Lauren DeStefano
autor
Smaragdové srdce
Willhelmina, jediná dcera krále vládnoucímu Arrodu, nejbohatšímu království na světe, vyrůstá v utajení. Král, jenž touží ovládnout celý svět, ji skrývá, aby ji mohl využívat pro své tajné záměry. Will však touží prozkoumat země, jež leží za hranicemi panství jejího otce posedlého mocí. Král ji však odmítá kamkoliv pustit. Will se tak potají vydává pouze na nebezpečné výpravy do města. Při jedné takové výpravě je napadena, a zatímco se brání, objeví svou jedinečnou schopnost. V první chvíli je zděšená, ale poté začne zkoušet, jak je její nově nabytá síla mocná. Její experimenty nakonec vyústí v tragédii, za níž ji otec potrestá vyhnanstvím. Will odchází, aby nalezla pravdu o sobě samé a lék, který by ji její prokleté síly zbavil. Svět se však postupně ocitá na pokraji války, která by mohla mít zničující následky. Pomůže Will svému královského otci a zemi, jež se k ní otočila zády, anebo svou rodinu zradí? Fantasy román Smaragdové srce pojednává o lásce, ztrátě a ničivé síle. To vše je okořeněno nebezpečným dobrodružstvím, hledáním pravdy a komplikovanými vztahy hlavních aktérů.
Hervadás
Akarnád pontosan tudni, mikor fogsz meghalni? Egy balul sikerült tudományos kísérlet miatt a világot élő időzített bombák népesítik be: a férfiak csak huszonöt, a nők pedig csupán húsz évig élnek. Genetikusok keresik az ellenszert, hogy az emberi faj újra erőre kapjon. Mindenközben a világon eluralkodik a szegénység és a bűnözés, gyerekek milliói maradnak árván, serdülő lányokat rabolnak és adnak el, hogy többnejű házasságban utódokat szüljenek. A tizenhat éves Rhine-nak már csak négy éve van hátra, amikor ő is erre a sorsa jut. Noha a kiváltságosok jómódú világába csöppen, és férje, Linden őszintén szereti, egyre csak a szökés jár a fejében. A varázslatos gazdagság közepette Rhine lassan ráébred, hogy a csillogó látszat mögött a valóság ridegebb, mint hitte volna. Miközben a génvírus miatt egyre fenyegetőbben közeledik Linden éveinek vége, Rhine bizalmas barátra talál, akinek segítségével talán esélye lehet a menekülésre. De vajon a káoszba süllyedő világban csakugyan lehetséges a szabadság? Az utóbbi évek egyik legnépszerűbb amerikai ifjúsági regénye. "A Lauren DeStefano által fevázolt jövő nagyon is hiteles. Lenyűgözött a regény világa, a romantika, az írásmód - már nagyon vártam, hogy ilyen jó könyv kerüljön a kezembe." (Carrie Ryan, a Kezek és fogak erdeje szerzője) "Remek választás ez a kötet Az éhezők viadala minden rajongójának." (Kirkus Reviews)
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Wither
A stunning debut YA novel, destined to blow the dystopian genre wide open -- The Handmaid's Tale for a new generation. This edition will contain a sneak preview of Fever, and a brand new short story by Lauren DeStefano: "The First Bride". Sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery has only four years left to live when she is kidnapped by the Gatherers and forced into a polygamous marriage. Now she has one purpose: to escape, find her twin brother, and go home -- before her time runs out forever. What if you knew you exactly when you would die? In our brave new future, DNA engineering has resulted in a terrible genetic flaw. Women die at the age of 20, men at 25. Young girls are being abducted and forced to breed in a desperate attempt to keep humanity ahead of the disease that threatens to eradicate it. 16-year-old Rhine Ellery is kidnapped and sold as a bride to Linden, a rich young man with a dying wife. Even though he is kind to her, Rhine is desperate to escape her gilded cage -- and Linden's cruel father. With the help of Gabriel, a servant she is growing dangerously attracted to, Rhine attempts to break free, in what little time she has left.
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Hervadás
Az utóbbi évek egyik legnépszerűbb amerikai ifjúsági regénye. Akarnád pontosan tudni, mikor fogsz meghalni? Egy balul sikerült tudományos kísérlet miatt a világot élő időzített bombák népesítik be: a férfiak csak huszonöt, a nők pedig csupán húsz évig élnek. Genetikusok keresik az ellenszert, hogy az emberi faj újra erőre kapjon. Mindenközben a világon eluralkodik a szegénység és a bűnözés, gyerekek milliói maradnak árván, serdülő lányokat rabolnak és adnak el, hogy többnejű házasságban utódokat szüljenek. A tizenhat éves Rhine-nak már csak négy éve van hátra, amikor ő is erre a sorsa jut. Noha a kiváltságosok jómódú világába csöppen, és férje, Linden őszintén szereti, egyre csak a szökés jár a fejében. A varázslatos gazdagság közepette Rhine lassan ráébred, hogy a csillogó látszat mögött a valóság ridegebb, mint hitte volna. Miközben a génvírus miatt egye fenyegetőbben közeledik Linden éveinek vége, Rhine bizalmas barátra talál, akinek segítségével talán esélye lehet a menekülésre. De vajon a káoszba süllyedő világban csakugyan lehetséges a szabadság?
