Results for "Julie" in Science Fiction

L'histoire bouleversante d'une famille qui lutte pour raviver l'espoir et la justice dans une société qui a cédé à la peur. États-Unis d'Amérique, dans un futur pas si lointain. L'existence de tous est rythmée par des lois liberticides. Tout citoyen de culture étrangère est considéré comme dangereux pour la société.

The quests are rigged. The world isn't finished. And failure is a death sentence. Jason Stone thought running a custom-character start-up with his secret partner, Infinite Worlds heiress Clari Barton, was as high-stakes as his life would get. But when a desperate IW executive takes Clari and...

I was separated from my parents and a world where the most important thing I had to worry about was my next outfit. Everything I have ever been or will be . . . torn away abruptly as I'm thrown into what feels like never-ending chaos and confusion. Thrust upon an Alien male who I can't understand and dangers I don't comprehend. How do I cope with the reality of being alone on an alien planet where I'm not wanted?

Qwin Who would have thought in the middle of losing everything? I would find someone like him, but here I am. Waking up, I discover I'm in a position I'm not sure how to handle. I have no home, no friends, and no idea what direction my life will take next. So far, the one thing I've learned is...

They lost one daughter to greed. They may lose the other to destiny. Sixteen years ago, the Anderek’s first daughter was kidnapped as a pawn in a brutal business feud. Now, a single anonymous message changes everything. It says: She’s alive. Go to Zopha. Sieri Anderek and her parents trade their comfortable life for the remote, sparsely populated planet, but Zopha is steeped in dangerous customs, ruled by reclusive families, and shadowed by a dark prophecy speaking of fire and war.

Lacie From the darkest time in my life comes a chance I never thought I'd have, the possibility of never being alone again. Even though I'm surrounded by new friends, experiences, and amazing opportunities, my eyes still seek Him out everywhere I go. He has made his opinion of me very clear, and...

Rylie My entire life, I had big dreams . . . Dreams of earning perfect grades, becoming a renowned doctor, and hopefully, at some point later on, a family of my own. I was on track to have all of that until the day everything I'd worked so hard for collapsed around me, and the thought of...

Jade I find him injured, a monster hiding in the shadows of an unknown, terrifying world. When I run from him, I end up thrust into the middle of an unbelievable war full of creatures I can't fathom exist. My sole worth in the eyes of these warmongering beings is as a sacrifice on the altar of...

Zura: Many a rising I made myself smile even when my heart was breaking. I yearned for my love to be returned, only to never be seen. Once I left, I made a firm promise to myself that I would never return. Disaster strikes and amidst the sudden darkness and devastation, my mind is solely...

With the alien Dhryn cutting a pathway through the inhabited spaceways - bringing about the annihilation of many of the races who have the misfortune to lie along the star trail they are following - time is running out for all sentient life-forms. Can biologists Mackenzie Connor and Emily Mamami solve the riddle of the Dhryn before their part of the galaxy becomes as dead as the mysterious region known as the Chasm?

Herself a biologist, Julie E. Czerneda has earned a reputation in science fiction circles for her ability to create beautifully crafted, imaginative, yet believably realized alien races. In Survival, the first novel in her new series, Species Imperative, she draws upon this talent to build races, characters, and a universe which will draw listeners into a magnificent tale of interstellar intrigue, as an Earth scientist is caught up in a terrifying interspecies conflict.

Exploring her beloved forest, young Princess Chibuike “Chi” encounters a man unlike any she has seen. His skin is as pale as the moon that watches over the Queendom of Kana, a land where women rule fiercely and freely. But outside the comforting embrace of her homeland, a disturbing change blows with the wind.

Funnily, it all started with him - Muriel. The one who made me feel safe, who seemed to protect me against the shadows only I could see. The only one who never gave up because I was different. But the thing is, I didn’t know him like I thought. At least, not enough to have decided he was a safe place to hold close to me. What would you do if the reality you lived in was not all there was in the world? Would you think you're insane?

Julie E. Czerneda's acclaimed Web Shifters series continues with the story of Esen - the last survivor of a unique alien race. Able to take on the form of any creature she observes, Esen has long since broken the cardinal rule of her species: noninterference.

The king and queen are dead. Lord Kezem rules with an iron fist. The royal children have been separated for their own safety. Protected by an ancient charm that links her life to Kezem, Princess Rela lives in the palace. For a time, Prince Teven trains with the Rangers. He joins the royal guard and goes on the Kireshana, so that someday he can confront the usurper and take back the throne.

I awaken to the touch of cold metal hands and talking holograms. Paralyzed and dependent on the Others. They tell me a story . . . at first; I refuse to believe. A story of no return and extreme loss, but one of the voices is different. He projects anger and distrust . . . but his hands . . . even though cold and hard, are always gentle. I have come to crave the sound of his growls because I know within moments, he will hold me in his arms. When my sight returns. I was not prepared to see what he really was, but when he collapsed in front of me, his body failing. 

Nadia can speak to minds. Now, hers has gone silent.Despite returning home, Jillian Blairington keeps in touch with her genetically Gifted siblings. She speaks with Nadia every day until the Minder slips into a coma.The sudden silence is deafening.Determined to help, Jillian recruits Danielle...

The Indowy "Bane Sidhe" conspiracy has grown strong, and the cunning and resourceful Darhel - tacit rulers of the Galactic Federation - have decided that the time has come to wipe that threat from the stars forever. What the Darhel don't know is that humans have joined the rebellion - led by thief and assassin extraordinaire, Cally O'Neal. Now Cally is set to destroy a web of alien deceit millennia in the making.

They could cure cancer, but at what cost? Danielle Matheson faces an impossible choice: watch a friend's mother die, or ask Jillian and her genetically altered siblings to risk their hard-won freedom to save her. Together, Malia, Michio, and Jillian possess the right Gifts to destroy the cancer cells one by one, but such work would be a miracle. And those are never quiet. Even the healing attempt makes them all targets. The government notices.

In a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a social-economic collapse, Haven Segreti is forced to conform and serve as a member of an elite administrative pack behind the community walls of the New Republic. She faces difficult choices, torn between an illicit liaison with her mentor, Adrien, and a chance of a deeper connection with a troubled young man set on revenge.