Ergebnis für "Rose" in Dystopien

Esther ist 21 Jahre alt - und sie ist alleine. Alleine in einer Welt, die vor einigen Jahren von einem grausamen Virus befallen wurde. Nur wenige Menschen haben ihn überlebt - und niemand weiß wieso. Nun streift sie durch die verlassenen Straßen und versucht zu überleben. Nichts wünscht sie sich sehnlicher als Gesellschaft und Sicherheit, doch sie musste früh lernen, dass Menschen in Extremsituationen nicht etwa dazu tendieren, sich zusammenzuschließen - nein. Sie beginnen, sich zu bekämpfen. Um die wenigen Ressourcen, um das eigene Überleben zu sichern.

Du bestimmst, wie hoch dein Wert ist, doch SIE entscheiden, wie viel du wert bist. Jeder Mensch hat einen gesellschaftlichen Wert, der täglich steigen oder fallen kann. Und jeder hat nur 72 Stunden Zeit, um im Notfall das Schlimmste zu verhindern. Amalia Thomson lebt in einer Welt ohne Grenzen, dafür jedoch der ständigen Überwachung. Mit drei Jobs auf drei Kontinenten verstreut, versucht sie, ihren sozialen Wert hoch genug zu halten, um sich und ihre kranke Mutter über die Runden zu bringen.

When my best friend and the only person who knows who - and what - I really am gets selected for the Mating Games, I know the only way to save her is to try and win her for myself. All I need to do is navigate three trials while not letting anyone know I'm a woman, or, and this might be even more important, that I have magic. Easy, right? Easier than slaving away for all hours of the day swinging an ax in the mines. Or so I thought. I certainly didn't count on the one man I've longed for, the one man who stirs feelings of femininity and desire within me, to enter the games as well.

THE INSTANT NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER HE'S HER GREATEST ENEMY … AND HER DEEPEST DESIRE 'A dark fever dream of a fairytale. Rose in Chains is a heart-pounding, spellbinding, forbidden love story that kept breaking my heart and putting it back together again' Stephanie...

Warned that a planet-killing asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, acquaintances Kat and Ryan join forces in an effort to survive. Mere hours before impact, they race toward the safety of Ryan's inherited South Dakota bunker, encountering chaos. A last-ditch effort to nuke the asteroid only manages to fragment it into chunks causing multiple strikes.

Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer--a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also knows that the inner lives of humans cannot be wished away.

In the climate-ravaged year of 2072, Pura stands as a miraculous green haven, a geo-engineered paradise that protects lucky residents from the global catastrophes of heat domes, fires, floods, and droughts. Demetria Lopez is Pura's PR fixer, tirelessly promoting the city's idyllic image. But when she stumbles upon a dark secret that underpins Pura's existence, she must decide who and what she is willing to protect.

This is a world divided by blood - red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change. That is, until she finds herself...

In the second volume of the Native Tongue trilogy, the time has come for Láadan - the secret language created to resist an oppressive patriarchy - to empower womankind worldwide. To expand the language's reach, female linguists translate the Bible into Láadan and a group of Roman Catholic nuns are tasked to spread the language. But when outraged priests detect their sabotage, they send a double agent to infiltrate and destroy the movement from the inside. 

Sie haben die Schießerei überlebt. Nicht nur Nick und Esther, sondern auch Ben und Karla, die ihnen unverhofft zur Hilfe kamen. Nun schlagen sie sich durch die Wälder, auf der Suche nach einer neuen Unterkunft. Ihre Feinde scheinen sie endlich hinter sich gelassen zu haben, doch nun stellt sich eine viel wichtigere Frage: Wie soll es weitergehen? All ihrer Besitztümer beraubt, fühlt Esther sich den anderen ausgeliefert. Und dann geben Ben und Karla auch noch zu, dass sie nicht ganz ehrlich waren. Können Nick und Esther ihnen noch trauen?

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...

Rose was born facing due north, with an inherent perception of cardinal points flowing through her veins. Her uncanny sense of direction earns her a coveted job within the Archipelago Fleet, but it also attracts the attention of Admiral Comita, who sends her on a secret mission deep into pirate territory. Aboard the mercenary ship, Man o' War, Rose joins a ragtag crew under the command of Miranda, a captain as alluring as she is bloodthirsty.

Scheinbar wendet sich alles zum Guten. Nick und Esther haben einen festen Platz in der Gemeinschaft gefunden und tragen ihren Teil dazu bei. Routine scheint einzukehren, und Esther fühlt sich immer sicherer. Als der Winter kommt, zieht die Gruppe vorübergehend in ein nahegelegenes Dorf, wo sie der Kälte besser trotzen können. Selbst Weihnachten wollen sie dort feiern. Alles könnte so schön sein, doch Esther fühlt sich zu sehr von den Männern bevormundet. Und dann passiert das, wovor sie die ganze Zeit schon Angst hatte.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE HORROR STEEPED IN PAGAN FOLKLORE AND A SAPPHIC ROMANCE SET IN A POST-APOCOLYPTIC WORLD FULL OF HUNGRY ELDRITCH CREATURES . . . Sara and her family must keep moving. Every few months, they’re discovered, and they have to pack up and get out quick. For the twins...

In this stunningly original debut novel that will appeal to readers of The Power or Never Let Me Go, a synthetic woman—created solely to serve her human “Husband”—slowly comes to the realization that her Husband is far less invested in her well-being than she is in his . . . sending her...

Some secrets are meant to be broken - the rewards outweighing the consequences. Some, however, bring about a change unlike any ever imagined. The Mating Games challenged me; not only physically, but mentally, and the emotional toll it wreaked was the hardest part. Yet, I was starting to realize that the worst...and best...was yet to come.

It has been three years since Elvira "Ellie" Ryder was betrayed by her ex-boyfriend Cor, which caused the destruction of her people by invaders from a different Zone. Now she will do anything to find him and make him pay.

Violet, Ash and Raven have escaped the palace, but Regimentals are hunting for them across the city. If they can reach the safety of the White Rose then Violet may be able to help Lucien in his plan to rescue more surrogates. For one surrogate, however, it is already too late. Violet's best...

Three years out of the service and living a calm and relaxing life in a cabin in rural Georgia, Rose McCullum finds herself in a new war. A deadly pandemic sweeps across the country leaving millions of bodies in its wake. For whatever reason, she is unaffected.

Shattered is the thrilling second installment in the Glitched series, where Alessa must face the consequences of a bargain with a god. To free her soul from the underworld, Alessa struck a deal with Hades: deliver four souls of his choosing, including Eric Lansing, the mastermind behind the devastating smallpox pandemic.