Showing results for "Ivy" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

After a brutal nuclear war, the United States was left decimated. A small group of survivors eventually banded together, but only after more conflict over which family would govern the new nation. The Westfalls lost. Fifty years later, peace and control are maintained by marrying the daughters of the losing side to the sons of the winning group in a yearly ritual. This year, it is my turn. My name is Ivy Westfall and my mission is simple: to kill the president's son - my soon-to-be husband - and return the Westfall family to power.

Ivy Westfall is beyond the fence, and she is alone. Abandoned by her family and separated from Bishop Lattimer, Ivy must find a way to survive on her own in a land filled with countless dangers, both human and natural. She has traded a more civilized type of cruelty - forced marriages and murder plots - for the bare-knuckled brutality required to survive outside Westfall's borders.

The story begins when the young teen who suffers a head injury emerges from a sailboat that ran aground during a hurricane. The trauma of discovering she is amnesic is soon dwarfed by the realization she is totally alone. Gradually, her expectation that people will return to the community they evacuated is replaced with the startling truth that everyone is gone. Vanished from the face of the Earth. Hindered by a selective memory that affords only brief glimpses of her past, Ivy and her new friend Tonka—a West Highland White Terrier—set off on a quest to find other people.

After ten years of exile, following regicide in the House of Tristain, an alarming royal edict is delivered to the immortal scarecrow Guardians who once defended the crown: surrender themselves to the church of the Silent Gods, or stand accused of further treason. But with a puppet prince set to take the throne and vengeful wraiths appearing with alarming frequency, something foul and sinister is at work in the kingdom of Niveaux.

J'ai tout perdu : mon foyer, ma famille, l'homme que j'aime. Au-delà de la barrière, l'hiver approche. Il va me falloir trouver des vivres, un abri. Et des alliés. Mais je dois aussi faire un choix : oublier ma vie d'avant, me venger de ceux qui m'ont trahie... ou mener la révolution ? Je ne suis plus une Westfall ni une Lattimer. Simplement Ivy. Et je suis enfin libre.

Marc und Emma sind wie Feuer und Eis. Zwei Pole, die sich abstoßen und doch unwiderruflich zusammengehören. Und das obwohl in Emma eine ungeahnte und gefährliche Macht schlummert, die Marcs Welt retten oder... ein für alle Mal zerstören kann. Doch ein Schicksalsschlag verändert alles und Emma kann die Augen nicht mehr vor der Wahrheit verschließen. Sie muss sich entscheiden: zwischen dem, was sie liebt, und dem, was für sie bestimmt ist.

Ein einziger Herzschlag verändert das Schicksal für immer. Emmas neuer Mitschüler ist schlimmer als jedes Klischee ihrer heiß geliebten Fantasyromane: Marc sieht unverschämt gut aus, seine Aura strotzt nur so vor Geheimnissen und seinem Charme kann niemand widerstehen, auch Emma nicht. Genau aus diesem Grund hat sie so gar keine Lust auf ihn und das ganze Drama, das sein Auftauchen mit sich bringt – bis plötzlich am helllichten Tag Nordlichter gesichtet werden und Emma sich fragen muss, ob Marc tiefer mit einer alten Legende verbunden ist, als ihr lieb ist.

"Es ist gut, dass du mich hasst, Erin. Lass es zu. Denk daran, dass dir kein Mensch jemals so weh getan hat wie ich." Erin hat einen unverzeihlichen Fehler begangen: Sie hätte sich niemals in Arden verlieben dürfen. Obwohl ihr Herz gebrochen ist, muss die junge Rachegöttin am Ivy Hall College wieder auf die Jagd gehen, um Seelen für Hades zu stehlen. Insgeheim kämpft Erin allerdings mit allen Mitteln um ihre Freiheit, um die Zukunft ihrer Schwester Summer und gegen diese seltsame, zerstörerische Wut in ihrem Inneren, die sie mit jedem Tag stärker zu zerreißen droht.

"Du darfst mich niemals küssen. Du darfst niemals auch nur daran denken, mich zu küssen. Versprich mir das!" Erins Lippen sind gefährlich. Denn sie ist keine normale Studentin am Ivy Hall College: Sie ist eine Rachegöttin im Dienst von Hades - und dazu verdammt, jungen Männern mit einem Kuss die Seele zu stehlen. Niemals darf sie sich verlieben, das ist Erins wichtigste Regel. Bis sie auf einer Verbindungsparty Arden begegnet und plötzlich alles anders ist. Ardens Nähe, seine Blicke, seine zufälligen Berührungen wecken Gefühle in Erin, die sie nicht empfinden darf.

For Zed and Tuesday, adjusting to life in modern-meets-medieval Falinnheim means normal is relative. Normally, schools aren’t in underground bunkers full of secret agents, and the chore list doesn’t involve herding dodos. The one thing that hasn’t changed: All the adults treat them like they’re invisible. When a security breach interrupts a field trip, the siblings find themselves locked out of the Resistance base. With the adults trapped inside, it’s up to Tuesday, Zed, and their friends to save the day. And for once, being ignored and underestimated is coming in handy.

Eva and Frost are pretty stoked about their blooming hunting skills. But when they finally meet Raylan’s sister, Tess, after a witch-doctor hunt in New Orleans, the group dynamic gets rather awkward. Tess wants to kill Knox straight up dead. As in, drag him up from the bottom of the old mine shaft and use Tess’ favorite snake from the Louisiana bayou to finish the job. Eva loves the idea of bonding with Tess and being extra sure that Knox will never come back to harm them. But Maggie ain’t thrilled at the idea, and Frost is a little distracted by her new cowboy boy-toy.

Remy Alexander wants revolution. After watching Vale fall back into the hands of the Sector, she will stop at nothing to reveal the corruption in Okaria. When she joins a secret Outsider network in the underbelly of the capital city, she must use all her skills as a fighter and an artist to show the people the truth.

Remy Alexander wants justice. After narrowly escaping death at the hands of the Sector only to watch her world burn around her, she will defy everyone to find her revenge. Valerian Orlean wants truth. After learning what evils the Sector is truly capable of, he must confront his past in order to create a better future. In a world where deadly secrets lurk around every corner and the food you eat can enlighten or enslave you, Remy and Vale must walk the line between hope and hate, love and loss, violence and vengeance, in order to unite - or destroy - their world.

Valerian Orlean wants answers: to why the girl he was in love with disappeared three years ago, why she joined the Resistance - a covert organization sworn to destroy everything he believes in. When he is appointed to lead a government program whose mission is to hunt and destroy the Resistance, he may finally find his answers - and Remy.

Unwilling to stand around and wait while Eva's been taken over by one of the Despairity, Frost works tirelessly with Beau and Leo to figure out how to free her sister. Leo shows Frost memories of The Before, and Beau admits to a chilling connection with the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. And when Alora reveals her sinister plan - to build an unconquerable army of Blurred Ones by placing them inside the perfect hosts - the girls and their friends must fight to protect not just Bloodcreek, but all of the world.

No one will tell Eva and Frost the truth about the Blurred Ones. Not their hunter friend, and definitely not the parentals. Maybe it’s because Frost spent time in a psychiatric ward and Eva never ceases to think with her hormones. So, when the girls see an opportunity to meet Albert Knox, the most infamous Blurred One of all, they lie about their true plans and head out on their field trip to San Antonio. Eva thinks she can use her feminine wiles to woo Knox, but he has a couple more minions than they thought - and she ends up getting tossed through the window.