Bøger udgivet af Walker Books

Professor Noah Little sees humanity as a garden. But as any gardener knows, if you don't weed it, the harvest will fail. Little predicts that world populations will grow beyond the earth's ability to support, and the welfare state will bankrupt economies and encourage the proliferation of a defective gene pool that will devolve the human species. In 135 years, civilization will crash and fall into a dark ages if something is not done. In an effort to avoid the disaster he sees on the horizon, Project: Weed Killer is set into motion by Little to destroy what he classifies as the dregs of society, by contaminating the world's heroin market with the AIDS virus. But when two of his brightest students figure out what he is up to, they decide he must be stopped! However, when they realize no one would believe that Nobel Laureate Noah Jonas Little would do such a thing ....they have to decide if the have the guts to become cold blooded murderers. Meanwhile, Noah Little is tormented by dreams where he is sadistically tortured by a hellish, animated skeleton with a sardonic Freddy Krueger sense of humor. But ....is the specter of his dreams a result of his guilty conscience... or is it REAL?

"e;Featuring a vivid mythology, spectacular battles, and an endlessly surprising heroine, Rebel Skies is as intricate, beautiful and startling as one of the paper spirits Kurara brings to life."e; Jonathan Stroud"e;A magical debut that reads like a Ghibli film, brimming with imagination, action and heart."e; Natasha Ngan"e;An intricately constructed ode to papercraft and Japanese culture. I fell in love with this world of airships, cumulous whales and floating cities. Pure magic."e; Lauren JamesA beautifully written and pacy teen fantasy adventure, set in a world of flying ships, sky cities and powerful paper spirits. Inspired by Asian cultures and exploring themes of empire, slavery and freedom.Kurara has never known any other life than being a servant on board the Midori, but when her party trick of making paper come to life turns out to be a power treasured across the empire, she joins a skyship and its motley crew to become a Crafter. Taught by the gruff but wise Himura, Kurara learns to hunt shikigami - wild paper spirits who are sought after by the Princess.But are these creatures just powerful slaves, or are they beings with their own souls? And can a teenage girl be the one to help them find their voice - and change the course of an empire?