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The Excalibur Curse (Camelot Rising Trilogy #3)
by Kiersten WhiteThe gripping conclusion to the acclaimed Arthurian fantasy trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White finds Guinevere questioning everything—friends and enemies, good and evil, and, most of all, herself.While journeying north toward the Dark Queen, Guinevere falls into the hands of her enemies. Behind her are Lancelot, trapped on the other side of the magical barrier they created to protect Camelot, and Arthur, who has been led away from his kingdom, chasing after false promises. But the greatest danger isn&’t what lies ahead of Guinevere—it&’s what&’s been buried inside her. Vowing to unravel the truth of her past with or without Merlin&’s help, Guinevere joins forces with the sorceress Morgana and her son, Mordred—and faces the confusing, forbidden feelings she still harbors for him. When Guinevere makes an agonizing discovery about who she is and how she came to be, she finds herself with an impossible choice: fix a terrible crime, or help prevent war.Guinevere is determined to set things right, whatever the cost. To defeat a rising evil. To remake a kingdom. To undo the mistakes of the past...even if it means destroying herself.Guinevere has been a changeling, a witch, a queen—but what does it mean to be just a girl?
Excavation: A Novel
by James Rollins“A real page-turner….Rollins keeps the story in overdrive, with plenty of twists and turns before the final shocker.”—Douglas Preston, co-author of The Monster of Florence A classic adventure from James Rollins, the author of The Doomsday Key, The Last Oracle, The Judas Strain, Black Order, and other pulse-pounding, New York Times bestselling thrillers, Excavation carries readers deep into the jungles of South America, and into the terrifying heart of dark mysteries that should never be unearthed.
Except the Queen
by Midori Snyder Jane YolenSisters Serena and Meteora were proud members of the high court of the Fairy Queen-until they were cast out from court, stripped of their powers, and banished to the brutish mortal realm of Earth-where they discover a long-forgotten dark force that threatens both fairy and human worlds.
Exceptions to Reality: Stories
by Alan Dean FosterA "New York Times"-bestselling author delivers a collection of spectacular short stories that includes tales of outer space, cyberspace, and an all-new Pip Flinx adventure. Original.
Exceptions to Reality
by Alan Dean FosterAs is evident from his many thrilling novels, Alan Dean Foster is a master at creating other worlds in an array of genres. Now he turns his imagination to the short story in these spectacular tales of outer space, cyberspace, ancient gods, modern demons and mortal horror, including:The Panhandler - A predatory lawyer encounters a fabled boyhood hero and falls victim to the less innocent intrigues of eternal youth.Growth - Not even his minidrag Pip can save Flinx from the overly intimate advances of an intruder who goes entirely too far.Basted - A lowly, hen-pecked Egyptian discovers that the Pharaoh's tomb holds exactly what he needs for a whole new life.The Killing of Bad Bull - A man with a knack for getting gambling's one-armed bandits to give it up finds himself at the top - of several hit lists.At Sea - A poor Scandinavian captain forced into running drugs is shown a way out of his desperate straits with the help of five beautiful blondes who are simply out-of-this-world.
An Excess Male: A Novel
by Maggie Shen KingOne of the Washington Posts' "The 5 best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2017"!James Tiptree, Jr Literary Award Honor ListA B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog "Best SFF of 2017" pick!A Kirkus "Best of the Best!" of 2017 Honorable MentionFrom debut author Maggie Shen King, An Excess Male is the chilling dystopian tale of politics, inequality, marriage, love, and rebellion, set in a near-future China, that further explores the themes of the classics The Handmaid's Tale and When She Woke.Under the One Child Policy, everyone plotted to have a son. Now 40 million of them can't find wives.none noneChina’s One Child Policy and its cultural preference for male heirs have created a society overrun by 40 million unmarriageable men. By the year 2030, more than twenty-five percent of men in their late thirties will not have a family of their own. An Excess Male is one such leftover man’s quest for love and family under a State that seeks to glorify its past mistakes and impose order through authoritarian measures, reinvigorated Communist ideals, and social engineering.Wei-guo holds fast to the belief that as long as he continues to improve himself, his small business, and in turn, his country, his chance at love will come. He finally saves up the dowry required to enter matchmaking talks at the lowest rung as a third husband—the maximum allowed by law. Only a single family—one harboring an illegal spouse—shows interest, yet with May-ling and her two husbands, Wei-guo feels seen, heard, and connected to like never before. But everyone and everything—walls, streetlights, garbage cans—are listening, and men, excess or not, are dispensable to the State. Wei-guo must reach a new understanding of patriotism and test the limits of his love and his resolve in order to save himself and this family he has come to hold dear.In Maggie Shen King’s startling and beautiful debut, An Excess Male looks to explore the intersection of marriage, family, gender, and state in an all-too-plausible future.
