Fractured Skies

Author : Stephanie Flint,Isaac Flint
Publisher : Infinitas Publishing
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Fractured Skies by Stephanie Flint,Isaac Flint Pdf

Not all monsters are beasts. The Community’s secret transformation of people with powers into beasts means that their utopian ideals of safety and security are lies. And thanks to a high-ranking telepath, nineteen-year-old Jenna Nickleson knows what it’s like to go through one of those transformations. During a mission for the rebellion, the telepath cursed her with false “memory seeds” that attack her mind with horrifying visions of being turned into one of those beasts—and worse. If Jenna ever wants to see the Community be truly secure, she needs to figure out how to end the transformations, remove the government making her cherished Community a front for a nightmare, and get those memory seeds out of her head before they turn into something more dangerous. The transformation begins in Fractured Skies… KEYWORDS: young adult dystopian, young adult science fiction, dystopian science fiction, young adult dystopian fantasy, science fantasy, superpowers, evil organization, telepathy, mind games, mind control, rebel organization, rebel airship, plant powers, plant elemental, dystopian community, dystopian society, secret powers, female dystopian

Author : Thomas M. Reid
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786956173

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The Fractured Sky by Thomas M. Reid Pdf

War of the Spider Queen favorites Aliisza and Kaanyr Vhok struggle to escape Celestia while bound to a particularly determined angel Kaanyr Vhok, the half-fiend who once led the Scoured Legion, finds himself exactly where he wanted to be—in the heart of Heaven with his lover and consort. But what he finds is not the Celestia of his dreams. The House of Triad is falling apart, and Vhok is bound by divine oath to the whims of the renegade angel who wants to save it. Tricked by Vhok into a tortuous imprisonment in Heaven, the succubus Aliisza has learned the folly of depending on demons to keep her best interests at heart. Now, in the heart of a deeply troubled Celestia, she plans to teach her so-called lover the same hard-earned lesson.

Author : Catherine Cowles
Publisher : The PageSmith LLC
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781951936174

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Fractured Sky by Catherine Cowles Pdf

Damaged. Broken. Destroyed. I’ve heard it all. A single moment of trusting the wrong person shattered my life into pieces, and my family has never looked at me the same. It’s impossible to convince them that I’m anything more than the broken girl they rescued all those years ago. Until I meet him. Ramsey’s grumpy demeanor and menacing scowl scare most of the world away. But not me. Not when I’ve seen his gentle hands soothe an abused colt or comfort a terrified mare. And when I finally get up the courage to strike out on my own, Ramsey’s there. Roommates felt like such a safe proposition until Ramsey’s lingering touches and wicked smile light a fire in me I don’t think will ever be extinguished. And he feels it, too… But just as my new life begins to take root, an evil from my past emerges from the shadows, casting a darkness on my newfound freedom. And this time, they won’t settle for pieces of me. They want everything…

Author : Catherine Cowles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 195193637X

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Fractured Sky by Catherine Cowles Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Crime prevention
ISBN : UOM:39015090381917

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Federal Bureau of Investigation by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary Pdf

Author : Stephanie Flint,Isaac Flint
Publisher : Infinitas Publishing
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Distant Horizon by Stephanie Flint,Isaac Flint Pdf

The Community hides a terrifying secret. Sixty years ago, a hallucinogenic plague annihilated half the world’s population, leading to the formation of a strict Community—an international society that promises its citizens safety, security, and efficiency. To protect everyone from a resurgence of the plague, students are given a daily pill in their teen years and tested with the mandatory Health Scan before entering the adult world. It is boring but safe... Except that Jenna hasn't been taking her daily pill, and a surprise Health Scan was just announced. Terrified she's going to fail the scan, Jenna digs into everything she can find about what happens to those who fail-- And discovers none of them have returned, despite assurances of the Health Scan's safety. Making matters worse, two of the Community's most prominent leaders have arrived on campus in an unprecedented visit, and Jenna's long-thought-dead grandfather decides now would be a great time to try kidnapping her. Turns out he's the leader of a rebellion against the Community and he believes the plague is a cover-up for powers. Normally she would dismiss him as crazy, especially since those leaders have him hauled off to the coolers after she calls for help. But something doesn't sit right. Why was the Health Scan announced last minute? Why did not one, but two world leaders show up to a routine scan? And why is it that plants really are starting to act strangely around her... Read Distant Horizon to uncover the truth in this thrilling dystopian fantasy! KEYWORDS: young adult dystopian, young adult science fiction, dystopian science fiction, young adult dystopian fantasy, science fantasy, superpowers, evil organization, telepathy, mind games, mind control, rebel organization, rebel airship, plant powers, plant elemental, dystopian community, dystopian society, secret powers, female dystopian

