One could be in the room with you now, just to your left. You could be seeing it right now-but from this second to the next, you'll forget that you did. If you managed to jot down a note, the paper would look blank to you afterward. These entities can feed on your most cherished memories, the things that make you you-and you'll never even know anything changed. They can turn you into a living ghost-make it so you're standing next to your spouse, screaming in their ear, and they won't know you're there. They're predators equipped with the ultimate camouflage, living black holes for information, able to consume our very memories of their existence. And they aren't just feeding on us. They're invading. But how do you fight an enemy when you can never even know that you're at war? How do you contain something you can't record or remember? Welcome to the Antimemetics Division. No, this is not your first day.

With their vast cargo holds and a crew that could fill a city, the Greatships are the lifeblood of human-occupied space, transporting an unimaginable volume - and value - of goods from City, the greatest human orbital, all the way to Tradepoint at the other, to trade for xenoglas with an unknowable alien species. It has always been Marca Nbaro's dream to achieve the near-impossible: escape her upbringing and venture into space. All it took, to make her way onto the crew of the Greatship Athens, was thousands of hours in simulators, dedication and pawning or selling every scrap of her old life in order to forge a new one. But though she's made her way onboard with faked papers, leaving her old life - and scandals - behind isn't so easy. She may have just combined all the dangers of her former life, with all the perils of the new...

In the late 21st century, society is more fractured than ever. Billions satisfy their every whim in virtual worlds, leaving those in power free to tighten their grip on the real one. When a terrorist with strange abilities begins a campaign of violence, military investigator Asim Rahal is thrust into a race against time to find and stop her. But each step of his pursuit reveals the threat to be far worse than he could have imagined, and uncovering it may cost him everything. Truth has always come with a price. Every hero asks themselves what’s worth dying for. The harder question is: what’s worth killing for?

Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek: The story of a hero’s descent to the underworld. Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality: her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world. That is, until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault. Grimes is now in Hell, and she’s going in after him. Because his recommendation could hold her very future in his now incorporeal hands and even death is not going to stop the pursuit of her dreams…. Nor will the fact that her rival, Peter Murdoch, has come to the very same conclusion. With nothing but the tales of Orpheus and Dante to guide them, enough chalk to draw the Pentagrams necessary for their spells, and the burning desire to make all the academic trauma mean anything, they set off across Hell to save a man they don’t even like. But Hell is not like the storybooks say, Magick isn’t always the answer, and there’s something in Alice and Peter’s past that could forge them into the perfect allies…or lead to their doom.

On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as "the prize of all the oceans," it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing nearly 3,000 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes. But then ... six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they told a very different story. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes - they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous senior officer and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death--for whomever the court found guilty could hang.

Broad humor and bitter irony collide in this fictional autobiography of Rabo Karabekian, who, at age seventy-one, wants to be left alone on his Long Island estate with the secret he has locked inside his potato barn. But then a voluptuous young widow badgers Rabo into telling his life story-and Vonnegut in turn tells us the plain, heart-hammering truth about man's careless fancy to create or destroy what he loves.

Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him. The two become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie's house, where they invent an enchanted land called Terabithia. One morning, Leslie goes to Terabithia without Jess and a tragedy occurs. It will take the love of his family and the strength that Leslie has given him for Jess to be able to deal with his grief.

No one ever said life was easy. But Ponyboy is pretty sure that he's got things figured out. He knows that he can count on his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. And he knows that he can count on his friends-true friends who would do anything for him, like Johnny and Two-Bit. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up on "greasers" like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect-until the night someone takes things too far.

Arthur Oakes is a reader, a dreamer, and a student at Rackham College, Maine, renowned for its frosty winters, exceptional library, and beautiful buildings. But his idyll-and burgeoning romance with Gwen Underfoot-is shattered when a local drug dealer and her partner corner him into one of the worst crimes he can imagine: stealing rare books from the college library. Trapped and desperate, Arthur turns to his closest friends for comfort and help. Together they dream up a wild, fantastical scheme to free Arthur from the cruel trap in which he finds himself. Wealthy, irrepressible Colin Wren suggests using the unnerving Crane journal (bound in the skin of its author) to summon a dragon to do their bidding. The others-brave, beautiful Alison Shiner; the battling twins Donna and Donovan McBride; and brainy, bold Gwen-don't hesitate to join Colin in an effort to smash reality and bring a creature of the impossible into our world. But there's nothing simple about dealing with dragons, and their pact to save Arthur becomes a terrifying bargain in which the six must choose a new sacrifice for King Sorrow every year-or become his next meal.

How would you react in a life-or-death situation? It's a question everyone asks themselves, but few have to face in real life. English teacher Richard Boyle certainly never thought he would find himself talking down a former student intent on harming others, but when Mark LeDrew shows up at Richard's school with a bomb strapped to his chest, Richard immediately jumps into action. Thanks to some quick thinking, he averts a major tragedy and is hailed as a hero, but not all the attention focused on him is positive. Richard's brief moment in the spotlight puts him in the sights of a deranged blackmailer with a score to settle. The situation rapidly spirals out of control, drawing Richard into a fraught web of salacious accusations and deadly secrets. As he tries to uncover the truth he discovers that there's something deeply wrong in the town-something that ties together Mark, the blackmailer, and a gang of ruthless drug dealers, and Richard has landed smack in the middle of it. He's desperate to find a way out, but everyone in his life seems to be hiding something, and trusting the wrong person could cost him everything he loves. What price will he pay for one good deed?

Please make a list of every possession you consider essential to your life. The request seems odd, even intrusive-and for the two women who answer, the consequences are devastating. EMMA Reeling from a traumatic break-in, Emma wants a new place to live. But none of the apartments she sees are affordable or feel safe. Until One Folgate Street. The house is an architectural masterpiece: a minimalist design of pale stone, plate glass, and soaring ceilings. But there are rules. The enigmatic architect who designed the house retains full control: no books, no throw pillows, no photos or clutter or personal effects of any kind. The space is intended to transform its occupant-and it does. JANE After a personal tragedy, Jane needs a fresh start. When she finds One Folgate Street she is instantly drawn to the space-and to its aloof but seductive creator. Moving in, Jane soon learns about the untimely death of the home's previous tenant, a woman similar to Jane in age and appearance. As Jane tries to untangle truth from lies, she unwittingly follows the same patterns, makes the same choices, crosses paths with the same people, and experiences the same terror, as the girl before.

This is the darkly hilarious odyssey of an anonymous slacker. He's a perennial couch-surfer, an aspiring writer searching for himself in spite of himself, and he's just trying to survive. But life has other things in store for the fuck-up. From being dumped by his girlfriend to getting fired for asking for a raise, from falling into a robbery to posing as a gay man to keep his job at a porno theater, the fuck-up's tragi-comedy is perfectly realized by Arthur Nersesian, who manages to create humor and suspense out of urban desperation. "Read it and howl," says Bruce Benderson (author of User), "and be glad it didn't happen to you."

