Bøger af L J Higgins

In a single moment, Aurora's life is forever changed... The floating city Utopia, is all sixteen-year-old Aurora has ever known. Along with three other cities, it is home to the only survivors of the cataclysmic events that ended life on Earth sixteen years ago. After witnessing her mother's gruesome murder, Aurora finds herself on the run from the very people who are meant to protect her. With the help of her best friend, Fletcher, Aurora must find the truth behind her mother's execution and why she is being hunted. Someone wants the facts to remain hidden, but Aurora won't stop until each hurtful truth is revealed. When her search takes an unexpected turn, nothing can prepare her for the answers that prove her entire existence has been built on a lie. Will the truth set her free?

Will Amelia ever escape the manipulation of the MultiMind Corporation? Or is she fighting a losing battle? The Cambiar Virus is killing Dreamers and turning everyone else into mindless zombies. Grieving for the loss of Cameron, surrounded by people she doesn't trust, and an outsider from the new lives her friends have built together, Amelia's unsure who she is or where she belongs. Desperate to find purpose in the horrors she endured, she stands on the precipice of committing the unthinkable. Then a chance meeting with someone she thought she'd never see again shakes her to the core, forcing her to face her demons, and embrace her truth. With the fate of Dreamers in her hands, can Amelia remember why she's fighting before it's too late? Or will the MultiMind Corporation succeed in controlling the human race? Join Amelia and her friends as they take on the MultiMind Corporation in this dystopian, adventure, set in the future. Dreamer Trilogy:1 - Dawn of the Dreamer2 - Fall of the Dreamer3 - Rise of the Dreamer

Ky thought she was killing the bad guys. Turns out, she was the bad guy. Ky's on the run from Skywatchers, the organisation she'd followed blindly since the aliens invaded and her brother disappeared. Reece, one of the aliens she'd been trained to hunt, is the only person left she can trust. Struggling to reconcile the hunter who'd murdered too many aliens to count with the girl who'd fallen for Reece, an alien who'd revealed the truth about their visit to Earth, Ky battles with the guilt of her past as she and Reece make their way to her brother and the aliens he's saved.Just when her brother's within reach, Skywatchers rips the chance of being reunited with him away.Can her brother forgive the horrific things she's done?Or will Skywatchers convince her to re-join their organisation?

Enjoying her new life in Sandhaven after the events of the year before, Amelia feels like she has it all - great friends, a home by the beach, a job that she loves, and a handsome boyfriend. But a new threat is brewing in the city; the Cambiar Virus is spreading fast and people are dying. Amelia does not want to give up her peaceful life, but someone must fight for those who are unaware of the danger they're in. With Cameron acting strange, her friendship with Sarah strained, and her relationship with Jonah growing more complicated, the last thing Amelia wants is to put her personal life aside and get involved in another life threatening situation. But she doesn't have a choice.

In 2023, the innovative MultiMind Corporation (MMC) released a stylish Wristcuff to be worn over a microchip implanted beneath its host's skin, giving the wearer pleasant dreams. Better sleep promotes a peaceful lifestyle and improved health. At least this is what the MMC have the population believing. There are those for whom this technology fails to work: Dreamers. They're shunned because of their inability to adapt and evolve like the rest of the human race. Amelia is a Dreamer, and the veil of ignorance is lifted when she meets someone who helps her see through the lies and secrets of the MMC. With her world shaken and changed, Amelia has to decide whether to fight for the freedom to dream or take the 'next step in evolution' with the rest of society at the risk of losing her ability to think and dream for herself.

Throughout our lifetimes, most of us will face different hardships, and create many amazing memories. All of those blend together to make you the person you become. Each of us have a different story, taking a different path. Whether you believe someone has taken the right path or not, it is important to remember that we all want the same things in life - to be happy and to be loved for who we are. In Their Shoes is a collection of short stories that allows you to have a glimpse into someone's life, giving you insight on how it may feel to be them for just a moment.

Olivia's fate is bound to a magical time travelling hot air balloon. Lucy just wants to make it through the school day alive. Olivia is willing to trade everything for the chance to be worthy of William's hand in marriage. As the son of a nobleman, he could never marry an orphan girl. Desperate for the love she didn't receive from her parents, she embarks on an adventure in an enchanted hot air balloon. But with no control over what world or time it will take her to next, will she realise too late that she's left behind those who loved her most?Lucy isn't like the girls at school, and they do their best to remind her every chance they get. Then one night, in the middle of a horrific storm, a hot air balloon crashes on her property carrying an injured stranger who will change her life forever.Olivia's knows her stories of time travel, magic, elves, and pirates are hard for Lucy to believe. But each of them holds one of the many lessons she's learned on her incredible adventure. Their fates are intertwined, but what happens when two worlds collide?

The Dreamer Trilogy is a gripping and unique, futuristic, dystopian series, that gives a glimpse into a very possible and frightening future. For Amelia Bailey, a normal life is a farfetched reality. She's an anomaly; a Dreamer. In a society where everyone has a microchip implanted in their wrist, the Wristcuff promises to give the wearer nothing but pleasant dreams. But to some, nightmares still prevail. They call them Dreamers, and Amelia Bailey is one of them. Desperate to shake the nightmares she's endured for years, Amelia submits to testing in the hopes of being cured. Then she meets Joe, a mysterious stranger whose shocking revelations open her eyes to the deceit and secrets behind the Wristcuff and its creator, the MultiMind Corporation. With her once quiet life spinning out of control, Amelia is forced to make a decision that will change her life forever.Fight for the freedom to dream, or eradicate her nightmares and lose the ability to think for herself? Join Amelia and her friends as they take on the MultiMind Corporation in this dystopian, adventure, set in the future. Dreamer Trilogy:1 - Dawn of the Dreamer2 - Fall of the Dreamer3 - Rise of the Dreamer

Enjoying her new life in Sandhaven after previous year's events, Amelia feels like she has it all

Every time Amelia thinks she has escaped the MultiMind Corporation, her life is turned on it's head. Will she ever escape their manipulation and control? Or is she fighting a losing battle? Amelia's world is falling apart around her. The man she loves is gone, she's surrounded by people she doesn't trust, and her friends moved on with their lives while she was locked away in the MultiMind Corporation's cells. Unsure of who she is anymore, and desperate to find purpose in what has happened to her, Amelia is willing to do anything to end the MMC's control once and for all. Even if it means putting her own life on the line.

Mia Walters is optimistic that her final high school year will be different. Tired of watching the cool girls from afar, she's sick of being the stereotypical loser. When a new girl, Chelsea Saint, arrives at school with her sassy and confident persona, she offers Mia the very thing she wanted: the chance to be one of the cool girls.Soon, alcohol, boys, sex and drugs tear Mia in two. Caught between the good girl she used to be and the illusion of the person she wanted to be, Mia begins to lose herself in the new world Chelsea has introduced her to.Is it too late for her to be the girl she was before?

Ky isn't your typical seventeen-year-old girl. She's an alien hunter.Ky is one of the youngest and most skilled alien hunters Skywatchers has ever recruited. Lethal and focused, nothing can distract her from riding the world of the vermin who murdered her brother. When she's assigned a new recruit, Reece, she assumes he'll be just like the others. All she needs to do is tolerate his existence until he's paired with another hunter. Just another job. But it's a little hard when he's as stealthy as a drunk elephant.When he screws up their first assignment, the Skywatchers Commander insists they both be taken out of the field. He wants Ky to learn to work in a team. Maybe make a friend. That's not so easy when everyone she's ever cared about is dead. Skywatchers is what held her together when her world fell apart. Could Reece be the reason her life unravels once again?