Showing results for "the troll" in Literature & Fiction

A dauntless young hero. An army of brutal monsters. An impossible quest. Journey to the mountain ... In an isolated valley, a small tribe of humans is dying from a terrible illness. There are rumours, however, that the trolls of Troll Mountain, the valley’s fearsome overlords, have found a cure for the illness: A fabulous elixir. When his sister is struck down by the disease and his tribal leaders refuse to help him, an intrepid youth named Raf decides to defy his tribe and do the unthinkable.

It’s fate when a man accidentally drops his phone off the bridge. It’s fortune when it’s retrieved by a friendly shape sloshing in the muck underneath. From that day forward, as they share a coffee every morning, an unlikely friendship blooms. Considering the reality for the man above, where life seems perfect, and that of the sharp-witted creature below, how forever after can a happy ending be?

A warrior with a secret, a ruthless band of cutthroats, and a monster of ancient legend converge in this fantasy from the author of the Mountain Man series. It’s a time of war. After years of relentless battle, the tired nation of Sunja realizes its spine is close to breaking. Desperate for aid, the country’s king dispatches a company of soldiers to the north in a desperate plea for help from its neighbors.

There he was in his sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic, all alone and loving it. Well, there was a US Navy carrier group on his southern horizon, but he was a Navy guy himself, so he didn't mind. Then came the UFOs, hurtling in from the Outer Black to overfly the carriers at Mach 17. Their impossible aerobatics were bad enough—but then they started shooting at each other, and at the Navy, with nukes. Little ones at first, but winding up with a 500 megatonner at 90 miles that fried every piece of electronics within line-of-sight.

Sixteen-year-old Jennifer Strange and her sidekick and fellow orphan Tiger Prawns have been driven to the tip of the UnUnited Kingdoms - Cornwall - by the invasion of the Trolls. Their one defence is a six-foot-wide trench full of buttons, something which the Trolls find unaccountably terrifying (it's their clickiness). Worse than being eaten by Trolls is the prospect of the Mighty Shandar requisitioning the Quarkbeast and using him to achieve supreme power and domination.

Chod has obtained an item with the potential to turn the tide of battle if it can only be unlocked. To unleash the power of the mighty green dragon, first, it must be hatched—a feat unheard of for generations. For any chance of success, Chod needs a location rich in life aura, and there are precious few. While new allies march toward Seascape, Chod and company head to Wandermere, the fabled land of centaurs and Mythos’s most ancient forest. The life aura within may be dense, but sinister monsters have escaped from the shadow realms with the intention of overtaking the forest.

Hero checklist for a long and happy life - Dannen Ateran had never gone so far as to write the list out, but he knew it by heart. He ought to, as he had been telling it to himself for years, and he - fool that he was - had been ignoring it for just as long. So it was that he found himself standing beside Fedder, Mariana, and Tesler, watching as an undead dragon soared toward them.

A large wolf escapes its captors. A cult leader breaks out of psychiatric care. A disillusioned woman is forced to end her self-imposed exile. Stefan Spjut's latest novel explores the ancient notion that our forests may be inhabited by beings we do not understand, creatures neither animal nor human, living in the shadows.... Thriller, horror fiction, suspense, Trolls is set 10 years on from hit novel Stallo, as Susso Myrén's world once again starts to shift around her.

Sie denken, Sie kennen alle Völker der Fantasy? Sie haben mit Stan Nicholls' Orks Schlachten geschlagen, sind mit den Zwergen von Markus Heitz durch unterirdische Gänge gehuscht und haben mit Bernhard Hennens Elfen das Böse besiegt. Doch tief in der Dunkelheit lauert noch etwas: Wesen, die der Schrecken vieler Legenden sind, Wesen, deren Name nur geflüstert werden darf...

Sie denken, Sie kennen alle Völker der Fantasy? Sie haben mit Stan Nicholls' Orks Schlachten geschlagen, sind mit den Zwergen von Markus Heitz durch unterirdische Gänge gehuscht und haben mit Bernhard Hennens Elfen das Böse besiegt. Doch tief in der Dunkelheit lauert noch etwas: Wesen, die der Schrecken vieler Legenden sind, Wesen, deren Name nur geflüstert werden darf...