Mary Bellanova came home to her east village apartment, cooked dinner, and fought with her boyfriend, Primo. but soon mary realized that Primo's silence in front of the tv set was more than just one of his bad moods: primo was actually dead. other guys had abandoned mary before, but Primo's exit was by far the most unique. And suddenly Mary's life - defined so far by a string of temp jobs and unfinished short stories - takes off on a tantalizing adventure as she follows a trail of Primo's ex-lovers. Arthur Nersesian, who created a howling new york odyssey in his smash hit the fuck-up, captures the spirit of the city itself - jolting and full of surprise - in this powerful new novel edged with black humor and poignancy.

11 September 1683, Rome. The citizens of the city wait anxiously for the outcome of the battle for Vienna as Ottoman forces lay siege to the defenders of Catholic Europe. Meanwhile, a suspected outbreak of plague causes a famous Roman tavern to be placed under quarantine. One of its detainees, the mysterious Atto Melani, a spy in the service of France, discovers a secret passage leading deep into the Roman underworld. A plot to assassinate the pope and plans to use the plague as a weapon of mass destruction in the battle between Islam and the West are discovered.

TWO HOURS TO VANISH Ten people have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. Pioneered by tech-wunderkind Cy Baxter, FUSION can track anyone wherever they are on earth. But does it work? ONE CHANCE TO ESCAPE Each participant is given two hours to 'Go Zero' - to go off-grid and disappear - and then thirty days to elude the highly sophisticated Capture Teams sent to find them. Any Zero that beats FUSION will receive $3million in cash. If Cy's system prevails, he wins a $90 billion-dollar contract with the CIA to develop FUSION and revolutionize surveillance forever. ZERO ALTERNATIVES For contestant Kaitlyn Day, the stakes are far higher than money, and her reasons for entering the test more personal than Cy could have ever imagined. Kaitlyn needs to win to get what she wants, and Cy will stop at nothing to realize his ambitions. They have no choice but to finish the game and when the timer hits zero, there will only be one winner...

It's 2050, a decade after a heatwave that killed four hundred million across the Persian Gulf, including journalist Marcus Tully's wife. Now he must uncover the truth: was the disaster natural? Or is the weather now a weapon of genocide? A whistleblower pulls Tully into a murder investigation at the centre of an election battle for a global dictator, with a mandate to prevent a climate apocalypse. A former US President campaigns against the first AI politician of the position, but someone is trying to sway the outcome. As the murder of a crucial witness derails the investigation, Tully must find the truth, convince the world to face it and make hard choices about the future of the species. But will humanity ultimately choose salvation over freedom, whatever the cost?

Spying is the family business. Amanda Cole is a brilliant young CIA officer following in the footsteps of her father, who was a spy during the Cold War. It takes grit to succeed in this male-dominated world-but one hot summer day, when a Russian defector walks into her post, Amanda is given the ultimate chance to prove herself. The defector warns of the imminent assassination of a US senator. Though Amanda takes the warning seriously, her superiors don't. Twenty-four hours later, the senator is dead. And the assassination is just beginning. Corporate blackmail, covert manipulation, corrupt oligarchs: the Kremlin has found a dangerous new way to wage war. Teaming up with Kath Frost, a fearless older woman and legendary spy, Amanda races from Rome to London, from St. Petersburg to Helsinki, unraveling the international conspiracy. But as she gets closer to the truth, a central question haunts her: Why was her father's name written down in the senator's notes? What does Charlie Cole really know about the Kremlin plot?

Tesla Crane, a brilliant inventor and an heiress, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space liner, cruising between the Moon and Mars. She's traveling incognito and is reveling in her anonymity. Then someone is murdered and the festering chowderheads who run security have the audacity to arrest her spouse. Armed with banter, martinis and her small service dog, Tesla is determined to solve the crime so that the newlyweds can get back to canoodling-and keep the real killer from striking again.

Alec de Payns is an undercover operative in the ultra-elusive French Y Division of the DGSE, a foreign intelligence service equivalent to the CIA or MI6. Code named Aguilar, de Payns is one of the division's most accomplished agents working to neutralize international threats on a daily basis while simultaneously trying to balance his home life as a husband and father. When a routine mission to infiltrate a dangerous terrorist group unexpectedly goes belly up, Alec is faced with the unthinkable: that he may have been betrayed by someone in his close-knit team-and they may be trying to pin the blame on Alec himself. Back in Paris, Alec is assigned to investigate a secretive biological weapons facility in Pakistan which the DGSE believes to be producing a newly weaponized strain of bacteria, intended for release in France. As Alec works to uncover the facility's secrets, he must also fight to clear his name and discover who the mole is before it's too late. It's not just his reputation that's at stake-it's the lives of his wife, two young children, and the entire population of Paris.

For decades, the world has been caught in a cold war between two powerful nations: Medaluo and Atahua. The Medan orphans who live in Atahua suffer the cost. Their enrollment at Nile Military Academy is mandatory. Either serve as a soldier, or risk being labelled a spy. Eighteen-year-old Eirale is one such orphan. Having recently graduated and joined NileCorp's forces, she's doing well for herself - until Atahua's most wanted anarchist frames her for assassinating a government official and she's given a choice: cooperate with him to search for a dangerous program in Medaluo or go down for treason. Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Lia is close to her own graduation when she's paired with her academic nemesis for one final assignment. But when they are ordered to infiltrate Medaluo in virtual reality, Lia quickly realises there is much more at stake than her school ranking. As Eirale and Lia tear through Medaluo on separate courses, the two start to suspect they are pieces in a larger conspiracy - and the closer they get to the truth, the closer their worlds come to a shattering collision.

If there are two sides to every story, someone is always lying... Jack: Three words to describe my wife: Beautiful. Ambitious. Unforgiving. Anna: I only need one word to describe my husband: Liar. When a woman is murdered in Blackdown village, newsreader Anna Andrews is reluctant to cover the case. Anna's ex-husband, DCI Jack Harper, is suspicious of her involvement, until he becomes a suspect in his own murder investigation. Someone is lying, and some secrets are worth killing to keep.

Jon thought he had all the time in the world to respond to his wife's text message: I miss you so much. I feel bad about how we left it. Love you. But as he's waiting in the lobby of the L'Hotel Sixieme in Switzerland after an academic conference, still mulling over how to respond to his wife, he receives a string of horrifying push notifications. Washington, DC has been hit with a nuclear bomb, then New York, then London, and finally Berlin. That's all he knows before news outlets and social media goes black-and before the clouds on the horizon turn orange. Now, two months later, there are twenty survivors holed up at the hotel, a place already tainted by its strange history of suicides and murders. Those who can't bear to stay commit suicide or wander off into the woods. Jon and the others try to maintain some semblance of civilization. But when the water pressure disappears, and Jon and a crew of survivors investigate the hotel's water tanks, they are shocked to discover the body of a young girl. As supplies dwindle and tensions rise, Jon becomes obsessed with investigating the death of the little girl as a way to cling to his own humanity. Yet the real question remains: can he afford to lose his mind in this hotel, or should he take his chances in the outside world?

