Scott Westerfeld je autorom bestsellerov YA podľa New York Times. Jeho diela sa často zaoberajú sociálnymi a politickými témami v dystopických svetoch, kde skúma hranice slobody, identity a povahu ľudskej spoločnosti. Westerfeldov štýl je známy svojou svižnou akciou a prenikavými pohľadmi na dospievajúcu psychiku, čo z neho robí pozoruhodného rozprávača v žánri YA.
Tally je konečne krásna. Jej výzor je dokonalý, jej oblečenie je úžasné, jej frajer je totálne sexi a ona je najpopulárnejšia, nová krásna. Má všetko po čom túžila. Ale za všetkou zábavou - nekončiacimi večierkami, high-tech luxusom a úplnou slobodou - je ťaživý pocit, že niečo nie je v poriadku. Niečo dôležité. A potom dostane Tally správu zo svojej škaredej minulosti. Musí sa rozhodnúť či chce zabudnúť, alebo bude bojovať za svoj život, pretože autority nemajú v úmysle nechať na žive nikoho, kto vie o Dyme a starých škaredých.
Každý může být úchvatně krásný. Vždyť co je na tom špatného?
Tally bude brzy šestnáct a už se nemůže dočkat, kdy bude krásná. V jejím světě šestnácté narozeniny znamenají operaci, která člověka změní z fyzicky ošklivého na dokonale krásnou bytost a katapultuje ho do ráje špičkových technologií, kde je jeho jedinou prací nikdy nekončící zábava. Ještě několik týdnů a ... Jenže Tallyina kamarádka Shay si není zcela jistá, zda chce být krásná. Když uteče na utajené místo zvané Kouř, Tally pozná odvrácenou stranu světa krásných. Úřady ji postaví před nejhorší volbu, jakou si dokáže představit: buď najde svoji kamarádku a přivede ji zpět, nebo nikdy nebude krásná. Rozhodnutí, které učiní, její navždy změní život.
A #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author delivers the riveting conclusion to his masterful trilogy. The tension thickens as "Leviathan" steams toward New York City with a homicidal maniac on board: secrets suddenly unravel, characters reappear, and nothing is as it seems. Illustrations.
Continues the story of Austrian Prince Alek who, in an alternate 1914 Europe, eludes the Germans by traveling in the Leviathan to Constantinople, where he faces a whole new kind of genetically-engineered warships.
Two opposing forces are on the brink of war. The Clankers - who put their faith in machinery - and the Darwinists - who have begun evolving living creatures into tools. Prince Aleksandar, the would-be heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, comes from a family of Clankers, and travels the country in a walker, a heavily-fortified tank on legs. Meanwhile Deryn Sharp, a girl disguised as a boy, works for the British Empire, crewing the ultimate flying machine: an airship made of living animals. Now, as Alek flees from his own people, and Deryn crash-lands in enemy territory, their lives are about to collide...
After being captured and surgically transformed into a "special," teenaged Tally Youngblood, now a government agent programmed to protect society from outside threats, is ordered to eliminate the rebel colony New Smoke, Tally's former home
BELIEVING IS DANGEROUS...Darcy Patel is afraid to believe all the hype. But it's really happening - her teen novel is getting published. Instead of heading to college, she's living in New York City, where she's welcomed into the dazzling world of YA publishing. That means book tours, parties with her favorite authors, and finding a place to live that won't leave her penniless. It means sleepless nights rewriting her first draft and struggling to find the perfect ending... all while dealing with the intoxicating, terrifying experience of falling in love - with another writer.Told in alternating chapters is Darcy's novel, the thrilling story of Lizzie, who wills her way into the afterworld to survive a deadly terrorist attack. With survival comes the responsibility to guide the restless spirits that walk our world, including one ghost with whom she shares a surprising personal connection. But Lizzie's not alone in her new calling - she has counsel from a fellow spirit guide, a very desirable one, who is torn between wanting Lizzie and warning her that...BELIEVING IS DANGEROUS.In a brilliant high-wire act of weaving two epic narratives - and two unforgettable heroines - into one novel, Scott Westerfeld's latest work is a triumph of storytelling.
Fame It's a few years after rebel Tally Youngblood took down the uglies/pretties/specials regime. Without those strict roles and rules, the world is in a complete cultural renaissance. "Tech-heads" flaunt their latest gadgets, "kickers" spread gossip and trends, and "surge monkeys" are hooked on extreme plastic surgery. And it's all monitored on a bazillion different cameras. The world is like a gigantic game of American Idol. Whoever is getting the most buzz gets the most votes. Popularity rules. As if being fifteen doesn't suck enough, Aya Fuse's rank of 451,369 is so low, she's a total nobody. An extra. But Aya doesn't care; she just wants to lie low with her drone, Moggle. And maybe kick a good story for herself. Then Aya meets a clique of girls who pull crazy tricks, yet are deeply secretive of it. Aya wants desperately to kick their story, to show everyone how intensely cool the Sly Girls are. But doing so would propel her out of extra-land and into the world of fame, celebrity... and extreme danger. A world she's not prepared for.
