Science Fiction Marine

Un thriller tra le macerie della Seconda guerra mondiale in cui nulla è dato per scontato; un gioco di specchi orchestrato come nelle migliori spy storySarajevo, 1943. Mentre la Jugoslavia è dilaniata dalla guerra, una giovane e bellissima fotografa - vera e propria eroina per il suo popolo - e un ufficiale tedesco vengono rinvenuti brutalmente assassinati. Assegnato al caso è il capitano dell'intelligence militare Gregor Reinhardt, già detective della polizia di Berlino, poi allontanato dai nazisti.

Esther Lysander, the driven, professional Marine ever-conscious of the heavy weight of her father's legacy, is selected to become an officer. She has high goals for her career - very high goals - and she believes the best method to achieve success is to be a complete hard-ass, keeping emotions at bay. This outlook has resulted in some notable achievements, but at the cost of friends and her relationship with her twin brother Noah, a price she is willing to pay.

Una preciosa colección de cuentos de realismo mágico venidos del Japón tradicional, zen e intimista. Cuentos de tradición oral que han pasado a lo largo de los siglos de la boca de las abuelas a los sueños de sus nietos y nietas, siempre de corte fantástico, siempre con enseñanzas profundas y siempre portando la esencia de la identidad japonesa a través de su tradición.

Strange things are happening on the icy planet of Petaybee. Unauthorized, genetically engineered species have been spotted, and the locals may be deliberately hiding something—perhaps even plotting rebellion. As a combat veteran and a medical retiree, Yana is the ideal person to get close to the natives. She is quickly adopted by the people of Petaybee, who feed her a home remedy that soothes her ragged lungs. Her strength and health return, and she becomes determined to protect her new home and her people from a greedy and increasingly ruthless corporation.

Hüte dich vor dem Meer! Das hat man Saha beigebracht. Eine seltsame Verletzung verbietet der Sechzehnjährigen jede Wasserberührung. In Seahaven ist Saha deshalb eine Außenseiterin. Die Stadt an der Küste Australiens vergöttert das Meer. Wer hier nicht taucht oder schwimmt, gehört nicht dazu. So wie Saha. Doch ein schrecklicher Unfall stellt alles in Frage.

"Певицу с фамилией Ягодкина сложно принимать всерьез. Надя, возьми псевдоним", - говорил мне мой работодатель. Знал бы он, что возвращаясь однажды вечером после концерта, я угожу в другой мир, где окажусь последней надеждой… Феникса! Для совершения обряда этому пернатому повелителю нужно провести со мной ночь, а мне… Мне нужно спасти сестру, поэтому придется популярно объяснить всем, что Надежду Ягодкину можно и нужно принимать всерьез!

Я считала монстром мужчину, у которого самое большое сердце на свете, но нас по-прежнему многое разделяет. Его статус правящего. Политическая арена. Женщина, которую видит его невестой Мировое сообщество драконов трех континентов. Но больше всего—неизученная мощь его собственной силы.

Jack Forge and the remnants of the human race are alone in the deep black of space seeking a new home. The aliens seeking their demise are enough to push humanity into extinction, but they may not be the worst enemy. Can Jack and the human race find a safe place to call home, or are they doomed to wander the galaxy until humanity is no more?

When faced with two unstoppable enemies, the only answer might be a deal with the devil. Jack and Sam have made it back to the fleet but have not received a warm welcome. Treated as traitors and scientific curiosities, they must fight to free themselves from their own kind. The New Enemy Omnibus contains the fourth, fifth, and sixth stories in the Jack Forge, Lost Marine series. If you like fast-paced military science fiction, you will love hearing Jack fight for the freedom of all.

Лайтнер К’ярд живет в мире, в котором мне никогда не будет места. Так же, как ему не будет места в моем. Когда я думала об этом, я даже не представляла, что на самом деле значат эти слова. Не знала, какую тайну скрывает моя пропавшая сестра. Тайну, способную нас уничтожить. Или навсегда изменить мир.

