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Intrepid (Kris Longknife #6)
by Mike ShepherdKris has been assigned to The Wasp, the best warship beyond the Rim of Human Space. But while hunting for pirates, Kris stumbles upon something. It is a plan to kill one of the members of the aristocratic Peterwald family and the would-be killers are setting her up as the assassin.
Intrigo
by W. J. MayNon si scherza con le figlie delle tenebre, soprattutto non con Victoria. Solo la morte potrebbe fermarla ormai Victoria era una cacciatrice vampira, ora però è diventata la preda. Il nemico mortale di Tory, Vlad Montour, è anche il vampiro più potente al mondo... nonché suo padre. Lui possiede la rete di alleati più letale al mondo e una fortezza praticamente impenetrabile. Dopo essere stata allenata da lui stesso per essere una cacciatrice, si è creata una vita uccidendo altri esseri soprannaturali. Il mondo di Tori viene sconvolto quando si ritrova nel ruolo di preda. In passato Tori viveva secondo una regola: se non ami nessuno, non puoi venirne ferita. Ma improvvisamente non era più così. Ora ha un fratello da proteggere, un lupo mannaro di cui si è innamorata e un figlio. La sua vita era cambiata in un battito di ciglia, così si fece una promessa: avrebbe eliminato chiunque osava ferire le persone che amava. L'unico modo per fermare Vlad era batterlo al suo stesso gioco. Ma come si batte qualcuno che non perde mai? Come si ferma un originario senza morire? Quanto ci si può spingere all'inferno per salvare chi si ama?
Intrigues (Blending #6)
by Sharon GreenWhen the masters of elemental magic --six extraordinary men and women-- merge the primal forces they represent, the ultimate sorcerous union comes to be: The Blending. Lorand, Rion, Vallant, Tamrissa, Jovi... and Naran, possessor of the newly discovered prescient power of Sight, came together to wrest a beleaguered empire from the strangling grasp of treacherous nobles and to save it from the savagery of invading armies. Now it is the benevolent Six who reign, and the common people have found a voice at last. But now the Ruling Blending are ensconced in the bloodthirsty arena of politics--where their magicks may hold no sway. In the roiling waters of the ruling court, the hungry sharks are swimming. Across foreign borders, sinister plots are being hatched to conquer the fledgling republic. But there is a dark, hidden enemy growing ever-stronger amidst the riot of traitorous schemes and secret intrigues'a terrible malevolence which, when it reaches the peak of its power, will wreak havoc upon an unsuspecting empire... and on everything and everyone beyond.
Intrigues: Book Two of the Collegium Chronicles (A Valdemar Novel) (Valdemar #2)
by Mercedes LackeyMagpie is a thirteen-year-old orphan chosen by one of the magical Companion horses of Valdemar and taken to the capital city, Haven, to be trained as a Herald. Like all Heralds, Magpie learns that he has a hidden Gift-the Gift of telepathy. But life at the court is not without obstacles. When Mags is "recognized" by foreign secret operatives whose purpose is unknown, Mags himself comes under suspicion. Who are Magpie's parents-who is he, really? Can Mags also solve the riddle of his parentage and his connection with the mysterious spies-and prove his loyalty-before the king and court banish him as a traitor?
The Intrigues of Haruhi Suzumiya (Haruhi Suzumiya #7)
by Nagaru TanigawaAfter closing a time loop fiasco in The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (Vol. 5), our protagonist Kyon is ready to start a new year with a blank slate--no time travel, no apocalyptic worries, and maybe some actual peace and quiet with the SOS Brigade, a club comprised of his high school's most extraordinary students. Their leader is Haruhi, a bold, brash girl who doesn't realize that she's actually a powerful goddess whose moods can easily change the balance of the universe.Just as Kyon starts to get comfortable, he gets a visit from his friend Mikuru. Except this isn't his Mikuru; it's a Mikuru from eight days in the future! Time traveling shenanigans start all over again as Kyon, guided by the future Mikuru, attempts to stop a terrible future from becoming a reality.
