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by Philip K. DickIt's the year 2080, and Earth's seemingly insurmountable overpopulation problem has been alleviated temporarily by placing millions of people in voluntary deep freeze. But in election year, the pressure is on to find a solution which will enable them to resume their lives.For Jim Briskin, Presidential candidate, it seems an insoluble problem - until a flaw in the new instantaneous travel system opens up the possibility of finding whole new worlds to colonise.
Canticle: The Cleric Quintet, Book I (The Cleric Quintet #1)
by R. A. SalvatoreA classic adventure from the creator of Drizzt!High in the Snowflake Mountains sits the Edificant Library, a place of scholarly study for priests, bards, and others. Now from the hidden vaults beneath the library a devastating curse is unleashed, and a young cleric must battle the terrifying creatures set loose by a malevolent, consuming essence that's been released, before his own brethren turn against him. Cadderly must put his studies to the test and enter the catacombs far below to save his brothers and himself.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Canto Bight: Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Star Wars)
by Mira Grant John Jackson Miller Rae Carson Saladin AhmedSoon to be seen in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, welcome to the casino city of Canto Bight. A place where exotic aliens, captivating creatures, and other would-be high rollers are willing to risk everything to make their fortunes. Set across one fateful evening, these four interconnected stories explore the deception and danger of the lavish casino city.• An honest salesman meets a career criminal as a dream vacation turns into the worst nightmare imaginable, in a story by Saladin Ahmed.• Dreams and schemes collide when a deal over a priceless bottle of wine becomes a struggle for survival, as told by Mira Grant.• Old habits die hard when a servant is forced into a mad struggle for power among Canto Bight’s elite, in a tale by Rae Carson• A deadbeat gambler has one last chance to turn his luck around; all he has to do is survive one wild night, as told by John Jackson Miller. In Canto Bight, one is free to revel in excess, untouched from the problems of a galaxy once again descending into chaos and war. Dreams can become reality, but the stakes have never been higher—for there is a darkness obscured by all the glamour and luxury.
Canto Volume 1: If I Only Had a Heart (Canto)
by David M. BooherA tiny clockwork hero on a quest for a heart for the one he loves, fights for freedom and hope, facing tyrannical forces in a fantastical modern fairytale.Enslaved for generations, Canto&’s people once had hearts. Now they have clocks. They are forbidden to love, yet Canto loves a little tin girl. When slavers damage her clock beyond repair, Canto embarks on an incredible journey through his strange and fantastic world to bring back her heart. As he conquers fearsome creatures and finds unlikely allies, he must confront the mysterious figure who has taken their hearts to save the one he loves.Hailed as a &“truly entertaining and striking modern fairy tale,&” (Newsarama) and a &‘beautiful and heartfelt story about love and heroism,&” (The Brazen Bull), Canto is an adventure for past, present and future generations alike. By Eisner and GLAAD Media Award nominated writer David M. Booher (Rain, Specs, Killer Queens) and brilliant artist Drew Zucker.This high-quality hardcover reprint features brand new cover art, collects the entire first series, an expansive cover gallery, sketchbook and process section, and a new introduction by legendary Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai!
Canto de Sirenes (Contos de Skylge #1)
by Jen Minkman Juliana Pellicer RuzaUma terra antiga protegida por uma Torre de Luz, Seu povo sempre tentado pelo Canto das Sirenes, E uma garota que se apaixona pelo cara errado. Na ilha de Skylge, a eletricidade é apenas para os Correntes, a classe alta dominante que um dia veio do outro lado do oceano e trouxe o fogo santo de São Brandan para Skylge. Desde então, a luz na Torre de Brandaris tem protegido os ilhéus. Atender ao chamado das Sirenes vai afogar seu corpo e roubar a sua alma, mas a luz sagrada na Torre afastará os tritões. Quando a skylgiana Enna recebe seu irmão após o retorno de uma longa viagem pelo mar, ele a dá um presente especial do continente - um disco eletrônico que só pode ser reproduzido em um aparelho Corrente. O problema é que Royce Bolton, galã Corrente e o pianista mais talentoso da cidade, também o quer. Depois que ela teimosamente se recusa a vender o LP da artista favorita dele, ele sugere compartilhar o disco em segredo, um encontro às escondidas em sua casa particular de veraneio. Surpresa e animada, Enna concorda - e descobre que há mais do que os olhos podem ver quando se trata da sociedade Corrente e a história de Skylge. Por que as Sirenes tentam os ilhéus a se entregarem ao mar? E de onde vem, na verdade, o monopólio dos Correntes sobre a eletricidade? Enquanto lida com estas questões, Enna começa a se apaixonar por Royce, arriscando tudo para estar com um cara que claramente não é para ela. Ela vai aprender que o canto das Sirenes não é a coisa mais traiçoeira a assombrá-la.
