Resultados para "Lux" en Literatura y ficción

When the great red star Calamity appeared in the sky, some believed the end had come. They were right. Calamity created the Epics: humans with incredible powers they didn't deserve. They could have saved mankind. They could have lifted us into harmony and prosperity. Instead they burned. They slaughtered. They conquered. And then they ruled. Jax has learned all of this the hard way. Orphaned at an early age, he's spent most of his childhood training to be a Reckoner - determined to find the Epics' weaknesses, unlock their secrets, and protect those of us who are still left.

Otra novela de Flanagan donde el personaje alterna con los barrios altos. Flanagan se encontrará casualmente con una trepidante aventura relacionada con el tráfico de drogas y eso le llevará a relacionarse nuevamente con su querida y sofisticada Nines, que está prendada de él. Irán a una zona lujosa de la Costa Brava, viajarán en un velero, disfrutará de las delicias de los ambientes poderosos y acabará descubriendo, como casi siempre, que no todo es lo que parece.

Headless in Hancock, 1882 is a historical fiction novel set in the New England village of Hancock at the close of the nineteenth century. At the center of town stands the Hancock Inn where stagecoaches bring travelers from Boston, Concord, and beyond. Each arrival brings new stories—adventure, conflict, romance, and danger—that ripple through the quiet village.

Torna la Nines, la recordeu? i més bonica que mai. I diu "Flanagan m'has de fer un favor", i el Flanagan, és clar, què ha de fer? I ja hi tornem a ser: corre-cuites i perills a dojo. Una parella de traficants de drogues de disseny, una parella de guàrdies civils enfurismats, una colla de pijos sense escrúpols. I el Flanagan en una moto sense saber conduir (no ho provéssiu mai!), i en veler sense saber com funciona... i sort que sap nedar! Sort d'això, perquè si no, no ho explica.

Explora tus placeres prohibidos ¡y lleva tu erotismo al siguiente nivel con estas sensuales historias de sexo! Estas Historias eróticas de sexo picante están aquí para ofrecerte lo que otras historias eróticas no pueden. Embárcate en una experiencia verdaderamente traviesa con historias llenas de sucios placeres prohibidos, dominación, papis despiadados, gangbangs y mucho, mucho más. Lo mejor es que, todas estas historias las puedes disfrutar en soledad o con tu pareja.

In the gripping conclusion to Luxe's Lullaby Trilogy, time slips away as war looms and possible allies dwindle. Just as Luxe believes she's mastered her fae power, crippling side effects mysteriously resurface at the worst possible moment.

In the highly anticipated second installment of Luxe's Lullaby Trilogy, Luxe and her companions find themselves facing even greater challenges as they delve deeper into the dangerous world of the fae. The four race against time to find a solution that will allow Luxe to wield her powers without succumbing to their crippling side effects, while also gathering allies willing to stand against the tyrannical fae queen. As they uncover some of the queen’s well kept secrets, their bonds are tested like never before. They must summon their courage and cunning to survive the treacherous path ahead.

Niamh ‘Luxe’ Finnegan is trying to move on with her life after losing her last known family member to cancer. She takes over her aunt’s store, Hecate’s Boutique, and prepares to continue grad school, believing herself entirely alone in the world. Luxe’s parents vanished during a vacation two decades ago, leaving her without answers. But everything changes when Søren, a stranger who claims to know the truth about her parents, enters her store.

Bleu is addicted to the luxe life, and it has led her down a road of self-destruction. She knows what it feels like to be turned out by the game. With a crack addiction that she can't seem to escape, she's desperate for a savior. The problem is, she has two great loves who both want to come to her rescue. When her best friend, Noah, comes searching for her, Bleu is faced with a dilemma: Will she let him save her, or will she stick with kingpin Iman, who has loved her since their first encounter? Or will both men lose her?

Lux Blakely, the preteen son of a NASA scientist working on top-secret government projects, is not shackled by accepted scientific theory and dogma. His experiments in gravimetric research and the expanding capability of a nascent AI cause Lux to be closely observed by several government agencies. He discovers a way to use magnetic fields for propulsion, but he needs money. Lux and his friend, Prissy, come up with a way to use his father's developing AI to raise money through social media.

The ability for easy travel throughout the solar system has created nations and organizations on Earth who want to control Mars and the rich resources of the solar system. Mars has started its own military and is building a fleet to survive the brutal attacks from Earth. Mars has set up embassies on Earth and is facing spies and saboteurs intent on disrupting a content populace that is growing rapidly. Lux has developed new weapons, and Prissy joins the colony military.

