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1) Neon Gods
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It's been awhile since Sadie Fuller has lived a normal life. Her obsessive compulsions make even daily life a constant struggle. Living in New Los Angeles doesn't help either. A haven for Descendants, gods and goddesses that suddenly woke up in mortal bodies, the city is ripe with the mysterious and macabre. But now Sadie is witness to a Descendant murder and throw into an investigation that will test her in ways she could never have imagined. Soon,...
2) Neon gods
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Dark Olympus novels volume 1
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"Society darling Persephone Dimitriou wants nothing to do with her mother's ambitions. She has plans to leave the ultra-modern city of Olympus and start her life far away from the backstabbing and politics. But that all goes down the drain when her mother ambushes her with an engagement to Zeus, the dangerous power behind their glittering city's dark facade. With no options left, Persephone flees Olympus and makes a devil's bargain with a man she...
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In the midst of an investigation into a spree of child murders, Private Investigator, Hank Dolan takes on a missing person's case that tests his limits. Hired by a Descendant, a goddess that woke up in a mortal body along with all the other gods and goddesses two years before, Hank is thrust into the mysterious and grisly. Meanwhile, the 'hybrid', Sadie Fuller strives to stay hidden, from both the authorities and evil Descendant Set who hunts for...
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Hank Dolan is in over his head. A private investigator, he has been searching for the evil descendant child-killer Lamia for over a year. The descendant goddess, who walks the earth with all the other graceless deities has proved to be both elusive and brutal. With the help of Sadie Fuller and the Greek goddess Hecate, he will not only have to find Lamia, but figure out a way to stop her otherworldly reign of terror.Meanwhile, the city is changing....
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Book 2: Divine RebellionKira's explosive victory in the Ragnarök Run didn't just save her life; it sent a shockwave of divine energy across the globe. Now, gods are awakening in human hosts everywhere, from the streets of Neo-Tokyo to the boardrooms of New York. As Yamata Corporation deploys its elite "Divine Response Unit" to hunt down and "harvest" these new deities, Kira and her trickster ally, Daemon-now revealed to be the Norse god Loki-must...
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Book 3: Ragnarök RisingThe rebellion has won, and the world is burning. By shattering Odin's digital Yggdrasil, Kira has released all the captured god-essence, triggering a global awakening. Thousands of new gods walk the Earth, but their birth has also unleashed their ancient enemies. The prophecy of Ragnarök has begun, not as a myth, but as a full-scale war between mythological beasts and a new, terrifying threat: a sentient AI army that sees...
7) Circuit Gods
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In the rain-slicked, neon-drenched canyons of Neo-Tokyo, the only way out is to win. For Kira, a down-on-her-luck street racer and brilliant mechanic, that means surviving the God Circuit-a series of illegal, high-stakes races where the cars are as beautiful as they are deadly. Crushed by debt to the Yakuza and haunted by the disappearance of her parents, her only asset is The Oniyuri, a custom car that seems to possess a mind of its own. Desperate...
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Sie kann ihm nicht wiederstehen. Doch er soll sie töten ...
Psyche weiß, dass alles in Olympus seinen Preis hat. Und als sie Aphrodites Zorn erweckt, verlangt diese einen unbezahlbaren Tribut: ihr Herz. Ausgerechnet Aphrodites Sohn soll es ihr überbringen. Eros ist als gewissenloser Auftragskiller bekannt. Kalt, berechnend und gefährlich. Doch als er Psyche gegenübersteht, bringt er es nicht über sich, sie zu töten. Fasziniert von der wunderschönen...
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Er ist ein Mythos. Doch vom ersten Moment an gehört er ihr
Völlig aus dem Nichts hat ihre Mutter Persephone während einer schillernden Party Zeus versprochen. Doch das ist das Letzte, was sie will, und so flieht sie und findet sich auf der Brücke am Fluss Styx wieder, die ins Reich des geheimnisvollen Hades führt. Niemand hat ihn je gesehen, sein Platz in der Regierungsrunde ist schon lange leer. Hades hat sein Leben in den Schatten verbracht...
