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Hannah Rooney sait se faire oublier. Tobias Hawthorne II a tout du riche héritier intouchable. Une nuit, tout bascule : un incendie, une tempête, et Kaylie meurt. Hannah, rongée par la colère, accepte pourtant de le soigner. Elle veut le maintenir en vie, rien que pour le punir. Il est le dernier qu'elle devrait aimer. Et elle est la première dont il se souvient.

Out of a harrowing childhood in the Philippines, Cinelle Barnes emerged triumphant. But as an undocumented teenager living in New York, her journey of self-discovery was just beginning. Because she couldn’t get a driver’s license or file taxes, Cinelle worked as a cleaning lady and a nanny and took other odd jobs - and learned to look over her shoulder, hoping she wouldn’t get caught.

The year is 2085, and humanity has spread throughout the solar system, a stable lunar colony is agitating for independence, and lunar tourism is on the rise. Against this background, professional "Close Protection" specialist Scotty Griffin, fresh off a disastrous assignment, is offered the opportunity of a lifetime: to shepherd the teenaged heir to the Republic of Kikaya on a fabulous vacation. Ali Kikaya will participate in the first live-action role playing game conducted on the Moon itself.

Dream Park, the ultimate in amusement parks, was about to embark on the greatest game ever: the California Voodoo Game. Across the world bets were being placed; fortunes and reputations hung in the balance. Gaming careers would be made - or destroyed. And the most advanced software package ever invented was going to be tested. But one of the players was a murderer - and worse. Only Alex Griffin, head of Dream Park Security, and Game Master Tony McWhirter guessed the extent of the treachery tainting the Game.

The Barsoom Project is the direct sequel to 1981's Dream Park. Eviane's first visit to the state-of-art amusement arena Dream Park ended in disaster: the special effects had seemed more real than life ...until the holograms she was shooting with live ammunition turned out to be solid flesh and blood ...and very, very dead.

A group of pretend adventurers suit up for a campaign called "The South Seas Treasure Game". As in the early role-playing games, there are dungeon masters, warriors, magicians, and thieves. The difference? At Dream Park, a futuristic fantasy theme park full of holographic attractions and the latest in VR technology, they play in an artificial enclosure that has been enhanced with special effects, holograms, actors, and a clever story line. The players get as close as possible to truly living their adventure.

Avalon was thriving. The cold sleep colonists from Earth had settled on a verdant, livable world. The fast and cunning predators humans named “grendels” were under control, and the mainland outposts well established. Avalon’s new mainland hydroelectric power station was nearly complete, and when on-line would compensate for the nuclear power systems lost in the Grendel Wars. Humans would have power, and with power came the ability to make all the necessities for life. They would survive. They would not survive as a spacefaring people.

Fueled by visions promising him prolonged life and political power, the dying Corajidin, leader of a millennia-old dynasty, has brought the nation of Shrian to civil war. But is his bright destiny assured, or do the events unfolding around him promise a more ignoble, and finite, future? Indris, warrior-mage of the Seq Scholars and scion of a rival Great House, is caught in the upheaval. Driven by loyalty and conscience to return to a city that haunts his past, Indris reluctantly accepts the task of finding a missing man, the only one able to steer the teetering nation toward peace.

In Blazing Your Own Trail, Kiki Baker Barnes invites listeners to explore the profound lessons she learned throughout her journey from athlete to award-winning college sports executive. Combining personal stories of triumph, failure, and growth, Barnes introduces the Blind Exchange Framework, a powerful leadership model built on the principles of Faith, Focus, and Forward Movement. Through insightful reflections and real-life examples, Barnes shares how these principles have guided her through major life transitions-both personal and professional.

Nightwood, Djuna Barnes's strange and sinuous tour de force novel unfolds in the decadent shadows of Europe's great cities, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna - a world in which the boundaries of class, religion, and sexuality are bold but surprisingly porous. The outsized characters who inhabit this world are some of the most memorable in all of fiction.