Lux finds traveling outside Earth's magnetic fields is possible with the gravity drive, but the military from the US and other nations begins to push hard for the tech. Could they use it to help mine the moon, asteroids, and the moons of other planets? Who controls the areas away from Earth when humans establish bases on different planets? Lux becomes known around Earth, and the fame may be too much. He finds he is a target for governments and corporations that want to control him and his knowledge.

Lux is finishing his Aeronautical Engineering degree at Georgia Tech. His father begins to support him again, but he is starting to get noticed a little too widely outside his peers. He has to hire a 24/7 security team. The Israeli intelligence operatives, alerted by Professor Helmann, are the first to arrive. SpaceX becomes interested when Lux tries to obtain spacesuits suitable for extravehicular activity in a vacuum. Lux starts flying frequently and upgrades SpaceX rocket shells with Blakely thrusters. Chinese operatives attempt to obtain the tech by any means and won't stop.

Lux Blakely, the preteen son of a NASA scientist working on top-secret government projects, is not shackled by accepted scientific theory and dogma. His experiments in gravimetric research and the expanding capability of a nascent AI cause Lux to be closely observed by several government agencies. He discovers a way to use magnetic fields for propulsion, but he needs money. Lux and his friend, Prissy, come up with a way to use his father's developing AI to raise money through social media.

Bleu Montclair knew as a young girl that she would one day escape the hard, unrelenting streets of Flint, Michigan. When her desperate prayers are answered in the form of a scholarship to UCLA, she knows she's struck gold. But soon after arriving, all her beautiful, bright dreams begin to fall apart. Endless temptations abound in the form of cars, clothes, booze, and drugs, and Bleu cannot keep up. When her roommate gives her the opportunity to make a lot of money fast, Bleu goes all in.

Il mondo è ormai nelle mani di poche persone che, attraverso la tecnologia, influenzano le decisioni di milioni, controllandone la vita. La divisione tra chi accetta le nuove regole imposte e chi si ribella è sempre più netta. Mentre il potere cresce, le forze di resistenza cercano disperatamente alleanze per sfuggire al mondo distopico che si è instaurato. Il desiderio di potere assoluto si fonde con l’ambizione di accelerare l’evoluzione tecnologica, trasformandosi in una nuova forma spirituale.

The clock is ticking for Earth, and in more ways than one. Dangerous monsters are pouring out of the Labyrinth, dimensional events scour resources from the land, and beneath it all, demonic plots begin to bear fruit. Facing all this as a succubus wasn’t Jade’s first choice, it didn’t even make the list, but that ship has sailed. If she wants to save the world, she’ll have to leverage every advantage: Shape changing, seductive charm, and all the bonuses that come from wearing embarrassingly revealing armor.

Als der rotglühende Stern „Calamity” am Himmel erschien, glaubten einige, das Ende sei gekommen. Sie hatten Recht. „Calamity” hat die Epics erschaffen: Menschen mit unglaublichen Superkräften. Sie hätten die Menschheit retten können. Sie hätten Frieden und Wohlstand bringen können. Stattdessen brannten sie alles nieder. Mordeten. Eroberten. Und rissen die Macht an sich.

Behind the razzle-dazzle of luxe, there is another life, filled with lust, hatred, jealousy and anger. A life very deprived, very starved. A life of horrors. A life of flesh and blood. But yes, a life to die for, or rather kill! Luxury remains a silent witness to that darkness. Dark Luxe is not about dreams; it is about nightmares. It is about those realities that safely hide behind the veil of luxe. These 13 tales of fiction from the darkest bottomless pits of hell, these firsthand stories of horror, are the stuff luxury is made of, straight from the heart, leaving a trail of blood....

Extraída da obra "A alma encantadora das ruas" a crônica "As mariposas do luxo" explora os desejos de mulheres simples, que não têm dinheiro para ostentar luxos, ao observar os produtos expostos nas vitrines da rua do Ouvidor, no Rio de Janeiro. É a crueza obscura da sociedade explorada com brilhantismo por João do Rio: "A rua não lhes apresenta só o amor, o namoro, o desvio... Apresenta-lhes o luxo. E cada montra é a hipnose e cada rayon de modas é o foco em torno do qual reviravolteiam e anseiam as pobres mariposas".