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Leviathan: Leviathan; Behemoth; Goliath (The Leviathan Trilogy #Bk. 1)

by Scott Westerfeld

It is the cusp of World War I. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ genetically fabricated animals as their weaponry. Their Leviathan is a whale airship, and the most masterful beast in the British fleet. Aleksandar Ferdinand, a Clanker, and Deryn Sharp, a Darwinist, are on opposite sides of the war. But their paths cross in the most unexpected way, taking them both aboard the Leviathan on a fantastical, around-the-world adventure....One that will change both their lives forever.

Leviathan: Lost Fleet (Beyond the Frontier #5)

by Jack Campbell

Two Syndicate World star systems have fallen prey to a mysterious fleet of warships--a fleet controlled entirely by artificial intelligence--that is now targeting Alliance space. <P><P>The warships are no mystery to Geary. They were developed by his government to ensure security, but malfunctioned. If the Syndics learn the truth, the war with the Alliance will resume with a vengeance. As the government attempts to conceal the existence of the A.I. warships--and its role in their creation--Geary pursues them, treading a fine line between mutiny and obedience. <P>But it soon becomes clear that his fleet is no match for the firepower of the machine-piloted armada.With the help of the Dancer species of aliens, Geary has tracked the A.I. ships to their secret base in the supposedly mythical Unity Alternate star system where his fleet, the last hope of the Alliance's future, will end the conflict at any cost...

Leviathan: The Antediluvian Legacy, Book One (The Antediluvian Legacy #1)

by R. M. Huffman

Young Noah begins a epic quest to destroy a monster and save the planet from destruction in this fantasy adventure inspired by the Bible story.The Earth is cursed, humans scrape meager livings from the soil, and legendary beasts roam the wilderness. When a fearsome leviathan threatens his homelands, Noah must find a way to defeat the monster. Desperate to discover its weakness, he journeys to seek the aid of the half-angel giants called the Nephilim. Meanwhile, the angelic Watchers known as the Grigori have seized the great city of Enoch, and their powerful leader has become obsessed with Noah’s bride-to-be.Friendships and faith are tested, and Noah is thrust into the middle of an impossible revolution against the fallen Grigori. His Nephilim comrades must choose whether to fight on the side of humanity or the angels, and their decision may mean the difference between the earth’s salvation and its annihilation.Praise for Leviathan“This exciting story about the event that changed our world and the unforgettable man Noah, who God used to make it come to pass, will captivate your interest.” —Tim LaHaye, #1 New York Times–bestselling co-author of the Left Behind series“Huffman has woven a richly textured and engrossing biblical what-if tale. Prepare for a thrilling journey into the antediluvian world!” —Mark Andrew Olsen, bestselling co-author of Hadassah, author of The Watchers and Ulterior Motives“A captivating tale of Noah’s earlier years, combining romance, riveting action, and exhilarating adventure.” —Tim Chaffey, author of the Remnant Trilogy

Leviathans of Jupiter: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Tales Of The Grand Tour, Powersat, Mercury, Titan, Mars Life, Leviathans Of Jupiter, Farside, New Earth (The Grand Tour)

by Ben Bova

In Ben Bova's novel JUPITER, physicist Grant Archer led an expedition into Jupiter's hostile planetwide ocean, attempting to study the unusual and massive creatures that call the planet their home. Unprepared for the hostile environment and crushing pressures, Grant's team faced certain death as their ship malfunctioned and slowly sank to the planet's depths. However one of Jupiter's native creatures--a city-sized leviathan--saved the doomed ship. This creature's act convinced Grant that the huge creatures were intelligent, but he lacked scientific proof.Now, several years later, Grant prepares a new expedition to prove once and for all that the huge creatures are intelligent. The new team faces dangers from both the hostile environment and from humans who will do anything to make sure the mission is a failure, even if it means murdering the entire crew.One of Library Journal's Best SF/Fantasy Books of 2011 At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Levitating Las Vegas

by Jennifer Echols

From the award-winning, wildly popular author of Such a Rush and Going Too Far comes a fun and sexy new adult romantic comedy with a paranormal twist, available exclusively as an eBook.Twenty-one-year-old showgirl Holly Starr is sick and tired of assisting her dad, a celebrity magician, in his Las Vegas casino magic show. As soon as he keeps his promise to her and shares the secrets to his tricks, she can break out on her own. But can she really make it? For years Holly has taken medication to stave off crazy hallucinations that she can levitate objects. Just when she thinks she's ready to make a career and a life for herself, her medicine--and her luck--run out. Elijah Brown suffers from a similar delusion--he thinks he can read minds--and he's out of medicine too. Determined to save himself and his old flame Holly, he kidnaps her and takes her to a town high in the Rockies where their medicine is made. What they discover there leads them to suspect their powers are not imaginary after all...and neither is the intense attraction they feel for each other. They make a pact to stick together as they return to Vegas to confront the people who kept them in the dark for so long. But soon they're pitting their powers against each other in a dangerous world where the nightlife is seductive, domination is addictive, the sex is beyond belief...and falling in love can lead to murder.

