Science Fiction City

Jetzt war da etwas, das uns beweisen konnte, ob ich die ganze Zeit über recht gehabt hatte mit meinen schlimmsten Befürchtungen. Nein, nicht etwas. Jemand. Ein Happy End mit Will schien so nah. Doch plötzlich ist da Marcia, die genau wie Kia das Kind zweier verschiedener Elemententräger und zu allem Überfluss auch noch wunderschön ist. Und genau wie bei Kia ist es Wills Bestimmung, sie zu schützen und in ihrer Nähe zu sein. Keine einfache Situation für Kia, zumal Will auf einmal verändert scheint.

"Und dann ist da noch die Sache mit ... Niyol." Es kostete ihn sichtlich Überwindung, den Namen auszusprechen. "Er verwirrt dich noch immer. Das verstehe ich. Er war der Erste, für den du echte Gefühle hattest. Für mich bist du dieser Mensch." Nach Wills furchtbarem Verrat versucht Kia, ihm so gut es geht aus dem Weg zu gehen. Das ist gar nicht so einfach, wenn alles in ihr nach seiner Nähe schreit.

You’d think riding wyverns and being in the company of a shapechanger and an armoured telepath, you’d be safe. Leonie is a half-caste, half-human thief, fighting for survival on the cutthroat streets of Delta. Various cults are after her, including the Jart'lekk, the local assassins’ guild. Even her dead enemies keep coming after her.

A year after the death of her husband, single mother Reggie Stone is barely holding things together. Her nonprofit construction company has run out of funding, her son is being bullied at school, and with the rising cost of bottled water it’s becoming harder by the day to provide her kids with food, water, and a safe place to live. Fueled by desperation, she calls in the one advantage she swore she would never take and moves them to Serenity, the original Sanctuary City, an experimental town surrounded by a smart grid that filters out all pollutants.

Forseti es un superhombre que ha protegido la Tierra durante casi un siglo. La época dorada de los superhéroes quedó en el pasado. Forseti, aunque disminuído y retirado, sigue siendo el protector de este mundo.Su equipo de superhéroes ya no existe, cada quien ha seguido su propio camino: militares, restauranteros, y hasta influencers. Su antiguo enemigo, Lucian Lydecker, acaba de salir de la cárcel tras cumplir su condena.Al mismo tiempo, una nave alienígena aterriza en Europa. Tiene la misma insignia que la nave donde llegó Forseti hace casi cien años.

Cor, Ellie, Zach, and Gabe thought they were in the clear, but their bad luck said otherwise. As soon as they stepped foot on land, the four were arrested for a new crime they didn’t commit, and there was only one person who would have the resources to turn another town against them.

Was? Ich soll was über das Hörbuch erzählen? Ist das nicht die Aufgabe des Autors? Fauler Sack! Also gut, wenn du willst, dass etwas ordentlich erledigt wird, musst du's halt selber machen. Na dann! Mein Name ist Tazzaleth und in dem Hörbuch geht's... na ja, hauptsächlich um mich. Ich bin ein Dämon aus der Hölle, aber da unten gab's vor einiger Zeit ein bisschen Ärger und... tja, seitdem bin ich auf der Erde unterwegs, um genau zu sein, in Los Angeles. Eigentlich habe ich es mir hier ganz gemütlich eingerichtet, aber dann bricht auf einen Schlag das totale Chaos aus.

Where did the Gods go after they left Earth? Some jobs feel like they last for eternity, but in D'Molay's case they actually do. Granted longevity and trapped in a timeless city governed by all the old gods of Earth, D'Molay makes a fateful choice to assist a hapless girl. He slowly discovers she is far more than she even knows and starts to suspect she has some kind of connection to a huge beast ravaging the Olympian realm.

Hearts of a Vanishing City is a sweeping narrative that brings the brutal censorship of Fahrenheit 451 to a disease-ridden world where a zombie-like virus hides more secrets than Girl with all the Gifts. One hundred years after outbreak nearly destroyed humanity, society is changing again as a new disease spreads. Four different couples navigate impossible choices, pitting their own survival against a dangerous future. The governing DDC has designed a society to keep people safe: the clinics, the rules, the curfews, even the education system.

