The Lunar Chronicles 01: Cinder

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 story of superheroes, villains, vengeance and forbidden love, Archenemies by Marissa Meyer is the fabulous sequel to the New York Times-bestselling Renegades. <BR><BR>Time is running out.<BR>Together, they can save the world.<BR>But they are each other's worst nightmare.<BR><BR>Nova's double life is about to get a lot more complicated:<BR><BR>As Insomnia, she is a fully-fledged member of the Renegades, a syndicate of powerful and beloved superheroes. <BR><BR>As Nightmare, she is an Anarchist - a group of of villains who are determined to destroy the Renegades. Nova wants vengeance against the so-called heroes who once failed her when she needed them most.<BR><BR>But as Nova, her feelings for Adrian are deepening, despite the fact that he is a Renegade and the son of her sworn enemies and, unbeknownst to Nova, he has some dangerous secrets of his own.<BR><BR>The line between good and evil has been blurred, but too much power could mean the end of their city - and the world - as they know it.

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