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Lieutenant Cora Harper joined the Systems Alliance to develop and enhance her powerful biotic talents. She was assigned to the asari commando unit Talein's Daughters, where she honed her abilities to become a skilled and deadly huntress. Returning to Earth, Cora finds herself a stranger among other humans, and joins the Andromeda Initiative as Alec Ryder's second-in-command. The mission will send 100,000 colonists on a one-way, 600-year-long journey into the unknown.

A barely employed tech worker has never felt they belonged. Not in society, not even in their own family. Their days are filled with loneliness, a struggle to survive and a desperate search for connection—even if that connection is merely virtual. Now, a black-market hacker promises to open a new world for them, and it works—in ways no human has ever experienced. They find a world of wonder, of possibilities and of danger—where their new virtual reality could mean the end of their physical reality. And what they discover could change the fate of humankind—forever.

Essun's missing daughter grows more powerful every day, and her choices may destroy the world in this "magnificent" Hugo Award winner and NYT Notable Book. (NPR) The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night. Essun -- once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger --...

Jede Stadt hat eine Seele. Manche so alt wie die Mythen. Andere so jung und ungestüm wie Kinder. Und New York City? Hat gleich mehr als eine. Gerade erst erwacht und so unterschiedlich, wie das Leben in New York, müssen sich die Wächter der Stadt zusammenschließen, um sie vor dem Grauen zu schützen, das unter ihr lauert. Städte sind lebendig. Sagt man so. Doch das ist mehr als nur ein Sprichwort und wenn eine Stadt erwacht, sucht sie sich einen Avatar, der sie verkörpert. Doch im Fall von New York ist etwas schief gelaufen.

What will become of our self-destructed planet? The answer shatters all expectations in this subversive speculation from the Hugo Award - winning author of the Broken Earth trilogy. An explorer returns to gather information from a climate-ravaged Earth that his ancestors, and others among the planet’s finest, fled centuries ago. The mission comes with a warning: A graveyard world awaits him. But so do those left behind - hopeless and unbeautiful wastes of humanity who should have died out ages ago.

Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Nick Houston is as tough as they come, and he and his K-9, Saxon, are hot on the trail of a major illegal-gun dealer. But his best lead - the beautiful owner of the Dog Park Cafe, Andi Hardt - is not cooperating. Doesn't matter how sexy she is or that his dog seems to be in love with her. She's a suspect, and he won't cross that line. Ever.

Meet Sally. A fully-functioning-female-human-imitation-android, created as a companion for the lonely men of the world, the first of its kind. But, there are problems for her creator. Robotics engineer Dr. Harold Okamura is finally given an opportunity by Mr. Jerrald Axell, the CEO of a company with dubious intentions, to realize a lifelong ambition: to create a robot that is indistinguishable from a human being.

Welcome to Woodland Creek, where one family of wizards gives new meaning to organized crime. Evie Scarlett is a shy college student. She also happens to be a wizard. She wanted two things: marry Parker Drake and leave Woodland Creek and her crazy family of wizards behind. But when Hugh Prince, a dangerous crime boss, is mysteriously murdered while awaiting trial for her father's murder, all eyes turn to the Scarlett family.

The year is 1972. Against the stormy backdrop of a nuclear arms race, Watergate break-ins, the Vietnam war, and indescribable acts of terror, a teenage boy lives out his simple, rural life. But despite his seemingly tranquil farm life, “Nothin’ Right” - as he’s known to many of his seventh-grade classmates - faces trouble on numerous fronts and against several adversaries. Can a resourceful farm boy solve his own epic problems when the often-violent world around him is on the verge of self-destruction?

En Manhattan, un joven estudiante de posgrado sale del tren y se da cuenta de que no recuerda quién es, de dónde viene ni su nombre. Pero sí que es capaz de sentir el latir del corazón de la ciudad, ver su historia y percibir su poder. En el Bronx, la directora lenape de una galería de arte encuentra unos extraños grafitis que adornan toda la ciudad, tan maravillosos y poderosos que se podría decir que la pintura la llama, literalmente. En Brooklyn, una madre y política descubre que oye las canciones de la ciudad, que resuenan al ritmo de los tacones de sus Louboutin.

