Author: Joe Takeduki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718380526
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Leo Makishima, the enigmatic Devicer Seven, only cares about one thing: power. And he’ll do whatever it takes to get it. His blind ambition, however, makes him the perfect target for the archmages’ machinations, and Quldald of the Whirlwind has the perfect use for the troubled boy. Likewise, the Japanese government is desperate to resurrect their greatest weapon—Devicer Three. Meanwhile, the crew arrives in Indonesia to investigate a dormant Asura and a mysterious power sleeping within Aliya. There, they meet Devicer Five, a prickly girl by the name of Zhou Xueli who’s looking to build an elite team to end the war once and for all. In particular, her eyes are set upon Devicer Three and the key she’s been looking for—a Replicant. Everyone wants something, and Yu Ichinose seems to have it. To what lengths they’re willing to go to take it, he doesn’t know, but he’ll have to be ready to do anything to defend those he cares about. Even if it means fighting a fellow Devicer.
Fantasy Inbound: Volume 3
Author: Joe Takeduki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718380526
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Leo Makishima, the enigmatic Devicer Seven, only cares about one thing: power. And he’ll do whatever it takes to get it. His blind ambition, however, makes him the perfect target for the archmages’ machinations, and Quldald of the Whirlwind has the perfect use for the troubled boy. Likewise, the Japanese government is desperate to resurrect their greatest weapon—Devicer Three. Meanwhile, the crew arrives in Indonesia to investigate a dormant Asura and a mysterious power sleeping within Aliya. There, they meet Devicer Five, a prickly girl by the name of Zhou Xueli who’s looking to build an elite team to end the war once and for all. In particular, her eyes are set upon Devicer Three and the key she’s been looking for—a Replicant. Everyone wants something, and Yu Ichinose seems to have it. To what lengths they’re willing to go to take it, he doesn’t know, but he’ll have to be ready to do anything to defend those he cares about. Even if it means fighting a fellow Devicer.
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718380526
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Leo Makishima, the enigmatic Devicer Seven, only cares about one thing: power. And he’ll do whatever it takes to get it. His blind ambition, however, makes him the perfect target for the archmages’ machinations, and Quldald of the Whirlwind has the perfect use for the troubled boy. Likewise, the Japanese government is desperate to resurrect their greatest weapon—Devicer Three. Meanwhile, the crew arrives in Indonesia to investigate a dormant Asura and a mysterious power sleeping within Aliya. There, they meet Devicer Five, a prickly girl by the name of Zhou Xueli who’s looking to build an elite team to end the war once and for all. In particular, her eyes are set upon Devicer Three and the key she’s been looking for—a Replicant. Everyone wants something, and Yu Ichinose seems to have it. To what lengths they’re willing to go to take it, he doesn’t know, but he’ll have to be ready to do anything to defend those he cares about. Even if it means fighting a fellow Devicer.
Fantasy Inbound: Volume 2
Author: Joe Takeduki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 171838050X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Yu Ichinose opens his eyes to find that he and Ein have been taken prisoner. Strangely, their captor is more a host than an executioner. Quldald, after all, is not one to let his guests leave unentertained. Meanwhile, Ijuin, Aliya, and Natsuki have reached the floating city, Nayuta, only to find that power struggles and interracial conflict roil beneath the paradise’s surface. Amidst this tension, the young Devicer is faced with a dilemma. The responsibility that comes with power is a crushing weight upon his shoulders, and Yu struggles to endure the pressure. Does he really have what it takes to be Number Three? Can he sacrifice his ideals for the greater good?
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 171838050X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Yu Ichinose opens his eyes to find that he and Ein have been taken prisoner. Strangely, their captor is more a host than an executioner. Quldald, after all, is not one to let his guests leave unentertained. Meanwhile, Ijuin, Aliya, and Natsuki have reached the floating city, Nayuta, only to find that power struggles and interracial conflict roil beneath the paradise’s surface. Amidst this tension, the young Devicer is faced with a dilemma. The responsibility that comes with power is a crushing weight upon his shoulders, and Yu struggles to endure the pressure. Does he really have what it takes to be Number Three? Can he sacrifice his ideals for the greater good?
Fantasy Inbound: Volume 1
Author: Joe Takeduki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718380488
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The world is in peril. Legends live, fairy tales walk, and fantasies become reality, threatening to turn Earth into a waking nightmare. When the flames of war reach Japan’s shores, the vestiges of a shattered nation fail to protect what remains of its people against an unknown enemy, and all seems lost. Those left behind and those that failed to flee now live in scattered communities among the remnants of a better time. Yu Ichinose is just another survivor, a quiet, scrawny middle-schooler trying to get by. That is, until he finds his fate bound to a mysterious, elvish girl who seems to hold the key to hope. Now, the time has come to stand and take up the sword against sorcery. To become the hero who saves the world. The time has come to awaken the Asura Frame.
Publisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 1718380488
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The world is in peril. Legends live, fairy tales walk, and fantasies become reality, threatening to turn Earth into a waking nightmare. When the flames of war reach Japan’s shores, the vestiges of a shattered nation fail to protect what remains of its people against an unknown enemy, and all seems lost. Those left behind and those that failed to flee now live in scattered communities among the remnants of a better time. Yu Ichinose is just another survivor, a quiet, scrawny middle-schooler trying to get by. That is, until he finds his fate bound to a mysterious, elvish girl who seems to hold the key to hope. Now, the time has come to stand and take up the sword against sorcery. To become the hero who saves the world. The time has come to awaken the Asura Frame.
Wifey
Author: Judy Blume
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101562927
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
With more than four million copies sold, Wifey is Judy Blume's hilarious, moving tale of a woman who trades in her conventional wifely duties for her wildest fantasies—and learns a lot about life along the way. Sandy Pressman is a nice suburban wife whose boredom is getting the best of her. She could be making friends at the club, like her husband keeps encouraging her to do. Or working on her golf game. Or getting her hair done. But for some reason, these things don't interest her as much as the naked man on the motorcycle...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101562927
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
With more than four million copies sold, Wifey is Judy Blume's hilarious, moving tale of a woman who trades in her conventional wifely duties for her wildest fantasies—and learns a lot about life along the way. Sandy Pressman is a nice suburban wife whose boredom is getting the best of her. She could be making friends at the club, like her husband keeps encouraging her to do. Or working on her golf game. Or getting her hair done. But for some reason, these things don't interest her as much as the naked man on the motorcycle...
1Q84
Author: Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Bond Street Books
ISBN: 0385669445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1342
Book Description
The long-awaited magnum opus from Haruki Murakami, in which this revered and bestselling author gives us his hypnotically addictive, mind-bending ode to George Orwell's 1984. The year is 1984. Aomame is riding in a taxi on the expressway, in a hurry to carry out an assignment. Her work is not the kind that can be discussed in public. When they get tied up in traffic, the taxi driver suggests a bizarre 'proposal' to her. Having no other choice she agrees, but as a result of her actions she starts to feel as though she is gradually becoming detached from the real world. She has been on a top secret mission, and her next job leads her to encounter the superhuman founder of a religious cult. Meanwhile, Tengo is leading a nondescript life but wishes to become a writer. He inadvertently becomes involved in a strange disturbance that develops over a literary prize. While Aomame and Tengo impact on each other in various ways, at times by accident and at times intentionally, they come closer and closer to meeting. Eventually the two of them notice that they are indispensable to each other. Is it possible for them to ever meet in the real world?
Publisher: Bond Street Books
ISBN: 0385669445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1342
Book Description
The long-awaited magnum opus from Haruki Murakami, in which this revered and bestselling author gives us his hypnotically addictive, mind-bending ode to George Orwell's 1984. The year is 1984. Aomame is riding in a taxi on the expressway, in a hurry to carry out an assignment. Her work is not the kind that can be discussed in public. When they get tied up in traffic, the taxi driver suggests a bizarre 'proposal' to her. Having no other choice she agrees, but as a result of her actions she starts to feel as though she is gradually becoming detached from the real world. She has been on a top secret mission, and her next job leads her to encounter the superhuman founder of a religious cult. Meanwhile, Tengo is leading a nondescript life but wishes to become a writer. He inadvertently becomes involved in a strange disturbance that develops over a literary prize. While Aomame and Tengo impact on each other in various ways, at times by accident and at times intentionally, they come closer and closer to meeting. Eventually the two of them notice that they are indispensable to each other. Is it possible for them to ever meet in the real world?
