Fantasy Patrick

Recent events have proven too much for Cha Ming. His heart is broken, and his soul is shattered. He cannot move. He cannot speak. His friends worry for his safety. Soul trauma is difficult to heal at the best of times, and to do so, the Monkey King calls in an expert. He sends Cha Ming to the Heartforge Realm, the place where legends are born and heroes are made.

The Burning Lake Prefecture has declared war on the demon lands. The human invaders are mighty, and even Stargazer City’s new seer can’t stop them. Cha Ming would love to help, but his hands are tied. He has a death match to attend and only six months to prepare. To survive, he’ll need to awaken his divine blood using the Iridescent Phoenix’s inheritance. But such a precious treasure is not easy to obtain. Cha Ming’s competitors are strong and have been preparing all their lives.

The Novara: Our last hope. Built to deliver two million souls from a solar system in disarray, the colossal ark ship set off into the endless night with the hopes and dreams of the human remnant. They would find a new home. A new Earth. The Novara’s descendants—those promised a green Eden—live a ship-bound life. But it is not the isolated existence their ancestors had envisioned. One hundred and twenty-nine years ago, there was a collision, a devastating encounter that answered one of humanity’s oldest questions . . . We are not alone.

Legends used to walk the Dragonblood Plains - great heroes now dead who left bloody scars across the face of the world. They are waking. For Tamerlan, the only thing that matters is his desperate quest to save his sister from being sacrificed to the dragon at the height of the Summernight festival. For Marielle, all that matters is serving justice to protect her city. But when Tamerlan stumbles upon an ancient magic that calls the Legends forth, and Marielle scents what he’s done and starts her pursuit, they begin a chain of events that can’t be stopped.

Cha Ming is back in Verdant Crossroads, and for now, his allies are safe. The Thread Seer has chosen to honor her promise and has begun crafting a new body for the Monkey King. Her seclusion has not gone unnoticed, however. Verdant Crossroads’ traditional allies are giving them the cold shoulder, and their neighbor, the Republic of Fendal, is now eyeing their territory. It falls to the junior Thread Seer, Clever Dusk, to cobble together a defense—and to Cha Ming, her teacher, to help her.

It's late Thursday night, and Inspector Ross Carver is at a crime scene in one of the city's last luxury homes. The dead man on the floor is covered by an unknown substance that's eating through his skin. Before Carver can identify it, six FBI agents burst in and remove him from the premises. He's pushed into a disinfectant trailer, forced to drink a liquid that sends him into seizures, and is shocked unconscious. When he awakens, Carver works to find out what happened to him, soon realizing he's entangled in a web of conspiracy that spans the nation.

Eine Intrige zwingt Kvothe, die arkanische Universität zu verlassen. Seine Suche nach den Chandrian, die seine Eltern getötet haben, führt ihn an den Hof von Maer Alveron, und weiter zu den Sturm umwogten Hügeln von Ademre. Schließlich gelangt er in das zwielichtige Reich der Fae, wo er der sagenumwobenen Felurian begegnet, der bisher noch kein Mann widerstehen konnte...

Kvothes Abenteuer führen ihn in das Feenreich, wo er der betörenden Felurian begegnet, die ihn durch ihre märchenhafte Schönheit fast willenlos macht. Nur durch eine List kann er sich aus ihren Armen befreien. Und sein Weg führt ihn weiter zu den stillen Kriegern der Adem, von denen er die hohe Kunst des Lethani erlernt und das Schwert Saicere verliehen bekommt. Mit ihm und einem von Felurian gewobenen Schattenmantel tritt Kvothe die Reise zurück zum Hof des mächtigen Maer an, doch unterwegs wartet entsetzliches Unheil auf ihn...

In a near future where climate change has severely affected weather and agriculture, the North End of an unnamed city has long been abandoned in favor of the neighboring South End. Aside from the scavengers steadily stripping the empty city to its bones, only a few thousand people remain, content to live quietly among the crumbling metropolis. Many, like the narrator, are there to try to escape the demons of their past. He spends his time observing and recording the decay around him, attempting to bury memories of what he has lost.

The kings and queens of the northern continent lay siege to the Darkwater Forest, desperate to contain its evil. But rumors of gold and aurium have lured deserters and the desperate into its shadow, creating a growing army held in its sway. Desperate after the death and dissolution of their greatest ally, Willet and the Vigil seek the truth of what lies at the heart of the evil they face. They delve the mind of an old enemy and find an answer far worse than they could have imagined.

