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The North Wind (The Four Winds #1)
by Alexandria WarwickA lush and enchanting fantasy romance, inspired by Beauty and the Beast and the myth of Hades and Persephone. Beloved by readers on TikTok. Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. With her parents gone, it is Wren&’s responsibility to ensure she and her sister survive the harsh and endless winter, but if the legends are to be believed, their home may not be safe for much longer. For three hundred years, the land surrounding Edgewood has been encased in ice as the Shade, a magical barrier that protects the townsfolk from the Deadlands beyond, weakens. Only one thing can stop the Shade&’s fall: the blood of a mortal woman bound in wedlock to the North Wind, a dangerous immortal whose heart is said to be as frigid as the land he rules. And the time has come to choose his bride. When the North Wind sets his eyes on Wren&’s sister, Wren will do anything to save her – even if it means sacrificing herself in the process. But mortal or not, Wren won&’t go down without a fight.
Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sanditon (Oxford World's Classics Ser.)
by Jane Austen Claudia L. Johnson John Davie James KinsleyNorthanger Abbey depicts the misadventures of Catherine Morland, young, ingenuous, and mettlesome, and an indefatigable reader of gothic novels. Their romantic excess and dark overstatement feed her imagination, as tyrannical fathers and diabolical villains work their evil on forlorn heroines in isolated settings. What could be more remote from the uneventful securities of life in the midland counties of England? Yet as Austen brilliantly contrasts fiction with reality, ordinary life takes a more sinister turn, and edginess and circumspection are reaffirmed alongside comedy and literary burlesque. Also including Austen's other short fictions, Lady Susan, The Watsons, and Sanditon, this valuable new edition shows her to be as innovative at the start of her career as at its close.
Northern Frights: Volume One
by Nancy Baker Robert Bloch Carolyn Clink Charles De Lint Steve Rasnic Tem Tanya Huff Garfield Reeves-StevensThe first volume of the World Fantasy Award nominated anthology of Canadian horror short fiction by Nancy Baker, Robert Bloch, and others. When the first volume of Northern Frights hit the shelves in 1992, it started a new era of Canadian horror and dark fantasy fiction. Series editor Don Hutchison challenged authors “to produce weird fiction of exceptional merit”—and they delivered unforgettable short stories that launched careers, won awards, and garnered widespread acclaim. From “The Man Who Cried ‘Wolf!’”, Robert Bloch’s classic werewolf thriller, to Garfield Reeves-Stevens’ gripping story of supernatural terror in the Toronto suburbs, to Galad Elflandsson’s chilling look at horror on a snowbound highway, we invite you to bundle up with the first Northern Frights anthology and its seventeen cold-as-the-crypt tales of the fantastic and horrific. This volume includes chilling stories and poetry by: Nancy Baker, Robert Bloch, Carolyn Clink, Charles de Lint, Galad Elflandsson, Terence M. Green, Tanya Huff, Shirley Meier, Nancy Kilpatrick, David Nickle, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Robert Sampson, Peter Sellers, Lucy Taylor, Steve Rasnic Tem, Edo van Belkom, Karen Wehrstein, and Andrew Weiner. Plus a new introduction from Don Hutchison himself.
The Northern Girl: Watchtower, The Dancers Of Arun, And The Northern Girl (The Chronicles of Tornor #3)
by Elizabeth A. LynnThe visions begin when Sorren is only 13. Too numb to be frightened, Sorren eventually learns that this gift to travel places in her mind is called Far-travelling, and she is marked as a member of the White Clan of Arun. But this honor of being a witch frightens Sorren and she does not want to come within the Tanjo and serve. So instead, Sorren is determined to keep this gift a secret for as long as she can, whatever the cost may be.
