Resultados para "Humo" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Una vez que Okami es capturado, a Mariko no le queda otra opción que regresar a Inako y afrontar los peligros que entraña el castillo Heian. Con el fin de rescatarlo, persuade a su hermano y a su prometido de que el Clan Negro la retenía contra su voluntad, y se infiltra en las filas del emperador para descubrir la verdad de la traición que casi le costó la vida. Mientras los preparativos para la boda progresan, Mariko aprovecha su papel privilegiado para investigar qué se oculta bajo las múltiples capas de mentiras.

Eirnin's silver eyes, now showing hints of bright yellow, widened in astonishment as he stared, transfixed, at the red blood dripping from the wound on Story's foot. "What are you? A simple question with a not-so-simple answer for 17-year-old Story, who finds herself, a lone human, thrust in the middle of a war between creatures she once thought only existed in faerie tales.

Karou es una estudiante de arte de 17 años que vive en Praga. Pero ese no es su único mundo. A veces, Karou desaparece en misteriosos viajes para realizar los encargos de Brimstone, el monstruo quimera que la adoptó al nacer. Tan misteriosa resulta Karou para sus amigos, como lo es para ella su propia vida: ¿cómo es que ha acabado formando parte de una familia de monstruos quimera? ¿Para qué necesita su padre adoptivo tantos dientes, especialmente de humanos? Y, ¿por qué tiene esa recurrente sensación de vacío, de haber olvidado algo?

Thirteen-year-old Tyler Price is struggling with his parents’ divorce as he pinballs between their apartments in Manhattan. One day after school a troubled old man sits next to him on a city bus. His voice filled with fear, the man says, “the awakening” has begun. The man thrusts a satchel at Tyler, telling him to never let it go, minutes before he is killed in a traffic accident while fleeing police. Against the backdrop of a series of strange happenings in New York City, Tyler and his friend, Ella Shaw, become fugitives hunted by police who want the satchel.

With the help of Renie and Edmond, the battle for Belle Morte has been fought and won. However, the bigger fight is not over, as enemy vampires have escaped into the city and the future of vampirekind hangs in the balance. The escapees must be brought to justice—and fast.

Karou y Akiva ya saben que están vivos... pero Karou aún no está preparada para perdonar. Y ahora, mediante un terrible engaño, Karou ha tomado el control sobre la rebelión quimérica y el futuro de su raza depende de ella, si es que aún queda futuro para las quimeras en Eretz, una tierra devastada por la guerra. Cuando el brutal ejército de serafines de Jael penetra en el mundo humano, lo impensable se convierte en esencial: Karou y Akiva tendrán que unir sus ejércitos para luchar contra un enemigo común.

After a year of unsuccessful attempts to cure, Gabi and Doc find themselves alone in their quest once again. With Phillip and Kiel gone, Gabi wrestles with the life she has chosen. A number of run-ins with the worst of mankind lead her to question who the real beasts are. When tragedy strikes, Gabi is forced to either adapt her philosophy or give up the quest entirely. Her choice leads her down dark paths she never would have thought to be on, some of which take her back to a buried past she thought she had left behind.

Locked out of her bank accounts and kicked out of her apartment, Alice doesn’t think that her life could get any worse. Until it does. A hacker bent on Alice’s capture will stop at nothing before she is stopped. Soon, men in suits are chasing her through the streets of New York who are several steps ahead. Miscreants from every corner of the city attempt to stop Alice’s quest to liberate original music.

Azahr has always known what to expect from life. As the second son of Delphe, a great military future beckons, and he’s content in his role as future protector of his brother Adlard’s crown. But when Adlard dies suddenly, Azahr is immediately thrust into the role of first son and future heir to the throne. Despite his best efforts, it quickly becomes apparent that nothing he does will ever make him good enough to replace Adlard.

Mark Borraisle is a quarterback in a future in which the sport of football has gone high-tech. Human players are being replaced by faster and stronger humanoid robots. But don’t tell that to Mark, who is determined to lead his team to the playoffs. Only Human is a fast-paced science fiction novella about one of the last human quarterbacks in a future football league dominated by robots.

An inventor trying to defeat a disease. A con artist looking for an opportunity. An unlikely alliance that will land them both in trouble. From the Windlebees perched in the window displays, to the Tamblers winding across the carts of street peddlers, the town of Shinar is full of strange and mysterious oddities, but none so great as the cursed black bag of Leonard Bravecci. Well - that is of course with the exception of the man himself.

