Zoey Valentine is concerned with two things: surviving the multitude of self-defense classes her dad makes her take and avoiding Ash Matthews. That is, until the Z virus hits, wiping out a third of the population in a matter of weeks. If that weren?t frightening enough, the bodies of the victims disappear and suddenly reappear, awakened from their dead state. They're faster, smarter, and they work together to get the one thing they crave, human flesh. The United States is in a panic and then the government decides the unthinkable: to bomb every major city overrun with the awakened. Now Zoey is on the run, with her dad and Ash, desperate to find a place of safety amongst the ruined remains of the country.
Satán Madrid es la historia de Marcos de Lucas, periodista y vividor, a quien no parece importarle el hecho de que su colega y antigua amante, María, haya sido enterrada viva en los jardines del fantasmagórico Palacio de Linares. Ni que una misteriosa mujer que acaba de conocer, María, se suicide tirándose por el Viaducto. Ni que Madrid se hay convertido en la capital mundial del misterior por la desaparición de once mujeres, todas ellas llamadas... María. Y todo ello, en vísperas de una multitudinaria visita del Papa. Bastante tiene Marcos con reordenar su vida, que se ha convertido en un infierno: extraños correos electrónicos, visitas inesperadas, llamadas telefónicas desde el Más Allá, el boceto de un famoso cuadro que parece tener vida propia....
Tus padres no existen. Tu vida aquí no existe. Nada existe y por eso no lo puedes recordar. Porque alguien te ha obligado a vivir una vida que no es la tuya. Tú no perteneces a este sitio, ni a este momento. Tu lugar y tiempo están muy lejos de aquí. Los tuyos también lo están. Por eso todas esas personas que creías conocer desde hace años te son desconocidos. Porque realmente no les conoces. Pero los tuyos no hemos estado tan lejos como crees... hemos estado en los que creías familiarmente desconocidos. Nosotros hemos estado contigo, te hemos protegido a cada paso, en cada callejuela, incluso en ese lugar desconocido al que llamabas casa. Somos los culpables de que te hayas sentido observado, de que te hayas sentido escuchado, de las caricias fantasmas. ¿Te sigue asustando verte reflejado en el espejo?
After spending the last four days of her life hiding out from a deadly solar particle storm in an underground bunker, trapped with six treacherous women and a trio of girl assassins, Scout Shannon just wants to find the man who conned her mentor and leave her home world for good. Alas, the long-threatened war draws nearer and Scout finds herself caught in the middle, surrounded by rebels and bandits. Worse, she carries a pocketful of dangerous secrets with no one to entrust them to. And the hills keep shaking. Something lurks deep underground. Something massive. Something world-destroying. Scout leaves in three days. If she lives that long. "In Quaking Hills", the sequel to "Under Falling Skies" and the second book in "The Travels of Scout Shannon" series, a young adult science fiction novel for fans of plucky heroines, complicated boys, and loyal dog sidekicks.
Surviving Lan Darr not only changed Allan?s life, it rocked him to his core. On Earth, he?s simply a boy in a wheelchair who got lost in the woods, but across the Hubbu connected planetary system, Allan is a hero. He must find a way back there, alone if need be. Returning to Lan Darr might just kill him. Though he?s learned the hard way that Allan Westerfield does not die easily.? Back on Earth, Allan?s uncle and his best friend race after Allan without an inkling of how deadly Hubbu travel can be. Chaos ensues, spawning disorder, confusion and panic as the travelers end up on different worlds at different times and face extreme ecosystems, mysterious enemies and push the clock of death to the absolute breaking point. The second book of the Heroes of Distant Planet Series cranks up the excitement, the mystery and even the humor. A perfect and inspiring story for 12 and up. Reviews:? ?lots of surprises in this book, ones that I didn?t see coming, and others that helped bring the story together. Beyond the shock, the adventure, and treks across the galaxy, there?s a budding romance that I found to be one
Life couldn?t be better for ten-year old Ryan King. He spends his days playing video games, riding his bike, or snuggled close to his dad as they follow the adventures of their favorite comic book superheroes, The Inhumans. Ryan and Dad are a team, and Ryan is sure they can overcome anything, as long as they stay together. Then one day Dad gets a troubling phone call and nothing will ever be the same. Ryan is placed in the care of an unfriendly aunt he never knew. New school, new friends, and a new foe?how will Ryan cope with so many new challenges at once? Ryan looks to his hero, Black Bolt, the silent King of the Inhumans, for strength?but will his comic book hero come to the rescue when real life bullies threaten Ryan and his friends? And where is Dad when Ryan needs him most?