Northern Stars: The Anthology of Canadian Science Fiction
by David G. HartwellFrom the earliest days of modern science fiction, Canada has given readers some of the most important authors in the field--and many of the finest stories. World Fantasy Award-winning editor David G. Hartwell has teamed up with Canadian writer and critic Glenn Grant to compile Northern Stars, an anthology of stories by the writers who have built Canada's rich science fiction tradition. Now in paperback for the first time, Northern Stars is the definitive overview of science fiction's northern frontier, a valuable addition to any fan's library.Contributors include:Joel ChampetierLesley ChoyceMichael G. ConeyCharles de LintCandas Jane DorseyDave DuncanJames Alan GardnerWiliam GibsonPhyllis GotliebGlenn GrantTerence M. GreenEileen KernaghanDonald M. KingsburyJudith MerrilYves MeynardJohn ParkClaude-Michel PrevostGarfield Reeves StevensSpider RobinsonEsther RochonRobert J. SawyerDaniel SernineHeather SpearsJean-Louis TrudelElisabeth VonarburgPeter WattsAndrew WeinerRobert Charles WilsonAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Northland Trilogy: Stone Spring, Bronze Summer, Iron Winter (The\northland Trilogy Ser. #3)
by Stephen Baxter8,000 years ago Europe was a very different place. England was linked to Holland by a massive swathe of land. Where the North Sea is now lay the landmass of Northland. And then came a period of global warming, a shifting of continents and, over a few short years, the sea rushed in and our history was set.But what if the sea had been kept at bay? Brythony is a young girl who lives in Northland. Like all her people she is a hunter gatherer, her simple tools fashioned from flint cutting edges lodged in wood and animal bone. When the sea first encroaches on her land her people simply move. Brythony moves further travelling to Asia. Where she sees mankind's first walled cities. And gets an idea. What if you could build a wall to keep the sea out?And so begins a colossal engineering project that will take decades, a wall that stretches for hundreds of miles, a wall that becomes an act of defiance, and containing the bones of the dead, an act of devotion. A wall that will change the geography of the world. And it's history.Stephen Baxter has become expert at embedding human stories into the grandest sweeps of history and the most mind-blowing of concepts. STONE SPRING begins a trilogy that will tell the story of a changed world. It begins in 8,000 BC with an idea and ends in 1500 in a world that never saw the Roman Empire, Christianity or Islam. It is an eye-opening look at what history could so easily have been and an inspiring tale of how we control our future.
Northlander (Tales of the Borderlands #1)
by Meg BurdenThe debut novel of a young American writer creates a world of fantasy, where the land is divided into two-- the Northlands and the Southlands. Ellin, a girl from the Southland, is forced to go with her physician father to heal the Northland king, even though Southlanders are despised and feared throughout the cold country. Ellin must find a way to battle both the people from the North and then her own people, the Southlanders, to survive in a icy and hostile land. A great debut novel of a land in sometimes magical combat.
Northshore: Northshore And Southshore (Gateway Essentials #154)
by Sheri S. TepperIn the savage and magical world of the River, the pace of life is dictated by the ebb and flow of great tides - and by the power of a fearsome religion. Yet dangerous currents gather force beneath the placid surface.Together, Pamra Don and Thrasne the Boatman seek to uncover the terrible truth about the river and its awesome strength. But in the world of the Awakeners, the truth can kill you¿Northshore is the first half of Sheri S. Tepper's acclaimed Awakeners sequence.
Northwest of Earth: The Complete Northwest Smith (Golden Age Masterworks)
by C.L. MooreAmong the best-written and most emotionally complex stories of the Pulp Era, the tales of intergalactic bootlegger Northwest Smith still resonate strongly more than 75 years after their first publication. From the crumbling temples of forgotten gods on Venus to the seedy pleasure halls of old Mars, the thirteen stories in Northwest of Earth blaze a trail through the underbelly of the solar system. The quick-drawing smuggler of the spaceways who would become the model for countless science fiction heroes, Northwest Smith is SF's original outlaw.
Northwest Smith: The Legendary Hero Of The Spaceway
by C. L. MooreFirst published in Weird Tales in the early 1930s, C.L. Moore’s Northwest Smith stories, especially “Shambleau,” were hailed as some of the most imaginative and vivid science fiction stories ever to come out of the golden age of sci-fi. At a time when women were heavily underrepresented in the genre, Moore was among the first to gain critical and popular acclaim, and decades later was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Northwest Smith, now recognized by many as the archetypal space smuggler and gunslinger, is an adventurer in the classic sense of the word, and these thirteen stories chronicle the bizarre dangers, interstellar wonders, and titillating romances that captured the imagination of a generation.
Northwest Smith: The Complete Northwest Smith (Planet Stories Library)
by C. L. MooreMeet the iconic space outlaw who “could be Han Solo’s grandfather,” in these stories by a pioneer of Golden Age science fiction (SF Signal). First published in Weird Tales in the early 1930s, C.L. Moore’s Northwest Smith stories, especially “Shambleau,” were hailed as some of the most imaginative and vivid science fiction stories ever to come out of the golden age of sci-fi. At a time when women were heavily underrepresented in the genre, C.L. Moore was among the first to gain critical and popular acclaim, and decades later was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Northwest Smith, now recognized by many as the archetypal space smuggler and gunslinger, is an adventurer in the classic sense of the word, and these thirteen stories chronicle the bizarre dangers, interstellar wonders, and titillating romances that captured the imagination of a generation.
