Showing results for "The Rain" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

It has been two weeks, and now Ruby is totally alone. People weren’t prepared for the rain, got caught out in it, didn’t realise that you couldn’t drink water from the taps either. Even a drip of rain would infect your blood and eat you from the inside out. Ruby sets off on a journey that will take her the length of the country – surviving in the only way she knows how.

Jack was sporty and outgoing. Alice was bookish and introverted. Their lives were on completely different paths. That is before the day they were in the wrong place at the wrong time: before the day their lives were torn apart in a bombing. Struggling to cope with their new worlds, their unlikely new friendship helps them find hope. But can they help each other rebuild their lives and start again?

In one terrifying night, the peaceful community of Creek's Cause turns into a war zone. No one under the age of eighteen is safe. Chance Rain and his older brother, Patrick, have already fended off multiple attacks from infected adults by the time they arrive at the school where other young survivors are hiding. Most of the kids they know have been dragged away by once-trusted adults who are now ferocious, inhuman beings.

Es ist Spring Break im letzten Schuljahr und Noelle Meyer und Evan Sinclair wurden entführt. Keiner von beiden weiß, warum sie ausgewählt wurden, nur, dass sie eine tragische Vergangenheit teilen: Evans Vater kam mit dem Mord an Noelles Mutter davon und ruinierte damit praktisch ihre Familie, da der Tod als Unfall eingestuft wurde. Obwohl sie sich aufgrund dieser Verbindung eigentlich hassen müssten, verbünden sich die Teenager stattdessen, um sich ihrem anderen gemeinsamen Nenner zu stellen – ihren Entführern.

Akita turned 18; that was the day she vanished. It all began with an innocent dream, or so she thought. Now she's linked to the Earth's power, destined to help others. The universe is thrown at her feet; its true nature bares its teeth. Is it a gift or a curse? Darkness creeps in the shadow, waiting for the right moment to strike. Akita takes hold, creating her own fate, finding a love written in the stars.

Michael 'Moo' Nelson is an overweight 15-year-old who suffers relentless teasing from other kids. To find peace, he sits alone high on a bridge and watches traffic flow by. One day on the bridge, he witnesses a murder. When a gangster is framed by police for the crime, Moo faces a hard decision - help the corrupt police, or help a violent criminal?

Six best-selling novels together in one omnibus, including: The Mystery of the Walking Statue (The Robot Twins, Book 1). When a priceless - and cursed - Egyptian statue suddenly disappears from a collector's home, Rick, Jed and their ingenious robot, Meek, are determined to find out the facts.

Rain of the Ghosts is the first in Greg Weisman's series about a young girl, Rain Cacique, who discovers she has a mystery to solve, a mission to complete and, oh, yes, the ability to see ghosts. Welcome to the Prospero Keys (or as the locals call them, the Ghost Keys), a beautiful chain of tropical islands on the edge of the Bermuda Triangle. It's the last weekend before school starts, and Rain already feels trapped.

Harlow, una chica de dieciséis años, se enamora del chico más popular de su nuevo y prestigioso colegio, pero descubre un secreto que cambiará para siempre la vida de ambos.Harlow emprende un viaje que la llevará al corazón más peligroso del pasado tenebroso de otros estudiantes. En Colombia nunca llueve es una emocionante historia de amistad, amor y desengaño.