Résultats pour "The Star" dans Science-fiction et fantasy

Kamzin has always dreamed of becoming one of the emperor’s royal explorers, the elite climbers tasked with mapping the wintry, mountainous empire and spying on its enemies. She knows she could be the best in the world, if only someone would give her a chance. But everything changes when the mysterious and eccentric River Shara, the greatest explorer ever known, arrives in her village and demands to hire Kamzin - not her older sister Lusha, as everyone had expected - for his next expedition.

Wendy Darling has a perfectly agreeable life with her parents and brothers in wealthy London, as well as a budding romance with Booth, the neighborhood bookseller's son. But one night, while their parents are at a ball, the charmingly beautiful Peter Pan comes to the Darling children's nursery, and - dazzled by this flying boy with god-like powers - they follow him out of the window and straight on to morning into Neverland, an intoxicating island of freedom.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Lost Stars and Bloodline comes a thrilling sci-fi adventure that Kass Morgan, bestselling author of The 100 series, calls "startlingly original and achingly romantic...nothing short of masterful." She's a soldier--Noemi Vidal is willing to...

Sapphire Hayes didn’t come to the fae realm to fall in love with a prince—or to become a fugitive from his court. But after surviving the Winter Trials, nothing is the same. Riven killed his own knights to protect her. And Sapphire made a dangerous deal that binds her fate to his: brew a forbidden potion to save his father’s mind… or lose her only chance of getting home. Then Zoey is taken by a dark-winged monster.

After the battle on Sharr that closed We Hunt the Flame, Zafira and Nasir return to a ghostly Sultan’s Keep, low on resources and allies alike. The dark forest has fallen, but the kingdom teems with fear of the Lion of the Night’s return. As Nasir fights to command the dark power in his blood, Zafira fights against a very different darkness festering through her bond with the Jawarat.

This program includes a bonus conversation with the author. Star-Touched Stories by Roshani Chokshi combines three lush and adventurous stories in the Star-Touched World. Death and Night He was Lord of Death, cursed never to love. She was Night incarnate, destined to stay alone. After a chance...

All Casper Bell has ever wanted is to belong. But now, abandoned by his friends and family after being outed, he has nothing left to lose when the people of Novilem abduct him.

Nate faces his greatest challenge when his squadron embarks on a near impossible mission. Of the hundreds of pilots in the fleet, only they have experience operating alongside the alien pilots of the Byotai Imperial Fleet. Even if this experience was gained only in simulation. Over the past weeks, the videogame pilots have proven their mettle in battle. Now they will face the ultimate test and join the elite Byotai pilots aboard the battleship Furiosa. Ahead of them lies the most critical phase of the conflict.

Rebecca Caelum has gone through a rough period in her life. First, her mother dies in a tragedy that would scar her home city for the rest of its days. Then, her father withdraws into himself, leaving Rebecca to her own devices. Finally, after getting involved with some unscrupulous individuals, Rebecca ends up in Upper Octave's Juvenile Detention Center. Things weren't going great, to say the least.

Arriesgándolo todo para hundir la Sociedad dorada, Darrow ha sobrevivido a las despiadadas rivalidades entre los guerreros más poderosos. Ha logrado ascender y ha aguardado pacientemente el momento de desencadenar la revolución que acabará con la jerarquía desde dentro. Por fin ha llegado la hora.

Lange bevor sie die Herzkönigin wurde, war Catherine Pinkerton nur ein Mädchen, das sich verlieben wollte. Catherines Schicksal ist es, sich mit dem Herzkönig zu verloben, doch sie träumt davon, eine Bäckerin zu werden. Dann trifft sie auf dem königlichen Ball auf Jest, den gutaussehenden und geheimnisvollen Hofnarren. Zum ersten Mal spürt sie die Anziehungskraft der wahren Liebe. Auf die Gefahr hin, den König zu beleidigen und ihre Eltern zu verärgern, beginnen sie und Jest eine intensive, geheime Liebesbeziehung.

The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London marks a memorable occasion. For Rory, it’s the start of a new life at a London boarding school. But for many, this will be remembered as the day a series of brutal murders broke out across the city - gruesome crimes mimicking the horrific work of Jack the Ripper in the autumn of 1888. Soon “Rippermania” takes hold of modern-day London, and the police are left with few leads and no witnesses. Except one. Rory spotted the man police believe to be the prime suspect.

Stargazer and artist Talia Benson never wanted an adventure. The titles of student, dutiful daughter, and crazy cat lady suited her just fine. But when she’s swept into an unknown world where sentient animals exist, monsters roam, and angelic beings sway fate, she’s forced to adjust to adventuring as she embarks on a quest to return to her quiet Canadian life.

Jade and Axel are the first light warriors in over a millennium and forced to confront an enigmatic villain with the powers of darkness. They are fated to be the last of their kind—whether that means dying at their dark counterpart's hands or finally defeating him. Unfortunately, their powers aren't working as they should, especially when all they have on their minds is the other secretly behind their mark.

Lisa Robbie, a freckled, soon-to-be-eighth-grade girl from Keyport, New Jersey, happens upon a shooting star that isn’t merely space debris but is magic—the Agapéd Magic. This leads her to a whole new way of life where she learns she has the most powerful magic in all four galaxies, a power that the Guardians have waited 120 years for... and they are not too thrilled about it.

Ci sarà una volta, fra tanto tanto tempo... non è proprio il più classico degli inizi, ma le fiabe che racconta Marissa Meyer sono proprio così. Perché cosa accadrebbe se storie classicissime come Biancaneve fossero ambientate nel futuro? Se le cattive matrigne e i principi azzurri vivessero in un mondo di cyborg? Questo volume, arricchito da contenuti extra, comprende due romanzi della saga di Marissa Meyer (Winter e lo spin-off Fairest) e i racconti di Stars Above.

It's a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the...

Nach der erschütternden Offenbarung steht Reinas Welt auf dem Kopf. Doch es bleibt keine Zeit. Clove und ihre Welpen schweben in Gefahr. Indes erwacht in Gavin eine uralte, längst vergessene Macht, die ihn zu unterwerfen droht. Gleichzeitig könnte sie der Schlüssel sein, um den Konflikt zwischen Jägern und Caelias zu befrieden. Wird es Reina gelingen, Gavin in seiner dunkelsten Stunde beizustehen?

In a kingdom cursed to turn people into dragons, two teens from opposite worlds, each with nothing left to lose, form an uneasy alliance. Told in dual perspectives, this sweeping debut follows their search for redemption and the slow-burning bond that could save them both. Every month, the...

Ein schlaues Irrlicht und ein Agenten-Dämon zwischen Feindschaft, Leidenschaft und einer alles in den Schatten stellenden Mission. Endlich hat sich Special Agent Marlon Heaton seinen sehnlichsten Wunsch erfüllt und Arlyn Dorell, die beste Diebin New Yorks, hinter Gitter gebracht. Doch auch eingesperrt ist das Irrlicht dem Dämon mehrere Schritte voraus und vermag ihn von einer schockierenden Theorie zu überzeugen. Eine Verschwörung auf höchster Ebene droht, das ohnehin schon fragile Verhältnis zwischen Magics und Menschen zu zerstören.