Showing results for "labyrinth" in Literature & Fiction

Nothing says Happy Birthday like summoning the spirits of your dead relatives. Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a generation and she hates magic. At her Deathday celebration, Alex performs a spell to rid herself of her power. But it backfires. Her whole family vanishes into thin air, leaving her alone with Nova, a brujo boy she can't trust. A boy whose intentions are as dark as the strange marks on his skin. The only way to get her family back is to travel with Nova to Los Lagos.

Quand Thomas reprend connaissance, sa mémoire est vide, seul son nom lui est familier... Il se retrouve entouré d'adolescents dans un lieu étrange, à l'ombre de murs infranchissables. Quatre portes gigantesques, qui se referment le soir, ouvrent sur un labyrinthe peuplé de monstres d'acier. Chaque nuit, le plan en est modifié. Thomas comprend qu'une terrible épreuve les attend tous. Comment s'échapper par le labyrinthe maudit sans risquer sa vie ?

Lilith Bennette runs at midnight. She scales walls in the dark and climbs without a harness. She hopes if she follows exactly in the steps of her strong air force pilot mother, she’ll somehow figure out the mystery of her mother’s death - and the reason why her necklace of Greek symbols has been missing ever since. When Lil is invited to Crete for a Future Leaders International conference, the same conference her mom attended years ago, she jumps at the chance to find some answers.

All Vera wants is to survive her wedding day and fade into the rhythms of a normal life. No easy task for a quarter-mage like her. But her worst fears come to pass when her faulty magic once again lets her down—only this time, she's branded a criminal.

Sixteen-year-old Ariadne’s whole life is curated and shared with the world. Her royal family’s entertainment empire is beloved by the tabloids, all over social media, and the hottest thing on television. The biggest moneymaker? The Labyrinth Contest, a TV extravaganza in which Ariadne leads 14 teens into a maze to kill a monster. To win means endless glory; to lose means death. In 10 seasons, no one has ever won.

Tras un largo recorrido entre pantanos, Ofelia conoce al hombre que será su padrastro, un despiadado capitán del ejército español. Para él, el inquietante y oscuro bosque donde viven es como una jaula, que tan solo sirve de escondite para los combatientes de la resistencia en la interminable y sangrienta guerra civil. Pero Ofelia está embelesada con su mágico hogar.

Thalia Brennan is lost within the legendary labyrinth realm called the Skein alongside the archangel Ereziel. Encountering different beings and enchanted locations, they must find a way out. It’s rumored there’s a doorway into Heaven from here, but no one knows exactly where it is. Thalia is certain the gate doesn’t exist until she stumbles upon a young girl who’s also lost. She didn’t come from Earth. She came from the Heaven’s Gate and must be returned. When the three companions make their way to the gateway to Heaven, they discover there’s more than meets the eye.

Er weiß nicht, woher er kommt und wer seine Eltern sind. Sein ehemaliges Leben ist ein schwarzes, gähnendes Nichts in seinem Hirn. Nur an seinen Namen erinnert er sich: Thomas. Er ist auf einer Lichtung, von der es scheinbar kein Entrinnen gibt. Abends schließen steinerne Wände den seltsamen Ort hermetisch ab; morgens öffnen sie sich wieder. In diesem Albtraum leben lauter Jungen wie Thomas. Ohne Erinnerungen haben sie nur ein einziges Ziel: den Weg in die Freiheit zu finden. Der führt durch das Labyrinth, dessen gewaltige Mauern sich Nacht für Nacht verschieben und in dem mörderische Kreaturen lauern. Gibt es wirklich einen Weg hinaus? Ist das Ganze eine Prüfung? Und wer hat sich dieses grauenvolle Szenario ausgedacht?