Fiction Sagas

Ellen Wharton has flown into New York from London, regardless of the weather and her husband's worry. The successful interior designer is intent on seeing her lively architect mother and has an important personal appointment to keep. But despite Ellen's urging, when the storm hits, seventy-four-year-old Grace Madison refuses to leave her Tribeca apartment in the midst of the evacuation zone, and they must eventually wade through chest-high water to the police boats outside.

Zusammen mit dreizehn anderen Kandidatinnen trainiert die zwanzigjährige Temperance Verus mit einem Basilisken, um die Kunst der Verführung zu erlernen und die Hand des Prinzen zu gewinnen. Als Tem mit Caspen, dem Schlangenkönig, zusammengebracht wird, erkennt sie, dass sie tatsächlich eine Chance haben könnte. Doch die Spannungen zwischen den Basilisken und den Menschen nehmen zu, und Tem ist hin- und hergerissen. Je tiefer ihre Verbindung zu Caspen wird, desto stärker wird auch ihre Bindung zum Prinzen.

Cinq ans après leur attaque contre les mondes colonisés par les humains dans le Bras spiral, les hydrogues venus des planètes géantes gazeuses bloquent la production du carburant nécessaire aux vaisseaux interstellaires. Leur embargo étouffe la civilisation humaine. La Ligue Hanséatique terrienne accepte l'aide des mystérieux robots klikiss pour combattre les hydrogues. Mais la Hanse n'a pas encore pris conscience que ces robots ont déjà exterminé leurs propres créateurs... et pourraient se retourner bientôt contre l'humanité.

Sybil and Blake Gregory have established a predictable, well-ordered Manhattan life—she as a cutting-edge design authority and museum consultant, he in high tech investments—raising their teenagers, Andrew and Caroline, and six-year-old Charlie. But everything changes when Blake is offered a dream job he can't resist as CEO of a start-up in San Francisco. He accepts it without consulting his wife and buys a magnificent, irresistibly underpriced historic Pacific Heights mansion as their new home.

Con este audiolibro-testimonio, J. J. Benítez completa el famoso diario del mayor norteamericano que "saltó" a los tiempos de Jesús de Nazaret. Si en "Jerusalén. Caballo de Troya 1"se afirmaba que los evangelistas no habían contado la verdad sobre el Nazareno, en esta nueva obra vuelve a demostrarse.

Yu has finally started her journey toward becoming a true cultivator. As a member of the prestigious Black Dragon sect and the disciple of the infamous–and possibly mad–sect leader, she is in the perfect position to finally achieve her goals.

Bienvenue à Stallen, l'école de magie élitiste ! Il y a quelques semaines encore, Ashkana, 16 ans, ignorait tout de son existence. Personne ne pensait que le complot était d'une telle ampleur. Ashkana, Thresh et leurs alliés, doivent faire face à une menace bien plus importante que ce qu'ils avaient imaginé. Leur sort, mais aussi celui de Stallen et de tous les surnaturels sont en jeu. Il n'est plus question de faire demi-tour, ou d'hésiter. S'ils veulent survivre, ils devront se battre tous ensemble.

Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, 19-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political unrest - until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary...Miami, 2017. Freelance writer Marisol Ferrera grew up hearing romantic stories of Cuba from her late grandmother Elisa, who was forced to flee during the revolution. Arriving in Havana, Marisol comes face-to-face with the contrast of Cuba's tropical, timeless beauty and its perilous political climate.

The trajectories of Arvind and Arbaaz, both businessmen of a kind whose lives are unwillingly intertwined, ricochet off one another while they play out their sinister and murderous plots of personal and professional one-upmanship, all the while breaking every rule in the book. Both are unaware that what they seek and fight over is the very obstacle in realising an ancient secret that dates back to a time long forgotten. And yet, at the heart of it all, there lies tenderness...and pathos...and blood...and rare moments of an almost exalted happiness.

Melissa Henderson is leading a quiet life. Once a best-selling author, she now pours all her energy into renovating a Victorian house nestled in the foothills of rural New England. Six years ago, she lost her young son to cancer, and her marriage dissolved. She stopped writing. Then Melissa receives a call from her sister, Hattie. They were close once, but that was before Melissa withdrew from the world. Now Hattie, who became a nun at 25, is determined to help Melissa turn a new page, even if it means reopening one of the most painful chapters of her life.

