« Il y a des ténèbres qu’aucun soleil ne peut dissiper »… Sous le halo de la pleine lune, un cerf surgit de la forêt. L’animal a des yeux humains. Ce n’est pas une bête sauvage qui a été chassée dans les forêts de l’Ariège… Dans ce thriller implacable au final renversant, Bernard Minier s’empare des dérives de notre époque. Manipulations, violences, règlements de comptes, un roman d’une actualité brûlante sur les sentiers de la peur. Une enquête où Martin Servaz joue son honneur autant que sa peau.

At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets in this new fantasy series by internationally bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington. AUDI. VIDE. TACE. The Catenan Republic – the Hierarchy – may rule the world now, but they do not know everything. I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the rest of civilised society in allowing my strength, my drive and my focus – what they call Will – to be leeched away and added to the power of those above me, as millions already do. As all must eventually do. I tell them that I belong, and they believe me. But the truth is that I have been sent to the Academy to find answers. To solve a murder. To search for an ancient weapon. To uncover secrets that may tear the Republic apart. And that I will never, ever cede my Will to the empire that executed my family. To survive, though, I will still have to rise through the Academy’s ranks. I will have to smile, and make friends, and pretend to be one of them and win. Because if I cannot, then those who want to control me, who know my real name, will no longer have any use for me. And if the Hierarchy finds out who I truly am, they will kill me.

À l'âge de quinze ans, Michaël – le narrateur – découvre l'amour dans les bras d'Hanna, une voisine de vingt ans son aînée ; pendant six mois, il la rejoint tous les jours et partage avec elle plaisirs de la chair et moments de lecture. Mais sa maîtresse, personnage secret, disparaît un jour mystérieusement. Sept ans plus tard, Michaël la retrouve par hasard, alors qu'il assiste à un procès pour crime de guerre, où elle figure au banc des accusés ; il découvre à cette occasion un fait qui pourrait atténuer sa condamnation, mais choisit de n'en rien dire, par respect pour celle qui a marqué si profondément sa vie. Il renouera leur relation au cours des dix-huit années d'incarcération de celle qu'il comprend enfin un peu mieux. Bernhard Schlink, auteur de plusieurs romans policiers couronnés de grands prix (Brouillard sur Mannheim), signe là une œuvre émouvante. En un style limpide et bref, il narre un amour qui perdure malgré le temps et le regard d'autrui, et qui reconnaît à la littérature une valeur curative. Par-delà l'anecdote, Bernhard Schlink nous invite à réfléchir sur des notions aussi capitales que l'interprétation de la vérité, la responsabilité de nos actes ou la confrontation avec le passé nazi. --Nathalie Gouiffès

An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate…only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics. Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it. So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously metaphorical, but her aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going. And for the last year, that plan has gone off without a hitch. Mostly. The love part is hard because she doesn’t want to get too close to anyone—she isn’t sure her heart can take it. And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt’s apartment. A man with kind eyes and a Southern drawl and a taste for lemon pies. The kind of man that, before it all, she would’ve fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again. Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future. Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time, a place where moments blended together like watercolors. And Clementine knows that if she lets her heart fall, she’ll be doomed. After all, love is never a matter of time—but a matter of timing.

Après avoir connu les horreurs de la Grande Guerre, Tom Sherbourne revient en Australie. Aspirant à la tranquillité, il accepte un poste de gardien de phare sur l île de Janus, un bout de terre sauvage et reculé. Là, il coule des jours heureux avec sa femme, Isabel. Un bonheur peu à peu contrarié par leurs échecs répétés pour avoir un enfant. Jusqu à ce jour où un canot vient s échouer sur le rivage. À son bord, le cadavre d un homme, ainsi qu un bébé, sain et sauf. Pour connaître enfin la joie d être parents, Isabel demande à Tom d ignorer les règles, de ne pas signaler « l'incident ». Une décision aux conséquences dévastatrices... "Traduit dans le monde entier, cet extraordinaire roman porté par une intense tension dramatique expose un cas de conscience bouleversant". Claire Julliard, Le Nouvel Observateur.

Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back home. On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America. Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break. Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there...

This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life. Louis recounts how he became a vampire at the hands of the radiant and sinister Lestat and how he became indoctrinated, unwillingly, into the vampire way of life. His story ebbs and flows through the streets of New Orleans, defining crucial moments such as his discovery of the exquisite lost young child Claudia, wanting not to hurt but to comfort her with the last breaths of humanity he has inside. Yet, he makes Claudia a vampire, trapping her womanly passion, will, and intelligence inside the body of a small child. Louis and Claudia form a seemingly unbreakable alliance and even "settle down" for a while in the opulent French Quarter. Louis remembers Claudia's struggle to understand herself and the hatred they both have for Lestat that sends them halfway across the world to seek others of their kind. Louis and Claudia are desperate to find somewhere they belong, to find others who understand, and someone who knows what and why they are. Louis and Claudia travel Europe, eventually coming to Paris and the ragingly successful Theatre des Vampires--a theatre of vampires pretending to be mortals pretending to be vampires. Here they meet the magnetic and ethereal Armand, who brings them into a whole society of vampires. But Louis and Claudia find that finding others like themselves provides no easy answers and in fact presents dangers they scarcely imagined. Originally begun as a short story, the book took off as Anne wrote it, spinning the tragic and triumphant life experiences of a soul. As well as the struggles of its characters, Interview captures the political and social changes of two continents. The novel also introduces Lestat, Anne's most enduring character, a heady mixture of attraction and revulsion. The book, full of lush description, centers on the themes of immortality, change, loss, sexuality, and power. source: annerice.com