Northwoods
by Bill SchweigartSome borders should never be crossed. From the author of The Beast of Barcroft comes a waking nightmare of a horror novel that's sure to thrill readers of Stephen King and Bentley Little. Ex-Delta Force Davis Holland, now an agent for the Customs and Border Protection, has seen it all. But nothing in his experience has prepared him for what he and the local sheriff find one freezing night in the Minnesota woods. Investigating reports of an illegal border crossing, the two men stumble across a blood-drenched scene of mass murder, barely escaping with their lives . . . and a single clue to the mayhem: a small wooden chest placed at the heart of the massacre. Something deadly has entered Holland's territory, crossing the border from nightmare into reality. When news of the atrocity reaches wealthy cryptozoologist Richard Severance, he sends a three-person team north to investigate. Not long ago, the members of that team--Ben McKelvie, Lindsay Clark, and Alex Standingcloud--were nearly killed by a vengeful shapeshifter. Now they are walking wounded, haunted by gruesome memories that make normal life impossible. But there is nothing normal about the horror that awaits in the Northwoods.
Northworld Trilogy
by David DrakeThe inhuman Rulers of the galaxy sent three fleets to the world located by Captain North's Survey team. None returned. The fourth time, the Rulers sent a single man: Nils Hansen. Commissioner Hansen had a mind that saw the shortest path to each task's completion and a ruthless determination to do what the task required. The cost--to himself and whoever happened to be in the way--didn't matter. Hansen's iron will and strong arm confront godlike power and godlike cunning while a galaxy trembles for the outcome. And if Hansen dies--he will not die alone!
The Norton Book of Science Fiction
by Ursula K. Le Guin Brian AtteberyFrom the book jacket: In the tradition of other groundbreaking Norton anthologies, Ursula K. Le Guin and Brian Attebery's Norton Book of Science Fiction provides the first truly comprehensive and coherent look at the best of contemporary science fiction. Its 67 stories, all published since 1960, offer compelling evidence that science fiction is the source of the most thoughtful, imaginative-indeed, literary- fiction being written today. Aficionados will find rarely anthologized gems by their favorite authors-Poul Anderson, Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Samuel R. Delany, Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, Joanna Russ, Theodore Sturgeon, James Tiptree, Jr., Gene Wolfe, Roger Zelazny-as well as startling work by today's rising stars. Newcomers will delight in the sophisticated range of voices probing the nature of reality and the condition of the human spirit. And readers of all stripes will enjoy Ms. Le Guin's robust and insightful introduction. As the new millennium approaches we look to our great writers to provide the bridge between past and present, between what is today and what will be in the future. Those writers are these. Their stories-and thus this anthology-will be a source of exhilaration and illumination for years to come.
The Norumbegan Quartet #1: The Game of Sunken Places (The Norumbegan Quartet #1)
by M. T. AndersonFrom bestselling and National Book Award-winning author M. T. Anderson comes the paperback reissue of a middle-grade adventure starring two of the most disarmingly deadpan boys you'll ever meet. When Brian and Gregory receive an invitation to stay at a distant relative's strange manse . . . well, they should know better than to go, but since this is a middle-grade adventure novel, they go anyway. Why not? Once there, they stumble upon The Game of Sunken Places, a board game that mirrors a greater game for which they have suddenly became players. Soon the boys are dealing with attitudinal trolls, warring kingdoms, and some very starchy britches. Luckily, they have wit, deadpan observation, and a keen sense of adventure on their side.
The Norumbegan Quartet #2: The Suburb Beyond the Stars (The Norumbegan Quartet #2)
by M. T. AndersonThe fun and fantasy continue with bestselling and award-winning author M. T. Anderson. You haven't seen strange until you've seen what Brian and Gregory are up against.... Something incredibly strange is happening. It's not The Game of Sunken Places-Brian and Gregory have been through that before. But still...strange creatures have begun to chase after them. And Gregory's adventurous cousin Prudence has disappeared. When Brian and Gregory go to the Vermont woods to track down Prudence, they find many things are...off. People are not where they're supposed to be. Time has stopped working properly.
The Norumbegan Quartet #3: The Empire of Gut and Bone (The Norumbegan Quartet #3)
by M. T. AndersonMurder! Mystery! Rebellion! From bestselling and National Book Award-winning author M.T. Anderson, a third visit to the world of THE GAME OF SUNKEN PLACES. The land of New Norumbega is an unusual one--an empire of gut and bone, a kingdom of blood and mucus. At its dark, dry heart is a ruling class that doesn't care about much besides itself . . . and a ruler who is (literally) a one-eyed stump of flesh. Brian and Gregory have come to New Norumbega for a reason--to get the Norumbegans to help them thwart an alien attack back home on earth. But instead, the two boys find themselves caught up in both a robot rebellion and a murder mystery after one of the Norumbegan leaders is sent to sleep . . . permanently. In New Norumbega, it's very hard to know who to trust. There are assassins around every corner, and secrets pave every conversation. Brian and Gregory will be lucky to make it out alive, never sure if they are meant to catch the murderer . . . or be the killer's next victim.
