Resultados para "Yoko" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

In Under the Yoke, S.M. Stirling traces the rise of the Domination of the Draka and its long struggle with the United States and the American-led Alliance for Democracy. In this alternate history, the Americans who reject the Revolution did not scatter to the four winds and Canada; a slight change in the course of events brought them to the new Crown Colony of Drakia instead - starting with the Cape of Good Hope and soon encompassing the whole of the right subcontinent of Southern Africa.

Después de casarse con su amor de infancia, Riko se encuentra atrapada en una relación amargada por la infidelidad. Un día, por casualidad, se encuentra con un viejo amigo, el señor Takaoka, que le ofrece amistad, amor y una extraña evasión: vivir una vida paralela en sus sueños. Así, cada noche vive otra vida: primero, como una cortesana de alto rango del siglo XVII, y, después, como la sirvienta de una princesa en la Edad Media tardía.

*** 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST *** *** LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE AND THE 2020 TRANSLATED BOOK AWARD *** *** NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR *** A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The...

In the climactic conclusion of the Vale Born series, a shocking murder of an Ignisfae dignitary thrusts Lily Brennanfalk into a vortex of political intrigue and danger. Lily discovers unsettling clues that point to Dashelle, the rival Vale Born hungry for Lily's power. With meager evidence, Lily is compelled to return to TerraIgni to inform King Ashwan, only to find herself haunted by enigmatic dreams of the Maeder Tree, the creator of life in Alternis. The future of the realm is thrown into peril as Lily endeavors to answer who the killer is and why the Maeder Tree needs her help.

It’s hard to believe there could be a more enjoyable novel than Scattered All Over the Earth—Yoko Tawada’s rollicking, touching, cheerfully dystopian novel about friendship and climate change—but surprising her readers is what Tawada does best: its sequel, Suggested in the Stars, delivers exploits even more poignant and shambolic.

Japan, after suffering from a massive irreparable disaster, cuts itself off from the world. Children are so weak they can barely stand or walk: the only people with any get-go are the elderly. Mumei lives with his grandfather Yoshiro, who worries about him constantly. They carry on a day-to-day...

Nova lässt sich von Lina Rutera verhaften, um sie von ihrer Unschuld zu überzeugen – eine tollkühne Idee! GAN, die überhebliche KI, zieht alle Register der Manipulation, aber Lina hat erste Zweifel. Die Suche nach Antworten wird zur gemeinsamen Odyssee durch Paris. Als es Nova scheinbar gelingt, Lina als Verbündete zu gewinnen, geschieht eine Katastrophe.

Nova macht Red ausfindig und kann ihn von der drohenden Gefahr überzeugen. Die mörderische KI schlägt zu und hängt Nova den Tod von 64 Menschen an. Um den nächsten Mord zu verhindern, schlagen sich Nova und Red nach Paris durch. Doch die KI-treue Ermittlerin Lina Rutera hat bereits ihre Verfolgung aufgenommen.