ಡಾ. ಕೆ. ಎನ್ ಗಣೇಶಯ್ಯ ಅವರ 'ನೇಹಲ' ಕಥಾ ಸಂಕಲನದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಟ್ಟು 8 ಕತೆಗಳಿದ್ದು, ಇತಿಹಾಸ, ಸ್ಕೈ-ಫೈ, ಮನೋವಿಜ್ಞಾನ, ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಕಳಕಳಿ ಹೀಗೆ ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ವಿಭಾಗಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿದವಾಗಿವೆ.

ಸಂಧ್ಯಾರಾಗ - ಸಂಗೀತಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ತನ್ನ ಜೀವನವನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸುವ ಯುವಕನ ಕಥೆ. ಸಂಗೀತವು ತರಬಹುದಾದ ಖ್ಯಾತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಹಣವನ್ನು ಅವರು ಬಯಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ ಆದರೆ ಅವರು ಕಲೆಯನ್ನು ಕರಗತ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಬಯಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅದನ್ನು ಸಾಧಿಸಲು, ಅವರು ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಪ್ರಕ್ಷುಬ್ಧತೆಯನ್ನು ಎದುರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಇದನ್ನು ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ವಿವರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಸಂಗೀತವನ್ನು ವಿಷಯವಾಗಿ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಕೆಲವೇ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಧ್ಯಾರಾಗ ಕೂಡ ಒಂದು. ಇದು ಸಂಗೀತದ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸಗಳು, ಗುರು ಮತ್ತು ಶಿಷ್ಯರ ನಡುವಿನ ಸಂಬಂಧ, ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೌಲ್ಯ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮುಟ್ಟುತ್ತದೆ.

In Hardly Ever Otherwise, Maria Matios crafts a richly layered narrative that explores the lives of several Western Ukrainian families during the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s twilight years. Matios’s storytelling combines intricate character portraits with philosophical musings on fate, honor, and human frailty.

Operated by the same family for more than a century, Midnight Blues may be fun for the locals and the tourists, but as of late, the club hasn’t been fun for its owner, Big Shirley Duncan, or her son Tyrese, descendants of the original proprietors. The pair finds themselves in the middle of a turf war between local politicians, developers, and a ruthless underworld boss, Jean LeBlanc, who is looking to make a name for himself. Afraid for the first time in her life that her family may lose control of The Blues, Big Shirley sends Tyrese to New York to see her brother-in-law, LC Duncan.

Some rules should never be broken. After suffering multiple miscarriages, school counselor Jo Murphy is on a mission to save her marriage by any means possible. When Mia, a pregnant senior, unexpectedly shows up in her office, Jo devises an unorthodox plan to adopt her baby. But when Mia's handsome football captain boyfriend suddenly goes missing, Jo finds herself embroiled in a heart-stopping murder plot that threatens to destroy the one thing she wants most.

With death nipping at his neck like cold in the winter, Lorenzo “Zo” Alverez is faced with the inevitable fate of stepping into his late father’s shoes. With enemies coming at him from all sides, Zo doesn’t know who he can trust. But when the light at the end of the tunnel comes in the form of family, he discovers secrets about his father that he never knew. These secrets threaten to pull him away from the other powerful families in New York and people that would risk their lives for his.

While most young people are just getting their footing in life, 24-year-old Bryshon "Boogie" Tolliver is already being groomed to be a boss by his father, Barry Tolliver. At first, he's not so sure he wants to take his father's place in the family business. He has dreams of being the most prominent chef in New York. However, things change when Barry is murdered in cold blood and everything he built is left at Boogie's feet. Gone are those chef dreams, replaced with a new resolve to prove himself worthy of upholding his father's legacy.