Тесса Бейли4.0 Ловец камчатского краба Фокс Торнтон имеет репутацию сексуального и беззаботного бабника. Все знают, что он гарантированно хорошо проводит время — в постели и вне дома — и именно так он предпочитает. Пока он не встречает Ханну Беллинджер. Она невосприимчива к его обаянию и внешности, но, кажется, ей нравится его… личность? И она хочет дружить? странная.. Но она слишком нравится ему, чтобы рисковать интрижкой. Сейчас Ханна в городе по работе, ночует в гостевой спальне Фокса. Она знает, что он известный ловелас, но они определенно просто друзья. На самом деле, она безнадежно влюблена в коллегу, а Фокс — просто человек, который поможет ей в ее тусклой личной жизни.
Люси Скоур4.0 Naomi wasn’t just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way…with fists and beer. Usually in that order.
Too bad for Naomi her evil twin hasn’t changed at all. After helping herself to Naomi’s car and cash, Tina leaves her with something unexpected. The niece Naomi didn’t know she had. Now she’s stuck in town with no car, no job, no plan, and no home with an 11-year-old going on thirty to take care of.
There’s a reason Knox doesn’t do complications or high-maintenance women, especially not the romantic ones. But since Naomi’s life imploded right in front of him, the least he can do is help her out of her jam. And just as soon as she stops getting into new trouble he can leave her alone and get back to his peaceful, solitary life.
At least, that’s the plan until the trouble turns to real danger.
Меланхоличная сказка о разрушении привычного мира, путешествиях во времени и одиночестве. Многогранный роман от Эмили Сент-Джон Мандел в духе "Облачного Атласа" Дэвида Митчелла.
1912 год. Восемнадцатилетний Эдвин Сент-Эндрю за ужином ссорится с отцом, после чего сбегает в Канаду.
1994 год. Двенадцатилетняя Винсент снимает загадочное видео в лесу недалеко от своего дома.
2020 год. После смерти Винсент, ее брат, ставший композитором, показывает это видео на своем концерте.
2203 год. Писательница Оливия Ллевеллин оставляет мужа и дочь дома, во второй лунной колонии, чтобы отправиться на Землю для книжного тура – она написала роман о пандемии.
Чтобы выяснить, как связаны эти люди и почему они слышат одни и те же звуки скрипки, детектив Гаспери-Жак Робертс должен отправиться в путешествие во времени. Но что если их реальность – это симуляция?
Джеймс Кори4.3 Падение Лаконской империи освободило из-под власти Уинстона Дуарте более 1300 солнечных систем. Но древний враг, погубивший строителей врат, не дремлет и вновь начинает войну против нашей вселенной. В безжизненной системе Адро научная группа Элви Окойе отчаянно пытается понять природу строителей врат и причину их гибели. Для этого Элви готова рискнуть собой и не вполне человеческими детьми, на которых падает вся тяжесть научного поиска. Полковник Алиана Танака ведет охоту за беглой дочерью Дуарте по всему пространству освоенных человечеством систем, разыскивая самого исчезнувшего императора. А Джеймс Холден с командой "Росинанта" пытается сложить будущее человечества из руин и обломков прошлого. В то время как невообразимые силы добиваются уничтожения всего человечества, перед Холденом с его странными союзниками открывается последний отчаянный шанс объединить человечество в великую галактическую цивилизацию, избавленную от войн, розни, лжи и секретов. Но не обойдется ли победа дороже поражения?
Перед вами невероятное завершение величайшей космооперы десятилетия, награжденной премией "Хьюго" и вдохновившей сериал от Prime Original
Никки Эрлик3.9 Одно мартовское утро раскалывает жизнь всего мира на до и после. Каждый человек обнаруживает на пороге своего дома деревянную шкатулку с ответом, сколько лет жизни отмерено ее получателю.
По мере того как в обществе происходят необратимые изменения, каждый сталкивается с выбором: хочет ли он знать, как долго проживет? И если да, то как он воспользуется этим знанием?