En La zona envenenada, el profesor Challenger congrega un día en su casa a sus amigos más próximos, instándoles a traer consigo un curioso capricho: botellas de oxígeno. Éstos quedan sorprendidos por la petición, hasta que se enteran de la amenaza que pesa sobre la Tierra: Challenger ha descubierto que la atmósfera terrestre va a verse envuelta en una nube tóxica que acabará con la especie humana. Todos ellos se encierran en una habitación con el oxígeno, dispuestos a aguantar sin esperanzas sus últimas horas de vida, pero descubren, al cabo de unas horas, que la nube tóxica ya ha desaparecido. Aún consternados por el suceso, salen a la calle y observan los estragos del envenenamiento y, creyéndose los únicos supervivientes, descubren horas más tarde, con gran alegría, que el veneno apocalíptico era sólo un somnífero muy efectivo.
Burn hot and cold. Read minds. Disappear at will. Dream your own death. Welcome to Sparkstone University, where some students are more gifted than others.When Ingrid learns she?s been accepted at the hyper-secretive Sparkstone University, she is sceptical. It?s an honour to attend, apparently, and yet barely anyone has ever heard of the place.And everyone seems a little too happy that she?s there: especially when she meets Sunni and her group of friends. They seem to already know Ingrid. As if she was expected. Expected to save Earth from an imminent alien invasion. Like she has superpowers or something.As if magic and mutations exist. As if aliens are really planning to attack.That just sounds ridiculous. There?s no such thing.?right?Wrong.
Zoey Valentine is concerned with two things: surviving the multitude of self-defense classes her dad makes her take and avoiding Ash Matthews. That is, until the Z virus hits, wiping out a third of the population in a matter of weeks. If that weren?t frightening enough, the bodies of the victims disappear and suddenly reappear, awakened from their dead state. They're faster, smarter, and they work together to get the one thing they crave, human flesh. The United States is in a panic and then the government decides the unthinkable: to bomb every major city overrun with the awakened. Now Zoey is on the run, with her dad and Ash, desperate to find a place of safety amongst the ruined remains of the country.
Satán Madrid es la historia de Marcos de Lucas, periodista y vividor, a quien no parece importarle el hecho de que su colega y antigua amante, María, haya sido enterrada viva en los jardines del fantasmagórico Palacio de Linares. Ni que una misteriosa mujer que acaba de conocer, María, se suicide tirándose por el Viaducto. Ni que Madrid se hay convertido en la capital mundial del misterior por la desaparición de once mujeres, todas ellas llamadas... María. Y todo ello, en vísperas de una multitudinaria visita del Papa. Bastante tiene Marcos con reordenar su vida, que se ha convertido en un infierno: extraños correos electrónicos, visitas inesperadas, llamadas telefónicas desde el Más Allá, el boceto de un famoso cuadro que parece tener vida propia....
Tus padres no existen. Tu vida aquí no existe. Nada existe y por eso no lo puedes recordar. Porque alguien te ha obligado a vivir una vida que no es la tuya. Tú no perteneces a este sitio, ni a este momento. Tu lugar y tiempo están muy lejos de aquí. Los tuyos también lo están. Por eso todas esas personas que creías conocer desde hace años te son desconocidos. Porque realmente no les conoces. Pero los tuyos no hemos estado tan lejos como crees... hemos estado en los que creías familiarmente desconocidos. Nosotros hemos estado contigo, te hemos protegido a cada paso, en cada callejuela, incluso en ese lugar desconocido al que llamabas casa. Somos los culpables de que te hayas sentido observado, de que te hayas sentido escuchado, de las caricias fantasmas. ¿Te sigue asustando verte reflejado en el espejo?
