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Atlas Alone
by Emma NewmanSix months after she left Earth, Dee is struggling to manage her rage toward the people who ordered the nuclear strike that destroyed the world. She's trying to find those responsible, and to understand why the ship is keeping everyone divided into small groups, but she's not getting very far alone. A dedicated gamer, she throws herself into mersives to escape and is approached by a designer who asks her to play test his new game. It isn't like any game she's played before. Then a character she kills in the climax of the game turns out to bear a striking resemblance to a man who dies suddenly in the real world at exactly the same time. A man she discovers was one of those responsible for the death of millions on Earth. Disturbed, but thinking it must be a coincidence, Dee pulls back from gaming and continues the hunt for information. But when she finds out the true plans for the future colony, she realises that to save what is left of humanity, she may have to risk losing her own.
Atlas Alone
by Emma NewmanSix months after she left Earth, Dee is struggling to manage her rage toward the people who ordered the nuclear strike that destroyed the world. She's trying to find those responsible, and to understand why the ship is keeping everyone divided into small groups, but she's not getting very far alone. A dedicated gamer, she throws herself into mersives to escape and is approached by a designer who asks her to play test his new game. It isn't like any game she's played before. Then a character she kills in the climax of the game turns out to bear a striking resemblance to a man who dies suddenly in the real world at exactly the same time. A man she discovers was one of those responsible for the death of millions on Earth. Disturbed, but thinking it must be a coincidence, Dee pulls back from gaming and continues the hunt for information. But when she finds out the true plans for the future colony, she realises that to save what is left of humanity, she may have to risk losing her own.
Atlas Alone (A Planetfall Novel #4)
by Emma NewmanHugo Award winner Emma Newman returns to the captivating Planetfall universe with a novel about vengeance and the lengths to which one will go to save the future of humanity.Six months after she left, Dee is struggling to manage her rage toward the people who ordered the nuclear strike that destroyed Earth. She’s trying to find those responsible, but she’s not getting very far alone.A dedicated gamer, Dee is endeavoring to discover a mersive good enough to enable her to escape her trauma. When she is approached by a designer who asks her to play test his new game, she hopes it will be what she needs—but it isn’t like any mersive she’s played before. When a man suddenly dies in the real world, she realizes that at the same time in the game, she killed a character who bears a striking resemblance to the dead man—a man she discovers was one of those responsible for the death of millions on Earth.Disturbed, but thinking it must be a coincidence, Dee continues the hunt for information. But when she finds out the plans for the future colony, she realizes that to save what is left of humanity, she might have to do something that risks what remains of her own.
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn RandAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the United States, was the last of the author's novels which she considered it as her magnum opus in the realm of fiction. The novel is about financial superiority in a difficult economic time with a fight for personal values against financial gain or financial demise.
Atlas of Tolkien (Tolkien Ser. #2)
by David DayTolkien? There’s a map for that!J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional universe is as vast as the human imagination, so an atlas is a helpful tool to get around. Consider this book your navigational guide to Middle-earth and the Undying Lands. Maps, images, and vivid descriptions in full color create an enchanting reference to all the fantastical places and creatures that sprung from Tolkien’s mind. The deluxe, heat-burnished cover makes this a charming addition to your Tolkien library. This work is unofficial and is not authorized by the Tolkien Estate or HarperCollins Publishers.
Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City (Weatherhead Books on Asia)
by Kai-Cheung DungSet in the long-lost City of Victoria (a fictional world similar to Hong Kong), Atlas is written from the unified perspective of future archaeologists struggling to rebuild a thrilling metropolis. Divided into four sections—"Theory," "The City," "Streets," and "Signs"—the novel reimagines Victoria through maps and other historical documents and artifacts, mixing real-world scenarios with purely imaginary people and events while incorporating anecdotes and actual and fictional social commentary and critique. <P><P>Much like the quasi-fictional adventures in map-reading and remapping explored by Paul Auster, Jorge Luis Borges, and Italo Calvino, Dung Kai-cheung's novel challenges the representation of place and history and the limits of technical and scientific media in reconstructing a history. It best exemplifies the author's versatility and experimentation, along with China's rapidly evolving literary culture, by blending fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in a story about succeeding and failing to recapture the things we lose. Playing with a variety of styles and subjects, Dung Kai-cheung inventively engages with the fate of Hong Kong since its British "handover" in 1997, which officially marked the end of colonial rule and the beginning of an uncharted future.