Children of Ruin
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1509865861
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
'My most anticipated book of the year' - Peter F. Hamilton, Britain's no.1 science fiction writer Children of Ruin follows Adrian Tchaikovsky's extraordinary Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with new characters and a thrilling narrative. It has been waiting through the ages. Now it's time . . . Thousands of years ago, Earth’s terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life – but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity’s great empire fell, and the program’s decisions were lost to time. Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from old Earth. But those ancient terraformers woke something on Nod better left undisturbed. And it’s been waiting for them. 'Books like this are why we read science fiction' - Ian McDonald, author of the Luna series All underpinned by great ideas. And it is crisply modern - but with the sensibility of classic science fiction' Stephen Baxter, author of the Long Earth series (with Terry Pratchett)
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1509865861
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
'My most anticipated book of the year' - Peter F. Hamilton, Britain's no.1 science fiction writer Children of Ruin follows Adrian Tchaikovsky's extraordinary Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with new characters and a thrilling narrative. It has been waiting through the ages. Now it's time . . . Thousands of years ago, Earth’s terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life – but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity’s great empire fell, and the program’s decisions were lost to time. Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from old Earth. But those ancient terraformers woke something on Nod better left undisturbed. And it’s been waiting for them. 'Books like this are why we read science fiction' - Ian McDonald, author of the Luna series All underpinned by great ideas. And it is crisply modern - but with the sensibility of classic science fiction' Stephen Baxter, author of the Long Earth series (with Terry Pratchett)
The Historian
Author: Elizabeth Kostova
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 075951383X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The record-breaking phenomenon from Elizabeth Kostova is a celebrated masterpiece that "refashioned the vampire myth into a compelling contemporary novel, a late-night page-turner" (San Francisco Chronicle). Breathtakingly suspenseful and beautifully written, The Historian is the story of a young woman plunged into a labyrinth where the secrets of her family’s past connect to an inconceivable evil: the dark fifteenth-century reign of Vlad the Impaler and a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive through the ages. The search for the truth becomes an adventure of monumental proportions, taking us from monasteries and dusty libraries to the capitals of Eastern Europe—in a feat of storytelling so rich, so hypnotic, so exciting that it has enthralled readers around the world. “Part thriller, part history, part romance...Kostova has a keen sense of storytelling and she has a marvelous tale to tell.” —Baltimore Sun
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 075951383X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The record-breaking phenomenon from Elizabeth Kostova is a celebrated masterpiece that "refashioned the vampire myth into a compelling contemporary novel, a late-night page-turner" (San Francisco Chronicle). Breathtakingly suspenseful and beautifully written, The Historian is the story of a young woman plunged into a labyrinth where the secrets of her family’s past connect to an inconceivable evil: the dark fifteenth-century reign of Vlad the Impaler and a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive through the ages. The search for the truth becomes an adventure of monumental proportions, taking us from monasteries and dusty libraries to the capitals of Eastern Europe—in a feat of storytelling so rich, so hypnotic, so exciting that it has enthralled readers around the world. “Part thriller, part history, part romance...Kostova has a keen sense of storytelling and she has a marvelous tale to tell.” —Baltimore Sun
Black Legion
Author: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Publisher: Games Workshop
ISBN: 9781784967536
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Returning after his long self-imposed exile, Abaddon offers the disparate Chaos Space Marine warbands within the Eye of Terror a simple choice – join him or die. Ezekyle Abaddon and his warlords strive to bind the newborn Black Legion together under threat of destruction. Now Khayon, Abaddon's most-trusted assassin, is tasked with ending the threat of Thagus Daravek, the self-proclaimed Lord of Hosts and a rival to the dark fate that Abaddon claims as his own. Fighting the vile whispers of the Dark Gods within his mind, Abaddon turns a fevered gaze back to the Imperium, where his true destiny awaits. Yet the Emperor's Champion and his Black Templars stand guard at the gates of Hell, and Sigismund has waited centuries to face Abaddon in battle...
Publisher: Games Workshop
ISBN: 9781784967536
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Returning after his long self-imposed exile, Abaddon offers the disparate Chaos Space Marine warbands within the Eye of Terror a simple choice – join him or die. Ezekyle Abaddon and his warlords strive to bind the newborn Black Legion together under threat of destruction. Now Khayon, Abaddon's most-trusted assassin, is tasked with ending the threat of Thagus Daravek, the self-proclaimed Lord of Hosts and a rival to the dark fate that Abaddon claims as his own. Fighting the vile whispers of the Dark Gods within his mind, Abaddon turns a fevered gaze back to the Imperium, where his true destiny awaits. Yet the Emperor's Champion and his Black Templars stand guard at the gates of Hell, and Sigismund has waited centuries to face Abaddon in battle...
Ultimate Robot
Author: Robert Malone
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780756602703
Category : Robotics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ever since the early days of science fiction, robots have held a unique fascination for humankind. Whether it's the mystery of artificial intelligence, or the sheer entertainment value, the remarkable world of automation has enduring appeal. Ultimate Robot brings that world vividly to life, illustrating and describing a gallery of robots that represent key trends in robotic development and highlight their importance in popular culture. From the earliest tin toys to the latest humanoids-via films, art, and fantasy - all interpretations of the genre are examined in-depth, along with full color photography of every robot. A glossary is also included to make this a complete reference for enthusiasts or anyone curious about robots past, present, and future. Book jacket.
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780756602703
Category : Robotics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ever since the early days of science fiction, robots have held a unique fascination for humankind. Whether it's the mystery of artificial intelligence, or the sheer entertainment value, the remarkable world of automation has enduring appeal. Ultimate Robot brings that world vividly to life, illustrating and describing a gallery of robots that represent key trends in robotic development and highlight their importance in popular culture. From the earliest tin toys to the latest humanoids-via films, art, and fantasy - all interpretations of the genre are examined in-depth, along with full color photography of every robot. A glossary is also included to make this a complete reference for enthusiasts or anyone curious about robots past, present, and future. Book jacket.
Visitor
Author: C. J. Cherryh
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0756409101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Working with the aiji-dowager a year after returning from an interstellar mission to discover that their government had been overthrown, Bren Cameron finds his efforts to reinstate peace throughout the atevi world challenged by an unexpected new threat.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0756409101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Working with the aiji-dowager a year after returning from an interstellar mission to discover that their government had been overthrown, Bren Cameron finds his efforts to reinstate peace throughout the atevi world challenged by an unexpected new threat.