An Excess of Enchantments
by Craig Shaw GardnerThis is another in Gardner's series about a bumbling magician.
Excession
by Iain M. BanksThe fifth Culture book from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a modern master of science fiction. Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different universe. It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing. Then it disappeared. Now it is back.Praise for the Culture series:'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph The Culture series:Consider PhlebasThe Player of GamesUse of WeaponsThe State of the ArtExcessionInversionsLook to WindwardMatterSurface DetailThe Hydrogen SonataOther books by Iain M. Banks:Against a Dark BackgroundFeersum EndjinnThe Algebraist
Excession (Culture)
by Iain M. BanksThe fifth Culture book from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a modern master of science fiction. Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different universe. It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing. Then it disappeared. Now it is back.Praise for the Culture series:'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph The Culture series:Consider PhlebasThe Player of GamesUse of WeaponsThe State of the ArtExcessionInversionsLook to WindwardMatterSurface DetailThe Hydrogen SonataOther books by Iain M. Banks:Against a Dark BackgroundFeersum EndjinnThe Algebraist
Excession (Culture)
by Iain M. BanksTwo and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different universe. It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing. Then it disappeared. Now it is back.'Banks is a phenomenon ... wildly successful, fearlessly creative' William Gibson'Thrilling, affecting and comic ... probably the finest science fiction he has written to date' New Scientist'Banks has rewritten the libretto for the whole space-opera genre' The Times
An Exchange of Hostages
by Susan R. MatthewsUnder Jurisdiction torture isn’t about truth. It’s about terror.<P> The Jurisdiction’s Bench has come to rely on the institutionalized atrocities of the Protocols to maintain its control of an increasingly unstable political environment. When Andrej Koscuisko, a talented young doctor, reports to orientation as a Ship’s Inquisitor he will discover in himself something far worse than a talent for inflicting grotesque torments on the Bench’s enemies. He will confront a passion for the exercise of the Writ to Inquire whose intensity threatens to consume him utterly.<P> As he struggles to find some thread of justice and compassion under the Law, as he fights to hang on to what remains to him of his sanity, he will make powerful enemies who are eager to use his knowledge, his empathy, his passion against anyone who challenges the Bench.
The Exclusive-loved Imperial Consort: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Ruo YousuoshiModern girl ling ruofei after experiencing a nightmare was taken away by two people in black necklace because of chasing them through the name of the six worlds of the other world p p in the six crystal crystal world of amethyst country ling ruofei met amethyst emperor purple night feather was attacked by its bow and arrow coma wake up by words and flirtation disgusted with its heart after the escape from the amethyst palace on the way ling ruofei met the priest qi wing is performing a sacrificial ceremony surprised for the sky p p god yu yi ling ruofei is the legend of the six falls need to find the guard of the six holy priests to return to the original world so ling ruofei with purple night feather and qi wing set foot on the journey a difficult journey purple night feathers look cynical with superb fencing looking after its lingrefei and fuzziness and qi wing at spell church lingrefei simple self-defense is used to protect themselves the two different talent let lingrefei am very self-abased realizing his incompetence to xuan the south of the underworld at the same time with a bat and injured wing to heal think qi wing and ling ruofei escape purple night feather led the army to pursue and come qi wing and purple night feather relationship cracks p p ling ruofei and qi wing was lost in the escape strayed into the cloud field met the cloud field overlord strong and proud of he lianqin ling ruofei was forced to become the imperial concubine of he lianqin he was respected by the emperor because of his heavenly status but also envied by other concubines after escape from the hand of helianqin ling ruofei started to set up their own tiannu army trying to unify the whole six boundaries tiannu army recovered the cloud man boundary against the rule of all countries but finally defeated by the purple night feather hand p p ling ruofei can not be a prisoner threw himself into the lake but therefore recalled his previous life is the emperor of the six world god night favorite concubine flower glass in the myth era and the six highest gods in the war reincarnation for the modern girl and after the defeat by god punish night emperor this life is purple night feather restore the memory of the former life ling ruofei and injured purple night feather reunion bring him to his life of modern healing the two decided to return to the sixth world after recovery to save the last priest imprisoned by the polar god and to rebuild the destroyed night palace
Exclusive Overlord: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Cai SeXiao ruiyao has been living in the orphanage never know what is happy happy happy only after a couple claimed her in the orphanage did they know what happiness was live the life you love and do the things you ve never done before this is not a fantasy when it comes true it s real when happiness into a bubble xiao ruiyao woke up from a dream when the mood once again sank to the bottom that in return is what no way actually through when xiao ruiyao passes through another world she discovers this world has changed it wasn t the world she knew everything had changed wang ye princess these two have been buried in the past two vocabulary reappeared in xiao ruiyao s life how should he deal with all this start with through my own overlord
Excuse Me While I Disappear: Stories
by Joanna ScottFrom a Pulitzer Prize finalist and "greatly gifted and highly original artist" comes a masterful collection of stories about the timeless universal struggle to connect (New York Times).Joanna Scott, the critically acclaimed author of ten novels and two collections, turns her &“incandescent imagination&” (Publishers Weekly) back to the craft of the short story, with breathtaking results. Ranging across history from the distant past to the future, Scott tours the many forms our stories can take, from cave wall paintings to radio banter to digitized archives, and the far-reaching consequences of our communications.In Venice in the Late Middle Ages, a painter's apprentice finds a way to make his mark on canvases that will survive for centuries. In the near future, after the literary canon has been preserved only on the cloud and then lost, a scholar tries to piece together a little-known school of writers committed to using actual paper. In present day New England, a radio host invites his electrician to stay for dinner, opening up new narrative possibilities for both men.Written in prose so naturally elegant, smooth, and precise that it becomes invisible, Excuse Me While I Disappear asks what remains of our stories—as individuals and civilizations—after we are gone.