Canto del Sacrificio: Racconto delle Cronache Maheliane
by Dave-Brendon de BurghL’inizio di un conflitto che cambierà due mondi… Canto del Sacrificio Quando Ordaefus, Sacerdote del Canto degli Elvayn, scopre che il suo popolo può acquisire una nuova e incredibile abilità, suo fratello, Mahaelal, crede che questa nuova strada sia sbagliata, anzi sia proprio un affronto alle stesse fondamenta della civiltà Elvayn. Quando la guerra scoppia, entrambi i fratelli devono fare una scelta: combattere per proteggere quello in cui credono o arrendersi e scambiare la libertà con la sottomissione? Quale scelta rimane, se tutte portano alla distruzione e alla morte?
Canyons Of Night: Number 1 in series (Rainshadow Island #1)
by Jayne CastleCharlotte Enright, owner of a small antiques shop called Looking Glass Antiques on Rainshadow Island, and Slade Attridge, the community's new chief of police, both have something in common: they possess strong paranormal talents. They met several years ago when they were in their teens spending the summer on the island. Slade saved Charlotte from a gang of drunken toughs, but then at the end of the summer Slade and Charlotte went their separate ways and started their adult lives. Now, fifteen years later, they have both been drawn back to Rainshadow Island. They will discover the adult passion they have for each other and start to explore some of the mysteries of the forbidden section of the island known only as the Preserve.
Canyons of Night (Arcane Society: Looking Glass Trilogy #3)
by Jayne CastleThe island of Rainshadow is home to the mysterious, privately-owned woods known only as the Preserve. Now, after fifteen years away, both Charlotte Enright and her teen crush, Slade Attridge, have returned. But will their psi talents and Slade's dust bunny companion be enough to keep them from getting drawn into the darkness at the heart of the Preserve?
Canção de Espada (Série A Ilha do Destino #2)
by Tricia O'MalleyDa autora de best-sellers do New York Times e do USA Today, Tricia O'Malley, traz uma fascinante nova série de romances mágicos ambientada nos dias modernos de Dublin. Sasha Flanagan vive sua vida pela espada - literalmente. Como colecionadora e comerciante de lâminas antigas e sendo uma espadachim experiente, ela passou grande parte de sua vida decididamente buscando seu objetivo de possuir uma das galerias de armas de elite do mundo. Fadas assassinas surgindo de becos escuros certamente não faziam parte de seus planos de vida cuidadosamente projetados. Sasha rapidamente se vê atraída por uma maldição secular- na qual, para sua surpresa- ela assume o papel principal. A tarefa de encontrar uma espada mitológica, acompanhada por um bando de seres mágicos, sacode sua compreensão do mundo como ela o conhece. A distração adicional de um protetor devastadoramente bonito, Declan, é a última coisa que Sasha quer ou precisa. Declan protege Sasha desde que eram ambos, pequeninos. Ele cresceu com ela- observando-a silenciosamente a cada movimento- seu coração doía quando o dela doía e ele tinha orgulho das realizações dela. Querendo Sasha ou não, Declan morreria antes de vê-la ferida. À medida que o relógio corre, Sasha não tem certeza do que está em maior perigo: seu coração ou sua vida.