This story will have you captivated from it’s start to the very end. In this script-converted novel, I’m expanding the yellow brick road journey by adding a few forks in the road. In, “The Big PayBack”, we endeavor to find out why there are six white sheets laying on the floor in the front pulpit of The Sanctuary of Holiness Church and how these six lives are tragically connected.

Ben bereut nichts. Aus seiner Provinz verbannt, findet er sich in der Stadt Foxcastle wieder, in der Händler, Piraten und Adlige um die Vorherrschaft kämpfen. In die Intrigen der Mächtigen hineingerissen, wartet ein ganzes Bündel an Quests auf ihn und verlangt sein äußerstes Können. Brachiale Gewalt ist keine Option, und so sieht Ben seine einzige Chance darin, die neuen Feinde gegeneinander auszuspielen. In diesem riskanten Spiel winken große Belohnungen, aber das Scheitern ist immer nur eine Haaresbreite entfernt. Wird Ben seinen Verbündeten trauen können?

I "Games Untold" får alle fans af "Inheritance Games"-serien endelig det, de så længe har ønsket sig: Synsvinkler fra alle Hawthorne-brødrene. Fire brødre med et ubrydeligt bånd, der kun bliver forstærket af den familie, de selv har valgt. I et hus, der altid er leveringsdygtigt i én gåde mere.

One hundred years after the fall of Captain Hook, a vengeful explorer seeks the council of a dark god to retake Neverland, and there’s only one boy who has the power to stop them. But Peter’s not alone. He has his battle angel, Tinker Bell, and his lover, Princess Tiger Lily by his side. The lost boys and tribal warriors also support him on his quest to save Neverland from its doomsday. Will the eternal paradise of Neverland survive the darkness of Time itself? Only one god will remain to tell the tale.

Cassie Hobbes a un don unique : elle sait profiler les gens comme personne. Un talent qui lui a valu une place dans un programme ultra-secret du FBI, réservé à une poignée d'adolescents surdoués. Jusqu'au jour où un nouveau tueur en série fait surface. Son mode opératoire ? Une copie conforme de celui du père d'un des membres de l'équipe – un passé que ce dernier aurait préféré laisser enterrer. Forcés de plonger au cœur d'un esprit meurtrier terrifiant, Cassie et ses amis vont devoir déjouer des jeux mentaux toujours plus tordus... avant d'y perdre la raison.

Cassie, dix-sept ans, a un talent inné pour lire les pensées et les sentiments sur le visage ou dans le comportement des gens. Quand le FBI lui propose d'intégrer un programme ultrasecret pour résoudre d'anciennes affaires non élucidées, elle croit à une mauvaise blague. Mais son don exceptionnel pourrait se révéler essentiel dans la traque des criminels. Plongée dans un monde dangereux, entourée d'adolescents aux aptitudes uniques, Cassie devient bientôt la cible d'un mystérieux tueur.

Siete jugadores llegaron a la Isla Hawthorne para participar en el juego de un multimillonario. Ahora solo quedan cinco y la recta final ha comenzado. La tensión aumenta en la competición (y entre los jugadores) y cada vez está más claro que nadie saldrá ileso del Gran Juego. No solo hay millones de dólares en riesgo…, sus corazones y sus vidas también están en peligro. En el más grande de los juegos… No existen las coincidencias. Todo el mundo miente. Y alguien los vigila.

En esta colección de relatos, podrás conocer a fondo a los cuatro hermanos Hawthorne. Estas historias de amor y pérdida, poder, acertijos y secretos a vida o muerte que demuestran que cuando un Hawthorne quiere a alguien, no hay vuelta atrás.

No one is quite who they seem to be in the twisty, soapy, gasp-inducing world of the Debutantes by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, #1 bestselling author of The Inheritance Games. Think of the White Gloves like the Junior League— by way of Skull and Bones. Reluctant debutante Sawyer Taft joined Southern...

Scandal, scheming, and secrets abound in #1 bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s Little White Lies, packed with “page-turning tension, witty humor” (Jennifer L. Armentrout), and “characters as devious as they are southern-belle glamorous" (E. Lockhart). "I'm not saying this is...