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#1 New York Times Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the Year There’s no such thing as safe in a city at war, a city overrun with monsters. In this dark urban fantasy from acclaimed author Victoria Schwab, a young woman and a young man must choose whether to become heroes or villains—and...

Trace Taylor was at a shooting range when the world was kidnapped by the alien species called the ‘Esvol’ to begin humanity's integration with the System. Each individual person is given a femtochip implant and a class to fend for themselves before being sent back to Earth. Once Trace returns, she finds that the planet too is left scarred by this encounter. Faced with monsters, dungeons, an annoying AI, and a lot of insane idiots, how will Trace come to survive this newly-changed planet?

Even if Ana had every name, her path would be difficult. The guilty are powerful, protected, and dangerous. But Ana only has three of the names she needs. In order to claim the rest, she must grant Lady Jacobs three favors. In doing so, Ana will descend deeper into the dark, glittering world of the Royal City and further away from the protective walls of the Academy. Who will win this game of shadows and crowns?

Anabella Halt won the challenge and healed Adam Rockwell for the whole planet to see. She proved that she is no imposter. In one year, she will be ready to seize her family's long vacant council seat. There's only one problem . . . Ana faked the entire thing. She can't heal a papercut. Now, Adam's dangerous father and the most powerful military man on the planet, suspects her secret. He's willing to overlook it for a small favor—a marriage to his son and a strategic alliance. Ana wants to say no, until he offers to free her friend Samuel from prison. It's an offer she can't refuse.

As the first vampire ever to run for class president, Lexie has a chance to shed her otherworldly image and get in with the in-crowd. If only it weren't for those annoying pixies! Blix and Mitzi are the Livingstones' houseguests, and they're wreaking havoc. Meanwhile, siblings Maddy and Hudson are having some problems of their own. There's never a dull moment in the lives of these vegetarian vampires!

The apocalypse continues! And Trace Taylor doesn't know what she should do. A war between worlds seems inevitable, and Liberapolis is not prepared to fend off monster attacks, let alone the end of the world. With Ex just as clueless as she is, the redhead decides to confide with her best friend, Elizabeth Evergreen. Will the two young women be enough to stave off an alien invasion?

Die Frage nach dem "Warum" hatte schon immer die Macht, ganze Nationen zugrunde zu richten – oder denjenigen, der sie stellt. Unsere Zukunft erstrahlt in makellosem Glanz. Die Menschheit arbeitet darauf hin, einen Evolutionssprung zu machen. Wissenschaft, Industrie und Kunst verschmelzen zu einem Gesellschaftssystem, das alle Schwächen überwunden hat. Nicht zuletzt durch das Cybernet – die digitale Vernetzung der Emotionen.

Mientras surca el espacio en una nave en malas condiciones, Kara realiza un viaje interior atormentado por su pasado. La dura supervivencia en el espacio y sus heridas internas no se interponen en su instinto de ayudar a quienes se encuentran en apuros y se cruzan en su camino. Esta aventura espacial y futurista te llevará a disfrutar de un universo inexplorado y lleno de sorpresas, mientras acompañas la evolución personal de la protagonista. Comparte sus sufrimientos, dilemas y sensaciones en una travesía inolvidable.

Diario de los Últimos Días en la Tierra es una perturbadora narración postapocalíptica que explora la fragilidad de la humanidad ante un caos absoluto. El relato comienza con un día aparentemente común que rápidamente se transforma en un infierno cuando fenómenos inexplicables, como un apocalíptico ataque de pájaros asesinos, devastan la normalidad. Narrado en primera persona por Jesús Liberiganto, un joven desencantado con la vida escolar, la historia combina escenas de horror visceral, dilemas morales y una profunda introspección emocional.