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Elle se réveille seule et égarée. Son identité appartient au passé, mais son futur s'articule autour d'une idée unique: trouver l'homme qui est son seul souvenir. Le Marquis Vicael est un homme méfiant, et avec raison: en 2929, à l'aube d'une révolution menée par le peuple, il est un noble de réputation. Lorsqu'une roturière amnésique et dévouée le supplie de l'engager, il n'hésite toutefois guère. La curiosité est une vieille ennemie, et l'étrangère aux cheveux mauves un mystère irrésistible. «Ton nom sera Djeva.

Malgré leurs différences, Évelyne et Marie sont les meilleures amies du monde. Évelyne, 17 ans, est grande, blonde, populaire et amoureuse par-dessus la tête de son copain, Adam Andrzejewski. Marie, 16 ans, est timide, réservée. Son unique préoccupation? Avoir les meilleures notes possibles afin de garder sa bourse scolaire au très sélect collège privé non-mixte Sainte-Justine-de-Padoue. Cependant, ce fragile équilibre se rompt le jour où Évelyne découvre sa grossesse. À présent, c'est au tour de Marie de voler au secours de son amie.

«Il y eut alors un combat dans le ciel : Michael et ses anges combattirent contre le dragon. Et le dragon lui aussi combattait avec ses anges... » (Ap 12:7) En l'absence de Menadel, Im-Heliah intègre la Garde sous les ordres du capitaine Zahaliel. Son adaptation à sa nouvelle fratrie représente un défi de taille. Une mission particulière sur Terre mettra d'ailleurs son voeu d'obéissance à rude épreuve. En enfer, la stratégie d'Antarès se précise; son objectif semble plus accessible que jamais.

En tant que Valkyrie d'Odin, la plus importante responsabilité de Malin consiste à éliminer les immortels et à les retourner dans le monde souterrain. L'équilibre du monde repose sur sa capacité d'exécuter les ordres. Mais, quand Malin découvre que sa mère a épargné la vie d'un immortel qui était voué à mourir, son monde bascule dans le chaos.

Haunted by the creatures of his past, Pitu tries to return to normal life as his new role as shaman, but soon he learns he must travel to the bottom of the ocean to appease Nuliajuk, the vengeful sea goddess.

Seventeen-year-old Will and his four friends escaped from a tropical island fortress then fought for freedom on a monstrous prison ship. Now they reach the mainland and dock their small cruiser in the harbour of a large city, hoping at last to find answers to their origins. At first the city is deserted, but soon drones attack them from above. At night, sicko adults, diseased, angry and hungry, hunt them down relentlessly. Will, Quentin, Fiona, Rose and Kevin are on the run again, knowing that capture can't be long from coming.

In this adventurous novel--set in the ancient Arctic, but told by an inquisitive and entertaining contemporary narrator--a wandering Inuit hunter named Kannujaq happens upon a camp in grave peril. The inhabitants of the camp are Tuniit, a race of ancient Inuit ancestors known for their shyness and strength. The tranquility of this Tuniit camp has been shaken by a group of murderous, pale, bearded strangers who have arrived on a huge boat shaped like a loon.

Digger Doyle was eight when his father set off on a secret adventure but did not return. Three years later, a page from his father's ancient book is sent to Digger from northern Japan -- a page only he can read. With his wild cousins, he sails to Japan and meets the super smart Yukiko Satori. Together they venture into the shadowy woods around the eerie Mount Osore to search for a ferocious creature called a Kappa and any clues as to the whereabouts of Digger's father. The forest is dying. The river is poison. Animals are fleeing. Something is terribly wrong.

Ever since her mom died of Huntington's disease, Logan has been in a permanent state of neutral. Her dad has been depressed and lonely, but Logan is . . . something else. So much so that she doesn't even see that her best friend, Cole, is head over heels in love with her. To make matters worse, Logan's dad is now hosting a bereavement group in their basement. That was Logan's place to escape; it's where she keeps her darkroom and where she and Cole indulge their mutual love of cinema and black-and-white photography.

On the Edge tells the story of Emerald Lake Visser, an unhappy fourteen-year-old who came to live on her aunt and uncle's farm when she was orphaned at age five. A misfit in her community and at school, her only real friend is an elderly woman, Jess, who teaches her to sail. Emma's a natural sailor, as if she's been on a sailboat her whole life. When Jess dies, it's revealed that she was Emma's grandmother. After receiving a letter that her mother may be living in the Bahamas, Emma runs away on her grandmother's boat, the Edge, to find her.