A sweeping family saga (with a bit of a twist) about the life and loves of Archie Ferguson, a Jewish boy born to second-generation immigrants in the United States just after World War II

The First Rule is the most important: Always run, never fight. For generations, Mia's family has shaped human history to push them to the stars. The year is 1968 and she is on the cusp of destiny, poised to launch the first humans into space. But she cannot take them to the stars, not quite yet. Her adversary is at her heels, the future of the planet at stake, and obeying the First Rule is no longer an option. For the first time in one-hundred generations, Mia's family will have to choose to stand their ground, risking not only their bloodline, but the future of the human race. Always run, never fight. Preserve the knowledge. Survive at all cost. Take them to the stars.

Ryan Crane wasn't looking for trouble-just a cup of coffee. But when this cop spots a gunman emerging from an unmarked van, he leaps into action and unknowingly saves John Ward, a billionaire with presidential aspirations, from an assassination attempt. As thanks for Ryan's quick thinking, Ward offers him the chance of a lifetime: to join a group of lucky civilians chosen to accompany three veteran astronauts on the first manned mission to Saturn's moon Titan. A devoted family man, Ryan is reluctant to leave on this two-year expedition, yet with the encouragement of his loving wife-and an exorbitant paycheck guaranteeing lifetime care for their disabled son-he crews up and ventures into a new frontier. But as the ship is circling Titan, it is rocked by an unexplained series of explosions. The crew works together to get back on course, and they return to Earth as heroes. When the fanfare dies down, Ryan and his fellow astronauts notice that things are different. Some changes are good, such as lavish upgrades to their homes, but others are more disconcerting. Before the group can connect, mysterious figures start tailing them, and their communications are scrambled. Separated and suspicious, the crew must uncover the truth and decide how far they're willing to go to return to their normal lives. Just when their space adventure seemingly ends, it shockingly begins.

A group of guests gather in a large country house, owned by the dying Lord Warbeck, who wants what is left of his family around him to celebrate what he assumes will be his last Christmas. The guests are a motley bunch, including Sir Julius Warbeck, Chancellor of the Exchequer, the wife of one of his underlings, the fascist son of the present Lord Warbeck, and the Chancellor's bodyguard. Also present is foreign historian Dr Bottwink, and the traditional faithful butler. When the first murder occurs, the house is cut off from the rest of the world by a heavy snowfall, and it is left to Sir Julius's bodyguard to initiate a preliminary investigation before contact can be made with the local police force.

On a generation ship bound for a distant star, one engineer-in-training must discover the secrets at the heart of the voyage in this new sci-fi novel. It's been over a century since three generation ships escaped an Earth dominated by artificial intelligence in pursuit of a life on a distant planet orbiting Tau Ceti. Now, it's nearly Braking Day, when the ships will begin their long-awaited descent to their new home. Born on the lower decks of the Archimedes, Ravi Macleod is an engineer-in-training, set to be the first of his family to become an officer in the stratified hierarchy aboard the ship. While on a routine inspection, Ravi sees the impossible: a young woman floating, helmetless, out in space. And he's the only one who can see her. As his visions of the girl grow more frequent, Ravi is faced with a choice: secure his family's place among the elite members of Archimedes' crew or risk it all by pursuing the mystery of the floating girl. With the help of his cousin, Boz, and her illegally constructed AI, Ravi must investigate the source of these strange visions and uncovers the truth of the Archimedes' departure from Earth before Braking Day arrives and changes everything about life as they know it.

Detective Ethan Krol is on the twentieth floor of a Chicago apartment building. A father and son have been found dead, their lungs full of sea water-hundreds of miles away from the ocean. Abidemi Eniola has arrived in Bristol, England. She claims to be Nigerian, but her accent is wrong and she can do remarkable things with technology, things that her new friend, Hollie Rogers, has never seen before. Abi is in possession of a number of heirlooms that need to be returned to their rightful owners, and Hollie is more than happy to go along for the ride. But neither Abidemi Eniola nor her heirlooms are quite what they seem. Abi is a target of Ethan Krol's investigations, and Hollie's life is about to become far stranger than she bargained for. In a clash of cultures, histories, and different ideas about justice, the consequences will be deadly…

Live fast, die young. Tam Hashford has always dreamed of living through glory days of her own. With a renowned mercenary for a mother and an illustrious bard for a father, battles and adventure seem the only way to really live. So when she learns that the most revered mercenary crew in Grandual is in need of a bard, she grabs her lute and goes on tour. Led by the infamous Bloody Rose, Tam and her new band embark on a mission that will earn them everlasting fame - or certain death"

It's the eve of the twenty-second century: a world where the dearly departed send postcards back from Heaven and evangelicals make scientific breakthroughs by speaking in tongues; where genetically engineered vampires solve problems intractable to baseline humans and soldiers come with zombie switches that shut off self-awareness during combat. And it’s all under surveillance by an alien presence that refuses to show itself. Daniel Bruks is a living fossil: a field biologist in a world where biology has turned computational, a cat's-paw used by terrorists to kill thousands. Taking refuge in the Oregon desert, he’s turned his back on a humanity that shatters into strange new subspecies with every heartbeat. But he awakens one night to find himself at the center of a storm that will turn all of history inside-out. Now he’s trapped on a ship bound for the center of the solar system. To his left is a grief-stricken soldier, obsessed by whispered messages from a dead son. To his right is a pilot who hasn’t yet found the man she's sworn to kill on sight. A vampire and its entourage of zombie bodyguards lurk in the shadows behind. And dead ahead, a handful of rapture-stricken monks takes them all to a meeting with something they will only call “The Angels of the Asteroids.” Their pilgrimage brings Dan Bruks, the fossil man, face-to-face with the biggest evolutionary breakpoint since the origin of thought itself.

It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They're going to need to ask it *a lot.*

HE DISAPPEARED. NOW HE'S BACK. AND THEY HAVE TO RUN. Five years ago, Hannah's husband Owen vanished without a trace, leaving Hannah and her stepdaughter Bailey to piece together a new life from the wreckage. When Hannah spots Owen at her Los Angeles exhibition - silent, watching - she knows immediately that the danger they once escaped has found them again. Then comes the message: 'GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. NOW' Hannah and Bailey are forced to go on the run in a relentless race to keep their past from catching up with them, pursued by enemies they cannot see and haunted by questions that have never been answered. Why has Owen returned? Who is hunting them? And can they finally uncover the truth before it destroys them all?

Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apartment floor. Overhearing the commotion, Yasuko's next door neighbor, middle-aged high school mathematics teacher Ishigami, offers his help, disposing not only of the body but plotting the cover-up step-by-step. When the body turns up and is identified, Detective Kusanagi draws the case and Yasuko comes under suspicion. Kusanagi is unable to find any obvious holes in Yasuko's manufactured alibi and yet is still sure that there's something wrong. Kusanagi brings in Dr. Manabu Yukawa, a physicist and college friend who frequently consults with the police. Yukawa, known to the police by the nickname Professor Galileo, went to college with Ishigami. After meeting up with him again, Yukawa is convinced that Ishigami had something to do with the murder. What ensues is a high level battle of wits, as Ishigami tries to protect Yasuko by outmaneuvering and outthinking Yukawa, who faces his most clever and determined opponent yet.

