Resultados para "The Star" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Die hat nach dem Tod ihrer Großmutter, ihrer Nana, gänzlich mit Märchenbüchern und dem kindischen Unfug abgeschlossen und ihr Herz fein säuberlich in einen Eispanzer gepackt – zusammen mit ihren guten Manieren. So beginnt mit dem Sturz in einen Kaninchenbau für Nell eine unglaubliche Reise durch eine Welt hinter den Spiegeln. Unfreiwillig lernt sie die Geschichten von Schneewittchen, Cinderella, Rotkäppchen und Co. von einer völlig neuen Seite kennen und muss alles, was sie zu wissen glaubt, auf den Prüfstand stellen.

Rebecca Caelum has gone through a rough period in her life. First, her mother dies in a tragedy that would scar her home city for the rest of its days. Then, her father withdraws into himself, leaving Rebecca to her own devices. Finally, after getting involved with some unscrupulous individuals, Rebecca ends up in Upper Octave's Juvenile Detention Center. Things weren't going great, to say the least.

In a world where nutrition can be transferred via a pill, and society is split into Eaters and Non-Eaters, 17-year-old Princess Vela has a grave dilemma. Her father, the king, is dying, and only a transplant of organs from a healthy Non-Eater boy will save him. Vela is tasked with choosing a boy fit to die for the king, which is impossible enough. But then Carr, the boy she's loved all her life, emerges as the best candidate in the Bittersweet Trials. And he's determined to win, because by doing so, he can save the life of his Non-Eater sister.

His parents are dead. His brother is trapped. His sister is missing. If Kealin is going to help either of them, he must find Risdannia. But he is alone in a strange land with few allies. War encroaches. Kealin is torn between helping his friends and uncovering a way to save his siblings. Finding Risdannia is only a part of his journey. A powerful wizard has emerged and in his path are thousands of innocent people. With his resurrected orc hordes, he seeks to exterminate all who threaten him.

Jarra is one of the unlucky few born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets. Derided as an “Ape” - a “throwback” - by the rest of the universe, she is on a mission to prove that Earth girls are just as good as anyone else. Except now the planet she loves is under threat by what could be humanity’s first-ever alien contact. Jarra’s bravery - and specialist knowledge - will once again be at the center of the maelstrom, but will the rest of the universe consider Earth worth fighting for?

Everley Donovan is living on borrowed time. The lone survivor of her family’s unexplained assassination, she was saved by an ingeniously crafted clockwork heart. But the time she was given won’t last forever. Now, every tick-tock reminds her how fragile her existence is and hastens her quest to expose Killian Markham, the navy admiral who shattered her world and left her for dead. But Everley’s hunt for justice will be a long and hard-won voyage.

On their way to start a new life, Tula and her family travel on the Prairie Rose, a colony ship headed to a planet in the outer reaches of the galaxy. All is going well until the ship makes a stop at a remote space station, the Yertina Feray, and the colonist's leader, Brother Blue, beats Tula within an inch of her life. An alien, Heckleck, saves her and teaches her the ways of life on the space station.

A coming-of-age teen is thrown into a world of ancient secrets when he discovers a supernatural artifact that protects a weapon of mass destruction. With the help of a diverse group of friends, he embarks on a global adventure, seeking the truth about his sister’s death, and uncovers two clandestine, supernatural societies waging an epic, hidden war that threatens the future of civilization.

La última fase de la invasión está a punto de completarse, lloverán bombas sobre las ciudades y la quinta ola ejecutará a los supervivientes. El fin de la especie humana está asegurado y Cassie Sullivan y sus compañeros saben que ha llegado el momento de escoger: entre el amor o el miedo, la confianza o la sospecha, el odio o el sacrificio, la fe o la barbarie. Entre salvarnos a nosotros mismos o salvar aquello que nos hace humanos.Y es que todo terminará donde empezó: la última batalla tendrá lugar en el último corazón humano y acabará con su último latido.