Canção de Pedra (Série A Ilha do Destino #1)
by Tricia O'MalleyA autora de best-sellers do New York Times e USA Today, Tricia O'Malley, apresenta um fascinante romance de magia na moderna Dublin. Clare MacBride tem sua vida exatamente do jeito que ela quer. Em um ano, ela terá concluído sua dissertação de geologia, embora não esteja mais perto de descobrir a resposta para uma pergunta que a atormenta. Por que ela sente pedras pulsando com energia? Uma maldição secular, uma misteriosa facção de protetores e uma pedra mitológica soam como bobagens de conto de fadas do velho mundo para Clare. Leva apenas uma noite chuvosa com uma fada de olhos prateados e um belo estranho prometendo proteção para agitar seu mundo para sempre. Com seus planos de vida jogados a seus pés, as linhas da ciência e da ficção se confundem enquanto Clare é forçada a jogar tudo o que sabe sobre o mundo pela janela e procurar no fundo de seu coração por respostas.
Caos
by S. Q. Mariscal¿Quien dijo que en un apocalipsis zombi la amenaza sería un humano que disfruta con lo que hace? Olvídate de héroes de alma pura y ríndete a este antihéroe tan poco convencional. Un libro rápido de leer que te mantendrá tenso y enganchado en cada una de sus páginas. Una forma de ver el apocalipsis zombi algo diferente al resto. Eso y unas buenas descripciones de los ataques y de las muertes hacen que la imaginación pase a un segundo plano. Al estar escrito en primera persona casi podrás sentir los actos del protagonista en tu piel.
Caos (La Biblioteca de lo Profano 1 #1)
by Jb TrepagnierLa Biblioteca de lo Profano tiene todo lo que tu corazón negro desea. Pero no permitimos que cualquiera obtenga una tarjeta de biblioteca. ¿Necesitas invocar a un demonio? ¿Levantar a los muertos? ¿Un clan de vampiros te molesta? ¿Te gusta la erótica de hombres lobo realmente desagradable? La Biblioteca de lo Profano tiene todo eso, pero no todo el mundo puede manejar su contenido (algunas personas no pueden manejar su erótica de hombres lobo). He sido bibliotecario aquí durante cinco años y cuando digo que maté para conseguir este trabajo, no estoy siendo bromista. No puedes sacar nuestros libros. Algunos de los libros son sensibles y no les gusta. Tenemos salas para realizar los hechizos o demonios, tenemos una fotocopiadora (las copias son extra). Cuando una bruja vino y dijo que necesitaba hacer un poco de nigromancia, no lo cuestioné. No se les habría dado el carné de la biblioteca si fueran a resucitar a alguien realmente malo. Ayudé con la nigromancia porque es mi trabajo como bibliotecaria. Excepto que no era una resurrección normal. Era la encarnación física del Caos y cuando despertó, me vio primero y ahora está pegado. El Caos personificado es un huésped horrible de la biblioteca y no se va con la bruja que lo crió. Se mete constantemente en cosas que no debe y está muy metido en la erótica de los hombres lobo. No puedo dejarlo salir porque la Biblioteca de lo Profano está destinada a contener el Caos. El resto del mundo no lo es. También es muy malo para mantener su identidad en secreto. Un brujo, un sabueso infernal y un vampiro saben que está aquí y me están molestando para que deje que el Caos se divierta un poco. Sólo quiero un día normal de invocar demonios, maldecir a la gente y decirle a la gente que se calle en mi biblioteca. Esto es demasiado.
