Resultados para "The Game" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Emmy Award-winning actress Tatiana Maslany narrates a brand-new special edition recording of the first audiobook in the worldwide best-selling trilogy from Suzanne Collins! In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by 12 outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves.

Ricos e inteligentes, los hermanos Lively - Hades, Apolo, Hermes, Afrodita y Atenea - son los más populares de Yale: nadie se atreve a acercarse a ellos, pero todos los conocen y los observan desde lejos; cada viernes por la noche organizan lo que se han convertido en los famosos Juegos de los Dioses, en los que el adversario no es perdonado; es imposible vencerlos.

It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the 10th annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to out charm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low.

ARES LIVELY È UNA PEDINA AL SERVIZIO DEGLI DÈI IN CERCA DI REDENZIONE SETTE SFIDE DA AFFRONTARE UN SOLO OBIETTIVO: SOPRAVVIVERE. Siete pronti a sfidare il Caos? Ares Lively non è uno studente di Yale come tutti gli altri. Cresciuto tra le regole spietate e i giochi crudeli della famiglia Lively, ha imparato che fidarsi di qualcuno può costare caro. Dopo gli eventi del labirinto, il pericolo torna a incombere quando, davanti alla porta della sua stanza, trova un misterioso dado rosso a sette facce, tante quante le spietate sfide ideate da Urano e Gea per punire lui e i suoi fratelli.

Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol - a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create. Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she’s afraid she cannot stop.

I CINQUE FRATELLI PIÙ POPOLARI DI YALE UNA FAMIGLIA CHE NASCONDE SEGRETI INCONFESSABILI LA SFIDA PER CONQUISTARE L'OLIMPO SEMBRA IMPOSSIBILE DA VINCERE Siete pronti a entrare nel Labirinto? Da quando Haven ha incontrato la pazza famiglia Lively, la sua vita è cambiata. Dopo avervi rinunciato all'incontro con Hades e ai soldi, la ragazza ha un'ultima opportunità per saldare i debiti del padre: cedere ai giochi dei Titani Crono e Rea, sull'Olimpo. Entrare nel Labirinto del Minotauro potrebbe essere infatti l'occasione per chiudere ogni conto in sospeso.

Ricchi e intelligentissimi, i fratelli Lively - Hades, Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite e Athena - sono i più popolari di Yale: nessuno osa avvicinarli, ma tutti li conoscono e li guardano da lontano. Ogni venerdì sera organizzano quelli che sono diventati famosi come i Giochi degli Dèi, in cui all'avversario non si riserva nessuna pietà. Batterli è impossibile. Quando Haven arriva al campus come matricola, rimane affascinata da loro, anche se un po' impaurita, finché Hades si accorge di lei... L'amore che scoppia tra i due è irrefrenabile, ma si rivela ben presto una vera e propria discesa all'Inferno.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans - except Katniss.

Na abertura dos Jogos Vorazes, a organização não recolhe os corpos dos combatentes caídos e dá tiros de canhão até o final. Cada tiro, um morto. Onze tiros no primeiro dia. Treze jovens restaram, entre eles, Katniss. Para quem os tiros de canhão serão no dia seguinte?... Após o fim da América do Norte, uma nova nação chamada Panem surge. Formada por doze distritos, é comandada com mão de ferro pela Capital.

Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over. But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt of invitation finally arrives.

Following the rescue of Queen Lyric, Ivy and Jules recklessly abandon the Winter Court to rescue Bear and Nan from Alena, who is holding them captive in the human realm. While Ivy recovers her beloved Bear, he may never heal from what he's endured - and Ivy has fallen right into Alena's trap. With Queen Lyric and the Winter Court once again in danger, Ivy, Lyric, and Bear will face the toughest decisions of their lives. Will their choices draw them closer together or rip them apart?

