Shipwrecked and cast ashore in Japan with no memory of Temeraire or his own experiences as an English aviator, Capt. William Laurence finds himself tangled in deadly political intrigues that threaten not only his own life but England's already precarious position in the Far East.

Problems, Problems, Problems . . .

The world had been a paradise until the Fall, when the holders of the control codes for the world-spanning program called "Mother" fell out in civil war.

The United Free States felt well defended behind its screen of elite Dragon carriers that held sway in the Atlantis Ocean. But when New Destiny proved to have dragon carriers of its own, and more of them, the linch-pin of the UFS defense went out the window.

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Luz had nightheat, the sensuous quality in a woman that makes men ache with desire. Nick loved and lusted for her the first time he saw her. But, what he didn't know was that Luz had secrets-that beneath the glamour and sex appeal was a woman determined to turn her back on wealth and challenge a corrupt political system. Even if doing so meant her life. Nick started out dirt poor-as a child, he survived the war-torn frozen hell of the siege of Leningrad...

"When five relatively ordinary teenagers begin to have dreams of an odd woman that none of them have ever seen before, they are taken away from their mundane high school lives, and led to a strange, magical world. It is a place where people live in fear of the tyrannical dictator that began ruling decades ago; no one dares speak out of turn, their food and manner of dress are heavily regulated. Even the colors of nature are beginning to fade. The...

While it is filled with veiled puns and characteristically delightful wordplay, this novel is, first and foremost, a haunting and compelling narrative about a civilized man caught in the tyranny of a police state.

This slapstick postmodern tale is also a profound statement about dictatorship and peaceful revolution, from an award-winning author/illustrator team.

"From dystopian visionary and bestselling phenomenon Veronica Roth comes a razor-sharp reimagining of Antigone. In Arch-Conspirator, Roth reaches back to the root of legend and delivers a world of tomorrow both timeless and unexpected. "A gut punch of a story. Roth takes everything fragile about love, everything powerful about certain doom, and blooms with it. You'll be holding your breath until the very last word."-Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling...

An era of peace and prosperity around the world is threatened when a dangerous dictator rises to power in Russia and forms an alliance with Iran which has embarked on an aggressive nuclear power program, prompting Dr. Eliezer Mordechai, former head of the Mossad and now a Christian, to prepare a Bible-based brief that prophesizes the apocalypse.

Relates events in the childhood of architect Secundino Fernandez, who left his beloved Havana, Cuba, with his parents, first to spend a year in Spain, and later to move to New York City.