Atlántida (La última lágrima #Volumen 2)
by Lauren KateCon el destino del mundo en sus manos, Eureka debe renunciar a todo, pero... ¿Podrá renunciar al amor?Solo Eureka puede detener a Atlas, el poderoso y cruel rey de la Atlántida, pero antes deberá aprender a luchar. Junto con Cat y el atractivo y misterioso Ander, atravesará el océano para encontrar a Solon, el único que puede enseñarles cómo derrotar a Atlas.Mientras Eureka trata de asumir la destrucción que ella misma ha traído al mundo y planea cómo enfrentarse a Atlas, se le revela un secreto absolutamente devastador. Si es lo bastante fuerte, Eureka podría usar este descubrimiento para derrotar al rey de la Atlántida..., a no ser que, en realidad, él y su reino se aprovechen de su corazón roto.
Atlántida (La última lágrima #Volumen 2)
by Lauren KateCon el destino del mundo en sus manos, Eureka debe renunciar a todo, pero...¿Podrá renunciar al amor? Atlántida es la segunda parte de «La última lágrima», por la autora de la saga «Oscuros». Solo Eureka puede detener a Atlas, el poderoso y cruel rey de la Atlántida, pero antes deberá aprender a luchar. Junto con Cat y el atractivo y misterioso Ander, atravesará el océano para encontrar a Solon, el único que puede enseñarles cómo derrotar a Atlas. Mientras Eureka trata de asumir la destrucción que ella misma ha traído al mundo y planea cómo enfrentarse a Atlas, se le revela un secreto absolutamente devastador. Si es lo bastante fuerte, Eureka podría usar este descubrimiento para derrotar al rey de la Atlántida..., a no ser que, en realidad, él y su reino se aprovechen de su corazón roto.
Atmospheres Apollinaire
by Mark FrutkinShort-listed for the 1988 Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, Ottawa-Carleton Book Award and Trillium Book Award Paris, the City of Light, was once the scene of a brilliant magnesium flare, host to the belle epoque from 1900 to 1914. Tempting poets, painters, writers, and composers from across Europe, the city relied on one man to move among them all-Guillaume Apollinaire. His contemporaries called him brilliant, mad, whimsical. He was the bastard son of an Italian cavalry officer and a Polish woman addicted to gambling, but nevertheless let it be rumoured around Paris that he was the son of the pope.
Atom Drive
by Charles Louis FontenayIt was a race between the tortoise and the hare. But this hare was using some dirty tricks to make sure the ending would be different....
Atom War on Mars
by E. C. TubbEarth and its colonies on Mars and Venus are ruled by an authoritarian post-World War III world state which plans to take control of a new method of space travel when it has been perfected by a Martian scientist. When they fail to secure the invention, the world state's Coordinator decides to destroy the Mars colony with "radi-germ bombs.
Atom War on Mars
by E.C. TubbEarth and its colonies on Mars and Venus are ruled by an authoritarian post-World War III world state which plans to take control of a new method of space travel when it has been perfected by a Martian scientist. When they fail to secure the invention, the world state's Coordinator decides to destroy the Mars colony with "radi-germ bombs.
Atomic Ace (He's Just My Dad)
by Jeff WeigelSo what's it like living with Atomic Ace, a dad who battles robots and can fly? It's not as weird as you might think--after all, Ace is always there to fix Saturday lunch and play ball with his son. Mom is just Mom and Dad is just Dad--they're a normal family! And a normal dad can sometimes mess up. That's what happens when Atomic Ace meets his ruthless nemesis, Insect King. This normal family is stressed!
Atomic Ace and the Robot Rampage
by Jeff WeigelAtomic Ace may be a superhero, but he's still a normal dad with a son. And Ace's son sometimes finds life a little boring. It's an ordinary day for Ace and his family until the evil Roboconqueror accidentally sends his mechanoid army after Ace's son instead of Ace himself. Suddenly a dull day at school is turned into a race against robots! With Ace busy in space diverting a meteor threat, who will be on Earth to save the day? Atomic Ace and the Robot Rampage is a welcome sequel to Jeff Weigel's acclaimed graphic story Atomic Ace (He's Just My Dad). Readers will thrill to another adventure as Ace and his super family lead the way to victory!
