Books with title The Ghost In The Machine

Get ready for Book 4 in the only official chapter book series based on Minecraft!TARGET CONSUMER: Minecraft players ages 6 and up, and kids who like humor and action-packed fantasy stories.The adventures continue in the fourth Minecraft chapter book based on one of the most popular video games of all time. Jodi, Ash, Morgan and their fellow Minecraft players go out into the real world to find clues to the identity of the mysterious and sinister Evoker King. Not only do they need to find out who--or what--he is, but they need to know if it's really possible for him to escape the game! Because if he can, that could spell big trouble both in the game and out!This illustrated hardcover chapter book series will thrill Minecraft fans who like humor and action-packed fantasy.

Young genius Morag Chen doesn’t believe in the supernatural. Or not until a thousand gods show up in front of her, appearing from a clear-blue sky. The Architects are terrifying, they’re hypnotically attractive, and they’re real—but what are they, and what do they want, and why have they stolen the mind of Daniel Calder, the person she is closest to?Ancient gods? Invading aliens? Everyone has a theory, but no one has guessed the truth. In this dark, suspenseful, mind-bending sequel to The Fire Seekers, Morag picks up the narration from Daniel as she works to accept that there’s more than one way to think about the nature of humanity. And she will find that the only way forward is through secrets that Daniel himself seems desperate but unable to convey.A mysterious lab. The house of a dying billionaire. The hidden home of a strange and forgotten people. In each of these places, Morag and Daniel will come a step closer to answers, hope, and a way of fighting back.

Andra wakes up from a cryogenic sleep 1,000 years later than she was supposed to, forcing her to team up with an exiled prince to navigate an unfamiliar planet in this smart, thrilling sci-fi adventure, perfect for fans of Renegades and Aurora Rising.When Andra wakes up, she's drowning. Not only that, but she's in a hot, dirty cave, it's the year 3102, and everyone keeps calling her Goddess. When Andra went into a cryonic sleep for a trip across the galaxy, she expected to wake up in a hundred years, not a thousand. Worst of all, the rest of the colonists--including her family and friends--are dead. They died centuries ago, and for some reason, their descendants think Andra's a deity. She knows she's nothing special, but she'll play along if it means she can figure out why she was left in stasis and how to get back to Earth.Zhade, the exiled bastard prince of Eerensed, has other plans. Four years ago, the sleeping Goddess's glass coffin disappeared from the palace, and Zhade devoted himself to finding it. Now he's hoping the Goddess will be the key to taking his rightful place on the throne--if he can get her to play her part, that is. Because if his people realize she doesn't actually have the power to save their dying planet, they'll kill her. With a vicious monarch on the throne and a city tearing apart at the seams, Zhade and Andra might never be able to unlock the mystery of her fate, let alone find a way to unseat the king, especially since Zhade hasn't exactly been forthcoming with Andra. And a thousand years from home, is there any way of knowing that Earth is better than the planet she's woken to?

What if a machine could bring back the ones we love? From New York Times best seller Lauren DeStefano comes a captivating middle grade tale of loss, love, and hope. In this beautiful and poignant novel, acclaimed author Lauren DeStefano tells a story of love and loss, and what it means to say goodbye. When Emmaline Beaumont's father started building the ghost machine, she didn't expect it to bring her mother back from the dead. But by locking himself in the basement to toil away at his hopes, Monsieur Beaumont has become obsessed with the contraption and is neglecting the living, and Emmaline is tired of feeling forgotten. Nothing good has come from building the ghost machine, and Emmaline decides that the only way to bring her father back will be to make the ghost machine work or destroy it forever.

Andra wakes up from a cryogenic sleep 1,000 years later than she was supposed to, forcing her to team up with an exiled prince to navigate an unfamiliar planet in this smart, thrilling sci-fi adventure, perfect for fans of Renegades and Aurora Rising.When Andra wakes up, she's drowning. Not only that, but she's in a hot, dirty cave, it's the year 3102, and everyone keeps calling her Goddess. When Andra went into a cryonic sleep for a trip across the galaxy, she expected to wake up in a hundred years, not a thousand. Worst of all, the rest of the colonists--including her family and friends--are dead. They died centuries ago, and for some reason, their descendants think Andra's a deity. She knows she's nothing special, but she'll play along if it means she can figure out why she was left in stasis and how to get back to Earth.Zhade, the exiled bastard prince of Eerensed, has other plans. Four years ago, the sleeping Goddess's glass coffin disappeared from the palace, and Zhade devoted himself to finding it. Now he's hoping the Goddess will be the key to taking his rightful place on the throne--if he can get her to play her part, that is. Because if his people realize she doesn't actually have the power to save their dying planet, they'll kill her. With a vicious monarch on the throne and a city tearing apart at the seams, Zhade and Andra might never be able to unlock the mystery of her fate, let alone find a way to unseat the king, especially since Zhade hasn't exactly been forthcoming with Andra. And a thousand years from home, is there any way of knowing that Earth is better than the planet she's woken to?