Carter doesn't believe in aliens. And he certainly doesn't defend his dad's claims that they exist, even if they aired on national television. But then, the girl he's falling for starts doing strange things, magical things, things that seem a bit out of this world. Kokab hungers to be a Perfect in a world where her emotions are her greatest flaw. But when her planet faces extinction, her sympathy makes her the best ambassador to persuade humans to accept her people.

Seventeen-year-old Elijah Brighton wants to become an ascender--a post-Singularity human/machine hybrid--after all, they're smarter, more enlightened, more compassionate, and above all, achingly beautiful. But Eli is a legacy human, preserved and cherished for his unaltered genetic code, just like the rainforest he paints. When a fugue state possesses him and creates great art, Eli miraculously lands a sponsor for the creative Olympics. If he could just master the fugue, he could take the gold and win the right to ascend, bringing everything he's yearned for within reach...

Devin Alexander grew up as the only day human in a world surrounded by vampire-like night humans who drank blood, sometimes his blood. He spent his life training toward one goal: the protection of one of those blood drinkers, Arianna Grace. But what is he supposed to do when the blue-eyed girl of the legends doesn't need him anymore? What does his life mean then? How is a guy supposed to move on when the girl he has yearned over for a decade has chosen someone else?

After he inherited the power of the late sidhe king, Devin thought the battle to protect Nessa and proceed with her coronation was over. Everyone feared him, and he had the power to do anything in the sidhe world. He was wrong. As problem after problem arises, Nessa and Devin discover that the path to the throne isn't as simple as they thought. Formalities must be adhered to, preparations must be made, and between all of that, Devin and Nessa must decide what to do with an obviously pregnant Fiona.

Just because Mel lives in New Whitby, a city founded by vampires, doesn't mean she knows any of the blood-drinking undead personally. They stay in their part of town; she says in hers. Until the day a vampire shows up at her high school. Worse yet, her best friend, Cathy, seems to be falling in...

Efter deres fald gennem det mystiske sølvspejl vågner Josephine og Liam i en dyster verden - og til en dyster situation: Josephines kæreste, Adam, er forsvundet; azynernes orden er i opløsning; tågen, der ødelægger folks sind, spreder sig med uhyggelig hast; og ingen ved, hvorfor guderne gådefuldt hævder, at den onde amulet Humaran er deres eneste håb. Tiden er ved at løbe ud for Josephine og Liam til at finde sandheden - og amuletten. Og den grå mand holder øje med dem...

Josephine og Liam er blevet mærket af den onde amulet Humaran, og nu er den forsvundet. Sammen er de nødt til at finde den og bringe den tilbage til azynerne, så den kan blive uskadeliggjort - og de selv kan blive frie igen. Deres rejse fører dem vidt omkring: Til azynernes hovedsæde i Rusland og siden til Tibet - til malivespierne, Nells folk. På malivespiernes opfordring slår de to børn sig sammen med den fremmede Morgan, en af de gådefulde og lyssky Unaturlige. Som historien skrider frem, breder mystikken sig: Hvad vil amuletten med de to børn? Hvad er det, der er galt med Josephines magi? Og kan de stole på deres nye, sære rejseledsager?

Hubo un tiempo en que un ángel y un demonio imaginaron un mundo diferente. Pero no era el mundo en el que vivían... La estudiante de Arte y aprendiz de monstruos, Karou, tiene por fin las respuestas a las preguntas que se lleva haciendo desde niña: por fin sabe quién es y, sobre todo, qué es. Pero junto a esta verdad, ha conocido otra mucho más dolorosa: el ser al que ama es su peor enemigo, responsable de la traición más terrible y del dolor de todo un mundo.

"Wir sind die Letzten. Finn und ich in einem Wolkenkratzer mitten im Nirgendwo. Wie zwei Pflanzen, deren Wurzeln sich auf einen kargen Felsen krallen. Wir werden hier überleben. Weil wir müssen." Seit sie denken kann, lebt die sechzehnjährige Nova zusammen mit ihren Pflanzen und ihrem besten Freund Finn in Turris, einem riesigen, einst luxuriösen Hochhaus. Weit unter ihnen gibt es nichts als giftigen Smog. In der Turmspitze jedoch versorgen sie sich autark dank ihres Dachgartens, einem kleinen Paradies.