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Audible Originals brings you a brand new audiobook adaptation of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic gothic novella, Carmilla - starring Rose Leslie ( Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey), David Tennant ( Doctor Who and Broadchurch) and Phoebe Fox ( Life in Squares and The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death).

Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap out of the audio, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse.

"1984", le livre légendaire écrit par George Orwell, enfin disponible dans une nouvelle traduction française. Un regard terrifiant sur l'avenir et une menace très claire sur ce que pourrait être notre futur, avec un État omniprésent et ultra-répressif. 1984 est le livre incontournable de l'anticipation distopique. L'histoire : Dans le futur, le monde a été divisé en trois empires qui se combattent en permanence : L'Océanie, l'Asie de l'Est et l'Eurasie. "1984" se passe à Londres, dans l'Océanie, une dictature.

Geralt en zijn metgezellen zetten hun zoektocht naar de druïden voort in de hoop dat die meer weten over de locatie van Ciri, als ze overvallen worden. In de strijd die volgt, valt Geralts wolvenmedaillon, het insigne van de heksers, in verkeerde handen. Ciri gaat intussen vermomd als bandiet door het leven, en is voor het eerst van haar leven echt vrij. Maar haar achtervolgers naderen, en ze is vastbesloten de legendarische Zwaluwentoren te vinden, de plek waar volgens een oude profetie de Toespraak zal plaatsvinden. Daar moet ze veilig zijn. Maar de Zwaluwentoren is nu nog maar een ruïne.

Geralt van Rivia heeft monsters en demonen van over de hele wereld verslagen, maar hij is niet voorbereid op de gevolgen wanneer twee machtige koningen hun legers opstellen aan de rivier die hun rijken scheidt. Op het moment dat ook elfen en andere niet-mensen zich mengen in de strijd, wordt de situatie alleen maar zorgelijker. Geralt en zijn geliefde Yennefer moeten ondertussen Ciri, de kleindochter van koningin Calanthe, de Leeuwin van Cintra, beschermen. Want Ciri is het kind van de profetie. Het is aan haar om de wereld te redden, of er een eind aan te maken.

Al meer dan vijfhonderd jaar leven mensen, dwergen, gnomen, halflingen en elfen in vrede samen. Maar nu gebeuren er vreemde dingen, die de betrekkelijke rust tenietdoen: dwergen vermoorden hun soortgenoten en elfen nemen hun wapens op tegen elkaar én de mensen. Te midden van alle beroering wordt een kind geboren: Ciri, de kleindochter van koningin Calanthe, de Leeuwin van Cintra. De witchers hebben met smart gewacht op dit bijzondere kind. Ciri is namelijk de Vlam, het kind van de profetie dat de wereld voorgoed zal veranderen, ten goede of ten kwade.

Als Ciri in een vreemde wereld de jonge ridder Galahad en de Vrouwe van het Meer aantreft, besluit ze hun haar verhaal te vertellen. De oorlog die woedt heeft ondertussen zijn hoogtepunt bereikt als ook de gevaarlijke magiër Vilgefortz zich in de strijd gooit. In het gevecht dat volgt, verliezen velen van Geralts kameraden hun leven. En er dreigt nieuw gevaar. Emhyr, de keizer van Nilfgaard, wordt door dezelfde profetie geleid die ook Vilgefortz en Ciri volgen.

On a drowsy afternoon by a riverbank, a young and distracted Alice follows a rabbit into a fantastical underground world that grows curiouser and curiouser. Dared, insulted, amused, and threatened by a succession of anthropomorphic creatures, the indomitable Alice falls deeper into a swirl of the imagination where logic has no place.

Criss Cross finds the ghosts surrounding Victor getting awfully pushy. The medications that Victor usually takes to control his abilities are threatening to destroy his liver, and his new meds aren't any more effective than sugar pills. Vic is also adjusting to a new PsyCop partner, a mild-mannered guy named Roger with all the personality of white bread. At least he's willing to spring for the Starbucks.

Martin Chorley, aka the Faceless Man, wanted for multiple counts of murder, fraud and crimes against humanity, has been unmasked and is on the run. Peter Grant, Detective Constable and apprentice wizard, now plays a key role in an unprecedented joint operation to bring Chorley to justice. But even as the unwieldly might of the Metropolitan Police bears down on its foe, Peter uncovers clues that Chorley, far from being finished, is executing the final stages of a long-term plan.

〔ケン・リュウ短篇傑作集２〕巨大小惑星が地球へと迫り、人類は世代宇宙船に人々を乗せて、はるか宇宙へ送り出した。

Wells’ dystopian fiction masterpiece! A man sleeps for 203 years, waking up in a completely transformed London in which he has become the richest man in the world. The future is revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities.

Recovering from their first mission, the crew of the Vorpal Blade - humankind's first interstellar craft - is called into emergency action when an alliance gate colony is attacked. Who was the lethal alien enemy? What exactly happened at the colony? And dare the Vorpal Blade's battle-weary misfits engage a potentially superior force?

The complete, unabridged audiobook of A Dance with Dragons. HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones is based on George R. R. Martin’s internationally best-selling series A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A Dance with Dragons is the fifth volume in the series. The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance.

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

Based on Japanese literature and foldlore, Kwaidan contains 17 stories. The story of Loichi, the blind biwa player who was called to perform for the dead; of Muso, the journeying priest who encountered a man eating goblin; of the samurai who outwitted the ghost of a dead man. All these plus 14 other spooly tales are included in this collection.

After saving the world many times, the Merry Band of Pirates have accepted the inevitable: Earth is doomed. All they can do is try to bring a few thousand people to safety, before vicious aliens arrive to destroy humanity's home world. No. There is one other thing they can do: hit the enemy so hard that the aliens will regret they ever heard of humans.

In dangerous Fort Dallas, Rachel is untouchable. All she has to do is hand over her panties every day. Sure, it's weird, but it keeps her safe, right? And if there's a reason behind it, she doesn't care. Until she finds out that she's dragon bait. That changes things.

As fierce and indomitable as any man, Isabelle of Langston rules the family lands with an iron hand after her father's death. But the brazen beauty meets her match in Hugh Fauconier, bold knight and rightful Saxon heir to Langston Keep. By the King's hand, he is made her husband. Hugh's virile prowess reveals to Belle the delicious pleasures of the flesh, as their turbulent days of verbal sparring melt into nights of erotic abandon. But a treacherous plot enslaves Hugh to the evil Vivienne d'Bretagne, a sorceress whose sexual magic is as powerful as it is dark.

From the creator of the beloved and universally acclaimed television series BoJack Horseman, a fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love - the best and worst thing in the universe. Equally at home with the surreal and the painfully relatable (and both at once), Bob-Waksberg delivers a killer combination of humor, romance, whimsy, cultural commentary, and crushing emotional vulnerability.