Caos: Un Romanzo Paranormale ad Harem Inverso (La Biblioteca del Profano #1)
by Jb TrepagnierLa Biblioteca del Profano ha tutto quello che il tuo cuore oscuro desidera. Ma non tutti possono ottenere la tessera della biblioteca. Hai bisogno di invocare un demone? Risvegliare i morti? Un clan di vampiri ti importuna? Fan della letteratura erotica dove ci sono dei lupi mannari cattivi? La Biblioteca del Profano offre tutto questo, ma non tutti riescono a gestire i suoi contenuti (alcuni non riescono a gestire la letteratura erotica licantropica). Sono cinque anni che faccio la bibliotecaria qui, e quando dico che ho ucciso per questo lavoro, non è una battuta. Non puoi prendere in prestito i nostri libri. Alcuni tra questi hanno una coscienza e non vogliono. Abbiamo stanze dove compiere gli incantesimi, e abbiamo anche una fotocopiatrice (le copie sono extra). Quando è arrivata una strega e ha detto di aver bisogno di praticare un po’ di necromanzia, non ho fatto domande. Non avrebbe una tessera della biblioteca se avesse cattive intenzioni, come risvegliare qualcuno di terribile. L’ho aiutata con la necromanzia perché è quello che devo fare in quanto bibliotecaria. Solo che non si trattava di una resurrezione ordinaria. Era l’incarnazione fisica di Caos. Quando si è risvegliato, sono stata io la prima cosa che ha visto, e ora si sente legato a me. Caos fatto persona è un cliente tremendo, e non vuole andarsene con la strega che lo ha risvegliato. È sempre impegnato a mettere il naso in cose in cui non dovrebbe, e va matto per la letteratura erotica licantropica. Non posso nemmeno lasciarlo uscire perché la Biblioteca del Profano è pensata per contenere il Caos. Il resto del mondo no. Inoltre, fa schifo a tenere segreta la sua identità. Uno stregone, un Mastino Infernale e un vampiro sanno che si trova qui, e mi stressano per lasciarlo divertire un po’. Voglio solo passare una giornata normale a invocare demoni, maledire persone e dire a tutti di stare zitti nella mia biblioteca. Così è troppo.<
Capacity
by Tony BallantyneWelcome to the year 2252--and congratulations! You're now a personality construct. We know that can be a daunting stage of personal development, especially if you don't remember making this life-changing decision. But we're here to help.... Helen is waking to a dark new reality--one that she's certain she didn't choose. In this borrowed existence, she finds an unexpected guide in Judy, a geisha-faced virgin who's on a mission of her own. Together, the two of them begin a dangerous run through dozens of imagined worlds in an attempt to trap a psychopath haunting the shadowed areas of virtual space--a killer who brutally murdered an earlier version of Helen and who plans to kill again. Meanwhile, Justinian is investigating a peculiar rash of AI suicides on far-off planets--and finds that not only is there more to these "deaths" than he thought, but that they may be linked to his wife Anya's mysterious coma. In a future where AIs have taken over human life and the Environment Agency runs everything for our own good, the fact that we can live on after physical death as sentient digital beings should have been a good thing. Instead, as Helen and Justinian are about to discover, it just means there are more ways to die. From the Paperback edition.
Cape (The League of Secret Heroes #1)
by Kate HanniganHidden Figures meets Wonder Woman in this action-packed, comic-inspired adventure about a brilliant girl puzzler who discovers she’s part of a superhero team!Josie O’Malley does a lot to help out Mam after her father goes off to fight the Nazis, but she wishes she could do more—like all those caped heroes who now seem to have disappeared. If Josie can’t fly and control weather like her idol, Zenobia, maybe she can put her math smarts to use cracking puzzles for the government. After an official tosses out her puzzler test because she’s a girl, it soon becomes clear that an even more top-secret agency has its eye on Josie, along with two other applicants: Akiko and Mae. The trio bonds over their shared love of female superhero celebrities, from Hauntima to Zenobia to Hopscotch But during one extraordinary afternoon, they find themselves transformed into the newest (and youngest!) superheroes in town. As the girls’ abilities slowly begin to emerge, they learn that their skills will be crucial in thwarting a shapeshifting henchman of Hitler, and, just maybe, in solving an even larger mystery about the superheroes who’ve recently gone missing. Inspired by remarkable real-life women from World War II—the human computers and earliest programmers called “the ENIAC Six”—this pulse-pounding adventure features bold action and brave thinking, with forty-eight pages of comic book style graphic panels throughout the book. Readers will want to don their own capes for an adventure, and realize they have the power to be a superhero, too!