Sie denken, Sie kennen alle Völker der Fantasy? Sie haben mit Stan Nicholls' Orks Schlachten geschlagen, sind mit den Zwergen von Markus Heitz durch unterirdische Gänge gehuscht und haben mit Bernhard Hennens Elfen das Böse besiegt. Doch tief in der Dunkelheit lauert noch etwas: Wesen, die der Schrecken vieler Legenden sind, Wesen, deren Name nur geflüstert werden darf...

Simon Byrne never signed up for this. One moment, he’s an ordinary guy with a few flaws. The next, he’s locked inside a metal pod on a secret island owned by a billionaire, victim of a mysterious vendetta, hardwired into a simulation that can kill. He wakes up to find himself trapped in Lumosera, a land where gods have spawned divine warriors and twisted monsters, magic corrupts or redeems, and a heroic brotherhood has been waging war against a necromantic order for millennia.

Chad Johnson built his following by being a troll. Online games, social media, you name it—he's there with a witty comeback. But when he goes too far during a televised stream, he's handed a punishment unlike any other. Instead of the usual ban or suspension, Chad's sentenced to thirty days of full immersion therapy in Isle of Mythos—a world of epic fantasy filled with dungeons and mythical creatures. The twist? He's forced to embody a forest troll, one of the most-despised races in Mythos.

Scotty is no stranger to being bullied, but after a chance encounter in an online chatroom, finds hope in Rebecca. Scotty is about to find out that people on the internet can be worse than people in real life. Facebook. Twitter. These are the places the modern troll thrives. How far would you be willing to go to bring a troll to justice?

Nach 20 Jahren Frieden braut sich ein neuer Krieg zwischen Wlachkis und Ardoly zusammen. Die Masriden beschuldigen die Wlachaken, den Marczeg umgebracht zu haben. Die Wlachaken wiederum machen die Masriden für den Tod von Flores, der Geliebten des Marczeg und der Schwester Stens, verantwortlich. Dann wird auch noch der Herrschaftssitz der Wlachaken in Flammen gesetzt. Der jüngste Sohn Stens kommt in dem Feuer beinahe ums Leben. Bei alldem ahnt niemand, dass gerade vom Goldenen Imperium die größte Gefahr für Wlachkis ausgeht...

20 Jahre herrschte Frieden in Wlachkis. Doch nun droht erneut Krieg. Diesmal sind es die beiden Söhne Stens, die sich gegen die Feinde Wlachkis wehren müssen. Einer von ihnen, Natiole, verbündet sich einst wie sein Vater mit den Trollen...

Sie denken, Sie kennen alle Völker der Fantasy? Sie haben mit Stan Nicholls' Orks Schlachten geschlagen, sind mit den Zwergen von Markus Heitz durch unterirdische Gänge gehuscht und haben mit Bernhard Hennens Elfen das Böse besiegt. Doch tief in der Dunkelheit lauert noch etwas: Wesen, die der Schrecken vieler Legenden sind, Wesen, deren Name nur geflüstert werden darf...

Sie denken, Sie kennen alle Völker der Fantasy? Sie haben mit Stan Nicholls' Orks Schlachten geschlagen, sind mit den Zwergen von Markus Heitz durch unterirdische Gänge gehuscht und haben mit Bernhard Hennens Elfen das Böse besiegt. Doch tief in der Dunkelheit lauert noch etwas: Wesen, die der Schrecken vieler Legenden sind, Wesen, deren Name nur geflüstert werden darf...

Sie denken, Sie kennen alle Völker der Fantasy? Sie haben mit Stan Nicholls' Orks Schlachten geschlagen, sind mit den Zwergen von Markus Heitz durch unterirdische Gänge gehuscht und haben mit Bernhard Hennens Elfen das Böse besiegt. Doch tief in der Dunkelheit lauert noch etwas: Wesen, die der Schrecken vieler Legenden sind, Wesen, deren Name nur geflüstert werden darf...

Simon Byrne thought he understood the game. Level up. Master his Wildkin abilities. Become a deadly rogue. Survive alongside Elsa, Tana, and his wise sena-girl, Cierra, who lives in his forehead crystal. But the Shrine of Amurta will test everything he's made of.