Kategoria BISAC: Fiction >> Fantasy - Contemporary

What would happen if the world was meant to end, but it didn't? Instead, the dead walk the streets with the living, and civilization looks away as the Afterworld becomes a brutal and ruthless breeding ground for unimaginable horrors. Rebekah survived the outbreak, but she lost everyone she held dear. As civilization attempts to rebuild, mysterious disappearances begin to threaten the stability that is slowly emerging. It isn't until Rebekah's husband is killed right in front of her that she realizes something more is lurking under the surface. A new evil is ready to take over the globe and...

Andrew, an English programmer, living alone in Bulgaria, finds out he is the next evolution of humanity and has to save the world before a mysterious being slows down time into a single dull moment. Andrew is forced on a quest through time and alternative realities to find God, whose true name is Jeff. Guided by his Holy Guardian Angel, Tigger, the patron angel of computers and things that are designed to blow up, his journey goes through Hell and out the other side. He meets demons, the Triple Goddess, finds out the secret of Avebury, Jeff's reason for creating the universe and above all the...

"Fate is an ugly bitch who will screw with your life every single chance she gets." Grace Murphy, a newly single mother finds this out as she's trying to figure out how to lead a perfectly normal life. The big question becomes, what do you do when you find out that your mother is Diana, the Goddess of the Hunt and she expects you to take up the family business? You can try hiding, but escaping when you have an ex-husband to deal with, a kid to raise and an unknown being who's trying to kill you is tricky at best. Now the woman who couldn't put a bookshelf together without getting sweaty and...

This book is mostly a light hearted, lyrically poetic and yet sometimes solemnly serious fictional fantasy. The main characters are five friends forever. PU Pig is the know-it-all. Larry-on-the-Lamb is a shy sheep who wants to be so ba-a-d. Hoss, the slow Horse is the one who's most trusted, steady and strong. The chicken, Chickadee Dooda, comes from a broken egg. Cowlicko Claire, the cow, is kind of the heroine, here, who always knows what is the right thing to do. These "five friends forever" embark on an unexpected journey together from California to England where they meet other fantasy...

GLOBAL WARMING HEATS UP MAGIC.. " Chicago Post V3.1" Global warming affects life on earth in unexpected ways. Magic intensifies, spreads and goes public. GOVERNMENTS REGULATE MAGIC. " LA Tribune, 9.0.2" Danger from Dark Magic swells. Politicians panic.

Ten years ago the world was shaken with the discovery that White and Black magic existed. Despite the headlines, like most people, nothing magical has happened in Sig's life.

In his last semester of high school, his mysterious Great-Grandfather shows up with injuries sustained in a battle with a Dark Wizard. He bestows upon Sig, his...

Dannoc Popovic has lived a sheltered life, living for the sunrise everyday and dreading the sunset every night. His fear of the moon light and the darkness kept him caged. And then Rona, a mysterious mudraca shows up to teach him the ways of a Day Warrior. Danny's world begins to expand, and his fears begin to diminish. With his new abilities to harness light energy, Danny discovers that there are new restrictions and new chains that bind him in responsibilities. He must either join the forces of other Day Warriors or lose his abilities and possibly his life...

In this collection of darkly magical short stories, Patrick de Moss grounds speculative fantasy in a more psychological, complex world - and does so to stunning effect. In "The Sweet Shepherd" a man incapable of dying and living in Connecticut hires a chauffeur, and comes in close contact with the unmitigated sorrow of loss. In "Like Clockwork" a lonely accountant discovers a man of bronze and brings him back to life, only to see the pain he carries with him from her act of kindness. In "A Strange Boy," Nicholas must decide the fate of a childhood friend - a moment that may in many ways save...

Come one, come all to the greatest show on Earth Prepare to be inspired and amazed Ever since he can remember, Jack Benson has always wanted to be a magician, he always marveled at the tricks of the greats. Through years of hard work and perseverance, he gets his wish. However, his success is reliant on a series of magician related murders, which leaves him without competition, hence his sudden success. When one of his own tricks goes wrong and his audience volunteer disappears and he fails to bring her back, it unfolds a series of events that completely shatters his world and lands him in...

Some things are not meant to be stolen. That is what Hexus Thorne, vicious hitman for the Mafia, realizes when he unsuspectingly takes possession of a powerful Stone with legendary powers. And yet- this is not the only Stone hiding among the ancient ruins of the Island of Meylach... The question is- who is The Stone Collector?

"The heroine encounters serial adventures that leave you eager to know what comes next The story moves at a fast pace with not a wasted paragraph or chapter. It will leave you wanting to meet a Varlon of your own A story for all genders" - review from A1 Kindle top reviewer "A lovely mix of social science, science fiction and even tender relationships. Great characters and a wonderful feel good story." - Jon Baker "A human story in an alien context" Excerpt: Varlon was close to despair. All the humans he had tried to speak with had either looked at him as if he was dishonourable or they had...

