Titres dans Steampunk

Der ultimative Gamer-Geheimtipp: Verbinde zwei Hobbys – Lesen und Zocken – mit LitRPG. Lena, eine talentierte junge Biochemikerin, wird nach ihrem Oktoberfestbesuch Opfer eines Überfalls. Statt im Krankenhaus aufzuwachen, findet sie sich als NSC in einem Computerspiel wieder, ohne Zugang zu den Menüs oder die Möglichkeit, sich auszuloggen. Als Stallmagd in einer faszinierenden Fantasy-Welt muss sie nun neue Begleiter für Helden züchten: Ratten, Einhörner und Raptoren. Dabei hasst Lena es schon, bei Freunden das Katzenklo zu säubern.

Lady Georgia Brunel, widowed a year, has been looking forward to her holiday in the Duchy of Venice with her companion, Millicent Brunel. The clockwork city’s annual art exhibition is in full swing, and old friends and new acquaintances make for an exciting social whirl.

This time in the body of a Nox, Hugo has to get used to this new strange body. Having four arms is bad enough, now he has to navigate an entirely new culture. Hugo has to hope that the few facts he has learned about the Nox will be enough to pretend to be one of them.

Infektion. Invasion. Chaos. Ein waffenfähiges Virus wütet in den USA und lässt Kinder und junge Erwachsene irgendwie unversehrt. Während Hunderte von Millionen sterben, ist das Überleben des Virus für die Überlebenden nur der Anfang... Jack, Robert und Jen sind unter den unwahrscheinlichsten Umständen gerettet worden. Die neue Gruppe, angeführt vom Großvater, bringt sie in ihr geheimes Lager im Sam Houston National Forest, wo sie das Angebot zu bleiben gerne annehmen. Das Leben im Lager ist hart, aber tausendmal besser als auf der Flucht zu sein.

Фальк смог получить второй из пяти мечей, необходимых для завершения задания богини, и теперь его путь лежит в земли эльфов. Время ограничено, но прежде чем начинать новый квест, было бы неплохо завершить дела в Аркеме. Всего-то и нужно—защитить город гремлинов от нашествия демонов с помощью механизмов древних. Но это всё там, в игре, а в реальном мире Андрей встретил первого "коллегу", получившего игровые способности. Кто он—союзник или враг? И как далеко он продвинулся в выполнении своего божественного задания?

Возвращение на Родину состоялось, награды нашли героя, и свадьба вот-вот—но отчего так неспокойно на сердце? Может быть, дело в том самом юноше со взором светлым, который стал названным младшим братом? На его плечах—ответственность за судьбы миллионов людей, он—один из самых могущественных людей Старого Света, но это не отменяет одного простого факта: ему нет еще и двадцати, а в таком возрасте променять полцарства на прекрасную принцессу—это только вопрос времени.

In the early 1900s, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and Harry Browning each researched devices to contact the dead through scientific means. Only one of them succeeded.

Emelia DuMond is an actress, her skill at adopting and changing her identity lifting her from her humble beginnings to success on the stage of Victorian London. And to the attention of the Ghost Society, a secret organization who work to defend the world from threats of the paranormal. After centuries of seeking, the sinister Disciples of the Void have obtained an arcane book of great power. A power that could tear the veil between dimensions and plunge the world into a dark, unspeakable future.

Die verbliebene Besatzung der Nautilus richtet sich in Babytopia immer mehr ein. Doch der Wassermangel droht alles Leben in dieser alten Stadt zu vernichten. Und plötzlich gerät Tempelton Pierce unter Mordverdacht.

The War in the Air: And Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted is a military science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells. It is (like many of Wells's works) notable for its prophetic ideas, images, and concepts - particularly the use of aircraft for the purpose of warfare - as well as conceptualizing and anticipating events related to World War I. The novel's hero and main character is Bert Smallways, who is described as "a forward-thinking young man" and a "kind of bicycle engineer of the let's-'ave-a-look-at-it and enamel-chipping variety."

When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find.

Rafe Lancaster is reluctantly settling into his role as the first heir of House Stravaigor. Trapped by his father’s illness and his new responsibilities, Rafe can’t go with lover Ned Winter to Aegypt for the 1902-'03 archaeological digging season. Rafe’s unease at being left behind intensifies when Ned’s fascination with the strange Antikythera mechanism and its intriguing link to the Aegyptian god Thoth has Ned heading south to the remote, unexplored highlands of Abyssinia and the course of the Blue Nile. Searching for Thoth’s deadly secrets, Ned is out of contact and far from help.

The day after Hugo gains access to magic, his train explodes. Unknown magic flings him back in time, and he narrowly avoids death this time. While he is trying to unravel the mystery of this unexpected second chance, life goes on. His new gifts lead him to the magic academy. At the school, he will face off against noble students who don’t want him to be there, teachers who expect him to already know everything, and literal monsters that want to kill him.

A dark dystopian future in an alternate timeline of Cordysia, brought about by a seemingly small choice made in the past that never should've been made. A realm now mired by insurrection, hopelessness, and loss. Will Rhianyn's love for and commitment to Lorewyn be strong enough to break through barriers of space and time and guide her into taking the sacrificial steps necessary to set things right and restore what originally was?

A dark secret. A town in peril. A handsome stranger. Between protecting her town from a vicious sea monster and keeping her overbearing mother off her back, Victoria has enough to deal with. She doesn't need the bewitching charm of dapper lords wooing and tricking her into marriage.

1887. London, but not as you know it. The Industrial Revolution went further than anyone could have imagined, and the sprawling, chaotic metropolis of Even Greater London spreads across the entire southern half of England. The immense Tower casts electricity through the sky, powering the mind-boggling mechanisms of the city around it. The engineer-army of Isambard Kingdom Brunel swarms across the capital, building, demolishing, and rebuilding whatever they see fit. And at the heart of all this sits the country's first Private Investigation Agency.

Героиня, несмотря на юный возраст, умна и рассудительна. Герой в меру нелюдим, благороден и любит животных. Вместе они, разумеется, спасут мир.

An instant New York Times bestseller! The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure from the author of the Dresden Files, in this New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships. For centuries the Cinder...

Imagine a slight change to our historical timeline where the Industrial Revolution heated up much quicker than expected. Technological marvels such as airships, trains, battleships, and submarines came into being much earlier. They were followed by steam-powered wonders such as mechanical men, flying ships, and even crafts capable of reaching the deepest fathoms of the sea or traveling to distant celestial orbs.

Dall’invecchiamento della popolazione ai cambiamenti climatici, dall’istruzione di massa all’impatto dei social network, le storie immaginate da Liu Cixin, Xia Jia, Chen Qiufan e Wu Yan mostrano una Cina lontana dall’Occidente per costume e sensibilità, ma simile nelle realtà economico-sociali e così tecnologicamente avanzata da restituire uno sguardo sul futuro che attende il mondo intero. Una selezione di alcune delle voci più importanti della fantascienza cinese contemporanea che di certo delizieranno i lettori di tutto il mondo.