Atomic Anna
by Rachel BarenbaumNamed a Most Anticipated Book by Bookish Named a Best Book of the Month by Buzzfeed"The novel is masterfully plotted.&”—New York Times Book Review &“Atomic Anna is a dazzling work of ingenuity and imagination.&”―Téa Obreht,National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of InlandFrom the author of A Bend in the Stars, an epic adventure as three generations of women work together and travel through time to prevent the Chernobyl disaster and right the wrongs of their past. Three brilliant women. Two life-changing mistakes. One chance to reset the future. In 1986, nuclear scientist Anna Berkova is asleep in her bed in the Soviet Union when Chernobyl's reactor melts down. The energy surge accidentally sends her through time. When she wakes up, she's in 1992 and discovers Molly, her estranged daughter, shot in the chest. Should Anna travel in time to save her daughter or stop Chernobyl? Anna goes to '60s Philadelphia, where Molly is coming of age as an adopted refusenik in a family full of secrets. Molly finds solace in comic books, drawing her own series, Atomic Anna. But when she meets volatile Viktor, their romance sets her life on a dangerous course. Anna then seeks out Molly's daughter, Raisa, in the '80s. Raisa is a lonely teen and math prodigy, who finds new issues of Atomic Anna in unexpected places. Each comic challenges her to solve equations leading to two impossible conclusions: Time travel is real and so is the strange old woman claiming to be her grandmother. These three remarkable women must work together across time to prevent the greatest nuclear disaster of the twentieth century, but simply because you can change the past, does it mean you should?
Atomic Nemesis
by R L FanthorpeAlexander Blish was the security chief at Tomloy's, the new nuclear physics research centre. They were doing things in the plant that had never been done before. They were tapping power sources so terrible that their ultimate conclusions could be heaven on earth or a hell of destruction. Armageddon might be just around the dangerous corner which humanity called tomorrow. Blish had problems. There were alien forces to consider. There were human traitors who were prepared to sell out the Empire if the price was right. The price could be as high as planetary control. Wilkie Gordon was Alexander's second problem. Wilkie was an outworlder with strange wild talents. He could be an invaluable ally or a deadly enemy. Blish had to decide and decide at once. If he made the wrong choice there was just a chance that Gordon could detect the aliens and renegades before they reached the J-Pile...
Atone in Darkness (The Paladin Strike Team #2)
by Alexis MorganReturn to the steamy and suspenseful Paladin series by the USA TODAY bestselling author with this heart-pounding novel following a doctor and her mysterious patient as they try to escape a mysterious military force hell-bent on exploiting them both.Brilliant doctor Marisol knows nothing about the mysterious man whose vitals she monitors and whose every move she's paid to track—other than the fact that he is brought to death's door each night by a squad of military grade thugs. She certainly can't ask the people who hired her. After all, they run this shady, hi-tech compound where she is now stranded, the only woman among huge, uniform-clad brutes. Chase Mosely, Marisol's sole charge, knows nothing about who was behind his kidnapping, other than the fact that they want to know about his Paladin's ability to heal. Nor does he know anything about his pretty keeper, who seems to be working for the enemy, but still looks at him with compassion in her eyes. Both held captive in a remote testing facility, their desperate stories intertwine. And, as they discover that they mean more to each other than they could ever have imagined, the two of them must find a way to escape, no matter the odds.