dostupné aj ako:
Fever
For 17-year-old Rhine Ellery, a daring escape from a suffocating polygamous marriage is only the beginning! Running away brings Rhine and Gabriel right into a trap, in the form of a twisted carnival whose ringmistress keeps watch over a menagerie of girls. Just as Rhine uncovers what plans await her, her fortune turns again. With Gabriel at her side, Rhine travels through an environment as grim as the one she left a year ago -- surroundings that mirror her own feelings of fear and hopelessness. The two are determined to get to Manhattan, to relative safety with Rhine's twin brother, Rowan. But the road there is long and perilous -- and in a world where young women only live to age twenty and young men die at twenty-five, time is precious. Worse still, they can't seem to elude Rhine's father-in-law, Vaughn, who is determined to bring Rhine back to the mansion!by any means necessary. In the sequel to Lauren DeStefano's harrowing Wither, Rhine must decide if freedom is worth the price -- now that she has more to lose than ever.
Sever
The third and final novel in Lauren DeStefano's breathtaking dystopian romance series, The Chemical Garden Trilogy Time is running out for Rhine. With less than three years left until the virus claims her life, Rhine is desperate for answers. Having escaped torment at Vaughn's mansion, she finds respite in the dilapidated home of her husband's uncle, an eccentric inventor who hates Vaughn almost as much as Rhine does. Rhine's determination to be reunited with her twin brother, Rowan, increases as each day brings terrifying revelations to light about his involvement in an underground resistance. She realizes must find him before he destroys the one thing they have left: hope. In this breathtaking conclusion to Lauren DeStefano's The Chemical Garden trilogy, everything Rhine knows to be true will be irrevocably shattered. But what she discovers along the way has alarming implications for her future - and about the past her parents never had the chance to explain.
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Perfect Ruin
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy: On the floating city of Internment, you can be anything you dream. Unless you approach the edge. Morgan Stockhour knows getting too close to the edge of Internment, the floating city in the clouds where she lives, can lead to madness. Even though her older brother, Lex, was a Jumper, Morgan vows never to end up like him. If she ever wonders about the ground, and why it is forbidden, she takes solace in her best friend, Pen, and in Basil, the boy she's engaged to marry. Then a murder, the first in a generation, rocks the city. With whispers swirling and fear on the wind, Morgan can no longer stop herself from investigating, especially once she meets Judas. Betrothed to the victim, he is the boy being blamed for the murder, but Morgan is convinced of his innocence. Secrets lay at the heart of Internment, but nothing can prepare Morgan for what she will find - or whom she will lose.
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Burning Kingdoms
Danger descends in the second book of The Internment Chronicles, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy. After escaping the city of Internment, Morgan and her fellow fugitives land on the ground to finally learn about the world beneath their floating island home. The ground is a strange place where water falls from the sky as snow, and people watch moving pictures and visit speakeasies. A place where families can have as many children as they want, bury their dead in vast gardens of bodies, and where Internment is the feature of an amusement park. It is also a land at war. Everyone who fled Internment had their own reasons to escape their corrupt haven, but now they're caught under the watchful eye of another ruler who wants to dominate his world. They may have made it to the ground, but have they dragged Internment with them?
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Internment Chronicles 3 Broken Crowns
War rages everywhere and Morgan is caught in the middle in the haunting conclusion of The Internment Chronicles, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy. The city is falling out of the sky...Morgan always thought it was just a saying. A metaphor. The words of the dying. But as they look up at the floating island that was their home, Pen and Morgan make a horrible discovery - Internment is sinking. And it's all Morgan's fault. Corrupted from the inside by one terrible king and assailed from the outside for precious resources by another, Internment could be destroyed because Morgan couldn't keep a secret. As two wars become one, Morgan must find a way to bring her two worlds together to stop the kings that wage them...Or face the furthest fall yet.
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Chemical Garden Sever
Time is running out for Rhine in this conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Chemical Garden Trilogy.
With the clock ticking until the virus takes its toll, Rhine is desperate for answers. After enduring Vaughn's worst, Rhine finds an unlikely ally in his brother, an eccentric inventor named Reed. She takes refuge in his dilapidated house, though the people she left behind refuse to stay in the past. While Gabriel haunts Rhine's memories, Cecily is determined to be at Rhine's side, even if Linden's feelings are still caught between them.
Meanwhile, Rowan's growing involvement in an underground resistance compels Rhine to reach him before he does something that cannot be undone. But what she discovers along the way has alarming implications for her future--and about the past her parents never had the chance to explain.
In this breathtaking conclusion to Lauren DeStefano's Chemical Garden trilogy, everything Rhine knows to be true will be irrevocably shattered.
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