Résultats pour "The Star" dans Fiction

Contre toute attente, Hig a survécu à l'épidémie de grippe qui a décimé tous ceux qu'il connaissait. Il a perdu sa femme, ses amis sont morts et il vit avec son chien Jasper dans le hangar d'un petit aérodrome à l'abandon. Mais quand une communication lui parvient sur la radio de son Cessna 1956, la voix rallume au fond de lui l'espoir d'une vie meilleure au-delà du périmètre qu'il a patiemment sécurisé.

« Je suis le faucheur. Je connais la douleur. Je connais les ténèbres. Ce n'est que le début. » Darrow aurait voulu vivre en paix. Ses ennemis l'ont jeté dans la guerre. Il s'est élevé parmi les puissants qui dirigent la Société pour mieux préparer sa révolution. À présent, la fin du règne tyrannique des Ors a enfin sonné. Malgré les doutes qui l'assaillent, malgré les anciens amis qu'il va devoir affronter aux quatre coins du Système solaire, Darrow est plus que jamais déterminé à briser les chaînes.

A life-affirming dystopian tale of global disaster, survival, and belief. Hig, bereaved and traumatised after global disaster, has three things to live for - his dog Jasper, his aggressive but helpful neighbour, and his Cessna aeroplane. He's just about surviving, so long as he only takes his...

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society's mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within.

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within. Finally, the time has come.

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within. Finally, the time has come.

In turn of the century England, the Jolivet family leads a charmed existence. Daughter of a wealthy vineyard owner and a French pianist, vivacious Marguerite, the eldest of three, loves spinning stories and entertaining her family's well-connected friends. Marguerite, taking the stage name Rita, quickly draws the attention of legendary theatre producer Charles Frohman. From the West End to Broadway, and then in the new medium of silent film, her star burns brighter with every role. But soon, war is raging across Europe. Rita receives word from Inez that their brother is about to enlist.

Hig survived the flu that killed everyone he knows. His wife is gone, his friends are dead, he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, his only neighbor a gun-toting misanthrope. In his 1956 Cessna, Hig flies the perimeter of the airfield or sneaks off to the mountains to fish and to pretend that things are the way they used to be. But when a random transmission somehow beams through his radio, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life exists beyond the airport.

'Do you tell the stars about her?' After a messy breakup, it feels like the entire world hates tennis superstar Luna Aldridge. With her reputation ruined and her career at risk, the only way to repair it is a PR stunt: fake-dating Hollywood's golden boy, Kieran Alexander. There's just one...

After tragedy strikes, five unlikely friends at different stages in their lives gather in Nantucket to spend an unforgettable weekend together, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hotel Nantucket and 'the queen of beach reads' (New York Magazine). Hollis Shaw, creator of the...

We built AI to create a better world. We succeeded... but gave up what made us human in the process.No more war. No more poverty. No more chaos. Under Samaris, humanity finally has peace and prosperity, but at the cost of their memories, their freedom, and perhaps their souls.Smuggler Elias Vane...

On a ruined planet oppressed by eldritch gods, a rebel leader forces his son to become the vessel of a god-killing demon. Caught in a conflict spanning galaxies and millennia, two unlikely allies must decide whether to save the child, their world, or themselves. Ysira Naktis was a human...

A wonderful warm festive treat from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Christmas Invitation The perfect gift isn’t always under the tree… Single mum Cally’s life is all about her little girl Stella. She’s resigned to the fact that the only romance she’s going to get is from the...

She carries a star's power in her body. He was sent to take it. Fated love. Doomed soulmates. A love story that wasnt meant to last. A sweet, no-spice YA romantasy and faith-based epic fantasy. For thirty-three years, mortals have been on their own, abandoned by the guardians once sworn to...

On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the East Coast of the US, including Washington, DC. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the Earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated effort to colonize space and requires a much-larger share of humanity to take part in the process. Elma York’s drive to become the first lady astronaut is so strong that even the most dearly held conventions of society may not stand a chance against her.

One of the few humans at the palace, Lykke has served the royal family her whole life, enjoying their protection from the fae who hate her kind. Unfortunately, nothing could protect her heart from falling in love with her best friendthe prince. Even if he returned her love, he could never marry...

Four Christian small town romances sure to steal your heart! Star Lake may be a fictional town, but once you visit, you'll feel like you've made friends. Begin the journey with Max and Layla. He's loved her forever, but will he ever get the chance to tell her? Then continue with the story with Brandon and Presley in When Love Returns... Journey to Star Lake with USA Today best-selling author Lorana Hoopes and enjoy these heartwarming stories of second chances and true love.

From beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune comes The Stars Look Like Home, a funny and moving adventure novel about finding one’s place in the universe from the perspective of a dog. A promise: The dog does not die in this. As a puppy, Burke’s mother told him that dogs' lives...

Leif Godwin ignited a fire inside me the first night I met him in Los Angeles. There is something about the dark stranger I can’t forget. He’s gorgeous and intriguing and everything I should know better than to crave. I never thought I’d see him again, but when my art studio is broken into, my rock-star brother convinces me to spend the summer living at his Savannah mansion with my two children. I know I’m in trouble when I find Leif living in the guest house. I have two focuses in life, my band and seeking revenge for what was stolen from me.

Maeve Binchy at her very best - the superb novel of one summer, and four people whose lives are irrevocably changed. Four strangers, with nothing in common but a need to escape, meet in a Greek taverna high above the small village of Aghia Anna. From Ireland, America, Germany and England they have each left behind their homes and their old lives, when a shocking tragedy throws them unexpectedly together. Nights of Rain and Stars is the story of one summer and four people, each with a life in turmoil.