Julia Z, a young woman who gained notoriety at fourteen as the "orphan hacker," is trying to live a life of digital obscurity in a quiet Boston suburb. But when a lawyer named Piers-whose famous artist wife, Elli, has been kidnapped by dangerous criminals-barges into her life, Julia decides to put the solitary life she has painstakingly created at risk as she can't walk away from helping Piers and Elli, nor step away from the challenge of this digital puzzle. Elli is an oneirofex, a dream artist, who can weave the dreams of an audience together through a shared virtual landscape, live, in a concert-like experience by tapping into each attendee's memories and providing an emotionally resonant narrative experience. While these collective dreams are anonymous, Julia discovers that Elli was also dreaming one-on-one with the head of an international criminal enterprise, and he's demanding the return of his dreams in exchange for Elli. Unraveling the real and unreal leads Julia on an adventure that takes her across the country and deep into the shadows of her psyche.

Dahin, a beloved member of the Witch King's coterie, believes he has clues to the location of the Hierarchs' Well, and the Witch King Kai, along with his companions Ziede and Tahren, knowing there's something he isn't telling them, travel with him to the rebuilt university of Ancartre, which may be dangerously close to finding the Well itself. Can Kai stop the rise of a new Hierarch? And can he trust his companions to do what's right? Follow Kai to the end of the world in this thrilling sequel to the USA Today-bestselling Witch King. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

They'll do anything to be the people they were meant to be -- even journey into the heart of evil. Rachael Townsend is the first artist ever to leave Earth and journey out into the galaxy - but after an encounter with an alien artifact, she can't make art at all. Elza Monteiro is determined to be the first human to venture inside the Palace of Scented Tears and compete for the chance to become a princess -- except that inside the palace, she finds the last person she ever wanted to see again. Tina Mains is studying at the Royal Space Academy with her friends, but she's not the badass space hero everyone was expecting. Soon Rachael is journeying into a dark void, Elza is on a deadly spy mission, and Tina is facing an impossible choice that could change all her friends lives forever.

Four brothers. Two missions. One explosive read. Jennifer Lynn Barnes returns to the world of her #1 bestselling, TikTok sensation Inheritance Games trilogy, and the stakes have never been higher. Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger. When Grayson's half-sisters find themselves in trouble, he swoops in to do what he does best: take care of the problem-efficiently, effectively, mercilessly. And without getting bogged down in emotional entanglements. Jameson Hawthorne is a risk-taker, a sensation-seeker, a player of games. When his mysterious father appears and asks for a favor, Jameson can't resist the challenge. Now he must infiltrate London's most exclusive underground gambling club, which caters to the rich, the powerful, and the aristocratic, and win an impossible game of greatest stakes. Luckily, Jameson Hawthorne lives for impossible. Drawn into twisted games on opposite sides of the globe, Grayson and Jameson-with the help of their brothers and the girl who inherited their grandfather's fortune-must dig deep to decide who they want to be and what each of them will sacrifice to win.

Houston, 1975. A new Apollo mission launches into orbit, on course to dock with a Russian Soyuz craft: three NASA astronauts and three cosmonauts, joining to celebrate a new dawn of Soviet-American cooperation. But as NASA Flight Controller Kaz Zemeckis listens in from Earth, a deadly accident changes everything. Meanwhile, from a remote location in East Asia, the first Chinese spacecraft secretly launches. On board is China's first astronaut, Fang Guojun, whose mission puts him on a collision course with the Apollo crew. As Kaz races against an enemy on the ground and for answers beyond the sky, the safety of the remaining crew hangs in the balance…

Stron “Bladeless” Broxton used to be a knight. Desmrick used to rule the world. Now they are both hunting the same prize. A missing prince… …and the poisonous magic inside him that humanity was never meant to have. To save the prince, Stron must return to the kingdom that cast him out. To stop Desmrick, he must face a power that once shattered the world. And even with his infamous Thirteen at his side, Stron must survive bitter kings, treacherous allies, and his own judgment if he is going to bring everyone back alive. Because if Desmrick wins… Humanity will not survive the reckoning.

Human suspicion. AI manipulation. Who can you trust when truth has no meaning? DCS Kat Frank returns to work at the Future Policing Unit after a tragic loss, only to find herself thrust into a new high-profile case. On the night of Halloween a local MP is found murdered, with a taunting message written in binary code that seems to target Kat specifically: Catch me if you can. The victim's anti-AI sentiments suggest a political motive, and as Kat investigates with her partner AIDE Lock - the world's first AI detective - she finds herself once again battling her own prejudices about the technological future he represents. But when a cyberattack takes out the National Grid, Kat and Lock have to race against the clock to track down the hacker before thousands die. Tangled in a web of suspicion and deception, Kat must choose who and what to believe when the truth seems to defy both instinct and logic. Can she set aside her old doubts and put her faith in her AI partner one last time? Or will this case send Lock down a path she just can't follow - a path that will leave humanity behind for good?

Depuis six mois que Suzanne a disparu, le commissaire Franck Sharko erre dans un monde peuplé de ténèbres. La découverte d'un cadavre cruellement mutilé, en une mise en scène défiant l'imagination, va le propulser au cœur d'une implacable machinerie meurtrière. Un voyage hallucinant et halluciné, des carrières granitiques bretonnes aux sordides backrooms sadomasos de Paris... Tapie dans l'ombre de la Toile, serait-ce la résurrection de l'Ange rouge, cet esprit machiavélique qui mène la danse à train d'enfer ? Et ce n'est pas Poupette, sa loco modèle réduit, seule encore à apaiser ses tourments, qui pourra lui indiquer la voie..

For millennia, the Crown Dominion has been at relative peace, with the Celestials in control and the human population little better than serfs. But now the Crown Dominion is facing a crisis of epic proportions - one that could change the balance of power in the Centauri Cluster forever - as an exiled faction that has been waiting for seven thousand years beyond the Helium Sea has returned to wreak their vengeance. For Finn and his human allies, who have ended up at the centre of this conflict either through circumstance or manipulation, this is an unprecedented opportunity. If they can band together, they may be able to outwit the Celestials and finally earn their fellow humans a place of independence and power in the Crown Dominion. To achieve this, they must first locate and master ancient artefacts of immense power that could give them a much-needed edge in the conflict ahead. And all while ducking the forces that are determined to knock them off the board for good.

ruthless princess and a powerful priestess come together to rewrite the fate of an empire in this "fiercely and unapologetically feminist tale of endurance and revolution set against a gorgeous, unique magical world" (S. A. Chakraborty, author of the The City of Brass). Exiled by her despotic brother, princess Malini spends her days dreaming of vengeance while imprisoned in the Hirana: an ancient cliffside temple that was once the revered source of the magical deathless waters but is now little more than a decaying ruin. The secrets of the Hirana call to Priya. But in order to keep the truth of her past safely hidden, she works as a servant in the loathed regent's household and cleaning Malini's chambers. When Malini witnesses Priya's true nature, their destinies become irrevocably tangled. One is a ruthless princess seeking to steal a throne. The other a powerful priestess desperate to save her family. Together, they will set an empire ablaze. Praise for The Jasmine Throne: "Suri's writing always brings me to another world; one full of wonders and terrors, where every detail feels intricately and carefully imagined." -R. F. Kuang, author of Babel "Raises the bar for what epic fantasy should be." -Chloe Gong, author of These Violent Delights "An intimate, complex, magical study of empire and the people caught in its bloody teeth. I loved it." -Alix E. Harrow, author of The Once and Future Witches "Suri's incandescent feminist masterpiece hits like a steel fist inside a velvet glove. Simply magnificent." -Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun "A fierce, heart-wrenching exploration of the value and danger of love in a world of politics and power." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Lush and stunning....Inspired by Indian epics, this sapphic fantasy will rip your heart out." -BuzzFeed News

