Résultats pour "1" dans Science-fiction

An 3548. Le dérèglement climatique et les guerres atomiques ont réduit le Monde à un territoire, celui de l'ancienne Europe, désormais partagé en douze royaumes prospères. Afin d'échapper à une vie de solitude et de drames, Hannah prend la décision difficile de quitter la zone libre et sauvage où elle a toujours vécu, pour la sécurité des murs du royaume d'Olayan. Elle sait qu'en entrant, elle deviendra esclave.

XXIIe siècle. Ne cherchez plus l'amour : à votre majorité, la Science vous indique qui est votre âme sœur. Respecter la loi... ou écouter son cœur? 98,8%. Eliotte peine encore à y croire, mais les résultats de son test de compatibilité sont sans appel. L'État américain vient de décréter scientifiquement qu'Izaak Meeka est son âme sœur la plus pure. Celle avec laquelle elle devra se marier et emménager dans les prochaines semaines, alors même que son cœur n'a jamais battu que pour Ashton, le petit frère d'Izaak.

One day, I was a mild-mannered designer for a premiere superhero magazine. Turned down for a promotion yet again, I let loose years of repressed anger. That's how I got fired. Lesson learned. Now my career is as successful as my love life. But it's hard being upset when I storm out of the office and into the huskular man of my dreams. Sebastian is successful, confident, and the way he fills out those pants, it's basically a crime. Working as the art director for a rival magazine, I beg for him to look at my . . . ahem, portfolio. 

There are a million ways to end up in the Alien Bride Lottery, but it takes only one. Every unmarried female human over the age of 21 gets entered once a year. You can also accept extra entries for legal infractions—instead of paying a parking fine, for example, you can request an extra entry. Lots of women do that. I mean, why not? The chances are astronomical that your name will get chosen to be one of the hundred or so women who get shipped off to space every year.

To cross the universe for love, he must break the ultimate law. Eric Kalam is safe on the advanced planet of Jorda, nursing a broken heart by burying himself in his work upgrading interstellar star-flyers. He has no interest in the rest of the galaxy—until a single photograph of an Earth woman changes everything. Mesmerized by her smile, Eric feels an undeniable pull that he cannot ignore. But there’s a catch: the Neutral Universe Station strictly forbids advanced citizens from contacting lower planets. The punishment for breaking the law? Lifetime imprisonment.

Skye Chantrell has just escaped a war zone. She’s carrying the stolen antidote to a deadly bioweapon. When her damaged shuttle crashes on a remote lunar outpost, she’s captured by the leader of a rogue group of alien vigilantes. Now her people’s survival-not to mention her own-rests in the hands of the Seven Systems’ most feared and hated fugitives. Hunter Tarthasian and his ragtag band of revolutionaries have every reason to hate the corrupt Ilarian Regime. Branded as criminals, hunted like animals, they’ve holed up in an abandoned outpost to plan their next move.

A woman under repair with a skill for assessing survival meets a previous acquaintance who is now more than a match for her.In the year 2280, Earth has been at war for a decade. The Splice take the humans they capture and use them for parts. Sending bots in place of humans didn’t work, but...

Paris 2250. Le monde tel que nous le connaissons a été réduit en cendres. L'humanité est alors divisée en deux : les humains et les mutants. Izar se bat pour survivre dans la Sphère, une réplique de l'ancien monde où tout est factice. Lorsque le gouvernement l'accuse d'être une mutante, un être agressif et sanguinaire, sa vie bascule en enfer. Enrôlée par les dirigeants de la Sphère, Izar va découvrir ses pouvoirs, qui elle est réellement mais va aussi se heurter à de nombreux secrets.

Son avenir à elle était tout tracé, son futur à lui ne pouvait être plus incertain. Appartenir à l'Élite est synonyme d'une perfection dénuée de libre-arbitre. Nellyanna, fille du Conseiller Mavoy, s'apprête à célébrer le mariage fastueux de sa soeur aînée. À cette occasion, elle croise Lander, un homme mystérieux déterminé à brouiller tous ses repères.

Going undercover at a mass wedding as a bartered bride, Morrigan Blake has every intention of getting off the barbaric alien planet just as soon as the ceremony is over. Or, more correctly, just as soon as she captures footage of the mysterious princes rumored to be in attendance. After a euphoric night, Morrigan discovers her ride left without her and an alien dragon shifter is claiming she's his wife. It's not exactly the story this reporter had in mind. And to make matters worse, the all-to-seductive dragon prince refuses to give up without a fight.