When L. Frank Baum introduced Dorothy and friends to the American public in 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz became an instant, best-selling hit. Today the whimsical tale remains a cultural phenomenon that continues to spawn wildly popular books, movies, and musicals. Now, editors John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen have brought together leading fantasy writers such as Orson Scott Card and Jane Yolen to create the ultimate anthology for Oz fans.

Hokuren is a Seeker, a private investigator with a fledgling business. She's finally getting her first big break: a case that will make her name and skills known to all in Velles, the cosmopolitan city of fading magic. The princess of Velles has absconded with the Captain of the Guard, and Hokuren's been hired to track them down. But they didn’t run off together for some fairytale tryst. They have much more sinister plans, involving magic thought to no longer be possible, soul destruction, and the goddess of the elves, missing for thousands of years.

Looking back on it now, he can clearly see the signs. They were as plain as the oversized head sitting atop his narrow shoulders. Although he was too young to know the difference then, he has always been different than the rest - freakishly intelligent to a degree bordering on clairvoyance. The United States government did their best to contain it, going so far as to dust off an old playbook from World War II.

Tredd Bounty is a navy reject turned bounty hunter, living in the grimy world of Spit City on orbit around gas giant Heeg. When he is given the chance to take on a dangerous yet lucrative mission to find and capture the mysterious Starcrasher device, rumored to have the power to move the stars themselves, it seems like his luck is about to turn. He gathers a motley crew: an ex-navy pilot suffering from random black-outs; a Jindalar groupie hiding a shocking secret; a strapping Andron mechanic unable to step foot on any planet; and an eccentric doctor.

Introducing a rebellious teen, Connie, whose struggle against her “tyrant” father, the local sheriff, is interrupted when he is kidnapped by rogue vampires and she must enlist the aid of Dawn and Ava to rescue him.

In a city ravaged by disease, one mistake could mean the difference between life and death. James and his group come up with a plan to reach the military checkpoint, but they realize too late that danger comes not just from outside the safety of the town hall, but within it, too. Heather needs to decide whether she can trust a group of strangers to help her and her sister. Pierce's team has been left stranded in the city, and they can no longer count on extraction.

The Silent City: Where Voices Are Lost and Secrets Speak is a haunting tale of mystery, resilience, and the enduring power of human expression in the face of oppression. The story unfolds in a city shrouded in an eerie silence, where voices have been stolen, and the vibrant culture once thriving within its walls has been reduced to a ghostly stillness. The narrative follows Elira, a wanderer who arrives in the silent city cloaked in fog, unaware that her arrival fulfills an ancient prophecy.

Head down, mouth shut - this is Askari’s new mantra. A pall still hangs over the Baratok community from the rarohan attack only a few months before, and all Askari wants is to stay out of trouble and help her grieving community heal. Until a stranger rides into camp. He offers her a chance to obtain something rare and valuable - monster blood with healing properties that could help prevent more of her people from dying. But when the mission goes wrong, she becomes the target of a relentless monster that won’t stop pursuing her until she and everyone around her are dead.

Tilla, bastard of House Kent, has it made. Safe from her murderous father in the dazzling capital of Lightspire, she lives a life of luxury under the protection of the Volaris King, alongside her boyfriend, Zell, and best friend, Princess Lyriana. So why isn't she happy? Maybe it's the whispers and stares that follow her wherever she goes, as the daughter of the traitor waging war against Lightspire. Or maybe it's the memories of her beloved brother, Jax, who lies cold in his grave even as she tries to settle into a life in the city's prestigious university. Then Tilla stumbles upon the body of a classmate - a friend.

After finally receiving the one thing she's wanted for so many years, Elle sets out to pay the price demanded by the Godmother: She will travel through the Never Woods and complete a quest that will - if the Godmother's shocking story is to be believed - change her life.

Urban fantasy offers a diverse playground for some extremely powerful stories. Professional writer and editor Kerrie L. Hughes pulled some fantastic tales out of 14 top writers for this fifth installment of Fiction River. Set in urban lands from modern Portland, to a future Detroit, to a wild Washington, D.C., and ending the tour in London, these top writers take the idea of "Hex" and stretch and twist it into stories with a magickal grip on the imagination.