Résultats pour "the selection" dans Science-fiction

À dix-huit ans, la princesse Eadlyn se sent prête à devenir reine. Quand elle consent à ce que ses parents lui organisent une Sélection, elle voit son quotidien bouleversé par l'arrivée de ses trente-cinq prétendants et la folie médiatique qui l'accompagne. Mais entre les raisons du cœur et la raison d'État, la princesse va devoir faire des choix et, au fil des semaines, se prendre à ce jeu dont dépend l'avenir d'Illéa.

Dubbed "the American Tolkien" by Time magazine, #1 New York Times bestselling author George R.R. Martin is a giant in the field of fantasy literature and one of the most exciting storytellers of our time. Now he delivers a rare treat for readers: a selection of his shorter works, collected...

For once in her life, Rebecca Malone has decided to follow her impulses. After quitting her job and selling all of her belongings, she heads to Greece in search of adventure. So when a sexy local restaurant owner pursues her, she can't resist playing the role of sophisticated, well-traveled woman. But falling in love with Stephen Nickodemus was not part of the plan! Now she'll have to find a way to break the news of her true identity…without also breaking his heart.

It’s the year 2101, and half of England is underwater. But society is recovering from the Melt—all thanks to ArkTech, the company that saved the world. Charlotte Vance is smart, resourceful, and fiercely dedicated to her work. The ArkTech Territory is the only home she’s ever known, and she’ll do anything to keep it safe. So when Ben, the company’s curious AI with a fondness for dad jokes, asks why a geneticist is stealing pages from library books, Charlotte is happy to help. After all, Ben isn’t just software—he’s her best friend.

A team of marine scientists is on the verge of making the most stunning discovery in the history of man: a previously unknown predatory species, alive now, evolving just like the dinosaurs, and being forced out of its world and into man's for a violent first encounter.

In truth the mastery of flying was the work of thousands of men—this man a suggestion and that an experiment, until at last only one vigorous intellectual effort was needed to finish the work. But the inexorable injustice of the popular mind has decided that of all these thousands, one man, and that a man who never flew, should be chosen as the discoverer, just as it has chosen to honor Watt as the discoverer of steam and Stephenson of the steam-engine.

Подписывая договор с демоном, думала, что непременно попаду в ад. Но пахло от демонюки вовсе не серой, а дорогим парфюмом. Да и мир, где я оказалась, совсем не преисподняя.

The Idaho Territory gold mines and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom come together for a wilderness-dwelling drifter in this tale of the Weird West.