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Petra Peña gehört zu den wenigen, die es vor dem unausweichlichen Weltuntergang auf eines der rettenden Schiffe schaffen. Eine Reise ins Ungewisse liegt vor ihr. Jahrhunderte später wacht Petra auf. Das Ziel, ein Planet mit erdähnlichen Bedingungen, scheint erreicht. Aber in der Zwischenzeit ist viel geschehen. Auf dem Raumschiff zählen nur noch Gehorchen und Gleichsein. Und plötzlich ist Petra die Letzte, die sich an die Erde und das Leben dort erinnert.

After surviving a brutal attack by Mayor Highshine, Scrap, Paige and Gnat head into the wild Elsewhere in search of the Pink-Footed Goose, the rocket ship they hope can get them off-world. The place is fraught with danger, but they discover Mooch, a nomadic wandering town inhabited by robots who have rejected Highshine’s views. Welcomed aboard Mooch by the Marshall Wired Bill, Gnat and Scrap instantly feel at home. However, Paige is haunted by visions of ghostly humans, including her mother, whom she’s convinced is guiding them to the landing site of the Pink-Footed Goose.

Children are being kidnapped and swordsman William Way must save them, but doing so will not be an easy feat. In this post-apocalyptic world, where new dangers and mysterious happenings lurk at every corner, doing what's right leads to unimagined threats. While William's journey has just begun, Kalapati, an archer for hire, has begun her own quest. But she is charged with delivering a child to a sinister cult leader, bent on taking charge and controlling the lives of all those in the state. As William and Kalapati fight to complete their missions, they soon come to wonder how their efforts ...

Luego de La época de la neblina, continúa la historia. Esta vez Blanca, la protagonista, viaja al desierto con la única certeza de que sabe muy poco sobre el vulnerable, hipertecnológico y a veces terrible mundo que habita. En el escondite de la organización secreta a la que ahora pertenece deberá seguir indagando y descubriendo verdades, incluso sobre sí misma. Benjamín, Carter, Esperanza, sus papás, entre otros destacados personajes, la acompañarán en este camino, sembrado de posibilidades y dudas, que deberán recorrer antes de que se les acabe el tiempo.

Eine zeitlose Parabel über Faschismus und Widerstand. Poetisch, nachdenklich, klug. Eines Tages steht in Mathildas Stadt ein seltsamer Apparat auf dem Marktplatz: das Monophon. Angeblich soll es für Unterhaltung und Frohsinn, aber auch für Ordnung und Sauberkeit sorgen ... Und da sind auch die schwarzen Wärter, die mit ihren Uniformen und ihren strengen Gesichtern schön und gruselig zugleich aussehen. In der Stadt herrscht eine ganz neue Stimmung.

Evil Cynthia Cyber is robbing banks with her latest creation, a villain named Currency. The stolen money will go toward building a machine that can capture people in a simulation program. There she could control every victim’s life. It's up to the Gamer to stop Cynthia Cyber from taking over the world!

Doggerland was the prosperous and powerful kingdom that connected Britain to Europe eight thousand years ago. But from great beginnings it now lies drowned, lost forever far below the cold waves of the North Sea. Who were the people who lived in Doggerland? And what happened to those who survived the tsunami that caused the kingdom’s disappearance?

Was, wenn das System entscheidet, ob dein Leben zählt? Jenna hat es geschafft: Sie hat den Score für die »Eine Milliarde« geknackt und darf als eine von wenigen Privilegierten nach New Valley. Hier wurde EQUILON entwickelt, der Algorithmus, mit dem der von Armut und Klimawandel erschütterte Planet wieder bewohnbar gemacht werden soll. Als Rebellen eine Veranstaltung sprengen, erahnt sie erstmals die Schattenseite dieser glanzvollen Welt.

History can't bury the truth. Unlike her classmates, Sage Indarra doesn’t want to be a model student at the Institution. But it’s the only way to survive. Despite her best efforts, her guise of normalcy is threatened when she gets into a fight at the beginning of the year, bringing down the wrath of the Institution and consequences that could haunt her for the rest of her life—however short that might be. But they never would have punished her if they’d known where it would lead. In the depths of the Archives, Sage makes a discovery that could threaten the very fabric of Eprah’s ...

