Résultats pour "Emma" dans Science-Fiction et fantasy

One of the many engineers that keep Beta, the city under the sea, running, Mira only wants to make her family proud and to prove herself worthy. She knows the mysterious city better than anyone and it's her dream to help it flourish. Then, on a solo job in an abandoned section of the city, she encounters a monster of legend: an undine, a dangerous merman from an ancient civilization, long forgotten.

It is 1597 and Kit Skevy and Mariner Elgin have just robbed the wrong grave. They are young criminals in the pocket of a gang Lord named Will Twentyman, the Grave Eorl of Southwark. Mariner is the best cutpurse around, a strange Calvinist girl who dresses like a boy and is partner in crime to...

Mes parents ont été brutalement assassinés quand j'avais cinq ans. Leur meurtrier a passé ces vingt-cinq dernières années en prison ; mais en ce qui me concerne j'ai toujours des questions sans réponses. Je suis le phénix. Il m'est impossible de mourir. Je reviens à la vie dans les flammes et dans le soufre – encore, et encore, et encore. Je ne sais pas d'où me vient ce don étrange et personne n'est capable de me renseigner. Et voilà qu'un autre meurtre a été commis dans le village où sont morts mes parents.

Maketes has always been the jokester. No one takes him seriously, and if they do, it's only because he was born violent. But then he starts talking with a human through droids and finds a kindred spirit in them. When he's given an opportunity to find out who this human really is, he takes it.

Une disparition inexpliquée, une ville où la magie gronde, et une louve prête à s'allier à un vampire pour découvrir la vérité. À l'abri des regards et des jugements, je vis en paix à Glenwood, un village où personne ne s'attarde sur ma différence. Louve malentendante, j'ai l'habitude d'être mise de côté, considérée comme trop fragile pour appartenir pleinement à ma meute. Mais cette tranquillité vole en éclats le jour où Sam, mon meilleur ami, disparaît sans laisser de trace, emportant avec lui des secrets que je suis loin d'imaginer.

Tous aux abris ! Emma Paddington et les créatures déjantées de Dark Road End sont de retour ! Dans ce deuxième tome de la saga d'Urban Fantasy francophone la plus loufoque du moment, retrouvez les personnages atypiques et attachants qui ont fait le succès du premier opus : Les trois Djinns au caractère bien trempé, le dragon télescopique et la sorcière-patrouilleuse, évidemment, mais aussi quelques nouveaux-venus, comme le Père Lawrence, un vieux curé qui passe son temps à s'évader de sa maison de retraite pour traquer le crocodile à deux têtes...

Ruby Vaughn's octogenarian employer and housemate Mr Owen said the trip to Manhurst Castle in the Scottish Borders was to appraise some purchases for the bookshop. However, the truth as well as secrets he has been carefully hiding soon unravels. For Mr Owen, who lost a son in the Great War, a...

The page-turning alternative history saga returns! Perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Philippa Gregory, Kate Mosse and Tom Harper. Marquess House is under threat… London, 1527 Nineteen-year-old Jane Seymour arrives at court to take her place with Queen Katherine of Aragon. Discovering a court...

Ella, jeune Faoladh exilée à Boston, jongle entre une vie humaine compliquée par ses TOCs et son héritage surnaturel. Loin de sa meute irlandaise, elle trouve refuge dans une amitié sincère avec Johan, son meilleur ami. Mais un appel de sa sœur la ramène à Madadh qu’elle avait décidé de quitter 6 ans auparavant pour vivre une vie aussi normale que possible. Entre traditions ancestrales, amours contrariées et menaces surnaturelles, Ella doit se réconcilier avec sa véritable nature pour trouver sa place, quitte à remettre en question tout ce qu’elle croyait savoir.

Six years after the events of The Poison Maker, the oppressive government maintains its totalitarian control across The Raft, and Professor savannah Selbourne is now their pawn. Despite her humble beginnings, she has become an essential voice in the regime. Yet she yearns to break free.

