New World Fiction

Kenny arrives home early from work and finds Chris, his partner of three years, in bed with a young escort. Kenny quickly packs and leaves everything behind, heading for God only knows where. En route to Marseilles, he briefly hooks up with Jean, a French truck driver. After a week or so in the seaside resort of St. Cyr sur Mer, contemplating the past and beginning to relish the freedom to do what he wants with his life, Kenny decides to head to Barcelona.

New World is based in a post-atomic war Britain and follows an adventurer exploring the new tribes formed after the government collapsed. This story is inspired by post-apocalyptic fiction and gives an odd perspective on the premises of the genre.

When Garnet finds a silver thimble in the sand by the river, she is sure it’s magical. But is it magical enough to help her pig, Timmy, win a blue ribbon on Fair Day?

Andy Wofford, middle-aged father and English teacher at a third-tier private school, receives a surprising invitation for a drink from an old college classmate. Once awkward and forgettable, Michael Kinnick has become a famous, wealthy, and absurdly confident lifestyle guru. Of all the people who’d want to catch up, why Michael? After thirty divergent years, why now? Mildly apprehensive, Andy is also very curious.

Roanoke Island, 1590. The TARDIS materializes in the past, and the Doctor's companions, Professor Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago, find themselves prisoners of the natives in the New World. But there's something strange here - stranger than even the colonists, led by Englishman John White. What are the ghostly children? And who is the Old Man of Croaton? The travellers are about to discover the secret of the lost colony...and it may cost Jago's life.

Brave New World is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published a year later. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning that are combined to make a dystopian society that is challenged by only a single individual: the story's protagonist.

Forced to flee the city in their homeland - along with abandoning their dream of building a better world from the ashes of the old - the Mall Rats embark upon a perilous journey of discovery into the unknown. Cast adrift, few could have foreseen the dangers that lay in store. What is the secret surrounding the Jzhao Li? Will they unravel the mysteries of The Collective? Let alone overcome the many challenges and obstacles they encounter as they battle the forces of mother nature, unexpected adversaries, and at times, even themselves?

In present day New Orleans, Xuan Trung, former beauty queen turned refugee after the Fall of Saigon, is obsessed with divining her daughters' fates through their Vietnamese zodiac signs. But Trac, Nhi and Trieu diverge completely from their immigrant parents' expectations. Successful lawyer Trac hides her sexuality from her family; Nhi competes as the only woman of color on a Bachelor-esque reality TV show; and Trieu, a budding writer, is determined to learn more about her familial and cultural past.

These have been called the most famous and beloved letters of the past century. Rainer Maria Rilke himself said that much of his creative expression went into his correspondence, and here he touches upon a wide range of subjects that will interest writers, artists, and thinkers. This luminous translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's classic offers brilliant inspiration to all people who seek to know and express their inner truth.

Wenn dich alle, die du liebst, verraten ... Wem kannst du dann noch trauen? Enemies to lovers to enemies ... to lovers? Das zerrissene Herz ist das epische Finale der Empire of Sins and Souls-Trilogie, in der die Heldin sich ein letztes Mal entscheiden muss – zwischen Graf und Prinz, zwischen sich selbst und Xanthia. Als Zoé Durand ihre Augen öffnet, ist da nur ein einziges Gefühl, das verheerend durch ihre Venen rauscht: Hass. Nach Kaspars Verrat musste sie eine Xathyr werden, um nicht im ewigen Höllenfeuer zu enden, nun schwört sie Rache.

To escape certain death, Eros whisks his royal family across the galaxy in search of a safe home. Unknown to him, a hostile alien species follows him and before he can safely land on Earth shoots his spacecraft down. His craft crashes into the snow-packed Carpathian mountainside. Now stranded on an alien world hostile to his existence he is left for dead. A mother home with her dying daughter notices Eros float down from the heavens and believes he is sent by God in answer to her prayers to save her daughter. When Eros wakes, he has no memory of who he is.

"Genesis: A New World" takes listeners on an exhilarating journey into the realm of Eldoria, a vibrant and magical kingdom. When high school student Hiroshi Kurosawa is unexpectedly transported into this fantastical land, he embarks on an extraordinary adventure that mirrors the Isekai stories he adores. Amidst breathtaking landscapes and encounters with mythical creatures, Hiroshi discovers his destiny and the true essence of being a hero.

Fifteen-year-old Beth Johnson is a talented and beautiful young actress. She is also a spy. The year is 1666, and Henry Vale, the dangerous mastermind behind the plots to kill the King, is still on the loose. With reports coming in that he may be hiding out in the colony of America, Beth must decide how far she will go to track him down. Will Beth leave her life in London and make the voyage to the New World?

Following a humiliating experience involving the man she thought she’d marry, Iris Tredwick signs up to the Wrens in order to escape and - hopefully - find ‘the right sort’ of man to please her mother. After a bumpy start, Iris manages to befriend outspoken Mary and dreamer Sally as they are sent to their first posting - in Orkney. There she meets engineer Rob, whose flirtatious nature both charms and confounds straight-laced Iris. Much more appropriate for her is local doctor Stewart, if only she felt the same spark for him as she does for Rob.

After the unexpected revelation at the end of the first book, Donna and Jefferson are separated. Jefferson returns to NYC and tries to bring a cure to the Sickness back to the Washington Square tribe, while Donna finds herself in England, facing an unimaginable new world. Can the two reunite and prevent an even greater disaster than the Sickness?

Loathed by many, feared by more, Doss has spent the last 700 years alone, shunned by the Tonans on his planet. He prefers it that way until a nude female rider on a huge, black stallion, fleeing for her life, catches his eye. If left alone, both beast and human would be killed by their pursuant, an enraged Tonan warrior. When the scent of the female invades his nostrils, Doss is captivated. He must have the female human and will go to great lengths to secure her safety.

For a year, Abri and five other women have found themselves trapped on a lonely planet, after their shuttle crashes on its way to Ulsy. They have fled Earth and the fiery rubble it has become. The crash has left Abri deaf and hurting with her aloneness. When sound becomes nothing, her other senses heighten, especially when they encounter two huge, handsome aliens.

When you live at the edge of the world with a volcano for a neighbour and bloodthirsty warriors who wish to end your existence then a voyage towards the edge of the world is possible. Seeking a new home for the Clan of the Fox, Erik the Navigator, with his younger brother and three companions, leaves Iceland for a land he does not know exists. In the smallest of ships, they face seas which would daunt any sailor, and they discover a new land. They find a home but one which is fraught with danger.

Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he may find new blood and spread the undead curse. It then relates the epic battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.

No one expects to meet their father at their mother’s funeral. But for Gabby Medina, that’s exactly what happens. Her dad abandoned her when she was a baby, and now he’s back. And he wants to give her a house. Gabby doesn’t want the house—or him. But she could use the money. So Gabby agrees to take it under two conditions: First, she can sell the house whenever she wants. Second, accepting it doesn’t mean she accepts him.