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Arena
by Holly JenningsA fast-paced and gripping near-future science fiction debut about the gritty world of competitive gaming... Every week, Kali Ling fights to the death on national TV. She's died hundreds of times. And it never gets easier... The RAGE tournaments--the Virtual Gaming League's elite competition where the best gamers in the world compete in a no-holds-barred fight to the digital death. Every bloody kill is broadcast to millions. Every player is a modern gladiator--leading a life of ultimate fame, responsible only for entertaining the masses. And though their weapons and armor are digital, the pain is real. Chosen to be the first female captain in RAGE tournament history, Kali Ling is at the top of the world--until one of her teammates overdoses. Now, she must confront the truth about the tournament. Because it is much more than a game--and even in the real world, not everything is as it seems. The VGL hides dark secrets. And the only way to change the rules is to fight from the inside. <br> <b>Winner of the 2017 Alex Award (10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences)</b>
Arena of Monsters (Escape from Planet Alcatraz)
by Michael DahlZak Nine has been captured and placed in Planet Alcatraz's "Monster Zoo." But this isn't any ordinary zoo. This zoo holds dozens of alien "monsters" who are forced to fight for the entertainment of the prison planet's owners. Zak's friend, Erro, is determined to break into the zoo to rescue the human boy. Erro will need to rely on his Quom survival skills to succeed. Will he be able to find Zak, avoid the zoo's Overseers, and find a way out?
Ares Express (Desolation Road #2)
by Ian McdonaldA Mars of the imagination, like no other, in a colorful, witty SF novel, taking place in the kaleidoscopic future of Ian McDonald's Desolation Road, Ares Express is set on a terraformed Mars where fusion-powered locomotives run along the network of rails that is the planet's circulatory system and artificial intelligences reconfigure reality billions of times each second. One young woman, Sweetness Octave Glorious-Honeybun Asiim 12th, becomes the person upon whom the future--or futures--of Mars depends. Big, picaresque, funny; taking the Mars of Ray Bradbury and the more recent, terraformed Marses of authors such as Kim Stanley Robinson and Greg Bear, Ares Express is a wild and woolly magic-realist SF novel, featuring lots of bizarre philosophies, strange, mind-stretching ideas, and trains as big as city blocks.REVIEWS"Ares Express is a long, adventure-filled, extravagantly colorful, often funny, quite moving, highly imaginative, excellently written story, set on a glorious Mars built partly of sharp-edged Kim Stanley Robinson-style extrapolation, but mostly of lush, loving, Ray Bradbury-style semi-SF, semi-Fantasy, Martian dreams.... I loved it wholeheartedly." - SF Site"Hugo-winner McDonald's virtues have long been underappreciated by major North American publishers... McDonald's fantastic Mars is vividly detailed and owes much to Bradbury's Martian stories. Despite a bit of hand waving around technology that is glibly indistinguishable from magic, this sequel is entirely worthy of its rightly lauded predecessor [Desolation Road]." - Publishers Weekly"One of the strangest, weirdest, fantastic reads of your life." - SF Crowsnest"McDonald is clever, lyrical... snarky, and utterly wondrous. The characters would be completely unbelievable in our world, but in theirs they are inevitable..." - Night Owl Reviews
Ares Express (Desolation Road #2)
by Ian McdonaldA Mars of the imagination, like no other, in a colorful, witty SF novel; Taking place in the kaleidoscopic future of Ian McDonald's Desolation Road, Ares Express is set on a terraformed Mars where fusion-powered locomotives run along the network of rails that is the planet's circulatory system and artificial intelligences reconfigure reality billions of times each second. One young woman, Sweetness Octave Glorious-Honeybun Asiim 12th, becomes the person upon whom the future - or futures - of Mars depends. Big, picaresque, funny; taking the Mars of Ray Bradbury and the more recent, terraformed Marses of authors such as Kim Stanley Robinson and Greg Bear, Ares Express is a wild and woolly magic-realist SF novel, featuring lots of bizarre philosophies, strange, mind-stretching ideas and trains as big as city blocks.
