'A testament to John Boyne's strong storytelling talent' Irish Examiner 'Boyne's main characters are masterfully realised ordinary people trying to move beyond the weight of the past' Irish Times ______ From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a contemplative story about one man trying to move forward from the trauma of his youth to become a better father to his son. Being in limbo, 30,000 feet in the air, offers time to reflect and take stock. For Aaron Umber, it's an opportunity to connect with his 14-year-old son as they travel halfway across the world to meet a woman who isn't expecting them. Unsettled by his past, and anxious for his future, Aaron is at a crossroads in life. The damage inflicted upon him during his youth has made him the man he is, but now threatens to widen the growing fissures between him and his only child. This trip could bind them closer together, or tear them further apart. In this penetrating examination of action and consequence, fault and attribution, acceptance and resolution, John Boyne gives us a redemptive story of a father and a son on a moving journey to mend their troubled lives. ______ Praise for John Boyne 'One of the greatest craftsmen in contemporary literature' Colum McCann 'Among the world's greatest storytellers' Donal Ryan 'One of the most assured novelists of his generation' Observer

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Didaktik - Deutsch - Pädagogik, Sprachwissenschaft, Note: 1,0, Freie Universität Berlin (Institut für deutsche und niederländische Philologie - Didaktik der deutschen Sprache und Literatur), Veranstaltung: Fachdidaktik Deustch Basismodul, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Hausarbeit bietet einen Abriss des derzeitigen Forschungsstandes zum didaktischen Einsatz von Computerspielen im Deutschunterricht.Das bisher empirisch und pragmatisch ausgereifteste vorliegende Konzept von Jan Boelmann zum literarischen Lernen mit narrativen Computerspielen wird hierbei schwerpunktmäßig betrachtet, auf seine Praxistauglichkeit hin überprüft und an Hand des Computerspiels "Limbo" beispielhaft konkretisiert.Die digitale Revolution bewirkt aktuell große Veränderungen in der sozialen und kulturellen Mentalität der Menschheit, vor allem durch ihre grundlegenden Auswirkungen auf die Kinder- und Jugendkultur und die durch neue Medien geprägte Sozialisation der jungen Generation.In der Schule, dem wichtigsten Ort für Bildung und Sozialisation, findet diese Entwicklung jedoch noch keinen entsprechenden Wiederhall. Das Bildungssystem selbst entstammt in seinen Grundstrukturen einer analogen Welt, geschaffen und unterhalten von digital immigrants, auch wenn funktional nutzbare interaktive Medien wie z.B. Whiteboards inzwischen nach und nach im Klassenzimmer Zugang finden. Computerspiele als didaktisch nutzbare Unterrichtsmedien bilden jedoch bis dato lediglich ein kleines Experimentierfeld einiger medienpädagogisch progressiver PädagogenInnen.Dabei ist das didaktische Potenzial von Computerspielen immens: Sie können Fähigkeiten zum strategischen Problemlösen vermitteln, situiertes Lernen ermöglichen, komplexe Zusammenhänge veranschaulichen und Lernprozesse motivieren. Die Vorbehalte sind jedoch groß und die Standpunkte einer kritischen Medienwirkungsforschung durchaus beunruhigend. Entsteht durch die Nutzung digitaler Medien und Spiele eine neue Generation von Digital Dementen, und muss die Schule dieser Entwicklung einen Riegel vorschieben, indem sie Computerspiele strikt aus dem Kernbereich der Bildung verbannt?Das Erkenntnisinteresse der vorliegenden Arbeit zielt darauf ab, die bestehenden didaktischen Konzepte für den Einsatz von Computerspielen im Deutschunterricht zu sichten, zu bewerten und auf ihre Praxistauglichkeit hin zu prüfen. Gibt es bereits eine Grundlage für eine verbindliche Einführung des Mediums Computerspiel in die Kernlehrpläne und damit den Schritt hin zu akzeptierten Unterrichtsmedien? Oder lassen die existenten Konzepte darauf schließen, dass Computerspiele noch lange Zeit didaktische Science Fiction bleiben und weiterhin ein Schattendasein im Bildungssektor führen werden?