Introducing Rivers of London: Rivers of London, Moon Over Soho and Whispers Under Ground
by Ben AaronovitchThis bumper boxset from the Sunday Times Number One bestselling author contains the first three novels in the two-million-copy selling series! My name is Peter Grant, and until January I was just an ordinary policeman in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the Filth to everybody else). Then my life took a turn for the strange, and now I'm a Detective Constable and trainee wizard, the first apprentice in fifty years. My world has become somewhat more complicated, and it's safe to say the problems London's streets throw at me are now much more difficult to respond to.But there's someone out there causing trouble, using all manner of magic to do it, and they're putting ordinary Londoners at risk. It's fallen to me to bring order out of the chaos - or die trying.Like I said, life is stranger now. But I'm a police officer at heart, London is my city, and I've got a job to do.'Funny and wildly inventive' Mail on Sunday'A charming, witty and exciting romp through a magical world' Independent'Witty, well plotted, vividly written and addictively readable' The TimesThis eBook boxset contains the first three novels in the bestselling Rivers of London series. Full of warmth, humour, and mysteries that will keep you guessing, this is your perfect introduction to a whole new side of England's capital.
Introducing The Witcher: The Last Wish, Sword of Destiny and Blood of Elves
by Andrzej SapkowskiIntroducing Geralt the Witcher - revered and hated - who holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in the bestselling series that inspired the Witcher video games and a major Netflix show.Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers and lifelong training have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin.Yet he is no ordinary killer: he hunts the vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.But not everything monstrous-looking is evil; not everything fair is good . . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.Start the epic journey now with this eBook boxset, containing the very first stories set in the witcher world, plus the opening novel to Andrzej Sapkowski's groundbreaking series.Translated by Danusia Stok.Andrzej Sapkowski, winner of the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement award, started an international phenomenon with his Witcher series. The Last Wish is the perfect introduction to this one-of-a-kind fantasy world.
Intruder: Foreigner #13 (Foreigner #13)
by C. J. CherryhCivil war on the world of the atevi seems to be over, but diplomatic disputes and political infighting continue unabated. Bren Cameron, brilliant human diplomat allied with the dominant Western Association, has just returned to the capital from his country home on the coast. But his sojourn was anything but restful. Attacked by rebel forces hoping to kill not only him, but also Ilisidi, the grandmother, and Cajieri, the young son, of Tabini-aiji, the powerful head of the Western Association, Bren and his resourceful associates have had a small war of their own to contend with. And this small war has ended with a daring proposition: that their longtime enemy Machigi, having been double-crossed by his allies and approached by Ilisidi with an offer of alliance, will sign a trade agreement with her Eastern district-a situation which has upset both the rebels and the loyal north.<P> But Bren's accustomed role as negotiator for Tabini, Ilisidi, and their associates has suddenly changed radically--for Machigi, to Bren's utter shock, has evoked an ancient law. Bren wears the white ribbon that for the last few centuries has identified the single official human-atevi negotiator. But before humans landed, this white ribbon represented a specialized negotiator between atevi adversaries--a mediator who agreed to represent both sides with equal loyalty. These ancient mediators frequently ended up dead.<P> Now back in the capital, Bren finds that things are even more complicated than they previously were. He has now been put in the precaroius position of representing both Ilisidi and Machigi to the congress, and is becoming embroiled with both conservative and liberal factions. Meanwhile, Tabini-aiji is enraged to have lost the personal negotiator who has been his associate for decades, and is also jealous of any other party who stands to influence his young son. But there are even more dangerous things afoot, for Bren's bodyguard has warned him there is a crisis inside the immensely dangerous Assassins' Guild, and that the recent dustup with the Shadow Guild, a rebellious faction within the Assassins, may be only the beginning.<P> The long-running Foreigner series can also be enjoyed by more casual genre readers in sub-trilogy installments. Intruder is the 13th Foreigner novel. It is also the 1st book in the fifth subtrilogy.
The Intruder: The Intruder (Roswell High #5)
by Melinda MetzLove...too late?Michael: He's being held in a secret compound. But he's concerned less for himself than his friends. Max. Maria. Liz. Alex. And Isabel. He's got to get out before he's forced to betray the Roswell residents whom Sheriff Valenti is dying to capture. And once Sheriff Valenti has the information he wants, he won't be needing Michael anymore. Isabel: She used to think of Michael as a brother. But now that he's been captured, she seems to be the only one able to hear his every thought, feel his every emotion, share his dreams. Could this special bond between them mean they're meant to be together? Time is running out for Isabel to know for sure...
