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Phaenomen: 3], En des lieux obscurs
Par Érik L'Homme. 2008
"Ils ont fui la clinique où ils étaient enfermés. Ils ont échappé aux tueurs à gages lancés à leur poursuite…
et semé la panique au sein d'organisations aussi puissantes que mystérieuses. En cherchant à savoir qui ils sont vraiment, ces quatre adolescents hors norme ont déjà dérangé l'ordre du monde. Mais, pour eux, l'heure est maintenant venue de découvrir le secret le mieux gardé de l'histoire de l'humanité. L'inimaginable est là, au bout du chemin, en des lieux obscurs". -- 4e de couvAdmiral Hornblower in the West Indies
Par C. S Forester. 1986
Six adventures in the West Indies during the early part of the nineteenth century. Rear Admiral Hornblower of the British…
navy takes on pirates, revolutionaries, and a hurricane. Sequel to Lord Hornblower (RC 46123, BR 11559)Le père de nos pères: roman
Par Bernard Werber. 1998
"Voyage aux sources de l'humanité, enquête aux mille rebondissements, hypothèses scientifiques stupéfiantes sur le mystère de nos origines... Suspense, humour,…
science, aventure : un thriller paléontologique qui pourrait bien changer notre vision du monde."Gone with the wind
Par Margaret Mitchell. 1936
A romantic Civil War epic in which Scarlett O'Hara, a forceful and ruthless heroine, and Rhett Butler, a war profiteer,…
play out their tempestuous love affair against the background of the war-torn South. Pulitzer PrizeThe ship who sang
Par Anne McCaffrey. 1969
Born a deformed human, Helva wins the title of shellperson and her brain is transferred into the control center of…
an intergalactic scout ship. Traveling among the stars, she shares her missions with one normal human, and Helva finds that even a spaceship can fall in loveThe dolphins of Pern
Par Anne McCaffrey. 1994
As the struggle against the deadly Thread spores continues in the Dragonriders of Pern series, humans rediscover the planet's long-forgotten…
dolphins. Rebuilding the connection between land and sea rekindles the old dream of an ideal Pern. Sequel to The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall (RC 44409; BR 11188)War drums
Par John Vornholt. 1992
On the colony world of Selva, a small band of Klingons, survivors of a long-ago space wreck, have reverted to…
a savage state and are attacking the human settlement. Lieutenant Worf of the starship Enterprise leads a landing party to contact the Klingons. An all-out war between the Klingons and the human colonists appears to be inevitable. In adition, Worf learns that a more deadly force is at work on the planet. A Star Trek: The Next Generation novelThe ship who won
Par Anne McCaffrey. 1994
Searching the galaxy for alien life, Carialle, whose brain controls spaceship SSS-900, and Keff, her human partner, discover a strange…
planet ruled by a race of magical wizards. The arrogant wizards are hard enough to deal with, but Carialle and Keff discover even more mysterious things about the new world. Sequel to The City Who Fought (BR 9865)Memory
Par Lois Bujold. 1996
The dual identity of Miles Vorkosigan as Admiral Naismith and Lord Miles is central to this adventure. After Naismith is…
ousted from the military, an assassination plot against Simon Illyan, security chief of the Barrayar empire, gives the Admiral's other identity, Lord Miles, a chance to prove his worth. Sequel to Mirror Dance (BR 10665)Mining the oort
Par Frederik Pohl. 1992
There isn't much wrong with Mars a decent atmosphere wouldn't fix. So Mars's Dekker DeWoe is happy humans are mining…
comets from the Oort cloud and sending them to Mars to create a liveable atmosphere. When he has to move out of the comets' path, Dekker heads to Earth hoping to become a member of the mining team. But surprises await. Strong language and descriptions of sexPodkayne of Mars
Par Robert Heinlein. 1993
Indomitable young Podkayne (Poddy) Fries jumps at the chance to accompany her uncle Tom on a mission to Earth. The…
only drawback is that she'll have her loathsome little brother along for the trip. But even greater dangers face the niece of a diplomat from Mars who has powerful enemies. For junior and senior high and older readersPartnerShip
Par Anne McCaffrey. 1992
As a brand-new member of the elite Central Worlds' Courier Service, shellperson Nancia, half human and half spaceship, undertakes her…
first mission, carrying a group of young aristocrats across the galaxy. She faces a dilemma when her passengers hatch a conspiracy to acquire power and wealth. Sequel to The Ship Who Sang (BR 11171). Strong languageDragonseye
Par Anne McCaffrey. 1997
It's been over two hundred years since the deadly silver strands called Thread fell from the skies of Pern. Now…
a new generation of Dragonriders unite in their efforts to prepare for the next cycle of Threadfall. But one of the Lord Holders refuses to cooperate and jeopardizes the safety of all. Sequel to The Dolphins of Pern (RC 44410; BR 11186)The ship who searched
