Showing results for "Time and Literature" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Nur knapp entkommt Lilly deGray den schottischen Highlands, doch das bedeutet nicht, dass sie außer Gefahr ist. Denn Salem im Jahr 1692, zu Beginn der Hexenverfolgung, ist alles andere als ein sicherer Ort für fremde junge Frauen. Noch dazu hat sie keine Ahnung, ob Damien und Collin ebenfalls die Flucht gelungen ist, und die Suche nach der Perle von Tortuga entpuppt sich als deutlich schwieriger als gedacht.

In hundert Jahren ist die Erde eingefroren und zwei Raumschiffe verlassen sie. Auf der Long leben die Reichen und Mächtigen, bedient und unterstützt von den besten Köpfen und Könnern. Die Yoda ist ein umgebauter Raumfrachter mit einer Besatzung aus Outlaws, Kindern und Überlebenskünstlern. Was kann da noch eine Künstliche Intelligenz mit Zeitmaschine ausrichten – außer vielleicht, in den Händen von zwei Jugendlichen aus unserer Zeit den globalen Zusammenbruch zu verhindern?

Jarek und seine Gefährten finden sich bei dem gewalttätigen Aufstand in Zalahaa zwischen allen Fronten und mitten im Kampf um eine ganze Stadt wieder. Nach dem verlustreichen Ende der Auseinandersetzungen müssen sie erkennen, dass sie sich wieder einmal getäuscht haben und sie haben keine Ahnung, wo sie den Raubmörder Ollo nun wirklich suchen sollen. Doch unerwartet finden sie eine neue Spur, die aber in eine ganz andere und niemals vermutete Richtung weist.

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?

Parvin Blackwater is dead. At least that's what the Council and the world thinks. But her sacrifice tore down part of the Wall long enough to stir up hope and rebellion in the people. Now she will rise again. Strong, free, and fearless. Parvin and Solomon must uncover the mysterious clues that Jude left behind in order to destroy the projected Wall once and for all. Meanwhile, the Council schemes to new levels of technology in its attempts to keep the people contained. Can a one-handed Radical and a scarred ex-Enforcer really bring shalom to the world?

For the first time in her life, Hope Walton has friends...and a (maybe) boyfriend. She's a Viator, a member of a long line of time-traveling ancestors. When the Viators learn of a plan to steal a dangerous device from the inventor Nikola Tesla, only a race into the past can save the natural timeline from utter destruction. Navigating the glitterati of the Gilded Age in 1895 New York City, Hope and her crew will discover that high society can be as deadly as it is beautiful.

Annie Lockwood is testing Time. She's traveled through it before, but always at Time's bidding. Now she is asking Time to take her to the year 1899, when Strat is in Cairo. But Time doesn't like to be tested. In what feels like a cruel joke, Annie is transported to ancient Egypt, thousands of years before Strat was born - to a world far removed from the one she knows. Meanwhile, in 1899, Strat is photographing the same pyramids that Annie walks among. But while Strat eagerly awaits Annie's arrival, another visitor arrives: his father, Hiram Stratton, Sr., has come to Egypt to collect his son.

Imagine changing centuries - and making things worse, not better, on both sides of time. Imagine being involved in two love triangles in two different centuries. What if, no matter which direction you travel in time, you must abandon someone you love? Meet 15-year-old Annie Lockwood, a romantic living in the wrong century. When she travels back a hundred years and lands in 1895 - a time when privileged young ladies wear magnificent gowns, attend elegant parties, and are courted by handsome gentlemen - Annie at last finds romance. But she is a trespasser in time.

Life is complicated enough for Molly and Beth even before they walk through a spooky doorway that leads to - Thursday 26 July 1984! The girls can’t believe they are back in a time where the hair is weird and the technology is basic. But when Beth realises that her mum, who died when Beth was little, would be alive in the 1980s, she just has to try to find her.... Can the girls navigate their way through the strange world of their parents’ youth - and back home again (without using Google maps)?

Als Sara in die blauen Augen von Dante Craven blickt, ist ihr Schicksal besiegelt. Sie verfällt ihrem charmanten Mitschüler, ohne zu ahnen, welches Geheimnis er hütet. Auch wenn er gegen jede Regel verstößt, die der Rat aufgestellt hat, Dante kann Sara nicht fern bleiben. Ein Wächter der Unterwelt darf keine Sterbliche lieben und doch tut er es. Mitreißende Romantasy-Reihe mit Suchtfaktor.