Lex Trent

by Alex Bell

Lex Trent managed to win the last Games through skill, quick-wittedness and no small amount of outright cheating. And that's exactly how he intends to win them this time round too. Particularly as he can select his own companion for these Games and won't be lumbered with tiresome and decrepit lawyer Mr Schmidt. Given that he knows one of the rounds will be taking place in the Wild West he's determined to pass himself off as a cowboy so that he can scam his way into Dry Gulch house and get his hands on the legendary sword of life!

Lex Trent: Fighting With Fire

by Alex Bell

Lex Trent managed to win the last Games through skill, quick-wittedness and no small amount of outright cheating. And that's exactly how he intends to win them this time round too. Particularly as he can select his own companion for these Games and won't be lumbered with tiresome and decrepit lawyer Mr Schmidt. Given that he knows one of the rounds will be taking place in the Wild West he's determined to pass himself off as a cowboy so that he can scam his way into Dry Gulch house and get his hands on the legendary sword of life!

Lexan's Dream: An Empire Saga Novella

by M. Dalto

Lexan was the Crown Prince of the Borderlands, a title and position forced upon him out of vengeance and spite. While growing up, he knew no better--groomed and trained to achieve what none from the Borderlands had accomplished for centuries. Even after the Queen Empress's return to the Empire, his desire to maintain his own line ran deeper than blood, and his ambitions surpassed even those of his father. At least, until the dreams began. Now, Lexan must decide which path he will follow—the one that leads him to his fated power and glory, or the one that brings him to the love he deserves and the family he's never known.

Lexi Magill and the Teleportation Tournament

by Kim Long

For fans of The Amazing Race, Lexi Magill and the Teleportation Tournament is the perfect adventure for middle grade readers who like scavenger hunts and puzzle-solving.Twelve-year-old physics whiz Lexi Magill won't let anything stop her from winning Wisconsin's Teleportation Tournament--the annual competition where teams teleport around the world to solve science-based puzzles. She needs the prize money if she wants to re-enroll in the science academy her parents can no longer afford. Added bonus: she'll be able to reconnect with her best friend Haley.But Lexi's two teammates put a wrench in her plans. When one misreads a clue that lands the team in a castle in Germany, and the other loses her teleportation medallion in Poland, Lexi wonders what she's gotten herself into. Struggling to keep her team under control as the race rages on, Lexi not only has to figure out how to get back on course (literally), but she must decide how far she's willing to go to win, and who her real friends are. With riddles to solve and messages to decode, this interactive read won't disappoint!

Lexi the Firefly Fairy: The Twilight Fairies Book 2 (Rainbow Magic #2)

by Daisy Meadows

Mean Jack Frost has kidnapped all the fireflies, leaving Fairyland in darkness! Kirsty and Rachel must help Lexi the Firefly Fairy find her magical bag of fire dust. But first the fireflies need rescuing...

Lexi the Firefly Fairy: The Twilight Fairies Book 2 (Rainbow Magic #2)

by Daisy Meadows

Mean Jack Frost has kidnapped all the fireflies, leaving Fairyland in darkness! Kirsty and Rachel must help Lexi the Firefly Fairy find her magical bag of fire dust. But first the fireflies need rescuing...2024 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Lexicon

by Max Barry

Sticks and stones break bones. Words kill.They recruited Emily from the streets. They said it was because she's good with words. They'll live to regret it.Wil survived something he shouldn't have. But he doesn't remember it.Now they're after him and he doesn't know why.There's a word, they say. It shouldn't have got out. But it did.And they want it back...Find out why in one of the most mind-bending, page-turning, thrilling novels you'll ever read.Winner of the Aurealis Award for Science-Fiction and GoodReads finalist in the SF category.(P)2013 Penguin Audiobooks US

Lexicon: A Novel

by Max Barry

Few books are greeted with rave reviews everywhere from Time magazine and Salon to Boingboing and io9. Yet, Max Barry's Lexicon is that rare thing: a thriller as high-octane as they come, driven by a brilliant and original plot that connects very modern questions of privacy and data collection to centuries-old ideas about the power of language. At an exclusive training school at an undisclosed location outside Washington, D.C., students are taught to control minds, to wield words as weapons. The very best graduate as "poets" and enter a nameless organization of unknown purpose. Recruited off the street, whip-smart Emily Ruff quickly learns the one key rule: never allow another person to truly know you. Emily becomes the school's most talented prodigy, until she makes the catastrophic mistake of falling in love.

