Résultats pour "One" dans Dystopique

Brought to you by Penguin. ***NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG*** A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. We're out of oil. We've wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty, and disease are...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The thrilling sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST “The game is on again. . . . A great mix...

When darkness means certain death and survival depends on reaching the dawn, the woman whose magic broke the world will carve another path: defy the dusk. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom comes the first book in a gritty post-apocalyptic fantasy duology...

If you could test your son for a gene that predicts violence, would you do it? From the author of Curfew comes a suspenseful, heart-wrenching novel about the consequences of your answer. Antonia and Bea are sisters, and doting mothers to their sons. But that is where their similarities end...

The power dies. Cars stop running. Phones fall silent. And in a single morning, the world changes forever. Thirteen-year-old Logan Hopkins thought the strange colors in the sky were just something unusual to talk about. Then the power grid collapses, modern technology fails, and every system his family depends on disappears without warning. With his parents stranded hundreds of miles away in Dallas, Logan is left at home with his two younger brothers and their nanny, Becca. At first, they wait for help. Everyone does.

In the cold reaches of space, freedom is a luxury few can afford. Grimes is a restless teen imprisoned in Penal Colony 473, a place where obedience is law, and rebellion is crushed. But when a chance discovery—a tattered book about a star-sailing outlaw—sparks a fire in him, he dares to dream of a life beyond the iron bars of his prison. Together with a crew of unlikely misfits, he steals a rusted ship and escapes into the vast unknown.

The world worships the androgynous youth called The One. Their God, for their time. But The One has a name. A real name. Chesra. Marker is one of the Unknown, banished from everyday life, kept outside the Wall. But when he sees through The One's facade to the girl imprisoned behind, he knows he must set her free. But what Marker hasn’t reckoned on is the discovery of his own feelings for Chesra. Or that those who control her will do anything to hold on to power.

Brought to you by Penguin. Murakami's surreal, mind-bending masterpiece: a sci-fi pastiche and a Utopian fantasy novel ingeniously woven together. A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan. Unicorn skulls and voracious librarians. John Coltrane and...

When the grid goes dark, Navy medic Ashley Corben faces a world in freefall. Planes crash, cities burn, and silence fills the air. Stranded far from home, she must fight her way through chaos to reach her family before the truth behind the blackout destroys what’s left of America.

Brought to you by Penguin. _____________________ AN UNEXPECTED QUEST. TWO WORLDS AT STAKE. ARE YOU READY? Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday's vaults, waiting for his heir to find it, lies a...

Climate emergency has spawned a one-child policy in the UK, ruthlessly enforced by a totalitarian regime. Compulsory abortion of 'excess' pregnancies and mandatory contraceptive implants are now the norm. Kai is a 25-year-old 'baby reaper', working for the Ministry of Population and Family Planning. If any of her assigned families attempt to exceed their child quota, she ensures they pay the price. Until she discovers that an illegal sibling on her Ministry hit-list is hers. And to protect her parents from severe penalties, she must secretly investigate before anyone else finds out.

Im Jahr 2044 ist die Welt ein hässlicher Ort: Die Erdölvorräte sind aufgebraucht, ein Großteil der Bevölkerung lebt in Armut. Einziger Lichtblick ist die OASIS, eine virtuelle Ersatzwelt, in der man leben, arbeiten, zur Schule gehen und spielen kann. Die OASIS ist ein ganzes Universum, es gibt Tausende von Welten, von denen jede ebenso einzigartig wie phantasievoll ist. Und sie hat ein Geheimnis. Der exzentrische Schöpfer der OASIS hat tief im virtuellen Code einen Schatz vergraben.

There’s no murder in paradise. Homicide detective Siro Ferreira-Nunes must solve his most challenging case. More and more people end up dead in the “city of dreams,” an allegedly perfect society. The victims haven’t just been murdered; they’ve also been horribly mutilated and stripped of their neural implants and augmentations. This is not the work of a serial killer but the signature of crime syndicates who sell the costly augmentations on the black market. A specialist in organized crime, detective Ferreira-Nunes is the right man for job.

A decade ago, I was made a promise. Now, I get to watch him make the same one twice. Hunt. Survive. Fuck. That's all I've ever aimed for in this life. All I've ever needed to keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep moving forward. Training others to do the same just made sense. No...

Eleven years after the Pyongyang Flu decimated North America, the world is a graveyard of old dreams and new nightmares. the high Cascades, Caleb Harrison sits in the isolation of Outpost One, a solitary sentinel guarding the only pass to his home, Hammondville. But the silence of the mountains is about to be shattered. When a desperate "Mayday" from a neighboring outpost slices through the static, Caleb realizes the Raiders aren't just coming—they’re already here. Will Caleb fall back and save himself or risk his life to stay and become a "speed bump" to buy Hammondville time?

They called her Rabbit because she always backed down. Bex Eiffle was born into the UES, the Upper East Side towers where the wealthy rule what's left of the country. There is no more America. Only US. So when her so-called friends use their family connections to get her inside Marathon as a 21st birthday stunt, she lifts her chin and says, "Why not?" The fix is in. Marathon is the only federal penitentiary — the Court of Public Opinion is the only court.

I traveled twenty-two years into the past to change the future and prevent the nightmare that threatens the Earth. I founded the Syndicate, which has by now become the most powerful organization in the world. It comprises the most talented Evolvers humanity has to offer—I selected them personally, guided by the knowledge from the future. I have now assembled a small army of Evolvers under the auspices of the Syndicate to clear the descent from the mountain and reach an incredibly powerful monster—the Silkworm, whose abilities I intend to claim for myself.

The world worships the androgynous youth called The One. Their God, from their own, for their time. But The One has a name. A real name. Chesra. Marker is one of the Unknown, banished from everyday life, kept outside the Wall. But when he witnesses The One’s proclamation, he sees through the façade to the girl imprisoned behind. He sees the real person. Her true identity. 

“...Riveting and frighteningly plausible.” — Kirkus Reviews “…Supremely intense and fantastically imaginative….” — Readers’ Favorite What would you do if you lived in a near-future United States of America in which the President has declared weekend minority culling "Passes"...

It was never just one bad day. It was a few bad days—each worse than the last. Now I'm home, and somehow, it's worse here. My wife is baking cookies. The solar power's on. The kids are smiling like nothing's wrong. But the neighbors are dead. The girl I rescued isn't who I thought she was. And someone—somewhere—is coming for her.