Cape Storm (Weather Warden #8)
by Rachel CaineCheck the forecast for the series that's "an addictive force of nature that will suck you in ." (News and Sentinel) Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin and her new husband, the Djinn David, are running from a malevolent hurricane bent on destroying her. Joined by an army of fellow Wardens and Djinn onboard a hijacked luxury liner, Joanne has lured the storm into furious pursuit. But even their combined magic may not be enough to stop it-nor the power-mad ex-Weather Warden controlling it...
Capella's Golden Eyes
by Christopher EvansFor over a century, the human colonists on the planet Gaia have prospered under the guidance of the M'threnni. But when David arrives in the capital Helixport and makes contact with the aliens, he begins to learn the terrifying truth about them. From that moment on he is in mortal danger, for the M'threnni far from being silent benefactors, may turn out to be the deadliest of cruel dictators.
Capella's Golden Eyes
by Christopher EvansFor over a century, the human colonists on the planet Gaia have prospered under the guidance of the M'threnni. But when David arrives in the capital Helixport and makes contact with the aliens, he begins to learn the terrifying truth about them. From that moment on he is in mortal danger, for the M'threnni far from being silent benefactors, may turn out to be the deadliest of cruel dictators
Caperucita Roja: ¿A quién tienes miedo?
by Sarah Blakley-CartwrightLa campana de la aldea dobla una, dos, tres veces: alguien ha sido asesinado.Repica una cuarta vez...El asesino es el Lobo. En una época en que las aldeas son tan pequeñas que todo el mundo se conoce, una muchacha intenta abrirse camino en la vida. Y Valerie no es una «buena chica». Cuando el hombre lobo la elige, ella debe tomar una decisión imposible. Con un matrimonio concertado en su nombre y un amor sincero que la invita a la huida, Valerie no tiene a quién recurrir. Su padre está borracho en el pueblo, su madre desea controlarla, y las demás chicas... se apresuran a acusarla de brujería. ¿Quién la salvará? ¿O puede salvarse ella sola? En esta nueva, peligrosa y absorbente versión del cuento clásico, quizá resulte complicado dar con un final feliz.
Caperuza Roja, la superheroína: Una novela gráfica (Cuentos de hadas futuristas)
by Otis FramptonCuando la pequen~a Ruby Trooper visita la base militar A´rea 54 con su abuela, la presidenta de Estados Unidos, descubre un misterioso extraterrestre que lleva una capucha roja. Cuando Ruby se coloca la capa y la capucha carmesi´, ¡adquiere PODERES SU´PER INCREI´BLES! Pero, ¿sera´n sus nuevas habilidades suficientes para salvar la Casa Blanca —y a su abuela— del destructor Robot Lobo Feroz?
Capital Offense
by ShimermanI was born on the thirteenth day of July in the eighteenth year of the reign of His Glorious Majesty Henry VIII, in the one thousand five hundred and twenty-seventh year after our Lord's death. I had the great good fortune to be born an Englishman, and when I came of age in both knowledge and reason, I served my country and my queen, Elizabeth Regina. Trapped by the Medici, I was condemned as a heretic and a spy, walled up alive, condemned to die for queen and country. Instead the hand of Fortune swept me up and I was spared. It is now the eighteenth day of March in the year 2101, and I am as trapped as I was in Venice. Fortune's servant, Dyckon, a creature called the Roc -- who by his very countenance calls forth the living visage of the Dark Ones -- swears he will find a way to send me home, to my time, my place, my queen. But the forces of this time and place rage against me as surely as did the Medicis. Others of Dyckon's race even now look to wipe clean the face of the planet of every human. The powers of this time plot to subjugate me with their horrible machine -- an identity chip. And if these powers were to find out that I was in league with the Roc, I would be condemned. It will take all the skills I learned as a spymaster to keep me free, to stop the Roc, and set me on the path to home. THE SPELLBINDING CONCLUSION OF THE SAGA OF THE MERCHANT PRINCE, DOCTOR JOHN DEE.
