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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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...

Chris Anderson has everything. He’s the son of the richest family in town. He lives in a beautiful, loving home. He even has a fairy godmother. Chris Anderson also has nothing. He was born with a deformed arm, and when he gets angry he sees visions that terrify him. At the turn of the Twentieth Century, in a nation wrestling with faith and science, tradition and change, Chris will be forced to confront his own nature, and learn the meanings of freedom, love, and the grace of God.

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.

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.

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...

Trolls belong lurking under bridges, not in the arms of beautiful human women. That's what Hisondine tells me. He's not fooling me, though. I see the way he looks at me. I know the way he touches me. He's huge and muscled and hard as stone. But that's not the only thing about him that makes me feel safe. He treats me like I'm precious. I've been a companion to plenty of monsters, but I've never met one who makes me feel special the way he does.

Big, blue, and ugly. Who says a troll can’t be the hero? Chad’s 30-day sentence may be over, but his trolling has just begun. Forsaking his old ways, he fully embraces a future as Chod, the hero of the forest trolls. But life in Isle of Mythos isn’t easy for the barbarian summoner. Chod has angered more than one felon on his quest to save his people from extinction, and they’ve sworn vengeance. With a target on his back, Chod is about to find out how difficult the world can be for a hero that looks like a monster.