Showing results for "Eden" in Literature & Fiction

The electrifying #1 New York Times bestselling debut novel from YouTube sensation Joey Graceffa dares to ask the question: What would you do in order to survive if your very existence were illegal? Rowan is a second child in a world where population control measures make her an outlaw, marked...

In the future, mankind has learned to manipulate their DNA, harnessing only the good genes, like intelligence, strength, and height. They called this prime DNA and humans rushed to get these new pDNA injections, which gave them superhuman-like qualities. Centuries later, however, their DNA became so engineered that humans rarely lived past the age of 30, thanks to a new deadly disease called the Kiss. The only cure is to receive an injection of oDNA, DNA from an Original human that hasn't been genetically altered. Problem is there aren't many Originals left.

The refugee caves have been destroyed, and most of the refugees are dead. The Potentate now knows of their existence and will stop at nothing to wipe them out completely.

A secret island. A guarded princess. And the lighthouse keeper who saved her from the sea. And new to both of them is the growing feeling of attachment and desire that binds them… and blinds them to impending disaster.

Dr. Abigail Silva has waited over 10,000 years for redemption and a chance at a real relationship with the angel she loves. But when you're made from evil itself, it's hard to remember if salvation is worth the wait. With Lucifer's plan coming to fruition, she must decide if God's offer of humanity is all it's cracked up to be, or if a deal with the devil is the more promising solution.

Eden Pruitt didn’t find the enemy. She stumbled upon the Resistance and unwittingly led the military to their doorstep. Because of her, they have been all but demolished. Most are dead. Several more have been imprisoned, along with Cassian Gray, the dangerous, tantalizing boy Eden loves. As Cassian’s execution draws near, Eden must convince the Resistance to let her join them. They have the same mission, after all. Stop the Monarch before he carries out his evil plans. Step one of that mission—rescue the prisoners. Step two—destroy the Monarch’s army of super-human soldiers.

Rules. Balance. Consequences. War. When Fate gave Dane the water from Eden to drink, she did more than save his life. She changed his destiny. Since the beginning, a covenant between God and Lucifer has maintained a tenuous peace, balancing Soulkeepers and Watchers and the natural order of things. Dane upset that balance the day he became a Soulkeeper. Fate broke the rules. Now, Lucifer is demanding a consequence, requiring Fate to pay the ultimate price for her involvement.

Everyone has three lives. A public life, a private life, and a secret life. I'm a junior in high school, and yet, I've never been on a date. Everybody says it's because my overprotective brothers scare all the guys away, but I can't help wondering if there's something wrong with me. That is, until I hear a rumor that I'm secretly dating my brothers' best friend. What?

The electrifying conclusion to the Dividing Eden series by the New York Times bestselling author of the Testing trilogy, Joelle Charbonneau. The Trials of Virtuous Succession have ended. Prince Andreus is king—and Princess Carys is dead. But even as he’s haunted by what he did to win the...

Lilah has heard rumors of a garden paradise known as Eden somewhere out in the wilds. Forced out of post-apocalyptic Chicago when her mutant abilities come to light, it's her only hope of safety. But she's not the only one roaming the wastelands. On Adam’s first mission as a newly qualified Warden, he is tasked with finding and destroying the heart of the Resistance: Eden.

With Max and Colt taken by the Institute, Sage is desperate to get them back. So when the leader of the West resistance shows up and offers her a deal she can't refuse, she eagerly accepts. Finally, she is in a position where she can exact revenge on Ebony and the Institute, while also saving the people she loves. But the deal she made came with a steep price, and now she only has so much time to fulfill her end of the bargain.

After a strange day at her new school, Eden Pruitt comes home to a jarring scene. Suddenly, Eden is on the run, trapped in a nightmare with nowhere to turn and nobody to believe her. Except for a mysterious stranger who is as dangerous as he is enticing. Someone who knows more than he should...and might be just as perilous as the truth she's desperate to uncover.

From the author of the New York Times bestselling The Testing trilogy comes a sweeping new fantasy series, perfect for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sarah J. Maas. Twins Carys and Andreus were never destined to rule Eden. With their older brother next in line to inherit the throne, the future of...

A devastating storm. A destructive pathogen. No known cure. Only the Heirs of Eden have the answer. As the Ebora virus takes hold, Archie, Daisy, and Isabella - the Heirs of Eden - find themselves trapped in a magical cave with instructions to save humankind. Only they can deliver what the walls show them. As they work out how to escape, the ghost, Cain, discovers a means of spreading the deadly Ebora pathogen rapidly around the globe. He's going to add particulates of the virus into human dreams.

Seven square miles of paradise, surrounded by an eight-foot chain-link fence: this is Nodd, the land of the Grace. It is all seventeen-year-old Jacob knows. Beyond the fence lies the World, a wicked, terrible place, doomed to destruction. When the Archangel Zerachiel descends from Heaven, only the Grace will be spared the horrors of the apocalypse.

As Seiiki, now escorted by a military contingent from Earth United, draws ever closer to New Eden, Kim Teng must learn to split her role of Caretaker with another, navigate a new relationship with Wren, and deal with the suffocating guilt of having been part of the Crusaders, all while maintaining her cover as social media star Hannah Monksman. What could possibly go wrong?

Sixteen-year-old Angela and her father are the last survivors on earth. She dreams of adventure and romance, but only finds it in books. In the confines of her garden paradise, she’s untouched by contaminants that caused the rest of the humanity to mutate into murderous beasts or die. But staying in the garden sure gets lonely. When a 17-year-old boy stumbles upon Angela’s home with news about a thriving community, his presence challenges everything she knew about the world.

America is in peril. The public is being deceived. The enemy grows more powerful by the day. And Eden’s plans horrendously backfired. Now she’s locked up with a hostile soldier whose upbringing couldn’t be more different from her own. And whose loyalty could change everything. She sets out to win his trust, prove herself to the Resistance, and somehow, make amends with Cassian. If there’s any hope of vanquishing the adversary, they must set aside their grievances and come together as one.

The day Eden met Ryan changed her world forever. Actually, not just her world. Ryan has time traveled from the future to save the world. In a few weeks, Eden’s best friend Connor will discover a new planet - one where human life is possible. The discovery will make him famous. It will also ruin the world as we know it. When Ryan asks Eden for help, she must choose between saving the world and saving her best friend’s greatest achievement. And a crush on Ryan complicates things more than she could have imagined.

Das scheinbar vorherbestimmte Leben von Peter Turner ändert sich schlagartig, als er unverhofft vom Destinator ausgewählt und zur Aufnahmeprüfung der legendären Eliteschule Eden Hall zugelassen wird. Schon auf seiner Reise dorthin erlebt der Zwölfjährige zahlreiche Abenteuer, schließt neue Freundschaften und entdeckt seine Fähigkeit, Maschinen zu verstehen - eine Begabung, die für ihn bald zur größten Gefahr wird. Wird Peter es schaffen, die härteste Prüfung seines Lebens zu bestehen?