After spending the last four days of her life hiding out from a deadly solar particle storm in an underground bunker, trapped with six treacherous women and a trio of girl assassins, Scout Shannon just wants to find the man who conned her mentor and leave her home world for good. Alas, the long-threatened war draws nearer and Scout finds herself caught in the middle, surrounded by rebels and bandits. Worse, she carries a pocketful of dangerous secrets with no one to entrust them to. And the hills keep shaking. Something lurks deep underground. Something massive. Something world-destroying. Scout leaves in three days. If she lives that long. "In Quaking Hills", the sequel to "Under Falling Skies" and the second book in "The Travels of Scout Shannon" series, a young adult science fiction novel for fans of plucky heroines, complicated boys, and loyal dog sidekicks.
Surviving Lan Darr not only changed Allan?s life, it rocked him to his core. On Earth, he?s simply a boy in a wheelchair who got lost in the woods, but across the Hubbu connected planetary system, Allan is a hero. He must find a way back there, alone if need be. Returning to Lan Darr might just kill him. Though he?s learned the hard way that Allan Westerfield does not die easily.? Back on Earth, Allan?s uncle and his best friend race after Allan without an inkling of how deadly Hubbu travel can be. Chaos ensues, spawning disorder, confusion and panic as the travelers end up on different worlds at different times and face extreme ecosystems, mysterious enemies and push the clock of death to the absolute breaking point. The second book of the Heroes of Distant Planet Series cranks up the excitement, the mystery and even the humor. A perfect and inspiring story for 12 and up. Reviews:? ?lots of surprises in this book, ones that I didn?t see coming, and others that helped bring the story together. Beyond the shock, the adventure, and treks across the galaxy, there?s a budding romance that I found to be one
Life couldn?t be better for ten-year old Ryan King. He spends his days playing video games, riding his bike, or snuggled close to his dad as they follow the adventures of their favorite comic book superheroes, The Inhumans. Ryan and Dad are a team, and Ryan is sure they can overcome anything, as long as they stay together. Then one day Dad gets a troubling phone call and nothing will ever be the same. Ryan is placed in the care of an unfriendly aunt he never knew. New school, new friends, and a new foe?how will Ryan cope with so many new challenges at once? Ryan looks to his hero, Black Bolt, the silent King of the Inhumans, for strength?but will his comic book hero come to the rescue when real life bullies threaten Ryan and his friends? And where is Dad when Ryan needs him most?
En La zona envenenada, el profesor Challenger congrega un día en su casa a sus amigos más próximos, instándoles a traer consigo un curioso capricho: botellas de oxígeno. Éstos quedan sorprendidos por la petición, hasta que se enteran de la amenaza que pesa sobre la Tierra: Challenger ha descubierto que la atmósfera terrestre va a verse envuelta en una nube tóxica que acabará con la especie humana. Todos ellos se encierran en una habitación con el oxígeno, dispuestos a aguantar sin esperanzas sus últimas horas de vida, pero descubren, al cabo de unas horas, que la nube tóxica ya ha desaparecido. Aún consternados por el suceso, salen a la calle y observan los estragos del envenenamiento y, creyéndose los únicos supervivientes, descubren horas más tarde, con gran alegría, que el veneno apocalíptico era sólo un somnífero muy efectivo.
Burn hot and cold. Read minds. Disappear at will. Dream your own death. Welcome to Sparkstone University, where some students are more gifted than others.When Ingrid learns she?s been accepted at the hyper-secretive Sparkstone University, she is sceptical. It?s an honour to attend, apparently, and yet barely anyone has ever heard of the place.And everyone seems a little too happy that she?s there: especially when she meets Sunni and her group of friends. They seem to already know Ingrid. As if she was expected. Expected to save Earth from an imminent alien invasion. Like she has superpowers or something.As if magic and mutations exist. As if aliens are really planning to attack.That just sounds ridiculous. There?s no such thing.?right?Wrong.