Atonement Sky (Psy-Changeling Trinity)
by Nalini SinghThe hunt for a stealthy predator takes a damaged J-Psy to the heart of falcon territory in this new Psy-Changeling Trinity novel from New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh… Justice-Psy Eleri Dias knows the end is near for her, her mind one step away from fatal psychic exposure. In the short time that remains, she is determined to atone for an act of omission that has haunted her for a long, cruel decade. But that decision not only means facing a powerful changeling wing leader, but also putting herself in the path of a serial killer.Falcon wing leader Adam Garrett is fiercely protective of his family and his clan. After losing his parents as a teenager in a shocking act of malice, Adam has no forgiveness in him for the J-Psy who betrayed him, betrayed them, at the most painful moment of his life. But the evil that stalks his territory will allow him no respite, forcing him once more into contact with the J he has never been able to forget.Everything that could&’ve been between Eleri and Adam was lost years ago, a shimmering promise crushed. As they work to uncover a monster, the moment of reckoning looms ever closer. Soon, there may be no more time left for either atonement...or love…
Atonement Sky: Book 9 (The Psy-Changeling Trinity Series #9)
by Nalini SinghThe hunt for a stealthy predator takes a damaged J-Psy to the heart of falcon territory in this new Psy-Changeling Trinity novel from New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh...Justice-Psy Eleri Dias knows the end is near for her, her mind one step away from fatal psychic exposure. In the short time that remains, she is determined to atone for an act of omission that has haunted her for a long, cruel decade. But that decision not only means facing a powerful changeling wing leader, but also putting herself in the path of a serial killer.Falcon wing leader Adam Garrett is fiercely protective of his family and his clan. After losing his parents as a teenager in a shocking act of malice, Adam has no forgiveness in him for the J-Psy who betrayed him, betrayed them, at the most painful moment of his life. But the evil that stalks his territory will allow him no respite, forcing him once more into contact with the J he has never been able to forget.Everything that could've been between Eleri and Adam was lost years ago, a shimmering promise crushed. As they work to uncover a monster, the moment of reckoning looms ever closer. Soon, there may be no more time left for either atonement...or love...****PRAISE FOR NALINI SINGH'S Psy-Changeling Trinity Series'Singh's talent for lush, expansive worldbuilding is on full display' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'Another hands-down winner that expands Singh's brilliantly conceived world' LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review)'Truly one of the best storytellers in the business' ROMANTIC TIMES 'Sophisticated, elaborate and compelling' KIRKUS REVIEWS
Atonement Sky: Book 9 (The Psy-Changeling Trinity Series #9)
by Nalini SinghThe hunt for a stealthy predator takes a damaged J-Psy to the heart of falcon territory in this new Psy-Changeling Trinity novel from New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh...Justice-Psy Eleri Dias knows the end is near for her, her mind one step away from fatal psychic exposure. In the short time that remains, she is determined to atone for an act of omission that has haunted her for a long, cruel decade. But that decision not only means facing a powerful changeling wing leader, but also putting herself in the path of a serial killer.Falcon wing leader Adam Garrett is fiercely protective of his family and his clan. After losing his parents as a teenager in a shocking act of malice, Adam has no forgiveness in him for the J-Psy who betrayed him, betrayed them, at the most painful moment of his life. But the evil that stalks his territory will allow him no respite, forcing him once more into contact with the J he has never been able to forget.Everything that could've been between Eleri and Adam was lost years ago, a shimmering promise crushed. As they work to uncover a monster, the moment of reckoning looms ever closer. Soon, there may be no more time left for either atonement...or love...****PRAISE FOR NALINI SINGH'S Psy-Changeling Trinity Series'Singh's talent for lush, expansive worldbuilding is on full display' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'Another hands-down winner that expands Singh's brilliantly conceived world' LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review)'Truly one of the best storytellers in the business' ROMANTIC TIMES 'Sophisticated, elaborate and compelling' KIRKUS REVIEWS
Atonement-After Earth: Ghost Stories (Short Story)
by Michael Jan FriedmanOn a distant planet called Nova Prime, the United Ranger Corps defends the galaxy's remaining humans from an alien race known as the Skrel and their genetically engineered predators, the Ursa. For one would-be Ranger, the battle between life and death is a welcome respite from a criminal past. "Ghost Stories: Atonement" is the last of six eBook short stories that lead up to the events of After Earth, the epic science fiction adventure film directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Jaden Smith and Will Smith. Cade Bellamy is the only Ranger recruit with a criminal record. After fighting the Ursa that interrupted his arrest, Cade receives a reprieve from Prime Commander Cypher Raige, with one stipulation: Cade must stop serving himself, and preserve humanity--as a Ranger. Soon, Cade is a cadet, breezing through physical challenges but brushing off the teamwork being a Ranger demands. Cade trusts no one, perhaps not even himself, and can't help but question if the path he has chosen is the right one--unaware that the answer he seeks is an arm's length away . . . in the form of an Ursa.