Author : Jeffrey A. Carver
Publisher : Starstream Publications/Book View Cafe
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611385472

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Dragon Rigger by Jeffrey A. Carver Pdf

A realm at war. The star dragons struggle under the oppression of an unseen foe—a creature of terrible power, who seeks to shape all of space-time into a web of subjugation and death. The Dream Mountain, source of knowledge and life to the dragons, is held by the enemy; and yet, hope burns in the dragons’ hearts. According to ancient prophecy, One will come from outside to challenge the darkness. Star pilot Jael LeBrae may be that savior. Once before, she aided the dragons in their struggle, and now she must return to face at last the terrible wrath of Tar-skel. But if the prophecy holds true, the price of victory over the darkness will be Jael’s own life. Captivating sequel to Dragons in the Stars, Dragon Rigger is science fiction with mythic dimension, from the Nebula-nominated author of Eternity’s End and The Chaos Chronicles. REVIEWS: “Dragon Rigger is a most excellent adventure that would make a grand movie if it were not that the special effects budget would surely be quite brutal even in this age of computer animation.... If there is a motto for this novel, it is solidarnosc, solidarity, the power to be gained by sticking with one’s friends, even by sacrificing for the good of others...there is immense verve, energy, momentum, and power...the reader stays with Carver all the way.” —Thomas A. Easton, Analog “A refreshingly unique setting and excellently realized characters.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Eugene B. Young
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781350176119

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Cinematic Art and Reversals of Power by Eugene B. Young Pdf

Bringing together Deleuze, Blanchot, and Foucault, this book provides a detailed and original exploration of the ideas that influenced Deleuze's thought leading up to and throughout his cinema volumes and, as a result, proposes a new definition of art. Examining Blanchot's suggestion that art and dream are “outside” of power, as imagination has neither reality nor truth, and Foucault's theory that power forms knowledge by valuing life, Eugene Brent Young relates these to both Deleuze's philosophy of time and his work with Guattari on art. In doing so, he uses case studies from literature and popular film, including Kafka's Castle, Villeneuve's Arrival, and Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. Providing important new insights for those working in literary and cinematic studies, this book advances a new definition of art as that which reverses the realities and truths of power to express obscure ideas and values beyond both our exterior and interior worlds.

Author : Tansy Rayner Roberts
Publisher : Tansy Rayner Roberts
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780648329145

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The Shattered City by Tansy Rayner Roberts Pdf

The compelling second novel of the Creature Court gaslamp fantasy trilogy. Daylight and nox collide as Ashiol and Velody’s uneasy alliance fractures. The Creature Court try to fight the war with theatre instead of bloodshed… but they still have to deliver a sacrifice. Will Delphine and Rhian escape the dangers of Velody’s new world, or be consumed by them? If you enjoy intrigue, devastating plot twists and sumptuous detail, you’ll adore this fantasy trilogy inspired by the 1920s. Immerse yourself in the glamorous, dangerous world of the Creature Court.

Author : Linda Bierds
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781619322066

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The Hardy Tree by Linda Bierds Pdf

Focusing on figures such as Thomas Hardy, Alan Turing, Virginia Woolf, and the World War One poets, The Hardy Tree examines power, oppression and individual rights in ways that reverberate through our lives today. Uniting these themes is the issue of communication—the various methods and codes we use to reach one another. The book is arranged in four sections. The first visits Vladimir Nabokov as a child with alphabet blocks, Alan Turing at eleven writing home from boarding school with a “pen of his own making,” Virginia Woolf as a teenager practicing her penmanship, and Wilfred Owen trying to draw a musical note from a blade of grass on a battlefield on the Somme. The second section focuses more deeply on various types of encoding; the third erases the Magna Carta; the fourth offers a provisional peace. These sections lean against one another the way that history leans upon itself. Backed by Bierds’ intensive research and woven with scientific evidence, she pushes us to consider our futures in direct conversation with the past.