The Norumbegan Quartet #4: The Chamber in the Sky (The Norumbegan Quartet #4)
by M. T. AndersonFrom National Book Award and Printz Honor winner M.T. Anderson comes the amazing conclusion to his Norumbegan Quartet! Brian and Gregory have seen it all. They've played a strange, twisty game and won, and then created their own...sort of. They've gone to investigate intergalactic suburban sprawl that was infringing on the Vermont forests, and landed in the empire of New Norumbega inside the huge body of an alien. They've escaped certain death, walked right into it, and wreaked small amounts of havoc of their own. And finally, they're going to make sense of all their travels and adventures...if they possibly can! Part fantasy, part mystery, part quest, part Monty Python, the Game of Sunken Places #4 brings to a close the incredible, strange, funny journey of Brian and Gregory, as only the masterful M. T. Anderson could.
A Norwegian Nisse
by Jenna VandenbergMartin's brother Lars finds a nisse on his nightly ski trip! He wants to take a picture of it to prove they exist. Martin has to stop his brother so the nisse doesn’t turn to stone! How will Martin be able to save the nisse?
Nos Limites da Terra
by Mari Collier Gilson Cardozo de ArrudaUm homem com genes Thalian-Justine está abandonado no planeta Terra. Ele tem uma nave espacial e a escondeu nas regiões inabitadas do Texas. Ele deve sobreviver neste planeta violento e retornar para destruir os Justines e vingar sua mãe e Thalia. Ele adota o nome de MacDonald e resgata Rolfe durante uma briga de bar. Ele se junta a Rolfe no comércio de peles até terminar. Eles se tornam comerciantes até uma invasão dos Kiowas destruir seus bens. MacDonald admite que ele tem ouro escondido. Uma viagem à nave espacial fornece fundos para uma concessão de terras do Estado do Texas. MacDonald se torna um Batedor da 2ª Companhia dos Dragões. Durante uma incursão em um campo dos Comanches, ele resgata Anna, uma mulher alta o suficiente e guerreira o suficiente para lhe ser companheira. Será que MacDonald e Anna sobreviverão à gripe, à inimizade de seus vizinhos do Sul,a uma invasão no Recanto dos Schmidt e à Guerra Civil?
Nos mienten
by Eduardo VaquerizoUna brillante distopía sobre el futuro inmediato de España que aúna aventura y denuncia social Los pueblos que olvidan su futuro están condenados a sufrirlo España, mediados del siglo XXI. La resaca de la crisis ha dejado un mundo en el que las megacorporaciones dominan una sociedad hipertecnológica erigida sobre las ruinas de los Estados. El crecimiento salvaje de la desigualdad ha convertido el centro de las ciudades en grandes fortalezas donde viven y trabajan los privilegiados, rodeadas por inmensos barrios periféricos llenos de un ejército de desheredados cada vez más descontentos. Nora Robles trabaja en Madrid como guardaespaldas para uno de los hombres más poderosos del país. Su vida es sencilla. Ella y su marido esperan poder tener un hijo, comprarse un piso, sobrevivir. Hasta que se ve obligada a emprender una frenética huida para resolver un crimen del que ha sido acusada injustamente. En una sociedad donde el capitalismo por fin se ha quitado la careta y la injusticia alcanza extremos insoportables, donde la tecnología está al servicio de unos pocos y el sistema ha hipotecado hasta el aire que se respira, la aventura de Nora es la aventura de los que buscan un cambio, de los que no aceptan rendirse. Y ella no es la única dispuesta a resistir. Nos mienten es algo más que una novela, es un grito de auxilio desde el mañana.
Nose Pickers from Outer Space
by Gordon KormanFourth-grader Devin is disappointed in the nerdy exchange student who comes to live with his family, until he realizes that Stan is not from Chicago but from outer space.
