Flower Science

Audrey Hamilton, a young American woman, comes to Paris to seek her fortune as an artist. Lurking beneath the glamour of the city, however, in a nation still recovering from the Great War of 1914-18, is the dark spiritual force of the poet Charles Baudelaire. Evil will rise from the moody old Cemetery of Montparnasse to ensnare Audrey's spirit and drag her to her doom.

In a cruise-ship stateroom, a soul awakens in the afterlife, still dressed in the Roman servant garbs of his previous life. He can’t remember much, but a silent woman stands out in his memory: his first and only love. Unable to cope with an eternity without her, he leaps from the ship and back into the depths of the life stream. Five hundred years later, he awakens again in the same stateroom, alone and fueled with new memories of her.

Ava Reed is a perfectly ordinary girl living in Denver, Colorado. Raven Monclare is a trained killer with potent magical powers. In one hour, in one heart-wrenching, blood-pounding hour, everything as Ava knows it changes entirely when she is forced to go on the run after a horrific event, brought on by Raven and her forces, rips Ava's family apart. Pursued fiercely at every twist and turn, Ava and her brother plot revenge—that is, until Ava discovers that she shares something in common with Raven so propelling, it drives them to team up to face the most deadly enemy they both share.

A stirring, galvanizing collection of essays, personal and political, by the environmental justice activist and MacArthur Fellow named one of the Forbes 50 Over 50 and TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2023—that frames the inequities that define us as a society and, with grace and generosity, gives us reason to have hope.

A terrible threat to humanity’s existence which he helped create? There’s something strange stirring within the sleepy town of Desert Lime. Faint and wild whispers in the wind. Otherworldly murmurs from across the expanse of space and time. Crafty shape-shifters have crept into his school.

Born as an undersized runt puppy, Arara has been constantly bullied by the bigger pups in her pack. As far as she is concerned, her life is horrible and it's not going to change anytime soon. However, during a hunt, Arara discovers that she can move things with her mind. Armed with this new power, Arara convinces another bullied puppy to help her take down Kerka - the biggest, baddest pup in town. But when things go wrong and a life is put in danger, Arara must face her fears before it is too late.

"Westworld" meets "Der Report der Magd": ein umwerfendes Fantasyabenteuer mit starken jungen Frauen in den Hauptrollen. In einem Bordell leben die Schwestern Aster und Clementine, jede mit einem magischen Blumentattoo gebrandmarkt. Nacht für Nacht werden sie an Männer verkauft, doch dann bringt Clem einen Freier um, und ihre Strafe wird der Tod sein. Aster kennt nur einen Ausweg: mit Clem in die Wildnis zu flüchten und zu einer Gesetzlosen zu werden. Dabei müssen die beiden nicht nur gegen ihre männlichen Verfolger kämpfen, sondern für die Zukunft aller Frauen in ihrer Welt.

Marte, 2628. Olympus es una gran corporación que se extiende por la galaxia y divide a la sociedad en trece Servicios basados en las funciones de los antiguos dioses olímpicos. Asha es una hades y lleva toda la vida rodeada de muerte. Ianthe es una deméter y lleva toda la vida enraizada en la soledad. Cuando ambas entran en la Akademeia, ya saben lo que les espera: tres años de internamiento y la Odisea, la prueba por grupos donde se elige a los mejores candidatos para liderar los Servicios.

Nine months after removing the Reaper in the Tree from his throne, Clarence, Wakoba, and Jessi have struggled to adjust back to their normal lives. Ever since he was marked by the Pit, Clarence has been tormented by nightmares. With the return of color, the tensions between mortals and reapers increased. The need for the unpleasant guardians of Ganedyn has diminished. Now that the End was trapped in the in-between, the right to enter Ganedyn has become a blessing once more.

Mass destruction has erupted all over the world and one group is laying claim: The Darkwings. But this mysterious group will not reveal their hidden agenda nor will they cease their carnage until their unknown mission is achieved. Only the ultra-secret spy network of Monitor can possibly stop them. In this whirlwind of clashes between nations and ideals emerges Moon Flower, a survivor of one of the Darkwings plots. Alone and powerless, she tries to rescue her friend from Kraagen, a renegade dragon and Darkwing Commander who has plans for his captive in a future Darkwing scheme.