Winner of the Barbara DiBernard Prize in Fiction "A funny and moving debut."-Charles Arrowsmith, The Washington Post “A love letter to Berlin, to travel, and to saying yes to life.”-Alan Cumming It’s the new millennium and the anxiety of midlife is creeping up on Sam Singer, a thirty-seven-year-old art advisor. Fed up with his partner and his life in New York, Sam flies to Berlin to attend a gallery opening. There he finds a once-divided city facing an identity crisis of its own. In Berlin the past is everywhere: the graffiti-stained streets, the candlelit cafÉs and techno clubs, the astonishing mash-up of architecture, monuments, and memorials. A trip that begins in isolation evolves into one of deep connection and possibility. In an intensely concentrated series of days, Sam finds himself awash in the city, stretched in limbo between his own past and future-in nightclubs with Jeremy, a lonely wannabe DJ; navigating a flirtation with Kaspar, an East Berlin artist he meets at a cafÉ; and engaged in a budding relationship with Magda, the enigmatic and icy manager of Sam’s hotel, whom Sam finds himself drawn to and determined to thaw. I Make Envy on Your Disco is at once a tribute to Berlin, a novel of longing and connection, and a coming-of-middle-age story about confronting the person you were and becoming the person you want to be.

Winner of the Barbara DiBernard Prize in Fiction &#34,A funny and moving debut.&#34,-Charles Arrowsmith, The Washington Post “A love letter to Berlin, to travel, and to saying yes to life.”-Alan Cumming It’s the new millennium and the anxiety of midlife is creeping up on Sam Singer, a thirty-seven-year-old art advisor. Fed up with his partner and his life in New York, Sam flies to Berlin to attend a gallery opening. There he finds a once-divided city facing an identity crisis of its own. In Berlin the past is everywhere: the graffiti-stained streets, the candlelit cafÉs and techno clubs, the astonishing mash-up of architecture, monuments, and memorials. A trip that begins in isolation evolves into one of deep connection and possibility. In an intensely concentrated series of days, Sam finds himself awash in the city, stretched in limbo between his own past and future-in nightclubs with Jeremy, a lonely wannabe DJ, navigating a flirtation with Kaspar, an East Berlin artist he meets at a cafÉ, and engaged in a budding relationship with Magda, the enigmatic and icy manager of Sam’s hotel, whom Sam finds himself drawn to and determined to thaw. I Make Envy on Your Disco is at once a tribute to Berlin, a novel of longing and connection, and a coming-of-middle-age story about confronting the person you were and becoming the person you want to be.

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Bloomsbury presents The American Mission by Matthew Palmer, read by Erik Singer. Global headlines come to life as intrigue and international politics collide in this electrifying debut thriller from Matthew Palmer. After a devastating experience in Darfur strips Alex Baines, former rising star of the State Department, of his security clearances, he is faced with two choices: spend the rest of his career in visa-stamping limbo or move to the private sector. On the verge of resigning, he receives a call from his old mentor with an incredible opportunity to start over with a role in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Yet the job isn't quite what Alex imagined it to be, for he finds a shady U.S.-based mining company involved everywhere he turns. As violence in the political climate escalates, Alex struggles to balance the best interests of the United States with the fate of the Congo and its people. His loyalties are put to the test as he races to determine the right course of action. 'A thriller of great integrity and intelligence…I highly recommend it.' Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author 'There's the mission the public knows, and the mission we'll never see. Matthew Palmer knows both, which is what makes The American Mission crackle with complexity and authenticity. What a debut.' Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author

'A testament to John Boyne's strong storytelling talent' Irish Examiner 'Boyne's main characters are masterfully realised ordinary people trying to move beyond the weight of the past' Irish Times ______ From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a contemplative story about one man trying to move forward from the trauma of his youth to become a better father to his son. Being in limbo, 30,000 feet in the air, offers time to reflect and take stock. For Aaron Umber, it's an opportunity to connect with his 14-year-old son as they travel halfway across the world to meet a woman who isn't expecting them. Unsettled by his past, and anxious for his future, Aaron is at a crossroads in life. The damage inflicted upon him during his youth has made him the man he is, but now threatens to widen the growing fissures between him and his only child. This trip could bind them closer together, or tear them further apart. In this penetrating examination of action and consequence, fault and attribution, acceptance and resolution, John Boyne gives us a redemptive story of a father and a son on a moving journey to mend their troubled lives. ______ Praise for John Boyne 'One of the greatest craftsmen in contemporary literature' Colum McCann 'Among the world's greatest storytellers' Donal Ryan 'One of the most assured novelists of his generation' Observer

