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In America's Gulf Coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts, Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota - and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, Nailer faces the most important decision of his life: Strip the ship for all it's worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better life.

In a dark future America where violence, terror, and grief touch everyone, young refugees Mahlia and Mouse have managed to leave behind the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities by escaping into the jungle outskirts. But when they discover a wounded half-man - a bioengineered war beast named Tool - who is being hunted by a vengeful band of soldiers, their fragile existence quickly collapses.

This third book in a major series by a bestselling science fiction author, Printz Award winner, and National Book Award finalist is the gripping story of the most provocative character from his acclaimed novels Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities. Tool, a half-man/half-beast designed for...

She walks into the clubhouse with bruises she won’t explain… and eyes that beg me not to ask. I didn’t survive war and the Twisted Devils by playing hero. I keep my world simple: loyalty, violence, and rules — especially the one about staying away from trouble in a pretty package. But Riley Monroe is all soft curves, shaking hands, and secrets sharp enough to cut. One look at her and my discipline fractures. One touch and I’m done. Riley is running. From a past that won’t stay buried. From a monster who doesn’t take no for an answer. And the closer she gets to me, the more ...

"Nonstop action at a machine gun pace. If you aren't reading Nick Petrie, now is the time to start."--C.J. Box Peter Ash tangles with dangerous enemies and terrifying technology in the newest thriller from bestselling author Nick Petrie. A man wanted by two governments, Peter Ash has found a...

Edsel Ford has seen nearly everything over his thirty years as a long haul trucker, delivering seafood to restaurants and grocery stores. But now an unforeseen apocalyptic event is about to cause chaos like he’s never seen before. When a massive solar flare and coronal mass ejection, unlike any ever recorded, leaves most without modern technology or transportation, Edsel is fortunate to find himself with both as his painstakingly restored, antique big rig survives the world-wide EMP.

Недалекое будущее, темная эпоха земной цивилизации. Юг США — жертва серии стихийных бедствий. Здесь ушли под воду небоскребы; здесь свирепствуют ураганы — «убийцы городов»; здесь во влажной жаре гниют на берегу многочисленные танкеры и сухогрузы. Для подростка по имени Гвоздарь, как и для многих других жителей этой территории катастроф, единственный способ продлить свое убогое и безнадежное существование — каторжный труд, рискованная добыча утиля на погибших судах. Чтобы вырваться из этой преисподней, он готов пойти на любое злодеяние.

I was only seven the first time Grady Bowen whispered those words to me. Cloaked by the black sky under a blanket of stars, it was easy to get lost. He didn't have any good memories of his own and needed to borrow mine. I would willingly give him anything. Being infatuated with that boy was a beautiful curse. What could have been special didn't get the chance to bloom. He'd never see me as more than his best friend's kid sister. That was a hard lesson to learn, but not the most difficult.

Malem is a breaker. He breaks the minds of beasts, exerting the steel vise of his will over their own, bending them to his wishes. His ability is severely limited in terms of the types of creatures he can control and how many. Most monsters have always been beyond him. And then one day he accidentally breaks a monster girl. Doors begin to open for him faster than he thought possible.

I'm not someone my mother would be proud to have given her life for. I've killed. Maimed. Hurt people far beyond the scope of what the human mind can imagine. Because that's what I was told I was. Destruction. And that's all I was good for. That's all I want to do right now. Breaker is a complicated man with many dark secrets. He's the breaker of rules, of codes, of men... He's also the only one who dares to defy Fallon, the powerful man who raised him and his brothers. The same man who stands between Breaker and everything he's ever wanted.

Паоло Бачигалупи — американский фантаст, публикующийся с 1999 года. Жанровые направления, в которых он работает — преимущественно научная фантастика с постапокалиптическим уклоном и фэнтези. Он родился в городке Паония на западе штата Колорадо, в университете штата Огайо изучал китайский язык, а затем несколько лет провел в Азии. Его произведения носят отпечаток культуры посещенных им стран — такой же яркий, как и отпечаток нуара, которым полнится жизнь современных США.

All it took was one look for Sebastian "Breaker" Ross to know that Ireland Foster was meant to be his. So when he saw another guy giving the cute rocker chick a hard time, Breaker stepped in . . . by pretending to be her boyfriend. Ireland thought he was just playing the fake boyfriend to help her out since they'd never met before. But Breaker had every intention of turning the role into a permanent one. Something the other guy wasn't too happy about.

There was a Breaker Morant - he was executed at Pietersburg on 27 February 1902. His crime? Wilful murder of civilians. Yet to this day his guilt remains in doubt. Kit Denton's novel, The Breaker, does more than recount the facts and mystery surrounding Morant's death sentence. Full of action and set in three continents, it covers the entire range of the Breaker's activities. We see him as a champion horseman, a likeable larrikin, a popular balladist. We see him in love and in war. Then we see him face the firing squad that will end his life. Was he a cold-blooded killer or a scapegoat?

Twelve hours after Kate Sumner’s brutally murdered body washes up on the beach, her traumatized 3-year-old daughter is found wandering the streets alone. At first, the prime suspect is a young actor, obsessed with pornography. But now the local English constable has doubts about the victim’s husband. Was he really out of town when she was killed? And why does the child scream every time her father comes near her?

Twelve hours after a woman's broken body is washed up on a deserted shore, her traumatized three-year-old daughter is discovered twenty miles away wandering the streets of Poole. But why was Kate killed and her daughter, a witness, allowed to live? And why weren't they together? More curiously, why had Kate willingly boarded a boat when she had a terror of drowning at sea? Police suspicion centers on both a young actor, whose sailing boat is moored just yards from where the toddler is found, and the murdered woman's husband.

With two governments out to get him, ex-soldier Peter Ash has been keeping a low profile. His quiet existence in Milwaukee is far from the action-packed life he's been used to, but perhaps that's no bad thing. But when he spots a suspicious armed man walking into a busy market, Peter can't stand by and do nothing. He manages to prevent a tragedy, but the gunman escapes and his intended victim vanishes into the crowd. Then a powerful associate from Peter's past appears and makes him an irresistible offer.

Can the villain be the hero? If you like Lee Child and Mark Dawson, meet the tough new antihero with a particular set of skills. Charlie Cobb - aka "Breaker" - is a mafia fixer on the gritty, crime-ridden streets of Manchester, England. He's the guy the mafia send in to deal with the worst of the worst. The legendary underworld 'fixer' who keeps the peace between rival gangs. But after his idealistic daughter makes him swear to give up his life of crime, Breaker finds himself torn between two futures.