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A Bond Undone
In the Jin capital of Zhongdu, Guo Jing learns the truth of his father's death and finds he is now betrothed, against his will, to two women. Neither of them is his sweetheart Lotus Huang. Torn between following his heart and fulfilling his filial duty, he journeys through the country of his parents with Lotus, encountering mysterious martial heroes and becoming drawn into the struggle for the supreme martial text, the Nine Yin Manual. But his past is catching up with him. The widow of an evil man he accidentally killed as a child has tracked him down, intent on revenge.



Meanwhile, his true parentage at last revealed, Yang Kang, the young prince Guo Jing must face in the Garden of the Eight Drunken Immortals, is forced to choose his destiny. Will he continue to enjoy the life of wealth and privilege afforded to him by the invader of his homeland, or give up all he has known to avenge his parents?

Серия: Legends of the Condor Heroes
Год: 2019
Производитель: MacLehose Press
Артикул: 910382
ISBN: 9781784299583
Автор: Jin Yong

A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World
The World Has Ended. At Least We Still Have Dogs.



My name's Griz.

I've never been to school, I've never had friends, in my whole life I've not met enough people to play a game of football. My parents told me how crowded the world used to be, before all the people went away, but we were never lonely on our remote island. We had each other, and our dogs.

Then the thief came.

He told stories of the deserted towns and cities beyond our horizons. I liked him - until I woke to find he had stolen my dog. So I chased him out into the ruins of the world.

I just want to get my dog back, but I found more than I ever imagined was possible. More about how the world ended. More about what my family's real story is. More about what really matters.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Orbit
Артикул: 732168
ISBN: 9780356510934
Автор: Fletcher C. A

A Brightness Long Ago
In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life. Danio Cerra's intelligence won him entry to a renowned school, though he was only the son of a tailor. He took service at the court of a ruling count - and soon learned why that man was known as The Beast.



Danio's fate changed the moment he recognized Adria Ripoli as she entered the count's chambers one night - intending to kill. Born to power, Adria had chosen a life of danger - and freedom - instead.



Other vivid figures share the story: a healer determined to defy her expected lot; a charming, frivolous son of immense wealth; a religious leader more decadent than devout; and, affecting these lives and many more, two mercenary commanders, whose rivalry puts a world in the balance.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Hodder & Stoughton
Артикул: 904899
ISBN: 9781473692374
Автор: Kay Guy Gavriel

A Catalogue of Catastrophe
The thirteenth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History.



Finally - finally! - Max has that nice office job she's always wanted. The one with no heavy lifting and no one tries to kill her. Well, one out of two's not bad...



Punching well above their weight, Max and Markham set out to bring down a sinister organisation founded in the future - with a suspicious focus on the past.



Max's focus is staying alive long enough to reunite with Leon and Matthew, alternately helped and hindered by St Mary's. Who aren't always the blessing they like to think they are.



But non-stop leaping around the timeline - from witnessing Magna Carta to disturbing a certain young man with a penchant for gunpowder - is beginning to take its toll. Is Max going mad? Or are the ghosts of the past finally catching up with her?

Серия: Chronicles of St. Mary`s
Год: 2022
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 904663
ISBN: 9781472286895
Автор: Taylor Jodi

A Chain Across the Dawn
Bigger spaceships. Bigger explosions. Bigger planets. Bigger problems.



It's been three years since Esa joined the ranks of the Justified after her rescue from the fanatical murderers the Pax. Together, Esa and her mentor Kamali travel from planet to planet, searching for children with supernatural abilities. It's hard work, but Esa has never felt more assured of her place in the universe.



On a visit to a planet so remote that its inhabitants never learned that the Sect Wars ended over a hundred years ago, they learn that the Justified are not the only people searching for gifted children. There is a creature with unexpected powers who will stop at nothing to get its hands on the children that Esa and Kamali are trying to rescue.



With their latest recruit in tow -- a young Wulf child named Sho -- Esa and Kamali will travel halfway across the galaxy in pursuit of answers. But the answers only lead to more questions, and the danger will only increase as their terrifying nemesis turns his eyes on them.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Simon & Schuster
Артикул: 966420
ISBN: 9781471171185
Автор: Williams Drew

A City Dreaming
Imagine a city within a city, where monsters walk the street and magic fills the night. This is New York, but not as you know it.



This New York is a city of magic and monsters. Where ordinary people live alongside demons and nightmares, completely unaware of them. New York is home to M, a man with a past... and a secret. He knows more about the creatures who call his city home than anyone else in the world. He walks between the two worlds, at home in neither but more than comfortable in both. M is the man the monsters call when things get bad.



And things are about to get really, really bad.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Hodder & Stoughton
Артикул: 905464
ISBN: 9781473634282
Автор: Polansky Daniel

A Clockwork Orange
The fully restored fiftieth anniversary edition



Foreword by Martin Amis



First published by William Heinemann in 1962, A Clockwork Orange is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. This special edition, compiled and edited by Andrew Biswell, Burgess's biographer, restores the text of the novel as Burgess originally wrote it, and includes a selection of interviews, articles, reviews and other previously unpublished material.
Год: 2012
Производитель: William Heinemann
Артикул: 972761
ISBN: 9780434021512
Автор: Burgess Antony

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
In a snow-covered village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa watches from the woods as her father is abducted in the middle of the night by Russian soldiers. Their life-long friend and neighbour, Akhmed, has also been watching, and when he finds Havaa he knows of only one person who might be able to help.



For tough-minded doctor Sonja Rabina, it's just another day of trying to keep her bombed-out, abandoned hospital going. When Akhmed arrives with Havaa, asking Sonja for shelter, she has no idea who the pair are. But over the course of five extraordinary days, Sonja's world will shift on its axis, revealing the intricate pattern of connections that binds these three unlikely companions together and unexpectedly decides their fate.
Год: 2014
Производитель: Vintage books
Артикул: 885887
ISBN: 9780099575573
Автор: Marra Anthony

A Darkling Plain
In the fourth and final brilliant installment of Philip Reeve's award-winning quartet, after twenty years, the devastating world war between the predatory Traction Cities and their enemies is ending. Wren and her father Tom Natsworthy travel the Bird Roads in their airship, trying to forget Hester's betrayal. But in the ruined wreckage of the city of London they make a discovery that changes everything. And Hester faces an implacable foe with the means and the will to destroy the entire human race.

MORTAL ENGINES launched Philip Reeve's brilliantly-imagined creation, the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic future. Now, in time for the film debut, the critically acclaimed MORTAL ENGINES quartet is repackaged with a fantastic and eye-catching cover featuring new artwork.

Серия: Mortal engines prequel
Год: 2018
Производитель: Scholastic UK
Артикул: 818017
ISBN: 9781407189178
Автор: Reeve Philip

A Discovery of Witches
It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches.



Diana Bishop, a young scholar and descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she must navigate with a vampire, Matthew Clairmont.



This manuscript, Ashmole 782, holds the secrets of their past . . . and the key to their future.
Год: 2011
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 328586
ISBN: 9780755374045
Автор: Harkness Deborah

A Discovery of Witches
It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches.



Diana Bishop, a young scholar and descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she must navigate with a vampire, Matthew Clairmont.



This manuscript, Ashmole 782, holds the secrets of their past . . . and the key to their future.

Серия: All Souls
Год: 2018
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 909870
ISBN: 9781472258236
Автор: Harkness Deborah

A Friend of the Earth
It's 2025, and 75-year-old environmentalist and retired eco-terrorist Ty Tierwater is eking out a bleak living managing a pop star's private zoo.



It is the last one in southern California, and vital for the cloning of its captive species. Once, Ty was so serious about environmental causes that as a radical activist committed to Earth Forever! he endangered the lives of both his daughter, Sierra, and his wife, Andrea.



Now, when he's just trying to survive in a world cursed by storm and drought, Andrea re-enters his life.



Frightening, funny, surreal and gripping, T.C. Boyle's story is both a modern morality tale, and a provocative vision of the future.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Bloomsbury
Артикул: 963607
ISBN: 9781526608918
Автор: Boyle T.C

A Girl Made of Air
This is the story of The Greatest Funambulist Who Ever Lived...



Born into a post-war circus family, our nameless star was unwanted and forgotten, abandoned in the shadows of the big top. Until the bright light of Serendipity Wilson threw her into focus.



Now an adult, haunted by an incident in which a child was lost from the circus, our narrator, a tightrope artiste, weaves together her spellbinding tales of circus legends, earthy magic and folklore, all in the hope of finding the child... But will her story be enough to bring the pair together again?



Beautiful and intoxicating, A Girl Made of Air brings the circus to life in all of its grime and glory; Marina, Manu, Serendipity Wilson, Fausto, Big Gen and Mouse will live long in the hearts of readers. As will this story of loss and reconciliation, of storytelling and truth.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Quercus
Артикул: 905120
ISBN: 9781529408911
Автор: Hetherington Nydia

A Heart Divided
China: 1200 A.D.



In the fourth and final volume of Legends of the Condor Horoes, the first novel in the Condor Trilogy, Guo Jing is at last forced to make a choice between loyalty to the land of his birth and keeping faith with Genghis Khan, who has been like a father to him. As the Mongol armies descend on China, Jin Yong brings this most beloved of his novels to a thrilling conclusion, complete with vast battles, stirring heroism, heartbreak, triumph and loss.

Серия: Legends of the Condor Heroes
Год: 2021
Производитель: MacLehose Press
Артикул: 905451
ISBN: 9780857059604
Автор: Jin Yong

A Hero Born
China: 1200 A.D.