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Sie sind ihre größten Gegner. Doch sie sind auch unwiderstehlich ...
Um ihrem goldenen Käfig zu entfliehen, ist Helena Kasios fest entschlossen, der nächste Ares von Olympus zu werden. In einem aus drei Prüfungen bestehenden Turnier soll entschieden werden, wer den freien Platz einnimmt und damit einer der Dreizehn wird. Gewinnen bedeutet Macht und für Helena vor allem eines: Freiheit. Doch dann verkündet Zeus, dass der Sieger des Turniers...
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1992.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (109 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Tsai Ming-liang emerged on the world cinema scene in 1992 with his first, groundbreaking feature, REBELS OF THE NEON GOD. His debut already includes a handful of elements familiar to fans of subsequent work: a deceptively spare style often branded “minimalist”; actor Lee Kang-sheng as the silent and sullen Hsiao-kang; copious amounts of water, whether pouring from the sky or bubbling up from a clogged drain; and enough urban anomie to ensure that...
12) The Neon God
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The Neon God
Computers and phones across the globe suddenly erupt with dazzling neon light. The unique spectrum of colors hypnotizes billions of users worldwide, commanding most to commit suicide, while enslaving the few remaining to maintain vital infrastructure for a new sentient entity.
In the quiet aftermath of the mass extinction of humanity, four survivors navigate a world ruled by an enigmatic Alternate Intelligence.
Jessie Aguilar...
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All the narrations in this book are based on true stories. The stories of ordinary people with extra ordinary faith and belief in God. You don't have to baffle on the thought of being misguided. This book will help you realize that there are thousands of people in the world facing the same problems as you and trying to survive despite the harsh realities in life. Many Christians are not practical people; they know how to bait the hook, but they themselves...
16) Radiant sin
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Dark Olympus novels volume 4
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"There's nowhere more dangerous than Olympus...and no one more captivating than its golden god: Apollo. Keeper of secrets, master of his shining realm...and the only man I am powerless to deny. *A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Apollo and Cassandra that's as sinful as it is sweet.* As a disgraced member of a fallen house, Cassandra Gataki has seen firsthand what comes from trusting the venomous Thirteen. But when the maddeningly gorgeous and...
17) The Neon Prince
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In a world decimated by the hypnotic neon lights, the uneasy calm brokered by Jessie Aguilar teeters on the brink of collapse.
The sudden disappearance of Mason, the remarkable empath, and his unlikely companion, Prince-the prized offspring of the enigmatic Neon God AI-propels the destinies of two species on a collision course.
Mason and Prince must confront the mysteries that bind them, facing challenges that threaten not only their friendship...
18) Electric idol
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Dark Olympus novels volume 2
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"When her family executed a coup that dethroned Zeus himself, Psyche knew she was in trouble, but she wasn't prepared for Aphrodite to demand her literal heart as payment. Or for Aphrodite's gorgeous son to be the one determined to strike the blow"-- Provided by publisher.
19) Cruel seduction
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Dark Olympus novels volume 5
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"Aphrodite has never flinched at getting her perfectly manicured hands dirty, and she's not about to start now--even if that means marrying Olympus's enemy number one, the new Hephaestus. She has a wicked plan to keep her deadly new husband off-balance, seducing the one person he seems to care about most in this world: Pandora, a woman as beautiful as she is sweet. Two can play the seduction game, however, and Hephaestus is all too happy to put his...
20) Wicked beauty
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Dark Olympus novels volume 3
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"Achilles Kallis vowed that he'd do whatever it took to claw his way into Olympus's inner circle. Now that the former Ares is gone and the coveted role has opened to anyone with the strength to claim it, he and his partner, Patroclus Fotos, plan to both compete and double their odds of winning. Neither expect the infamous beauty Helen Kasios to be part of the prize...or for the sparks that fly when the three of them meet. Zeus may have decided Helen...







