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The battle ended. The nightmare did not. In the aftermath of Gettysburg, as smoke clears and silence settles over the blood-soaked hills, Captain Elias Mercer believes the worst is finally behind him. He is wrong. A suffocating fog creeps across the battlefield, swallowing the dead and leaving something else in their place. As night falls, Mercer and the remnants of his regiment are hunted through the streets of Gettysburg by forces that do not belong to war, yet were born from it.

The point of no return is here. My name is Nadia, and I'm a Marshal of the High Queen of the Elves. That means it's my job to keep the peace between the humans, Elven commoners, and Elven nobles under my command. So when one of the Elven nobles pushes things too far, it might mean civil war between the High Queen and the rebel nobles. But the civil war is itself a trap because the malignant wizards of Singularity have been preparing for this moment for a very, very long time...... and their deadliest weapons are ready.

Der Zeitenspiegel - Der Kreis der Jahrhunderte (Teil 1) - Auftakt einer fesselnden historischen Fantasy-Saga voller Mysterien und verbotener Liebe! Ihr Leben lang glaubte Johanna Berger, nur eine durchschnittliche Gymnasiastin zu sein. Ihre größte Sorge ist das Abitur, ihre größte Leidenschaft die Geschichte des mittelalterlichen Kölns. Doch als sie kurz vor ihrem 19. Geburtstag einen versiegelten Brief ihrer verstorbenen Großmutter öffnet, verändert sich alles. Denn Johanna ist eine "Spiegelseele", auserwählt, die Grenzen der Zeit zu durchbrechen.

Ce livre regroupe 10 uchronies qui nous offrent un nouveau regard sur l'histoire de France et rebattent les cartes du passé avec une intensité déconcertante. Car selon toute logique, Vercingétorix aurait dû être le grand vainqueur d'Alésia, Louis XVI n'aurait jamais dû finir à l'échafaud, et Joffre ne devait pas remporter la bataille de la Marne !

Certains feux ne s'éteignent jamais. Ils couvent en silence pendant des siècles. Jusqu'à ce qu'une braise vienne les raviver. Et que le monde s'embrase à nouveau.

In 1992, at the dawn of the age of technology, disgraced ex-game show host Manny di Martini schemes for a comeback with a deep-sea television special in the South Pacific. He quickly finds himself in over his head, attracting the attention of a cosmic being who will lead Manny to a television broadcast event much bigger than the entire planet bargained for: evidence of a slumbering alien in a ruined city at the bottom of the ocean. One look at the monster on TV, and humans collectively freak out.

Loyalties are tested in this slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romantasy following an assassin and a healer forced to work together to cure a fatal disease, all while resisting the urge to kill each other—or, worse, fall in love. When Osric Mordaunt, member of the Fyren Order of assassins, falls...

En 1895, un matériau miraculeux a été identifié : la cavorite, un métal capable d'annuler la gravité. On en a découvert d'énormes gisements. Par conséquent le XXe siècle s'est ouvert sur la conquête des airs et de l'espace. Des paquebots plaqués de cavorite survolent les océans mais aussi les terres, reliant les grandes capitales et appontant aux quatre tours Eiffel parisiennes ; d'autres voguent jusqu'à une Mars colonisée. Vingt-cinq ans après, le couperet est tombé : la cavorite a une durée de vie limitée.

Prisonnière de sa vie et de sa caste, Ehsan porte la terrible marque de l’esclavage depuis ses huit ans. Servante au palais royal, son quotidien est rythmé par les injustices qui la révoltent. Mais une femme de sa condition peut-elle y changer quelque chose?

This program is read by the author. "Man in the Dark is an undoubted pleasure to read. Auster really does possess the wand of the enchanter." —Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books From Paul Auster, a "literary original" (Wall Street Journal) comes a novel that forces us to confront the...

For a thousand years, Doro has cultivated a small African village, carefully breeding its people in search of seemingly unattainable perfection. He survives through the centuries by stealing the bodies of others, a technique he has so thoroughly mastered that nothing on Earth can kill him. But when a gang of New World slavers destroys his village, ruining his grand experiment, Doro is forced to go west and begin anew. He meets Anyanwu, a centuries-old woman whose means of immortality are as kind as his are cruel. Now they begin a struggle that will last centuries.

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.

Weimar 1942: Die Programmiererin Helene arbeitet im Nationalen Sicherheits-Amt und entwickelt dort Programme, mit deren Hilfe alle Bürger des Reichs überwacht werden. Erst als die Liebe ihres Lebens Fahnenflucht begeht und untertauchen muss, regen sich Zweifel in ihr. Mit ihren Versuchen, ihm zu helfen, gerät sie nicht nur in Konflikt mit dem Regime, sondern wird auch in die Machtspiele ihres Vorgesetzten Lettke verwickelt, der die perfekte Überwachungstechnik des Staates für ganz eigene Zwecke benutzt und dabei zunehmend jede Grenze überschreitet.

Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman’s determined quest to seize a final chance at glory—and write her own...

Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs of fighting dragons. When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes its precious cargo, an...

At the height of the Vietnam War, a search and rescue team known as Vulture Squad is sent to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing Green Beret platoon. As Vulture Squad hunts through the primordial depths of the valley, they discover ancient horrors that not only threaten to unravel their minds, but to end their lives, as well.

El 22 de noviembre de 1963 tres disparos resonaron en Dallas. Murió el presidente Kennedy, y el mundo cambió. ¿Qué harías tú si pudieras impedirlo?

Upon inheriting the Moonstone, a huge and priceless diamond, Rachel Verinder's delight turns to dismay when the gem suddenly disappears. But this is no ordinary theft. Sergeant Cuff of Scotland Yard is called in and immediately suspects an intricate plot. However, not even his powers of detection can penetrate fully the mysteries surrounding the diamond.

In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the family’s clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected.

—AUDIBLE BOOK OF THE YEAR Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the true cost of one woman’s fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths she’ll go to secure her future. “[Ariel] Blake is adept at describing...