Silvia Moreno-Garcia3.5 From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico.
Carlota Moreau: a young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of either a genius, or a madman.
Montgomery Laughton: a melancholic overseer with a tragic past and a propensity for alcohol. An outcast who assists Dr. Moreau with his scientific experiments, which are financed by the Lizaldes, owners of magnificent haciendas and plentiful coffers.
The hybrids: the fruits of the Doctor’s labor, destined to blindly obey their creator and remain in the shadows. A motley group of part human, part animal monstrosities.
All of them living in a perfectly balanced and static world, which is jolted by the abrupt arrival of Eduardo Lizalde, the charming and careless son of Doctor Moreau’s patron, who will unwittingly begin a dangerous chain reaction.
For Moreau keeps secrets, Carlota has questions, and in the sweltering heat of the jungle, passions may ignite.
THE DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MOREAU is both a dazzling historical novel and a daring science fiction journey.
Джесси Михалик0.0 The critically acclaimed author of Polaris Rising takes readers on an exciting journey with the start of her brand-new series about a female bounty hunter and the man who is her sworn enemy.
Octavia Zarola would do anything to keep her tiny, close-knit bounty hunting crew together—even if it means accepting a job from Torran Fletcher, a ruthless former general and her sworn enemy. When Torran offers her enough credits to not only keep her crew afloat but also hire someone to fix her ship, Tavi knows that she can’t refuse—no matter how much she’d like to.
With so much money on the line, Torran and his crew insist on joining the hunt. Tavi reluctantly agrees because while the handsome, stoic leader pushes all of her buttons—for both anger and desire—she’s endured worse, and the massive bonus payment he’s promised for a completed job is reason enough to shut up and deal.
But when they uncover a deeper plot that threatens the delicate peace between humans and Valoffs, Tavi suspects that Torran has been using her as the impetus for a new war. With the fate of her crew balanced on a knife’s edge, Tavi must decide where her loyalties lie—with the quiet Valoff who’s been lying to her, or with the human leaders who left her squad to die on the battlefield. And this time, she’s put her heart on the line.
Секвойя Нагамацу3.6 For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice.
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus.
Once unleashed, the Arctic Plague will reshape life on earth for generations to come, quickly traversing the globe, forcing humanity to devise a myriad of moving and inventive ways to embrace possibility in the face of tragedy. In a theme park designed for terminally ill children, a cynical employee falls in love with a mother desperate to hold on to her infected son. A heartbroken scientist searching for a cure finds a second chance at fatherhood when one of his test subjects—a pig—develops the capacity for human speech. A widowed painter and her teenaged granddaughter embark on a cosmic quest to locate a new home planet.
From funerary skyscrapers to hotels for the dead to interstellar starships, Sequoia Nagamatsu takes readers on a wildly original and compassionate journey, spanning continents, centuries, and even celestial bodies to tell a story about the resiliency of the human spirit, our infinite capacity to dream, and the connective threads that tie us all together in the universe.
John Scalzi4.2 The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi's first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy.
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls "an animal rights organization." Tom's team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on.
What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm and human-free world. They're the universe's largest and most dangerous panda and they're in trouble.
It's not just the Kaiju Preservation Society whose found their way to the alternate world. Others have, too. And their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die.
С. А. Барнс4.0 Titanic meets The Shining in S.A. Barnes’ Dead Silence, a SF horror novel in which a woman and her crew board a decades-lost luxury cruiser and find the wreckage of a nightmare that hasn't yet ended.
A GHOST SHIP.
A SALVAGE CREW.
UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS.
Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate.
What they find at the other end of the signal is a shock: the Aurora, a famous luxury space-liner that vanished on its maiden tour of the solar system more than twenty years ago. A salvage claim like this could set Claire and her crew up for life. But a quick trip through the Aurora reveals something isn’t right.
Whispers in the dark. Flickers of movement. Words scrawled in blood. Claire must fight to hold onto her sanity and find out what really happened on the Aurora, before she and her crew meet the same ghastly fate.
