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Emmy Award-winning actress Tatiana Maslany narrates a brand-new special edition recording of the first audiobook in the worldwide best-selling trilogy from Suzanne Collins! In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by 12 outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Why we think it’s a great listen: It’s easy to say that when it comes to sci-fi you either love it or you hate it. But with Ender’s Game, it seems to be you either love it or you love it.... The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Enter Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, the result of decades of genetic experimentation.

A forbidden artifact from her fiance’s past beckons to Selena. Jessica leads a double-life from her friends and coworkers in the children’s wing of a hospital. Maya can’t resist the temptation to explore an off-limits area of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. But in the world of Five Nights at Freddy's, everything comes with a price to pay. In this first volume, Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon spins three sinister novella-length tales from uncharted corners of his series' canon.

Jesse James is a normal 18-year-old, even if her parents are the best faerie bounty hunters in New York. Jesse’s only concern is how to pay for college, but that changes the night her parents disappear. Equipped with her parents’ weapons and her own smarts, Jesse enters the dangerous world of bounty hunting in search of her mother and father. In her quest, she encounters all manner of Fae, but the scariest is Lukas, the mysterious, imposing faerie who offers to help her find her parents.

Jesse risked everything to bring her mother and father home, but her life is far from back to normal. With her parents’ memories of their abduction gone, Jesse is no closer to finding answers, and the threat still looms over her family. When the agency announces that a powerful fae artifact is missing, Jesse suspects it’s connected to her parents’ disappearance.

Enne Salta was raised as a proper young lady, and no lady would willingly visit New Reynes, the so-called City of Sin. But when her mother goes missing, Enne must leave her finishing school - and her reputation - behind to follow her mother's trail to the city where no one survives uncorrupted.

New York Times bestselling series! The first book in the New York Times bestselling series The Lying Game, by the author of the bestselling Pretty Little Liars series, Sara Shepard. Shortly before her seventeenth birthday, Emma discovers she has a long-lost twin named Sutton Mercer. She contacts...

I CINQUE FRATELLI PIÙ POPOLARI DI YALE UNA FAMIGLIA CHE NASCONDE SEGRETI INCONFESSABILI LA SFIDA PER CONQUISTARE L'OLIMPO SEMBRA IMPOSSIBILE DA VINCERE Siete pronti a entrare nel Labirinto? Da quando Haven ha incontrato la pazza famiglia Lively, la sua vita è cambiata. Dopo avervi rinunciato all'incontro con Hades e ai soldi, la ragazza ha un'ultima opportunità per saldare i debiti del padre: cedere ai giochi dei Titani Crono e Rea, sull'Olimpo. Entrare nel Labirinto del Minotauro potrebbe essere infatti l'occasione per chiudere ogni conto in sospeso.

Ricchi e intelligentissimi, i fratelli Lively - Hades, Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite e Athena - sono i più popolari di Yale: nessuno osa avvicinarli, ma tutti li conoscono e li guardano da lontano. Ogni venerdì sera organizzano quelli che sono diventati famosi come i Giochi degli Dèi, in cui all'avversario non si riserva nessuna pietà. Batterli è impossibile. Quando Haven arriva al campus come matricola, rimane affascinata da loro, anche se un po' impaurita, finché Hades si accorge di lei... L'amore che scoppia tra i due è irrefrenabile, ma si rivela ben presto una vera e propria discesa all'Inferno.

Zea’s adventure continues in the pause-resisting sequel to The Princess Trials. The stakes are higher and the competition more brutal in round two of the Princess Trials. Zea’s relationship with Prince Kevon intensifies, and she must choose between the prince and the rebel who holds her heart. When her enemies uncover a secret that drives a rift between Zea and Prince Kevon, she’s not only battling for survival but facing execution.

