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...

When I was little, Mom would tell it to me like a fairytale, a story that couldn't be real. Little did I know how real the monsters were. And I'm not talking about the dragons. When her mother was murdered, Byrd Pierce's world shattered. She lost so much, so young and she feared she'd never be able to recover. Years later, Byrd had not only picked up the pieces but had also mended them with gold. She has a job at a living magical library, a witch and a mermaid for best friends, and a closet with clothing that not only flatters her plus-size body but also makes her look hot AF.

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.

"[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...

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.

"...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...

Read by Daniel Henning (The House in the Cerulean Sea). Meet Burke: a young dog (part German Shepherd, part Husky, wolf at heart) who just wants to find his forever home, especially after he fails to meet the rigorous standards of a training programme for service animals. (After a minor incident...

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.

A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER A FINALIST FOR THE GILLER PRIZE Named a Must-Read Pick by The New York Times, Oprah Daily, People, Associated Press, Marie Claire, Bustle, The Boston Globe, Goodreads, Women’s Wear Daily, and more The highly anticipated follow-up to...

Abner was never meant to survive. When Esther’s failure to kill the prince brings death to the ones she loves most, she must become more than a survivor. Pulled into a court where every choice carries unseen costs, Esther is forced to navigate a world built to expose her. Discovery would mean death. Death would be the easier outcome. Starved for respect and demanding consequence, Prince Abner believes control is the only path to peace. He plays the role relentlessly, but as the cost of maintaining that facade grows, the weight of spilled blood hangs heavy on him.

From award-winning and bestselling author Suzy Krause comes an emotionally resonant work of speculative fiction that asks what happens when grief and hope start to bend the laws of reality—perfect for readers of The Husbands by Holly Gramazio and In Five Years by Rebecca Serle. When a...

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.

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...

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.

I'm not supposed to be here. Death has come for me more than once, and each time it's been a boy who's stood between me and my final breath. I called him Christopher when he saved me as a child. When he came into my life again, only months ago, I knew him as Wes. Just as he did the time before, he disappeared the moment he made sure I was out of harm's way; as if I didn't need any more saving.

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.

'Devilishly clever and compulsive' Daily Mail 'Science Fiction at its best' Spectator In Galaxies Like Grains of Sand, Brian W. Aldiss tells the tale of mankind's future over the course of forty million years. Each of these nine connected short stories highlights a different millennia in which...

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.

Liz Kendall wouldn't hurt a fly. Even when times get tough, she's devoted to bringing up her kids in a loving home. But there's another side to Liz, one that's dark and malicious. A version of her that will do anything to get her way - no matter how extreme. And when this other side of her takes control, the consequences are devastating. From the author of the million-copy best seller The Girl with All the Gifts comes an utterly unique thriller with a twist....