Blake Crouch3.4 “You are the next step in human evolution.”
At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little . . . sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep.
But before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain. To his body. He’s starting to see the world, and those around him—even those he loves most—in whole new ways.
The truth is, Logan’s genome has been hacked. And there’s a reason he’s been targeted for this upgrade. A reason that goes back decades to the darkest part of his past, and a horrific family legacy.
Worse still, what’s happening to him is just the first step in a much larger plan, one that will inflict the same changes on humanity at large—at a terrifying cost.
Because of his new abilities, Logan’s the one person in the world capable of stopping what’s been set in motion. But to have a chance at winning this war, he’ll have to become something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human.
And even as he’s fighting, he can’t help wondering: what if humanity’s only hope for a future really does lie in engineering our own evolution?
Intimate in scale yet epic in scope, Upgrade is an intricately plotted, lightning-fast tale that charts one man’s thrilling transformation, even as it asks us to ponder the limits of our humanity—and our boundless potential.
In many ways, Nona is like other people. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. But Nona's not like other people. Six months ago she woke up in a stranger's body, and she's afraid she might have to give it back.
The whole city is falling to pieces. A monstrous blue sphere hangs on the horizon, ready to tear the planet apart. Blood of Eden forces have surrounded the last Cohort facility and wait for the Emperor Undying to come calling. Their leaders want Nona to be the weapon that will save them from the Nine Houses. Nona would prefer to live an ordinary life with the people she loves, with Pyrrha and Camilla and Palamedes, but she also knows that nothing lasts forever.
And each night, Nona dreams of a woman with a skull-painted face...
Когда твое прошлое — груда развалин и ты, чудом выкарабкавшись из-под них, даже не представляешь себе, как жить дальше, едва ли стоит рассчитывать на то, что судьба преподнесет тебе роскошный подарок. Однако с Мэллори Куин случилось именно это. Молодая спортсменка после тяжелейшей жизненной катастрофы получает идеальную возможность начать жизнь с чистого листа. Она теперь нянька при пятилетнем ребенке в красивом, тихом, уютном городке. Тедди — славный малыш, явно талантливый; он очень любит рисовать. Но с его рисунками происходит нечто мистическое: они становятся все более жуткими и сложными, и вот уже среди них сцена, изображенная как будто совсем не детской рукой: в лесу мужчина куда-то тащит безжизненное тело женщины. Что хотят сказать все эти картинки? Кто разговаривает через них? Заинтригованная и встревоженная, Мэллори пытается разгадать зловещую тайну…
Изабель Каньяс3.8 Как быть юной Беатрис, когда ее отец убит, их дом сожжён, а им с матерью приходится прислуживать знатным родственникам? Все меняет предложение богатого землевладельца Родольфо Солорсано. И не важно, что смерть его первой жены выглядит подозрительно. Беатрис нужен собственный дом.
Но поместье — асьенда Сан-Исидро — оказалось вовсе не тем убежищем, которого искала девушка. С отъездом мужа каждую ночь ее одолевают жуткие и слишком похожие на реальность кошмары. Хуана, сестра Родольфо, смеется над страхами Беатрис. Но почему тогда она сама отказывается входить в дом с наступлением ночи? Зачем кухарка украшает дверной проем кухни странными символами и жжет копаловые благовония, изгоняющие злых духов? И что на самом деле случилось с первой доньей Солорсано?
Беатрис обращается за помощью к падре Андресу. Молодой священник, скрывающий от всех свою истинную натуру ведуна, испытывает к девушке непреодолимое запретное влечение. Он должен совершить немыслимое, чтобы защитить ее и очистить асьенду от тьмы. Если они проиграют, его ждет огонь Инквизиции, а ее — вечное заточение в стенах этого дома…
Стивен Кинг, Ричард Чизмар4.0 Прошли годы. Теперь Гвенди Питерсон — признанная писательница и успешный политик. Она вполне довольна своей жизнью, пока однажды вечером на ее пороге не появляется Ричард Фаррис, человек в черной шляпе-котелке. В его руках — пульт управления, набравший за последние годы такую силу, что сопротивляться ей становится все сложнее.