The Song Empire has been invaded by its warlike Jurchen neighbours from the north. Half its territory and its historic capital lie in enemy hands; the peasants toil under the burden of the annual tribute demanded by the victors. Meanwhile, on the Mongolian steppe, a disparate nation of great warriors is about to be united by a warlord whose name will endure for eternity: Genghis Khan.



Guo Jing, son of a murdered Song patriot, grew up with Genghis Khan's army. He is humble, loyal, perhaps not altogether wise, and is fated from birth to one day confront an opponent who is the opposite of him in every way: privileged, cunning and flawlessly trained in the martial arts.



Guided by his faithful shifus, The Seven Heroes of the South, Guo Jing must return to China - to the Garden of the Drunken Immortals in Jiaxing - to fulfil his destiny. But in a divided land riven by war and betrayal, his courage and his loyalties will be tested at every turn.

Серия: Legends of the Condor Heroes
Год: 2018
Производитель: MacLehose Press
Артикул: 910517
ISBN: 9781848667921
Автор: Jin Yong

A History of What Comes Next
Always run, never fight.

Preserve the knowledge.

Survive at all costs.

Take them to the stars.



Germany, 1945.



Mia, a nineteen-year-old girl, is sent by the OSS to find Wernher von Braun. Her mission: stop the Russians getting hold of Germany's - and the world's - foremost rocket scientist.



Von Braun is suspicious. And so he should be.



For Mia is no ordinary girl. She only looks human. And helping the Allies win the Second World War is only one part of her plan.



Because there's an even darker conflict taking place on Earth. A secret struggle thousands of years old that has engulfed and taken generations of Mia's people.



Can the firing of rockets finally bring about its end? Will Mia, as the last of her kind, bring the stars down to Earth?



And if she succeeds, what will happen to us?
Год: 2021
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 890740
ISBN: 9781405945530
Автор: Neuvel Sylvain

A Luminous Republic
One day, the children begin to show up in the subtropical town of San Cristobal. Aged between nine and thirteen, the children are covered in dirt and hungry. They beg food, commit small acts of vandalism, play games that don t seem to have any rules, and communicate with each other in a strange language. No one knows where they come from or where they disappear to each night. And then, they rob a supermarket and stab two adults, bringing fear to the town. Thus begins a fearsome and thrilling modern morality tale that retraces the lines between good and evil, the civilised and the wild, and drags our assumptions about childhood and innocence out into the light.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Granta Publication
Артикул: 954228
ISBN: 9781846276941
Автор: Barba Andres

A Questionable Shape
In the wake of an infection that has left Baton Rouge unsettled and roiling with the 'undead', three young friends - Mazoch, Vermaelen and Rachel - band together to search for Mazoch's missing father. Their mission is to visit all the places he once lingered: his favourite fast food restaurants, the movie theatre he frequented with his son and the city park.



As hurricane season looms, uncertainty and suspicion of each other's motives threatens to pull the group apart, but still, the friends' search continues. Over the course of a week, day after day, they haunt the places Mazoch's father once haunted, confronting the same persistent hope that faces all who grieve: that whomever, whatever they have lost, will return to them, in one shape or another.



Turning typical zombie fare on its head, Bennett Sims delivers a wise and philosophical rumination on the nature of memory and loss in this remarkable debut novel.
Год: 2014
Производитель: Oneworld Publications
Артикул: 954363
ISBN: 9781780745855
Автор: Sims Bennett

A River Called Time
A monumental speculative fiction story of love, loyalty, politics and conscience set in parallel Londons

The Ark was built to save the lives of the many, but rapidly became a refuge for the elite, the entrance closed without warning. Years later, Markriss Denny is one of the select few granted entry. He carries with him a closely guarded secret: the ability of his spirit to leave his body and transcend the known world.

But once in, he learns of another who carries the same power, and their existence could spell catastrophe for humanity. Denny is forced into a desperate race to understand his abilities, and in doing so uncovers the truth about the Ark, himself and the people he thought he once knew.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Canongate
Артикул: 953622
ISBN: 9781786897084
Автор: Newland Courttia

A Scanner Darkly
A brilliant sci-fi novel from one of the last century's most influential pop culture figures.

Substance D - otherwise known as Death - is the most dangerous drug ever to find its way on to the black market. It destroys the links between the brain's two hemispheres, leading first to disorentation and then to complete and irreversible brain damage.

Bob Arctor, undercover narcotics agent, is trying to find a lead to the source of supply, but to pass as an addict he must become a user and soon, without knowing what is happening to him, he is as dependent as any of the addicts he is monitoring.
Год: 2012
Производитель: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Артикул: 976036
ISBN: 9781780220420
Автор: Dick Philip K

A Second Chance at Eden
This is a brilliant collection of six short stories and a novella, set in the same universe as Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy. The author presents us with a compelling mix of human dilemmas, imagined technologies and extraordinary new cultures.



Among others, this collection includes Sonnie's Edge - featuring contests to the death between constructed monsters. But one has a special advantage . . . We also visit an abandoned alien spacecraft in Escape Route. However, is it really as empty as it seems? And in the title novella, A Second Chance at Eden, a habitat creator is murdered. But nobody can identify the perpetrator - or the motive.



This is a must-have collection from a writer at the top of his game.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Pan Books
Артикул: 902851
ISBN: 9781509868704
Автор: Hamilton Peter F

A Small Charred Face
What are the bamboo ? They are from China. They look just like us. They live by night. They drink human lifeblood, but otherwise keep their distance. And every century, they grow white blooming flowers.

A boy name Kyo is saved from the precipice of death by Bamboo, a vampire born of the tall grasses. They start an enjoyable, yet strange shared life together, Kyo and the gentle Bamboo. But for Bamboo, communication with a human being is the greatest sin.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Haikasoru
Артикул: 966254
ISBN: 9781421595412
Автор: Sakuraba Kazuki

A Snake Lies Waiting
China: 1200 A.D.



Guo Jing has confronted Apothecary Huang, his sweetheart Lotus' father, on Peach Blossom Island, and bested the villainous Gallant Ouyang in three trials to win her hand in marriage.



But now, along with his sworn brother, Zhou Botong of the Quanzhen Sect, and his shifu, Count Seven Hong, Chief of the Beggar Clan, he has walked into a trap. Tricked by Huang into boarding a unseaworthy barge, they will surely drown unless Lotus - who has overheard her father's plans - can find a way to save them.



Yet even if they are to survive the voyage, great dangers lie in wait on the mainland. The Jin Prince Wanyan Honglie has gathered a band of unscrupulous warriors to aid him in his search for the lost writings of the Great Song patriot General Yue Fei. If he is successful, the Jin armies will gain the key to total victory over the Song Empire, condemning Guo Jing's countrymen to centuries of servitude.

Серия: Legends of the Condor Heroes
Год: 2020
Производитель: MacLehose Press
Артикул: 910381
ISBN: 9781784299576
Автор: Jin Yong

A Song Of Stone
The war is ending, perhaps ended. For the castle and its occupants the troubles are just beginning. Armed gangs roam a lawless land where each farm and house supports a column of dark smoke. Taking to the roads with the other refugees, anonymous in their raggedness, seems safer than remaining in the ancient keep. However, the lieutenant of an outlaw band has other ideas and the castle becomes the focus for a dangerous game of desire, deceit and death.



Iain Banks' masterly novel reveals his unique ability to combine gripping narrative with a relentlessly voyaging imagination. The narrative technique and sheer brio of A Song Of Stone reveal a great novelist at the height of his powers.
Год: 2013
Производитель: Abacus
Артикул: 908813
ISBN: 9780349139265
Автор: Banks Iain

A Spark Unseen
When Katharine Tulman wakes in the middle of the night and accidentally foils a kidnapping attempt on her uncle, she realizes Stranwyne Keep is no longer safe for Uncle Tully and his genius inventions. She flees to Paris, where she hopes to remain undetected and also find the mysterious and handsome Lane, who is suspected to be dead.

But the search for Lane is not easy, and Katharine soon finds herself embroiled in a labyrinth of political intrigue. And with unexpected enemies and allies at every turn, Katharine will have to figure out whom she can trust - if anyone - to protect her uncle from danger once and for all.

Filled with deadly twists, whispering romance, and heart-stopping suspense, this sequel to The Dark Unwinding whisks readers off on another thrilling adventure.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Scholastic Inc.
Артикул: 920100
ISBN: 9780545328142
Автор: Cameron Sharon

A Strange and Brilliant Light
Lal, Janetta and Rose are living in a time of flux. Technological advance has brought huge financial rewards to those with power, but large swathes of the population are losing their jobs to artificial intelligence, or auts, as they're called. Unemployment is high, discontent is rife and rumours are swirling. Many feel robbed - not just of their livelihoods, but of their hopes for the future.



Lal is languishing in her role at a coffee shop and feeling overshadowed by her quietly brilliant sister, Janetta, whose Ph.D. is focused on making auts empathetic. Even Rose, Lal's best friend, has found a sense of purpose in charismatic up-and-coming politician Alek.



When vigilantes break in to the coffee shop and destroy their new coffee-making aut, it sets in motion a chain of events that will pull the three young women in very different directions.



Change is coming - change that will launch humankind into a new era. If Rose, Lal and Janetta can find a way to combine their burgeoning talents, they might just end up setting the course of history.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Jo Fletcher Books
Артикул: 904187
ISBN: 9781529407747
Автор: Lee Eli

A Symphony of Echoes
The second book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.