Discover the untold story of Captain James Hook. A man whose name has been synonymous with villainy and vengeance for generations. The legendary pirate who would become Peter Pan's greatest nemesis. Long before he was the notorious Captain Hook, James was a fearless young man, with nothing to lose. Plagued by an unquenchable thirst for revenge, he becomes entangled with the nefarious Blackbeard and his merciless crew. Together, they embark on a treacherous journey through perilous waters, where loyalty is a fickle currency, and danger lurks behind every wave.

In 1867, a good-natured Bavarian priest is sent by God and mad King Ludwig to the wilds of North America. Soon the backwoods are transformed into a parish and the settlers into a congregation, and Joseph Becker, a woodcarver, meets his future wife. Several decades later, Joseph Becker teaches his astounding carving skills to his grandchildren. One of them, Klara, shows exceptional talent and has a surfeit of what the local nuns call "a fondness for men's work". Untamed, she falls in love with Eamon O'Sullivan, an Irish boy, only to have him leave to fight in the Great War.

Septembre 2018. Victoire a passé un été paisible et se prépare à son accouchement dans la sérénité retrouvée. Mais alors que tous pensaient le calme définitivement revenu dans la région, une nouvelle jeune fille connaît un sort funeste. Parvenue miraculeusement à échapper à ses ravisseurs, elle a juste le temps de prononcer quelques mots énigmatiques avant de décéder des suites de ses blessures. Victoire, qui était au lycée avec la victime, apprend cette tragédie après avoir mis au monde une petite fille. Déjà éprouvée par un accouchement difficile qui aurait pu lui être fatal, cette nouvelle est un véritable choc.

Jessica is based on the inspiring true story of a young girl's fight for justice against tremendous odds. A tomboy, Jessica is the pride of her father, as they work together on the struggling family farm. One quiet day, the peace of the bush is devastated by a terrible murder. Only Jessica is able to save the killer from the lynch mob: but will justice prevail in the courts? Nine months later, a baby is born...with Jessica determined to guard the secret of the father's identity.

In 1836, when she was nine years old, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanche Indians. This is the story of how she grew up with them, mastered their ways, married one of their leaders, and became, in every way, a Comanche woman. It is also the story of a proud and innocent people whose lives pulsed with the very heartbeat of the land. It is the story of a way of life that is gone forever.

Un monde en péril, un livre fantastique et un garçon ordinaire. Prêts pour l'aventure ? Un jour, Bastien Balthazar Bux, dix ans, découvre un livre incroyable. Il conte l'histoire d'un pays fantastique, en proie à un mal qui le ronge petit à petit : le Néant. Ce monde est peuplé des personnages les plus étonnants, des elfes nocturnes montés sur des chauve-souris, les surprenants Mange-Pierres, sans oublier Atréju l'enfant guerrier et Fuchur, le bienveillant Dragon de la Fortune.

Gloria, l'arrière-petite-fille de Gwyneira McKenzie (la jeune Anglaise qui débarquait sur les côtes de la Nouvelle-Zélande dans "Le Pays du Nuage blanc"), a joui d'une enfance et d'une adolescence idylliques à Kiward Station, la ferme familiale. Mais tout s'effondre quand ses parents - pourtant absents car pris par la carrière de cantatrice de sa mère - lui font savoir qu'il est temps pour elle de devenir une véritable lady.

Michaela, beloved wife and mother of two, lies in a coma. Doctors have told her husband Liam not to expect a recovery, but he maintains hope that love can accomplish what medicine cannot. Day after day, he sits by her bedside, holding her hand, sharing the stories of their life together. Then he discovers the evidence of his wife's secret past - a long hidden first marriage to international movie star Julian True.

Bon retour à Uspia, pays où vivent des sorciers, des fées, des loups-garous, des vampires, ainsi que des hybrides ! Chers lecteurs de ce tome 2, La curiosité est un vilain défaut.

Craig Mellow, acclaimed author but unhappy exile, seizes the chance to return to Zimbabwe when he is given a spying mission for the World Bank. Accompanied by beautiful photographer Sally-Anne Jay, he is at first unaware of the dangerous currents of tribal conflict that swirl below the calm surface of Zimbabwean politics. Then he stumbles upon a highly organised ivory-poaching operation which masks the treacherous plot to sell the country he once fought for into slavery....