Есть только один способ избавиться от него раз и навсегда. И для этого Гвенди предстоит отправиться… на международную космическую станцию.
Казалось бы, задача не из простых. Однако настоящая опасность ждет Гвенди на корабле, где кто-то из членов экипажа будет упорно пытаться похитить пульт.
Кто он, этот новый враг? Откуда знает о пульте и что собирается с ним делать?
Слишком много вопросов — и так мало времени, чтобы найти ответы!..
Дженнифер Макмахон3.9 1978 год
Доктор Хелен Хилдрет владеет Приютом — психиатрической клиникой, где занимается некой важной научной работой. Ее внуки Ви и Эрик проводят дни неподалеку от Приюта, смотря классические фильмы ужасов и играя в «охоту на монстров».
«Потому что монстры повсюду», — уверена Ви.
Когда Хелен приводит домой Айрис — их новую сестренку, Ви и Эрик быстро принимают ее в игру, хотя Айрис кажется странной и большую часть времени молчит.
Чтобы разузнать о прошлом Айрис, они решают найти ответы в Приюте.
Наши дни
Лиззи Шелли, ведущая популярных блога и подкаста «Монстры среди нас», отправляется на место пропажи девушки-подростка. Говорят, ее забрало чудовище из озера.
Лизза намерена раскрыть это дело. «Потому что монстры повсюду», — уверена она. А еще в этой истории слишком много совпадений с другими похожими исчезновениями.
T. Kingfisher3.7 From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Fall of the House of Usher."
*A very special hardcover edition, featuring foil stamp on the casing and custom endpapers illustrated by the author.*
When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania.
What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a mysterious malady of the nerves.
Aided by a redoubtable British mycologist and a baffled American doctor, Alex must unravel the secret of the House of Usher before it consumes them all.
Anne Heltzel2.8 The last time Maeve saw her cousin was the night she escaped the cult they were raised in. For the past two decades, Maeve has worked hard to build a normal life in New York City, where she keeps everything—and everyone—at a safe distance.
When Andrea suddenly reappears, Maeve regains the only true friend she’s ever had. Soon she’s spending more time at Andrea’s remote Catskills estate than in her own cramped apartment. Maeve doesn’t even mind that her cousin’s wealthy work friends clearly disapprove of her single lifestyle. After all, Andrea has made her fortune in the fertility industry—baby fever comes with the territory.
The more Maeve immerses herself in Andrea’s world, the more disconnected she feels from her life back in the city; and the cousins’ increasing attachment triggers memories Maeve has fought hard to bury. But confronting the terrors of her childhood may be the only way for Maeve to transcend the nightmare still to come…
Делайла С. Доусон3.7 They call it The Violence: a strange epidemic that causes the infected to experience sudden bursts of animalistic rage, with no provocation and no memory of their crimes. While it tears the nation apart, one woman sees something unlikely in the chaos—an opportunity.
Chelsea Martin has been a prisoner in her own home for too long. Her controlling husband has manipulated her for years, cutting her off from all support. Her narcissistic mother is no help, and her teen daughter is realizing she might be falling into the same trap when her once adoring boyfriend shows a dark side.
But when the Violence erupts, Chelsea creates a plan to liberate herself and her daughters once and for all.
What follows is a shocking and thrilling journey as three generations of women navigate a world in which they are finally empowered to fight back. Somewhere along the journey from her magazine-ready Tampa home to the professional wrestling ring, Chelsea becomes her own liberator, an avatar of revenge and hope, and a new heroine for a new world.
Ава Райд3.6 From highly acclaimed bestselling author Ava Reid comes a gothic horror retelling of The Juniper Tree, set in another time and place within the world of The Wolf and the Woodsman, where a young witch seeks to discover her identity and escape the domination of her wizard father, perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Catherynne M. Valente.