Will you brave The Retreat? The new bestselling thriller from the author of The Sanatorium. ** A TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** **SARAH PEARSE HAS NOW SOLD MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE** They couldn't wait to stay here. An idyllic wellness retreat has opened on an island off the coast of Devon, promising rest and relaxation - but the island itself, known locally as Reaper's Rock, has a dark past. Once the playground of a serial killer, it's rumored to be cursed. But now they can't leave. A woman is found dead below the yoga pavilion in what seems to be a tragic fall. But DS Elin Warner soon learns that the victim wasn't a guest - she wasn't meant to be on the island at all. And they would do anything to escape... The longer Elin stays, the more secrets she uncovers. And when someone else drowns in a diving incident, Elin begins to suspect that the old stories about the island are true. Because history seems to be repeating itself - and the guests might not make it home alive... Readers enjoyed their stay at The Retreat: 'If The Sanatorium was all about the atmosphere, The Retreat is all about the tension.' 'Fast paced, tense, suspenseful and unpredictable, I loved it!' 'Wow what a book!' 'We all fancy a spa break don't we? Well don't include me after reading this book. It had me hooked from start to finish.' 'Atmospheric and blisteringly exciting.' 'Pearse goes from strength to strength in The Retreat. The suspense inexorably builds to a stunning climax. An added treat is the return of Elin Warner, who is a fascinating character one can only root for.' David Baldacci, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Mercy 'A world-class thriller writer. Superb. Pre-order it now. ' Steve Cavanagh, Sunday Times bestselling author of Thirteen 'The Retreat recalls the one-by-one nerve-shredding of Agatha Christie at her darkest. A fresh, daring, irresistible thriller.' A. J. Finn, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window 'A eerie, atmospheric thriller that will have you looking over your shoulder as you read. A wonderfully chilling story of grief, revenge, and family secrets. An absorbing escape!' Ashley Audrain, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Push 'Full of foreboding and high-stakes tension, Sarah Pearse's latest is a page-turner. The past doesn't stay buried for long, at sea or on land, and what comes to the surface is both shocking and chilling.' Nita Prose, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Maid 'The Retreat was so atmospheric and hold-your-breath tense with cleverly executed twists and a finale that gave me the chills. Brilliant!' Claire Douglas, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Couple at No.9

"Intricate, elegant and sharp as a blade―The Throne of the Five Winds is sweeping political fantasy at its finest." ―Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne Two women are forced to navigate a treacherous imperial court determined to consume them in this sweeping and richly detailed first book of an East Asian-inspired epic fantasy series. The imperial palace―full of ambitious royals, sly gossip, and unforeseen perils―is perhaps the most dangerous place in the Empire of Zhaon. Komor Yala, the lady-in-waiting to the princess of the vanquished kingdom of Khir, has only her wits and a hidden blade to protect herself and her charge, who was sacrificed in marriage to secure a tenuous peace. Soon, Komor Yala and the Khir princess find themselves pawns in the deadly schemes for the throne. And when the emperor falls ill, a far bloodier game begins... A single hidden blade could alter the course of history in this epic tale of ambition, honor, and sacrifice, perfect for fans of The Tiger's Daughter and The Grace of Kings. Praise for the Hostage of Empire series: "With a deliberate pace and fine attention to details of dress and custom, Emmett weaves a masterful tale of court intrigues." ―Booklist (starred review) "Action and intrigue takes place within a layered and beautifully realized fantasy world that will appeal to readers of K. Arsenault Rivera's The Tiger's Daughter."―B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog Hostage of Empire The Throne of the Five Winds The Poison Prince The Blood Throne

"An excellent start to a new series: fast-paced and engaging, with a properly epic setting and a cast of characters I look forward to seeing more of." -James Islington, author of The Shadow of What Was Lost"Epic fantasy fans listen up: This is the good stuff. Highly recommended." --Kirkus (starred review)From an unmissable voice in epic fantasy comes a sweeping tale of clashing guilds, magic-fueled machines, and revolution. The nation of Torwyn is run on the power of industry, and industry is run by the Guilds. Chief among them are the Hawkspurs, whose responsibility it is to keep the gears of the empire turning. That's exactly why matriarch Rosomon Hawkspur sends each of her heirs to the far reaches of the nation. Conall, the eldest son, is sent to the distant frontier to earn his stripes in the military. It is here that he faces a threat he could have never seen coming: the first rumblings of revolution.Tyreta is a sorceress with the ability to channel the power of pyrestone, the magical resource that fuels the empire's machines. She is sent to the mines to learn more about how pyrsetone is harvested - but instead, she finds the dark horrors of industry that the empire would prefer to keep hidden.The youngest, Fulren, is a talented artificer and finds himself acting as a guide to a mysterious foreign emissary. Soon after, he is framed for a crime he never committed. A crime that could start a war. As the Hawkspurs grapple with the many threats that face the nation within and without, they must finally prove themselves worthy-or their empire will fall apart. "A heady blend of action, arcana, and intrigue." --Gareth Hanrahan, author of The Gutter Prayer

Detective Renée Ballard is given the chance of a lifetime: revive the LAPD's cold case unit and find justice for the families of the forgotten. The only catch is they must first crack the unsolved murder of the sister of the city councilman who is sponsoring the department - or lose everything... OTHERS YOU CAN'T FORGIVE. Harry Bosch is top of the list of investigators Ballard wants to recruit. The former homicide detective is a living legend - but for how long? Because Bosch has his own agenda: a crime that has haunted him for years - the murder of a whole family, buried out in the desert - which he vowed to close. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU KNEW WHO DID IT? With the killer still out there and evidence elusive - Bosch is on a collision course with a choice he hoped never to make... * * * * * CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY: 'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation' IAN RANKIN 'The best mystery writer in the world' GQ 'One of the greatest crime writers' DAILY MAIL 'A superb natural storyteller' LEE CHILD 'A master' STEPHEN KING 'A genius' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Crime thriller writing of the highest order' GUARDIAN 'A terrific writer with pace, style and humanity to spare' THE TIMES 'America's greatest living crime writer' DAILY EXPRESS 'One of the great storytellers of crime fiction' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

#1 New York Times Bestseller • Goodreads Choice Award Winner "A tour de force of suspenseful pacing and empathetic writing." ―The New York Times "All hail the queen of dark academia!" ―NPR Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. The Ivy League is going straight to hell in the sequel to the smash New York Times bestseller Ninth House from #1 bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. A BEST BOOK OF 2023: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, BookPage, Powell's, and more!! Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy "Alex" Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory-even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale. Forbidden from attempting a rescue, Alex and Dawes can't call on the Ninth House for help, so they assemble a team of dubious allies to save the gentleman of Lethe. Together, they will have to navigate a maze of arcane texts and bizarre artifacts to uncover the societies' most closely guarded secrets, and break every rule doing it. But when faculty members begin to die off, Alex knows these aren't just accidents. Something deadly is at work in New Haven, and if she is going to survive, she'll have to reckon with the monsters of her past and a darkness built into the university's very walls. Thick with history and packed with Bardugo's signature twists, Hell Bent brings to life an intricate world full of magic, violence, and all too real monsters.