Lexicon: A Novel

by Max Barry

Sticks and stones break bones. Words kill.They recruited Emily from the streets. They said it was because she's good with words. They'll live to regret it.Wil survived something he shouldn't have. But he doesn't remember it.Now they're after him and he doesn't know why.There's a word, they say. It shouldn't have got out. But it did.And they want it back...Find out why in one of the most mind-bending, page-turning, thrilling novels you'll ever read.*Winner of the Aurealis Award for science fiction and GoodReads Choice Awards finalist for best science fiction*

Leyend Diamonds (HD parte 1): Family Times & True Loves

by Joan Marks dos Santos Hilton

Todo comienza cuando un libro mágico llega a ser leído, originando otra dimensión. ¿Te atreves entrar? Sí, amigos, así comienza una de las grandes leyendas de todos los tiempos. El mundo de las sombras está amenazado por Skotos, un ser despiadado que ha perdido el control de su poder y se aprovecha de los humildes aldeanos cercanos a su reino. Acompaña a los amigos de Lui, un joven valiente promesa de héroe que deberá rescatar a su amor verdadero y restablecer el mundo como muchos lo conocían y establecer así la paz mundial. No le será nada fácil, pues deberá reunirse con los elegidos de la leyenda antes de que se acabe el juego, que lo controlan las páginas de dicho libro y en tiempo récord. ¿Lo conseguirá?

Leyenda de los Guardianes

by Nina Marini

Riley, Taisia, Skyler y Evelina, de catorce años, descubren que tienen poderes sobrenaturales: Riley puede producir fuego, Taisia ​​puede desviar la naturaleza a su voluntad, Skyler controla el agua y Evelína controla los truenos y los rayos. Son los legendarios astorianos, guardianes del planeta Tierra, pero todavía no lo saben. Meridius, el Guardián de la Luz Celestial, mantiene en secreto sus verdaderas identidades. Después de que los jóvenes astorianos se embarquen en una búsqueda para descubrir qué los hace únicos, Meridius percibe un poder siniestro que crece en el universo y comienza a temer por su seguridad. Cuando reciben cartas de aceptación a la misteriosa Escuela Secundaria Aditus, las niñas son expulsadas de sus hogares normales y se lanzan a una aventura que cambiará sus vidas para siempre.

Lhind the Thief

by Sherwood Smith

Lhind has been stealing what she needs, using magic for disguise; she never stays anywhere long. Lhind even has secrets from herself, for she has few memories, and those are troubling. She gets caught by Rajanas the warrior-prince, Thianra the bard, and Hlanan the scribe. Someone very powerful wants them all dead. As they evade pursuit and work to uncover their enemies, Lhind struggles with the invisible bonds of friendship and trust, while Hlanan begins uncovering her secrets one by one. Then she finds that he has secrets, too. This fantasy with a dash of romance takes place in the same world as A Posse of Princesses and the Wren series.

Lia Park and the Heavenly Heirlooms (Lia Park #2)

by Jenna Yoon

Perfect for fans of the Gifted Clans and Aru Shah series, this thrilling second book of the middle grade fantasy Lia Park series sees Lia and Joon on a mission to protect important magical objects—and themselves—from a mysterious enemy.Twelve-year-old Lia Park and her best friend, Joon, are now full-time students at International Magic Academy after defeating corrupt diviner Gaya, and their first assignment is an ambitious one. The evil nine-headed monster and King of Darkness, Jihaedaegukjeok, wants to destroy the three Heavenly Heirlooms that create fire and light to plunge the world into darkness and destroy humanity. The heirlooms can only be destroyed if they are all together, so over time, they have been hidden carefully with magic. Except now, one of them is missing. Lia, Joon, and their classmates have been tasked with recovering the lost heirloom and bringing it to IMA for safekeeping. They expected the task to be difficult, but the number of obstacles the magic trainees run into makes Lia start to wonder if the sabotage could be coming from someone inside the school.