A gruesome curse. A city in upheaval. A monster with unquenchable appetites.
Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblya’s last true witches, she and her sisters are little more than a tourist trap as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm. Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside world. But at night, Marlinchen and her sisters sneak out to enjoy the city’s amenities and revel in its thrills, particularly the recently established ballet theater, where Marlinchen meets a dancer who quickly captures her heart.
As Marlinchen’s late-night trysts grow more fervent and frequent, so does the threat of her father’s rage and magic. And while Oblya flourishes with culture and bustles with enterprise, a monster lurks in its midst, borne of intolerance and resentment and suffused with old-world power. Caught between history and progress and blood and desire, Marlinchen must draw upon her own magic to keep her city safe and find her place within it.
Alexis Henderson2.9 WANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life's finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply.
A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power, in this dark and enthralling gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching.
Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation is all she knows. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a peculiar listing in the newspaper, seeking a bloodmaid.
Though she knows little about the far north--where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service--Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself the newest bloodmaid at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery--and at the center of it all is her.
Countess Lisavet, who presides over this hedonistic court, is loved and feared in equal measure. She takes a special interest in Marion. Lisavet is magnetic, and Marion is eager to please her new mistress. But when her fellow bloodmaids begin to go missing in the night, Marion is thrust into a vicious game of cat and mouse. She'll need to learn the rules of her new home--and fast--or its halls will soon become her grave.
Джулия Армфилд4.0 Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep-sea mission that ended in catastrophe. It soon becomes clear, though, that Leah is not the same. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded on the ocean floor, Leah has brought part of it back with her, onto dry land and into their home.
Moving through something that only resembles normal life, Miri comes to realize that the life that they had before might be gone. Though Leah is still there, Miri can feel the woman she loves slipping from her grasp.
Our Wives Under The Sea is the debut novel from Julia Armfield, the critically acclaimed author of salt slow. It’s a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life there is in the deep deep sea.
Катриона Уорд3.7 Sundial is a new, twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, internationally bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street.
You can't escape what's in your blood...
All Rob wanted was a normal life. She almost got it, too: a husband, two kids, a nice house in the suburbs. But Rob fears for her oldest daughter, Callie, who collects tiny bones and whispers to imaginary friends. Rob sees a darkness in Callie, one that reminds her too much of the family she left behind.
She decides to take Callie back to her childhood home, to Sundial, deep in the Mojave Desert. And there she will have to make a terrible choice.
Callie is worried about her mother. Rob has begun to look at her strangely, and speaks of past secrets. And Callie fears that only one of them will leave Sundial alive…
The mother and daughter embark on a dark, desert journey to the past in the hopes of redeeming their future.
Габино Иглесиас3.3 Роман-лауреат премий Брэма Стокера и Ширли Джексон.
Кровавая история мужчины, отчаянно пытающегося спасти то, что осталось от его семьи. Ради этого ему придется погрузиться в самую пучину насилия — как реального, так и сверхъестественного.
Убийство так и не стало для Марио обычной работой. Но путь сикарио — единственный способ вылечить маленькую дочь. Только вот стопка медицинских счетов не уменьшается, а семейные отношения на грани разрыва.
В это кризисное время Марио получает предложение: последний заказ, который либо навсегда вытащит его из бедности, либо отправит в другой мир с пулей в голове. Человеку по имени Хуанка нужен напарник, чтобы совершить налет на курьеров мексиканского наркокартеля, везущих два миллиона долларов.
Марио нечего терять, и он отправляется в путешествие. Каждый день вокруг происходят невыразимые ужасы, а в конце дороги его ждет сам дьявол.
The American version of the British TV series The Office evolved into a Hall of Fame comedy in its own right. This behind-the-scenes dual memoir from series regulars Jenna Fischer (Pam!) and Angela Kinsey (Angela!) won over a huge readership with its wit and warmth and subsequent word-of-mouth recommendations.
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