New Releases by Scott Westerfeld

The five midnighters from Bixby discover that the secret hour is starting to invade the daylight world, and if they cannot stop it, the darklings will soon be free to hunt again. Reprint.

In this space opera of the 21st century, Zai and pacifist senator Nara Oxham must face the challenge of a new race of humans who want to overthrow the powerful, undead Emperor.

Le commandant Laurent Zaï a pour mission de détruire le vaisseau rix qui approche la planète Legis. Si les redoutables Rix (mi-femmes, mi-machines) parviennent à contacter Alexandre, la conscience composite qui s''est emparée de la planète, les humains courent un danger mortel et ce, dans les Quatre-vingts Mondes de l''Empire. Car Alexandre connaît désormais tout des humains mais surtout, il détient le secret de l''Empereur et de son immortalité. Suite et fin du space opera commencé avec Les Légions immortelles. Combats grandioses et destinée vertigineuse pour les humains de l''Empire des Quatre-vingts Mondes. Scott Westerfeld signe une splendide histoire de science-fiction au final flamboyant.

One year ago, Cal Thompson was a college freshman more interested in meeting girls and partying in New York City than in attending his biology classes. Now, after a fateful encounter with a mysterious woman named Morgan, biology has become, literally, Cal''s life. Cal was infected by a parasite that has a truly horrifying effect on its host. Cal himself is a carrier, unchanged by the parasite, but he''s infected the girlfriends he''s had since Morgan-and all have turned into the ravening ghouls Cal calls peeps. The rest of us know them as vampires. And it''s Cal''s job to hunt them down before they can create even more of their kind. . . . Bursting with the sharp intelligence and sly humor that are fast becoming his trademark, Scott Westerfeld''s new novel is an utterly original take on an archetype of horror.

Tally lebt in einer Welt der Zukunft, in der einzig und allein Schönheit eine Rolle spielt. Kein Wunder, dass sie ihrem 16. Geburtstag entgegenfiebert, an dem sie in einer der Routineoperationen von einem Ugly in eine Pretty verwandelt werden wird, um von Uglyville nach Prettytown zu ziehen und einfach nur noch Spaß zu haben. Zweifel am Schönheitswahn? Angst vor Identitätsverlust? Solche Gedanken sind Tally fremd. Doch dann flieht ihre Freundin Shay in die geheime Stadt Smoke, gegründet von den Gegnern dieser ZweiStufenGesellschaft. Die Behörden zwingen Tally, ihre Freundin zu suchen und Smoke zu verraten. Doch in Smoke erfährt sie von der unschönen Seite der heilen PrettyWelt, einer Seite voller dunkler Geheimnisse... Was zählt mehr? Schönheit oder Einzigartigkeit? Ein hübsches Gesicht oder freie, eigene Gedanken? All diesen Fragen stellt sich der Autor (zuletzt BA 4/07) mit diesem aufwühlenden, kritischen Jugendroman. Ein drastisches Spiegelbild unserer Gesellschaft, das den Leser durch seine Direktheit und Unverfrorenheit zum Nachdenken anregt. Ein äußerst gelungener Roman sehr zu empfehlen!. Tally lebt in einer zukünftigen Welt, in der einzig Schönheit zählt. Sie fiebert ihrem 16. Geburtstag und der damit verbundenen üblichen SchönheitsOP entgegen doch dann bekommt ihre heile PrettyWelt plötzlich Risse ... Ab 13.

Cal Thompson is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism, and must hunt down all of the girlfriends he has unknowingly infected.

SWASHBUCKLING FANTASY features excerpts from 10 series by bestselling and critically acclaimed authors such as Margaret Petersen Haddix, author of the Shadow Children series, D.J. MacHale, author of the Pendragon series, Scott Westerfeld, author of Uglies and Holly Black, author of Valiant. This online sampler also highlights six debut series from rising stars in fantasy, including Kai Meyer, Jane Johnson and Obert Skye. This fantasy sampler is the perfect way to introduce middle grade through teen readers to alternate worlds, distant pasts and fantastic creatures! Don''t miss out on any of our amazing fantasy titles! Please visit www.SimonSaysKids.com or www.SimonSaysTEEN.com for more information.

"Ten light-years away, Captain Zai''s true love, the psychic (some say mad) Senator Nara Oxham is engaged in a deadly game of political intrigue. From her position on the Emperor''s War Council, Senator Oxham must find a way to forestall the Emperor''s final solution if the blockade is broken: a nuclear strike to destroy the compound mind, which will also kill millions of Imperial citizens. She suspects that the Emperor has a hidden weakness discovered, by the mind, a secret so dangerous to his immortal dynasty that to prevent its discovery the Emperor is willing to countenance the ultimate crime... The killing of worlds."--BOOK JACKET.

Describes the events that led to the Blockade of Berlin in 1948 and examines the political impact of the Berlin Airlift