Wherever the historians go, chaos is sure to follow...



Dispatched to Victorian London to seek out Jack the Ripper, things go badly wrong when he finds the St Mary's historians first. Stalked through the fog-shrouded streets of Whitechapel, Max is soon running for her life. Again.



And that's just the start. Max finds herself in a race against time when an old enemy is intent on destroying St Mary's. An enemy willing, if necessary, to destroy History itself.



From the Hanging Gardens of Nineveh to the murder of Thomas a Becket, via an unscheduled dodo rescue mission, join the historians of St Mary's as they hurtle around History on more hilarious, hair-raising escapades

Серия: Chronicles of St. Mary`s
Год: 2013
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 904993
ISBN: 9781472264145
Автор: Taylor Jodi

A Terrible Fall of Angels
Meet Detective Zaniel Havelock, a man with the special ability to communicate directly with angels.



A former trained Angel speaker, he devoted his life to serving both the celestial beings and his fellow humans with his gift, but a terrible betrayal compelled him to leave that life behind. Now he's a cop who is still working on the side of angels. But where there are angels, there are also demons.



There's no question that there's evil at work when he's called in to examine the murder scene of a college student - but is it just the evil that one human being can do to another, or is it something more? When demonic possession is a possibility, even angelic protection can only go so far.



Now the race is on to stop a killer before he finds his next victim, as Zaniel is forced to confront his own very personal demons, and the past he never truly left behind.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 904721
ISBN: 9781472285348
Автор: Hamilton Laurell K

A Touch of Ruckus
Tennessee Lancaster has a hidden gift. She can pry into folks' memories with just a touch of their belongings. It's something she's always kept hidden - especially from her big, chaotic family. Their lives are already chock-full of worries about Daddy's job and Mama's blues without Tennie rocking the boat.



But when the Lancasters move to the mountains for a fresh start, Tennie's gift does something new. Instead of just memories, her touch releases a ghost with a terrifying message: Trouble is coming. Tennie wants to ignore it. Except her new friend Fox - scratch that, her only friend, Fox - is desperate to go ghost hunting deep in the forest. And when Tennie frees even more of the spirits, trouble is exactly what she gets... and it hits close to home. The ghosts will be heard, and now Tennie must choose between keeping secrets or naming an ugly truth that could tear her family apart.



Magic and mayhem abound in this spooky story about family legacies, first friendships, and how facing the ghosts inside can sometimes mean stirring up a little bit of ruckus.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Scholastic Inc.
Артикул: 918976
ISBN: 9781338702033
Автор: Van Otterloo Ash

A Trail Through Time
The fourth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.



Sometimes, surviving is all you have left.



Max and Leon are safe at last. Or so they think.



Snatched from her own world and dumped into a new one, Max is soon running for her life. Again.



From a 17th century Frost Fair to Ancient Egypt; from Pompeii to 8th century Scandinavia; Max and Leon are pursued up and down the timeline, playing a dangerous game of hide-and-seek, until finally they're forced to take refuge at St Mary's where a new danger awaits them.



Max's happily ever after is going to have to wait a while...

Серия: Chronicles of St. Mary`s
Год: 2019
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 904985
ISBN: 9781472264428
Автор: Taylor Jodi

A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom
Some stories are universal. They play out across human history. And time is the river which will flow through them.



It starts with a family, a family which will mutate. For now, it is a father, mother and two sons. One with his father s violence in his blood. One who lives his mother s artistry. One leaves. One stays. They will be joined by others whose deeds will change their fate. It is a beginning.



Their stories will intertwine and evolve over the course of two thousand years they will meet again and again at different times and in different places. From distant Palestine at the dawn of the first millennium to a life amongst the stars in the third. While the world will change around them, their destinies will remain the same. It must play out as foretold. It is written.



A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom is the extraordinary new novel from acclaimed writer John Boyne. Ambitious, far-reaching and mythic, it introduces a group of characters whose lives we will come to know and will follow through time and space until they reach their natural conclusion.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Black Swan
Артикул: 891350
ISBN: 9781784164188
Автор: Boyne John

A Very Private Life
Uncumber lives in a dystopian world where all humanity is divided in two - the Insiders and the Outsiders. The Insiders are privileged, with their every need catered to by somatic drugs, three-dimensional holovision and prolonged life. Uncumber lives in this luxurious world and is told that she must never go out into the dust and disease of the real world. Uncumber, however, is haunted by a restless and inquisitive spirit. When she falls in love with an Outsider, she decides to go exploring. . .



Michael Frayn is the award-winning author of Headlong, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Spies, which won the Whitbread Best Novel Award, and Skios, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize.
Год: 2015
Производитель: Faber and Faber
Артикул: 954003
ISBN: 9780571315932
Автор: Frayn Michael

A Voyage to Arcturus
A classic of intergalactic, metaphysical science fiction and one of Philip Pullman's favourite books



After journeying across the stars, a man from Earth finds himself lost among the scarlet deserts, black cliffs and semi-sentient oceans of Tormance, a world lit by the star Arcturus. Pulled northward by the sound of drums, and undergoing strange physical transformations, the Earthman's adventures with the planet's inhabitants begin to shine with arcane significance - ending finally in startling and unforgettable revelations.



At once an extraordinary odyssey across a bizarre alien world, a visceral exploration of human thought and behaviour, and a unique metaphysical examination of the cosmos, David Lindsay's masterpiece is a pioneering work of science fiction that has influenced generations of writers, including C.S Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Philip Pullman.

Серия: Penguin Science Fiction
Год: 2021
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 888487
ISBN: 9780241441589
Автор: Lindsay David

A Werewolf in Riverdale
Everyone knows the characters from Riverdale: popular Archie Andrews, girl-next-door Betty Cooper, angsty Jughead Jones, and the sophisticated Veronica Lodge. But this is not the Riverdale you know and love. Something twisted has awoken in the town with pep. Inspired by the iconic Archie Horror comics, this reimagined universe takes the grittiness of the TV show and adds a paranormal twist.



Someone is killing the citizens of Riverdale. And after a bloody full moon, Jughead realizes he is the killer! Jughead is a werewolf. Can he keep this secret from his friends - including werewolf-hunting Betty Cooper? Jughead has to get his dark side under control - before it is controlling him.



The Archie Horror series contains all-new, original stories that fans of horror and fans of Riverdale will eat up!
Год: 2020
Производитель: Scholastic Inc.
Артикул: 919279
ISBN: 9781338569124
Автор: Roehrig Caleb

A World Apart. The Witching Hour
Two mesmerising tales of passion and adventure, from the world's greatest storyteller.



A World Apart

Kadra is a warrior - a demon slayer from another world. With her highly tuned senses and Amazonian physique she was born to fight, and lives only to protect her people. That is her duty - something she accepts without question, just as she accepts she will always be alone.



But when the king of Demons escapes through a mysterious portal, Kadra must follow - and finds herself in modern day New York. This strange and dangerous city is a baffling place, even for a warrior like Kadra. And when she meets Harper Doyle, the handsome and sceptical private investigator destined to help her, things become very complicated. And exciting. . .



The Witching Hour

A kingdom is plagued by tragedy until a wizard-god's spell brings forth a courageous and beautiful young woman who must follow her heart in love and follow her destiny in battle. . .

Серия: Nora Roberts. The international bestseller
Год: 2013
Производитель: Piatkus
Артикул: 909016
ISBN: 9780749958770
Автор: Roberts Nora

Abaddon's Gate
For generations, the solar system Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt was humanity s great frontier. Until now. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark.



Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artefact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core. As the emissaries of the human race try to find whether the gate is an opportunity or a threat, the greatest danger is the one they brought with them.

Серия: The Expanse
Год: 2014
Производитель: Orbit
Артикул: 976065
ISBN: 9781841499932
Автор: Corey James S. A

Absolution Gap
Take another awe-inspiring leap into the darkly imagined future of Revelation Space, where it is time for Humanity to meet its Unmakers.



Mankind has endured centuries of horrific plague and a particularly brutal interstellar war but there is still no time for peace and quiet.



Stirred from aeons of sleep, the Inhibitors - ancient alien killing machines - have begun the process of ridding the galaxy of its latest emergent intelligence: mankind. As a ragtag bag of refugees fleeing the first wave of the cull head towards an apparently insignificant moon light-years away, they discover an avenging angel, a girl born in ice. She has the power to lead mankind to safety, and the ability to draw down their darkest enemy.



And on a planet where vast travelling cathedrals crawl towards the treacherous fissure known as Absolution Gap, an unsettling truth becomes apparent: to beat one enemy, it may be necessary to forge an alliance with something much, much worse

Серия: Revelation Space
Год: 2008
Производитель: Gollancz
Артикул: 976069
ISBN: 9780575083165
Автор: Reynolds Alastair

Acceptance
The Third Volume of The Extraordinary Southern Reach Trilogy - Now a Major Motion Picture Written and Directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina) and starring Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Gina Rodriguez And Tessa Thompson

One last, desperate team embarks across the border, determined to reach a remote island that may hold the answers they've been seeking. As they press deeper into the unknown, the threat to the outside world becomes only more daunting.



The mysteries of Area X may have been solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound - or terrifying.

Серия: The Southern Reach Trilogy
Год: 2015
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 897434
ISBN: 9780008139124
Автор: Vandermeer Jeff

Across the Nightingale Floor
Set in a mythical, feudal, Japanese land, a world both beautiful and cruel, the intense love story of two young people takes place against a background of warring clans, secret alliances, high honour and lightning swordplay.