Flora and Henry were born a few blocks from each other, innocent of the forces that might keep a white boy and an African American girl apart; years later they meet again, and their mutual love of music sparks an even more powerful connection. But what Flora and Henry don't know is that they are pawns in a game played by the eternal adversaries Love and Death, here brilliantly reimagined as two extremely sympathetic and fascinating characters.

Anabella Halt won the challenge and healed Adam Rockwell for the whole planet to see. She proved that she is no imposter. In one year, she will be ready to seize her family's long vacant council seat. There's only one problem . . . Ana faked the entire thing. She can't heal a papercut. Now, Adam's dangerous father and the most powerful military man on the planet, suspects her secret. He's willing to overlook it for a small favor—a marriage to his son and a strategic alliance. Ana wants to say no, until he offers to free her friend Samuel from prison. It's an offer she can't refuse.

Kathleen freut sich darauf, endlich ihre Freundin Claudia wiederzusehen und bei ihr im Dorf Urlaub zu machen. Sie bekommt auch tatsächlich das, was sie sich erhofft: Meer, Strand, Party, Spaß! Und noch viel mehr, denn sie lernt den mysteriösen Marcello kennen, den ein Geheimnis umgibt. Zusammen mit ihm und seinen Freunden fangen ein paar wilde, unberechenbare Tage an. Doch trotz der Leichtigkeit des Sommers spürt Kathleen eine Bedrohung in der Luft liegen, ist Marcello in Gefahr? Und was hat es mit Abschnitt B auf sich?

The ultimate battle beckons—Chelby and Bakas, a contest of dragons in violet and shadow. The echoes of their past clash reverberate; he once held dominion. Now, Chelby harbors a secret weapon, but can it be potent enough to vanquish him? Bakas is ascending to power, seeking the presidency and eliminating his adversaries without remorse. The responsibility to halt his advancement lies with Chelby and her stalwart team.

Dua puluh empat peserta. Hanya satu pemenang yang selamat. Amerika Utara musnah sudah. Kini di bekasnya berdiri negara Panem, dengan Capitol sebagai pusat kota yang dikeliling dua belas distrik. Katniss gadis 16 tahun tinggal bersama adik perempuan dan ibunya di distrik termiskin di Distrik12. Karena pemberontakan di masa lalu terhadap Capitol, setiap tahun masing-masing Distrik harus mengirim seorang anak perempuan dan anak lelaki untuk bertarung sampai mati dan ditayangkan secara langsung di acara televisi The Hunger Games.

Moquette color ruggine, carta da parati art déco, un ascensore di freddo metallo, un concierge che insiste per il check-in. Sembra un hotel, ma la vacanza di Ofelia finisce nell’istante in cui le viene chiesta la data della sua morte. Oggi. Sì, perché Ofelia, diciassette anni, è appena morta. Quasi morta, anzi. Non ricorda come o dove: sa solo che ora la sua vita è appesa a un filo, e che insieme ad altri dodici ragazzi è stata scelta per partecipare al Gioco della Morte. Intrappolata in un hotel di novantanove piani, Ofelia dovrà giocare per la sua vita.

Celeste has been cursed since her 16th birthday - just not in the way the rest of the kingdom thinks. All they see is her breath-taking beauty, marred by her foolishness. Only she knows that she retains her brilliant mind. And it's a secret she must keep at all costs. Over the years she's grown accustomed to the necessary deception. After all, her life depends on it. And she's even found a way to protect her kingdom, working from the shadows. But now a dangerous new threat has emerged, one that Celeste can't defeat alone. She needs the help of a newly-arrived prince.

Hearts and loyalties collide in this electrifying new YA series from best-selling author Jennifer A. Nielsen. Nothing is as it seems in the kingdom of Antora. Kestra Dallisor has spent three years in exile in the Lava Fields, but that won't stop her from being drawn back into her father's palace politics. He's the right-hand man of the cruel king, Lord Endrick, which makes Kestra a valuable bargaining chip. A group of rebels knows this all too well - and they snatch Kestra from her carriage as she reluctantly travels home. But Kestra is not the obedient captive they expected.