Intruder (Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Robots and Aliens, Book 3)
by Robert Thurston Isaac AsimovDerec returns to the original Robot City to find that things are very strange. The city has been reprogrammed in ways that don't make sense. He didn't do it nor did Dr. Avery. Who did?
The Intruders
by Bron Fane Lionel Fanthorpe Patricia FanthorpeSeven desperate survivors drifting helplessly in a life-capsule, sight an uncharted world. The anti-grav landing shields are only working spasmodically, but the survivors still land safely. In this strange, alien environment there is room for vivid, dramatic conflict of personalities. The survivors are at a loss to explain the strange conduct of the humanoid ethnic groups which they find of this strange world. Slowly the horrifying truth begins to dawn on the dwindling band from the capsule. There are other life forms in evidence on the planet, things which were extinct on earth aeons ago. Yet there is a vital, terrifying difference between the giant reptiles of earthly prehistory and the monsters on this alien world.
The Intruders
by Brian PinkertonThe Intruders is in the rich tradition of science fiction movie classics such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Thing and The Day The Earth Stood Still, with a nod to contemporary series like Stranger Things, The X-Files and Supernatural.The Intruders have arrived. Something strange is taking place in the small town of Engles, Indiana. Greg Garrett returns home from a business trip to discover his wife and children have disappeared. More people begin to vanish without a trace. The skies produce a substance that doesn&’t look like natural rain. Aggressive swarms of insects attack without warning. And late at night, residents are haunted by ghosts desperate to reveal the secrets of their existence but unable to speak.Engles is undergoing a terrifying transformation that could threaten all of civilization Who is this unseen enemy? What is their mission? Discover the terrifying secrets of The Intruders.FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
Intrusion
by Ken MacLeod'Insightful and ingenious . . . Intrusion is both horrific and comic, and deals movingly with the consequences of genetic fixes' - GUARDIAN'Intrusion is a finely-tuned, in-your-face argument of a novel . . . MacLeod will push your buttons - and make you think' - SFXImagine a near-future city, say London, where medical science has advanced beyond our own and a single-dose pill has been developed that, taken when pregnant, eradicates many common genetic defects from an unborn child. Hope Morrison, mother of a hyperactive four-year-old, is expecting her second child. She refuses to take The Fix, as the pill is known. This divides her family and friends and puts her and her husband in danger of imprisonment or worse. Is her decision a private matter of individual choice, or is it tantamount to willful neglect of her unborn child?A plausible and original novel with sinister echoes of 1984 and Brave New World.Books by Ken MacLeod:Fall RevolutionThe Star FractionThe Stone CanalThe Cassini DivisionThe Sky RoadEngines of LightCosmonaut KeepDark LightEngine CityCorporation Wars TrilogyDissidenceInsurgenceEmergenceNovelsThe Human FrontNewton's WakeLearning the WorldThe Execution ChannelThe Restoration GameIntrusionDescent
Intrusion: An Under The Skin Novel (The Under the Skin Novels #1)
by Charlotte Stein“Brutally beautiful, gripping and sexy. I felt every second of this book down to my toes.”—New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Tessa BaileyI believed I would never be able to trust any man again. That kindness was only for fools and would lead me down that same terrible path into darkness. I thought so with every fiber of my being—and then I met Noah Gideon Grant.Everyone says he's dangerous. He never comes out of his house—a place that looks like it could be featured in Serial Killers Monthly. But the thing is . . . I think something happened to him too. I know the chemistry between us isn’t just in my head. I know he feels it, but he’s holding back. The pleasure he gives me is unreal—if only I could give something in return. If only he would let me in. I think I can make him feel something good. And for the first time in forever, I want to.He's made a labyrinth of himself. Now all I need to do is dare to find my way through.
Intuicion
by Jennis SlaughterEn la secuela de Intuición, Delaney y Raelin Delacroix su pasado ha regresado para perseguirlas, pero no de la forma que esperaban. ¿Quién se enfada con la pareja de recién casados? ¿Son los familiares los que sienten que merecen parte de la buena suerte o alguien a quien extrañaron durante el cierre del caso de trata de personas? ¿Las Líneas Ley de Montrose les avisarán lo suficiente para que puedan protegerse a sí mismos y a sus amigos o guardarán silencio, dejando que los Delacroix resuelvan las cosas por sí solos? ¿Quién se enfada con ellas? ¿Es alguien a quien extrañaron durante el cierre del caso de trata de personas o es algo más siniestro?
