstborn and her other sons.

"Blue beard" (French: "La Barbe bleue") is a very famous classic fairy tale written by Charles Perrault. Bluebeard is a wealthy aristocrat, feared and shunned because of his ugly, blue beard. He has been married several times, but no one knows what became of his wives. He is therefore avoided by the local girls. When Bluebeard visits one of his neighbours and asks to marry one of his two daughters, the girls are terrified, and each tries to pass him on to the other. Eventually he talks the younger daughter into visiting him, and after hosting a wonderful banquet, he persuades her to marry him.

En una lejana tierra, hace mucho, mucho tiempo había un bondadoso niño viviendo con su madre. Eran muy pobres pero su suerte cambió cuando un misterioso extranjero les ofreció una moneda de plata a cambio de un pequeño favor. Desde ese día, la vida del niño, llamado Aladino, cambió para siempre.

Jacob Merely has secured the ultimate weapon against evil, the Crystal Scythe, and now it’s time for to bring the fight to Hades himself. Unfortunately, Earl Necro Earl and his undead forces stand in the way, so if Jacob is going to take the God of Death out, he’s going to have to take Earl out first. Yeah, Jacob is totally okay with that. And when a mysterious new woman arrives unexpectedly at their gates with no memory of who she is - but seems to know of a secret passageway into the heart of the Temple of Hades - Jacob finally has the last piece of the puzzle.

He is a king, a warrior, the last hope of his people - and the chosen one of the sidhe...journey with Cade and Rhiann to a world of myth and magic in Dark Age Wales!

Franziska Pigulla und Friedrich Schoenfelder entführen uns in die Welt der schönsten deutschen Märchen und verzaubern mit ihrer angenehmen Stimme. Erzählt werden ​Der Froschkönig, Rotkäppchen, Der standhafte Zinnsoldat, Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse und viele weitere. Ideal zum Einkuscheln und Zuhören während der kalten Jahreszeit.

Retrouvez les plus beaux contes et les plus belles histoires pour enfants ! Ces merveilleux contes qui font rire, qui font peur et qui font rêver les enfants, filles ou garçons depuis des générations entières, sont réunis ici dans une très belle collection thématique. Les contes permettent un apprentissage moral et ludique pour les enfants, au travers de personnages auxquels ils peuvent s'identifier.

Two Fae princes vie for her affection, and her sister doesn't like it one bit. But this isn't Aerith's story. Sure, Mel might have gotten herself into a pickle, but she's got everything under control...kinda. Not. Next thing she knows, she's being threatened with marriage, gowns, and worst of all - a crown. Ahem, Mel likes pointy things at the end of a hilt in her hand, not on her head! Meanwhile, very pregnant and put out by her ongoing role at Dahlquist castle, Aerith is prepared to do whatever it takes to save her sister and leave Faerie for good. Liri has other ideas.

Fou de rage, le roi des Nibelungen lance une malédiction sur l'anneau magique qui lui a été volé, entrainant avec lui la chute tragique des grands dieux de l'Asgard. Odin, dieu suprême, a donné naissance à une puissante lignée humaine de rois, les rois de Frankenland, qu'il protège et chérit. Ils sont les seuls à ne pas être touchés par la malédiction du Nibelung et ils font perpétuer l'étincelle divine renfermée dans le cœur des hommes. Mais pour les condamner leur prospérité, Frigg, déesse des liens du mariage, rend stérile la reine de Frankenland.

Soron and Velaina left the royal life behind, with all its intrigues and dangers, for the small village of Elderwood. For 14 years, they lived a peaceful and simple life, until one day their son Nathan showed signs of possessing magical abilities, and all their plans were thrown into question. Before they could share their secret pasts with their son, a tragic series of missteps by an ambitious duke leads to tragedy. Nathan's quest finds him pitted against deadly bandits, vicious mythical creatures, and a northern king who will either kill him or call him grandson.

»Unsere Zeit wird kommen und dann werden wir für immer zusammen sein – doch sie ist nicht jetzt.«Nie hätte ich geglaubt, in der magischen Welt die Liebe zu finden. Doch das habe ich – und verlor sie erneut. Denn kaum hatte ich meine Erinnerungen wieder, wurde mir etwas viel Wichtigeres genommen.

"Je n'avais pas encore onze ans, lorsqu'au mois de juillet on m'envoya passer quelque temps aux environs de Moscou, dans une terre appartenant à un de mes parents." "Le Petit Héros" est une nouvelle de Fiodor Dostoïevski publiée pour la première fois en 1857 dans la revue Les Annales de la Patrie. Un petit garçon est envoyé chez un parent pour le mois de juillet. Ce dernier est riche et a toujours beaucoup d'invités, mais il est aussi la victime d'une belle blonde irrésistible. Il y aussi une autre invitée: Nathalie, une jolie brune dont le petit garçon s'éprend.

This story takes place in the Darkness Within Saga world and is book 1 of a spin-off Origins series. After the death of Sokn’s High King and the theft of several volatile bloodstone runes by rebel Ama Taugr necromancers, Jarl Engier War-Blood unites the northern clans in an effort to defend a rundown fortress situated over the last Sokn bloodstone mine. The rare mineral is the only source of power known to raise the dead and when the necromancers come for it, Engier and his allies quickly find themselves cornered and outnumbered by an army of walking dead.

Die Göttin der vielen Gesichter Die Frühlingsgöttin Persephone will den Herrscher der Unterwelt und ihren Ehemann Hades verlassen. Sie gibt für ihre Freiheit sogar ihre göttliche Macht auf. Daraufhin stürzt Hades die Welten der Lebenden und der Toten ins Chaos. Erst in seiner Falle begreift Persephone, dass es neben Fügen oder Fliehen noch eine dritte Option gibt: Kämpfen.