Execution (Escape from Furnace #5)
by Alexander Gordon SmithAlex Sawyer has escaped his underground nightmare to discover the whole world has become a prison, and Alfred Furnace is its master. Monsters rule the streets, leaving nothing but murder in their wake. Those who do not die become slaves to Furnace's reign of cruelty. Alex is a monster too. He is the only one who can stop Furnace but in doing so he could destroy everything. Is he the executed or the executioner? Who will die? All Alex knows is that one way or another, it all ends now.
The Execution Channel: Novel
by Ken MacLeod'Distinctive, politically challenging, both tantalizing and satisfying.' - Kirkus Reviews'This man's going to be a major writer.' - Iain BanksFighting has spread across the Middle East and Central Asia to the borders of China. In the US, refugees from climate-change disaster subsist in FEMA camps. Images of official executions circulate on the Internet like al Qaeda videos. State agencies sponsor conspiracy theories as cover-ups. As the troops of the last superpower stand astride the last of the oil, China and Russia aren't the only states considering their options: certain nations of Old Europe are quietly preparing for the worst.James Travis is a middle-aged middle manager in a software company. He has a son in the army, a daughter in a peace-protest camp outside a USAF base, and a compromising relationship with a foreign intelligence service. When his cover is blown hours before a nuclear explosion destroys the base, Travis, his son, and his daughter are all in serious trouble. And as the spooks and disinformation specialists focus their efforts on his capture, Travis knows that all it will take is one mistake and his only memorial will be another grainy video on . . . The Execution Channel.Ken MacLeod's most relevant and accessible novel to date.Books by Ken MacLeod:Fall RevolutionThe Star FractionThe Stone CanalThe Cassini DivisionThe Sky RoadEngines of LightCosmonaut KeepDark LightEngine CityCorporation Wars TrilogyDissidenceInsurgenceEmergenceNovelsThe Human FrontNewton's WakeLearning the WorldThe Execution ChannelThe Restoration GameIntrusionDescent
The Execution Channel
by Ken MacLeodIt's after 9/11. After the bombing. After the Iraq war. After 7/7. After the Iran war. After the nukes. After the flu. After the Straits. After Rosyth. In a world just down the road from our own, on-line bloggers vie with old-line political operatives and new-style police to determine just where reality lies.James Travis is a British patriot and a French spy. On the day the Big One hits, Travis and his daughter must strive to make sense of the nuclear bombing of Scotland and the political repercussions of a series of terrorist attacks. With the information war in full swing, the only truth they have is what they're able to see with their own eyes. They know that everything else is--or may be--a lie.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Executioner's Daughter
by Jane HardstaffAll her life, Moss has lived in the Tower of London with her father, who serves as the executioner for King Henry VIII. Prisoners condemned to death must face Pa and his axe—and Moss catches their severed heads. Her father insists he has no choice: if he leaves the Tower, he will be killed. But Moss can't bear to be the executioner's daughter any longer. When she finally finds a way out of the Tower, she discovers the river holds more dangers than she imagined—including the Riverwitch's curse. The Riverwitch once helped Moss's family in exchange for a terrible bargain; now she expects Moss to pay the debt.
Executive (Bio of a Space Tyrant #4)
by Piers AnthonyTo pursue his ultimate goals, the tyrant of Jupiter disguises himself as a rebel leader in this sci-fi saga from the New York Times–bestselling author. He was shaping his times as no one before him dared, mercilessly scourging an entire planet of crime and corruption wherever he found them—and destroying anyone who stood in his way. Absolute dictator of the United States of Jupiter, Hope Hubris was destined to become the most hated and feared man of an era, a tyrant charged with countless heinous acts and sexual cruelties. Yet justice remained his fiercest passion. Now, to insure his goals, Hope would assume an alternate identity and become a rebel—the brilliant leader in a revolution dedicated to his own overthrow. To fulfill his dreams, he would sacrifice love . . . and plunge headlong into madness . . . Executive.