Atrapada en el espacio (¡Arriba la Lectura!, Level U #55)
by Dede Putra Michael PryorTrina y su familia han emprendido un largo viaje por el espacio para llegar a su nueva casa en el planeta Bounty, pero la nave se avería y tienen que evacuarla. La cápsula de escape de Trina se desvía de rumbo y queda atrapada en Épsilon Gamma, un planeta formado por islas tropicales. Completamente sola, Trina debe construir un refugio, buscar comida y protegerse de los peligros. Pero, ¿está sola en realidad? NIMAC-sourced textbook
Atrapada en el tiempo (Saga Outlander #Volumen 2)
by Diana GabaldonSegunda entrega de la exitosa saga de Diana Gabaldon «Outlander» en la que se basa la popular serie de televisión. Una historia de amor diferente, en la que los encuentros fortuitos y el juego equívoco del tiempo se conjugan en un intrigante final. Veinte años después de haber experimentado la más extraña aventura de su vida -un viaje a través del tiempo hasta la Escocia del siglo XVIII-, Claire Randall regresa con su hija Brianna a las imponentes y misteriosas montañas escocesas donde todo comenzó. Con la ayuda de Roger, un joven historiador, Claire se lanza a una obsesiva búsqueda de las tumbas de los caídos en la batalla de Culloden,librada en 1745. El paso del tiempo no ha podido borrar los intensos recuerdos de un amor difícil de explicar. Con el transcurrir de los días, Claire irá descubriendo, ante los ojos incrédulos de su hija y de Roger, el fascinante secreto cuya clave es el cauce interior que conduce al pasado. Reseñas:«Conmovedora, audaz, emocionante... Con gran maestría, Gabaldon entrelaza períodos históricos sin perder nunca el hilo argumental.»Locus «De cualidad superior, un talento que va más allá de una narración inteligente.»The Grand Prairie News
Atrapando un sueño (Cazadores Oscuros #Volumen 14)
by Sherrilyn KenyonDecimocuarta entrega de la serie de vampiros que ha revolucionado el género: los «Cazadores Oscuros» de Sherrilyn Kenyon. Castigado por los dioses a vivir una vida exenta de sentimientos, Xypher eligió la senda de las sensaciones que resultó en una condena a muerte. Ahora tiene una última ocasión de redimirse: de vuelta entre los humanos, en tan solo un mes de tiempo podrá salvarse si realiza una buena acción. Si no, será condenado al suplicio eterno del Tártaro. Sin embargo, la redención significa bien poco para un semidiós que solo quiere vengarse de quien causó su caída. Simone Dubois es una médico forense que no se asusta con facilidad; sobre todo, porque también es vidente y puede comunicarse con las personas a quienes está practicando la autopsia. Pero todas sus convicciones se desmoronan cuando un extraño quiere convencerla de que en ella se concentran poderes mucho mayores que los de una vidente. El futuro de la humanidad está en juego y también la vida de Simone. Y ella solo hace que preguntarse qué es más peligroso: si los demonios atlantes que la persiguen, o Xypher, el hombre que la ha cambiado para siempre.
Atrapavientos (Elegida #1)
by Erynn Altabef Jeff AltabefMentiras. Traición. Destino. Una elección que lo cambia todo. Me llamo Juliet Wildfire Stone y soy especial. Tengo visiones, oigo voces y no tengo ni idea de lo que significan. Cuando varios chamanes son asesinados en mi aburrido pueblo de Arizona, no puedo evitar preocuparme por que mi lunático abuelo esté involucrado. Es un chamán y algo más que un simple excéntrico. Le gusta contarme historias sobre la Gran Espíritu del Viento y el Coyote, pero no tienen mucho sentido. Creía que sabía la verdad, pero para limpiar su nombre, acabo metida en su mundo extraterrestre y desvelo una antigua sociedad secreta formada hace dos cientos años para mantenerme a salvo… ¡A mí! Y no puedo evitar empezar a preguntarme si hay algo de verdad en esas viejas historias que mi abuelo me ha contado. Solo quiero ser una chica de dieciséis años normal y corriente, pero por lo que se ve, nunca voy a ser normal. Nunca podré serlo. Antes no lo sabía, pero soy la Elegida y esas voces que he estado escuchando… Bueno, no son solo “voces”. He empezado a desarrollar habilidades, pero puede que no sean suficiente. Una poderosa entidad llamado Buscador me persigue y está cerca, muy cerca. Creía que sabía las respuestas, pero la verdad es que no. Traicionada por mis seres queridos, debo elegir si huir o si arriesgarlo todo para cumplir con mi destino. Espero tomar la decisión correcta, ¿y tú?