To be born underground, in the dark, never to see the surface. That seemed to be Loreto’s fate. Born nearly half a century after the world had been destroyed by total, global, nuclear war one young man must find his destiny. He must learn what it means to be himself. Destined to become a Topsider, will he walk upon the surface? Will he be one of the brave few who work to usher humanity back to Earth’s population? Find out in Loreto: An Earth Has Fallen Short Story. See Loreto Rucker’s humble beginnings as he grows into the young man we will meet in Servidio’s Earth Has Fallen Post-...

Née pour trahir et faite pour tuer... sera-t-elle à la hauteur ? Je m'appelle Ivy Westfall, et je n'ai qu'une seule mission : tuer le garçon qu'on me destine, Bishop, le fils du président. Je me prépare pour ce moment depuis toujours. Peu importent mes sentiments, mes désirs, mes doutes, car les espoirs de toute une communauté reposent sur moi. Le temps de la rébellion approche.

What is real when emotions can be controlled, and people’s thoughts can be altered. Holding on to your sanity is the difference between freedom and slavery, not that you would know the difference. Those who are strong of will can alter the reality of weaker minds, changing the perception of reality. The rich can be made to believe they are poor; the old, young; and the innocent, guilty. Some use their ability for personal gain, some to help others, and some for their own twisted amusement. Jonas Sanders, a slacker who has never aspired to anything, must not only discover the depths of his...

Orion is proud to be an upholder of the town of River Edge, protecting the citizens, especially the weakest among them, from the havoc wreaked by the Last Destruction, the nuclear war that ended the civilization of the past. But when one of the town’s leaders, Forebearer Adena, assigns him to guard her children during the Census Games—a gladiatorial spectacle designed to rid the town of undesirables while providing both entertainment and deterrent for the citizens—a chain of events is set off which will forever change the fate of not only Orion, but the entire civilization.

On PF (Power Failure) Day, the sun strikes the world with an unseen surge of electromagnetic fury, which cripples power stations and burns transformers to crispy nuggets of regret. No one had ever thought about how much they depended on electrical power, but now, without it, they are plunged into survival mode. Without electricity there is no communication, no modern conveniences, and soon, no modern means of transportation, as the reserves of refined gasoline run dry. Worse still is the failure of the water and sewer systems, the impossibility of getting food and supplies to people living ...

This one time, at band camp…aliens invaded earth. Sounds like a bad riff on an old joke, doesn’t it? Unfortunately for me and my friends, it’s all too true. I thought a mess like this only happened in the movies but, as I watch the alien ships hovering over the major cities, I suddenly realize I’m a thousand miles away from my Mom. From home. From safety. Darkness may have fallen over the world, but I won’t let it claim me. I’ll do anything I have to get back to Michigan. Yet nothing could prepare me for what we find on our trek north from Tallahassee. There’s hardly anything ...

Sparrow lives in the world after the Reek. The atmosphere is toxically polluted, and Axel Brodie, the tech billionaire behind Zephyr Industries, is cashing in as the only supplier of clean air. Sparrow is struggling to help her family survive until her brilliant inventor friend, Miriam Fenn, comes up with a new form of technology that could break Zephyr’s stranglehold on the air supply. But men like Brodie are hard to defeat, and he will do everything in his power to stop Miriam and Sparrow. Who will triumph in this battle to breathe?

In a ruined city ruled by the menacing Scavengers, Raven and her friends possess incredible powers over fire, water, and growth. Together, they become the Ecomancers, pledging to help those in need without causing harm. With danger lurking at every turn, they embark on a thrilling mission to restore hope to their apocalyptic world. "Rise of the Ecomancers" is a pulse-pounding middle grade urban fantasy, where magic meets courage in the fight against darkness. Will Raven and her team prevail, or will the city remain enslaved forever? Get ready for an electrifying adventure where nature takes...

A young slave, forced to search for unknown artifacts, discovers one that leads him on a journey with a shape-shifting wolf. Together, they must recover the remaining artifacts to free his people from slavery and overthrow those in power.

Tammy and Mikie are half-human and half-alien siblings with immense capabilities and crystal weapons. Their powers are extraordinary alone, but together they are unstoppable. At 12, these two are already too powerful to ignore.

The final journal of a twenty-five volume set as two boys discover that their quests have lasted over generations since the beginning of humankinds existence on Earth. This book brings everything together, explaining mythical concepts and metaphysical concepts that explain human existence, offering both of the boys a chance of finding true peace.