Get ready for Book 4 in the only official chapter book series based on Minecraft!TARGET CONSUMER: Minecraft players ages 6 and up, and kids who like humor and action-packed fantasy stories.The adventures continue in the fourth Minecraft chapter book based on one of the most popular video games of all time. Jodi, Ash, Morgan and their fellow Minecraft players go out into the real world to find clues to the identity of the mysterious and sinister Evoker King. Not only do they need to find out who--or what--he is, but they need to know if it's really possible for him to escape the game! Because if he can, that could spell big trouble both in the game and out!This illustrated hardcover chapter book series will thrill Minecraft fans who like humor and action-packed fantasy.

GHOST IN THE MACHINE is a steampunk meets cyberpunk fantasy.Josephine, Bodhi, and Caroline, live in a scientifically advancedVictorian London as the Industrial Revolution is in full swing.Infrared goggles, dirigibles, and analog computers exist alongsidebustles, parasols, and high tea. On the grounds of an Old Saxonchurch, three strange net-runners arrive from a future where everyoneis assigned a barcode from the moment of birth. What you buy, what youread, your health care history, your bank accounts, your measuredintelligence, are all captured by this barcode and sent to the feed ofOmniCorp. Human data mining forms the basis of a massive IndustrialComplex, a thinly veiled profit center, based on the control of humanbehavior. To interrupt the inception of OmniCorp, the net-runners, asubversive underground group, enlist the aid of the steampunkVictorians to thwart a meeting between two men, who hundreds of yearsearlier, laid the foundation for OmniCorp. Extraordinary figures racetoward a rendezvous with history, weave in and out of time, fight evilsteampunk automatons, hide in Victorian brothels, fight Indianmutinies, and take refuge in dystopian cyberpunk pawnshops, to insurea future where personal privacy is protected over corporate power.

The chilling second book in the innovative series from bestselling author Patrick Carman.Strange things are happening in Skeleton Creek...and Ryan and Sarah are trying to find out why. Ryan writes down everything in his journal, and Sarah records everything on her videocam. The two move deeper into the mystery they've uncovered, determined to discover the secrets buried in Skeleton Creek, in the conclusion to Patrick Carman's thrilling series.In this groundbreaking format, the story is broken into two parts -- Ryan's text in the book, and Sarah's videos on a special website, with links and passwords given throughout the book.

When Emmaline Beaumont's father started building the ghost machine, she didn't expect it to bring her mother back from the dead. But by locking himself in the basement to toil away at his hopes, Monsieur Beaumont has become obsessed with the contraption and neglected the living, and Emmaline is tired of feeling forgotten. Nothing good has come from building the ghost machine, and Emmaline decides that the only way to bring her father back will be to make the ghost machine work…or destroy it forever.

Tyler Graham lives in the beautiful Kootenay Valley. One summer night, he follows a strange blinking light in his back yard to the battered Volkswagen his Uncle Scott died in four years ago. A pale guy Ty's never seen before sits in the driver's seat. "Fix it" he tells Tyler. How's a fifteen-year-old with no mechanical experience supposed to fix a wrecked old car? Or does the guy expect him to fix something else? His parents, who can't talk about their troubles? His mean, sarcastic old grandpa, who never gives Ty an even break? Or the feud with the Beaton family, who've hated the grahams longer than Ty can remember? Ty decides to start with himself. He decided to fix the car.

Ryan and Sarah are trapped inside the mystery of Skeleton Creek. Nothing in their town is what it first appears to be. And there are forces at work that want to keep old secrets burried ... at any cost. Clue by clue, the pieces begin to add up - and they all point to danger. In his journal, Ryan tries to chronicle his discoveries. Meanwhile, Sarah investigates and captures what she sees on video. As time starts to run out, Ryan and Sarah are forced to make more and more desperate moves to get to the heart of the mystery. Someone - alive or dead - is trying to stop them. And as the stakes get higher, so do the risks. There are three sides to this story: Ryan's. Sarah's. And the deadly truth. Nothings is safe in Skeleton Creek. Read it. Watch it. Live it.