Dieses Spiel kann niemand gewinnen. Cass hat die Wahrheit über die Gameshow erfahren und entscheidet sich, auf der Seite des Widerstands zu kämpfen. Doch der Plan, das perfide System der Gamemaster zu stürzen, ist mehr als riskant. Denn neben der ständigen Gefahr, entdeckt zu werden, erkennt Cass, dass auch außerhalb der Arenen verhängnisvolle Spiele gespielt werden. Und schon bald muss sie sich fragen, ob sie den richtigen Menschen vertraut.

ARES LIVELY È UNA PEDINA AL SERVIZIO DEGLI DÈI IN CERCA DI REDENZIONE SETTE SFIDE DA AFFRONTARE UN SOLO OBIETTIVO: SOPRAVVIVERE. Siete pronti a sfidare il Caos? Ares Lively non è uno studente di Yale come tutti gli altri. Cresciuto tra le regole spietate e i giochi crudeli della famiglia Lively, ha imparato che fidarsi di qualcuno può costare caro. Dopo gli eventi del labirinto, il pericolo torna a incombere quando, davanti alla porta della sua stanza, trova un misterioso dado rosso a sette facce, tante quante le spietate sfide ideate da Urano e Gea per punire lui e i suoi fratelli.

The Endgame trilogy continues in the sequel to the New York Times bestseller Endgame: The Calling. Endgame is here. Earth Key has been found. Two keys—and nine Players—remain. The hunt for Sky Key has begun. Queens, New York. Aisling Kopp believes the unthinkable: that Endgame can be stopped...

Ready Player One meets Heartstopper in this “fun, fast, and fabulous read” (M. K. England) as a myth-loving video game player competing in a tournament with his gamer friends and handsome crush discovers there isn't a cheat code to life—or love. In the real world, Keegan Thomas is a gay...

Gegen wen spielst du wirklich? 2126, New London: Als die siebzehnjährige Cass in die niedrigste Klasse der Gesellschaft verstoßen wird, weiß sie, dass es nur einen Weg gibt, dieser Hölle zu entkommen: Sie muss es in die nächste Gameshow schaffen. Wer an der Gameshow teilnimmt, kann ein Ticket nach ganz oben gewinnen – oder bezahlt die Chance mit dem Leben. Cass bekommt unerwartet Hilfe von Jax, dem besten Gamer in der Arena. Die beiden werden Verbündete im großen Spiel um ihr eigenes Leben und gesellschaftlichen Aufstieg.

The explosive final novel in the Endgame trilogy. Two keys have been found. The strongest Players are left. One final key remains to win Endgame and save the world. For Sarah, Jago, Aisling, Maccabee, Shari, An, and Hilal, Endgame has reached its final phase. The third key, Sun Key, is all that...

Wenn du dazu bestimmt bist, alles zu verlieren, was du liebst, wofür lohnt es sich dann noch, zu kämpfen? Als der Tag der fünfzigsten Hungerspiele anbricht, erfasst Angst die Distrikte von Panem. In diesem Jahr werden zu Ehren des Jubel-Jubiläums doppelt so viele Tribute aus ihrem Zuhause gerissen. In Distrikt 12 versucht Haymitch Abernathy, nicht allzu sehr über seine Chancen nachzudenken. Alles, was ihn interessiert, ist, den Tag zu überstehen und bei dem Mädchen zu sein, das er liebt. Als Haymitchs Name aufgerufen wird, spürt er, wie all seine Träume zerbrechen.

A companion to the New York Times bestselling Endgame series, The Complete Zero Line Chronicles is a collection of prequel novellas that follows the Zero Line, an underground group of conspiracy theorists determined to put a stop to Endgame—and save the world. Several decades before the...

""A timely, speculative thought experiment in perspective, privilege, and identity."" —Kirkus ""The conceit behind Shusterman’s latest is truly unique. While it exhibits the author’s usual storytelling aplomb, it also manages to delve into more serious and timely subject matter, such as...

""Brilliantly inventive."" —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights ""Gorgeously written and unforgettable."" —Kamilah Cole, indie bestselling author of So Let Them Burn Alchemy and ancient spirits come to life in this debut fantasy inspired by African...