Dannoc Popovic continues his adventures into the world of light powers and taps into his abilities to hunt down the predators setting traps to destroy Night Warriors. Danny thought he had everything going for him: He is in a settled relationship with Olena. His brother is now more than just a brother, he is his best friend. And then he stumbles upon a trap set on a Loveland bike path that sets him on a different trail of not only dodging the traps, but dodging the fury of the local police department, and hunting down the killers of the Domini slave drivers of the Warrior world. To get to the...

Dexter Levin was a security guard for his odious step-father's terrible department store. He preferred to keep his nose in a book, but he is forced to take notice when a woman is kidnapped through a dressing room mirror. Dexter decides to finally confront his problems, and plunges through to try and save her. On the other side, he is faced with gods and monsters. He does not meet the tide alone, as his reflection Dex is there to help. Together they fight against the insane gods of the land Aethero. Not only to save the lives of the women they love, but also to face down the gods that would...

His parents died at eight. His uncle abandoned him at thirteen. At sixteen he fell in love, and at eighteen she betrayed him. Andrew Dale is a slave for the Sun King, who uses him as a conversation piece in his court. Andrew wears the yoke poorly, fighting back and undermining the King when he can. Though the woman he loved, the woman who betrayed him, is the King's Guard Captain, Ashna tries to help Andrew cope. Until Andrew makes the worst mistake he could: saving the King's life and showing the world what a petty tyrant the King really is. Now on the run for his life, Andrew doesn't know...

On investigating a series of gruesome murders Detective Espinoza will uncover a deeper and terrifying world. Angels exist and she will be forced to work with them in order to save a research doctor from a conspiracy that could see his work corrupted as well as his soul. On learning more about this world she will uncover a hidden truth to her own past and face dangers she would never have imagined.

This haunting and comic fable from the author of "The Sleepwalkers' Ball" is a beautiful and heartbreaking journey through memory, loss and imagination.

Rumour and suspicion engulf an eerily fog-bound town as its residents begin to receive tickets promising passage across the mist-shrouded bay to the mysterious 'other side'. For Alex and his family, this seems like the beginning of a great adventure, but as reports of a shadowy, half-glimpsed ship start to circulate, so too does the gossip and anxious speculation.

"Why have some been selected and not others?"

"Who are the employees...

At the University of Sheldra, Ariel discovers that her travelling companion, Nick, is a respected translator with little time to spare. Now that he isn''t at her side all the time, she wishes he was, and when she finally admits her love, powerful emotions sweep her away.

The demon lord Emot takes advantage of her inexperience in matters of the heart and preys on her desire, setting off a struggle with addiction that threatens to break Nick''s heart and turn Ariel into the demon''s mindless slave. She must reach deep into her soul and find the mystical power she needs to kill the one...

Ariel and Nick face their deepest fears and their greatest challenge as they search for the Master Demon who holds the key to the future of mankind. Slay him and the world goes free; fail, and it falls irrevocably into violence and chaos.

Guided by a wisdom master of a mystical tradition that uses mind power as the basis of powerful magic, the assault party travels from the ancient granite walls of the Hermitage, up the Steps of Death, and through a labyrinth of shifting gorges to the Palace of Skulls. Even if Nick wins his struggle with the scars of his past and defeats the...

On a near-future Earth decimated by plagues, two species of humanity survive-Homo sapiens and Homo gaians. When an insane gaians blames sapiens for the world's problems, only Lauren Tom will stand between him and the destruction of the remaining sapiens. Unless she decides he's right. _________ Lauren Tom survived the Troubles that killed her father, survived her mother's disappearance ten years ago and now, at 23, she survives on her own in a cabin in the Yukon wilderness. What she may not survive is learning that her mother belonged to a different species and that she herself may soon be...

What if you were 13, had too much responsibility but loads of imagination...how would you change your life? As an only child, Lizzie selflessly cares for her ill and despondent mother. It's summer, school is out and she's stuck at home with no other kids in sight. Could life get any worse? Despite the bleakness of her days, Lizzie dares to hope for the sort of magic she finds in the fairytales she loves to read. She keeps looking toward the stars until one summer night, she spies one fall and makes a wish. In no time at all, she has three willing mentors wise to the ways of magic, a yard...

The small town of Rio Hevrir has been under siege for years... held captive by dark forces that, for most people, are simply the stuff of nightmares and fairy tales. There's been resistance, but not enough. Until now. She didn't know who they were, but she'd seen them deep in her heart - battling the demons and their minions and walking away from those encounters battered and bloodied, and not without losses, but victorious. Rio Hevrir would continue to bleed through the winter. But when the summer sun finally began to shine long hours and bring life back to this place, she would see this...