Author : Ralph Compton,Joseph A. West
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101057742

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Ralph Compton the Man From Nowhere by Ralph Compton,Joseph A. West Pdf

One man proves his worth in this Ralph Compton western... When the Apache surrounded the settlement of Alma, New Mexico, the "respectable" townsfolk began hanging those who weren't. Town drunk Eddie Oates was lucky to be banished from the town, left for the Apaches to kill. Oates never thought he was a survivor. But now, he's discovered a reason to go on—and he's about to unleash a raging fury upon those who would prey on the helpless, the hopeless, and those who others think aren't worth fighting for... More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!

Author : David S. Goyer,Michael Cassutt
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101624548

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Heaven's Fall by David S. Goyer,Michael Cassutt Pdf

Mankind’s first contact with extraterrestrial life led to an incredible revelation. Their last may lead them to extinction. Twenty years have passed since the mysterious Near-Earth Object nicknamed Keanu appeared in the night sky and transported humans from all over Earth into its interior. There they discovered that Keanu was a long-range spaceship—and they were not alone. They joined forces with the aliens called the Architects, who had come from a distant galaxy to seek help in fighting the vicious Reivers. And they defeated them. Or so they thought. For when Keanu reestablished contact with Earth, they learned that the Reivers have taken over the planet, placing most of the population under their dominion. But mankind’s last hope may yet be hidden inside the NEO. And if the men and women still in Keanu cannot find it, humanity will be finished. And the galaxy will be next.

Author : Molly X. Chang
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593722244

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To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang Pdf

She has power over death. He has power over her. When two enemies strike a dangerous bargain, will they end a war . . . or ignite one? “A thrilling tale of magic and murder, intrigue and betrayal.”—Cassandra Clare, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sword Catcher The gorgeous first edition hardcover of To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods will feature a poster, color endpapers, a custom-stamped case, and a foil jacket! Heroes die, cowards live. Daughter of a conquered world, Ruying hates the invaders who descended from the heavens long before she was born and defeated the magic of her people with technologies unlike anything her world had ever seen. Blessed by Death, born with the ability to pull the life right out of mortal bodies, Ruying shouldn’t have to fear these foreign invaders, but she does. Especially because she wants to keep herself and her family safe. When Ruying’s Gift is discovered by an enemy prince, he offers her an impossible deal: If she becomes his private assassin and eliminates his political rivals—whose deaths he swears would be for the good of both their worlds and would protect her people from further brutalization—her family will never starve or suffer harm again. But to accept this bargain, she must use the powers she has always feared, powers that will shave years off her own existence. Can Ruying trust this prince, whose promises of a better world make her heart ache and whose smiles make her pulse beat faster? Are the evils of this agreement really in the service of a much greater good? Or will she betray her entire nation by protecting those she loves the most?

Author : Robert Low
Publisher : Canelo
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781788636995

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Beasts From The Dark by Robert Low Pdf

The gripping final instalment of the extraordinary, brutal, visceral historical epic trilogy that began with Beasts Beyond the Wall and The Red Serpent. Drust, Kag, and their comrades are in the Alps, battered, bruised and fighting for their lives. Some things never change. On the hunt for a rogue Roman officer, something goes terribly wrong and they are left stranded in the mountains, their escape route cut off. Only then does the true danger of their mission reveal itself. Caught in the crossfire not just of the mountain tribes, but of the vicious power politics of Rome, they must use all their cunning and guile to save themselves from death’s icy clutches . . . Praise for the novels of Rob Low “A company of warriors, desperate battles, an enthralling read.” —Bernard Cornwell, New York Times–bestselling author “Low mixes history, archeology, mythology and nonstop, often-sanguinary action into a fast-moving adventure tale.” —Publishers Weekly “An epic tale of hardship, triumph, betrayal and brotherhood.” —S. J. A. Turney, author of Marius’ Mules XV: The Ides of March

Author : Dan Simmons
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307781888

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Hyperion by Dan Simmons Pdf

A stunning tour de force filled with transcendent awe and wonder, Hyperion is a masterwork of science fiction that resonates with excitement and invention, the first volume in a remarkable epic by the multiple-award-winning author of The Hollow Man. On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all. On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives. Each carries a desperate hope—and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands. Praise for Dan Simmons and Hyperion “Dan Simmons has brilliantly conceptualized a future 700 years distant. In sheer scope and complexity it matches, and perhaps even surpasses, those of Isaac Asimov and James Blish.”—The Washington Post Book World “An unfailingly inventive narrative . . . generously conceived and stylistically sure-handed.”—The New York Times Book Review “Simmons’s own genius transforms space opera into a new kind of poetry.”—The Denver Post “An essential part of any science fiction collection.”—Booklist