Archenemies

Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times-bestselling author returns with a sensational reimagining of Rumpelstiltskin as you've <BR>never seen him before.

Mit Farbschnitt in der 1. Auflage je nach Verfügbarkeit  Ein neues Retelling der Märchen-Queen: düster und romantisch Serilda liebt Geschichten. Und vor allem liebt sie es, Geschichten zu erzählen. Doch im Königreich gelten Fiktion und Fantasie als Lüge und sind verboten. Als eines Tages auch der Erlkönig von ihren fesselnden Märchen hört, entführt er sie in sein düsteres Schloss, um einen unmöglichen Handel vorzuschlagen: Sie soll Stroh zu Gold spinnen oder sie muss sterben. In ihrer Verzweiflung bittet Serilda einen geheimnisvollen Jungen um Hilfe, der im Schloss sein Unwesen treibt. Doch sie hat nicht mit den Gefühlen gerechnet, die er in ihr weckt ... Band 1: Gilded - Die Versuchung des Goldes Band 2: Cursed - Der Fluch des Mondes (lib)

Soon to be adapted into major motion picture!<BR><BR>Don't miss this special collectors edition of the first book in the #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by the "Queen of fairytale retellings," Marissa Meyer! See where the futuristic YA fairytale saga all began, with the tale of a teenage cyborg who must fight for Earth's survival against villains from outer space.<BR><BR>"An interesting mash up of fairy tales and science fiction . . . a cross between Cinderella, Terminator, and Star Wars." -Entertainment Weekly<BR><BR>The prince straightened, forcing her gaze to follow him. "You're not quite what I was expecting."<BR><BR>Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . .<BR><BR>Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future.<BR><BR>With high-stakes action and a smart, resourceful heroine, Cinder is a Cinderella retelling that is at once classic and strikingly original.<BR><BR>Don't miss the other books in The Lunar Chronicles series:<BR>Cinder<BR>Scarlet<BR>Cress<BR>Winter<BR>Stars Above<BR>Fairest<BR>Wires and Nerve Vol. 1<BR>Wires and Nerve Vol. 2: Gone Rogue

A forbidden romance.<BR>A deadly plague.<BR>Earth's fate hinges on one girl . . .<BR><BR>CINDER, a gifted mechanic in New Beijing, is also a cyborg. She's reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's sudden illness. But when her life becomes entwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she finds herself at the centre of a violent struggle between the desires of an evil queen - and a dangerous temptation. <BR><BR>Cinder is caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal. Now she must uncover secrets about her mysterious past in order to protect Earth's future.<BR><BR>This is not the fairytale you remember. But it's one you won't forget.

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