Showing results for "Rose" in Dystopian

Vitus Adamson is falling apart. As a pre-deceased private investigator, he takes the prescription Atroxipine hourly to keep his undead body upright and functioning. Whenever he is injured, he seeks Niko, a bombshell mortician with bedroom eyes and a way with corpses, to piece him back together. Decomposition, however, is the least of his worries when two clients posing his most dangerous job yet appear at his door looking for their lost son.

In the second volume of the Native Tongue trilogy, the time has come for Láadan - the secret language created to resist an oppressive patriarchy - to empower womankind worldwide. To expand the language's reach, female linguists translate the Bible into Láadan and a group of Roman Catholic nuns are tasked to spread the language. But when outraged priests detect their sabotage, they send a double agent to infiltrate and destroy the movement from the inside.

Du bestimmst, wie hoch dein Wert ist, doch SIE entscheiden, wie viel du wert bist. Jeder Mensch hat einen gesellschaftlichen Wert, der täglich steigen oder fallen kann. Und jeder hat nur 72 Stunden Zeit, um im Notfall das Schlimmste zu verhindern. Amalia Thomson lebt in einer Welt ohne Grenzen, dafür jedoch der ständigen Überwachung. Mit drei Jobs auf drei Kontinenten verstreut, versucht sie, ihren sozialen Wert hoch genug zu halten, um sich und ihre kranke Mutter über die Runden zu bringen.

In the middle of the American Second Civil War, born with a face that is half black and half white, Jetta belongs nowhere. In New Orleans, where she lives with her grandmother after her parents' death, she is believed to be a demon come to curse them all. Everywhere in the town, the blacks - or people of any color - are being persecuted and, one day, Jetta is moved by the white military and shipped outside of the city walls to live in a closed ghetto along with the rest of New Orleans' many blacks. But Jetta is not black.

Scheinbar wendet sich alles zum Guten. Nick und Esther haben einen festen Platz in der Gemeinschaft gefunden und tragen ihren Teil dazu bei. Routine scheint einzukehren, und Esther fühlt sich immer sicherer. Als der Winter kommt, zieht die Gruppe vorübergehend in ein nahegelegenes Dorf, wo sie der Kälte besser trotzen können. Selbst Weihnachten wollen sie dort feiern. Alles könnte so schön sein, doch Esther fühlt sich zu sehr von den Männern bevormundet. Und dann passiert das, wovor sie die ganze Zeit schon Angst hatte.

Sie haben die Schießerei überlebt. Nicht nur Nick und Esther, sondern auch Ben und Karla, die ihnen unverhofft zur Hilfe kamen. Nun schlagen sie sich durch die Wälder, auf der Suche nach einer neuen Unterkunft. Ihre Feinde scheinen sie endlich hinter sich gelassen zu haben, doch nun stellt sich eine viel wichtigere Frage: Wie soll es weitergehen? All ihrer Besitztümer beraubt, fühlt Esther sich den anderen ausgeliefert. Und dann geben Ben und Karla auch noch zu, dass sie nicht ganz ehrlich waren. Können Nick und Esther ihnen noch trauen?

In the climate-ravaged year of 2072, Pura stands as a miraculous green haven, a geo-engineered paradise that protects lucky residents from the global catastrophes of heat domes, fires, floods, and droughts. Demetria Lopez is Pura's PR fixer, tirelessly promoting the city's idyllic image. But when she stumbles upon a dark secret that underpins Pura's existence, she must decide who and what she is willing to protect.

In a future of near-instantaneous global travel, of abundant provision for the needs of all, a future in which no one living can remember an actual war, a long era of stability threatens to come to an abrupt end. For known only to a few, the leaders of the great Hives, nations without fixed location, have long conspired to keep the world stable, at the cost of just a little blood. A few secret murders, mathematically planned. So that no faction can ever dominate, and the balance holds. And yet the balance is beginning to give way.

Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer--a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also knows that the inner lives of humans cannot be wished away.

Broadcast live, Rosa Lincoln takes to the stage at her brother’s memorial service with a bomb concealed beneath her clothes. Being in Jimmy’s shadow was never easy, even when he was alive, but in death he has become a national hero. When she crosses paths with the enigmatic Teresa, she discovers that those she has been taught to view as enemies may not be the real villains after all. The lies need to be stopped, and Rosa intends on doing just that.

In a future of near-instantaneous global travel, of abundant provision for the needs of all, a future in which no one living can remember an actual war, a long era of stability threatens to come to an abrupt end. For known only to a few, the leaders of the great Hives, nations without fixed location, have long conspired to keep the world stable, at the cost of just a little blood. A few secret murders, mathematically planned. So that no faction can ever dominate, and the balance holds. And yet the balance is beginning to give way.

I was taught to fear the truth, a lesson my mother instilled in me from birth, but that was before. Before she disappeared without a trace and left me to navigate a world she taught me was dangerous but never explained why. I thought I could handle it alone, with only my best friend to share my secrets, but that was before them - before the men that plowed into my life and found a place for themselves. They gave me everything - love, respect, but there was one thing I needed that they didn't have: answers.