Lian Hearn's stunningly powerful bestseller, Across the Nightingale Floor, is an epic story for readers young and old.



In his palace at Inuyama, Lord Iida Sadamu, warlord of the Tohan clan, surveys his famous nightingale floor. Its surface sings at the tread of every human foot, and no assassin can cross it. But sixteen-year-old Otori Takeo, his family murdered by Iida's warriors, has the magical skills of the Tribe - preternatural hearing, invisibility, a second self - that enable him to enter the lair of the Tohan. He has love in his heart and death at his fingertips



The first novel in the epic Tales of the Otori series, Across the Nightingale Floor is followed by Grass For His Pillow and Brilliance of the Moon.

Серия: Tales of the Otori
Год: 2017
Производитель: Picador
Артикул: 902972
ISBN: 9781509837809
Автор: Hearn Lian

Adulthood Rites
From the groundbreaking, award-winning author of Parable of the Sower: one young man with extraordinary gifts must reconcile his own heritage before he can change the fate of humanity. Lilith's son Akin looks like an ordinary child. His family live together on Earth, but not in complete peace. The Oankali saved humanity years before, compelled by the desire to create an extraordinary new race of children. But there are those who resist the Oankali and the salvation they offer.



The first of his kind, Akin is more powerful than any other being. He understands the desire to fight for the independence of humanity. He also fears that, if left alone, humanity will destroy itself again.



And when young Akin is stolen from Lilith and their hybrid family, he soon faces an impossible choice. But first he must reconcile with his own heritage in a world already torn in two.

Серия: Lilith`s Brood
Год: 2022
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 905408
ISBN: 9781472281074
Автор: Butler Octavia E

After the Flood
Children think we make them, but we don't ... They come into the world and make us. They make us by breaking us first.



The world is mostly water when Pearl is born. The floods have left America a cluster of small islands with roving trade ships and raiders.



Pearl knows little of her father Jacob and elder sister Row, who left her mother Myra when she was pregnant with her. Between them they make do, with Myra fishing and trading to make ends meet, travelling from island to island on Bird, the boat Myra's grandfather made before he died.



Whilst their life is a tranquil one, Myra still aches for the daughter she once lost. When a chance encounter reveals that Row might still be alive, Myra packs up six-year-old Pearl and together they begin a dangerous voyage to The Valley, where rumours of violence and breeding ships run rampant.



Along the way they encounter death and strangers, finally finding solace on board Sedna - full to the brim with supplies and an able crew - where Myra feels like she might be closer to finding Row than she has ever been. But to get to Row she will have to deceive everyone around her, betraying the trust of those she's come to love, and ask herself if she's willing to sacrifice everything and everyone for what might be nothing at all.
Год: 2020
Производитель: The Borough Press
Артикул: 898110
ISBN: 9780008319595
Автор: Montag Kassandra

Air and Angels
An unsettling and absorbing tale from the bestselling author of The Woman in Black.



Celibate, irreproachable and distinguished, Thomas Cavendish is in his mid-fifties and the obvious man to become Master of his college. But, walking by the river, Thomas sees a young girl standing on the bridge. It is an apocalyptic vision, one that alters Thomas's life irrevocably and tragically, but with the beauty and joy of a love never previously imagined.
Год: 1999
Производитель: Vintage books
Артикул: 972864
ISBN: 9780099284680
Автор: Hill Susan

Airside
In 1949, Jeanette Marchand landed in London. No-one ever saw her leave the airport. No-one ever saw her again.



Hollywood actress Jeanette Marchand was beautiful, talented, beloved by audiences.

During a time of personal crisis, she declares she is going to take a vacation in England, to explore the possibilities of working in London, before returning to the USA.



She never returned to the USA. She never even left the airport. At least - no-one saw her leave.



Years later, a young film student finds himself digging deeper into her disappearance. Where did she go? Was she really dead? Who was the mysterious man who sat beside her on the flight across from New York?



This is a gripping speculative historical novel, grounded in the golden age of film. Perfect for fans of true crime, conspiracy theories, and SF that is chillingly close to reality.
Год: 2023
Производитель: Gollancz
Артикул: 976094
ISBN: 9781399608831
Автор: Priest Christopher

All The Blood We Share
Blood is thicker than water . . . and murder is best kept in the family



At first the townspeople of Cherryvale welcome the arrival of medium Kate Bender and her family.



Kate's messages from the Beyond give their dreams hope, and her mother's potions cure their ills - for a price.



No one knows about their other business, the shortcut they offer to a better life. And why shouldn't Kate's family prosper? They're careful. It's only from those who are marked, those who travel alone and can easily disappear, that the Benders demand their pound of flesh.



But even a gifted seer like Kate can make a misstep.



Now as the secrets festering beneath the soil of the family orchard threaten to bring them all to ruin, the Benders must sharpen their craft - or vanish themselves . . .
Год: 2023
Производитель: Michael Joseph
Артикул: 972882
ISBN: 9780241442326
Автор: Bruce Camilla

All Tomorrow's Parties
The Bridge, San Francisco, after the quake:



Ex-cop Berry Rydell has been hired by Colin Laney - who is hooked deep into the network of things - to go to San Francisco and act in such a way that he comes to the attention of a certain unspecified individual. This, Laney promises Rydell, could prove life-threatening. And now Rydell's been sent a package. Something that belonged to Laney, something that others with guns, blades and very bad attitudes want. And suddenly Rydell's running, trying get to the old Bridge, the shantytown where a man can get lost, be forgotten and wait for the end of the world - which is the other thing that Laney promised . . .



William Gibson is a prophet and a satirist, a black comedian and an outstanding architect of cool. Readers of Neal Stephenson, Ray Bradbury and Iain M. Banks will love this book. This is the third novel in the Bridge trilogy - read Virtual Light and Idoru for more.

Серия: Bridge
Год: 2011
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 889024
ISBN: 9780241953518
Автор: Gibson William

All the Seas of the World
On a dark night along a lonely stretch of coast, a small ship, the Silver Wake, sends two people ashore to a stony strand. Their purpose is assassination. They have been hired to do this by two of the most dangerous men alive. The consequences will affect so many lives both great and small, and possibly alter the balance of power in the world.



One of those arriving on that night strand is a woman abducted by corsairs from her home as a child, escaping that fate, that destiny, years after, now trying to chart her own course - and bent upon revenge. Another figure, on the boat, bringing it to meet the secretive landing party at the city where they are going, is a merchant who still remembers being exiled as a child with his family from their home, for their faith.



Returning triumphantly to the brilliantly evoked near-Renaissance world of his most recent novels, international bestseller Guy Gavriel Kay deploys his signature 'quarter turn to the fantastic' to offer readers a wide-ranging, vividly memorable set of characters in a story of vengeance, power, and love, built around profoundly contemporary themes of exile, loss, and memory.



In a narrative of page-turning drama, All the Seas of the World also offers moving reflections on choices, fate, and the random events that can shape our lives.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Hodder & Stoughton
Артикул: 910268
ISBN: 9781529385175
Автор: Kay Guy Gavriel

Allegiant
What if your whole world was a lie?

The thrillingly dark conclusion to the No. 1 New York Times bestselling DIVERGENT trilogy, now available in paperback.

DIVERGENT a major motion picture franchise.

What if a single revelation like a single choice changed everything?

What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected?

The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.

But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature and of herself while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love.

Told from a riveting dual perspective, Allegiant, by #1 New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth, brings the Divergent series to a powerful conclusion while revealing the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and Insurgent.

Серия: Divergent Trilogy
Год: 2015
Производитель: HarperCollins
Артикул: 767554
ISBN: 9780008167899
Автор: Roth Veronica

Allegiant
The thrilling third book in the internationally bestselling Divergent series that inspired a series of major motion pictures starring Shailene Woodley. This special 10th anniversary edition features exclusive content from Veronica Roth and a beautiful reimagined cover art from award-winning illustrator Victo Ngai.

The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered fractured by violence and scarred by loss. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps, beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.

But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Once again, she must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature and of herself while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love.

Told from a riveting dual perspective, this explosive conclusion to Veronica Roth's bestselling Divergent trilogy reveals the secrets of the dystopian world that captivated readers in Divergent and Insurgent.

Серия: Divergent Trilogy
Год: 2021
Производитель: HarperCollins
Артикул: 839336
ISBN: 9780008468965
Автор: Roth Veronica

Allegiant
What if your whole world was a lie?

The thrillingly dark conclusion to the No. 1 New York Times bestselling DIVERGENT trilogy.

What if a single revelation like a single choice changed everything?

What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected?

The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.

But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature and of herself while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love.

Told from a riveting dual perspective, Allegiant, by #1 New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth, brings the Divergent series to a powerful conclusion while revealing the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and Insurgent.
Год: 2013
Производитель: HarperCollins
Артикул: 767556
ISBN: 9780007444113
Автор: Roth Veronica

Altered Carbon
This must-read story is a confident, action-and-violence packed thriller, and future classic noir SF novel from a multi-award-winning author.

Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course.

But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn?t be surprised. Contracted by a billionaire to discover who murdered his last body, Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society.
Год: 2018
Производитель: Gollancz
Артикул: 807251
ISBN: 9781473223677
Автор: Morgan Richard

America City
America, one century on: a warmer climate is causing vast movements of people. Droughts, floods and hurricanes force entire populations to abandon their homes. Tensions are mounting between north and south, and some northern states are threatening to close their borders against homeless fellow-Americans from the south.



