Showing results by publisher "Audible studios" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Seventeen-year-old Snow has spent the majority of her life within the walls of the Whittaker Institute, a high security mental hospital in upstate New York. Deep down, she knows she's not crazy and doesn't belong there. When she meets a mysterious, handsome new orderly and dreams about a strange twisted tree she realizes she must escape and figure out who she really is.

For two years, six months, fourteen days, eleven hours and sixteen minutes, Subject Six-Eight-Four - ‘Jane Doe’ - has been locked away and experimented on, without uttering a single word. As Jane’s resolve begins to crack under the influence of her new - and unexpectedly kind - evaluator, she uncovers the truth about Lengard’s mysterious ‘program’, discovering that her own secret is at the heart of a sinister plot...and one wrong move, one wrong word, could change the world.

Dragons are trained to fight to the death, and two determined teens help free them in this spellbinding saga. Training a dragon to be a fighting champion is the only way to freedom for 15-year-old Jakkin.

Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes never meant to get into the family business. But when you're the sister of Bram and the niece of Sherlock, vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood. And so, when two society girls go missing, there's no one more qualified to investigate. Now, the fierce Evaline and the logical Mina must resolve their rivalry, in order to navigate the advances of not just one, but three mysterious gentlemen, and solve a murder with only one clue: the strange Egyptian scarab.

As a thief, I'm good at three things: hiding in the shadows, getting in and out unseen, and uncovering secrets. I put these skills to work for the Sinclair Family, one of the magical mobs that run the tourist town of Cloudburst Falls. Everyone knows Victor Draconi wants to take over all the other Families - and kill every last Sinclair. What they don't know is that I'm on to him, and no way will I let the man who murdered my mom get away with hurting all the other people I care about.

Jakkin risks everything--his freedom, his dragon, even his life--to rescue his beloved in this stirring sequel to Dragon's Blood.

Jakkin risks everything--his freedom, his dragon, even his life--to rescue his beloved in this stirring sequel to Dragon's Blood.

Prey on the old and you're a coward. Prey on the young and you're pathetic. Prey on the weak and you're even weaker. Prey on my friends...and you're history.

Der fünfte Prinz, Isaac Cassius Kell, wurde aus der Hauptstadt des Imperiums an die gebirgige Nordgrenze entsandt – und Mateo sowie seine Eisenflügel-Feder sollen ihn dabei schützen. Mateo merkt schnell, dass dieser Auftrag weit komplizierter ist, als es zunächst schien. Während Mateo sich durch die Intrigen rund um den kaiserlichen Thron kämpft, erkennt er bald, dass die wahre Gefahr für das Leben des Prinzen nicht von außen, sondern aus dem Herzen des Imperiums selbst droht.

Dahlia 16 sees her face in every crowd. She's nothing special - just one of 5,000 girls created from a single genome to work for the greater good of the city. Meeting Trigger 17 changes everything. He thinks she's interesting. Beautiful. Unique. Which means he must be flawed. When Dahlia can't stop thinking about him - when she can't resist looking for him, even though that means breaking the rules - she realizes she's flawed, too. But if she's flawed, then so are all her identicals. And any genome found to be flawed will be recalled.

Im Dschungelkönigreich Elámon werden Gestaltwandler wie Gottheiten verehrt. Eine von ihnen ist die junge Jaguar-Wandlerin Kitana, die mit ihrer Familie ein sorgloses Leben im Tempel führt. Bis zu dem Tag, als eine Intrige des Ersten Priesters Kitanas heile Welt zerstört und sie zwingt, in den undurchdringlichen Urwald zu fliehen. Dort sucht sie Hilfe bei einem Clan von Panther-Wandlern, der zurückgezogen im Dschungel lebt und sowohl den Jaguargöttern als auch den Menschen misstrauisch gegenübersteht.

Lena has lived her whole life near the beach, walking for miles up and down the shore and breathing the salty air, swimming in the cold water, and watching the surfers rule the waves. The problem is, she's spent her whole life just watching. As her 16th birthday approaches, Lena vows she will no longer watch from the sand: she will learn to surf. But her father, a former surfer himself, refuses to allow her to take lessons. After a near drowning in his past, he can't bear to let Lena take up the risky sport. Yet something lures Lena to the water - an ancient, powerful magic.

