Ergebnis für "The Star" in Literatur & Belletristik

The Serpent & the Wings of Night meets Shadow and Bone in a seductive, star-crossed, dark romantic fantasy loosely inspired by the Greek myths of Astraea. "The brightest star needs the darkest night." Astraea is a prisoner of her own mind, the past sliding from her grasp like water. But she...

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society's mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within.

Pandora's Star is the first part of Peter F. Hamilton's epic Commonwealth Saga duology – a fantastic galaxy-spanning novel from the master of space opera. For fans of Iain M. Banks and Alastair Reynolds. At the edge of the galaxy something awakens – and it's coming for us . . . Earth AD 2329...

Eine entzückende, schräge Liebeskomödie über eine freigeistige Social-Media-Astrologin, die sich bereit erklärt, eine Beziehung mit einer mürrischen Versicherungsmathematikerin bis zum Silvesterabend vorzutäuschen - mit Ergebnissen, die nicht einmal die Sterne vorhersagen könnten! Eine...

They want her captured. Or dead. But Astraia was never meant to bow. Astraia has spent her life running—from her past, from her bond to an ancient power, and from the choices that left her hollow. Marked by the constellations, she is feared as a weapon, hunted as a threat, and haunted by...

In den dunklen Tiefen der Galaxis, wo die Konsularische Hegemonie und das Triarchat von Vaylen einen fragilen Frieden wahren, wartet ein Geheimnis, das die Zukunft aller Spezies verändern könnte. Als Überlebender einer Mission, die nie hätte scheitern dürfen, stehst du vor einer Wahrheit, die dein gesamtes Dasein infrage stellt. Deine Entscheidungen bestimmen nicht nur dein eigenes Schicksal–sie werden über den Verlauf der Geschichte der ganzen Galaxis entscheiden. Wirst du zum unerbittlichen Gesetzlosen, der seinen eigenen Regeln folgt?

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within. Finally, the time has come.

2067: Die UN-Station auf dem Mars wird evakuiert. Zurück bleibt ein ungleiches Paar: Hunter Graves, Sprössling des Mega-Konzerns, der für die Besiedlung verantwortlich ist, und Cleo, illegale Einwanderin. Hunter ist gutaussehend, ehrgeizig – und in Cleos Augen ein arrogantes Trustfund-Baby. Doch um zu überleben, müssen sie sich zusammentun.

In the wake of the Kejari, everything Oraya once thought to be true has been destroyed. A prisoner in her own kingdom, grieving the only family she ever had, and reeling from a gutting betrayal, she no longer even knows the truth of her own blood. She’s left only with one certainty: she cannot trust anyone, least of all Raihn. The House of Night, too, is surrounded by enemies. Raihn’s own nobles are none too eager to accept a Turned king, especially one who was once a slave. And the House of Blood digs its claws into the kingdom, threatening to tear it apart from the inside.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY RIDLEY SCOTT AND STARRING JACOB ELORDI, MARGARET QUALLEY, AND JOSH BROLIN NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the author of The River: In this "end-of-the-world novel more like a rapturous beginning" (San Francisco Chronicle), Hig somehow survived the flu...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros comes a slow-burn romance about love, family, and what it means to become the truest version of yourself. Callista Moran has spent a lifetime putting her own plans aside to care for other people. Once she and Darren Knight announce their...

On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the East Coast of the US, including Washington, DC. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the Earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated effort to colonize space and requires a much-larger share of humanity to take part in the process. Elma York’s drive to become the first lady astronaut is so strong that even the most dearly held conventions of society may not stand a chance against her.

"Narrator Jennifer Hale's outstanding performance brings this story of alien invasion to life...Hale's range of differentiation is masterly as she animates all the quirky characters Kira meets. From the rough, snarky slang of ex-military woman to the half-mad musings of a human "ship mind,"...

Woran erkennt man, dass das Ende der Welt erreicht ist? Der junge Gazing muss sich dieser Frage bald stellen, denn er ist auf der Suche nach einem verschwundenen Kind, das sich genau dort aufhalten soll. Unterwegs stößt er auf das dunkelste Geheimnis des Universums - und seiner Selbst. Jodie S. Calussi zeichnet eine detailreiche, rätselhafte Welt, verhandelt auf kreative Weise Themen wie Social Media und Technologie und übt charmant Kritik an unserer Gesellschaft.

Liebe ist ein Opfer auf dem Altar der Macht. Im Kielwasser des Kejari ist alles zerstört worden, was Oraya einst für wahr hielt. Sie ist Gefangene in ihrem eigenen Königreich, trauert um ihren Vater und weiß nach einem erschütternden Verrat nicht einmal mehr die Wahrheit über ihre eigene Herkunft. Ihr bleibt nur eine Gewissheit: Sie kann niemandem trauen, schon gar nicht Raihn. Das Haus der Nacht ist von Feinden umgeben. Raihns eigene Gefolgsleute sind nicht bereit, ihn als König zu akzeptieren – insbesondere, weil er einst ein Sklave war.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Star of the North by D. B. John, read by Linda Park with an author's note read by the author. North Korea and the United States are on the brink of war. A young American woman disappears without trace from a South Korean island. The CIA recruits her twin sister to uncover the truth. Now, she must go undercover in the world’s most deadly state. Only by infiltrating the dark heart of the terrifying regime will she be able to save her sister...and herself.

Contre toute attente, Hig a survécu à l'épidémie de grippe qui a décimé tous ceux qu'il connaissait. Il a perdu sa femme, ses amis sont morts et il vit avec son chien Jasper dans le hangar d'un petit aérodrome à l'abandon. Mais quand une communication lui parvient sur la radio de son Cessna 1956, la voix rallume au fond de lui l'espoir d'une vie meilleure au-delà du périmètre qu'il a patiemment sécurisé.

After tragedy strikes, five unlikely friends at different stages in their lives gather in Nantucket to spend an unforgettable weekend together, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hotel Nantucket and 'the queen of beach reads' (New York Magazine). Hollis Shaw, creator of the...

Lyra Izacalli does not clutch onto the jagged remnants of her past—she buries them deep beneath her skin. To feel is to give power to the past—to let grief and memory carve through her like a blade. But Lyra refuses to let them win. She will not let the sharpened words of men who call...

Hudson Powell had always been a drifter, but after his father died, he vowed to turn his life around. He quit freelancing as a starship pilot and joined the Relic Guardian Force as a 38-year-old rookie. That was a big mistake. The RGF police the alien wrecks that have been found on every portal world discovered in the last century. They make sure the relic hunters pay taxes on the priceless alien tech they scavenge from the hulks. The snag is that the RGF is corrupt. And Hudson’s training officer Logan Griff is the worst scumbag of the lot.