Capital: A Novel
by John Lanchester"A vibrant piece of fiction, pulsating with events and emotions…Seems destined to be read a hundred years from now." —Martin Rubin, Los Angeles TimesEach house on Pepys Road, an ordinary street in London, has seen its fair share of first steps and last breaths, and plenty of laughter in between. But each of the street’s residents—a rich banker and his shopaholic wife, a soccer prodigy from Senegal, Pakistani shop owners, a dying old woman and her graffiti-artist son—is receiving a menacing postcard with a simple message: "We Want What You Have." Who is behind this? What do they really want? In Capital, John Lanchester ("an elegant and wonderfully witty writer"—New York Times) delivers a warm and compassionate novel that captures the anxieties of our time—property values going up, fortunes going down, a potential terrorist around every corner—with an unforgettable cast of characters.
Capitana
by Cassandra JamesPrepare to set sail with this riveting romantasy—the first in a duology—that’s filled with complex characters, sizzling chemistry, and evocative action. A must-read for fans of Daughter of the Pirate King and Fable!Ximena Reale has spent most of her life training at La Academia to join the Cazadores, seafaring hunters who track down pirates. But her future is uncertain, thanks to her parents’ questionable reputation. They were traitorous pirates, and though they were executed when Ximena and her sister were young, they permanently damaged the Reale name in the eyes of the Luzan Empire.Ability alone won’t make Ximena a Cazadoro—or earn her the coveted Cazadoro cloak. So, when the legendary pirate Gasparilla returns and captures the Empire’s queen, Ximena offers to bring back the queen and the notorious pirate in exchange for a cloak. But there’s a catch: Only one cloak is available, and Ximena’s competition is Dante, an infuriating yet handsome classmate with mysterious motives.With their futures on the line, Ximena and Dante set out on a dangerous quest across the high seas. But no matter how far Ximena sails, her family’s legacy haunts her, and her exposure to a world outside of la academia leads her to question the very laws she’s always fought to uphold. Is it possible she’s been on the wrong side all along?
Capitol: The Worthing Chronicle
by Orson Scott CardCapitol is not a novel; however, it is also not a short story collection. While all the stories in Capitol are completely self-contained, they are placed in the book in chronological order, to gradually unfold the biography of a world and a way of life that is born in "A Sleep and a Forgetting" and dies in "The Stars That Blink."
Capitán América: El ejército fantasma (Captain America: The Ghost Army)
by Alan GratzFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz (Refugee, Ground Zero) comes an all-new, original Captain America graphic novel!En esta emocionante aventura histórica ambientada durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Steve Rogers (alias Capitán América) y su joven compañero Bucky Barnes se enfrentan a una amenaza nunca antes vista: un ejército fantasma. Los muertos de esta guerra y de guerras anteriores están volviendo a la vida, inmunes a las balas, las llamas o cualquier otra cosa que los aliados puedan arrojarles. Los ejércitos salen de sus tumbas en la noche y parecen desaparecer sin dejar rastro.¿Cómo podrán el capi y Buck luchar contra algo que ya está muerto? ¿Y qué tiene que ver con esto el misterioso barón Mordo, que habita el castillo en la cima de la cercana montaña Wundagore?Alan Gratz, el galardonado autor número 1 en ventas del New York Times, fusiona los mundos de la ficción histórica y los cómics de superhéroes en esta novela gráfica única en su tipo que seguramente será recibida con gran entusiasmo por los aficionados de todas las edades.In this thrilling historical adventure set during World War II, Steve Rogers (AKA Captain America) and his young sidekick, Bucky Barnes, encounter threat like none they've ever seen -- a Ghost Army. The dead of this war and wars past are coming back to life, impervious to bullets, flames, or anything else the Allies can throw at them. The armies rise from the ground in the night and seem to disappear without a trace.How can Cap and Buck fight something that's already dead? And just what does the mysterious Baron Mordo—sitting in his castle atop nearby Wundagore Mountain—have to do with this?Award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz merges the worlds of historical fiction and super hero comics in this one-of-a-kind graphic novel that is sure to be met with major enthusiasm from fans of all ages.