МежМировая Няня, или Алмазный король и я - фантастический роман Валерии Черновановой и Марины Эльденберт, жанр любовное фэнтези, юмористическое фэнтези, попаданцы. Бывает, поссоришься с бывшей своего будущего мужа и - вуаля! Ты в другом мире, в теле актрисы, претендентки на должность…

Imagine having the power to view someone's past at the briefest touch of their skin. During freshman year, 17-year-old Thea Scott developed the suckiest burden ever. At the slightest brush of a person’s skin, she’s forced to walk in their memories. She’d give anything to get rid of this uncontrollable ability. When breathtakingly gorgeous Cole Conway strolls through the auditorium doors and she faints, literally, he acts like he knows her secret. The last thing she wants is to end up in a lab with her brain in a jar, so she decides to use her ability to enter his memories.

Durante il suo lungo apprendistato, Ceony Twill ha tenuto nascosto un segreto al suo stesso mentore, Emery Thane: ha scoperto di poter praticare forme di magia diverse dalla propria, un'abilità da sempre ritenuta impossibile da acquisire. Ormai è giunta al termine del suo percorso e sta per affrontare l'esame finale, ma proprio quando tutto sembra andare per il verso giusto ecco che gli imprevisti si mettono sulla sua strada, complicandole un bel po' la vita.

After a successful initial tour as a Marine rifleman, Lance Corporal Gracie Medicine Crow volunteers to become a scout-sniper, one of the deadliest - and most dangerous - military specialties in the United Federation Marine Corps. Gracie comes from the Apsáalooke Nation, a people with a long history of military tradition. Small in stature and considered stunningly beautiful, she is often underestimated, but that merely drives her to be the best sniper in the Corps.

Noch immer kann es Saha kaum glauben: Sie ist ein Submarine, halb Mensch, halb Meermädchen. Gemeinsam mit ihrem Schwarm erkundet sie den Ozean. Als Saha auf den mysteriösen Prinzen des Graureiter-Schwarms trifft und mit ihm auf seinem Wal reitet, ist sie wie verzaubert. Sie ist entschlossen, von nun an selbst über ihr Schicksal zu bestimmen. Doch der König der Graureiter hegt finstere Pläne für die Submarines, in denen ausgerechnet Saha als Mittlerin zwischen den Welten eine wichtige Rolle spielt. Saha gerät in große Gefahr und muss eine folgenschwere Entscheidung treffen.

Hüte dich vor dem Meer! Das hat man Saha beigebracht. Eine seltsame Verletzung verbietet der Sechzehnjährigen jede Wasserberührung. In Seahaven ist Saha deshalb eine Außenseiterin. Die Stadt an der Küste Australiens vergöttert das Meer. Wer hier nicht taucht oder schwimmt, gehört nicht dazu. So wie Saha. Doch ein schrecklicher Vorfall stellt alles in Frage. Zum ersten Mal wagt sich Saha in den Ozean. Dort entdeckt sie Unglaubliches. Sie besitzt eine Gabe, die nicht sein darf - nicht sein kann. Nicht in Seahaven, nicht im Rest der Welt. Wer oder was ist sie?

Jasper van Ruiker is an elderly algae farmer, drafted into the local militia to defend his village from the invading Tenners. Lieutenant Castor "Mountie" Klocek is a Navy pilot, shot down during an air-to-ground mission. Lance Corporal Javier Julio Gregory Portillo and Sergeant Gary Go are Marine combat engineers, the only survivors of a deep-recon mission to destroy a bridge.

This publisher's pack contains Dreadnought (book five) and Fleet (book six), the next two books in the Royal Marine Space Commando series.

Thirteen-year-old Condi Bloom's dream is to learn to surf, but her laid-back beach town isn't what it used to be. Big resort owners are taking over the cove. Worse, someone's harassing the Beachlings, the mysterious old women living in the cliffs off Windy Hollow, a lonely tower of rock that people say is haunted. When a new surfer boy named Trustin shows up in town and invites Condi to a forbidden surfing spot, she's swept into an extraordinary underwater adventure, where a surprising encounter with Koan, the Riddlemaster of the Sea, changes her life.

Nueva York, última década del siglo XIX. Desde hace más de veinticinco años la ciudad vive bajo la tiranía del alcalde Cliffton III y de su siniestro jefe de policía, Nathaniel Crowly. Todo empezó con la explosión del Teatro Beacon y la muerte de un grupo de científicos que estaban construyendo en los sótanos del edificio una sorprendente máquina capaz de devolver la vida a los muertos. Desde entonces, la Ley de El Apagón prohíbe los avances científicos y la construcción de cualquier máquina o invento que conduzca al progreso.