Life at St. Agatha's School for Girls is anything but a fairy tale. With ratty blankets and a torturous device called the box, it's not hard to understand Eliza's desperation to escape. When the timing is right, Eliza manages to run away with her best friend, Millie, heading through the Louisiana swamps to the town on the other side. But the swamps may be even more dangerous than the orphanage. Silver and black fairies invite the girls to experience a world where they can have it all, but Eliza doesn't trust the sparkling beauty.

War is coming to Prosper Woods and I would do anything to prevent it. The last thing I planned was to start a war but when I rejected Penelope McCurdy, breaking our betrothal, I should have known her father, clan leader Alistair McCurdy, wouldn’t let it go. He’s promised to wipe out my clan and kill everyone I’ve ever loved but I won’t let that happen. Most of all, I’m not about to let anyone harm Emory, my precious mate. I’d lay down my life to protect him.

At 16, Violet Noone is thrown into a world of deception and betrayal when her sister, Ophelia, missing and presumed dead for the last four years, suddenly reenters her life. Violet and her brother, Weylin, venture into a desolate district of Fairhaven to meet Ophelia, but instead of finding her, they discover the brutally murdered body of a young man. Fleeing the scene, they become suspects, relentlessly pursued by the officer in charge of the investigation. They soon learn this murder is no isolated incident as they unravel its mysterious connection to the forbidden fruit, Elsyn.

In the land of Alkebulan, twelve-year-old Asha is an orphan, raised by Madame S, the proprietor of a traveling carnival. When Madame S is attacked by ghoulish creatures, she manages to tell Asha before she dies, “Seek the Underground Kingdom, where the black flowers bloom.”

Flos Ventrine, princess of Solijax, is to be wed to the vile king Jonan of Nelktern. On the eve of the wedding, Flos escapes, running into the forest, only to be met with things she has only read in books. Will the mysterious beings help her escape, or will Jonan get her back?

The best-laid plans of geroo and ringel often go awry. Nobody knows that as well as the crew of the White Flower II, the geroo ship whose captain still bears the literal scars of his last failure. Despite their best efforts, his ship and its crew still languish in slavery to the cruel krakun. But when a new opportunity for freedom presents itself, will the geroo be able to pull off an even more daring escape plan - right under the nose of a krakun overseer?

Allaha is a knight of the Order of Aisha, Fallen of the Mountain. She - like her fellows - is stoic and reserved, trained to fight against demons and their ilk. When she triggers a vision that kills a renown oracle, she is set on a quest to complete the prophecy. She becomes the protector of those mentioned in the prophecy.

To some, the low door in Eliza’s bedroom might look like an ordinary entrance to a crawl space under the stairs. But to a believer like Eliza of the Elves, it’s the door to the Land of UnderStair, a secret hideout all her own. In that crawl space, festooned with twinkling lights, Eliza keeps her favorite book, her collections of precious items, her stuffed animals, and her new diary. And in that crawl space is another door, a teeny-tiny one that can transport Eliza to a world of tangerine sun and lemon-pudding sky.

إميليو سالغاري الكاتب الإيطالي الشهير ذو الرصيد الكبير من الروايات، والذي أدهشنا في روايته التي أصدرها في سنة 1907 "زهرة القيامة ـ عجائب الألفية الثالثة"، تُعَد هذه الرواية العمل الأهم في تاريخِ أدب الخيال العلمي الإيطالي وفقاً لإجماع النقاد. لم يضع سالغاري حدوداً لمخيّلته في هذه الرِواية التي يصبُّ فيها نبوءاته المستقبلية ويطرح تساؤلاته الوجودية، على طريقته، في قالب مشوِّق من الأحداث.

Before a prophecy swept him across the seas, Oskar Dahlin was a mortal among corrupt rulers. He lived with one mandate: protect the innocent. Be their sword, and if necessary, their vengeance. He was a Blade of the Assassin’s Guild, trained in body and mind. What the royals did behind their high walls was not his concern unless and until their actions spilled into his streets. Or a young queen steals his heart.