La Intuición de Graciela: El Segundo Origen
by M. HerreroUn thriller a caballo entre la ciencia ficción y la novela histórica, con buenas dosis de acción e imaginación, que te mantendrá inmerso en la trama hasta la contraportada. ¿Qué pasaría si la tecnología del futuro pudiera despertar el pasado? En un futuro cercano (2029), Joel, un joven profesor de Historia, intentará recuperar a su antigua novia, Graciela. Pronto se verá envuelto en una compleja trama que pondrá a prueba sus límites. La intuición de Graciela será una pieza clave para resolver este y otros enigmas de esta trepidante historia.
The Intuitionist: A Novel
by Colson WhiteheadThis debut novel by the two time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys wowed critics and readers everywhere and marked the debut of an important American writer. Nominated as one of America&’s best-loved novels by PBS&’s The Great American Read.It is a time of calamity in a major metropolitan city's Department of Elevator Inspectors, and Lila Mae Watson, the first black female elevator inspector in the history of the department, is at the center of it. There are two warring factions within the department: the Empiricists, who work by the book and dutifully check for striations on the winch cable and such; and the Intuitionists, who are simply able to enter the elevator cab in question, meditate, and intuit any defects. Lila Mae is an Intuitionist and, it just so happens, has the highest accuracy rate in the entire department. But when an elevator in a new city building goes into total freefall on Lila Mae's watch, chaos ensues. It's an election year in the Elevator Guild, and the good-old-boy Empiricists would love nothing more than to assign the blame to an Intuitionist. But Lila Mae is never wrong.The sudden appearance of excerpts from the lost notebooks of Intuitionism's founder, James Fulton, has also caused quite a stir. The notebooks describe Fulton's work on the "black box," a perfect elevator that could reinvent the city as radically as the first passenger elevator did when patented by Elisha Otis in the nineteenth century. When Lila Mae goes underground to investigate the crash, she becomes involved in the search for the portions of the notebooks that are still missing and uncovers a secret that will change her life forever.Look for Colson Whitehead&’s new novel, Crook Manifesto, coming soon!
The Intuitives
by Steven Brown Erin Sky"I LOVED The Intuitives! I want more. I NEED more." - Teacher of YA Book BlogIMAGINATION JUST BECAME OUR GREATEST WEAPON.In Egypt, an archaeological team discovers the lost tomb of Alexander the Great. Seven years later, every public school student in America takes a strange new test, but only six are chosen to attend a summer program at the mysterious Institute for the Cultivation of Intuitive Cognition, where nothing is as it appears to be, including the students themselves.The Lonely Artist. Roman, 11.Sees things. Around people. Things he can never, ever tell.The Sarcastic Nerd. Samantha, 16.Isolated by a premonition even she doesn’t understand.The Shy Musician. Daniel, 17.Hides his private thoughts in the soundtrack of his mind.The Bubbly Engineer. Kaitlyn, 15.Can fix anything, except the one thing that matters most.The Disciplined Athlete. Mackenzie, 17.Armors her deepest fears against a world she can’t control.The Frustrated Gamer. Ashton, 17.Hoping to turn pro, and a constant disappointment to his father.But why is the U.S. government so interested in six outcasts? And what, exactly, is it teaching them to do? Now, they must band together to uncover the true purpose behind the institute—and the ancient secrets that lie hidden beneath its surface ...BEFORE HISTORY CATCHES UP TO THEM."This book was so refreshing! It was so unique and diverse, and I adored the characters. ... I have to applaud Erin and Steven for their wicked writing skills!" - The Lovely Shelf Book BlogRecommended for fans of Stranger Things and Ready Player One.Also by the authors: Tales of the WendyPrequel: TigerliljaBook 1: The WendyBook 2: The Navigator
Invaded (Alienated #2)
by Melissa LandersCara always knew life on planet L'eihr would be an adjustment. With Aelyx, her L'eihr boyfriend, back on Earth, working to mend the broken alliance between their two planets, Cara is left to fend for herself at a new school, surrounded by hostile alien clones. Even the weird dorm pet hates her. Things look up when Cara is appointed as human representative to a panel preparing for a human colony on L'eihr. A society melding their two cultures is a place where Cara and Aelyx could one day make a life together. But with L'eihr leaders balking at granting even the most basic freedoms, Cara begins to wonder if she could ever be happy on this planet, even with Aelyx by her side. Meanwhile, on Earth, Aelyx, finds himself thrown into a full-scale PR campaign to improve human-L'eihr relations. Humans don't know that their very survival depends on this alliance: only Aelyx's people have the technology to fix the deadly contamination in the global water supply that human governments are hiding. Yet despite their upper hand, the leaders of his world suddenly seem desperate to get humans on their side, and hardly bat an eye at extremists' multiple attempts on Aelyx's life. The Way clearly needs humans' help? But with what? And what will they ask for in return?
