Showing results for "Looking for Alaska" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Julian è sfuggito alla morte diventando un vampiro, ma la maledizione di un'eternità di sangue l'ha messo in catene. James è sfuggito alla morte diventando un demone, ma la morte gli è comunque rimasta dentro e lo segue in ogni dove da quando è tornato dall'inferno. I cuori di entrambi vivono in un passato da dimenticare, i corpi si muovono in un presente in bilico tra vizi e virtù. Jago, burattinaio inarrestabile, ha sete di vendetta e niente gli impedirà di ottenerla: Julian è il suo antagonista da annientare e James un mero strumento da piegare.

Devin moved to a small island town in Alaska for a fresh start. Now, his quiet life has turned into a fight for survival against plunging temperatures and an extraterrestrial invasion. With hostile aliens and failing technology, he must quickly learn to harness the nanotechnology he now controls to build settlements and save his adoptive hometown from the new threats.

Vor sieben Jahrzehnten ist der Astronaut Perry Rhodan auf Außerirdische getroffen. Seither ist die Menschheit zu den Sternen aufgebrochen und hat fremde Welten besiedelt. Dann werden die Erde und der Mond in den fernen Kugelsternhaufen M 3 versetzt. Als Rhodan diesen Vorgang rückgängig machen will, verschlägt es ihn mit dem Raumschiff SOL 10.000 Jahre in die Vergangenheit. Nach seiner Heimkehr stellt er fest: Die Überschweren mit ihrem Anführer Leticron haben die Welten der Menschen sowie weitere Sternenreiche erobert.

When Lieutenant Gerald Yamato of the Republic of California Air Force bailed out of his doomed fighter he had no idea he would land in a culture that would forever change his life. The Dene thought they had won their independence and the war was over. Suddenly they face an advancing Russian army from one direction, a merciless band of mercenaries from another, as well as the remnants of a defeated, angry, Russian army between the Dene and the rest of their people.

Northern Narratives is once again taking you back to Juneau, Alaska, the gateway to the Alaskan gold rush, in Book #2 of the series, Tall Tales of Alaska, Alaska: Juneau: A Quaint Alaska Town with a Gold Mining Problem. In this set of stories, you’ll be whisked away to the capital of Alaska when it was still an American territory.

In this controversial book, Vaughn Heppner explores the theme of a shattered America facing the onslaught of the new colossus in the East: Greater China. The time is 2032, and the Chinese are crossing the polar ice and steaming through the Gulf of Alaska. They have conquered oil-rich Siberia and turned Japan into a satellite state. Now a new glacial period has begun, devastating the world’s food supply. China plans to corner the world’s oil market and buy the needed food for their hungry masses.

Lawson wants what is lawfully his, but Banks is prepared to fight for his bride. Banks and Tia haven't consummated their marriage. He's done waiting. But he isn't like her other husbands. And while they both have a love for learning, Tia is about to get an entirely new sort of education. Banks is ready to teach his wife a few things about his dark desires. The world outside their bedroom though, is darker still. She has to get pregnant to stay in Alaska, but carrying a child is a death sentence. Finding a cure is all that matters. It's time to crack the code.

The world, at large, is in crisis but so is the marriage between Tia and her husbands. She thought she could trust them all but when one man betrays her, the cracks in the relationship are revealed. In a desperate, emotional finale to the Six Men of Alaska saga, Tia is faced with her worst enemy one last time. A gun is placed in someone’s hands, and the trigger is pulled. No one is safe, and time is running out. When you play the lottery, you enter a deadly game. At least, you do when Christina Thorne is your wife. Love is a gamble, but this is one legacy worth betting on.

Stress weaves its way into Tia’s heart, and a break from the harsh reality is just what the doctor ordered. But a trip to Emerson’s family home reveals yet another hidden secret, and Tia is confronted with a shocking reality. The man she thought she knew so well has been keeping the truth of who he is from everyone.

The Wife Gamble is book three in a six-book dystopian romance series. The passion is high but the stakes are even higher. Tia and her rugged husbands are in the wilds of Alaska fighting for their lives - and for their love. She trusts him with her secrets...but can she trust him with her heart? In a world where everyone struggles for survival, Tia is no exception. Enemies are on to her, and she won't be able to keep her husbands safe forever. For two of her men, it might already be too late.

Alaska, 1989. In a world where Alaska is still a Russian possession, charter captain Grigorivich Plesnett has a stained past - as a major in the Czar's Troika Guard, he was cashiered for disobeying a direct order. Now, 10 years later, Grig charters out to a cossack and discovers his past has not only caught up with him but is about to violently change his future, and the future of all nine of the nations of North America as well. Spanning Alaska from the Southeastern Inside Passage to the frozen Yukon, this is an epic tale of one man's journey of redemption and courage.

New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd welcomes you to Gothic, California—the mysterious village with a foggy history… WELCOME TO THE PAST At the glittering heart of Hollywood’s golden era stands the regal Gothic Palace Theater—the pinnacle of thrilling shows, opulent décor...

In a world where women are seen as a commodity to barter, Alaska promised a sanctuary. But to stay, I have to enter the wife lottery. Six men, one wife. And I have no say in who those men will be. It's more than a game of chance - it's my life falling into the hands of strangers. But the men who win my hand are ruggedly handsome and promise to protect me until death do us part.