Resultados para "Angie" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Nueva York. 2120. Estados Unidos ha sido diezmado, exterminado por la Segunda Guerra Civil. En este mundo post apocalíptico, los sobrevivientes son escasos. Y la mayoría de ellos son miembros de una pandilla violenta de predadores que vive en las grandes ciudades. Ellos patrullan la campiña buscando esclavos, nuevas víctimas para llevar a la ciudad, para su deporte mortal favorito: la Arena Uno. El estadio de la muerte, donde los adversarios son obligados a pelear hasta la muerte, de manera salvaje. Sólo hay una regla en la Arena: nadie sobrevive. Nunca.

Habiendo escapado de la isla traicionera que una vez fue Manhattan, Brooke, Ben, Logan, Bree y Rose van por el Río Hudson en una lancha robada, con poco combustible, poca comida y necesitando desesperadamente refugiarse del frío. Pisando sus talones van los tratantes de esclavos, que no se detendrán por nada hasta capturarlos y llevarlos de regreso. TendráN que utilizar todas sus habilidades e ingenio y de supervivencia, para mantenerse con vida. Al encontrarse arrojados de nuevo en una Arena, se sorprenden al descubrir que la Arena Dos es aún peor.

Non è facile essere una Straordinaria in esilio nel mondo degli Ordinari; nessuno lo sa meglio di Nichole (Nic) Blake. Essere custode del Dono avrà dei lati positivi, come ricevere un cucciolo magico per il compleanno, ma anche negativi, tipo dover nascondere al tuo migliore amico quello che sei davvero. Tanto più che Nic non sa ancora quali siano i suoi reali poteri. Prima che abbia il tempo di capirlo, un incontro imprevisto la catapulterà in un vortice di eventi che metteranno in discussione tutto ciò che sa e ha sempre saputo.

Cressida Hoth is alone in the world. Orphaned and unwanted, she is inflicted with a peculiar curse by her mischievous aunts and banished to a finishing school in the secluded kingdom of Dernmont. Students train in every accomplishment suitable for young ladies: music, dancing, etiquette…and strangely, poison-making, fencing, and lock-picking. The school is a front for a rebel spy ring, and when her training is complete, Cressida is selected to join a mission to infiltrate the kingdom’s royal court.

Aiden Nomura likes to open doors - especially using his skills as a hacker - to see what's hidden inside. He just keeps pulling until one cracks open, exposing the flaws. The universe - or someone else - will fix things. It's like a game… until it isn't. Behind those doors are things Aiden doesn't want to see - things about his society, his city, even his own family. And this time Aiden may be the only one who can fix things… before someone else gets hurt.

It begins with the name JONAS W. on the side of a cardboard coffin - right before the funeral procession blows up. Then it’s the whisper in the back of Micah’s head: Your father betrayed his country. You can’t always trust your own brain. Not when you have one of the mayor’s mandatory chips in your skull. Micah knows that the chip developed by TFC (the corporation that runs the Therapeutic Forgetting Clinics) does more than just erase unpleasant memories - it implants new ones. The MemeCast warns citizens to "fight the hack."

Amy’s family isn’t like other people. Amy’s mother has an almost magical ability to ease the pain of the dying. Every full moon, her aunt sits in a graveyard and talks to ghosts. Her sister Sarah can predict how someone will die. And Amy—well, she can raise the dead. Until now, Amy has only ever brought back pets and wild animals. But on the night before starting her junior year in high school, she brings back something new: a little girl.

Seventeen-year-old Ava Tanner doesn't want to move to a new state and high school for her senior year. But when her dad gets a new job in Las Cruces, New Mexico, she doesn't have a choice. Ava becomes swept up in the confusion of hearing voices in her head, dreaming visions, and uncovering the truth behind alien abductions of young women just like her. To make her more confused, she learns that the only way she'll uncover the mysteries surrounding her is to join a family history club at her school called FH.

It is only three years since Tessa Gray lost her beloved husband William Herondale, and she is searching for a reason to live, trying to find the path of being a warlock with the guidance of her friend Catarina Loss. World War 2 rains down destruction on their world, and Tessa and Catarina...