Showing results for "Of a Time" in Dystopian

Parvin Blackwater wanted to die, but now she's being called to be a leader. The only problem is no one wants to follow. The Council uses Jude's Clock-matching invention to force "new-and-improved" Clocks on the public. Those who can't afford one are packed into boxcars like cattle and used for the Council's purposes. Parvin and Hawke find themselves on a cargo ship of Radicals headed out to sea. What will the Council do to them? And why are people suddenly dying before their Clocks have zeroed-out?

Ci sono promesse che non possono essere mantenute. Come quella che Julian ha fatto ad Aileen. Era solo un bambino quando l'ha vista per la prima volta, e se n'è innamorato perdutamente. Da quel momento ha giurato che non l'avrebbe lasciata mai. Che sarebbe rimasto con lei per sempre. Ma si può davvero promettere per sempre? Non in una città come Aurora. Una metropoli schiacciata da un cielo plumbeo e soffocata dall'inquinamento, in cui l'aspettativa di vita è scesa drasticamente.

Ten teenagers broke behavioral law. Sentenced to be reeducated on the moon of Jerem, they were placed in stasis on the automated ship Phetteron for their six day journey. They never reached their destination. Thrown off course by a computer malfunction, the Phetteron is damaged in an asteroid belt and crash lands on the uninhabited ice planet of Valkrys.

In 2084, three teenagers discover the secret to time travel. At first their jumps cover only a few seconds, but soon they master the technique and combat their fear of jumping into the unknown. It’s dangerous. It’s illegal. And it’s utterly worth it for the full-body bliss of each return. As their ability to time jump grows into days and weeks, the group begins to push beyond their limits, with terrifying consequences. Could they travel as far as ten years, to escape the authorities? They are desperate enough to find out.

Kathryn Barker's Waking Romeo is a spectacularly genre-bending retelling of Romeo & Juliet asking the big questions about true love, fate, and time travel.

Verborgene Mächte haben es auf die führenden Mitglieder der Clans abgesehen und bedrohen den erblühten Frieden von Tokito. Durch einer Mordserie rücken Erin und ihr Dämon erneut in den Fokus der Ermittlungen. Einmal mehr muss die junge Rebellin sich auf den Distelkönig verlassen - wohlwissend, dass am Ende nur einer von beiden überleben kann. Während sie miteinander um die Kontrolle ihres Körpers kämpfen, ist der wahre Feind näher als gedacht ... Zeitgleich ist die ehrgeizige Ryanne fest entschlossen, sich an die Spitze ihres Clans zu kämpfen. Doch der Plan geht nicht auf.