Against this backdrop, an ambitious young British-born publicist, Holly Peacock, meets a new client, the charismatic Senator Slaymaker, a politician whose sole mission is to keep America together, reconfiguring the entire country in order to meet the challenge of the new climate realities as a single, united nation. When he runs for President, Holly becomes his right hand woman, doing battle on the whisperstream, where stories are everything and truth counts for little.



But can they bring America together or have they set the country on a new, but equally devastating, path?
Год: 2017
Производитель: Corvus
Артикул: 929320
ISBN: 9781786491541
Автор: Beckett Chris

American Gods
Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back home. On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America.

Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break.

Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there...
Год: 2021
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 328164
ISBN: 9780755322817
Автор: Gaiman Neil

American Gods
American Gods, the extraordinary, highly acclaimed epic novel from storytelling genius and international bestseller Neil Gaiman, comes vividly to life in a major new TV series on Amazon Prime Video starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning and Gillian Anderson.

'Gaiman is a treasure-house of story and we are lucky to have him' Stephen King.

If you are to survive, you must believe.

Shadow Moon has served his time. But hours before his release from prison, his beloved wife is killed in a freak accident. Dazed, he boards a plane home where he meets the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who professes both to know Shadow and to be king of America.

Together they embark on a profoundly strange road trip across the USA, encountering a kaleidoscopic cast of characters along the way. Yet all around them a storm threatens to break.

The war has already begun, an epic struggle for the very soul of America, and Shadow is standing squarely in its path.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 649237
ISBN: 9781472249081
Автор: Gaiman Neil

American War
2074. America's future is Civil War. Sarat's reality is survival. They took her father, they took her home, they told her lies



She didn't start this war, but she'll end it.



Omar El Akkad's powerful debut novel imagines a dystopian future: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague and one family caught deep in the middle. In American War, we're asked to consider what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons against itself.
Год: 2018
Производитель: Picador
Артикул: 902907
ISBN: 9781509852215
Автор: El Akkad Omar

Among Thieves
A high-stakes heist novel set in a gritty world of magic and malice.



Who Needs Friends When You Have Axes?



Ryia 'the Butcher' Cautella has earned her reputation as the quickest, deadliest blade in the city - not to mention the sharpest tongue. But Ryia Cautella is not her real name.



A deadly secret has kept Ryia in hiding, running from city to city, doing whatever it takes to stay one step ahead of the formidable Guildmaster - sovereign ruler of the five kingdoms. But even the most powerful men can be defeated.



One last impossible job is all that stands between Ryia and her freedom - but even the Butcher can't do it alone. She teams up with the Saints, a crew of uniquely skilled miscreants, smugglers and thieves, to carry off a death-defying heist into the most tightly guarded island in the kingdoms - the Guildmaster's stronghold.



Unfortunately for Ryia, her new allies are nearly as selfish as she is, and they all have plans of their own...
Год: 2021
Производитель: Gollancz
Артикул: 905586
ISBN: 9781473234543
Автор: Kuhn M. J

Amongst Our Weapons
There is a world hidden underneath this great city



The London Silver Vaults for well over a century, the largest collection of silver for sale in the world. It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a celebrity punch-up.



Not somewhere you can murder someone and vanish without a trace only that s what happened.



The disappearing act, the reports of a blinding flash of light and memory loss amongst the witnesses all make this a case for Detective Constable Peter Grant and the Special Assessment Unit.



Alongside their boss DCI Thomas Nightingale, the SAU find themselves embroiled in a mystery that encompasses London s tangled history, foreign lands and, most terrifying of all, the North!



And Peter must solve this case soon because back home his partner Beverley is expecting twins any day now. But what he doesn t know is that he s about to encounter something and somebody that nobody ever expects



Effortlessly original, endlessly inventive and hugely entertaining step into the world of the much-loved, Number One bestselling Rivers of London series.

Серия: Rivers of London
Год: 2022
Производитель: Gollancz
Артикул: 905023
ISBN: 9781473226661
Автор: Aaronovitch Ben

Amongst Our Weapons
There is a world hidden underneath this great city...



The London Silver Vaults - for well over a century, the largest collection of silver for sale in the world. It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a celebrity punch-up. Not somewhere you can murder someone and vanish without a trace - only that's what happened.



The disappearing act, the reports of a blinding flash of light and memory loss amongst the witnesses all make this a case for Detective Constable Peter Grant and the Special Assessment Unit.



Alongside their boss DCI Thomas Nightingale, the SAU find themselves embroiled in a mystery that encompasses London's tangled history, foreign lands and, most terrifying of all, the North!



And Peter must solve this case soon because back home his partner Beverley is expecting twins any day now. But what he doesn't know is that he's about to encounter something - and somebody - that nobody ever expects...



Effortlessly original, endlessly inventive and hugely entertaining - step into the world of the much-loved, Number One bestselling Rivers of London series.

Серия: Rivers of London
Год: 2023
Производитель: Orion
Артикул: 956046
ISBN: 9781473226685
Автор: Aaronovitch Ben

An American Story
A powerful meditation on loss and memory seen through the prism of 9/11, by one of our greatest authors.



Ben Matson lost someone he loved in the 9/11 attacks. Or thinks he did - no body has been recovered, and she shouldn't have been on that particular plane at that time. But he knows she was.



The world has moved on from that terrible day. Nearly 20 years later, it has faded into a dull memory for most people. But a chance encounter rekindles Ben's interest in the event, and the inconsistencies that always bothered him.



Then the announcement of the recovery of an unidentified plane crash sets off a chain of events that will lead Ben to question everything he thought he knew . . .



Thoughtful, impeccably researched and dazzling in its writing, this is Ben's story, the story of what happened to his fiance, and the story of all that happened on 9/11.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Gollancz
Артикул: 909979
ISBN: 9781473200593
Автор: Priest Christopher

An Argumentation of Historians
They say you shouldn't push your luck. Max gives her own luck a massive shove every day - and it's only a matter of time until luck pushes back...



January 1536 - the day of Henry VIII's infamous jousting accident. Historians from St Mary's are there in force, recording and documenting. And, arguing -obviously.



A chance meeting between Max and the Time Police leads to a plan of action. And, it's one that will have very serious consequences - especially for Max. Her private life is already more than a little rocky. But with Leon recovering and Matthew safe in the future there will never be a better opportunity to bring down Clive Ronan, once and for all.



From Tudor England to the burning city of Persepolis - and from a medieval siege to a very nasty case of 19th century incarceration - Max is determined that this time, he will not escape.

Серия: Chronicles of St. Mary`s
Год: 2017
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 909886
ISBN: 9781472264190
Автор: Taylor Jodi

An Arrow to the Moon
Hunter Yee has perfect aim with a bow and arrow, but all else in his life veers wrong. He's sick of being haunted by his family's past mistakes. The only things keeping him from running away are his younger brother, a supernatural wind and the bewitching girl at his new high school.



Luna Chang dreads the future. Graduation looms ahead, and her parents' expectations are stifling. Then her life is turned upside down by the strange new boy in her class, the arrival of unearthly fireflies, and an ominous crack spreading across the town of Fairbridge.



As Hunter and Luna uncover hidden secrets and navigate the feud between their families, everything around them begins to fall apart. All they can depend on is their love... but time is running out, and fate will have its way.



An Arrow to the Moon, Emily X.R. Pan's brilliant and ethereal follow-up to The Astonishing Colour of After, is a story about family, love, and the magic and mystery of the moon that connects us all.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Orion
Артикул: 910177
ISBN: 9781510102989
Автор: Pan Emily X.R

Anansi Boys
Everything changes for Fat Charlie Nancy, the South London boy so called by his father, the day his dad drops dead while doing karaoke.



Charlie didn't know his estranged father was a god - Anansi the trickster, master of mischief and social disorder. He never knew he had a brother either.



Now brother Spider is on his doorstep, about to make life more interesting . . . and a lot more dangerous. It's a meeting that will take Fat Charlie from his London home to Florida, the Caribbean, and the very beginning of the world itself. Or the end of the world, depending on which way you're looking.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 946375
ISBN: 9780755305094
Автор: Gaiman Neil

Anansi Boys
Everything changes for Fat Charlie Nancy, the South London boy so called by his father, the day his dad drops dead while doing karaoke. Charlie didn't know his estranged father was a god - Anansi the trickster, master of mischief and social disorder. He never knew he had a brother either. Now brother Spider is on his doorstep, about to make life more interesting and a lot more dangerous. It's a meeting that will take Fat Charlie from his London home to Florida, the Caribbean, and the very beginning of the world itself. Or the end of the world, depending on which way you're looking.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 816608
ISBN: 9781472283344
Автор: Gaiman Neil

Anansi Boys
Книга полностью на английском языке.

Fat Charlie Nancy is not actually fat. He was fat once but he is definitely not fat now. No, right now Fat Charlie Nancy is angry, confused and more than a little scared - right now his life is spinning out of control, and it is all his dad's fault. If his rotter of an estranged father hadn't dropped dead at a karaoke night, Charlie would still be blissfully unaware that his dad was Anansi the spider god. He would have no idea that he has a brother called Spider, who is also a god. And there would be no chance that said brother would be trying to take over his life, flat and fiancee, or, to make matters worse, be doing a much better job of it than him. Desperate to reclaim his life, Charlie enlists the help of four more-than-slightly eccentric old ladies and their unique brand of voodoo - and between them they unleash a bitter and twisted force to get rid of Spider. But as darkness descends and badness begins is Fat Charlie Nancy going to get his life back in one piece or is he about to enter a whole netherworld of pain?
Год: 2013
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 328165
ISBN: 9780755305094, 9780755331147
Автор: Gaiman Neil

Anatomy. A Love Story
Edinburgh, 1817.



Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry.



Jack Currer is a resurrection man who s just trying to survive in a city where it s too easy to die.



When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist s Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham s lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Beecham: if she can pass the medical examination on her own, Beecham will allow her to continue her medical career. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will need more than just her books she ll need corpses to study.

Lucky that she s made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a living.



But Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the streets, and the dreaded Roman Fever, which wiped out thousands a few years ago, is back with a vengeance. Nobody important cares until Hazel.



Now, Hazel and Jack must work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Piatkus
Артикул: 976121
ISBN: 9780349433370
Автор: Schwartz Dana

Anatomy. A Love Story
Edinburgh, 1817. Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry.



Jack Currer is a resurrection man who's just trying to survive in a city where it's too easy to die.



When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist's Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham's lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Beecham: if she can pass the medical examination on her own, Beecham will allow her to continue her medical career. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will need more than just her books - she'll need corpses to study.

Lucky that she's made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a living.



But Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the streets, and the dreaded Roman Fever, which wiped out thousands a few years ago, is back with a vengeance. Nobody important cares - until Hazel.



Now, Hazel and Jack must work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Piatkus
Артикул: 904868
ISBN: 9780349433363
Автор: Schwartz Dana

And Another Thing
Discover the sixth book in the ludicrously inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, as broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and featuring original cast members including Simon Jones, Geoff McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey and Sandra Dickinson.



Arthur Dent led a perfectly ordinary, uneventful life until the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy hurled him deep into outer space. Now he's convinced a cruelly indifferent universe is out to get him.



And who can blame him?



His life is about to collide with a pantheon of unemployed gods, a lovestruck green alien, a very irritating computer and at least one very large slab of cheese. If, that is, everyone's favourite renegade Galactic President can get him off planet Earth before it is destroyed . . . again.
Год: 2010
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 886978
ISBN: 9780141042138
Автор: Colfer Eoin

And the Ass Saw the Angel
And the Ass Saw the Angel - Nick Cave's classic Gothic novel, in its full and original form



Outcast, mute, a lone twin cut from a drunk mother in a shack full of junk, Euchrid Eucrow of Ukulore inhabits a nightmarish Southern valley of preachers and prophets, incest and ignorance. When the God-fearing folk of the town declare a foundling child to be chosen by the Almighty, Euchrid is disturbed. He sees her very differently, and his conviction, and increasing isolation and insanity, may have terrible consequences for them both...



In 2009 Cave released a cut-down version of his novel but this reissue restores the full uncut text, as first published in 1989.



Compelling and astonishing in its baroque richness, Nick Cave's acclaimed first novel is a fantastic journey into the twisted world of Deep Southern Gothic tragedy. This book will be adored by readers of Will Self, William Faulkner and Falnnery O'Connor, as well as fans of the cult rock star everywhere.
Год: 2013
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 889174
ISBN: 9780241966570
Автор: Cave Nick

And the Rest is History
Because, my dear Max, you dance on the edge of darkness ... and I don't think it would take very much for you to dance my way.



When an old enemy appears out of nowhere with an astonishing proposition for Max a proposition that could change everything Max is tempted. Very tempted.



With an end to an old conflict finally in sight, it looks as if St Mary s problems are over with. Can they all finally live happily ever after?



As everything hangs in the balance, Max and St Mary s find themselves engulfed in tragedies worse than they could ever imagine.



Is this the end?

Серия: Chronicles of St. Mary`s
Год: 2019
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 909885
ISBN: 9781472264169
Автор: Taylor Jodi

Annihilation
The first volume of the extraordinary Southern Reach Trilogy - now a major motion picture written and directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina) and starring Natalie Portman And Oscar Isaac

For thirty years, Area X has remained mysterious and remote behind its intangible border - an environmental disaster zone, though to all appearances an abundant wilderness.



The Southern Reach, a secretive government agency, has sent eleven expeditions to investigate Area X. One has ended in mass suicide, another in a hail of gunfire, the eleventh in a fatal cancer epidemic.



Now four women embark on the twelfth expedition into the unknown.

Серия: The Southern Reach Trilogy
Год: 2015
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 897433
ISBN: 9780008139100
Автор: Vandermeer Jeff

Annihilation
For thirty years, Area X has remained mysterious and remote behind its intangible border - an environmental disaster zone, though to all appearances an abundant wilderness. The Southern Reach, a secretive government agency, has sent eleven expeditions to investigate Area X. One has ended in mass suicide, another in a hail of gunfire, the eleventh in a fatal cancer epidemic. Now four women embark on the twelfth expedition into the unknown.

Серия: The Southern Reach Trilogy
Год: 2018
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 810086
ISBN: 9780008263348
Автор: Vandermeer Jeff

Another Time, Another Place
'It's time, Max.' And so, a whole new chapter opens up...



It's long been known that if a thing can go wrong, it will. With knobs on, usually. Disasters start to pile up. A new colleague with no respect for the past and a great deal to prove. Historians lost in time. And - worst of all - Rosie Lee on her very first jump. Then there's the small matter of Max's dishonourable discharge.



From Tudor England to the Tower of Babel - it's all going horribly wrong.



Jobless and homeless, Max receives an offer she can't refuse. Another time, another place. A refuge, perhaps.



She's got that wrong, too.

Серия: Chronicles of St. Mary`s
Год: 2021
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 909915
ISBN: 9781472273208
Автор: Taylor Jodi

Apocalypse Cow
Forget the cud. They want blood...an outrageously entertaining and original take on the 'zombie apocalypse' - joint winner of the first Terry Pratchett 'Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now' Prize...



When scientists with warped imaginations accidentally unleash an experimental bioweapon that transforms Britain's animals into sneezing, bloodthirsty zombies with a penchant for pre-dinner sex with their victims, three misfits become the unlikely hope for salvation.



Abattoir worker Terry Borders' love life is crippled by the stench of death that clings to his skin from his days spent slaughtering cows; teenage vegan Geldof 'Scabby' Peters alternates between scratching furiously at his rash and baiting his overbearing New Age mother; and inept journalist Lesley McBrien struggles forlornly in the shadow of her famous war correspondent father.



As Britain begins a rapid descent into chaos and ministers blame international terrorists, Lesley stumbles upon evidence that the government is behind the outbreak. In her bumbling pursuit of the truth, she crosses paths with Terry and Geldof, and together they set out to escape a quarantined Britain with the evidence and vital data that could unlock a cure for the virus.



Standing in the way are rampaging hordes of animals, a ruthless security agent and an army ready to shoot anybody with a case of the sniffles...



Three losers. Overwhelming odds. A single outcome: the world is screwed.
Год: 2013
Производитель: Corgi book
Артикул: 889616
ISBN: 9780552166690
Автор: Logan Michael

Appliance
From the Costa Award winner, a highly inventive and and humane novel about our relationship with technology and our addiction to innovation.



'Are they paying you extra for this? You'd better be getting something. For the inconvenience, I mean. Here for the whole weekend is what they said. What if we'd had guests? They never asked. And in any case what are the dangers? Being tested like lab rats, we are. Did they even try to provide any assurance it was all perfectly-'



This is the prototype. The first step to a new future.



A future that will be easy and abundant. A future in which distance is no longer a barrier to human contact. And all it takes is a simple transport unit, in every home, every street, every town. Quick. Clean. Easy. A future driven by data, not emotion.



And so begins the journey of a new technology that will soon change the world and everyone in it - the sceptics and the converts, the innocents and the evangelists. A scientific wonder that quickly becomes an everyday aspect of life.



But what of our inherent messiness? In a world preoccupied with progress, what will happen to the things that make us human: the memories, the fears, the love, the blood, the contradictions, the mortality? As we push for a sense of perfection, what do we stand to lose?



Questioning, innovative and shot through with a rich humanity, Appliance is much more than a novel. It examines our faith in technology, our hunger for new things and the rapid changes affecting all our lives. It challenges us to stop and reflect on the future we want, the systems we trust, and what really matters to us.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Jonathan Cape
Артикул: 892238
ISBN: 9781787333888
Автор: Morgan J. O

Apt Pupil
You must know that your fate and my own are inextricably intertwined



Todd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a different kind of teacher, Mr. Dussander, and to learn all about Dussander's dark and deadly past... a decades-old manhunt Dussander has escaped to this day.



Yet Todd doesn't want to turn his teacher in. Todd wants to know more. Much more. He is about to face his fears and learn the real meaning of power - and the seductive lure of evil.



A classic story from Stephen King Apt Pupil reveals layers upon layers of deception and horror as the boy and old man hold each other in a mutual deathgrip. Each knows something the other wants kept secret.

Серия: Different Seasons
Год: 2021
Производитель: Hodder & Stoughton
Артикул: 839342
ISBN: 9781529379297
Автор: King Stephen

Apt Pupil
Издание полностью на английском.
Год: 2002
Производитель: Time Warner
Артикул: 104637
ISBN: 0-7515-2567-7
Автор: King Stephen

Arrival
With his masterful first collection, multiple-award-winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably diverse stories, all told in his trademark precise and evocative prose.

From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth with the heavens above, to a world where angelic visitations are a wondrous and terrifying part of everyday life; from a neural modification that eliminates the appeal of physical beauty, to an alien language that challenges our very perception of time and reality...