This second half of Lady Joker, by Kaoru Takamura, the Grand Dame of Japanese crime fiction, concludes the breathtaking saga introduced in Volume One. Inspired by the real-life Glico-Morinaga kidnapping, an unsolved case which terrorized Japan for two years, Lady Joker reimagines the circumstances of this watershed episode in modern Japanese history and brings into riveting focus the lives and motivations of the victims, the perpetrators, the heroes and the villains. As the shady networks linking corporations to syndicates are brought to light, the stakes rise, and some of the professionals we have watched try to fight their way through this crisis will lose everything-some even their lives. Will the culprits ever be brought to justice? More importantly-what is justice?

The nightmare scenario has come to pass. America has fallen. In the aftermath, one woman becomes the last hope of a nation and its people in New York Times bestselling author John Gilstrap's electrifying new Victoria Emerson thriller series. West Virginia Congresswoman Victoria Emerson has always put the needs of her community before the power games of Washington, D.C. Then an Army officer appears on her doorstep, deploying the code words "Crimson Phoenix"-meaning this is not a drill. The United States is on the brink of nuclear disaster. The major will escort her to a secure bunker. She cannot bring her family. A single mother, Victoria refuses to abandon her teenage sons. Denied entry to the bunker, the family somehow survives the unthinkable. In the aftermath, the nation is in chaos. The grid is gone. Food is scarce. Civility gives way to desperate survival. Against this total collapse, Victoria creates a new home in a small Appalachian mountain town. The community she builds around her shines like a beacon in a dark wasteland. Now she must defend it with her life-to give hope to a new America. "A gripping page-turner." -Taylor Stevens, New York Times bestselling author of Liars' Legacy "An explosive story that locks you into your chair until the final page." -Jamie Freveletti, international bestselling author of Running from the Devil and Robert Ludlum's The Janus Reprisal "Snaps with action from the very first page. It's certain to hit the 10-ring with old and new readers alike." -Marc Cameron, New York Times bestselling author ofBone Rattleand Tom Clancy's Chain of Command

The final two books in "the most important series in science fiction" from the New York Times-bestselling author of Dreamsnake (Ursula K. Le Guin, author of the Earthsea series). Metaphase Cast out from interstellar civilization, the crew of the Starfarer encounters an extraterrestrial whose reputation is equally bad: the squidmoth. Contact specialist J.D. Sauvage risks her life to befriend the creature, trusting her instincts instead of the warnings of the alien human. The welcome Sauvage receives and the connection she makes will help her overcome her innate fears and prejudices, and she will be given a gift that will save her from being left behind in an empty star system-as well as redeem the Starfarer and its mission... Nautilus After their encounter with the squidmoth, and with their ecosystem immunized by the alien human, the crew of the Starfarer makes contact with representatives from the Four Worlds. J.D. Sauvage is sent to meet the furry creatures-as large as lions and as lithe as otters. They have been waiting for humans for a long time. But there is something they want from the Starfarer team: Earth's one advantage over space civilization-a new, faster algorithm for interstellar navigation. Praise for the Starfarers Series "McIntyre is a master SF stylist, creating well-rounded, believable and distinctive characters, and she excels at lush descriptions that allow the reader to visualize the action." - Publishers Weekly "The series features a diverse cast, especially for its 1989 debut date, and a series of interstellar hijinks, the likes of which only McIntyre could conjure." -Tor.com

The third and final book in Ian McDonald's epic Luna series, acclaimed as one of the most exciting and important SF series of the decade. Perfect SF for fans of Gravity and The Martian looking for a large scale space-based epic. Akin to the mafia families of The Godfather, the families of the five Dragons who control the rich resources of the moon are locked in an endless and vicious struggle for supremacy and now the peace that reigned while the moon was colonised is breaking down. Which of the scions of the dragons will gain supremacy? Or will the moon, with its harsh vacuum, it's freezing dark and blazing, irradiated light be the final winner? Readers love the Luna series: 'All in all, it has been a marvelous, gut-wrenching, exhilarating journey on the moon and their ambitious, gorgeous, arrogant, resilient and tenacious citizens. I highly recommend the trilogy to all SF fans' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Phenomenal. The third act is absolute bonkers. Never before has the "Game of Thrones in space" comparison hit the mark as much as this one did' Jeremy Szal 'This trilogy falls into the "rarefied masterpiece territory" category, a thing of literary daring, achievement and accomplishment. A suitable comment is "wow"' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Astonishing conclusion to a superb trilogy' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Books in this series: Luna: New Moon Luna: Wolf Moon Luna: Moon Rising

Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: el Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Allí, Daniel Sempere encuentra un libro maldito que cambia el rumbo de su vida y le arrastra a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad. La Sombra del Viento es un misterio literario ambientado en la Barcelona de la primera mitad del siglo xx, desde los últimos esplendores del Modernismo hasta las tinieblas de la posguerra. Aunando las técnicas del relato de intriga y suspense, la novela histórica y la comedia de costumbres, La Sombra del Viento es sobre todo una trágica historia de amor cuyo eco se proyecta a través del tiempo. Con gran fuerza narrativa, el autor entrelaza tramas y enigmas a modo de muñecas rusas en un inolvidable relato sobre los secretos del corazón y el embrujo de los libros cuya intriga se mantiene hasta la última página. Todavía recuerdo aquel amanecer en que mi padre me llevó por primera vez a visitar El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados

Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger The second book in Dolores Redondo's atmospheric Baztan trilogy, featuring Inspector Amaia Salazar. With masterful storytelling and a detective to rival Sarah Lund, this Spanish bestselling series has taken Europe by storm.

" Une nouvelle intrigue formidablement réussie." Le Point " Addictif!" Lire-Magazine littéraire Valentin Verne, inspecteur en charge du Bureau des Affaires Occultes, doit résoudre une nouvelle affaire: un médium aurait recours au spiritisme et à de mystérieux pouvoirs extralucides pour ramener à la vie de la fille de Ferdinand d'Orval, un noble très fortuné. Tables tournantes, étranges apparitions, incarnations inexplicables... Mystification ou réalité? Des bas-fonds parisiens aux salons de la haute société, des espions de Vidocq aux troublants mystères du spiritisme, l'auteur nous entraîne dans un polar crépusculaire et addictif.

