Download or read book Fantasy Inbound Volume 2 written by Joe Takeduki and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2022-04-29 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yu Ichinose opens his eyes to find that he and Ein have been taken prisoner. Strangely, their captor is more a host than an executioner. Quldald, after all, is not one to let his guests leave unentertained. Meanwhile, Ijuin, Aliya, and Natsuki have reached the floating city, Nayuta, only to find that power struggles and interracial conflict roil beneath the paradise’s surface. Amidst this tension, the young Devicer is faced with a dilemma. The responsibility that comes with power is a crushing weight upon his shoulders, and Yu struggles to endure the pressure. Does he really have what it takes to be Number Three? Can he sacrifice his ideals for the greater good?
Download or read book Fantasy Inbound Volume 1 written by Joe Takeduki and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is in peril. Legends live, fairy tales walk, and fantasies become reality, threatening to turn Earth into a waking nightmare. When the flames of war reach Japan’s shores, the vestiges of a shattered nation fail to protect what remains of its people against an unknown enemy, and all seems lost. Those left behind and those that failed to flee now live in scattered communities among the remnants of a better time. Yu Ichinose is just another survivor, a quiet, scrawny middle-schooler trying to get by. That is, until he finds his fate bound to a mysterious, elvish girl who seems to hold the key to hope. Now, the time has come to stand and take up the sword against sorcery. To become the hero who saves the world. The time has come to awaken the Asura Frame.
Download or read book Fantasy Inbound Volume 3 written by Joe Takeduki and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leo Makishima, the enigmatic Devicer Seven, only cares about one thing: power. And he’ll do whatever it takes to get it. His blind ambition, however, makes him the perfect target for the archmages’ machinations, and Quldald of the Whirlwind has the perfect use for the troubled boy. Likewise, the Japanese government is desperate to resurrect their greatest weapon—Devicer Three. Meanwhile, the crew arrives in Indonesia to investigate a dormant Asura and a mysterious power sleeping within Aliya. There, they meet Devicer Five, a prickly girl by the name of Zhou Xueli who’s looking to build an elite team to end the war once and for all. In particular, her eyes are set upon Devicer Three and the key she’s been looking for—a Replicant. Everyone wants something, and Yu Ichinose seems to have it. To what lengths they’re willing to go to take it, he doesn’t know, but he’ll have to be ready to do anything to defend those he cares about. Even if it means fighting a fellow Devicer.
Download or read book A Fire Upon The Deep written by Vernor Vinge and published by Tor Science Fiction. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now with a new introduction for the Tor Essentials line, A Fire Upon the Deep is sure to bring a new generation of SF fans to Vinge's award-winning works. A Hugo Award-winning Novel! “Vinge is one of the best visionary writers of SF today.”-David Brin Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures, and technology, can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence. Fleeing this galactic threat, Ravna crash lands on a strange world with a ship-hold full of cryogenically frozen children, the only survivors from a destroyed space-lab. They are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. Tor books by Vernor Vinge Zones of Thought Series A Fire Upon The Deep A Deepness In The Sky The Children of The Sky Realtime/Bobble Series The Peace War Marooned in Realtime Other Novels The Witling Tatja Grimm's World Rainbows End Collections Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge True Names At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Torn A YA Urban Fantasy Novel Volume 2 of the Reflections Books written by Dean Murray and published by Fir'shan Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war between Alec Graves' pack and the other shape shifters in town can't last much longer. He can't win and he can't run away. The new girl at school shouldn't matter, but the more he gets to know Adri, the more mysterious she becomes. Is Adri an unfortunate victim or bait designed to draw Alec into a fatal misstep? If Alec guesses wrong he'll be pulled into a fight that will cost him everything. Publisher's Note: Torn is a YA Urban Fantasy novel, and is one possible entry point into the books that make up the Reflections Universe. The Reflections Universe is a series of clean YA Paranormal books featuring vampires, shapeshifters, werewolves and more, which have been written so they can be safely enjoyed by both young adults and older readers alike. Torn is followed by Splintered, and is one of several YA shapeshifter books available from Dean. The Reflections Universe: Some stories are too full of teen urban fantasy goodness to fit into just one series! Dean Murray is the successful author of multiple clean young adult paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and epic fantasy series which collectively have more than 480,000 copies in circulation. Keywords: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, YA, Free Book, Vampires, Werewolves, Dark Urban Fantasy, Teen, Shapeshifters
Download or read book King of the Labyrinth Vol 1 light novel written by Shien BIS and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the tenth-floor boss room of the Sazardon Labyrinth, the mighty minotaur awakens once more. Unlike its predecessors, slain at the hands of treasure-seeking adventurers, this monster’s primal urges push it further than ever before. Kill. Consume. Grow stronger. The more powerful its opponent, the more powerful it becomes. Even the very rules of the labyrinth seem to bend to its indomitable will. Can none triumph against this bovine behemoth? Will the minotaur ever meet its match…?
