Showing results for "Kim" in Literature & Fiction

Every month, the great black dragon comes. Every month, a child is snatched. That's all the village of Kalma knows. Semra is one of those children, and she knows the truth: there is a dragonlord in the mountain, raising the children into his personal syndicate of assassins. When seventeen-year-old Semra learns they aren't fighting evil but are in fact evil themselves, she risks everything to expose the dragonlord.

Jeanne, 17 ans, s'envole pour la Corée du Sud. Elle doit retrouver Choi, sa correspondante, pour un été de folie. Elle ne sait pas encore que ces vacances vont changer sa vie... À cause de la pluie, leur sortie camping vire à la catastrophe. Les filles et leurs amis sont obligés de s'abriter dans un vieux manoir abandonné, dans lequel il se passe des phénomènes étranges. Heureusement que Jeanne ne croit pas aux fantômes ! Mais pourquoi fait-elle toujours le même cauchemar ? Qui est le jeune homme qui hante ses nuits ?

As fiercely feminist as it is hopeful, this speculative, sapphic YA romance from the author of For Girls Who Walk through Fire is simultaneously a modern-day war cry and a PSA that there is a wolf who slumbers inside us all—we only have to wake her. Rue’s life is over. After she’s caught...

From debut author Nina Varela comes the first book in a richly imagined epic fantasy duology about an impossible love between two girls—one human, one Made—whose romance could be the beginning of a revolution. Perfect for fans of Marie Rutkoski’s The Winner’s Curse as well as Game of...

Tib, Amon und Saphira sind in den finsteren Kerkern der Morlocks in der unterirdischen Stadt Gremgall gefangen. Während sie ihre Flucht planen, treffen sie auf einen alten Feind: Frederic, den verdorbenen Meister. Eingesperrt in einer Zelle neben ihnen, beginnt der Magier, die düstere Wahrheit hinter seinem Verrat zu enthüllen.

Seventeen, dead, and in charge of heaven's dark angels—all itching to kill someone. Madison Avery's dreams of ever fitting in at her new school died when she did. Especially since she was able to maintain the illusion of a body, deal with a pesky guardian angel, and oh yeah, bring the reaper...

I'm Madison Avery, in charge of heaven's hit squad . . . and fighting it all the way. When Madison died the night of her prom, she knew her life would never be the same. Now she has a powerful amulet, a team of rogue angels by her side, and the ability to flash forward into the future to see the...

Per längtar från landsbygden där han bor och hans lycka är gjord när han kommer in på en skola i Stockholm. Nu börjar det riktiga livet! I Stockholm träffar han Kim och kärleken är ett faktum. Men allt är inte så lätt när man är ung och osäker och så kär att hjärtat brister... Bernt Danielsson är författare, konstnär och vinskribent. Han har skrivit ett tjugotal böcker, flera i gränslandet mellan ungdoms- och vuxenböcker, och översatts till ett flertal språk.

The Prophecy has arrived … and with her, war. A prisoner caged within the walls of her own mind, the once-fierce assassin known as Shin Lina can do nothing but watch as a tide of blood and chaos sweeps across the Three Kingdoms. After all, Lina is the one who unleashed the malevolent Prophecy upon her world. Now the red thread of fate ties them all together in love and hatred―Rui, Lina, and the merciless Prophecy herself. And the more Lina fights against her destiny, the tighter the thread becomes.

The Emmy Award nominee and Edgar Award-winning duo return readers to the postapocalyptic teen world, the Wasteland, in this thrilling sequel. Bestselling author of Criminal, Karen Slaughter, called Wasteland "a Lord of the Flies for future generations. An irresistible page-turner." The former...

The Emmy Award-nominated and Edgar Award-winning duo of Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan deliver a heart-pounding finale to the post-apocalyptic teen world of the Wasteland, filled with dramatic twists and turns. Bestselling author Karin Slaughter called the first book in the trilogy, Wasteland, "a...

Suspenseful and richly atmospheric, June Hur's The Forest of Stolen Girls is a haunting historical mystery sure to keep readers guessing until the last page. 1426, Joseon (Korea). Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found...

Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. She's desperate to finish high school and escape her sad divorced mom, her volatile little brother, and worst of all, her great group of friends...who don't understand Morgan at all. Because really, Morgan's biggest secret is that she has a lot of secrets, including the one about wanting to kiss another girl. Then one night, Morgan is saved from drowning by a mysterious girl named Keltie. The two become friends, and suddenly life on the island doesn't seem so stifling anymore.

Hörst du das Flüstern der Rache? Lina hat nur ein Ziel: Rache an den Schwarzkranichen – der Gang, die ihre Freunde getötet hat. Jetzt will die Assassine die Kraniche vernichten. Doch ihre Zeit in Gyeulcheon hat Spuren hinterlassen. In Lina schlummern Kräfte, denen sie nicht ganz traut. Genauso wenig wie der Stimme in ihrem Kopf, von der sie nicht einmal Rui erzählen kann. Rui, der ihr Herz schneller schlagen lässt. Und der ihr ebenfalls etwas verheimlicht ...

From Sophie Kim comes the second book in the epic fantasy based on Korean mythology, an unflinching roller coaster ride of action, romance, and intricate fantasy lore.

After the destruction of her entire Talon gang, eighteen-year-old Shin Lina—the Reaper of Sunpo—is forced to become a living, breathing weapon for the kingdom’s most-feared crime lord. All that keeps her from turning on her ruthless master is the life of her beloved little sister hanging in the balance. But the order to steal a priceless tapestry from a Dokkaebi temple incites not only the wrath of a legendary immortal, but the beginning of an unwinnable game. Lina finds herself in the dreamlike realm of the Dokkaebi, her fate in the hands of its cruel and captivating emperor.

My name is Madison Avery, and I'm here to tell you that there's more out there than you can see, hear, or touch. Because I'm there. Seeing it. Touching it. Living it. Madison's prom was killer—literally. For some reason she's been targeted by a dark reaper—yeah, that kind of reaper—intent...

Ein König. Eine Diebin. Ein tödlicher Deal. Lina ist eine Sturmkralle, eine Diebin und Assassine. Da wird ihre Gang von den Schwarzkranichen getötet und Lina muss für die Mörder arbeiten. Bis ihr nach einem Diebstahl Rui erscheint – der Herrscher der mächtigen Dokkaebi. Zur Strafe für ihre Tat entführt er Lina in sein Reich. Dort bietet Rui ihr jedoch einen Deal an: Gelingt es ihr, ihn innerhalb von vierzehn Tagen zu töten, lässt er sie gehen. Das Problem: Dokkaebi gelten als nahezu unsterblich.

Kim liebt es zu tanzen und zu feiern. Außerdem ist sie die ordentlichste in der Freunde WG und kommt gut mit der Vermieterin Frau Meier klar. Hört euch die besten Folgen noch einmal an einem Stück an.

Celia Sand faced Diavala and won, using ink magic to destroy the corrupt religion of Profeta that tormented her for a decade. But winning came with a cost. Now Celia is plagued with guilt over her role in the death of her best friend. When she discovers that Diavala is still very much alive and threatening Griffin, the now-infamous plague doctor, Celia is desperate not to lose another person she loves to the deity's wrath. The key to destroying Diavala may lie with Halycon Ronnea, the only other person to have faced Diavala and survived. But Halcyon is dangerous.