Par Anne McCaffrey. 1992
A mysterious disease leaves seven-year-old Tia completely paralyzed. With no possibility of a normal life, she becomes a shellperson, the…
human brain of an interstellar spaceship. On her odyssey across the galaxy, she learns about extinct civilizations, seeks a cure for the disease that afflicted her, and eventually falls in love. Sequel to PartnerShip (BR 11172)The chronicles of Pern: first fall
Par Anne McCaffrey. 1993
Five stories about the early adventures of humans on the dragon planet, Pern. Includes stories on the discovery of Pern…
by humans, the human liaison with the indigenous flying dragons, the first battle with the deadly Threadfall, and the final isolation of the planet from the rest of humanity. Sequel to All the Weyrs of Pern (RC 34008; BR 8699)The porcelain maker: A novel
Par Sarah Freethy. 2023
An epic story of love, betrayal, and art that spans decades, through the horrors of World War II to 21st…
century America, inspired by an actual porcelain factory in Dachau. Two lovers caught at the crossroads of history. A daughter's search for the truth. Germany, 1929. At a festive gathering of young bohemians in Weimar, two young artists, Max, a skilled Jewish architect, and Bettina, a celebrated avant-garde painter, are drawn to each other and begin a whirlwind romance. Their respective talents transport them to the dazzling lights of Berlin, but this bright beginning is quickly dimmed by the rising threat of Nazism. Max is arrested and sent to the concentration camp at Dachau where only his talent at making exquisite porcelain figures stands between him and seemingly certain death. Desperate to save her lover, Bettina risks everything to rescue him and escape Germany. America, 1993. Clara, Bettina's daughter, embarks on a journey to trace her roots and determine the identity of her father, a secret her mother has kept from her for reasons she's never understood. Clara's quest to piece together the puzzle of her origins transports us back in time to the darkness of Nazi Germany, where life is lived on a razor's edge and deception and death lurk around every corner. Survival depends on strength, loyalty, and knowing true friend from hidden foe. And as Clara digs further, she begins to question why her mother was so determined to leave the truth of her harrowing past behind... The Porcelain Maker is a powerful novel of enduring love and courage in the face of appalling brutality as a daughter seeks to unlock the mystery of her past. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's PressThe olympian affair (Cinder Spires #2)
Par Jim Butcher. 2023
The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure from the…
author of the Dresden Files, in this New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships. For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defense and trade. Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war. Everyone knows it's coming. The guns of the great airship fleets that control the skies between the last bastions of humanity will soon speak in anger, and Spire Albion stands alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora's Armada and its new secret weapon—one capable of destroying the populations of entire Spires. A trading summit at Spire Olympia provides an opportunity for the Spirearch, Lord Albion, to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war, and to that end he dispatches privateer Captain Francis Madison Grimm and the crew of the AMS Predator to bolster the Spirearch's diplomatic agents. It will take daring, skill, and no small amount of showmanship to convince the world to stand with Spire Albion—assuming that it is not already too lateManhattan transfer
Par John Stith. 1993
Without warning, all of Manhattan is swept into space by an alien force and encased in a giant bubble. The…
trapped humans soon discover that their city is but one of many that have been kidnapped. A small group devises a way to escape and attempts to communicate with people in other bubbles. Some strong languageThe devil's heart
Par Carmen Carter. 1993
Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise investigate the suspicious deaths of a team of Vulcan archaeologists on…
a barren planet. As a result, Picard finds the Devil's Heart, a legendary artifact that imparts unimaginable power to its possessor. It is an object that many are willing to kill for, and even a man of Picard's character may not be able to resist its seductive powers. A Star Trek: The Next Generation novelThe vor game
Par Lois Bujold. 1993
Miles Vorkosigan, son of Lord Vorkosigan of the planet Barrayar, hasn't lost his knack for getting into trouble and embarrassing…
his family. Nevertheless, despite his physical disabilities, he graduates from the Imperial Academy, hoping for space duty. He is assigned to an arctic weather station instead. Even here he finds trouble, and he is reassigned across the galaxy for more unexpected adventures