В отличие от своего тезки-царя Дарий вовсе не Великий. Он наполовину перс, но всю жизнь прожил в Портленде. В раннем возрасте Дарию диагностировали клиническую депрессию, и, несмотря на лечение, ему все еще сложно найти общий язык со сверстниками. Узнав, что его дедушка серьезно болен, Дарий вместе с семьей впервые отправляется в Иран. Там он знакомится с соседским мальчиком Сухрабом, дружба с...

Заради звичайної людської дівчини він порушив тисячолітні закони та пішов наперекір самим богам. Яр — син давнього роду Завірюх, наділених могутньою силою. Та що вісім років вони покидають власні домівки, щоб утекти від неминучої ненависті людей. А все тому, що через жорстоке прокляття втратили найголовніше — любов. Хто стане на бік світла, щоб протистояти мороку? Чи Великі почують молитви...

Left orphaned and physically flawed in a civilization that shuns and discards the weak, Kira faces a frighteningly uncertain future. Her neighbors are hostile, and no one but a small boy offers to help. When she is summoned to judgment by The Council of Guardians, Kira prepares to fight for her life.

It’s been more than a year since Simon and Blue turned their anonymous online flirtation into an IRL relationship, and just a few months since Abby and Leah’s unforgettable night at senior prom. Now the Creekwood High crew are first years at different colleges, navigating friendship and romance the way their story began—on email.

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a...

There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Though she's long been a part of the revolution, Katniss hasn't known it. Now it seems that everyone has had a hand in the carefully laid plans but her. The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept...

When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda...

Malinas große Schwester Lucinda ist eine faszinierende Grenzgängerin. Sie kann leuchten wie ein Stern – und schrecklich herablassend sein. Dass sie im Herzen tieftraurig ist, weiß außer Malina niemand. Anfangs scheint Lucinda alles unter Kontrolle zu haben. Doch Malina bemerkt, dass Lucindas Spielchen immer krasser werden. Und dann passiert die schreckliche Sache mit ihrem Freund Jarvis, und...

Für Elaine ist es der wichtigste Tag ihres Lebens: In Neu London findet das spektakuläre Vortexrennen statt, und sie ist eine der Auserwählten. Hunderte Jugendliche jagen bei dem Wettkampf um den Globus – doch nicht zu Fuß. Sie springen in die Energiewirbel, die die Welt vor Jahrzehnten beinahe zerstört haben. Der Sprung in einen Vortex ist lebensgefährlich, doch gelingt er, bringt er einen wie...

Ella and Jonas invite their siblings for a ten-day winter vacation in the American mountains. However, the holiday joy is overshadowed by the disappearance of a friend who, two and a half years earlier, caused a real stir in everyone's lives. But December is a time for forgiveness and miracles. Is there a chance that the boy will come back and cause an earthquake for them? Or maybe he simply...

Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine.

Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with the arrogant yet charming Thomas Cresswell, she journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe's best schools of forensic medicine . . . and to another notorious killer, Vlad the Impaler, whose thirst for...