Argentis
by E. C. TubbThis colorful, action-packed space opera tells of rival factions, including Earthmen and an enigmatic and fanatical Venusian, who voyage through space in a race to find the derelict ship of an ancient civilization, a Venusian Elder Race.
Argentis
by E.C. TubbThis colorful, action-packed space opera tells of rival factions, including Earthmen and an enigmatic and fanatical Venusian, who voyage through space in a race to find the derelict ship of an ancient civilization, a Venusian Elder Race.
Argentum (La saga/ AMAL Volumen: 2 #2)
by Debbie Manber KupferCon Alistair desaparecido, un poco de paz regresa a AMAL, pero Miri es atormentada por pesadillas. El amuleto de plata que recientemente había colgado alrededor del cuello de Alistair ahora está en posesión de Miri y parece haber cobrado vida propia. Y luego desaparece misteriosamente. Jessamyn busca la ayuda de Quentin, quien afirma haberse arrepentido de su asociación pasada con Alistair, pero ¿se puede confiar en él? ¿Y qué hay de Jenna? La joven rescatada de la casa de empaque de Alistair guarda un terrible secreto. Uno que podría determinar el futuro de AMAL
Argmenon: El elegido
by Marta Luján«Argmenon», El Elegido te atrapará en una nueva dimensión: el poder de seducción de una mente oscura. <P><P>El despótico Argmenon y su ejército de osyawin avanzan en la conquista de los reinos sometiendo a los hombres con el poder del medallón de la serpiente, pero sabe que la profecía está a punto de cumplirse. <P>Si el Elegido encuentra las rosas de Cristal de Luz destruirá su imperio de oscuridad y restaurará la gloria de Therram, y él no podrá vengarse de los layowin y del Gran Maestro. Para evitarlo, deberá encontrar primero al Elegido. <P>Pero Kyros no es sólo un joven campesino de Hakkaran; posee una cualidad extraordinaria. Pronto descubrirá que ese poder tiene un propósito de ser, lo que le llevará a embarcarse en una misión más allá de lo imaginable y a entablar una batalla personal con un ser oscuro que domina las mentes y los corazones. <P>¿Podrá escapar él a ese dominio o sucumbirá al poder de la oscuridad arrastrando consigo las esperanzas de todos los pueblos?
Argmenon: Las rosas de Cristal de Luz
by Marta LujánLa magia de este libro te conquistará. Virko y las tropas de osyawin han invadido la ciudad de Ilmahid gracias a la traición del hijo de Asthor. Kyros y sus amigos han huido para salvar su vida. Iniciarán así un viaje lleno de aventuras y peligros en busca de las rosas de cristal de luz que Irgus escondió en diversas ciudades cuando era un joven soldado. <P><P>Solo con las rosas podrá Kyros derrotar a Argmenon y devolver el esplendor a los reinos sometidos, cumpliendo así su misión. Durante el viaje, Kyros conocerá la responsabilidad y la esperanza que descansan sobre el elegido, al tiempo que descubrirá su verdadera identidad y sus orígenes y encontrará el amor. <P>Sin embargo, cumplir con su misión le exigirá un precio demasiado alto. ¿Estará dispuesto a pagarlo para salvar la vida de todos? solo una cosa podrá sostenerlo entonces: la confianza.
ARGMENON. La caída de Therram: La caída de Therram
by Marta Luján«Argmenon» sumergirá al lector en un mundo corrompido por la oscuridad, y le hará conocer el poder de la luz, el valor y la amistad. Cuando el hombre cede a la ambición, su mundo se desestabiliza y pierde el sentido de la realidad. El rey Hàdam lo sabe, porque él ha caído bajo ese mismo hechizo. <P><P>Ahora los servidores de la Oscuridad, los Osyawin, harán que todos los habitantes de Therram paguen las consecuencias. Su líder, el temido y a la vez venerado Argmenon, un ser sin rostro y sin piedad, los llevará como esclavos a las minas de Odnumar, si logran sobrevivir al terrorífico viaje por el desierto y por el mar. <P>Sin embargo, aún queda una esperanza... el joven soldado Irgam debe escapar y esconder las rosas de Cristal de Luz. Estas fueron un regalo a Hàdam de los Layowin, los servidores del Cristal de Luz, para proteger su reino. Las rosas contienen un gran poder que Argmenon ambiciona para sí mismo. <P>Cuando el Elegido las recupere y derrote a Argmenon, Therram volverá a ver su gloria. Una única esperanza, un largo camino plagado de peligros y fuerzas oscuras, un enemigo formidable con poderes sobrenaturales y sed de venganza, y un joven soldado inexperto... <P>¿Acaso morirá con él esa esperanza?