Winner of the Barbara DiBernard Prize in Fiction "A funny and moving debut."-Charles Arrowsmith, The Washington Post “A love letter to Berlin, to travel, and to saying yes to life.”-Alan Cumming It’s the new millennium and the anxiety of midlife is creeping up on Sam Singer, a thirty-seven-year-old art advisor. Fed up with his partner and his life in New York, Sam flies to Berlin to attend a gallery opening. There he finds a once-divided city facing an identity crisis of its own. In Berlin the past is everywhere: the graffiti-stained streets, the candlelit cafÉs and techno clubs, the astonishing mash-up of architecture, monuments, and memorials. A trip that begins in isolation evolves into one of deep connection and possibility. In an intensely concentrated series of days, Sam finds himself awash in the city, stretched in limbo between his own past and future-in nightclubs with Jeremy, a lonely wannabe DJ; navigating a flirtation with Kaspar, an East Berlin artist he meets at a cafÉ; and engaged in a budding relationship with Magda, the enigmatic and icy manager of Sam’s hotel, whom Sam finds himself drawn to and determined to thaw. I Make Envy on Your Disco is at once a tribute to Berlin, a novel of longing and connection, and a coming-of-middle-age story about confronting the person you were and becoming the person you want to be.

Wolfram Hogrebes beschäftigt sich in diesem Buch mit dem sogenannten Zwischenreich – einem alten philosophischen Gedanken, wonach das Philosophieren es mit einer Art von Zwischenraum zu tun hat, der die Ordnungen der Begriffe und der Vorstellungen in eine bemerkenswerte Schwebe bringt. Das Zwischen ist da gleichsam ein Medium, das die Gedanken und Sprachen trägt und so in zuweilen unbekannte Gebiete führt, in denen sich das Denken verändert. Hogrebe zeigt, wie sehr dieses Zwischen, das sich auch in Naturerfahrungen aufzuschließen vermag, Thema bei so unterschiedlichen Philosophen und Dichtern wie Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Martin Heidegger, Henry David Thoreau und Peter Handke ist. "Wie schön, dass es derart kluge, kenntnisreiche, unprätentiöse Bücher wie dieses gibt: ein im besten Sinne gelehrtes Buch, das wie nebenbei einen ganzen Bereich der Philosophie neu entdeckt und aufrollt." Gert Scobel "Hogrebe schreibt [...] auf eine Weise, mit welcher der despektierlich so genannte "Nachwuchs" niemals erfolgreich Drittmittel einwerben könnte: Die reine Vielfalt der Autorinnen und Autoren wäre schon ein Grund, einen Antrag durchfallen zu lassen, und er bedient sich zwar der Beiträge aus verschiedenen Forschungsauseinandersetzungen und synthetisiert sie, aber er dient den Debatten nicht. Das ist, wie immer, sehr erfrischend." Philosophische Rundschau In this book, Wolfram Hogrebe deals with the realm of the intermediate – an ancient philosophical tradition according to which philosophical thinking is concerned with a kind of intermediate space that holds the orders of concepts and ideas in a remarkable limbo. The in-between is, as it were, a medium sustaining both thoughts and languages and is thus likely to disclose uncharted areas where thinking itself changes. Hogrebe shows how frequently this in-between, which has also been known to surface in experiences of nature, is the subject theme of a host of different philosophers and poets such as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Martin Heidegger, Henry David Thoreau and Peter Handke.

