検索キーワード： 現代文学

Young Elphie is shaped and molded by the behaviors of her promiscuous mother, Melena, and her pious father, Frex. She suffers ordinary childhood jealousies when her sister, saintly Nessarose, and brother, junior felon Shell, arrive. She first encounters the mistreatment of the Animal populations of Oz, which live adjacent to but not intertwined with human settlements, haunted by a Monkey and receiving aid from Dwarf Bears. She thrashes through her first bruising attempts at friendship, a possible lifeline from her tricky family life.

Not everything is down to Fate but, when it comes to love, the right people must collide to keep the world running to plan. Immortal cupids, known as Apollo agents, spend their afterlife matching up pre-destined couples to sign off their daily quota. Love cynic, Erron Grover, and hopeless romantic, Casey Hart, are two such agents based in London. They live an afterlife of luxury until several of their assignments result in a bizarre series of deaths.

Drafted into working for the Order of Merciful Aid, mercenary Kate Daniels has more paranormal problems than she knows what to do with these days. And in Atlanta, where magic comes and goes like the tide, that’s saying a lot. But when Kate's werewolf friend Derek is discovered nearly dead, she must confront her greatest challenge yet. As her investigation leads her to the Midnight Games—an invitation only, no holds barred, ultimate preternatural fighting tournament—she and Curran, the Lord of the Beasts, uncover a dark plot that may forever alter the face of Atlanta's shapeshifting community.

What do you do when the huge stone gargoyle you just happen to touch comes to life and declares he’s your protector? Well if you’re me, you try (unsuccessfully) to send him away. But Kael doesn’t want to leave my side. He says he has to keep me safe from the danger coming after me and I can’t exactly deny it. I have an abusive ex who’s determined to get back together—whether I want to or not.

Der Tod ist ganz nahe - ich kann seinen kalten Odem bereits spüren. Ohne die Ankunft meines Vaters wäre das mein Ende gewesen. Ich würde alles dafür tun, mein Ziel zu erreichen. Denn ich bin Archie Belov. Ich bin der Mensch, der jede einzelne Gottheit dieser Welt persönlich kennt.

Der Richter-Clan wurde immer mächtiger. Er trat vielen auf die Füße, waren doch die Pfründe der Hauptstadt längst verteilt. Aristokraten, Gangster und bestechliche Beamte – alle wollten die Heiler vernichten. Max begab sich auf die Suche nach denjenigen, die ihm bereits einmal nach dem Leben getrachtet hatten.

Anfangs galten die Kaninchen mit den messerscharfen Zähnen rund um das Dorf als der größte Feind für die Bewohner. Aber dann kreuzten die Eichhörnchen auf… Letztendlich wurden die Menschen auch mit ihnen fertig und alles schien gut zu laufen, bis - Überraschung! - die Wölfe auftauchten. Während die Anzahl der Feinde immer weiter zunimmt, offenbart sich endlich ein Licht am Ende des Tunnels. Eine andere vernunftbegabte Spezies! Möglicherweise können sich die Menschen mit den Goblins zusammenschließen und gemeinsam an ihrer Zukunft arbeiten.

Emiko Soong has been called many things. But Worldbreaker is the worst. She unmasked the General and returned to San Francisco where her power is greatest. But the city, once her sanctuary from Jiaren intrigues, turns into her living nightmare. Clan wars erupt and Emiko’s life becomes a treacherous quicksand of friend and foe. Unsure of who to trust, Emiko finds herself more alone than ever.

They called it the Realm in Between. A demi-plane that existed just outside of the material realm. A sanctuary for Earth's magically attuned and able creatures. A place where they could live in peace, prosperity, and growth. Here, the magical community created the first college of arcane study, away from the prying eyes of their mundane cousins. Sadly, all good things must come to an end. As the more powerful families created a caste system, discord grew among them. The collective dissolved into petty bickering, in-fighting, and eventually war — as denizens of evil preyed on their weaknesses.

Most will see only a cosy ramen restaurant. And just the chosen ones – those who are lost – will find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets. Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as the pawnshop's new owner to find it ransacked, the shop’s most precious acquisition stolen and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming stranger, quite unlike other customers. For he offers help, instead of seeking it.

Seventeen-year-old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his class, is summoned to a fantasy world! They're treated like heroes and tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction. But what should have been any otaku's wet dream quickly turns into Hajime's nightmare. While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, Hajime's job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill.

Following a mysterious absence of several years, the Man of Steel comes back to Earth in the epic action-adventure Superman Returns, a soaring new chapter in the saga of one of the world's most beloved superheroes.

Lives separated by time and space have collided, and an exiled Englishman, a writer trapped far from home, and a girl destined to die too young, have each glimpsed a world that is not their own. Travelling through the centuries, between colonies on the moon and an ever-changing Earth, together their lives will solve a mystery that will make you question everything you thought you knew to be true.

Welcome to Charon's Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through. When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead. And when Hugo, the owner of a peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace decides he’s definitely dead.

December 1874. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are looking forward to a traditional Christmas with plenty of food, alcohol, and the odd duel. But then Death meets Elizabeth, a young girl with unusual gifts, who needs their protection. When other children start going missing throughout London and the Prime Minister himself asks for their help, they have to put down the brandy and mince pies to solve the mystery while—as usual—saving the world from an unspeakable horror.

But instead Anita Blake, preternatural expert and feared executioner, is less interested in vampire politics than in the ancient, ordinary dread that women down the ages have experienced: am I pregnant? And, if so, is the father a vampire, a werewolf or someone else entirely. And being a Federal Marshall, known for raising the dead and hunting vampires, is no way to bring up a baby.

Ember Rose, Nachfahrin der einzig wahren Hexe und aus New Jersey stammend, lebt sich langsam in ihr neues Leben in Starry Hollow ein. Es dauert nicht lange, bis Ember mitten in einem weiteren Geheimnis steckt. Jemand verwandelt die begehrtesten Junggesellen der Stadt in Frösche, angefangen mit ihrem Cousin Florian. Tante Hyacinth besteht darauf, dass die Zeitung zusammen mit Sheriff Nash ermittelt, denn „jeder weiß, dass Werwölfe lieber Beute jagen als Verbrecher.“

Als die schlimmsten Albträume einiger der Bewohner von Starry Hollow Realität werden, muss die Junghexe Ember Rose ihre journalistischen Fähigkeiten einsetzen, um das Wer, Was, Wo, Wann, Warum und vor allem Wie herauszufinden, bevor es zu spät ist. Da sowohl Sheriff Nash als auch Alec, ihr Chefredakteur, betroffen sind, sind die Einsätze so hoch wie nie. Wird es ihr gelingen, den Fluch zu stoppen, bevor ihr eigener schlimmster Albtraum wahr wird?

It's official—Mikura and Techi are engaged, and slowly but surely, the pieces of their wedding are coming into place. But some things don't change, like their peaceful life living under one roof.

Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy. He walked among invisible powers: devils and anti-gods that mock the mortal form. He learned a lethal catechism, lost his shadow, and gained a habit for secrecy. After a blood-soaked childhood, Fetter escaped his rural hometown for the big city, and fell into a broader world where divine destinies are a dime a dozen.