An Argumentation of Historians: The Chronicles of St. Mary's Book Nine (The\chronicles Of St. Mary's Ser. #9)
by Jodi TaylorThe ninth book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone’s cup of tea. Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don’t call it “time travel”?these historians “investigate major historical events in contemporary time.” And they aren’t your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate description, as they ricochet around history, might be unintentional disaster-magnets. From Tudor England to the burning city of Persepolis, from a medieval St. Mary’s under siege to Victorian Rushford and a very nasty case of gaol fever, Max is struggling to keep her private life intact. There’s an ambitious programme hindered by giant teapots, plus Mrs. Midgely’s objection to dead hamsters in her airing cupboard, and Mr. Markham’s stubborn refusal to reveal his exact marital status. And as if that’s not enough?the unfortunately not leprosy-laden Malcolm Halcombe is back. Admittedly, none of this is the most secure platform from which to launch an initiative to bring down the renegade Clive Ronan, but hey?what’s the worst that could happen?
An Argumentation of Historians (Chronicles of St. Mary's #9)
by Jodi TaylorThe ninth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.They say you shouldn't push your luck. Max gives her own luck a massive shove every day - and it's only a matter of time until luck pushes back... January 1536 - the day of Henry VIII's infamous jousting accident. Historians from St Mary's are there in force, recording and documenting. And, arguing - obviously.A chance meeting between Max and the Time Police leads to a plan of action. And, it's one that will have very serious consequences - especially for Max. Her private life is already more than a little rocky. But with Leon recovering and Matthew safe in the future there will never be a better opportunity to bring down Clive Ronan, once and for all.From Tudor England to the burning city of Persepolis - and from a medieval siege to a very nasty case of 19th century incarceration - Max is determined that this time, he will not escape.(P) 2018 Audible, Ltd
An Argumentation of Historians: The Chronicles Of St. Mary's Book Nine (Chronicles of St. Mary's #9)
by Jodi TaylorThe ninth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.They say you shouldn't push your luck. Max gives her own luck a massive shove every day - and it's only a matter of time until luck pushes back... January 1536 - the day of Henry VIII's infamous jousting accident. Historians from St Mary's are there in force, recording and documenting. And, arguing - obviously.A chance meeting between Max and the Time Police leads to a plan of action. And, it's one that will have very serious consequences - especially for Max. Her private life is already more than a little rocky. But with Leon recovering and Matthew safe in the future there will never be a better opportunity to bring down Clive Ronan, once and for all.From Tudor England to the burning city of Persepolis - and from a medieval siege to a very nasty case of 19th century incarceration - Max is determined that this time, he will not escape. Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me' 'A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' 'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it' 'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked' 'A tour de force'
An Argumentation of Historians (Chronicles of St. Mary's #9)
by Jodi TaylorThe ninth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.They say you shouldn't push your luck. Max gives her own luck a massive shove every day - and it's only a matter of time until luck pushes back... January 1536 - the day of Henry VIII's infamous jousting accident. Historians from St Mary's are there in force, recording and documenting. And, arguing - obviously.A chance meeting between Max and the Time Police leads to a plan of action. And, it's one that will have very serious consequences - especially for Max. Her private life is already more than a little rocky. But with Leon recovering and Matthew safe in the future there will never be a better opportunity to bring down Clive Ronan, once and for all.From Tudor England to the burning city of Persepolis - and from a medieval siege to a very nasty case of 19th century incarceration - Max is determined that this time, he will not escape. Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me' 'A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' 'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it' 'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked' 'A tour de force'
Aria of the Eclipse
by Vivien DeanNothing has ever excited Tylen Merodine more than being invited by the Regent himself to celebrate the first solar eclipse in his planet’s recorded history. It’s the party of the millennium, and if he has to restrain his normal exuberant instincts to fit in, that’s what he’ll do to be a part of it. His good intentions vanish, however, the moment he’s presented to the Regent. Because there, in a gilded cage, playing music unlike anything Tylen’s ever heard, is the most beautiful alien he could imagine.For more than twenty years, Dek has lived in captivity, performing at the whim of those who see him as an animal. The Regent is just the latest in a long line of owners, and while he’s kind, he’s still blind to Dek’s sentient nature. Only music gives Dek a voice, until Tylen breaks the rules and sneaks in to see and speak to him alone.The time they have together is stolen and precious, the minutes ticking away until the eclipse is past and they have to go back to the way their lives were before. But when the Regent shows an unexpected interest in Tylen’s future, they begin to wonder if their worlds need to remain so separate ...