The case of a missing Black college student who has disappeared from her all-white sorority pulls Darren out of an early retirement; the third and final novel in the "timely and evocative" (NPR) Highway 59 trilogy, from Edgar Award-winning New York Times-Bestselling author Attica Locke. Texas Ranger Darren Mathews isn't sure he's been a good cop, but believes he's got a shot at being a good man-if he manages to dodge the potential indictment hanging over his head and if he, from here on out, pledges allegiance to the truth. It's a virtue the country appears to have wholly lost its grip on, but one Darren sees as his salvation. He is in the midst of remaking his life with the woman he loves, hoping for the peace of country living at his beloved farmhouse, when he is visited by someone who couldn't hold the truth on her tongue if it was dipped in sugar, a woman who's always been bent of tearing his life apart. His mother. Armed with a tall tale about a missing Black college student, Sera (whose white sorority sisters insist she isn't missing at all). Darren must decide if his can trust his mother is telling the truth-and what her ulterior motive may be, and what if that motive has to do with a grand jury deciding his fate. Darren gets his hooks into the investigation, along the way discovering things about Sera's family and her hometown that are odd at best, vaguely sinister at worst. Hamstrung by local law enforcement and the Texas Rangers who likewise doubt the account of a missing girl, if Darren wants answers, he'll need help from the person whom he swore to never trust again-his mother. In this emotionally stirring conclusion to the singular Highway 59 series, Darren reckons with his life's purpose as he's forced to choose between his own peace and the higher call to do good.

L'île de Sarjevane. C'est là, dans ce havre secret de l'Adriatique hérité de son père, que Largo Winch a décidé de souffler. Depuis sa rencontre avec Jarod, dans le diptyque précédent, Largo est rattrapé par des questions personnelles et éthiques sur l'héritage et la richesse. Mais l'arrivée d'un yacht le tire de sa solitude. Le scénariste, réalisateur et showrunner à succès Jérémie Guez, nouveau scénariste de Largo Winch, fait profiter le toujours impressionnant Philippe Francq de son énergie et de sa finesse d'écriture !

Condamné à mort, celui que tout le monde croit être John Tosca a été mandaté secrètement par la DEA (Agence de lutte contre la drogue aux USA) pour endosser l'identité du fils du parrain et démanteler ces trafics mafieux. C'était ça ou la chaise électrique... C'est aujourd'hui qu'a lieu son mariage avec Angelina, la fille du clan Paliacci, plus gros trafiquants de drogues de la mafia américaine. Le mariage est prétexte à un énorme deal de cocaïne de plus de 50 millions de dollars.La D.E.A. veut intervenir pour coffrer tout ce beau monde... Mais... Lire la suite

Quand le maître italien du neuvième art revisite le chef-d'oeuvre d'Umberto Eco. Et si le savoir était plus dangereux que le péché ? En l'an 1327, dans une abbaye bénédictine du nord de l'Italie, plusieurs moines sont retrouvés morts. Pour mettre un terme à ces inquiétantes disparitions avant l'arrivée d'une importante délégation de l'Église, le frère Guillaume de Baskerville tente de lever le voile sur ce mystère qui attise toutes les superstitions. Assisté par son jeune secrétaire Adso de Melk, Guillaume poursuit l'enquête dans les couloirs glacés... Lire la suite

L'espion sans visage : personne n'échappe à son regard. Membre de la petite noblesse française, Aymond de Terre-Noire est marié à l'ambitieuse Blanche d'Audore. Dans l'espoir de faire fortune et de plaire à sa femme, il investit ses dernières économies dans l'achat d'un traité alchimique rare mais incomplet... Alors qu'il tente de compléter la formule, il prend le risque de tester le breuvage sur lui-même : sa tête se met à tourner, sa main commence à disparaître... et il se retrouve invisible ! Désormais rejeté et seul, Aymond devient espion,... Lire la suite

L'Apocalypse est pour aujourd'hui. Les quatre renégats Esther, Judith, Tobie et Ben ont réussi à libérer les opprimés de Kadingirra. L'omnipotent Gouverneur Achab a perdu l'appui du peuple et des castes supérieures. Alors que la cité est en proie aux flammes, l'équipe décolle à bord de l'immense vaisseau Shemot, laissant derrière elle cendres et chaos. À bord, les hommes et les femmes qui ont fui la cité espèrent une vie meilleure mais ils ignorent ce qui se trame sur Kepler. Il est temps pour Esther, commandante du navire, de leur dire la vérité... Lire la suite

1537. Au fin fond des montagnes perdues du Jura, un envoyé de l’Église exacerbe la haine religieuse de montagnards catholiques afin qu’ils lancent une chasse à l’homme contre un jeune protestant et son guide. Leur crime ? Vouloir faire passer une Bible traduite en français jusqu’en Suisse pour la faire imprimer. Une hérésie ! Commence une traque impitoyable : à deux contre trente, le destin du jeune homme et du vieux Hans Stalhoffer semble scellé. Sauf que Hans n’est pas une proie comme les autres ; il est l’ancien maître d’armes de François Ier…... Lire la suite

Gueule-de-cuir, c'est Batman sous Louis XIII. Une histoire de cape et d'épée sombre et violente, teintée d'ésotérisme et traitée selon les codes du comics adulte. An 1634. Dans la France de Louis XIII et de Richelieu, la magie noire et l'alchimie sont puissantes et craintes. Alors que le terrible Roi des Tombes règne sans partage sur les bas-fonds de Paris, une mystérieuse brume rouge se lève la nuit dans les rues de la capitale. Pourquoi ? Qu'annonce-t-elle ? Gueule-de-cuir de devra le découvrir et empêcher l'horreur qui s'annonce, quitte à sacrifier... Lire la suite

Une nouvelle aventure haletante dans l'univers de Stranger Things ! Le Démogorgon est loin de Hawkins, dans l'Indiana. Une scientifique russe est bien décidée à ramener sa précieuse cargaison à bord d'un bateau. Le capitaine Jacoby est trop fauché pour refuser l'affaire un peu louche que lui propose un groupe de Russes qui veulent retourner de l'Alaska au Kamchatka à bord de son cargo, le Persephone. Mais les choses tournent mal lorsqu'un membre de l'équipage est sauvagement assassiné. Le capitaine et son équipage soupçonnent qu'il se trame quelque... Lire la suite

La joie règne sans partage dans le royaume d’Entremonde ! Les habitants ont tout pour être heureux : leur reine Blanche est de retour, l’envahisseur est en déroute et la paix est revenue. Mais ce tableau idyllique va bientôt s’assombrir. Le pouvoir, ce poison qui ne dit pas son nom, corrompt peu à peu l’esprit de Blanche. Et ses tendres sentiments pour Maldoror, l’ancien Seigneur du monde d’En-Bas, vont céder la place à la haine. Car l’amour n’a plus cours face à l’ivresse du pouvoir… Sois le bienvenu à Entremonde, ami lecteur, mais prends cependant... Lire la suite

Dans un univers où règnent la violence et l’argent, les sept Magnobankiers contrôlent toute la galaxie, exterminant parfois jusqu’à des populations entières afin de conserver leurs privilèges. Lorsque le célèbre assassin Xar-Cero s’oppose à ces tyrans, il voit sa mémoire effacée et une vie qui n’est pas la sienne lui être imposée. C’est grâce à la tortue d’or et à ses pouvoirs mystiques qu’il peut enfin recouvrer ses souvenirs et accomplir sa vengeance contre l’empire des Magnobankiers.