Wolfram Hogrebes beschäftigt sich in diesem Buch mit dem sogenannten Zwischenreich – einem alten philosophischen Gedanken, wonach das Philosophieren es mit einer Art von Zwischenraum zu tun hat, der die Ordnungen der Begriffe und der Vorstellungen in eine bemerkenswerte Schwebe bringt. Das Zwischen ist da gleichsam ein Medium, das die Gedanken und Sprachen trägt und so in zuweilen unbekannte Gebiete führt, in denen sich das Denken verändert. Hogrebe zeigt, wie sehr dieses Zwischen, das sich auch in Naturerfahrungen aufzuschließen vermag, Thema bei so unterschiedlichen Philosophen und Dichtern wie Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Martin Heidegger, Henry David Thoreau und Peter Handke ist. "Wie schön, dass es derart kluge, kenntnisreiche, unprätentiöse Bücher wie dieses gibt: ein im besten Sinne gelehrtes Buch, das wie nebenbei einen ganzen Bereich der Philosophie neu entdeckt und aufrollt." Gert Scobel "Hogrebe schreibt [...] auf eine Weise, mit welcher der despektierlich so genannte "Nachwuchs" niemals erfolgreich Drittmittel einwerben könnte: Die reine Vielfalt der Autorinnen und Autoren wäre schon ein Grund, einen Antrag durchfallen zu lassen, und er bedient sich zwar der Beiträge aus verschiedenen Forschungsauseinandersetzungen und synthetisiert sie, aber er dient den Debatten nicht. Das ist, wie immer, sehr erfrischend." Philosophische Rundschau In this book, Wolfram Hogrebe deals with the realm of the intermediate – an ancient philosophical tradition according to which philosophical thinking is concerned with a kind of intermediate space that holds the orders of concepts and ideas in a remarkable limbo. The in-between is, as it were, a medium sustaining both thoughts and languages and is thus likely to disclose uncharted areas where thinking itself changes. Hogrebe shows how frequently this in-between, which has also been known to surface in experiences of nature, is the subject theme of a host of different philosophers and poets such as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Martin Heidegger, Henry David Thoreau and Peter Handke.

"The beautiful, horrible world of Mariana Enriquez, as glimpsed in The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, with its disturbed adolescents, ghosts, decaying ghouls, the sad and angry homeless of modern Argentina, is the most exciting discovery I've made in fiction for some time."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Guardian SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE FINALIST: Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Ray Bradbury Prize, Kirkus Prize ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, New York Public Library, Electric Lit, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews Mariana Enriquez has been critically lauded for her unconventional and sociopolitical stories of the macabre. Populated by unruly teenagers, crooked witches, homeless ghosts, and hungry women, they walk the uneasy line between urban realism and horror. The stories in her new collection are as terrifying as they are socially conscious, and press into being the unspoken-fetish, illness, the female body, the darkness of human history-with bracing urgency. A woman is sexually obsessed with the human heart; a lost, rotting baby crawls out of a backyard and into a bedroom; a pair of teenage girls can't let go of their idol; an entire neighborhood is cursed to death when it fails to respond correctly to a moral dilemma. Written against the backdrop of contemporary Argentina, and with a resounding tenderness toward those in pain, in fear, and in limbo, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed is Mariana Enriquez at her most sophisticated, and most chilling.

An ode to female friendship and girlhood, this is the bestselling* YA debut from YouTuber, podcaster and presenter, G. Forsyth Read, perfect for fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Nel, Flo, Maggie and Nicole haven't been friends for years. Caught in the limbo summer between college and uni, each of the girls are at a precipice, deciding the direction of the rest of their lives. That's when the notifications come through. They'd forgotten all about the time-capsule text messages they sent each other two years ago. Messages full of confessions, feelings and secrets that force them back together again . . . before they break apart. Shining a spotlight on themes of body image, sexuality, romance, unhealthy relationships and toxic shock syndrome For readers aged 14+, this is coming-of-age contemporary fiction at its finest G. Forsyth Read is one half of the dynamic duo, Ally & G - hosts of the social series Backseat Driver, and the Leave a Message podcast Texts from Readers ¿¿ "I'm genuinely obsessed. I feel like this book healed parts of sixteen-year-old me. A masterpiece!" "This is the kind of book I WISH my eighteen-year-old self could have read. So special. So important." "So relatable in so many ways - validating, refreshing." *Texts We Never Sent was a AMZ #1 bestseller in Fiction About Eating Disorders & Body Image for Young Adults from 03/06/2026

