Resultados para "death book" en Distopía

Set in a fractured United States, in the southwestern country now known as Texoma. A world where magic is acknowledged but mistrusted, especially by a young gunslinger named Lizbeth Rose. Battered by a run across the border to Mexico Lizbeth Rose takes a job offer from a pair of Russian wizards to be their local guide and gunnie. For the wizards, Gunnie Rose has already acquired a fearsome reputation and they’re at a desperate crossroad, even if they won’t admit it. 

In a world divided between the floating city of Newfris and the untamed Earth below, Arra—a skilled archer, but no mage—fights for survival in the Muir Woods. While her sister Elanil wields the magic that Arra lacks, Arra battles the marauding Remnant, the last vestiges of a broken humanity. But when fate brings a group of rebels crashing from the sky, Arra’s life collides with a deeper mystery.

After her crushing defeat against the Tigress, Nephilim is at the Wasp leader’s mercy. In return for her support for Metatron’s grand plan, the Tigress wants Nephilim to complete an extremely dangerous mission: to kill her brother, the leader of TogbuaXiang. What sounds like an easy task for a professional killer cyborg soon turns into the most challenging and dangerous mission Nephilim has ever had to accomplish. But she has promised Metatron that she will bring him the alliance, so she must succeed—no matter what.

In the Gare do Oriente, a body sits, slumped, in a stationary train. A high-profile man appears to have died by throwing himself repeatedly against the glass. But according to witnesses, he may not have done this of his own accord. Lisbon 2021. A small percentage of the population are diagnosed as Gifted. Along with the power comes stigma and suspicion. In a prejudiced city, Gifted Inspector Isabel Reis is hiding her own secrets while putting her life on the line to stop an ingenious killer.

When a mother claims her missing daughter is alive beneath a lake in a flooded valley, a marine biologist descends into a hidden underwater settlement where those who refused to leave have built a sealed-off world—and where the consequences of that choice are beginning to surface. “In the...

When civilization falls, some rebuild, and some choose a life of chaos. Barbarians, they were called in other times, those that left fire and destruction in their wake. After a plague and an EMP set off in a desperate war kills nine out of ten people on Earth. former Marine Sergeant Eric Marten has found a place to settle and rebuild in the post-apocalyptic world. Along with Dani, the young woman who he rescued from certain death and worse, and other survivors, they worked to rebuild some semblance of security in the wilds of Texas.

When the world burned, survival was just the beginning. Matt and his convoy of survivors escaped the cave system with their lives, but not their peace. With hostile forces closing in and the fallout still choking the land, every mile north brings new dangers. From shattered towns and ghostly farmlands to an enemy convoy led by a ruthless hunter, their journey is no longer about hiding. It’s about enduring. Alliances will be tested. Secrets will surface. Blood will be spilled. As the group pushes toward the uncertain safety in the north, hope becomes more than a dream, it’s a weapon.

Sand. A hostile world of burning sun. Outlines of several once-busy cities shimmer on the horizon. Now empty of inhabitants, their buildings lie in ruins. In the distance a group of people, a family, walk, towards us. Ahead lies shelter: a 'shuck' the family call home and that they know they must reach before the light fails, as to be out after dark is to invite danger and almost certain death. To survive in this alien world of shifting sand, they must find an object hidden in or near water. But other families want it too. And they are willing to fight to the death to make it theirs.

Die Uhr tickt. Dies ist ihre letzte Chance, der Stadt zu entkommen. Wer wird es schaffen, und wer endet als eine weitere Leiche auf der Straße? Und was noch wichtiger ist: Was für eine Welt erwartet sie auf der anderen Seite der Mauern?

Jennifer Government is Here to Help! In Max Barry’s twisted, hilarious vision of the near future, the world is run by giant American corporations (except for a few deluded holdouts like the French); taxes are illegal; employees take the last names of the companies they work for; The Police and...