Ella pensait avoir touché le fond avec la Rogha, mais le plus dur reste encore à venir. Élevée au rang de Seann, elle doit désormais endosser ses nouvelles responsabilités… et surtout dompter l'obscurité grandissante qui menace de la submerger. Mais Ella n'a pas le temps de se morfondre : son ennemi se fait toujours plus insaisissable, et l'avenir de son peuple est désormais entre ses mains.

Like a songbird in a cage, Anya has spent her entire life as the General's perfect daughter. He snaps his fingers; she jumps. He tells her to smile; she beams like she is made of the sun itself. But underneath all those games and glitter, she's working to destroy her father and save the city she loves. When an undine sneaks his way into her city, intent on kidnapping her, she lets him take her.

Tick. Tick. Tick... The clock on the wall moved, the hands winding round and round, yet time stood still. There seemed to be no end in sight; only a beginning that had been frozen in place. Ophelia knew her life was different than those around her. She was the only daughter to the King. The only one of his eight children who did not contain a lick of power. And for that, she paid dearly. Until the day her power showed itself, Ophelia was trapped inside the castle at her father's behest, unable to run the fields of wildflowers, unable to breathe in the fresh breeze.

Astrid has survived her entire life by staying silent. As a veiled priestess, she advises a nobleman who makes every decision for her. But when a letter arrives claiming her long-lost sister is alive and captured by the trolls, Astrid is ready to risk everything. What she didn't expect? Her nobleman is in debt. And he's decided to pay it with her body. Traded to the gladiator pits beneath the kingdom, Astrid is handed to a brutal troll warrior known only as the Bull. Massive. Silent. Deadly. He's everything she's been taught to fear, and the only one who might help her escape.

Magic is forbidden throughout the Five Provinces; those born with it are hunted and killed. Sable doesn't know her music holds power over souls, not until, at age nine, she plays her flute before the desert court and accidentally stops her baby sister's heart, killing her. Horrified by what she's done and fearing for her life, she flees north, out of Provincial jurisdiction and into the frigid land of exiles and thieves, known as The Wilds. There, Sable lives in hiding, burdened by guilt, and survives as a healer. But now, 10 years later, someone, or something, is hunting her.

When an invasion threatens the land of the Mountain King, the fate of the people rests on the shoulders of young governor Judah. She has sworn to prove herself a skillful leader by protecting her kingdom from foes, but difficulty and danger surround her. Then Judah’s life is saved by two different men who divide her loyalty. One, a fascinating healer, captures the hearts of Judah and her people. The other, a mysterious shepherd, forces Judah to question what she believes to be true.

He is temptation, but she will not be tempted. As a child, Selene was left at the foot of the White Tower—given to the sorceresses who train those with magic. Her life has been spent honing her powers. But she can't fully join their ranks until she fulfills a single, impossible task: bring the...

Emmawyn Hartfield—handsome, clever, and hatch-mother of eight dragons—unites the best blessings of existence. She has a doting Papa, an adorable dragon hatchling, and her illegal empire of dragon race betting is running smoothly. Her Papa worries over her, so Emmawyn promises two things: to never fly a dragon and never marry. Her neighbor, Brentley Donwell, knows how capable she is—that's why he's unafraid to critique her mistakes. She's happy to return the favor. Beneath their affectionate arguments, he's getting closer to discovering her secrets.

Alys Fairweather has always loved the sea. So when her father gets the opportunity to build a city beneath the waves, she is the first in the submarine with him. She never expected to discover an entire species of merfolk living there. And she certainly didn't expect to find one of them so...

From the bestselling, critically acclaimed author of The Paris Express and Room, a brilliant novel about one unexpected heroine’s coming-of-age in a post-apocalyptic New York. The year is 2040 and a catastrophic event has left New Yorkers in dire need of food and shelter. This is the world a...