Títulos en Historias alternativas

Es scheint, als würde es in der Region Irkutsk für unseren Helden allmählich zu eng. Er hat hier zwar sein Zuhause gefunden, wenn auch fürs erste ohne den warmen Schoß einer Frau, und auch das Epizentrum befindet sich in der Nähe – ein perfekter Trainingsplatz. Doch das Problem ist, der junge Baron zieht zunehmend die Aufmerksamkeit der Machthabenden auf sich, die Galaxius und seine Fähigkeiten für ihre eigenen – nicht immer menschlichen – Zwecke nutzen wollen.

Lilith O’Reilly might be dead, but that hasn’t stopped life throwing problems at her. An entire city is living rent-free in her head, and her favourite mermaid is hoarding things she probably shouldn’t in the dark depths of the Mersey.

The stunning conclusion to the duology that began with the internationally bestselling Sun of Blood and Ruin, this Zorro reimagining weaves Mesoamerican mythology and sixteenth-century Mexican history into a swashbuckling historical fantasy filled with magic, intrigue, treachery, and romance...

Dr. Cynthia Holloway has been haunted since childhood, when a storm stole her family and set her on a path to fight climate change. Rising through the ranks of the EPA she spearheads the radical Climate Adaptation Program—a last attempt to reorganize humanity into survival “Sects” . But as governments collapse and natural disasters escalate, even adaptation proves futile.

I saw it in a memory. I know how crazy that sounds. There were ten kingdoms of Atlantis, as Plato taught us, each ruled by one of the sons of the legendary Poseidon. I know where they all are. We are not the first advanced civilization. We aren't even the second. Others existed, and they left behind clues to help their descendants. To help us. I found those clues, including a device used by the ancients that allows me to relive their memories.

The Fletcher family honey business teeters on the brink of bankruptcy as shipments from their eccentric matriarch's farm grow scarce. But Poppy refuses to let her family become destitute and she will do anything to get to the bottom of the mystery. However, on her aunt’s strange island, Poppy finds more questions than answers. The bees defy expectations, the farm is full of ancient creatures, and her aunt’s secrets run deeper than she originally suspected.

Susan Jackson’s serene life as a sixty-eight-year-old florist living in Indiana shatters following a groundbreaking eye transplant that comes with an unexpected side-effect—visions of the life of Marilyn Monroe. Initially a harmless oddity, the invasive visions swiftly escalate as she starts morphing into the iconic actress. As Susan’s transformation becomes undeniable, a battle of wills ensues between the long-dead Hollywood icon and the woman whose body she’s seized.

On the eve of World War II, Captain Jan-Peter “J.P.” Brandt is a man with nothing left to lose. Once the Army Air Corps’ best and most daring test pilot, his career—and reputation—are destroyed when an unauthorized flight nearly ends in tragedy for President Roosevelt. Court-martialed, disgraced, and branded “Wrong-Way Brandt” in the headlines, he’s offered one last chance at the sky: fly an experimental aircraft on an unprecedented route around the globe from the South Pole to the North.

1828. Un jeune orphelin chinois est recueilli à Canton par un professeur et conduit à Londres. Rebaptisé Robin Swift, le jeune garçon consacre ses journées à l'étude des langues dans l'optique d'intégrer le prestigieux Institut royal de traduction de l'Université d'Oxford, plus connu sous le nom de Babel. Berceau de l'argentogravure, les étudiants y exploitent le sens perdu des mots à l'aide de barres d'argent enchantées.

The evil king is dead, and thanks to the efforts of revered Deryni magic-user Camber of Culdi, a human liege occupies the throne of Gwynedd for the first time in nearly a century. The yoke of tyranny has finally been lifted from the shoulders of an oppressed people who suffered for decades under the cruelty of the ruling magical race. But Camber's job remains unfinished. The dangerous remnants of a conquered enemy still mass at the borders.

