Historical

His sons were ripped from his arms and he was sold into slavery… Now he has a terrible choice. Cadwal, a widowed Celtic warrior is a dedicated father raising his children in his mountain stronghold. In these uncertain times, the tribe must be vigilant, as caught between the expanding Roman empire and power-hungry neighbours, treachery is rife.

I had lain down in my crypt to rest for a few decades, but when I awoke, centuries had passed. My castle is in ruins, my clan is gone, and necromancers are considered just a fairy tale for children. They take me for a healer. That's because the world is sick. And it's time for strong medicine.

Nach dem Bestseller Die juten Sitten kommt nun endlich ein neues Audible Original Hörspiel aus der Feder der preisgekrönten Autorin Anna Basener. Mit Das nasse Herz entführt sie die Hörer:innen in die bunte, magische, lustige und manchmal auch tragische Welt eines kleinen Wanderzirkus, der Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts durch die Dörfer zieht. Inszeniert mit viel Liebe zum Detail und besetzt mit hochrangigen Schauspieler:innen wie Leslie Malton (Der große Bellheim), Ludwig Trepte (Deutschland 83) und Mala Emde (Charité), steckt die Geschichte voller faszinierender Charaktere, Liebe und Verrat.

En esta novela, Oscar Wilde indaga sobre el mito de la eterna juventud, al recrear el tema de un pacto diabólico para conservar la belleza y permanecer eternamente joven. Un pintor queda fascinado por la extraordinaria hermosura de Dorian, su joven modelo, que vive en plena era victoriana satisfaciendo todos sus deseos, sin límites ni prejuicios. El pintor declara que sería dichoso si Dorian pudiese permanecer para siempre exactamente como es. Este deseo se traduce en un pacto que lleva a Dorian a cometer todo tipo de atrocidades, hasta llegar al crimen.

When Aurora and her twin brother Aubrey were born, a dark mage cursed them: before their eighteenth birthday, the twins would suffer the torment of eternal sleep. Aurora and Aubrey's parents, being sensible wizards, eviscerated the mage. Unfortunately, dark magic doesn't go quietly. Aurora and Aubrey were left orphans. Raised by three half-faerie guardians, the twins' lives pass unremarkably. Attractive, witty, and in possession of a large fortune, they are the toast of polite society.

As a young woman, Moire Tobin fell hopelessly in love with a brave, loyal, and handsome young naval officer. Nothing, not even her family, could persuade her to spurn the young man. But fate had other ideas. Even when Oliver broke off their engagement, her tattered heart refused to stop loving. Every beat carried with it the promise of hope.

A private investigator chases a missing East India Company man. Down to his last lead, the investigator stumbles upon a sailor telling the tale of a ship lost at sea with dwindling supplies, a tyrannical captain, a false holy man, and a silver-tongued first mate. The solitary ship is a brutal and political place, where morals are tested, alliances forged, and lives lost. Could this have been the fate of the missing man?

There's a tradition in the Sharp family that some possess the Second Sight. But is it superstition, or true psychic power? Kit Sharp is in Paris, where she is involved in a love affair with the stunning Evelyn Larsen, and working as an archivist, having inherited her historian father's fascination with the Bayeux Tapestry. He believes that parts of the tapestry were made before 1066, and that it was a tool for prediction, not a simple record of events.

Richard III is trapped in the afterlife, waiting with his guide, Raven, for an angel to take his soul to Heaven. Though he's been between worlds for hundreds of years, up in the real world it's 2013 and Molly Stern has a broken heart from losing her father and a recent breakup. Leaving London, Molly goes home to seek solace from her Aunt Peggy and Uncle Frank in Oxenbridge. But there are strange noises in the basement of her childhood house and nothing feels right, not even between Peggy and Frank. When the angel encounters Molly—and Raven at last finds the angel—life and the afterlife meet.

It’s 1890, the age of steam. Cloyd Smith is a dreamer, and longs to be a sailor like One Ear’d Jack, the hero pirate of the pulp novels. But his father, Woodrow Smith, has no patience for day dreaming. He wants his son to concentrate on the company that he will one day inherit. After a tragic accident, Cloyd runs away to the sea like he’s always dreamed of. Woodrow chases after Cloyd, knowing all too well what dangers lies on the waters.

Sie hat alles verloren. Außer ihr Licht. Ihm fehlt es an nichts. Doch er ertrinkt in Dunkelheit. Seit vielen Jahren ist Aurela auf der Flucht vor den Menschen, die ihre Flügel als Medizin verwenden möchten. Sie zerstörten bereits ihre Heimat Lucea und töteten ihren Vater, indem sie ihm die Flügel abschlugen. Als dann auch Aurelas Mutter gefangen genommen wird, macht sie sich auf den Weg ein Versprechen einzulösen, das sie ihren Eltern gegeben hat. Sie schlägt sich nach Tenebris durch, dem Land der Finsternis und der Magie. Bei den Feinden ihrer Feinde fleht sie um Gnade und Schutz.

La Rue est une nouvelle écrite à la fin de 1919 et publiée pour la première fois dans le numéro de décembre 1920 du journal amateur Wolverine. L'histoire retrace l'évolution de la rue éponyme dans une ville de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, vraisemblablement Boston, depuis ses débuts comme chemin à l'époque coloniale jusqu'à un événement quasi-surnaturel dans les années qui ont suivi immédiatement la Première Guerre mondiale.

Umbria’s top general marches towards the Eastern tribes of Galicia. He lays siege and destroys the town of Norova leaving only one witness to the horror. That survivor is Vindex. He finds his younger brother far from the town and vows to protect him. The pair flee west through the beautiful Galician frontier hoping to find refuge with a neighboring tribe. Revenge consumes Vindex, but fate has other plans. The old myths of the Maith are real, and the boys realize there is untapped power among them. How will they use this power?

Set in the heart of North Yorkshire and incorporating local myths, legends, and historical facts, this is the fantasy story of John Twigg, a young man with everything to live for. But, despite a loving family and an adoring girlfriend, he makes the fatal error of falling under the spell of a beautiful upper-class girl. Unable to sustain his own anguish and unhappiness at his betrayal, he curses himself and is thrown back in time from 1999 to the year 1544 by a force that he cannot possibly comprehend.

Tauchen Sie ein in die magische Welt von Galadon, wo Liebe, Pflicht und uralte Magie aufeinandertreffen! In diesem fesselnden Sammelband erleben Sie die packenden Abenteuer von Nasja, der Nymphe, die sich in einem Königreich voller Intrigen und Gefahren behaupten muss. Band 1: Das Mondtor Nasja steht vor der Herausforderung ihres Lebens: Sie muss die Ehe mit König Nemos eingehen, einem Mann, der ebenso wenig um diese Verbindung gebeten hat wie sie selbst.