Science Fiction City

Hungry and exhausted, Ryan and his band emerge from a redoubt into a remarkably untouched pre-dark city and uncover a cache of weapons and food. But the group is not alone. Among other interlopers, the city is guarded by huge winged creatures, protecting the grisly secrets of a nearby barony. Holed up inside an old government building, where Ryan's son, Dean, lies near death, Ryan and Krysty must raid the treacherous ville across the desert where a local baron uses human flesh as fertilizer.

Bill and Sebastian don’t get along. Yes, they need to work together to solve the problems facing City of California… but Bill despises the Aussie in the top hat, and nothing will change his mind on that point. That wouldn’t be a problem if they just avoided each other. Unfortunately, Sebastian is Maria’s partner, and Maria is one of Bill’s best friends. Sebastian is also the greatest salesman the world has ever known, and he’s using that skill to build a sinister cult, completely obedient to his every whim.

Les dix enfants particuliers sont désemparés : Miss Peregrine, changée en oiseau, est prisonnière de son état, suite à l'attaque des Estres, des âmes damnées. Ils n'ont plus qu'un espoir : trouver une Ombrune susceptible de redonner à la directrice de l'orphelinat sa forme humaine. Le petit groupe d'enfants échoue sur une rive de Grande-Bretagne, en 1940, alors que la Seconde Guerre mondiale fait rage. Aussitôt pris en chasse par des Estres déguisés en soldats, ils se réfugient in extremis dans une boucle temporelle.

When I inherit a haunted bookstore in New Orleans, I go from demon hunter to my dream job. Unfortunately, there’s a dark side to my beautiful new life—the gorgeous demon who seems to think he owns the place. The attraction between us is insane, and we can’t keep our eyes off each other. But I don’t trust him one bit—especially not the way he uses his seductive charms to try to compel me to work for him.

Als Sophie in die Welt der Elfen zurückkehrt, ist nichts wie zuvor: Die Neverseen, eine gefährliche Geheimorganisation, verbreiten Angst und Schrecken. Sie wollen den Hohen Rat der Elfen stürzen und die Macht an sich reißen! Sophie und ihre Freunde müssen das um jeden Preis verhindern.

Having narrowly escaped with their lives from the redoubt near Cornerstone, the Deathlands survivors known as the Companions arrive via mat-trans at a destination they presume to be North Dakota, if the mysterious codes given them while in Cornerstone are accurate. That assumption is soon put in doubt as they discover a devastated city covered in continual ashfall, a sky perpetually obscured by black clouds illuminated only by sporadic lightning. The former metropolis is not deserted, however, but densely populated with ravening hordes of barely human creatures.

Clara has been patient, waiting for her opportunity. Now, the time has come. She will command the Prince of the Doomed City himself to aid her in her quest. Together they must travel to the various courts of Eledria, facing foes and monsters, each more deadly than the last, as Clara strives to save her childhood sweetheart from enslavement.

Zeke's finally beaten and/or Subordinated all the other Apocalypses in his city. You'd think a winner would be due a hero's welcome, or at least a good night sleep. Instead, he's greeted with a grim sight—other Apocalyptic domes opening all around him. There's no time to spare. With every passing moment, all the competing Apocalypses grow stronger and firm up their defenses. It's Zeke's turn to go on the offense as he strikes out of his city and takes on all the other Apocalypses out there.

Fight or flight only works when you know who you're up against. There's no running from an enemy who is constantly several steps ahead. The best you can do is stand and face them. Finding my mate should have been a time to rejoice, not the catalyst for disaster. The closer we become, the more danger we find ourselves in. Shocking revelations and buried secrets surface, only reinforcing the truth that Griffin and I are in big trouble. One thing is clear, we can’t win if we don’t even know who we’re up against. I’m not quite sure if we’ll be able to make it out alive.

إبراهيم فرغلي هو كاتب مصري من مواليد عام 1967 في مدينة المنصورة في قلب الدلتا المصرية، وهو حاصل على درجة البكالوريوس في إدارة الأعمال من جامعة المنصورة، نشأ في مدينة المنصورة ثم عاش فترة شبابه في سلطنة عُمان ودولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة، بدأ حياته الأدبية كمحرر في مجلة روز اليوسف المصرية ثم مجلة نزوى العُمانية، ثم محرراً ثقافياً في جريدة الأهرام المصرية، ثم محرراً في مجلة العربي التي تصدر في الكويت.

At the height of the American Revolution, Virginia aristocrat Vannevar Thomas fell victim to a rogue vampire. The newly Embraced Vannevar was taken in by a secretive organization of vampires known as the Camarilla and sent to San Francisco in 1849. Here Vannevar found a newborn, vibrant city, ripe for the taking—but other powers also cast covetous eyes on the growing town.

Ever since her sister became a man-eating spider and slaughtered her way through town, nineteen-year-old Ness has been terrified—terrified of some other Nightmare murdering her, and terrified of ending up like her sister. Because in Newham, the city that never sleeps, dreaming means waking up as your worst fear.

Une bonne éducation et le privilège d’intégrer le cercle royal, c’est ce que l’on m’a promis en échange de ma liberté et de mon identité. Cette vie, je ne l’ai pas choisie et je ne m’y sens pas à ma place. Alors que mes camarades quittent le Palais d’Or pour parfaire leur formation, je demeure seule entre ces murs sans la moindre explication jusqu’à l’arrivée d’une affreuse nouvelle. Ce bouleversement remet en cause mes croyances ainsi que mon existence tandis qu’un pouvoir effrayant émerge de mon corps.

Bryce Quinlan nunca esperó ver un mundo que no fuera Midgard, pero ahora que lo hizo lo único que quiere es regresar al suyo. Todo lo que ama está ahí: su familia, sus amigos, su pareja. Atrapada en un extraño mundo nuevo, necesitará hacer acopio de todo su ingenio para poder volver a casa… y eso no es algo fácil cuando no tiene ni idea de en quién puede confiar.

Contains Books 1-3 of the exhilarating series that proves that the best heroes come in small packages! Dead Rat Walking, Rat City, and Year of the Rat.

Like all great metropolises before it, when a city gets big enough, old enough, it must be born; but there are ancient enemies who cannot tolerate new life. Thus New York will live or die by the efforts of a reluctant midwife...and how well he can learn to sing the city's mighty song.

Times are tough in Kansas, forcing Dorothy, Aunt Em, and Uncle Henry to move to Oz. But while Dorothy gives her aunt and uncle the grand tour, the Nome King makes plans to retrieve his magic belt from Ozma.

Abella hasn’t allowed four years of slavery to break her spirit, but after numerous failed escape attempts, the chances of making it home to her family seem bleak. That is until she shares a passionate, forbidden dance with a silent stranger. His piercing silvery eyes haunt her with a taste of hope.

The original teleplay that became the classic Star Trek episode, with an expanded introductory essay by Harlan Ellison, The City on the Edge of Forever has been surrounded by controversy since the airing of an "eviscerated" version - which subsequently has been voted the most beloved episode in the series' history. In its original form, The City on the Edge of Forever won the 1966-67 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Teleplay. As aired, it won the 1967 Hugo Award.

Orla Cadden is a budding novelist stuck in a dead-end job, writing clickbait about movie-star hookups and influencer yoga moves. Then Orla meets Floss - a striving, wannabe A-lister - who comes up with a plan for launching them both into the high-profile lives they dream about. So what if Orla and Floss’s methods are a little shady - and sometimes people get hurt? Their legions of followers can’t be wrong.