Derk finally has the beginnings of a force to stand up to the Demigods. But his estranged mother-in-law is building an army to follow. With orders to crush him before he can become anything more than a nuisance to her master. He and his wives must travel through a desert, filled with mysteries and hidden dangers while outrunning an army six times their size. All in a bid to find a place to fortify and call his own. Where he can build his army and his power to strike back against those aligned against him.

'The Wide, Wide Sea' is a Chaos Walking short story. Set before the Spackle War in a small fishing village by the sea, this is a heartbreaking tale of love and loyalty in a divided world. Best listened to immediately after The Ask and the Answer, it features familiar characters such as Mistress Coyle but gives a new perspective on the shocking events in the award-winning trilogy.

The pulse hits without warning. In one harrowingly destructive instant, a mysterious seismic pulse in the Scottish Highlands rips away all semblance of global security. When peace is shattered, fear takes over. The stakes rise without mercy. As the pulse's chaos spreads across the world, it becomes painfully clear that Piper McCarthy - a child born like no other - might hold humanity's only hope of averting total disaster.

Entire cities disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving nothing but dust and rubble. When an alien race came to make Earth theirs, they brought with them a weapon we had no way to fight, a universe-altering force known as thelemity. It seemed nothing could stop it - until we discovered we could wield the power, too. Five hundred years later, the Earth is locked in a grinding war of attrition. The talented few capable of bending thelemity to their will are trained in elite military academies, destined for the front lines.

After journeying to an unfamiliar land where air is nearly unbreathable and light stings like shards of glass, Edgar must navigate the deadly forests--full of creatures far more frightening than anything he has seen on Atherton--and join the child workforce of Silo #7, the site where Dr. Harding (the mad maker of Atherton) was raised.

Die Universität von Imre ist weithin bekannt für ihre Gelehrsamkeit. Die besten Köpfe zieht sie an, die Rätsel der Wissenschaft, des Handwerks und der Alchemie zu entschlüsseln. Aber tief unter dem lebendigen Treiben in ihren Hallen erstreckt sich ein Netz verlassener Räume und alter Gänge. Im Herz dieses höhlenartigen Labyrinths lebt das Mädchen Auri. Das "Unterding" ist ihr Zuhause. Die kalte trügerische Rationalität der Menschen, die über ihr leben, hat sie hinter sich gelassen und dringt tief in das Geheimnis der Dinge ein.

After the journey to Emporium that was wrought with secrets and devastating alien attacks, Alex and his family hunger for more knowledge. He's desperate to find out more about his own people—the reclusive Atlanteans who were once chased off Earth by primitive humans. Alex and his family travel to the border planet of Crossroads, where they can begin their search for answers. Their arrival at Crossroads leads to turmoil from the very beginning. With danger around every corner, Alex must contend with deadly assassins and alien gangsters in his quest to reach Atlantis.

Bast liebt Tauschgeschäfte. Gibst du mir, so geb ich dir — das ist ihm so vertraut wie das Ein- und Ausatmen. Einzigartig, diese Verhandlungen mitzuerleben. Als Bast eine Gabe ohne Gegengabe annimmt, gerät seine ganze Welt aus den Fugen. Folgen Sie dem charmantesten Fae der Königsmörder-Chronik einen ganzen Tag lang, von der Morgendämmerung bis nach Mitternacht, während er Ränke schmiedet und umherschleicht, sich tänzelnd in Schwierigkeiten begibt — und sich mit geradezu unheimlicher Anmut wieder daraus befreit.

Hausos is a peaceful farming colony. Once controlled by the Tahni, it's now settled by a collection of homeless refugees and war veterans, among them Cam and Vicky. Their life is pleasantly boring, quiet enough for demons from the war to nag at the corners of Cam’s mind on lonely nights. He fights the demons back with willpower and alcohol, determined to make this place home. But the peace doesn’t last.

Alone and weaponless, with a remote controlled bomb in his neck, Ajaya Gurung must plan and fight better and harder than ever before. The last Spider is out there, in the Zone, plotting the end of man, and man is ignoring the danger. Left with only his skills, wits, and courage, he must adapt and overcome before it's too late. If only he had an ace in the hole...oh wait...he does!