Résultats pour "the foxes" dans Dystopique

Det är cirka hundra år efter Tredje världskriget och världen är ett enda stort kaos. I det som brukade kallas Amerika bor ättlingarna till de som överlevde den stora kärnvapenkatastrofen som nästan utplånade allt mänskligt liv. Befolkningen är ständigt utsatta för faror, inte bara från strålning och gifter utan även från några fruktansvärda, köttätande, muterade djur som kallas Resarna. När Blade, Hickok och Geronimo får reda på att Resarna har rövat bort några kvinnor beger de sig till Resarnas hemska fäste i staden Fox för att försöka rädda dem.

But tales still tell of marvels from long ago-flying machines and devices run by the power of lightning. Now grass grows in the streets and rusted hulks are all that remain of the proud machines. A new time of troubles now threatens. The free towns of the rugged mountains and plains are in the path of conquest. The Prophet's armies are coming, filled with hatred and armed with terrible, rediscovered weapons.

Sophie y Otto Bentwood son una acomodada pareja neoyorquina de mediana edad, sin hijos y con una vida aparentemente envidiable, rodeada de pequeños lujos, alta cultura y amistades cool, que vive en una casa remodelada en un Brooklyn que apenas comienza a gentrificarse. Una noche, un gato...

A deadly, very aggressive and airborne virus has destroyed civilization. In the midst of devastation we follow the survivors, Amanda, Iris, Sigrid & Dano. But having survived the apocalypse is no blessing - now hell begins. The four of them just want to heal their wounds. But an uninfected...

Six friends and two dogs are stranded deep in the howling wastes of the hottest and driest desert in North America. It is July. They are on foot. Civilization as we know it is over. There will be no rescue. There can be no escape. Most of us fear death, until it becomes preferable to life.

The highly anticipated third book in The Ravens series! Emelia wears the crown of The House of Raven; leader of a vampire kingdom. But despised human blood runs in her veins and there are plots to sabotage her rule. Cut off from those she trusts, enemies circle and wait. From the shadows, the...

A young woman is seduced by the glamour of the circus and drawn into a dangerous world of violence, cruelty and revenge. For readers of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Helen Oyeyemi's Mr Fox. Sara Sidorova lies dying. As she hovers between life and death, she receives a visitation from...

The highly anticipated third book in The Ravens series! Emelia wears the crown of The House of Raven; leader of a vampire kingdom. But despised human blood runs in her veins and there are plots to sabotage her rule. Cut off from those she trusts, enemies circle and wait. From the shadows, the...

In a world gone mad, Jamie Ellis was my calm. Until life took her from me. She should have come back to Mayhem. But she stayed gone. For eight years. Now, we're both suffering the consequences of her decision. As an enforcer for the Unholy, I believed I was invincible. Until I wasn't. Jamie needs me to stay alive long enough for her to get us out of this hell. I can do that . . . and then I'm making her a widow to take back what's rightfully mine—her.

In Book 4, The Prophet's Niece, Paula Ivanova is reunited with her uncle, Hiram Ezekiel Smith, the powerful and charismatic Prophet, Seer, and Revelator of a cult of his creation. He's been expecting her. Her friends think she's there to visit. True enough. Few acts are more intimate than murder.

Thirty-six hours have elapsed since the power died and most everything with it. It has been said that society is ever nine meals from chaos. True, perhaps, were humans civilized. Though young and fit, Jeremy and his friends are much like people we know. They've made no preparations. Each possesses certain skills, but the only member of the group with some infantry experience, Kade de Silva, is recovering from a gunshot wound.

Jeremy, Kade, and Karina go to Kar's ex-boyfriend, Eddie, to trade for a decent weapon. Eddie won't trade, and Kade won't take no for an answer. In the meantime, Matt and Sarah, who venture out on their own, are abducted by an armed gang. When the others discover them missing, Kade sets off with Gooch to follow their trail, find them, and kill their captors.

Five friends. West L.A. The power goes out, and everything with it. Civilization as they know it has ended. And they are in the worst place they could be - surrounded by looter gangs and millions who will soon be desperate and dying. Young, fit, but ill prepared, their choices are few and stark. Jeremy's Run: L.A. Dark is the first installment of a serial story that chronicles an epic struggle of the human spirit to survive, to prevail over the odds, to retain one's humanity, and to keep alive the hope for a new and better future.