The old gods have returned, and the world will never be the same again. Of course, that won’t stop people from trying to wake an old evil and throw the world back into chaos. The only way to stop it is for Ukrah and her friends to unite every spirit and vessel and fight back. And it looks like that plan just might work. Until a devastating betrayal threatens to end them all.

To stop her sadistic grandfather, Saul, and his band of time travelers from rewriting history, Kate must race to retrieve the CHRONOS keys before they fall into the Cyrists’ hands. If she jumps back in time and pulls the wrong key - one that might tip off the Cyrists to her strategy - her whole plan could come crashing down, jeopardizing the future of millions of innocent people. Kate’s only ally is Kiernan, who also carries the time-traveling gene.

Im zweiten Band der Zeitreisegeschichte wird es noch turbulenter. Im Römischen Reich angekommen, versuchen die Besucher als Götter aufzutreten und die gesamte Menschheitsgeschichte umzukrempeln. Während Diana und Apoll bis ins Reich der Parther vordringen, versuchen die übrigen Götter das Römische Reich gegen innere Intrigen und äußere Feinde zu verteidigen – eine gefährliche Herausforderung für die Zeitreisenden. Denn die Veränderung einer Gesellschaft führt unweigerlich zu Konflikten. Zugleich wartet ein Feind im Osten nur darauf, zuzuschlagen.

"I was told to beware the accursed spindle, but it was so enchanting, so hypnotic. I was looking for a little adventure the day I ditched my tour group. But finding a comatose town, with a hot-looking chick asleep in it, was so not what I had in mind. I awakened in the same place but in another time – to a stranger’s soft kiss."

In 1944, Oakwood's town council is desperate to save their young men from being lost to the devastation of the far-reaching effects of WWII, and as such make the unconscionable decision to make an evil deal with an agent of the devil in order to protect their own children, town's citizens and peaceful way of life. Little does journalism student Jim Norton know that his decision to write an article on the town, that seems to have been able to have escaped the pitfalls of progress for his school paper in 1984, will lead him down the treacherous rabbit hole that might end with his demise.

Bordertown: a city on the Border between the human world and the elfin realm. A place where neither magic nor technology can be counted on, where elf and human kids run away to find themselves. The Way from our world to the Border has been blocked for 13 long years. Now the Way is open once again—and Bordertown welcomes a new set of seekers and dreamers, misfits and makers, to taste life on the Border.

"What's Happened to Me?": Sarah finds herself in a strange place, and she can recall only one thing - her name. A young man, Heath de Charon, explains to Sarah that he found her unconscious on the grounds of his family's estate and has been caring for her. "When the Clock Chimes": Drake Iverson lands a summer job on Sandstone Mountain. There are no computers; he has to do all the work by hand in a large leather-bound book. He doesn't mind, as long as he can be near Gina, who is pretty and kind. "The Mysteries of Chance": Dylan Sorenson offers his help to a girl who seems to be in distress.

A plan to take down the New World Order. When Solomon calls in a favor, Josh is obligated to hold up his end of the bargain. He quickly regrets binding himself and the group to the open-ended agreement after hearing what Solomon has in mind. The mission is not only dangerous and foolish, but Josh considers it to be down-right impossible. Lucius Alexander’s OASIS cities are living up to their namesake by providing security, healthcare, food, shelter, and even recreation. But admission to these modern utopias come at a cost.

Jack is finally finding his rhythm in New Earth. Between crafting sessions, run-ins with dinosaurs, and bonding with his quirky companions, things seem to be turning around. His ground sloth, Snowy, and his buzzing team of bees make leveling up a little sweeter, and his parents are starting to accept his unconventional path.

Pepper und Noah sind bis über beide Ohren verliebt. Ihre Zweisamkeit währt aber nicht lange, als Noahs leichtsinniger Bruder Finn die Taschenuhr in die Finger bekommt. Ohne es zu wollen schickt er die Brüder damit in die Vergangenheit. Mit mehr Glück als Verstand schaffen es die beiden es zurück in ihre Gegenwart und ihr Leben scheint vorerst unverändert. Als Noah entdeckt, dass jede Spur von Pepper fehlt, wagt er noch einmal eine Reise in der Zeit. Finn steht ihm zur Seite, sorgt jedoch eher für Chaos, als dass er hilft.