Resultados para "Cécile" en Ciencia ficción

Casas vacías habla del dolor de las mujeres ante la desaparición de un hijo y de su propia vida. Es una novela que también cuestiona la maternidad y abre la posibilidad de un diálogo sobre cómo se enfrentan las maternidades no solicitadas y que son impuestas socialmente. Casas vacías es la...

In this follow-up novella, Cecil and Bubba spend what they think will be an uneventful Halloween night at McGee's Gas, Garage, and 24 Hour Convenience center, until they are joined by a new and unlikely ally. Soon after that, a pair of FBI agents brings a van in for emergency service work. The agents are hauling a weird cargo and Rosalita's curse soon causes an ancient evil to rise and walk the earth once more.

Blue Faust is trapped, and there are no good choices. Does she remain on Padilra, giving up her own dreams, or rebel and risk starting a war? How is a person supposed to make a choice like that anyway? Forrest and Mo'ata are by her side, of course, and the others insist on accompanying her as well. She'll need to learn to navigate the politics of an entire Alliance, as well as the culture of a people who have isolated themselves for a very good reason. And what do you do when you find out that the monster you are guarding isn't the scariest thing around you?

Blue was ready to start her new life, but unfinished business could be the death of her.... For Blue and Forrest, making it back to Karran was the easy part. They were prepared to learn a new language, new customs and tackle a new kind of relationship. When Blue's reunion with Mo'ata is marred by unfinished business, she has a decision to make: proceed with her original plan and attend classes at the Ministry's Academy, or set herself up as bait for a madman. Phillip is still out there, still using that crystal, still killing.

En esta novela ambientada en el Londres del siglo XIX, el autor nos presenta el dilema entre bien y mal personificados en la persona del Dr. Jekyll y en Mr. Hyde. Además de los misterios de la naturaleza humana situados en la personalidad múltiple del personaje, también se aprecian otros temas como el avance de la ciencia, que ha llevado al hombre a la posición de situarse como un ser superior capaz de desafiar a la propia naturaleza.

Una niña nos relata lo que empezó a ocurrir a partir de que su padre tuvo que huir: el ambiente se empezó a volver gris, las personas cambiaron, la pobreza y el miedo crecieron; sin embargo, esta niña demostrará que con amor y valentía, siempre habrá un lugar seguro para encontrar la...

Voici plusieurs centaines d'années que l'accident de la route 99 a changé la face du monde. Recouvert de glace, il est hostile. Dirigé par des clans, il est violent. Partagé entre ceux qui ont des pouvoirs et ceux qui n'en ont pas, il est intolérant. Les mutants sont désormais les maîtres de cette planète austère. Kingston Wolf est l'un d'entre eux. Chef extrêmement puissant, il ne connaît pas la pitié, ne s'abaisse jamais à montrer le moindre signe de tendresse. Régentée par le devoir, sa vie n'est dédiée qu'à son clan.

In a world obsessed with medical advancement, Dr. Gerard Fauchet longs for something more. When he’s assigned as the liaison to an off-plane dignitary, he never imagined she’d be so stunningly beautiful or so damned frustrating. One second she’s kissing him, the next she’s pretending nothing is between them. The passion is scorching, everything he ever dreamed of having with a woman. He’ll make her admit she wants him - or die trying.

Nathaniel Clarke has a secret. Before he became the owner of an occult bookshop on Bookseller's Row, he was a prince of the kingdom of Paragon. He’s only ever had one weakness, and he hasn’t seen her in a decade. Despite a passionate affair, she refused Nathaniel’s proposal in order to pursue her music career. Now, Nathaniel is reluctant to open old wounds, but he can’t refuse Clarissa’s plea for help, or the passion her nearness awakens in him - even as he learns the cause of what ails her is tangled with the deadly past he left behind.

In the year 5514, what we would call magic has evolved into dark biodynamics. RT, short for Redder Torch, is on her way to Taltrix, the most prestigious space cruiser university in all three regions of colonized space. She's reuniting with her older brother Avi, and together they hope to find safety, far from the shadow of their father and his dangerous legacy. Grave Torch, their father, is a notorious criminal held in a supermax prison after the Final Wars when he kidnapped his children and made a desperate claim.

In this prequel to Tin Star, we meet Heckleck, the Hort alien who befriends Tula Bane on the space station Yertina Feray in her fight for survival. In his modest beginnings, Heckleck is raised to understand that breeding and propagating his own kind is the sole reason for living. When he is called upon to settle on a new planet, he meets the daughter of a politician, Goglu, with whom he falls helplessly in love, and is determined to win over.

Terminus, 1871. Fiona Telfair won't give up her gears and gadgets for the ball and chain of marriage. But her future as a tinkerer comes under attack when nutcracker automatons raid the trade hall masquerade party and kidnap her fellow inventors. With her brilliant engineer father among those taken, Fiona's only hope of rescuing him lies with the captivating rail baron who rescued her from the fray.

Alternate France, 1871. Art historian Veronica Devine dreams of putting her husband's betrayal behind her. So she's grateful for the somewhat distracting mission to transport a valuable collection from a French chateau across the Atlantic. But before her voyage even begins, she's attacked by thieves and saved by a mysterious stranger. Luc, the Marquis de Monceau's, fate is bound to an enchanted ancestral painting. So when the beautiful woman he saves insists she has permission to remove his portraits, he has no choice but to escort her aboard a luxury airship.

Left with partial amnesia after a steamcart accident, Claire McPhee tried lengthy treatment for the mental and emotional trauma. Now armed with her own training and medical degree, she helps others with combat-related neuroses hoping, she'll someday - somehow - fill in her own blanks. Particularly the elusive memory of a man she once loved.

Marie St. Jean’s supreme acting talent comes with a price: Every spellbinding performance extracts a piece of her soul. When she reluctantly steps into a role abandoned by another leading lady, she encounters the ghostly spirit that caused the other woman to flee in terror. And who promises to fix Marie’s affliction - for a price.

Iris McTavish always wanted to follow in her father's footsteps. But when his sudden death leaves her household on the brink of ruin, she may have to choose an unwanted marriage over her passion of archaeology. To save her house and prove her worth, she embarks on a mysterious and dangerous expedition....

A dangerous man from her past. A handsome duke in her present. Secrets that threaten their future. After tragedy hits and danger moves in, Pauline Danahue flees London, searching for sanctuary and a way to start over. A job at a small university becomes the perfect refuge. Her new life's mission - keeping recalcitrant professor, Edward Bailey, on task after a shattered heart renders him broken and destroyed. But Fate isn't done with Pauline. The same vicious man from her past sets his malicious sights on her, shattering her safe haven.

The only place to hide could be behind the truth. No one can lie to Louisa Cobb. It's her gift. Her curse. Unfortunately, her stepfather forces her to use it to help him gain the upper hand in business. Comfortable in her luxurious lifestyle and high society position, she hasn't minded. Until now. Louisa wants nothing to do with her newest assignment, Patrick O'Connell, the Irish tinkerer and scoundrel who stole a kiss - and her heart - years ago . Problem is, if she betrays her stepfather and sets Patrick free, she'll be cut off without a penny to her name.

Olivia Claven lives in the North Carolina beach community of Azalea Bluff. She's trying to regroup from a flood-tide of setbacks. Michael Starling, the love of her life, died in a mysterious accident. Saddled with debt like many millennials, she moved back to her parents' house after losing multiple media jobs. Now, the local news website she runs could fail at any time. Then she gets a tip that could turn things around.

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