Download or read book Children of Ruin written by Adrian Tchaikovsky and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'My most anticipated book of the year' - Peter F. Hamilton, Britain's no.1 science fiction writer Children of Ruin follows Adrian Tchaikovsky's extraordinary Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with new characters and a thrilling narrative. It has been waiting through the ages. Now it's time . . . Thousands of years ago, Earth’s terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life – but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity’s great empire fell, and the program’s decisions were lost to time. Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from old Earth. But those ancient terraformers woke something on Nod better left undisturbed. And it’s been waiting for them. 'Books like this are why we read science fiction' - Ian McDonald, author of the Luna series All underpinned by great ideas. And it is crisply modern - but with the sensibility of classic science fiction' Stephen Baxter, author of the Long Earth series (with Terry Pratchett)
Download or read book Interspecies Reviewers Vol 2 light novel written by Amahara and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN ALL-OUT FANTASY SEXTRAVAGANZA! The boys (and Crim) are back for round two! This time, they visit the golem specialty shop The Sex Marionette, which allows them to create their perfect partners. So what do they do? The unthinkable, of course! With Kanchal’s otherworldly craftsmanship, they dream up four golems that are the spitting image of Meidri! But what would the real Meidri do if she ever found out...? They’ll have their answer sooner than they think-because one of the golems goes missing!
Download or read book Critical Mass written by Daniel Suarez and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez's latest space-tech thriller, a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid—kicking off a new space race in which Earth's climate crisis could well hang in the balance. When unforeseen circumstances during an innovative—and unsanctioned—commercial asteroid-mining mission leave two crew members stranded, those who make it back must engineer a rescue, all while navigating a shifting web of global political alliances and renewed Cold War tensions. With Earth governments consumed by the ravages of climate change and unable to take the risks necessary to make rapid progress in space, the crew must build their own nextgen spacecraft capable of mounting a rescue in time for the asteroid's next swing by Earth. In the process they'll need to establish the first spin-gravity station in deep space, the first orbiting solar power satellite and refinery, and historic infrastructure on the moon's surface—all of which could alleviate a deepening ecological, political, and economic crisis back on Earth, and prove that space-based industry is not only profitable, but possibly humanity's best hope for a livable, peaceful future.
Download or read book The Historian written by Elizabeth Kostova and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The record-breaking phenomenon from Elizabeth Kostova is a celebrated masterpiece that "refashioned the vampire myth into a compelling contemporary novel, a late-night page-turner" (San Francisco Chronicle). Breathtakingly suspenseful and beautifully written, The Historian is the story of a young woman plunged into a labyrinth where the secrets of her family’s past connect to an inconceivable evil: the dark fifteenth-century reign of Vlad the Impaler and a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive through the ages. The search for the truth becomes an adventure of monumental proportions, taking us from monasteries and dusty libraries to the capitals of Eastern Europe—in a feat of storytelling so rich, so hypnotic, so exciting that it has enthralled readers around the world. “Part thriller, part history, part romance...Kostova has a keen sense of storytelling and she has a marvelous tale to tell.” —Baltimore Sun
Download or read book Visitor written by C. J. Cherryh and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working with the aiji-dowager a year after returning from an interstellar mission to discover that their government had been overthrown, Bren Cameron finds his efforts to reinstate peace throughout the atevi world challenged by an unexpected new threat.