Lia Park and the Missing Jewel (Lia Park #1)

by Jenna Yoon

Perfect for fans of the Storm Runner and Aru Shah series, this thrilling middle grade fantasy follows a young girl who must venture to the undersea kingdom of the Dragon King in Korea to save her parents from an evil diviner spirit.Twelve-year old Lia Park just wants to fit in. Her parents work with a mysterious organization that makes them ridiculously overprotective. Lia&’s every move has been scrutinized since she was born, and she&’d love to have the option of doing something exciting for once. So when she gets invited to the biggest birthday party of the year—and her parents say she can&’t go—Lia sneaks out. But her first act of rebellion not only breaks her parents&’ rules, but also an ancient protection spell, allowing an evil diviner spirit to kidnap and ransom her parents for a powerful jewel that her family has guarded for years. With just the clothes on her back and some very rusty magical skills, Lia finds herself chasing mysterious clues that take her to her grandmother&’s home in Korea. From there, she has to make their way to the undersea kingdom of the Dragon King, the only person who knows where the powerful jewel might be. Along with her friend, Joon, Lia must dig deep and find courage to stand up for those who are weak—and become the hero her parents need.

Liafail (The Third Book of Tros of Samothrace)

by Talbot Mundy

Tros the Wanderer, the towering legendary warrior, challenge the powers of the Druids to build a ship that staggers the ancient world.

Liar

by Francine Pascal

People like me don't have friends. So if Heather wants Ed, she can have him. I don't care. Really.

Liar City: A Novel (Sugar & Vice #1)

by Allie Therin

A murder has Seattle on edge, and it falls to a pacifist empath—and a notorious empath hunter—to find the killer before it's too late It&’s the middle of the night when part-time police consultant and full-time empath Reece gets an anonymous call warning him that his detective sister needs his help. At an out-of-the-way Seattle marina, he discovers that three people have been butchered—including the author of the country&’s strictest anti-empathy bill, which is just days from being passed into law. Soon, Reece&’s caller arrives: a shadowy government agent known as The Dead Man, who is rumored to deal exclusively in cases involving empathy. He immediately takes over the investigation, locking out both local PD and the FBI, but, strangely, keeps Reece by his side. As the two track an ever-growing trail of violence and destruction across Seattle, Reece must navigate a scared and angry city, an irritating attraction to his mysterious agent companion, and a rising fear that perhaps empaths like him aren&’t all flight and no fight after all… "Readers will be yearning for more the minute they finish the final page." —Library Journal, starred review, on StarcrossedSugar & Vice

Liar's Game

by Kait Gamble

Rumors of Aurelia Popkiss's death have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, she and her crew have been drifting through the big black, scavenging to survive since the day she "died." Yet after years of being on the wrong side of less than favorable odds, they never thought that finding a young girl stowed away on their ship would prove to be among the worst things to happen to them.From the moment Aurelia finds Kateryn concealed in her cabin, Auri knows she's hiding something. But even Aurelia can't imagine the true reason for the stowaway's sudden appearance in her life.Kateryn's past is as convoluted and murky as Aurelia's own. The girl is out for revenge and nothing is going to stop her from destroying Aurelia and her crew-including Keys, Aurelia's fellow shipmate and the man she's secretly in love with-to get it.32,000 words

Liar's Guide to True Love

by Wendy Chen

Wedding planner Cassandra Hanley is in the business of making other people's dreams come true. But for some reason, whenever she meets a potential mate of her own, she finds herself telling little (and not so little) white lies. She's not trying to sabotage her relationships on purpose: as a people pleaser, she just naturally tells men what she thinks they want to hear. When Cassandra meets Nick, she's determined to be herself this time-until she learns he abhors weddings. So she recasts herself as an advertising exec, and now she's scrambling to cover up the lie...with more lies. Into the tangled web wanders Cassandra's college sweetheart, Kevin. Kevin, the one man who knows the real Cassandra, and loves her anyway. Could he have been The One all along? Torn between the past and the present, Cassandra is about to learn that you can't plan the perfect life the way you can plan the perfect wedding. 83,000 words

Liar's Island: A Novel (Pathfinder Tales)

by Tim Pratt

Rodrick is a con man as charming as he is cunning. Hrym is a talking sword of magical ice, with the soul and spells of an ancient dragon. Together, the two travel the world, parting the gullible from their gold and freezing their enemies in their tracks. But when the two get summoned to the mysterious island of Jalmeray by a king with genies and elementals at his command, they'll need all their wits and charm if they're going to escape with the greatest prize of all-their lives.

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