Keel Hennity was one of the greatest gladiators in the universe, the victor of countless glorious battles. He was assigned to guard the most dangerous creatures on his home planet. Then he died, and his life truly began. When Keel's consciousness was downloaded into the robotic body of an Imperial Marine, he was tasked with protecting the emperor and controlling the incredibly dangerous creature that ended his first life. Can Keel unlock the secrets of Star Dragons and protect the galaxy from a dragon-human war that could end life as we know it?

This program includes a bonus conversation with the author. Star-Touched Stories by Roshani Chokshi combines three lush and adventurous stories in the Star-Touched World. Death and Night He was Lord of Death, cursed never to love. She was Night incarnate, destined to stay alone. After a chance...

Jett never asked for a destiny. Half Pawnee, half Welsh, and caught between cultures, he’s suddenly chosen as one of eighteen people who might save humanity from extinction. With the rogue planet Nibiru hurtling into the solar system and the Phoenix Phenomenon set to ignite, Jett must face not only mythical beasts and ancient prophecies, but also his own fractured identity. The Phoenix Phenomenon is unstoppable, and Earth’s destruction is unavoidable.

Sapphire Hayes didn’t come to the fae realm to fall in love with a prince—or to become a fugitive from his court. But after surviving the Winter Trials, nothing is the same. Riven killed his own knights to protect her. And Sapphire made a dangerous deal that binds her fate to his: brew a forbidden potion to save his father’s mind… or lose her only chance of getting home. Then Zoey is taken by a dark-winged monster.

Dillon has the terrifying power to create massive amounts of destruction with the slightest tweak of his will. Deanna is so consumed by fear, it has become like a black hole, drawing to her the very things that terrify her. Then, when the glare of a supernova 16 light-years away illuminates the night sky, they have a vision: There are six of them out there, all teenagers, and all suffering from supernatural afflictions that disfigure their bodies and souls.

Six children were conceived at the exact moment that the star Mentaras-H went supernova, and the explosion transformed their souls into living star fragments. Now the Star Shards face the ultimate battle - and the true purpose of their gifts will be revealed, for it is no accident they have these powers. Once despised for their "deformities", the Star Shards are now worshiped and feared as gods....

A cataclysmic explosion has given earthly teens astronomical powers-when the star Mentarsus-H went supernova at their conceptions, the teens absorbed the shattered soul of the star and inherited unimaginable abilities. Now the Star Shards have become like gods, drunk on their own power-and ripe for manipulation by The Bringer, a creature who would turn them against one another and transform the planet into his own personal feeding ground. But who is more dangerous: The Bringer or the Star Shards?

겨울 학기가 시작된 첫날, 대강당에 모인 학생들에게 캐클 교장 선생님이 엄청난 소식을 전해주었어요. 모든 마법학교들이 참가하는 수영장 경연 대회에서 우승하면, 학교에 실내 수영장이 생긴다는 소식이었지요. 하지만 들뜬 것도 잠시, 밀드레드는 금방 우울해지고 말았어요. 선생님들이 졸업반이 된 밀드레드에게 동쪽 별관 등불지기라는 새로운 임무를 맡겼거든요. 깜깜한 밤에 불을 켜고, 오싹한 새벽에 불을 꺼야 한다는 사실에 밀드레드는 친구들에게 투덜거렸답니다.

Years ago, Tula Bane was beaten and left for dead on a remote space station far from Earth, her home planet. She started with nothing and had no one, but over time she found a home, a family, and even love. When it's discovered that the abandoned planet beneath the station is abundant with a rare and valuable resource, aliens from across the galaxy race over to strike it rich.

In a world scarred by the breach of Antarctica’s great ice wall, the Veil that once separated ancient realms has ruptured. Elira Torres, a half-Fae, half-Cosmic Being, is the last MoonBorn. Raised in Punta Arenas and destined by starlight, she holds the power to either restore the Veil or tear it apart forever.

Jade and Axel are the first light warriors in over a millennium and forced to confront an enigmatic villain with the powers of darkness. They are fated to be the last of their kind—whether that means dying at their dark counterpart's hands or finally defeating him. Unfortunately, their powers aren't working as they should, especially when all they have on their minds is the other secretly behind their mark.