Jakkin and his girlfriend, Akki, discover a primitive cult that sacrifices dragons.

Wir treffen auf Montana, der gerade von einem spontanen Auslandsaufenthalt zurückgekehrt ist. Er ist ein bisschen weiser, hat einen etwas breiteren Blickwinkel und ist sehr erschrocken über die einst tote Person, die sich gerade in seinem Schlafzimmer befindet. Abgesehen von möglichen Zombie-Sichtungen ist er endlich bereit, seinen Job als Herzog ernst zu nehmen. Und das gerade noch rechtzeitig – nicht nur, dass die Politik der Hauptstadt immer näher an Montanas kleines, malerisch in einem Tal gelegene Lehen heranrückt, es gibt auch noch Kobolde, mit denen er verhandeln muss.

Depuis des siècles, les Murmureurs et leurs dragons veillent sur les terres de Vesperia. Ce fragile équilibre s'écroule le jour où les restes de la Murmureuse Tiphaine sont retrouvés à la frontière du royaume. À seulement dix-sept ans, Elysandre doit faire face à un choc bien plus grand que la perte de sa sœur. Elle doit prendre sa place et endosser le devoir de son aînée, l'héritage de Chandrys. Rejetée par ses pairs, elle doit affronter un apprentissage rude et supporter l'animosité de ses camarades.

La Radura, il Labirinto, la Zona Bruciata, le sale interne della C.A.T.T.I.V.O... I ricordi lo assalgono ma ora ha un peso che non può essere condiviso con Thomas e gli altri: l'Eruzione. E non può sopportare il pensiero dei suoi amici che lo vedono discendere nella follia mentre soccombe al virus. Lasciando solo una lettera, Newt abbandona la Berga prima che i Radurai tornino dalla loro missione a Denver, in Colorado.

"Die Vortexe zerstörten unsere Welt. Wir lernten in ihnen zu laufen. Doch niemand ahnte, was sie in uns entfachen würden..." Für Elaine ist es der wichtigste Tag ihres Lebens: In Neu London findet das spektakuläre Vortexrennen statt, und sie ist eine der Auserwählten. Hunderte Jugendliche jagen bei dem Wettkampf um den Globus – doch nicht zu Fuß. Sie springen in die Energiewirbel, die die Welt vor Jahrzehnten beinahe zerstört haben. Der Sprung in einen Vortex ist lebensgefährlich, doch gelingt er, bringt er einen wie ein geheimes Portal in Sekunden von einem Ort zum anderen.

Cosa c'era prima del Labirinto? Qual è il vero obiettivo della C.A.T.T.I.V.O.? Cos'è il gruppo B? Chi è davvero Thomas? E se lui e i suoi compagni avessero scelto di entrare nel Labirinto? Il principio di tutto è... la fine. Le foreste bruciano, laghi e fiumi si prosciugano, gli oceani sommergono le terre. Un'epidemia inarrestabile decima gli esseri viventi e le leggi degli uomini decadono. In questo scenario la C.A.T.T.I.V.O. va in cerca delle risposte e trova il ragazzo perfetto per portare a termine i propri disegni.

From the Renaissance master Andrea del Sarto who faked a Raphael masterpiece at the request of his Medici patrons, to the Vermeer counterfeiter Han van Meegeren who duped the avaricious Hermann Goering, to the frustrated British artist Eric Hebborn, who began forging to expose the ignorance of experts, art forgers have challenged "legitimate" art in their own time, breaching accepted practices and upsetting the status quo.

Nev has just joined the crew of the starship Kaitan Heritage as the cargo loader. His captain, Qole, is the youngest-ever person to command her own ship, but she brooks no argument from her crew of orphans, fugitives, and con men. Nev can't resist her, even if her ship is an antique. As for Nev, he's a prince, in hiding on the ship. He believes Qole holds the key to changing galactic civilization, and when her cooperation proves difficult to obtain, Nev resolves to get her to his home planet by any means necessary.