Chiang's rigorously imagined fantasia invites us to question our understanding of the universe and our place in it.
Год: 2016
Производитель: Picador
Артикул: 807627
ISBN: 9781509835904
Автор: Chiang Ted

Ascension
If you ever read this,



Tell others.



Don't come here.



When a mountain mysteriously appears in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a group of scientists are sent to investigate.



Explorer Harry Tunmore agrees to join the secret mission - and he has his own reasons beyond scientific curiosity . . .



But the higher the team ascend, the stranger things become. Time moves differently. Memories of their lives before the mountain begin to fade.



What, or who, will they discover at the top?
Год: 2023
Производитель: Harper Voyager
Артикул: 986415
ISBN: 9780008505813
Автор: Binge Nicholas

Aspects
Aspects is the great John M. Ford's last novel, unpublished in his lifetime. It is a fantasy novel unlike any other, filled with politics and manners, swords and sorcerous machine guns, ancient empires and the onward march of progress.

The master author's lost work is finally here.



A forbidden romance.

Magic running rampant.

A monarchy coming to an end.



The world is changing, and with it a nation begins the process of dismantling the royal family and building a democracy in their place. A delicate and dangerous task, which sparks political intrigue in the halls of Parliament and power struggles that draw in the nobility, Archmages, and idealists alike even before the Gods choose to meddle, in favour of old hierarchies.



Against this backdrop of political turmoil comes the powerful story of two lovers torn apart by the fragile new system and a lost woman, overlooked in the power struggles, striving to find the help she needs to control her own powers.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Gollancz
Артикул: 909999
ISBN: 9781473232846
Автор: Ford John M

Assassinorum. Kingmaker
Explore the fascinating relationships between the different Assassinorum Temples in this fantastic novel from Robert Rath.



The Officio Assassinorum safeguards the future of humanity. Its agents are the bloody-handed, secret saviours of the Imperium, killers charged with achieving the impossible... and Vindicare assassin Absolom Raithe has just been handed the most difficult assignment of his career.



The Knight World of Dominion is on the verge of seceding from the Imperium, its court riven by factionalism and ruled by an increasingly unhinged monarch. With the aid of the shapeshifting Callidus assassin Sycorax, Raithe must remove the king from his throne and safely steer a pro-Imperial candidate to victory through the brutal succession crisis that will inevitably ensue. His team will need to infiltrate a world steeped in chivalric codes, where every move risks discovery, and every threat pilots an adamantine monster... for if the assassins fail, and Dominion falls, the entire sector will be plunged into darkness.

Серия: Warhammer 40, 000
Год: 2023
Производитель: Black Library
Артикул: 966694
ISBN: 9781800262706
Автор: Rath Robert

Aurora Burning
The second instalment in the bestselling Aurora Cycle series



Our heroes are back. Kind of.

First, the bad news: An ancient evil you know, your standard consume-all-life-in-the-galaxy deal is about to be unleashed.

The good news? Squad 312 is standing by to save the day.

They ve just got to take care of a few small distractions first.

Like the cadre of illegit GIA who ll stop at nothing to get their hands on Auri.

Or Kal s long-lost sister, who s not exactly happy to see her baby brother, and has a Syldrathi army at her back.

With half the known galaxy on their tails, Squad 312 has never felt so wanted.

Shocking revelations, bank heists, mysterious gifts, inappropriately tight bodysuits and an epic firefight will determine the fate of the Aurora

Legion s most unforgettable heroes.



And maybe the rest of the galaxy as well.

Серия: Aurora Cycle
Год: 2021
Производитель: Rock the Boat
Артикул: 954462
ISBN: 9781786078827
Автор: Kaufman Amie, Кристофф Джей

Aurora Rising
From the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of The Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic



The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch:



A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm

A sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmates

A smart-ass tech-whiz with the galaxy's biggest chip on his shoulder

An alien warrior with anger management issues

A tomboy pilot who's totally not into him, in case you were wondering



And Ty's squad isn't even his biggest problem that'd be Aurora Jie-Lin O'Malley, the girl he's just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler's squad of losers, discipline-cases and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy.



Nobody panic.

Серия: Aurora Cycle
Год: 2021
Производитель: Rock the Boat
Артикул: 954460
ISBN: 9781786077004
Автор: Kaufman Amie, Кристофф Джей

Aurora s End
The squad you love is out of time. Prepare for the thrilling finale in the epic, bestselling Aurora Cycle series about a band of unlikely heroes who just might be the galaxy's last hope for survival.

Is this the end?

What happens when you ask a bunch of losers, discipline cases and misfits to save the galaxy from an ancient evil? The ancient evil wins, of course.

Wait... Not. So. Fast.

When we last saw Squad 312, they were working together seamlessly (aka, freaking out) as an intergalactic battle raged and an ancient superweapon threatened to obliterate Earth. Everything went horribly wrong, naturally.

But as it turns out, not all endings are endings, and the team has one last chance to rewrite theirs. Maybe two. It's complicated.

Cue Zila, Fin and Scarlett (and Magellan!) making friends, making enemies and making history? Sure, no problem.

Cue Tyler, Kal and Auri joining forces with two of the galaxy's most hated villains? Um, okay, yeah. That too.

Actually saving the galaxy, though?

Now that will take a miracle.

Серия: Aurora Cycle
Год: 2022
Производитель: Rock the Boat
Артикул: 954459
ISBN: 9780861543670
Автор: Kaufman Amie, Кристофф Джей

Authority
Following the disastrous twelfth expedition chronicled in 'Annihilation', the second book of the Southern Reach trilogy introduces John Rodriguez, the new head of the government agency responsible for the safeguarding of Area X. His first day is spent grappling with the fall-out from the last expedition. Area X itself remains a mystery. But, as instructed by a higher authority known only as The Voice, the self-styled Control must battle to 'put his house in order'.



From a series of interrogations, a cache of hidden notes and hours of profoundly troubling video footage, the mysteries of Area X begin to reveal themselves-and what they expose pushes Control to confront disturbing truths about both himself and the agency he's promised to serve.



Undermined and under pressure to make sense of everything, Rodriguez retreats into his past in a labyrinthine search for answers. Yet the more he uncovers, the more he risks, for the secrets of the Southern Reach are more sinister than anyone could have known.

Серия: The Southern Reach Trilogy
Год: 2015
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 986105
ISBN: 9780008139117
Автор: Vandermeer Jeff

Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
Baba Yaga is an old hag who lives in a house built on chicken legs and kidnaps small children. She is one of the most pervasive and powerful creatures in all mythology. She appears in many forms: as Pupa, a tricksy, cantankerous old woman who keeps her legs tucked into a huge furry boot; as a trio of mischievous elderly women who embark on the trip of a lifetime to a hotel spa; and as a villainous flock of ravens, black hens and magpies infected with the H5N1 virus. But what story does Baba Yaga have to tell us today?

This is a quizzical tale about one of the most pervasive and poerful creatures in all mythology, and an extraordinary yarn of identity, secrets, storytelling and love.
Год: 2010
Производитель: Canongate
Артикул: 953719
ISBN: 9781847673060
Автор: Ugresic Dubravka

Bad Cree
In this gripping debut, a young Cree woman s dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self-discovery that ultimately forces her to confront the toll of a legacy of violence on her family, her community, and the land they call home.



When Mackenzie wakes up with a severed crow s head in her hands, she panics. Only moments earlier she had been fending off masses of birds in a snow-covered forest. In bed, when she blinks, the head disappears.



Night after night, Mackenzie s dreams return her to a memory from before her sister Sabrina s untimely death: a weekend at the family s lakefront campsite, long obscured by a fog of guilt. But when the waking world starts closing in, too crows stalk her every move around the city; she gets threatening text messages from someone claiming to be Sabrina Mackenzie knows this is more than she can handle alone.



Travelling north to her rural hometown in Alberta, she finds her family still steeped in the same grief that she ran away to Vancouver to escape. They welcome her back, but their shaky reunion only seems to intensify her dreams and make them more dangerous.



What really happened that night at the lake, and what did it have to do with Sabrina s death? Only a bad Cree would put their family at risk, but what if whatever has been calling Mackenzie home was already inside her?
Год: 2023
Производитель: Scribe Publications
Артикул: 954449
ISBN: 9781914484612
Автор: Johns Jessica

Bad Monkeys
Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder. During questioning, she tells the police that she is a member of a secret organisation. Her division, the Bad Monkeys, is an execution squad, determined to rid the world of evil people. But the man she has just killed was not on the target list. As her story becomes more bizarre the question becomes: Is Jane lying, crazy - or playing a different game altogether?

Серия: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Год: 2007
Производитель: Bloomsbury
Артикул: 922064
ISBN: 9780747593232
Автор: Ruff Matt

Bag of Bones
When Mike Noonan's wife dies unexpectedly, the bestselling author suffers from writer's block. Until he is drawn to his summer home, the beautiful lakeside retreat called Sara Laughs.



Here Mike finds the once familiar town in the tyrannical grip of millionaire Max Devore. Devore is hell-bent on getting custody of his deceased son's daughter and is twisting the fabric of the community to this purpose.



Three year old Kyra and her young mother turn to Mike for help. And Mike finds them increasingly irresistible.



But there are other more sinister forces at Sara Laughs - and Kyra can feel them too...
Год: 2011
Производитель: Hodder & Stoughton
Артикул: 328603
ISBN: 9781444720686
Автор: King Stephen

Batman. Nightwalker
The highly anticipated coming-of-age story for the world's greatest super hero: BATMAN by the # 1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu.



