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Three science prodigies go on a time-traveling adventure to save the Earth—if they don't accidentally destroy it first.

Los doce se han dividido. Seis permanecen en el Sistema Solar y los otros seis van a parar a través de un agujero de gusano a un planeta de la estrella Fomalhaut («Boca de Ballena» en árabe), un lugar extraordinario que esconde los secretos de la civilización creadora de la nave huevo: los tubulares. En su intento por deshacer lo sucedido, los dos grupos viven experiencias que afectarán al futuro de la humanidad.

Hazel Sinnett este o tânără aristocrată mai dornică să devină chirurg decât să se mărite. Jack Currer este un recuperator de cadavre care încearcă să supraviețuiască într-un oraș unde e foarte ușor să mori. Cei doi se întâlnesc întâmplător în Edinburgh, însă Hazel își dă seama de importanța întâlnirii abia după ce e dată afară de la cursurile renumitului doctor Beecham, pentru simplul motiv că e femeie… O poveste gotică plină de mister, intrigă și romantism.

Taylor erwacht im Unterschlupf der Fraktion und glaubt, ihre große Liebe für immer verloren zu haben. Als sie eine zweite Chance bekommt, Jonathan zu retten, zögert sie keine Sekunde. Doch kaum sind die beiden wieder vereint, wartet auch schon die nächste Gefahr: Emerdale will die Weltwirtschaftsausstellung in Tokio für ihre bösen Machenschaften nutzen. Um Emerdale aufzuhalten, greift die Fraktion zu überaus fraglichen Mitteln, die nicht nur Taylor und Jonathan, sondern auch ihre Beziehung auf eine harte Probe stellen. Schaffen sie es, den bevorstehenden Krieg zu verhindern?

Humanity is on the verge of extinction. The government has a simple plan to save the species: mandatory genetic matching. But it's not so simple when it's your own life on the line. Sadie doesn't want to marry a stranger at nineteen, let alone figure out which of her seven matches is the best fit. Things get even worse when one of the other women in the program gets drugged and disappears for voicing a complaint. Can Sadie navigate the matching program and save her friend, or will she get swallowed up by the conspiracy herself?

Willow is alone, confined to a bed with restraints. She can't remember how she got there . . . or how long she's been there. An old lady appears in her room to feed her twice a day. Granny doesn't talk, but Willow can hear thumping from somewhere beyond her door. It's not Granny's shuffling steps. It's too loud to be Granny's cat. Is it someone? Something? Then Granny's cat dies in Willow's room. And Granny follows a few days later. Willow will do anything to survive. But freeing herself from her bed is only the beginning . . .

It's been four months since runaway heiress Asa crash-landed on the matriarchal outlaw colony Requiem, bringing a nasty AI and a host of deadly secrets with her. Now, she runs with her almost-girlfriend Riven's smuggler crew, stealing kisses between gunfights and heists. But when a mysterious hacker sabotages their latest job, other gangs turn against them, blaming them for the destruction the rogue AI caused. Nowhere in the city is safe.

As an expert thief from a minor moon, Cass knows a good mark when she sees one. The emperor’s ball is her chance to steal a fortune for herself, her ailing father, and her scrappy crew of thieves and market vendors. Her plan is simple: 1. Hitch a ride to the planet of Ouris, the dazzling heart of the empire. 2. Sneak onto the imperial palace station to attend the emperor’s ball. 3. Steal from the rich, the royal, and the insufferable. But on the station, things quickly go awry. When the emperor is found dead, everyone in the palace is a suspect—and someone is setting Cass up to take the fall.

Che cosa chiederesti, se potessi esprimere un solo desiderio? E a che cosa rinunceresti, per pagarne il prezzo? 2038. Sono passati ormai quindici anni da quando la AWEN è entrata sul mercato, promettendo la realizzazione di qualunque desiderio. Il paradiso che offrono, però, non è a buon mercato, e ormai il mondo è spaccato tra chi può permetterselo e chi è condannato a una vita di povertà assoluta e scarsa assistenza sanitaria.

Unravelling the truth, one loop at a time. When Spence witnesses his classmate, Clara, die in what looks like a tragic accident at a house party, he is caught in a flicker in the fabric of time. Waking up to relive the same day again and seeing Clara alive and well, Spence realizes he has been granted a second chance and is determined to prevent the terrible events of the party. To escape the time loop, he has to re-evaluate everything he previously took for granted and find the courage to call out his own and others' complicity in events that marked the life and death of Clara Hart.

