Résultats pour "Julia" dans Science-Fiction et fantasy

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.

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...

Sie ist die Heldin, die keiner wollte – und die alle fürchten Das fulminante Finale der Nr.-1-New-York-Times- und SPIEGEL-Bestsellerreihe Hades, der Gott der Unterwelt, hat alle Regeln gebrochen, um Lyra zu retten. Lyra wurde zur Göttin, doch ihre Menschlichkeit bleibt ihr größter Trumpf...

Als Grace die Büchse der Pandora geöffnet hat, war sie überzeugt, etwas Gutes zu tun. Da bietet Zeus eine einmalige Gelegenheit: Wenn sie Prometheus einen magischen Gegenstand stiehlt, bekommt sie die verloren geglaubte Büchse wieder. Trotz ihrer gegenseitigen Abneigung kommen Prometheus und Grace sich näher. Je greifbarer Graces Ziel ist, desto schwerer lasten die Schuldgefühle. Was anfänglich nur eine Taktik war, wird schnell zu einem wahrhaften Gefühlschaos. Schon bald muss sie sich entscheiden: Liebe oder Verrat.

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.

There Are No Coincidences…. Given a fairy tale life by the Clan of Dragon Shifters that rescued her as a little girl, Emma Sinclair long ago accepted she might never solve the mystery of her heritage. Of course, that was before she could feel the traitor’s pain… Before she knew he was slipping away… Before the unthinkable happened… He called to her in the language of his kin. The Universe Does Not Make Mistakes… Captured by his brothers. Imprisoned in a cave. Bound by silver shackles and chains, Andrew knew his days were numbered. He accepted his fate. Knew he was getting what he deserved.

Als sie Will zum ersten Mal sieht, flieht Jacinda vor dem Jungen mit den haselnussbraunen Augen. Denn sie hat ein Geheimnis: Sie ist eine Draki, ein Mädchen, das sich in einen Drachen verwandeln kann. Nur in ihrem Rudel, hoch oben in den Bergen, glaubt sich Jacinda sicher. Doch dann verlässt ihre Familie bei Nacht und Nebel das Dorf und Jacinda muss ein neues Leben anfangen, bei dem ihr Draki-Dasein kaum mehr Platz hat. Da trifft sie Will wieder und die Anziehungskraft zwischen ihnen ist unwiderstehlich. Aber ihre Liebe darf nicht sein – denn Will ist ein Drachenjäger.

Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for 10 years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood.

Meryn Cooper hätte nie gedacht, dass sie einmal zu Nocturnas Kriegerelite gehören würde. Doch um ihre Schwester zu retten, hat Meryn jede noch so brutale Prüfung ihrer Ausbildung überlebt. Nichts hätte sie jedoch darauf vorbereiten können, dass der größte Verrat von dem Mann drohte, den sie bedingungslos geliebt und dem sie blind vertraut hat. Verwirrenderweise ist der einzige Mensch, auf den Meryn sich verlassen kann, Stark Therion – der attraktive, gefährliche Alpha, den sie immer gehasst hat.

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.

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...

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...

Can these Fated Mates trust what they feel, heal one another’s souls, and stop the evil hiding behind an expensive suit and a sly smile? An Artist finds beauty in the heart of her nightmares. Isolated from the world, Lizzie has always found respite in her art. With her special gift, the slightest touch fills her mind with memories and emotions but they’re not her own. Living vicariously through her muse, she begins to create the most important work of her life. If only the Beast were real.

Ash will sich an Chariot und Isaac Montefiore rächen. Geheimnisse, Rache und Magie verbinden sich im letzten Teil der Jezebel Files zu einer explosiven Mischung. Ein vor fünfzehn Jahren begonnener Betrug sorgt dafür, dass alles auf dem Spiel steht, was Ash wichtig ist.

“Great characters, fine writing, totally engrossing.” —Stephen King The Ninth Metal The Unfamiliar Garden The Sky Vault: All three brilliantly inventive, acclaimed novels in one essential edition. An immersive listening experience featuring narrators Julia Whelan, Will Coyler, and...

Exhilarating, dangerous, and seductive, Witch Season is an action-packed and fiercely romantic contemporary fantasy from debut author and screenwriter Julia Bianco. That is the price of magic–not just the blood, but the pain to bring it out. Katherine Barnes is an enforcer, charged with...

There are two types of witches: those who are born into magic, and those who explode with it. 'A compelling, addictive story . . . Brilliant!' BRIGITTE KNIGHTLEY 'An absolutely stellar debut . . . fans of witchy books are going to love this' INDIA HOLTON 'Tightly woven and full of intrigue'...

Julia nos leva a uma viagem surpreendente pela agora icônica distopia de Orwell, com reviravoltas que revelam lados inesperados, não apenas de Julia, mas de outras figuras familiares do universo de 1984.

From the author of Herc, a Waterstones Best Book of the Year ‘Particularly skilled in evoking the strangeness and contradictoriness of Greek myths’ Sunday Times ‘A joyful exploration of one woman's quest for home, power, identity and ultimately, freedom from fate. A genuine pleasure to...

IN THIS QUEER POLITICAL NECROMANTASY, A SECRET MARRIAGE PACT FOR SURVIVAL COULD UNDO A KINGDOM . . . As the daughter of a foreign ambassador, Rissa hoped living abroad would protect her from home’s puritanical customs where women are forbidden to walk at night or use magic except to support a...