At seventeen, Lenora Hope Hung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than her denial after the killings, she has never spoken publicly about that night, nor has she set foot outside Hope’s End, the cliffside mansion where the massacre occurred. Stabbed her father with a knife Took her mother’s happy life It’s now 1983, and home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope’s End to care for Lenora after her previous nurse fled in the middle of the night. In her seventies and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora was rendered mute by a series of strokes and can only communicate with Kit by tapping out sentences on an old typewriter. One night, Lenora uses it to make a tantalizing offer—I want to tell you everything. “It wasn’t me,” Lenora said But she’s the only one not dead As Kit helps Lenora write about the events leading to the Hope family massacre, it becomes clear there’s more to the tale than people know. But when new details about her predecessor’s departure come to light, Kit starts to suspect Lenora might not be telling the complete truth—and that the seemingly harmless woman in her care could be far more dangerous than she first thought.

Egy hotelszobában ismeretlen férfi holttestére bukkan a rendőrség. A feltételezett gyilkost még a helyszínen elfogják, de ő semmire sem emlékszik. Nem sokkal később újabb bűntény történik. Az esetet a kezdő FBI-ügynök Chris Shane-nek és sokat látott társának kell megoldania. Hamarosan rájönnek, hogy igen nagy a tét. Az események ugyanis összefüggésben vannak egy frissen beiktatott törvénnyel, amelynek értelmében az USA radikálisan csökkenti a Haden-szindróma által érintett emberek ellátására szánt összegeket. A gyógyíthatatlan betegség több millió amerikait fertőzött meg: az életben maradottak elméje ugyan ép maradt, de elveszítették az uralmat önnön testük felett, így az agyukba ültetett neurális háló segítségével tartják a kapcsolatot a világgal. Az új törvény nemcsak a lakosság jelentős részét háborítja fel, hanem számos nagyvállalat érdekeit is sérti. A hadenes közösség tiltakozásként tüntetéseket és sztrájkot szervez, mások azonban akár ölni is képesek... John Scalzi futurisztikus politikai thrillere két Vének háborúja-kötet közti szünetben íródott, és kiváló példája annak, hogy a tengerentúl legnépszerűbb sci-fi szerzője az akciódús űroperák világán kívül is képes maradandót alkotni.

At seventeen, Lenora Hope Hung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than her denial after the killings, she has never spoken publicly about that night, nor has she set foot outside Hope’s End, the cliffside mansion where the massacre occurred. Stabbed her father with a knife Took her mother’s happy life It’s now 1983, and home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope’s End to care for Lenora after her previous nurse fled in the middle of the night. In her seventies and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora was rendered mute by a series of strokes and can only communicate with Kit by tapping out sentences on an old typewriter. One night, Lenora uses it to make a tantalizing offer—I want to tell you everything. “It wasn’t me,” Lenora said But she’s the only one not dead As Kit helps Lenora write about the events leading to the Hope family massacre, it becomes clear there’s more to the tale than people know. But when new details about her predecessor’s departure come to light, Kit starts to suspect Lenora might not be telling the complete truth—and that the seemingly harmless woman in her care could be far more dangerous than she first thought.

Growing up in New York, brothers Emil and Brighton always idolized the Spell Walkers—a vigilante group sworn to rid the world of specters. While the Spell Walkers and other celestials are born with powers, specters take them, violently stealing the essence of endangered magical creatures. Brighton wishes he had a power so he could join the fray. Emil just wants the fighting to stop. The cycle of violence has taken a toll, making it harder for anyone with a power to live peacefully and openly. In this climate of fear, a gang of specters has been growing bolder by the day. Then, in a brawl after a protest, Emil manifests a power of his own—one that puts him right at the heart of the conflict and sets him up to be the heroic Spell Walker Brighton always wanted to be. Brotherhood, love, and loyalty will be put to the test, and no one will escape the fight unscathed. Balancing epic and intensely personal stakes, bestselling author Adam Silvera’s Infinity Son is a gritty, fast-paced adventure about two brothers caught up in a magical war generations in the making.

* 배경/분야: 서양풍 / 판타지물 * 작품 키워드: #서앙풍 #판타지물 #궁정물 #동거/배우자 #선결혼후연애 #첫사랑 #미남공 #미인공 #다정공 #헌신공 #강공 #마법사공 #무심공 #내향적인공 #사랑꾼공 #군주공 #절륜공 #존댓말공 #미인수 #미남수 #다정수 #명랑수 #적극수 #잔망수 #짝사랑수 #상처수 #도망수 #햇살수 #외향적인수 #신하수 #기사수 #왕족/귀족 #달달물 #삽질물 #일상물 #힐링물 #잔잔물 #애절물 #목가적 * 공: 기젤 지벤다드 대륙 제일의 마법사, 추운 북쪽 나라 올덴란트를 다스리는 대공. 마물의 피가 섞여 섬뜩한 모습을 하고 있다는 괴소문의 주인공이자 대륙의 수호자인 그는 냉랭하고 강건한 겉모습과는 달리 따뜻한 벽난롯불 앞에서 책을 읽거나 마법 연구에 몰두하기를 즐기는 조용한 성격. 그런 그의 앞에 어느 날, 수다스러운 태양이 굴러떨어졌다. * 수: 렌슬리 말로센 햇살을 가득 머금은 듯한 금발과 보석같은 청보라색 눈동자를 가진, 남쪽 끝단의 왕국 코르니아 왕의 서자. 정략결혼을 앞두고 도망친 여동생 대신 올덴란트 대공의 신부로 보내진다. 머나먼 이국에서 온 이방인임에도 누구하고나 금세 친해지는 친화력으로 올덴란트에 금세 적응하지만 너그러이 허물을 덮어준 대공을 바라보면 발이 동동 뜨는 것 같은 마음을 막을 길이 없는데... * 이럴 때 보세요: 무뚝뚝한 북부대공과 활달한 남부 출신 수가 천천히 서로에게 젖어들어가는 아늑함을 느끼고 싶을 때. * 공감 글귀: 전하, 사실은 저를 좋아하시지요? - 변경 땅에서 평화롭게 지내는 목가적 분위기를 지향합니다. - 주요 등장인물들은 대체로 도덕적이고 합리적인 선택을 합니다.

When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls "an animal rights organization." Tom's team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on. What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm and human-free world. They're the universe's largest and most dangerous panda and they're in trouble. It's not just the Kaiju Preservation Society that's found its way to the alternate world. Others have, too--and their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die.

From highly acclaimed, bestselling author Ava Reid comes a gothic horror retelling of The Juniper Tree, set in another time and place within the world of The Wolf and the Woodsman, where a young witch seeks to discover her identity and escape the domination of her abusive wizard father, perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Catherynne M. Valente. A gruesome curse. A city in upheaval. A monster with unquenchable appetites. Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblya’s last true witches, she and her sisters are little more than a tourist trap as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm. Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside world. But at night, Marlinchen and her sisters sneak out to enjoy the city’s amenities and revel in its thrills, particularly the recently established ballet theater, where Marlinchen meets a dancer who quickly captures her heart. As Marlinchen’s late-night trysts grow more fervent and frequent, so does the threat of her father’s rage and magic. And while Oblya flourishes with culture and bustles with enterprise, a monster lurks in its midst, borne of intolerance and resentment and suffused with old-world power. Caught between history and progress and blood and desire, Marlinchen must draw upon her own magic to keep her city safe and find her place within it.