Download or read book Paradoxes and Dragons Volume 2 written by Joseph R. Lallo and published by Joseph R. Lallo. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dragons that hoard pillows? Legendary squirrel adventures? Sometimes short stories get a little experimental. Paradoxes and Dragons Volume 2 is a collection of ten novellas and short stories spanning the sci-fi and fantasy spectrum. A time travel front masquerading as an antique shop? High tech dragon engineers? Inside these pages you’ll find fun one-shots and eagerly anticipated sequels to stories in the first anthology. Paradoxes and Dragons Volume 2 includes: -Uncle Easy: A post-apocalyptic sequel to Wasteland* -Comfortable Dragon: A knight seeks to battle the coziest dragon in the kingdom -Time Loop: A successful time travel experiment makes an intern’s day very complicated -Dragons in Space: Space suits plus dragons, what’s not to like? -The Dwarfendam Run: A weary musician faces a mechanical gauntlet -The Front Way: A fan-voted sequel to The Back Way* -The Pencil Hoarder: A little dragon learns a thing or two about what the human world has to offer -Soft Summoned: Sometimes summoning a demon can go adorably wrong -The Tale of Amberbelly: Sometimes adventure is a matter of perspective -Weird Nothing: The novelization of the short lived webcomic of the same name by Joseph R. Lallo and Adam J. Hall *Available in Paradoxes and Dragons Volume 1
Download or read book 1Q84 written by Haruki Murakami and published by Bond Street Books. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 1342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited magnum opus from Haruki Murakami, in which this revered and bestselling author gives us his hypnotically addictive, mind-bending ode to George Orwell's 1984. The year is 1984. Aomame is riding in a taxi on the expressway, in a hurry to carry out an assignment. Her work is not the kind that can be discussed in public. When they get tied up in traffic, the taxi driver suggests a bizarre 'proposal' to her. Having no other choice she agrees, but as a result of her actions she starts to feel as though she is gradually becoming detached from the real world. She has been on a top secret mission, and her next job leads her to encounter the superhuman founder of a religious cult. Meanwhile, Tengo is leading a nondescript life but wishes to become a writer. He inadvertently becomes involved in a strange disturbance that develops over a literary prize. While Aomame and Tengo impact on each other in various ways, at times by accident and at times intentionally, they come closer and closer to meeting. Eventually the two of them notice that they are indispensable to each other. Is it possible for them to ever meet in the real world?
Download or read book Goodbye Otherworld See You Tomorrow Volume 2 written by Kazamidori and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2022-03-11 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their resolve renewed, Keisuke and Nito continue their journey through this ashen world, still searching. Though they each have their own goals, they now travel their path together as true companions. While looking for a map that might offer them clues, the pair arrive at a temple venerating a saint the people of this world believe in. At first, the temple seems to be abandoned, but in fact various other survivors have gathered around it, each carrying their own pain and their own story to tell. Keisuke and Nito decide to stop a while and help these survivors get back their smiles and their hope. Maybe they can even turn this disparate group into a community as they all work together to revive a festival of gratitude to the saint. What tales will the pair hear, and what relationships will they foster, during this stop on their heartwarming road trip through a ruined world?
Download or read book In the Land of Leadale Vol 2 light Novel written by Ceez and published by Yen Press. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The last thing she can remember is her life support beginning to fail. Her body had suffered terribly after a fateful accident, and the only freedom left in her life came from the virtual-reality world of Leadale. How did she end up in a place that looks exactly like her game...except that 200 years have gone by?"--
Download or read book Black Legion written by Aaron Dembski-Bowden and published by Games Workshop. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning after his long self-imposed exile, Abaddon offers the disparate Chaos Space Marine warbands within the Eye of Terror a simple choice – join him or die. Ezekyle Abaddon and his warlords strive to bind the newborn Black Legion together under threat of destruction. Now Khayon, Abaddon's most-trusted assassin, is tasked with ending the threat of Thagus Daravek, the self-proclaimed Lord of Hosts and a rival to the dark fate that Abaddon claims as his own. Fighting the vile whispers of the Dark Gods within his mind, Abaddon turns a fevered gaze back to the Imperium, where his true destiny awaits. Yet the Emperor's Champion and his Black Templars stand guard at the gates of Hell, and Sigismund has waited centuries to face Abaddon in battle...
Download or read book Hellhole Awakening written by Kevin J. Anderson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second in a newepic science fiction series from the internationally bestselling co-authors of the DUNE prequels General Adolphus knows the Monarchy crackdown is coming. Now he needs to pull together all the resources of the Hellhole colony, the ever-expanding shadow-Xayan settlement, and his connections with the other Deep Zone worlds. On Sonjeera, Diadem Michella Duchenet has collected a huge fleet, led by firebrand Commissar Escobar Hallholme, son of the man who originally defeated Adolphus. Uniting themselves and pooling their minds, the shadow-Xayans send a power surge along the original stringline path that links Hellhole with the Monarchy's hub on Sonjeera. All of the Diadem's battleships are currently approaching on that route, and when the mental blast wipes out all the substations, the battleships are effectively stranded. But now a bigger threat appears. Three large asteroids come in from the outer reaches of the Candela system. On Hellhole, the awakened Xayans finally reveal information that has been hidden even from their own followers. A large group of powerful, rogue telemancers split away from the main race-fanatics, violent, and ruthless. And now that the Xayan civilization is reawakening, the rogues have come back to destroy them once and for all. They are coming for Hellhole, and this time they will completely destroy it. Kevin J. Anderson has over 20 million books in print in 30 languages worldwide. As well as his STAR WARS, DUNE and X-FILES novels, he has written an ambitious space-opera series, THE SAGA OF SEVEN SUNS. He holds the Guinness world record for the largest single-author book signing. Kevin Anderson lives in Colorado. The son of DUNE author Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert is a bestselling science fiction author in his own right.
