Ergebnis für "Mör" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Jeremy Heere is your average high school dork. Day after day, he stares at beautiful Christine, the girl he can never have, and dryly notes the small humiliations that come his way. Until the day he learns about the "squip." A pill-sized supercomputer that you swallow, the squip is guaranteed to bring you whatever you most desire in life. By instructing him on everything from what to wear, to how to talk and walk, the squip transforms Jeremy from geek to the coolest guy in class. But Jeremy discovers that there is a dark side to handing over control of your life....

Es gibt so vieles in Aarons Leben, das er lieber für immer vergessen würde: Den Suizid seines Vaters, seinen eigenen Selbstmordversuch kurz darauf, die Tatsache, dass er in einem hoffnungslosen Viertel in der Bronx aufwächst. Doch Aarons Mutter und seine Freundin Genevieve helfen ihm dabei, wieder glücklich zu werden. Als er eines Tages auf Thomas trifft und sich mit dem unbekümmerten und coolen Jungen anfreundet, entdeckt er noch eine ganz neue Art von Glück. Eine, die sein Herz höherschlagen lässt.

"An alternately charming and horrifying exploration of what it means to be human and how far we'll go in pursuit of personal and societal 'perfection.' I devoured this book." --Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken For fans of television shows Black Mirror and...

Smitty dreamt of the day that he'd no longer be punching the timeclock as Yardley Station's janitor but had no idea that a blue girl and a dead trafficker would be the way it ended. Still, being shot at by station security and nearly ejected into outer space were not much worse than the student loans he owned back on Earth. Oh, and the blue girl? She's part of a starship crew that...well, just listen and find out.

Warring Brothers, Manipulating Advisors, and Secrets in the Shadows. Whispers of a silent civil war swirl through the halls of Endor. In the wake of King Hadrian's attack, Tridan and his friends are now being exalted as heroes. But can these thirteen-year-olds save the kingdom from itself? As Prince Altholos' coronation approaches, Prince Oliver starts his campaign to take his brother's place on the throne. Noble families are forced to choose sides and covert battles rage throughout the land. However, the next generation of conquerors longs to do more.

Her prince never came. Aurora woke up after sleeping for 100 years. Left alone and forgotten in her tower, she is determined to find out why. What happened in the past? How could a 16-year-old princess reclaim her lost kingdom from the wicked witch and her demon army? Aurora meets Devon, a handsome thief, who had been using her tower as his hideout. Devon and his gang of thieves, known as the Circle, promise to help defeat the witch who put Aurora under the curse. The prince’s betrayal broke her heart, but can she trust anyone else?

Jantsia Brittle is a liar. Her blue eyes mark her as Azure, the lowest caste in the Empire of Shariza, but she’s a fraud. If her best friend knew the truth of her parentage, it could put an end to their easy friendship. It could put an end to her life. When Jantsia’s world collides with a downtrodden family’s fight for freedom, and the undercover mission of a conflicted imperial agent, dangerous secrets come to light. Secrets capable of destroying friendships, families – and maybe even an empire.

Angel-in-training Grace Lightbourne is on cloud nine after receiving her halo only to learn she won't be returning to Earth anytime soon because of a Guardian downsizing. She'd hoped that her apprenticeship meant she was done with Angel School, but now she's forced to return to her classes. So, it comes as no surprise when she's called to Archangel Michael's office for speaking her mind. It simply means another detention to be served.

Aurora has spent her whole life in fear of the wicked witch’s curse. But on her sixteenth birthday, everything will change, for better or for worse. What if her worst nightmare comes true? How will her story end? This is not the fairytale you know. In this reimagining, creatures are not always what they seem, be it a demon or a prince. In this story, as Sleeping Beauty awakens, she must fight for her kingdom and all that she holds dear, even when hope seems lost.

A sinister presence delights in Rinyv's torment, relentlessly pursuing and killing her after she turns fifteen. Now, having encountered death four times already, the girl is living her fifth life hoping to alter her fate and put an end to this endless cycle of suffering. As the terrifying age of fifteen approaches and chaotic events lead people down the path of despair, Rinyv can't help but do everything in her power to overcome her trauma and grow stronger.

“It doesn’t get easy. You never get used to it. You just have to accept it. This is the life of a soldier.” A life none of us chose. After six months in service for the Sector Protection Force—SPORE—Ashley Brown is exactly what she never wanted to be: an expertly trained killer who can...

***** ‘Omg! How can a person write a book like this? Is K.N. Milde a genius? Must be! It's a masterpiece!’ Tomorrow is Recruitment Day. Or, as I like to call it, Sign Your Suicide Contract Day. And like all the sane people alive—who are few, both in terms of sanity and life status—I...

After failing to escape the Roman metropolis of Londinium with Devyn, her lover, and Marcus, her betrothed, Cassandra wakes in inky darkness to find the ground giving way to sand beneath her feet. All three of them have been carted back to the notorious arena at the heart of the city to stand trial by public vote. Cass knows they must escape at any cost: to warn the Celts of the mysterious blood curse ravaging their kin, to foil the schemes of the imperial council....

Cassandra stands silent upon a ravaged battlefield, watching as the druids prepare the dead for the pyres, embers drifting up into the still winter darkness. She can barely breathe through the agony of her grief, but she cannot waste another second on tears. Because Londinium, the Caesar, the empire…all of it is still out there. The empire whose code she had followed, whose prince she had promised to marry, whose schemes she had been swept up in since birth. They tried to use her magic against her. To silence her. So she will use her magic against them. To silence them. Forever.

With Earth under invasion and no home to return to, Rinyv seeks refuge with her childhood friend, Minato Herman. Grateful for the Hermans' hospitality, she becomes their guardian, shielding them from the horrors outside. As weeks pass without help arriving, hope dwindles and despair tightens its grip. To make matters worse, a terrifying creature obliterates their sanctuary one night, thrusting Rinyv and Minato into a world filled with dangers.

Across the Scorched Sea is a visionary YA fantasy about a newborn society torn apart by secrets and sedition.

Alice has lived in the forest on the fringes of Alder Vale ever since her parents abandoned her. Alone, exiled, and feared by all. All except Lily. Nature has always been Lily’s tonic, and she never feels more alive than when she’s amidst the trees. It was Alice who first called them the sisters of shadow, Lily, the sunshine to her moonlight, for neither can exist without the other. But something is stirring beyond the mountains. Whispers of spectres stalking the moors, women of unfathomable power luring children into a cult that has haunted local lore for a generation.

Kaori and Kairi are the first twins to survive infancy on the ancient island of Mu, where gender is as fluid as the crashing waves. One was born of fire, the other of water. But there’s a reason why none have survived before. A prophecy that has haunted the elders since time began. A rivalry destined to sink the entire island beneath a twin catastrophe of volcano and tsunami. As hatred spills from the forbidden twins like the deadly poison of sacrificed sea snakes, they must decide what matters to them most.

Mila hasn't spoken in the five years since she became an Onra, a first-level Everfall witch. After failing the test to reclaim her voice and control her magic, her mentor sends 18-year-old Mila to Achten Tan—City of Dust—a dangerous desert town, built in the massive ribcage of an extinct leviathan.

War in Barria isn’t anything new. The tribes on the vast island country have been battling each other for decades, but this time is different. A leader has learned how to power his spells without ageing, the normal cost of casting magic. Headmaster Theodore Flax from Torr University of Magic has seen it for himself and knows once the leader has consolidated power in his own country his eye will turn west. He urgently needs to find Talented before war comes to them all.