This is the After the End collection, Volumes 1 through 4. FIRST by Ali Hazelwood A general plans to use a nobleman's bride to teach him a lesson. After meeting her, he decides to keep her for himself. Content notes/warnings: ableism, blood, death of secondary characters, dubious consent...

All four books in Phase 1 of the Heroes and Villains Series bundled into one steamy collection that brings your superhero fantasies to life . . .

Dieser Eisplanet bringt jedes Herz zum Schmelzen! Georgie und einige andere Frauen wurden von Aliens entführt und sind auf einem fremden Planeten abgestürzt: einem Eisplaneten mit Schneestürmen und lebensbedrohlichen Temperaturen, auf dem es weit und breit nur Schnee und Kälte gibt. Georgie macht sich mit der einzigen wetterfesten Kleidung auf die Suche nach Hilfe, um ihre Begleiterinnen und sich zu retten. Und tatsächlich findet sie diese auch: Vektal, ein großer blauer Einheimischer, ist nicht nur äußerst hilfsbereit, sondern auch ziemlich sexy.

Aomame ist knapp 30, Geschäftsfrau und auf dem Weg zu einem wichtigen Termin. Zu Beginn von Haruki Murakamis Roman 1Q84 sitzt sie in einem Taxi auf der Tokioter Stadtautobahn im Stau. Im Radio läuft eine Sinfonie, die ihr merkwürdiger Weise bekannt vorkommt, und merkwürdig ist auch der Rat, den der nicht minder merkwürdige Taxifahrer ihr mit auf den Weg gibt: Um nicht zu spät zu kommen, solle sie doch einfach aussteigen und verbotenerweise über eine Wendeltreppe die Hochstraße verlassen. Aomame folgt dem Rat - und findet sich plötzlich in einem Paralleluniversum wieder, in dem sie brutale Männer mordet und in dem zwei Monde am Himmel stehen. Aus 1984 ist das Jahr 1Q84 geworden.

Starfighter Training Academy. It was just a game. Choose a role. Build the perfect hero who joins you on missions to save the Vega star system from the evil Queen Raya and her merciless Dark Fleet. Play for hours? Check. Obsess over the in-game romance between your avatar and the sexiest alien you’ve ever seen? Check. Win? Beat the heck out of the game? Check and check. Open your door at 3:00 in the morning to find that smoking-hot alien you thought you made up in your head standing there? Um...okay.

I’ve spent my entire life hiding what I can do. The things I know. Until the day Nick Reilly walks into my hospital room. Nick—the man I've been dreaming about for as long as I can remember. I know everything about him, as if we spent an entire lifetime together, and I know I loved him in a way I’ve never loved anyone else...including my fiancé.

Sixteen years ago, Princess Halla of Yshrem saved the life of an eight-year-old barbarian boy and watched her kingdom fall to ruin, all on the same day. Now, she is a forgotten spinster in a quiet temple, living her days out in solitude. The last of her line, she exists in the hope that she has been forgotten, for to be remembered by the enemy is to be certain death. One person has not forgotten her. Mathior, now 24, is the fierce warrior king of the Cyclopae. Yshrem is in turmoil and his advisors have a suggestion - kill the last remaining member of the royal line.

I’ve never laid eyes on a man, not even in pictures. Eden is a woman’s world...a world no man has ever stepped foot on. But then the Khetar arrive. They’re big alien men, in a big alien ship, with big alien d—let’s just say it’s a big problem, especially because High Command assigns me to operate the airlock for a diplomatic mission. I make first contact with their king, their scion: Thuliak. One look into those burning teal eyes is all it takes. He’s the first and last man I ever need to see. A woman from Eden may never touch a man. 

An undercover alien. A curvy human female he’s desperate to claim. One month to make her his. Tabitha Mathews has never had much luck with men. Her past relationships only left her heart aching and her self-esteem beaten down. But who needs them? She’s doing just fine on her own. She has a booming home business, an adorable, mischievous dog, and she just became a first-time homeowner…right next door to the hottest man she’s ever seen. Oh, did she mention that he happens to be an alien? An alien with dreamy, glowing eyes, wicked fangs and claws, and a tail.

Skye is a twenty-year-old, dark-haired beauty who is bored to death with her life in 1907. She has always been a free spirit and challenger of what was expected of her. While growing up, she was difficult for her parents to control, because she defied all rules of etiquette for a young woman of her time. It was not surprising to her brother, Cade, when Skye asked if she could live with him in the city. She declared she would die if she had to stay another day in the country where nothing ever happened.