検索キーワード： 現代文学

La prima antologia italiana di Chen Qiufan, uno dei migliori autori emergenti nel panorama della fantascienza cinese. Che cosa succederebbe a un consulente di marketing se riuscisse a trovare la strategia perfetta per lanciare l'applicazione di maggior successo di sempre, la fantomatica "Buddhagram"? E cosa si cela dietro i movimenti sinuosi dei pesci di Lijiang, un paesino dove tanti professionisti finiscono per disintossicarsi da ritmi lavorativi disumani?

Enfermée derrière deux murailles immenses, la Cité est une mégalopole surpeuplée, constituée de multiples duchés. Commis d'épicerie sur le port, Nox est lié depuis son enfance à la maison de la Caouane, la tortue de mer. Il partage son temps entre livraisons de vins prestigieux et lecture de poésie avec ses amis. Un jour, on lui confie un livre qui raconte l'origine de la Cité. Très vite, Nox se rend compte que le texte fait écho à sa propre histoire.

In this world, you take risks or die. Being kidnapped by the Sentient Computer Overlord of an alien planet and turned into a nymph didn’t exactly fit into Axel’s life plan, not that he had a plan, but certainly choosing what to do after college wouldn’t be as hard as fighting carnivorous squirrels to the death. At least his new body came with fabulous hair!

The remaining Crystals of Harmony are out of our reach, and my prophecy darkens the road beyond. The time has come where the cult will harvest my blood and raise the dark lord from the dead. I’ll do everything in my power to prevent them from performing the ceremony that will cause Droga to take over our world…but not even the gods can stop what’s coming.

I got that line tattooed on my wrist the day I turned 21. So much symbolism in such a simple sentence. At the time, it was a nod to the future and the infinite possibilities to come, while reminding me to remember the past and to look for magic in the world.

Reuben Mitchell’s 18 years on Earth have taught him what it means to suffer. Despite being consumed by cursed luck, traumatic loss, and recurring nightmares, he refuses to let his demons take hold of his soul. As his inner-world seems to tear in two, the world around him does the same. But where there is darkness, he quickly finds there is light.

Henry was just an ordinary tavern keeper, helping to run the doomed family business. When the Royal Tradesmen's Ball rolled around, he—like usual—wanted nothing to do with it. But the fourth-in-line Lady Garnet offered him a proposal. She wished to shock her family with an outrageous stunt: appearing to court a commoner. He agreed on one condition: no more strangling the tavern.

Eleven years at the FBI taught me two things—how to stay alive when a gun is pointed at my head, and that I never want to work for anyone else ever again. When I moved to Atlanta and started my own PI firm, I swore I’d never make my living chasing down missing or philandering spouses. But the rent is due, so when a woman knocked on my door and offered me a boatload of money to track down her missing husband who helped himself to a family heirloom on his way out, I had a hard time saying no. Seemed like easy money.

Thirteen demons were trapped in The Realm. So was Aegyir, their ring-leader. They wanted to live forever. But the only way they can "live: is for others to die. The Guardians stopped them.

Kate Richards loves the simple things like listening to the sounds of birds outside her kitchen window, how the flowers bloom in her garden during springtime, reading outside where the sun touches her back, running her book store, and spending time writing. Yet her whole simple life is thrown into a world that belongs in the books she writes. Now, this fiction writer is going to have to use her skills to save the small town she lives in. With help from a newcomer, a wolf, and a vampire, this writer is going to need to create an ending where everyone has their happy-ever-after.

Annae, a brilliant graduate student in psychiatric magic and survivor of academic abuse, can't stop reading people's minds. This is how she protects herself—using her abilities to know exactly how her colleagues view her—how she escapes the torturous experience of her own existence. When Annae moves to England to rebuild her life and finish her studies under the seminal magician Marec Gorski—infamous for bringing to life a homunculus made from his unwanted better self—she sees, inside his head, a man who is both a destructive force to everyone around him, and her mirror image.

Schwarzmagische Vorfälle häufen sich in New Orleans. Gerüchte über Untote, Geister und Dämonen machen die Runde. Menschen verschwinden ...

Jada glaubt weder an Voodoo noch an Geister. Als ihre Mutter, eine Voodoo-Priesterin, unter mysteriösen Umständen stirbt, ist sie gezwungen, nach New Orleans zurückzukehren und sich dem Übernatürlichen zu stellen.

Fou de rage, le roi des Nibelungen lance une malédiction sur l'anneau magique qui lui a été volé, entrainant avec lui la chute tragique des grands dieux de l'Asgard. Odin, dieu suprême, a donné naissance à une puissante lignée humaine de rois, les rois de Frankenland, qu'il protège et chérit. Ils sont les seuls à ne pas être touchés par la malédiction du Nibelung et ils font perpétuer l'étincelle divine renfermée dans le cœur des hommes. Mais pour les condamner leur prospérité, Frigg, déesse des liens du mariage, rend stérile la reine de Frankenland.

Finley hat es als Schwarzmagier verstanden, sich lange Zeit durchs Leben zu schummeln. Doch nun sind seine magischen Kontrakte erloschen und sein Leben wird eingefordert. Allerdings bekommt er eine letzte Chance: Wenn er heute, am Heiligen Abend, eine Seele vor dem Sturz in die Dunkelheit bewahrt, wird sein Leben verschont. Dazu stellt ihm der geheimnisvolle Louis ein Taxi zur Verfügung und kündigt ihm einen verzweifelten Fahrgast an: Evelyn Morton, jung, sympathisch und scheinbar niemand, um dessen Seele man sich Sorgen machen müsste.

Gretel has lived for a very long time, and for most of that time, her life has sucked. This year is no exception. She's responsible for taking care of her brother (who happens to be an annoying cat now), she's hopelessly in love with her indifferent boss (the terrifyingly efficient and ruthless Ms. L. Thorne), and then there's that tendency to see the future, whether she wants to or not....

Dust storms pop up out of nowhere and are a danger for drivers on the open highways of the southwest. But when you can't see what is in front of you, maybe, with a little help, a fresh pair of eyes, you see something new. Something that might not even be there other times, something that is accessible only when dust storms may exist!

Ghoul War veteran Zane Vrexon is struggling to make ends meet as a private detective when he gets a cryptic note from an old friend, Dennis, who says his wife is in danger. Then Dennis turns up dead in his own potion shop and his widow, Vana, is the main suspect.

The Parallel Society has a singular task—to protect the universe from the troubles caused by other universes intersecting with ours. But recent disruptions to the Society have place Veronica “Roni” Rider in the position of team leader, and they don’t have time for her to get acclimated.

Being snatched off the street should be scary, right? Wrong! I'm an omega with a strong instinct to make the best of a bad situation. Armed with my designer handbag full of junk, and the brooding, hot alpha who's crossed over to my side, he ensures my safety by handing me over to his estranged brother's pack. I quickly learn I can trust them when they make a generous gesture.

Ein längst vergessenes Verbrechen. Ein Tiger, der für Ordnung sorgt. Eine Dämonin mit sehr gefährlichen Fähigkeiten. Aine wagt sich nur ungern unter die Menschen, da ihre Erfahrungen mit dieser Rasse alles andere als positiv sind. Trotzdem sehnt sie sich danach dazuzugehören, nicht nur weil sie deren Lebensessenz benötigt. Bei einem ihrer Ausflüge in die Menschenwelt wird sie von einem Bauern in einen Käfig gesperrt, woraufhin sie ihre Kräfte kaum unter Kontrolle halten kann. Der smarte Tiger, der zu Hilfe gerufen wird, schafft es sie zu beruhigen.