Nosotros
by Yevgueni ZamiatinUn gran clásico de la literatura, que inspiró 1984 de George Orwell y predijo los peores excesos del imperio soviético. A la altura de las novelas distópicas de Margaret Atwood. En una ciudad con muros y edificios de cristal existe una sociedad totalitaria cuyos súbditos sobrellevan unas vidas carentes de pasión y creatividad. Hasta que D-503, un matemático que por las noches sueña con números, efectúaun descubrimiento: tiene un alma individual. Ambientada en el siglo XXVI, Nosotros es la novela distópica por antonomasia, antecesora de 1984 y Un mundo feliz. Un relato que vaticina el destino al que todos podemos estar abocados si rendimos nuestra individualidad a un desvarío tecnológico colectivo. Proscrita en la Unión Soviética durante muchos años, Nosotros sigue siendo un conmovedor alegato en favor de la libertad individual, al tiempo que una convincente, trepidante y vívida obra de ciencia ficción. La crítica ha dicho:«Cuando finalmente me tropecé con Nosotros, me quedé con la boca abierta. Y ahora, al volver a leerla, [...] me quedo boquiabierta. En Nosotros hay muchas cosas que se dirían proféticas. [...] Nos encontramos con la representación fundamental de las dictaduras y los capitalismos de vigilancia posteriores, dibujada con tanta claridad como en un anteproyecto de ingeniería».Margaret Atwood «Zamiatin capta de forma intuitiva el aspecto irracional del totalitarismo -el sacrificio humano, la crueldad como finalidad en sí misma-, por lo que Nosotros es superior al libro de Huxley».George Orwell «La mayor obra de ciencia ficción jamás escrita».Ursula K. Le Guin «En este momentoen que la política mundial adquiere tintes distópicos, todo el mundo habla de 1984, pero merece la pena leer la novela que muy posiblemente inspiró el libro de Orwell, quien la reseñó poco antes de escribir 1984: Nosotros, de Yevgueni Zamiatin [...] Por desgracia, la distopía descrita por Zamiatin guarda muchos puntos de contacto con la actual sociedad de la monitorización. Basta pensar en el incipiente proyecto chino de crédito social, que rastrea los movimientosde los ciudadanos. El Gran Hermano era un aprendiz en comparación con Xi Jinping. Zamiatin lo vio venir».Lit Hub
Nosso Tempo (As Crônicas de Kerrigan Sequência Livro 5 #5)
by W. J. MayA aguardada sequência da série as Crônicas de Kerrigan, da autora best-seller do USA TODAY, W.J. May. Se Rae Kerrigan achava que planejar um casamento era difícil imagine tentar planejar dois. Especialmente se um deles for para o futuro Rei e Rainha da Inglaterra. Após ser completamente apagada das mentes de todos que conhecia, Rae Kerrigan recupera sua vida só para descobrir que está de repente na pista rápida. Uma pista em direção ao casamento, liderança e muitas outras responsabilidades que nunca soube que tinha. Com problemas surgindo entre os Cavaleiros e o Conselho, um convite para o casamento real e a liberdade condicional tênue do seu pai, na melhor das hipóteses, Rae se vê dividida em tantas direções que é difícil lembrar do fato que uma assassina sedenta de vingança ainda está atrás da sua cabeça. Rae pode curar a divisão no mundo tatù? Quando Samantha atacará novamente? Mais importante... Rae finalmente conseguirá aquela vida normal pela qual está lutando? LEIA TODA A SÉRIE: Série Prequela: Christmas Before the Magic Question the Darkness Into the Darkness Fight the Darkness Alone in the Darkness Lost in Darkness Série As Crônicas de Kerrigan Um Raio de Esperança Nebulosa Escura Castelo de Cartas Chá Real Sob Fogo Fim à Vista Escuridão Oculta Entrelaçados Marca do Destino Força & Poder O Último Em Pé Raio de Luz As Crônicas de Kerrigan Sequência Uma Questão de Tempo O Pêndulo do Tempo Segunda Chance Falha no Tempo Nosso Tempo Precious Time As Crônicas de Kerrigan: Gabriel Living in the Past Present for Today Staring at the Future
Nostalgia Is Heartless: The Heartless Series, Book Two
by Sarah Lahey“A thrilling and immersive work of speculative climate fiction.” —Kirkus ReviewsThe second installment in the topical, award-winning Heartless Series, Nostalgia Is Heartless delves into a world on the brink of climate catastrophe.Pregnant, unemployed, and living back home with her father, scientist Quinn Buyers wonders how she got to this point. Her famous scientist mother is still mysteriously missing, the planet is at risk from a massive solar storm, the pesky Transhumans want to take a colony to Titan, and her assisted living companion, a robotic meerkat, is showing clear signs of anxiety and depression. But her biggest challenge is her partner. How can she reconcile her long-distance relationship with this reserved, enigmatic cyborg?This time, Quinn’s adventures take her across the globe to Antarctica . . . where it rains all day, every day. Full of humor and whimsy, Nostalgia Is Heartless will delight readers as they follow Quinn’s race to save her family, her planet, and—hopefully—her love life.