Showing results for "Aphrodite" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

From the author of Herc, a Waterstones Best Book of the Year ‘Particularly skilled in evoking the strangeness and contradictoriness of Greek myths’ Sunday Times ‘A joyful exploration of one woman's quest for home, power, identity and ultimately, freedom from fate. A genuine pleasure to...

Commander Mariucci and his hand-picked research team know they will have to muster all of their expertise, creativity and teamwork to survive the very harshest of conditions in orbit around the king of planets. But when they intercept a peculiar radio transmission, they have to investigate. Nothing should work in these impossible conditions, so what is sending the signal...and why? With a degrading ship and crew at breaking point, there's every chance they will tear themselves apart before they ever find the answer to the ultimate question.

Experience the myth and magic of antiquity's most alluring--and provocative--goddess as never witnessed before, in this gorgeously rendered, unflinching, and deeply vulnerable retelling from the author of Mother of Rome and Medusa's Sisters. Two hundred years before the common era, Aphrodite...

It's not easy being perfect.... But Aphrodite is determined to prove that she's more than just a pretty face. When she's asked to investigate strange events occurring on cruise ships, she's all over it. Little does she guess just how much this mission is going to cost her.

Aphrodite, la première intelligence artificielle globale, a pris son envol au cœur des processeurs de la Silicon Valley. Si cela peut sembler anodin pour le non-initié, Julie, sa jeune conceptrice, découvre que le monde tel que nous le connaissons aujourd'hui est sur le point de basculer... Au même moment, de l'autre côté du Pacifique, les esprits de sa tribu millénaire poussent Daya, un navigateur-chaman, à venir révéler son savoir ancestral au monde occidental.

Ever wonder what it would be like to live on the Moon? Just ask Aphrodite Kim, a teenage genius who was born on Luna and has lived there all her life. She knows TerraNova City well; in fact, she’s a certified tour guide, making extra money guiding rich Earthworm tourists around the Lunar Free State’s capital.

Experience the myth and magic of antiquity's most alluring—and provocative—goddess as never witnessed before, in this gorgeously rendered, unflinching, and deeply vulnerable retelling from the author of Mother of Rome and Medusa's Sisters. Two hundred years before the common era, Aphrodite...

Mainz im Zeitalter Gutenbergs. In einer Werkstatt am Rhein entsteht eine Erfindung, die die Ordnung Europas verändern könnte: Bücher lassen sich erstmals drucken und Wissen beginnt sich zu vervielfältigen. In diesem entscheidenden Moment erscheint Lyana, Tochter der Aphrodite, gesandt, um die Geburt dieser neuen Welt zu schützen. Zwischen Druckpressen, Metalllettern und dem Geruch frischer Tinte begegnet sie dem jungen Drucker Peter Schöffer, der ahnt, welche Macht in der Schrift liegt.

The epic, captivating tale of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, who must reconcile her mind and heart when she is drawn against all odds to Ares, the god of war, from the internationally bestselling author of Ariadne and Hera. “Mythological reimagining at its finest . . . I loved Aphrodite’s...

Aphrodite's Girdle is missing, and the magical artifact will take all of Hale's superpowers to retrieve. The woman who found the belt-one Tracy Tannin-wasn't exactly Ms. Popular before donning it. Now everyone wants her, including some very nasty bad guys.

Isole isn't used to dark and dangerous types-at least, not this way. Usually she freezes them cold, literally. That's her superpower: ice. But Mordi has a way of making her lose her cool. With his dark hair and sweet green eyes, it's tough to remember that his father's the superest villain in all the world. Or, was. The pair joined in countless evil plots before now, but Mordi and Hieronymous are turning over a new leaf. They joined the Protectors to defend the innocent - and to give themselves a chance at happiness.

Sans cesse, ils meurent et reviennent. Sans cesse, ils vivent et dérivent. Les dieux oubliés de la mythologie grecque existent. Et ce monde leur appartient toujours... Brook peut l’attester : il y a pire que de mourir. Par exemple ? Se réveiller au cœur du désert après que Zeus l’a séquestrée pendant deux mois. Elle n’a plus aucun souvenir de cette période, mais elle est certaine que ça a un rapport avec la pagaille qu’il a semée en révélant l’existence des dieux aux mortels.

Roland Tankowicz hates Venus. The last time he went there, he died. So, no one could really blame him if he never went back. Nevertheless, when a squad of assassins ruins date night, everybody's least-favorite Army-surplus cyborg decides to take a trip to Earth's sister planet and have a sit-down with an infamous group of terrorists. Perhaps it's because he really likes date night. Maybe he just wants to keep the promise he made to a troubled young man. It is even conceivable that he might still have a heap of unresolved issues with the separatists who blew his body apart years ago.

Jason Murphy can talk to creatures of the sea. He can also change into a dolphin and, like all Protectors, has a bunch of other superpowers. None of them really help his situation: the love of his life doesn't trust him anymore. Lane thinks his promises of devotion are... well, fishy. When she needed him most, he was gone. She didn't know he was secretly fighting crime.

Dakota Cassidy, USA Today best-selling author of The Accidental Dragon, brings you a laugh-out-loud romantic comedy in the Accidentally Paranormal series. Get swept away to Greece in this international romp where you'll meet a few gods and goddesses and fall in love with Quinn Morris as she transforms from a heartbroken mess to the goddess of love.

With years of planning and preparing to set himself to a seemingly impossible escapade, Michail was determined to get Aphrodite’s attention, the goddess of love and fertility. It was an almost impossible thing to have a goddess or a god show themselves to a mortal, but somehow, he was able to do it. Not only did he catch the goddess’ attention, but he also caught her heart, a love and adoration so strong that Aphrodite was willing to do anything just to have Michail for her, and it would almost be a good love story. Almost.