Sono passati tre anni da quando un virus ha sterminato gli adulti di Berlino, lasciando ragazzi e bambini allo sbando, divisi in bande rivali. Tre anni di amicizie fraterne e tradimenti, di amori sbocciati e sfioriti, e soprattutto tre anni di lotte e scontri. Tra le spire di ghiaccio e neve del dicembre 1978, alcune figure misteriose, con indosso inquietanti tute bianche, hanno rapito Nina.

Cuando el transbordador espacial Sila V despega hacia los confines del sistema solar, lo hace con la tripulación equivocada: doce niños. Los chicos y chicas, seleccionados por la WASA (la NASA del futuro) para promocionar la misión Lunae 2, proceden de doce países diferentes y tienen orígenes sociales muy distintos.

My name is Eve Hamilton. I spent my entire life in Compound Eleven as a fighter. Surviving in an underground city filled with violence, oppression, and tyranny. We were told the world above was scorched, an immediate death sentence. I should have died never knowing the truth. Instead, when I fought Wren—a boy from the top floor, a Preme—I fell for him. And eventually learned that my reality was an insidious lie. Escaping Compound Eleven nearly killed me and Wren. Now we’re aboveground, where the world is anything but a toxic, burning wasteland.

Die 14-jährige Ophelia Scale ist neu in Brighton. Sie hat durch die staatliche Abkehr von jeder Technologie alles verloren: ihre Zukunftsaussichten, ihre Familie und ihr Zuhause. Als jedoch die Widerstandsgruppe ReVerse an sie herantritt, eröffnet sich ihr eine neue Welt. Dort kann sie gegen all das aufbegehren, neue Freunde finden - und ihre erste große Liebe: Knox. Doch was sich zunächst wie ein einziges grandioses Abenteuer anfühlt, ist hochgefährlich und wird Ophelias Leben auf immer verändern.

Girls in New America must have a chaperone with them at all times. Because of this, Stella is never alone. She can't go out by herself or learn about the world. She can't even spend time with boys except at formal Visitations. Still, Stella feels lucky that her chaperone, Sister Helen, is like a friend to her. And then the unthinkable happens. Sister Helen dies suddenly, and Stella feels lost. Especially when she's assigned a new chaperone just days later.

In a world gone wrong, heroes and villains are not always easy to distinguish and every individual has the ability to contribute something powerful. In this stunning collection of original and rediscovered stories of tragedy and hope, the stars are a diverse group of students, street kids, good girls, kidnappers, and child laborers pitted against their environments, their governments, differing cultures, and sometimes one another as they seek answers in their dystopian worlds.

"Spillets by" er en foruroligende og nervepirrende fremtidsfortælling om reality shows og social ulighed. Kimo bor sammen med sin familie i Urban Vertikali, en verden, hvor indbyggerne har været tvunget til at bygge vertikalt op i luften. De fattigste bor nederst, de rigeste øverst, og der er ingen kontakt mellem de forskellige niveauer. Da det årlige realityshow, Rangstigen, skydes i gang, opdager Kimo til sin forfærdelse, at hun er en af deltagerne.

Years ago, seventeen-year-old Apache hunter Lozen and her family lived in a world of haves and have-nots. There were the Ones—people so augmented with technology and genetic enhancements that they were barely human—and there was everyone else who served them. Then the Cloud came, and everything changed. Tech stopped working. The world plunged back into a new steam age. The Ones’ pets—genetically engineered monsters—turned on them and are now loose on the world.

London, 1816: Zoe, Zeitreisende und Zofe von Miss Lucie, und Hayden, gutaussehender Lord und ebenfalls Zeitreisender, nehmen am legendären Winterball teil. Doch statt eine rauschende Ballnacht zu verbringen, wird Zoe von der Verborgenen Gesellschaft auf ein einsames Landgut entführt. Ausgerechnet dort findet sie heraus, dass der Splitter für Haydens und ihre Rückreise in die Gegenwart Teil der Dekoration bei einer Soiree ist.

Alliances are made and lines are drawn as Maddie and her group come face to face with General Dempsey’s forces.