Ergebnis für "Melissa" in Science Fiction

Perfect for fans of Keri Lake’s Anathema and Julie Kagawa’s The Immortal Rules, Moonflower is a dark dystopian fantasy blending vampire horror and slow-burn romance as a young woman fights to escape a deadly feeding ground with her younger brother—while an even greater danger stirs in the...

Two great loves. A world in chaos. And a life that never lands in order. Alba DeTamble is a time traveler, slipping unpredictably through decades like her father before her. But the hardest thing she carries isn’t the burden of futures she can’t understand, or pasts she cannot change –...

It's a leap of faith to believe in a dream . . . So let me get this straight . . . I've been abducted in my sleep, thrown into a stasis pod and now this huge, winged warrior guy is rescuing me and telling me I'm his 'mate' because he saw me in his dreams? Aloryk is everything I've ever wanted in...

Nearing high school graduation, Tilly Morgan’s eager to leave her small Texas town. Armed with a plan to start fresh with her older sister in Florida, her dreams are obliterated when an electromagnetic pulse ravages the planet, rendering the world’s electrical grid useless and throwing Tilly's community into chaos.

"All things are composed of patterns...." And within the pattern of the realm of Alorin, three strands must cross. In Alorin...300 years after the genocidal Adept Wars, the realm is dying, and the blessed Adept race dies with it. One man holds the secret to reverting this decline: Bjorn van...

I don't believe in love. But then again, up until a week or so ago, I didn't believe in aliens either. And yet here I am having been abducted, stranded on a jungle planet, and now surrounded by a tribe of huge, protective aliens with wings and tails. At least these are the good guys. Their leader, Rynn, is convinced I'm the reason the skin on his chest is lit up like a Christmas tree, particularly the area directly above his heart. But that's just some weird alien biochemical reaction. Just like all supposed 'love', right?

I thought I saw the scarred, alien warrior's heart-stars light up . . . that means he's my mate, right? Making choices has never been easy. I've been burned before. But when you're surrounded by towering, winged aliens whose hearts literally glow when they've found their 'one', the choice seems...

I'm a strong woman. I can cope with leaving my cheating ex behind on earth, and I can cope with doing this alone. What I can't cope with is the seven foot winged warrior-alien who has decided that I'm his. Me and Second Spear Mavyx don't get along. We should stay far away from each other. So why am I asking him to help me out when my hormones have me acting like a cat in heat?

Orphaned at a young age and taken in by Telvan’s most notorious bandit gang, Kinrou had no real expectations in life. He knew nothing of his past, nor did he care to. Then, one day, with the death of a Dragon Warrior, everything changed. After a trip to Karath, the capital city of Telvan, he was told about a threat to the peace and that he had been handpicked by the Sky Lords themselves to stop it if only he could discover what this threat was in time.

A New York Times Notable Book “This book is, simply put, a modern classic. If you read it, you'll never forget it. Prophetic, terrifying, uplifting.” —Stephen King From the bestselling author of Ohio, a masterful American epic charting a near future approaching collapse and a nascent but...

In a space-faring civilization where a single woman is increasingly disenfranchised, the star pilot Silence Leigh is defrauded from her inheritance by a greedy competitor. Forced to ally with two men, Silence is dragged into a deadly political struggle, and is tantalized by the hints of the legendary Earth, as well as the dread and the glory of Magi's power. Her dreams of having her own ship and of escape from the Hegemony's oppressions take on new direction and focus when she joins the crew of "The Sun-Treader".

INSTANT NATIONALBESTSELLER "GRACEFUL, COMPLICATED, SATISFYING." –BONNIE GARMUS, AUTHOR OF LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY The multi-million copy bestselling author of The Time Traveler’s Wife returns with an exhilarating speculative story set in a dystopian future where virtual reality and real life...

Contracts are there to make everything more simple, right? The Xavianns certainly think so. They even put contracts in place with their breeding partners. So when a huge, horned, pro-athlete, prince makes it very clear he's into me, I do the logical thing. I sign a friends-with-benefits contract...

Their relationship? Complicated. Their chemistry? Irresistible. Their enemies? Biblical. Petra is the only one of her kind—a telekinetic supernatural with a tragic past, questionable judgment, and the subtlety of a thrown grenade. After spending three years wiping an evil corporation of the map (long story, lots of fire), she and Jesse can finally be free. Then a demon shows up to say, You’re one of us. So naturally, Petra ghosts. Not because she doesn’t love Jesse.

Foreign Legion in Space WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A HERO? The Protectorate of Mars Foreign Legion isn’t just a path to citizenship—it’s a calling. To be more than you were before. A defender, a protector . . . a hero. COURAGE Private Diego Tavi proved his worth during the evacuation of...

In Burning Bright, Scott tells a passionate, colorful tale of love and death, her best yet. Setting her story on the free-port planet of Burning Bright, nexus of trade, politically balanced between the human and Hsai empires in space, and center of virtual reality gaming for all of civilization, Scott weaves a network of intrigue and suspense.

Three strangers are drawn into a series of uncontrolled time jumps—each landing them seconds before some of history’s darkest moments. As they fight to understand the machine dragging them through time, they’re forced to question whether they’re observers, pawns… or something else entirely.

你好！Whether you're saying 'nihao' for the first time or debating China's tech trends in Mandarin – welcome to Chinese Around You, where language meets living culture! As a TESOL educator with 10,000+ teaching hours, I’ve seen learners struggle with two things: 1️⃣ Finding materials that grow with their level (from HSK1 beginners to HSK6+ advanced learners) 2️⃣ Understanding the ‘why’ behind Chinese habits– not just the language, but the culture that shapes it That’s why every episode gives you: ✅ Multi-level nuggets: HSK words explained through real-life ...

Niska: Being sold to aliens on the seedy lower-levels of a space-station is about as terrifying as you would imagine. So when I get presented with the opportunity to save myself and my friends from the countless fate-worse-than-death scenarios that play out here at this end of the galaxy, I take...

Two great loves. A world in chaos. And a life that never lands in order. Discover the highly anticipated new novel from Audrey Niffenegger, which can be read on its own or as a companion to her multi-million copy bestseller The Time Traveler's Wife. Alba DeTamble is a time traveler, slipping...