Showing results for "Vortex" in Genre Fiction

Ex-Special forces Hugo Xavier and his team are catapulted into action when a deadly robbery takes place in Denmark. The thieves escape with a next-generation drone and the hunt is on to prevent an even deadlier attack to take place. At the same time, the secret Shadow Council sees an opportunity to gain more power as Hugo hunts those responsible.

Eugénie Valier, héritière déclinante d'un grand groupe industriel, se résigne quant à elle à une mort prochaine. Et puisque l'humanité court à sa perte, elle décide de démanteler l'empire érigé par son père au lieu de le léguer à son fils. L'intégralité de sa fortune ira à une fondation destinée à nettoyer les “trash vortex”, ces vastes tourbillons marins qui charrient tous les déchets dérivant à la surface des océans. Mais cette mission, a priori vertueuse, sert en fait un projet de liquidation générale, auquel se mêle un inavouable règlement de comptes familial.

Priya and Alexandra have moved from the city to a picturesque countryside town. What Alex doesn't know is that in moving, Priya is running from her past—from a fraught relationship with an old friend, Prakash, who pursued her for many years, both online and off. Time has passed, however, and Priya, confident that her ties to Prakash have been successfully severed, decides it’s once more safe to establish an online presence. In no time, Prakash discovers Priya online and contacts her.

Polar Vortex is a seductive and tension-filled novel about Priya and Alex, a lesbian couple who left the big city to relocate to a bucolic countryside community. It seemed like a good way to leave their past behind and cement their newish, later-in-life relationship. But there's leaving the past behind - and then there's running away from awkward histories.

An orphaned teen with the ability to transform into a vicious whirlwind latches on to Ryan and the companions as they travel through former North Dakota. Her deadly power seems like a boon at first, until it starts to control her. When threatened, she destroys everything in her path...including those she loves. Then a group of outcast fighters kidnaps the young woman and manipulates her — and her terrifying mutation — for their own destructive agenda. With the vortex unleashed, the companions face a tough decision: chill the orphan or perish in her violent wake.