Invaded: Chronicles of Caleath
by Rosalie SkinnerTrapped on a dying planet by friends he trusted, Caleath falls into the hands of his arch-enemy. Fortunately, viewing rights make the Deathbringer a valuable asset. More torture, better ratings. Nobody suffers as well as he does. Sent back to Allorn, Caleath is the only one able to stop the invasion of his former Karadorian masters. If he keeps a cool head, accepts the help of those who betrayed him and the power offered by the dead planet's spirit, dare he unleash the ferocious warrior lurking within? Wrath has been waiting for his chance to take revenge far too long. His time has come--for better or worse.
Invader: Book Two of Foreigner (Foreigner #2)
by C. J. CherryhThe first book in C.J.Cherryh's eponymous series, Foreigner, begins an epic tale of the survivors of a lost spacecraft who crash-land on a planet inhabited by a hostile, sentient alien race. From its beginnings as a human-alien story of first contact, the Foreigner series has become a true science fiction odyssey, following a civilization from the age of steam through early space flight to confrontations with other alien species in distant sectors of space. It is the masterwork of a truly remarkable author.Nearly two centuries after the starship Phoenix disappeared, leaving an isolated colony of humans on the world of the atevi, it unexpectedly returns, threatening the stability of both atevi and human governments. With the situation fast becoming critical, Bren Cameron, the brilliant, young paidhi to the court of the atevi is recalled from Mospheira where he has just undergone surgery. Upon his return to the mainland, he Cameron finds that his government has sent in his paidhi-successor, Deana Hanks--representative of a dangerous faction on Mospheira who hate the atevi.Haunted by the threat of assassination, Bren realizes his only hope may be to communicate with the Phoenix as the spokesman of the atevi--an action which may cut him off for good from his own species. Yet if he doesn't take this desperate action, he may be forced to witness the destruction of the already precarious balance of world power.The long-running Foreigner series can also be enjoyed by more casual genre readers in sub-trilogy installments. Invader is the 2nd Foreigner novel. It is also the 2nd book in the first subtrilogy.
The Invader
by Alfred CoppelAlfred Coppel was a science fiction writer in the middle of the 20th century. He wrote adventurous stories for numerous pulp magazines. Other works by Coppel can be found under his pseudonym Robert Cham Gilman. This is one of those stories.
Invader from Mars: The Truth About Babies
by Peggy Robbins JanouskyA hilarious new sibling story that ends with an out-of-this-world twist, for fans of Wolfie the Bunny.One afternoon, Micah comes home to find trouble taped to the refrigerator door. His parents claim it’s a picture of his soon-to-be baby sister, but Micah is sure it’s a Martian.When the baby arrives, his parents insist that she’s perfectly precious—but Micah’s no fool. He knows Martians do not come in peace . . .But in a laugh-out-loud Show-and-Share day at school, Micah learns how special a baby sister can really be.
Invader on My Back
by Philip E. HighIn the far future, the world has fallen to chaos with the criminal elements controlling the cities and vast police forces ruling the unknown wilderness beyond. Only one man, unknowingly, holds the key to the state in which society finds itself - a man named Craig. Craig, however, is an outcast, a pariah, feared by organised crime and despised by the police who, despite themselves, are compelled to use him. This is the tale of how Craig fights back - against forces unknown - and of his attempts to reinstate himself into a society that has rejected him.
Invader on My Back
by Philip E. HighIn the far future, the world has fallen to chaos with the criminal elements controlling the cities and vast police forces ruling the unknown wilderness beyond.Only one man, unknowingly, holds the key to the state in which society finds itself - a man named Craig.Craig, however, is an outcast, a pariah, feared by organised crime and despised by the police who, despite themselves, are compelled to use him.This is the tale of how Craig fights back - against forces unknown - and of his attempts to reinstate himself into a society that has rejected him.