Résultats pour "Julia" dans Science-Fiction et fantasy

A PEOPLE Magazine Must-Read Book for Fall 2023 | An Esquire Best Book of Fall 2023 | A Guardian Biggest New Book of 2023 | A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2023 An imaginative, feminist, and brilliantly relevant-to-today retelling of Orwell’s 1984, from the point of view of Winston Smith’s...

London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceania. It's 1984 and Julia Worthing works as a mechanic fixing the novel-writing machines in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth. Under the ideology of IngSoc and the rule of the Party and its leader Big Brother, Julia is a model citizen - cheerfully cynical, believing in nothing and caring not at all about politics. She routinely breaks the rules but also collaborates with the regime whenever necessary. Everyone likes Julia.

Cassie Forrest isn't surprised to learn that the day she’s decided to get her life together is also the day the world ends. After all, she’s been on a self-imposed losing streak since her survivalist parents died: she’s stopped painting, broken off her engagement to Adrian and dated a real jerk. Rectifying her mistakes has to wait, however, because Cassie and her friends have just enough time to escape Brooklyn for her parents’ cabin before Bornavirus LX turns them into zombies, too.

Events in the East made one thing painfully clear: there are far more heretics in this world than I ever imagined. As if one nest of that corruption weren't already enough. On the bright side, Beeky's thrilled. He won't be short on targets anytime soon. Neither will I. My search for the Fallen...

While on holiday at the beach with her mother, Sasha Samokhina meets the mysterious Farit Kozhennikov under the most peculiar circumstances. The teenage girl is powerless to refuse when this strange and unusual man with a sinister air directs her to perform strange and uncomfortable tasks. He rewards her efforts with a strange golden coin. As the days progress, Sasha carries out other acts for which she receives more coins from Kozhennikov. 

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S AND SHEREADS' BOOKS TO READ AFTER THE HANDMAID'S TALE “[An] electrifying debut.”—O, The Oprah Magazine “The real-life parallels will make you shiver.”—Cosmopolitan Set in a United States in which half the population has been...

Una comedia romántica a fuego lento, enemies to lovers, protagonizada por una sanadora excepcional y un asesino encantador. Cuando Osric Mordaunt, miembro de la Orden Fyren de asesinos, resulta herido y comienza a perder su poder, se da cuenta de que necesita las habilidades de una sanadora en concreto. Y, como el destino tiene un oscuro sentido del humor, se trata de una integrante de la Orden Haelan, enemiga natural de los Fyren.

In Northern Mexico, Paulina, Perla, Antonia, Reina and Jordan are striving to survive the barrio – hustling on the edge of a cartel-run economy, nursing the wounds made normal in a world that eats its own. Hovering over their trials is a spirit with gothic flair: Medea, a mythic mother of the Chihuahuan desert, ancient as the Aztecs but never too old to be petty.

He wished to escape a prison of his own making. Trapped by guilt and mistakes he can't undo, he's been drowning for years—until a simple coin toss connects him to a woman he's never met but somehow can't live without. She wished to save her mother. Desperate and running out of time, she throws a coin in a fountain and prays for a miracle. What she gets? A stranger who claims her wish bound their fates together.

Sassy and stubborn have gotten Kyndel through everything life had to throw at her. Will her moxie help when destiny falls at her feet? Hundreds of years of loyalty to Dragon Guard have made Rayne a fearless leader. When the long foretold pull of his mate rocks the Commander’s world to its core will he be able to save her from his enemies in time? The chemistry between this strong-willed, curvy girl and fierce warrior makes all the difference in the world where nothing is as it seems. 

When the station board of directors sends former maintenance technician Triana Moore to Lewei, she expects to bump knuckles with a few dignitaries, tell a couple of white lies, and drink some substandard cocoa. Her friend—son of the former dictator—tells scary stories of the planet, but Triana’s not afraid of the Leweian secret police. She’ll be on her best behavior with Ty and Vanti to watch her back. With the might of SK2 behind her, Triana should be untouchable.

Triana Moore lost her job as a maintenance technician when her boss discovered her true identity. But decluttering the galaxy isn’t just for janitors. When she visits the ringed planet Grissom with security agent Ty O’Neill for his sister’s wedding, Triana discovers just how messy life can get. Deported before she can finish her coffee, Triana barely misses an exploding shuttle. But in true space janitor fashion, she decides to investigate.

Hochzeitsplanerin Lucinda ist verzweifelt: Damit die Firma ihres verstorbenen Vaters nicht ihrer intriganten Stiefmutter in die Hände fällt, braucht sie dringend Geld. Aber dazu muss sie Einsiedler-Milliardär Thirio Skartos überzeugen, sein Schloss als Eventlocation für ihre Kunden zur Verfügung zu stellen. Doch selbst wenn er sein einsames Anwesen für sie öffnet, sein Herz ist nach einer schrecklichen Tragödie für immer verschlossen. Oder kann ausgerechnet Lucinda den Liebesfluch brechen, der auf ihm lastet?

Meet Anna, a thirtysomething Mid-westerner living alone in New York City. A schoolteacher by day, she is a medium by night, covertly helping people reunite with their lost loved ones. Anna leads a double life, guarding her secret as much as she guards her heart—until Edward, a gangly yet...

Set fifteen years after the seismic events of Brilliance of the Moon, The Harsh Cry of the Heron is an elegiac and bittersweet successor to the bestselling series by Lian Hearn, Tales of the Otori. Their realm is held in balance by their union . . . Break that union and the Three Countries will...

Druga czesc cyklu o zyjacych wspólczesnie czarownicach ze starego rodu Hohenstauf. Masz dziewietnascie lat, wlasnie runal twój bezpieczny swiat z mama w roli glównej, a zaraz potem nowe zycie z babcia, domem i magia. Wszystko, co masz, to naszyjnik, który niepokojaco wplywa na twoja psychike, plik kart kredytowych, samochód, dwa uratowane z pozaru obrazy po babci i zakaz powrotu do kraju.

The thrilling and epic conclusion to the dangerous world of power and betrayal that began with the bestselling book Witch Season by Julia Bianco. If you play with magic, you might get burned Katherine Barnes’ world is in shambles. After the battle between Aestas Coven and her volatile...

'A beautifully realized setting, action and romance played out across a couple of generations, a high-class voyage to the long ago and far away – Lian Hearn has written a saga that will continue to give pleasure to many.' – Ursula K. Le Guin The Middle Country, home of the Otori clan is...

From the author of Herc, a Waterstones Best Book of the Year. For fans of Greek mythology, Glorious Exploits and The Odyssey ‘Particularly skilled in evoking the strangeness and contradictoriness of Greek myths’ Sunday Times ‘A joyful exploration of one woman's quest for home, power...

Die Welt ist gefährlich und voller Ungeheuer, aber Alexis ist keine Heldin. Sie versucht einfach nur zu überleben. Doch das Schicksal hat Größeres mit ihr vor. Als sich ihre wahre Abstammung offenbart, muss sie sich in der spartanischen Kriegsakademie mitten in den Dolomiten ausbilden lassen und sich dem Privileg der Unsterblichkeit als würdig erweisen. Um das tödliche Training, mordlustige Mitschüler und den Kampf gegen blutrünstige Bestien zu überstehen, muss Alexis selbst über Leichen gehen und ihre Menschlichkeit aufs Spiel setzen.