Resultados para "Else" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

"ALWAYS REMEMBER, LIES CAN BE JUST AS POWERFUL AS THE TRUTH." As the door slid open to the high-security section of the Royal Library, Professor Yor Vanderlord recalled how his great-grandfather Yorlik's words led him to this moment. Over a century and a half ago, planetary scientists predicted...

Into the darkness within; or else the light.... When Margaret Atwood wrote these words, she left open the possibility that even our darkest tales may harbor a glimmer of hope. In Or Else the Light, the third and final entry in the Dystopia Triptych, more than a dozen of the best minds in science fiction conclude their stories with a descent into darkness, or perhaps a ray of light.

Kim Lam is an ordinary college student until a freak scientific accident (what else?) transforms Kim and three housemates into Sparks - and drafts them into the never-ending war between the Light and Dark. They struggle to master their new abilities - and (of course) to design cool costumes and come up with great hero-names. Turns out that "accident" was just the first salvo in a Mad Genius's latest diabolical scheme. Now it's up to four newbie heroes to save the day, before they even have a chance to figure out what their team's name should be!

In a city where every surface can be rewritten and every memory can be purchased, a woman discovers her entire past is a corporate fiction. The memoir she's been writing to document her recovery from a traumatic accident turns out to be someone else's life —someone who was erased to make room for her. As she digs through layers of fabricated evidence and legally binding falsehoods, she realizes the thriller she thought she was reading about a missing person is actually her own story, and the novel's protagonist is hunting her.

This Earth is a planet where technology and science rule. Their advance technology is far reaching. Explore this universe with me as we navigate the most interesting developments.

When 10-year-old Lydia discovers a mysterious doll on her stoop, she feels a spark of hope in a town that has shunned her. But her joy is short-lived, as tales of an ancient creature consume her thoughts. Some dismiss the creature’s existence, while others claim their entire town—the flora, fauna, and residents—are under the influence of the Lurker. As Lydia grapples with the enigma of her doll and the dark forces that surround her, she forms an alliance with Jaxson, a cursed boy whose destiny is entwined with the town’s secrets.

Nicht nur die Brüder Grimm oder Hans Christian Andersen haben Märchen gesammelt oder geschrieben, auch in anderen Ländern ist das Märchen selbstverständlich kulturelles Volksgut. In Indien wurden und werden gerne Märchen erzählt - wie diese feine Sammlung von zwanzig wunderbaren Geschichten beweist! Einige Themen kommen uns bekannt vor, anderes ist ganz neu - und natürlich mit dem Kolorit des Subkontinentalen versehen!

When 20-year-old street thief Lyra Ashborne breaks into a legendary library to afford medicine for her dying guardian, she accidentally awakens an ancient dragon and discovers she can read the forbidden Draconic language that has eluded scholars for centuries. Sentenced to death for her crime but rescued during a barbarian invasion, Lyra finds herself hunted across war-torn realms while learning to harness magical powers that could either save her world—or destroy it.

When 20-year-old street thief Lyra Ashborne breaks into a legendary library to afford medicine for her dying guardian, she accidentally awakens an ancient dragon and discovers she can read the forbidden Draconic language that has eluded scholars for centuries. Sentenced to death for her crime but rescued during a barbarian invasion, Lyra finds herself hunted across war-torn realms while learning to harness magical powers that could either save her world—or destroy it.

Im kontrastreichen Spiel der Gegensätze, ob Patriarch oder Kauz, ob gewitzt oder naiv, wohlwollend oder geizig, waghalsig oder schüchtern, klug oder dumm, amüsieren uns die Hauptfiguren gleichermaßen wie sie uns zum Nachdenken anregen und wir werden Zeuge ihrer mehr oder weniger rationalen wie schicksalshaften Auseinandersetzung mit deren Lebensaufgaben.

Уникальный дар Рихтовщика — каприз Системы. Игроки с таким даром ценятся на Континенте дороже белого жемчуга. Их появление на загружающихся кластерах отслеживаются провидцами и предсказателями.

In the aftermath of a tragic demise before her 20th birthday, Violet finds herself thrust into an enigmatic realm of the unknown. A chance encounter with space Vikings in the grand hall offers her a tantalizing opportunity: to return home, but at what cost? Choosing to grasp the lifeline offered, Violet awakens in a world far removed from familiarity, where billowing steam and towering mushrooms dominate the landscape. Navigating this surreal terrain becomes her new reality, a precarious balance between the mysterious and the bizarre.

"Его чужая жена" - фантастический роман Екатерины Каблуковой, жанр любовное фэнтези.

"Чужое счастье. Мой чужой монстр" - фантастический роман Валентины Савенко, жанр любовное фэнтези, попаданцы. Марина не верила в иные миры. Пока не нашла жемчужину и не оказалась запасной избранницей пожирателя душ.

An unassuming woman wanders around the landscape of hell accompanied by a dammed priest and a '60s-style teenage demon activist. The trio is sometimes helped and sometimes hindered by a god-like being with dysfunctional split personalities. The series contains many plots and subplots. There is an overall plot that runs throughout the series that involves the nature of Hell being altered by the unintentional efforts of the trio.

Чужое сердце - фантастический роман Кирилла Клеванского, первая книга цикла "Колдун", боевое фэнтези, попаданцы. Дорогу осилит идущий... Дорога Тима, оказавшегося волею судеб в другом мире, началась с нового, хилого и больного тела, с роли, которой не позавидует и раб.

The air-boys are gone. At least that’s what people keep saying. Yet when Cameron Herrick discovers something that should not be there in a dead girl’s room, he begins to question many of the things he has been told. The world is at peace. Extreme poverty has been eliminated and a looming environmental collapse has been averted. The mighty Subah Corporation whose green technology inspired this new age is more trusted than governments. Its only remaining critics are those who lost fortunes and influence with the demise of the old petro-fueled order. There were others but the air-boys are gone.

At the turn of this century, a homeless man was allowed to win the lottery. It was hoped that he would change the world for the better, forever. After 12 years, SomeplacElse, his divinely inspired utopian experiment in the sub-urban Arizona desert, has reached critical mass. As Fate would have it, over the next five days the stories of a chronically underemployed baby boomer and a soon-to-be-governor, playboy millionaire will determine the future of this earthly Eden.

I ran from my fated mate. I drove to the middle of nowhere, where I thought I'd be safe. And somehow, I ended up here. Amarok has secrets. And it's a town filled with shifters. The very thing I've been trying to get away from. The two alphas in the town are determined to have me. But a killer wants the very same thing. Me? I just want whatever's inside of me to be released. They call me wild. But I just want to be free.

With clarity, warmth, humor, and profound honesty, Alain Quirion explores the modern human heart: its patterns, fears, longings, contradictions, and incredible resilience. Through relatable reflections and compassionate insight, he reveals how our past shapes the way we love — and how awareness can transform it.