Executive Bodyguard: The Enforcers (The Enforcers #2)
by Debra WebbHer husband returns from the dead—with superhuman strength. Second in the series featuring operatives who have been made smarter, stronger—and sexier.Caroline Winters, the first woman elected president, knew her term wouldn’t be easy. Then, months into her office, her husband tragically died in a plane crash—and she began receiving bone-chilling phone calls . . . Now, suddenly, Justin Winters had returned. And when the threats on her life began, like an executive bodyguard, Justin performed feats of superhuman skill to protect her. And as the danger escalated around them, it seemed less daunting than facing the feelings provoked by the tender touch of the stranger with her husband’s face . . .
The Executive's Baby (Loving the Boss)
by Robin WellsLovingTheBossMEMOTo: The Single Women in the OfficeFrom: Rachel Sinclair, Bride in WaitingRe: My Ex-Flame Has Returned!I can't decide if this is the best day of my life or the worst. I thought I'd never see Nick Delaney again, but imagine my surprise when he showed up in my office declaring his need for me-as live-in nanny to his orphaned niece! I used to dream about the sexy businessman proposing marriage, but thankfully I'm over that. That is, I was-until he kissed me....Six friends dream of marrying their bosses in this delightful new series.Watch for Patricia's story in May.
Exegesis
by Astro TellerA researcher in artificial intelligence creates a machine that is self-aware.
The Exegesis of Philip K Dick
by Philip K. DickBased on thousands of pages of typed and handwritten notes, journal entries, letters, and story sketches, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick is the magnificent and imaginative final work of an author who dedicated his life to questioning the nature of reality and perception, the malleability of space and time, and the relationship between the human and the divine. Edited and introduced by Pamela Jackson and Jonathan Lethem, this will be the definitive presentation of Dick's brilliant, and epic, final work. In The Exegesis, Dick documents his eight-year attempt to fathom what he called "2-3-74", a postmodern visionary experience of the entire universe "transformed into information". In entries that sometimes ran to hundreds of pages, Dick tried to write his way into the heart of a cosmic mystery that tested his powers of imagination and invention to the limit, adding to, revising, and discarding theory after theory, mixing in dreams and visionary experiences as they occurred, and pulling it all together in three late novels known as the VALIS trilogy. In this abridgment, Jackson and Lethem serve as guides, taking the reader through the Exegesis and establishing connections with moments in Dick's life and work.
Exhalation: Stories
by Ted ChiangFrom the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others—the basis for the Academy Award –nominated film Arrival: a groundbreaking new collection of short fiction. <P><P>"THE UNIVERSE BEGAN AS AN ENORMOUS BREATH BEING HELD." <P><P>In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine. In “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate,” a portal through time forces a fabric seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past mistakes and second chances. <P><P>In “Exhalation,” an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications that are literally universal. In “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom,” the ability to glimpse into alternate universes necessitates a radically new examination of the concepts of choice and free will. <P><P>Including stories being published for the first time as well as some of his rare and classic uncollected work, Exhalation is Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic—revelatory. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
La Exigencia Del Gremio: Una fantasía de LitRPG para jóvenes adultos (Las Aventuras de Brad #7)
by Tao WongTodos necesitamos un sanador, tanto si lo quieren como si no. Daniel Chai ha caído en la rutina de aventurarse y explorar mazmorras con sus amigos. No están progresando rápidamente, pero son mejoras constantes y un trabajo honesto. Desafortunadamente, la habilidad de Daniel como sanador, y uno que es verdaderamente Dotado, ha vuelto a casa para asentarse en forma de venganza. A medida que se expone su secreto, los mayores temores de Daniel entran en juego y los gremios aventureros de todo tipo intentan reclutarlo a él y a sus amigos, lo quieran o no. Obligado a navegar por la política de los gremios y el interés noble, la vida simple de Daniel se ha vuelto complicada una vez más. La Exigencia Del Gremio es el libro 7 de Las Aventuras de Brad, una serie de fantasía para adultos jóvenes de LitRPG. Escrito por el exitoso autor de Apocalipsis del Sistema, Un Millar de Li y Deseos Ocultos, se inspira en novelas ligeras japonesas como Dan Machi, Grimgar y Konosuba. Género: FICCIÓN PARA ADULTOS JÓVENES / Fantasía / General Género Secundario: FICCIÓN PARA ADULTOS JÓVENES / Cuentos de Hadas & Folklore / General Idioma: Español