Captif, brisé, Jorn n'est plus qu'un nom murmuré dans l'arène. Ancien héros devenu bourreau, il survit aux jeux du doge en massacrant ses frères d'armes. Son âme s'effondre sous le poids de la trahison, du deuil et des manipulations d'un pouvoir corrompu jusqu'à la moelle. Mais sous les chaînes, la rage persiste. Entre complots, sacrifices et vieilles légendes, une révolte silencieuse s'élève dans les entrailles d'un empire en déclin.

Udover retrouve sa protectrice : la puissante sorcière Ebba. Alors que les mansklings se préparent à la guerre pour restaurer leur emprise sur ce monde qu'ils ne finissent plus d'industrialiser, Rose retrouve ses parents dans des circonstances qu'aucun enfant ne souhaiterait jamais expérimenter. Elle va rapidement comprendre que ses origines lui donnent à la fois du pouvoir et des responsabilités...

1864, en plein chaos de la guerre de Sécession, Nordistes, Sudistes, esclaves en fuite et tribus amérindiennes s'affrontent sur les terres sauvages des Choctaws. Mais une menace bien plus ancienne a surgi des ombres : les Nuhallos, des géants oubliés, prêts à défendre leur ultime secret. Batailles sanglantes, trahisons et quête de rédemption s'entremêlent dans une fresque épique où l'homme n'est plus le maître du monde…

Nous remontons aux sources de la légende, sur les traces du prophète oublié Julius de Samarie. Cet homme aurait reçu la parole de Dieu et l'aurait cachée aux yeux des hommes. Voilà ce que racontent d'obscures légendes médiévales. La réalité est plus fantastique encore. Nous sommes trente ans après la mort du Christ. Julius s'appelle encore Julius Publius Vindex. Il est général, légat de Rome, persécuteur de juifs et de chrétiens.

Août 1307. L’inquisiteur Conrad de Marbourg est convoqué par l’archevêque Elsenor afin de résoudre une étrange affaire : tous les moines de l’abbaye de Veynes ont été massacrés après avoir découvert une crypte renfermant un mystérieux reliquaire. Commence alors une longue enquête au coeur des sociétés secrètes, à la recherche du Troisième Testament... "L’idée de départ nous est venue à partir de la découverte à la Bibliothèque Nationale d’une traduction anglaise d’un manuscrit datant du XIVe siècle." explique Xavier Dorison. Partant de ce texte... Lire la suite

La quête du Troisième Testament commence ! Alors que l'occupant romain met la Judée au supplice, celui que l’on appelle maintenant le Prince des Princes, le Messie, part vers l'Orient. Il suit l'appel mystique du Troisième Testament, clé du Royaume de Dieu et promesse de la fin de toute souffrance.À ses côtés, l'ancien général Julius a une vision plus concrète : il veut faire de ce « messie » un chef de guerre capable de libérer son pays. Il s'impose donc dans le petit groupe qui part vers l'Orient, décidé à ramener son ami à la raison... et auprès... Lire la suite

Une jeune femme en quête de sa magique vérité Alors que le grand rituel débute, Amelia et ses amis passent de l'autre côté du miroir et soudain tout le monde se retrouve projeté dans un monde où créatures dangereuses et esprits se côtoient. Amelia découvre alors que les esprits des grands créateurs de la Confrérie ont survécu sous une étrange entité ! Nos apprentis magiciens n'auront pas d'autre choix que de les affronter... Amelia, qui maîtrise de plus en plus ses pouvoirs, ne tarde pas à comprendre que cette entité n'a jamais cessé d'agir dans... Lire la suite

Chaque Tyler Cross puise une large partie de son imagerie dans une poignée de films qui traitent de l'univers précis dans lequel ils se déroulent. Fabien Nury et Brüno réunissent dans ce superbe livre toutes les inspirations scénaristiques et iconographiques qui ont procédé à la création de leur gangster. 76 chroniques illustrées qui dessinent en creux une certaine vision de l'Amérique et de ses mythologies, mais surtout une véritable déclaration d'amour au genre noir.

Auteur à succès, Cham découvre dans une librairie un livre signé de son nom mais qu'il n'a pas écrit. Son univers bascule. D’autant qu’il est harcelé par de mystérieux messages qui apparaissent sur son ordinateur, pour disparaître tout aussi rapidement... Est-il devenu fou ?

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Au coeur des ténèbres Après avoir volé le Dolores, Sharkis se dirige vers le coeur de la forêt de Tishala, avec, coincés à son bord, Shaël et Lune qui tentent d'échapper aux Shakals affamés du Sans-Peur. De son côté Mony, accompagnée de Tuco et de quelques guerriers Wassaïs, arrivent à la cité en ruine d'Okotsha, qu'ils doivent traverser pour tenter d'intercepter le vaisseau. Mais, pour cela, ils vont devoir y affronter les Ombres, créatures redoutables et mystérieuses, capables de donner la mort par un simple toucher.

Pourquoi la mort s'acharne-t-elle sur Marsac, petite ville universitaire du Sud-Ouest ? Confronté à un univers terrifiant de perversité sur les terres de son adolescence, le commandant Servaz va faire l'apprentissage de la peur, pour lui-même comme pour les siens.

Laissé pour mort par son ancien gang, Clark trouve refuge dans un fortin isolé où ne vivent que des femmes. Un sanctuaire secret, une enclave hors-la-loi où l'ordre du monde n'a plus sa place. Mais la vengeance trace sa propre route, et bientôt, le passé le rattrape. Quand les meurtriers reviennent, attirés par ce qu'ils ne devraient jamais avoir découvert, une ultime bataille s'engage. Ici, au bout du monde, sur la dernière frontière, seule la poudre parlera.

Pour les 60 ans de Blueberry (parution du premier album), de grands auteurs ont imaginé une histoire courte d'une aventure de Mike Steve Blueberry. Chacune de ces histoires aurait pu avoir lieu à différents moments de la vie de Blueberry, jeune ou plus âgé...

Hiro, aidé par les Yojimbots, des robots samouraïs, échappe par miracle aux attaques successives du cruel Topu et de ses drones. Malgré une situation désespérée, le jeune garçon est déterminé à connaître la vérité sur le sort de sa famille. Hiro se rend compte que les croyances qui étaient les siennes jusqu'à alors ne sont que des mensonges tissés par ce mystérieux organisme qui cherche justement à le capturer. Malheureusement, piégé par Topu, et ne devant sa survie qu'au sacrifice d'un des Yojimbots, il fait alors face à un nouveau type de robot... Lire la suite

Sublimer sa souffrance : retour sur les jeunes années d'un peintre de génie Peintre fou, exalté, maudit, on ne connaît de van Gogh que ses dernières années. Pourtant quand il décide de devenir artiste, il a déjà 27 ans. Quelles furent son enfance, son adolescence et qu'a-t-il vécu avant de trouver sa vocation ? Il naît en 1853, fils de pasteur, vit une jeunesse bourgeoise et trouve facilement un poste dès ses 16 ans grâce à un oncle marchand d'art. Il va ainsi, pendant plusieurs années, occuper le même type d'emploi ; on le fera aller d'une succursale... Lire la suite