Returning home from his lavish eighteenth birthday party, Bruce Wayne stops a criminal's getaway - disobeying the police and crashing his car during the chase.

Sentenced to community service in Gotham City's Arkham Asylum, he encounters some of the the city's most dangerous and mentally disturbed criminals. Among these, Bruce meets the intriguing Madeleine who has ties to the Nightwalker gang that is terrorizing Gotham City.

She's a mystery Bruce has to unravel but can he trust her? The Nightwalkers target the rich, and Bruce's name is next on their list.
Год: 2018
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 887874
ISBN: 9780141386836
Автор: Lu Marie

Battle Royale. Remastered
Battle Royale is a high-octane thriller about senseless youth violence, and one of Japan's bestselling - and most controversial - novels. As part of a ruthless program by the totalitarian government, a group of high school students are taken to a small isolated island with a map, food, and various weapons. Forced to wear special collars that explode when thy break a rule, they must fight each other for three days until only one remains.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Haikasoru
Артикул: 966095
ISBN: 9781421565989
Автор: Takami Koushun

Bay of Sighs
A dark and powerful goddess hunts for three jewels: fallen stars that will give her endless power. To save the world, six friends have joined forces to stop her. Now, on the beautiful island of Capri, their battle continues...



Mermaid Annika is proud to have been chosen for such an important quest. But now that her identity has been revealed, her time is running out. She knows that soon she must return to her people. But she also knows that she is in love with Sawyer King - the brave and loyal adventurer with secrets of his own.



As Annika, Sawyer and their four friends hunt for the mysterious 'star of water', the goddess Nerezza sends a terrifying foe to destroy them. It seems there is no place for love and desire at such a dark time. And so Sawyer tries to protect Annika by pushing her away.



But true love cannot be denied. And in a battle between the dark and the light - it might be the only thing that can save them from a terrible fate.

Серия: Guardians Trilogy
Год: 2016
Производитель: Piatkus
Артикул: 905694
ISBN: 9780349407869
Автор: Roberts Nora

Beastings
A girl and a baby. A priest and a poacher. A savage pursuit through the landscape of a changing rural England.



When a teenage girl leaves the workhouse and abducts a child placed in her care, the local priest is called upon to retrieve them. Chased through the Cumbrian mountains of a distant past, the girl fights starvation and the elements, encountering the hermits, farmers and hunters who occupy the remote hillside communities. An American Southern Gothic tale set against the violent beauty of Northern England, Beastings is a sparse and poetic novel about morality, motherhood and corruption.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Bloomsbury
Артикул: 922155
ISBN: 9781526611215
Автор: Myers Benjamin

Because You Love to Hate Me. 13 Tales of Villainy
Leave it to the heroes to save the world--villains just want to rule the world.



In this unique YA anthology, thirteen acclaimed, bestselling authors team up with thirteen influential BookTubers to reimagine fairy tales from the oft-misunderstood villains' points of view.



These fractured, unconventional spins on classics like "Medusa, " Sherlock Holmes, and "Jack and the Beanstalk" provide a behind-the-curtain look at villains' acts of vengeance, defiance, and rage--and the pain, heartbreak, and sorrow that spurned them on. No fairy tale will ever seem quite the same again!



Featuring writing from . . .



Authors: Renee Ahdieh, Ameriie, Soman Chainani, Susan Dennard, Sarah Enni, Marissa Meyer, Cindy Pon, Victoria Schwab, Samantha Shannon, Adam Silvera, Andrew Smith, April Genevieve Tucholke, and Nicola Yoon
Год: 2017
Производитель: Bloomsbury
Артикул: 922498
ISBN: 9781408882764
Автор: Ahdieh Renee, Meyer Marissa, Schwab Victoria

Begars Abbey
Winter 1954, and in a dilapidated apartment in Brooklyn, Sam Cooper realises that she has nothing left. Her mother is dead, she has no prospects, and she cannot afford the rent. But as she goes through her mother's things, Sam finds a stack of hidden letters that reveal a family and an inheritance that she never knew she had, three thousand miles away in Yorkshire.



Begars Abbey is a crumbling pile, inhabited only by Lady Cooper, Sam's ailing grandmother, and a handful of servants. Sam cannot understand why her mother kept its very existence a secret, but her newly discovered diaries offer a glimpse of a young girl growing increasingly terrified. As is Sam herself.



Built on the foundations of an old convent, Begars moves and sings with the biting wind. Her grandmother cannot speak, and a shadowy woman moves along the corridors at night. There are dark places in the hidden tunnels beneath Begars. And they will not give up their secrets easily...



A chilling read that will keep you turning the pages late into the night, Begars Abbey is a must-read for fans of Laura Purcell, C.J. Tudor and W.C. Ryan.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Serpent's Tail
Артикул: 988317
ISBN: 9781788164580
Автор: Valentine V. L

Beneath the Rising
Hope Has A Price



Nick Prasad has always enjoyed a quiet life in the shadow of his best friend, child prodigy and technological genius Joanna Johnny Chambers. But all that is about to end.



When Johnny invents a clean reactor that could eliminate fossil fuels and change the world, she awakens primal, evil Ancient Ones set on subjugating humanity.



From the oldest library in the world to the ruins of Nineveh, hunted at every turn, they will need to trust each other completely to survive

Серия: Beneath the Rising
Год: 2020
Производитель: Solaris
Артикул: 966652
ISBN: 9781781087862
Автор: Mohamed Premee

Beneath the World, a Sea
South America, 1990. Ben Ronson, a British police officer, arrives in a mysterious forest to investigate a spate of killings of Duendes. These silent, vaguely humanoid creatures with long limbs and black button eyes have a strange psychic effect on people, unleashing the subconscious and exposing their innermost thoughts and fears.



Ben becomes fascinated by the Duendes, but the closer he gets, the more he begins to unravel, with terrifying results



Beneath the World, A Sea is a tour de force of modern fiction a deeply searching and unsettling novel about the human subconscious, and all that lies beneath.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Corvus
Артикул: 929494
ISBN: 9781786491572
Автор: Beckett Chris

Beyond the Hallowed Sky
Science fiction legend Ken MacLeod begins a new space opera trilogy by imagining humankind on the precipice of discovery - the invention of faster-than-light travel unlocks a universe of new possibilities, and new dangers.



When a brilliant scientist gets a letter from herself about faster-than-light travel, she doesn't know what to believe. The equations work, but her paper is discredited - and soon the criticism is more than scientific. Exiled by the establishment, she gets an offer to build her starship from an unlikely source. But in the heights of Venus and on a planet of another star, a secret is already being uncovered that will shake humanity to its foundations.



Discover this ground-breaking new space opera from multi-award winning author Ken MacLeod

Серия: Lightspeed
Год: 2021
Производитель: Orbit
Артикул: 976204
ISBN: 9780356514796
Автор: MacLeod Ken

Beyond the Reach of Earth
The Fermi are Awake.



With the invention of faster-than-light travel there is nowhere that humanity cannot go. New worlds are discovered, but with them come new dangers.



At the heart of the discovery is the Fermi, mysterious beings that have survived on alien worlds for longer than humanity has existed. But now the Fermi are awakening, and they do not seem pleased to find humans in their midst.



But for Lakshmi Nayak and the crew of the Fighting Chance, danger is a lot closer to home. Their search for answers will take them to places, and worlds, they never expected.



Science fiction legend Ken MacLeod returns with book two in the Lightspeed trilogy, a gripping tale of first contact and dark conspiracies set among the stars.

Серия: Lightspeed
Год: 2023
Производитель: Orbit
Артикул: 976205
ISBN: 9780356514802
Автор: MacLeod Ken

Bird Box
If You've Seen What's Out There It's Already Too Late

Malorie raises the children the only way she can: indoors, with the doors locked, the curtains closed, and mattresses nailed over the windows.



The children sleep in the bedroom across the hall, but soon she will have to wake them and blindfold them.



Today they will risk everything. Today they will leave the house.



Josh Malerman's New York Times bestselling Bird Box is a terrifying psychological thriller that will haunt you long after reading.
Год: 2018
Производитель: Harper Voyager
Артикул: 898113
ISBN: 9780008319748
Автор: Malerman Josh

Bird Brain
A very, very funny novel about country sports, murder, intrigue - and talking pheasants.



It begins for Basil 'Banger' Peyton-Crumbe the day he dies in a pheasant-shooting incident.



A tragic accident, thinks the local constable, but Banger's gundogs and Buck, the police dog, exhibiting a level of intelligence vastly superior to that of their owners, suspect murder. And for Basil, proud slayer of over 41, 000 birds with the cheap old 12-bore he's had since childhood, things go from bad to very bad.
Год: 2012
Производитель: Vintage books
Артикул: 885807
ISBN: 9780099563471
Автор: Kennaway Guy

Black Hills
Paha Sapa, Black Hills , is an American Indian shaman who, as a young boy at the Battle of Little Bighorn, believes that he has taken the ghost of the dying General Custer into his body.



Sixty years later, while working as a dynamiter on Mount Rushmore, Paha Sapa plots to blow up the monument. Meanwhile, Custer finds himself trapped in a strange, dark place and begins to write sensuous, heartbreaking missives to his beloved wife.



Thus begins an intricate, visionary story that sweeps across some of the most tumultuous and violent periods of American history, from the old West to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s and into our own time and beyond.
Год: 2011
Производитель: Quercus
Артикул: 976211
ISBN: 9781849160902
Автор: Simmons Dan