Long before Camber was revered as a saint, he was a Deryni noble, one of the most respected of the magical race whose arcane skills set them apart from ordinary humans in the medieval kingdom of Gwynedd. For nearly a century, Camber's family has had little choice but to loyally serve the ruling Festils, Deryni usurpers who employed dark magic to wrest the throne from the rightful Haldane liege.

In the United States of Zulu, a re-imagined America where black power dominates and whiteness is scorned, Boris Dabo is a white man born into a family that thrives through mimicry and performance. His parents—Victor and Nyima Dabo—have built elite political lives by imitating blackness with precision and ambition. But Boris rejects their charade. At 23, he is angry, directionless, and desperate to find a purpose that feels real.

Cam and Naomi have been swept into the past when humanity ruled the world. In an ancient city they must past the first trial that Alana has set into motion. What more, they will learn of the Helltide, an event that brought about the cataclysmic end to the ancient race. One trial will not be enough to prepare Cam for the future however. He and Naomi must explore what it means to be mates with the powers of the World Phoenix. Not to mention the warfront is progressing into the beastkin empire. Brazzen is seeking aid and turns to Cam and Brycen, hoping that he won't lose everything.

In Sweet Revolution: The Keto Legacy, James Parker presents an imaginative & engaging alternate history of the ketogenic diet, exploring how a confluence of historical events, groundbreaking discoveries, & cultural shifts might have reshaped the health landscape of the 20th century. In 1887 Dr. Thomas Alden, a pioneering physician who tries to find a cure for his epileptic daughter, Lizzy, creates the ketogenic diet. A high-fat, low-carbohydrate regimen that successfully treats Lizzy’s seizures, launching a revolution in medical nutrition. Dr.

Marty's voices reveal her soul's salacious past lives. She is observed talking to herself! Her naked poses for a prince; seduction of a momma's boy, peccadillos, and insights into religious and European morality are her interview topics. But Marty isn't herself. Her past recollections resurface. She remembers her seduction of Moses; his condemnation of his wife and children to the Nile crocodiles; her orgy at the Golden Calf; and her seduction of Aaron's sons. And her most recent murder has her mind deeply troubled.

Plague strikes. Faith falters. As death surrounds him, John uncovers the cosmic war behind human suffering-and the truth Satan hoped to bury. John's world is filled with turmoil and doubt as the bubonic plague ravages his congregation. Can all these hideous deaths be God's will? If God is good, then why are bad things happening to good people? As John desperately searches through the sacred text, he discovers the epic battle between light and darkness. His quest uncovers secrets that could cause the defeat of the wicked spirit who fell like lightning from heaven.

The Power of Fear is a fast-paced fiction that takes place in the second half of the 21st Century, a dystopian future of an ultra-right wing United States perpetrating as a democracy using advances in genetic and ectogenesis technologies to preserve a White America.

Stellen Sie sich vor, die Geschichte hätte einen anderen Weg genommen – was wäre, wenn Frankreich und Großbritannien im Jahre 1915 eine gewaltige Landung an den Stränden Belgiens gewagt hätten, um den Stellungskrieg aus seiner Erstarrung zu reißen und das deutsche Kaiserreich zu bezwingen? Kann der Angriff auf Ostende das Blatt wenden oder gelingt es dem Kaiserreich, die Landung in ein Desaster zu verwandeln?

I’m abandoned by my abusive pack in a ballet company ruled by Betas. But my gorgeous Beta best friend and dance partner forms a found family with me. The last Alpha I expect to claim us, however, is the company’s scarred, billionaire CEO with spellbinding amber eyes. The man who I’ve secretly loved for years.

Drei Junge Männer beschließen, auf eigene Faust gegen die allgegenwärtige Ungerechtigkeit vorzugehen. Dabei schrecken sie vor nichts zurück. Aiuch nicht vor Mord. Doch hat man sich einmal auf diesen Pfad begeben, gibt es keinen Weg mehr zurück.