Aria the Synchro Fairy: The Water Sports Fairies Book 2 (Rainbow Magic #2)
by Daisy MeadowsRachel, Kirsty and Khadijah can't wait to see a synchronised swimming team perform at the Rainbow Lake National Park. But Jack Frost's naughty goblins have stolen Aria's magic rainbow swimming cap and now the swimmers can't remember their moves! It's up to the girls to get it back before synchro is ruined for everyone.Don't miss the rest of the Water Sports Fairies series:1. Helen the Sailing Fairy2. Aria the Synchro Fairy3. Yasmeen the Kayaking Fairy4. Keiko the Diving Fairy'These stories are magic; they turn children into readers!' ReadingZone.comIf you like Rainbow Magic, check out Daisy Meadows' other series: Magic Animal Friends, Unicorn Magic and Pixie Magic!
Ariadne, I Love You
by J. Ashley-SmithJude is dragged out of Alt Country obscurity, out of the dismal loop of booze and sadness baths and the boundless, insatiable loneliness, to scrub up and fly to Australia for a last, desperate comeback tour. Hardly worth getting out of bed for—and he wouldn't, if it weren't for Coreen.But Coreen is dead. And, worse than that, she's married. Jude's swan-song tour becomes instead a terminal descent, into the sordid past, into the meaning hidden in forgotten songs, into Coreen's madness diary, there to waken something far worse than her ghost.
Ariadnis: Book 1 (Ariadnis #1)
by Josh MartinWe are the ones who came after the comet. We survived the great wave that covered the world. We are the chosen.The first in a breathtaking and unique series, packed with magic, prophecy, and a thrilling competition, for fans of Melinda Salisbury and Victoria Aveyard.Aula and Joomia have been chosen to decide the fate of their people. On their eighteenth birthday, the girls will compete in a mysterious and dangerous trial to prevent a war between their two nations.Now, with just a year left, Aula and Joomia must prepare. There's no time for friendship, no space for love. But how can you train for a deadly challenge you know nothing about?Only one girl will claim Ariadnis's final prize. Only one will survive.
Ariana the Firefighter Fairy: The Helping Fairies Book 2 (Rainbow Magic #2)
by Daisy MeadowsGet ready for an exciting fairy adventure with the no. 1 bestselling series for girls aged 5 and up. It's time for the Tippington Helper Award to be given and Rachel and Kirsty are excited to meet the nominees. Jack Frost has decided the winner, though, will be him! He's stolen all of the Helping Fairies' magical items - can Rachel and Kirsty get them back before the Tippington Helper Award is given to least helpful Ice Lord there ever was? 'These stories are magic; they turn children into readers!' ReadingZone.com Read all four fairy adventures in the Helping Fairies set! Martha the Doctor Fairy; Ariana the Firefighter Fairy; Perrie the Paramedic Fairy; Lulu the Lifeguard Fairy. If you like Rainbow Magic, check out Daisy Meadows' other series: Magic Animal Friends and Unicorn Magic!
