Books by Scott Westerfeld

#1 New York Times bestselling author Westerfeld continues one of the first great space operas of this century Scott Westerfeld, the acclaimed author of Fine Prey, Polymorph, and Evolution's Darling, follows The Risen Empire with the next thrilling space opera in Succession, the Killing of Worlds. The immortal Emperor can grant a form of eternal life-after-death, creating an elite known as the Risen, and so has ruled the eighty worlds unchallenged for sixteen hundred years. The only thing he fears are the Rix, machine-augmented humans who worship AI compound minds. They are dedicated to replacing his prolonged rule with an eternal cybernetic dynasty of their own.Brilliant tactician Captain Laurent Zai of the Imperial Frigate Lynx faces a suicide mission: stopping the next thrust of the Rix invasion with just his own vessel. While ship-to-ship combat rages among the stars, Zai's lover, Senator Nara Oxham, is caught in a deadly political fencing match with the Emperor himself. The Emperor has a terrible secret, a secret Nara is in danger of finding out, a secret for which he would countenance the killing of worlds.

STYRTET ER KUN BEGYNDELSEN Et fly styrter ned midt i Arktis, og otte unge overlevende træder ud af vraget. Men i stedet for at møde is og sne, befinder de sig midt i en underlig jungle. Uden mad og drikke. Og der er intet håb om redning. Junglen er fuld af fremmedartede og dødbringende trusler – fra dæmoniske flænsefugle til kødædende planter og et mystisk væsen, hvis skræmmende skrig kommer nærmere og nærmere … En forrygende overlevelseshistorie fyldt med mysterier, farer og stærkt sammenhold, hvor selv den mindste beslutning kan betyde forskellen på liv og død. DER KOMMER I ALT FEM BØGER I SERIEN LÆS BOGEN · SPIL SPILLET Brug bogen til at låse op for skjulte bonusting. Tilgængelig på tablet, smartphone og i browser. ALVILDA.DK/HORIZON

Experience the riveting, dystopian Uglies series seen as never before-through the eyes of Shay, Tally Youngblood's closest and bravest friend, who refuses to take anything about society at face value. "From the moment we are born, we are considered threats in need of 'special' management. We are watched and shaped and exploited by a force most of us never see. . . . All to keep us safe. . . . Do you feel safe?! Or do you feel like you're in a cage?"-Shay In Pretties, Tally Youngblood and her daring best friend, Shay, both underwent the operation that turned them from ordinary Uglies into stunning beauties. Now this thrilling new graphic novel reveals Shay's perspective on living in New Pretty Town . . . and the way she sees it, there's more to this so-called paradise than meets the eye. With the endless parties and custom-made clothes, life as a Pretty should be perfect. Yet Shay doesn't feel quite right. She has little to no memory of her past; it's as if something in her brain has inexplicably changed. When she reunites with Tally and the Crims-her rebellious group of friends from Uglyville-she begins to recall their last departure to the wild, and the headstrong leader she used to be. And as she remembers the truth about what doomed their escape, Shay decides to fight back-against the status quo, against the mysterious Special Circumstances, even against her own best friend.

Scott Westerfeld, the award-winning author of MIDNIGHTERS rewrites the vampire myth in this stunning new novel