Résultats pour "LIKE" dans Science-Fiction et fantasy

Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer - a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also knows that the inner lives of humans cannot be wished away.  

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan, read by Billy Howle. Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers...

Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer--a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also knows that the inner lives of humans cannot be wished away.

Jodi Taylor’s best-selling series The Chronicles of St. Mary is back with a bang…St. Mary’s has been rebuilt, and it’s business as usual for the history department. But first there’s the little matter of a 17th-century ghost that only Mr. Markham can see. Not to mention the minor inconvenience of being trapped in the Great Fire of London…and an unfortunately timed comfort break at Thermopylae, leaving the fate of the Western world hanging in the balance.

After waking up as Weiss Hamilton, a doomed minor villain from his favorite game, one fan has been working hard to rewrite the plot! He's already saved two other characters from their tragic fates and turned his mismanaged territory around. It seems like he's finally avoided certain death--until a neighboring noble declares war! Framed for involvement in the slave trade and isolated from help, Weiss relies on his game knowledge to craft a perfect strategy to save himself from another game over.

A dark psychological thriller about grief, obsession, and survivor’s guilt, You Are But Dust follows a girl unraveling after her sister’s death as she finds dangerous comfort in Death himself—and will do anything to bring him back. Most people fear Death. But Samarra feels safest by his...

"[Jean Ann] Douglass’ narration, intimate and bemused and every so often curling up with wryness at the end of a sentence, is a perfect match for Shun-lien Bynum’s delicate delights." -- Slate A Buzz Book of Fall at Publishers Lunch * A WIRED Ultimate Summer Reading pick National Book Award...

Can you outrun the past? Can you outlive the future? One time traveler must find out. Accidental time traveler Ben Travers is thrown into a multiverse of adventure in this action-adventure through past and future. This compilation includes: In Times Like These, The Chronothon, The Day After Never, and The Warp Clock. Now you can get them in one volume! All the adventure at a fraction of the price. Start your time travel adventure today, because yesterday may be too late!

'There is a certain star I like above all others. It is named after us. It’s called the Dog Star, and shines brighter than any other. If you are ever lost, look for the star. It will guide you home' This is the story of a loveable mixed breed dog named Burke who, shortly after he is born...

Video game character Weiss Hamilton is destined to lose everything--his position, his family, and ultimately his life. A tragic villain who was overshadowed by his talented sister, blamed for mismanaging his territory, and fated to fall at the hands of the game's hero, Weiss is nothing more than a failure. And to be reincarnated as him? A fate worse than death! Or is it? Armed with knowledge of the game's plot, the new Weiss has a second chance to rewrite his fate and become a proper villain with a better future.

In "The Robot Who Looked Like Me," a busy man and a busy woman find a way to carve out time to romance each other—by having look-alike robots made to do the job—who then run away together. 

Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer - a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also knows that the inner lives of humans cannot be wished away.

Nate Mercer—better known as Loophole—has outlived the chaos of Infinite Ascension's Phase One, becoming something greater than a mere street-level fighter. Armed with a complex skill set and pure luck, he's now diving deeper into the game to expose and destroy one of the insidious developers trying to control it. But reality has never been so fractured.

Now a knight of Tortall, with her gender no longer a secret, Alanna embarks on her next adventure to the edge of the realm. Captured for the crime of trespassing, Alanna is sentenced to a duel to the death. But the Woman Who Rides Like a Man is not so easy to kill. Though the duel is won, the battle is just beginning. When Alanna is named the Bazhir people’s first female shaman, she is tasked with training her successors. But first, she must overcome their fears of magic, for the sake of all Tortall.

Bloomsbury presents The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu, read by Kevin Shen. Nominated for Best Performance: Narrator at The Speakies (The British Audio Awards). A TIME MAGAZINE BEST FANTASY BOOK OF ALL TIME Emperor Mapidéré was the first to unite the island kingdoms of Dara under a single banner...

There's No Place Like Oz is a reimagining of Wizard of Oz with a reverse harem twist. This darker, grittier version of a classic tale will keep you as on edge as our heroine, with touches of horror and lots of heat amidst the twisted romance.

Right, so . . . let's see how he got himself in this mess. An estranged family member left him a house. Which is great. The house looks like it's a soft breeze away from crumbling. Less great. The house is cursed and now Morgan is trapped inside it. Anything BUT great. Cursebreaker, please! And...

"...it’s compulsively listenable. That’s thanks in part to Sands’ intense narration, whether she’s playing the inscrutable Vera or her wretched mother asking for yet another glass of lemonade." -Vulture "The audiobook narrated by Xe Sands is a genuinely nail-biting listen." - Buzzfeed...

For centuries, the world of Safehold, last redoubt of the human race, lay under the unchallenged rule of the Church of God Awaiting. The Church permitted nothing new - no new inventions, no new understandings of the world.What no one knew was that the Church was an elaborate fraud - a high-tech system established by a rebel faction of Safehold’s founders, meant to keep humanity hidden from the powerful alien race that had destroyed old Earth.

Thanksgiving is descending on Whisper Cove, which means turkey, stuffing, and the local children’s holiday pageant. What Rowan Gray-Davenport doesn’t expect is a missing child. Lana Davenport has made a new friend. Sadie has paranormal abilities just like her. Before Rowan can wrap her head around that and arrange a playdate, however, Sadie disappears from her bed. Who took her? More importantly, why? Rowan is determined to find answers. Every clue she unearths, however, only creates another question. It seems Sadie’s past isn’t as opaque as it should be for a seven-year-old.