Ariel (The Change, Book #1)
by Steven R. BoyettPete Garey, a young loner who survived the Change and the madness that followed, spent two years wandering and scavenging the near-deserted cities and towns alone--until the day he encountered an injured unicorn. He nursed her back to health and named her Ariel, and an unlikely friendship was formed. But unicorns are rare even in a Changed world--and the power of their magic is highly prized. A necromancer in New York City covets that power and will stop at nothing to possess Ariel, dead or alive. Sought by bounty hunters both human and inhuman, Pete and Ariel decide to make a stand against their enemy--and journey to confront the dark sorcerer in the ruined heart of the city he has made his own twisted kingdom.
Ariel
by Steven R. Boyett&“Part post-apocalypse, part road-trip, part sword-and-sorcery . . . One of my favorite adventure novels of all time.&” —Cory Doctorow At four-thirty one Saturday afternoon the laws of physics as we know them underwent a change. Electronic devices, cars, industries stopped. The lights went out. Any technology more complicated than a lever or pulley simply wouldn't work. A new set of rules took its place—laws that could only be called magic. Ninety-nine percent of humanity has simply vanished. Cities lie abandoned. Supernatural creatures wander the silenced achievements of a halted civilization. Pete Garey has survived the Change and its ensuing chaos. He wanders the southeastern United States, scavenging, lying low. Learning. One day he makes an unexpected friend: a smartassed unicorn with serious attitude. Pete names her Ariel and teaches her how to talk, how to read, and how to survive in a world in which a unicorn horn has become a highly prized commodity. When they learn that there is a price quite literally on Ariel's head, the two unlikely companions set out from Atlanta to Manhattan to confront the sorcerer who wants her horn. And so begins a haunting, epic, and surprisingly funny journey through the remnants of a halted civilization in a desolated world.
Ariel
by Lucius ShepardAriel brilliantly transmutes some traditional SF concepts - alien incursions, the mysteries of quantum physics - into an astonishing, often moving reflection on love and obsession, memory and identity, and the archetypal conflict that stands at the heart of an infinite multitude of worlds.
Aries: Los Arcángeles del Zodíaco (Los Arcángeles del Zodíaco #1)
by Virginie T.Me llamo Ariel y soy una arcángel. Bueno, lo era antes de que las Puertas de la Luz se cerraran tras de mí, para no abrirse nunca más. Ahora solo soy Ariel, miembro de una ONG que lucha por salvar especies en peligro de extinción. Al fin y al cabo, en el fondo sigo siendo la protectora de la flora y la fauna, a pesar de haber perdido mis poderes. Sin embargo, mis habilidades de arcángel no están tan perdidas como pensaba. Namibia va a transformar todas mis creencias, todo mi futuro incierto desde hace demasiado tiempo. Allí conoceré a Kanem, guardián de la reserva de Etosha. Con él, todo es diferente, y yo soy diferente. ¿Quieres saber por qué? Entonces sigue mi historia. Un volumen para cada arcángel del zodíaco. Los volúmenes pueden leerse por separado
Arina au pays des merveilles. La bête et pas une seule beauté. Livre 1 (Arina au pays des merveilles. La bête et pas une seule beauté #1)
by Olga Kryuchkova Elena KryuchkovaArina se retrouve dans un monde magique et fait la connaissance de la fée Miranda, qui essaie de désensorceler son filleul, le prince Henri (dont le visage est défiguré par un mauvais sort). Et seul le baiser d’une princesse peut l’en libérer. Ensemble, Miranda et Arina fondent l’agence matrimoniale Mariages et roses, puis en font la publicité grâce à un miroir magique. Les princesses accourent à l’agence, mais aussi les fraudeuses. Les aventures magiques d’Arina dans un autre monde commencent !
Arina au pays des merveilles. La bête et pas une seule beauté. Livre 2 (Arina au pays des merveilles. La bête et pas une seule beauté #2)
by Olga Kryuchkova Elena KryuchkovaLa jeune fille et la fée marraine ouvrent une agence matrimoniale pour désensorceler le prince, mais les choses ne se passent pas comme prévu…