An ode to female friendship and girlhood, this is the bestselling* YA debut from YouTuber, podcaster and presenter, G. Forsyth Read, perfect for fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Nel, Flo, Maggie and Nicole haven't been friends for years. Caught in the limbo summer between college and uni, each of the girls are at a precipice, deciding the direction of the rest of their lives. That's when the notifications come through. They'd forgotten all about the time-capsule text messages they sent each other two years ago. Messages full of confessions, feelings and secrets that force them back together again . . . before they break apart. Shining a spotlight on themes of body image, sexuality, romance, unhealthy relationships and toxic shock syndrome For readers aged 14+, this is coming-of-age contemporary fiction at its finest G. Forsyth Read is one half of the dynamic duo, Ally & G - hosts of the social series Backseat Driver, and the Leave a Message podcast Texts from Readers ¿¿ "I'm genuinely obsessed. I feel like this book healed parts of sixteen-year-old me. A masterpiece!" "This is the kind of book I WISH my eighteen-year-old self could have read. So special. So important." "So relatable in so many ways - validating, refreshing." *Texts We Never Sent was a AMZ #1 bestseller in Fiction About Eating Disorders & Body Image for Young Adults from 03/06/2026

What starts off as a lighthearted competition to live without modern technology for a year turns into a fight for survival in this unputdownable young adult thriller by New York Times bestselling author Jarrod Shusterman and debut author Sofía Lapuente. It was never meant to happen this way. Things were never supposed to get this out of hand. After a cyberbullying incident at her school goes viral, Luna Iglesias finds herself at the heart of a brewing controversy. When the social media company Limbo—who are also implicated in the scandal—sweeps in with an offer that sounds like an opportunity to turn over a new leaf and receive a scholarship to the college of her dreams, she's happy to jump on the new trend. It's called the Retro Challenge, where contestants live without modern technology, wear vintage clothes, party as if the future weren't already written, and fall in love as if they were living in a movie. At first, the challenge is fun. But then things get dangerous. Kids start disappearing, including Luna's friends. There are voices in the woods. Bloodred markings on the trees. And Luna increasingly begins to wonder if all these strange happenings are connected with the Retro Challenge. Secrets. Lies. Betrayal. The weight of her family on her shoulders. There's so much on the line for Luna, not to mention she's falling in love with the last guy she expected. Unless she can figure out the truth behind who's sabotaging the challenge, the next person to disappear may be Luna herself.

In this age of DNA computers and artificial intelligence, information is becoming disembodied even as the "bodies" that once carried it vanish into virtuality. While some marvel at these changes, envisioning consciousness downloaded into a computer or humans "beamed" Star Trek-style, others view them with horror, seeing monsters brooding in the machines. In How We Became Posthuman, N. Katherine Hayles separates hype from fact, investigating the fate of embodiment in an information age. Hayles relates three interwoven stories: how information lost its body, that is, how it came to be conceptualized as an entity separate from the material forms that carry it; the cultural and technological construction of the cyborg; and the dismantling of the liberal humanist "subject" in cybernetic discourse, along with the emergence of the "posthuman." Ranging widely across the history of technology, cultural studies, and literary criticism, Hayles shows what had to be erased, forgotten, and elided to conceive of information as a disembodied entity. Thus she moves from the post-World War II Macy Conferences on cybernetics to the 1952 novel Limbo by cybernetics aficionado Bernard Wolfe; from the concept of self-making to Philip K. Dick's literary explorations of hallucination and reality; and from artificial life to postmodern novels exploring the implications of seeing humans as cybernetic systems. Although becoming posthuman can be nightmarish, Hayles shows how it can also be liberating. From the birth of cybernetics to artificial life, How We Became Posthuman provides an indispensable account of how we arrived in our virtual age, and of where we might go from here.

In this age of DNA computers and artificial intelligence, information is becoming disembodied even as the "bodies" that once carried it vanish into virtuality. While some marvel at these changes, envisioning consciousness downloaded into a computer or humans "beamed" Star Trek-style, others view them with horror, seeing monsters brooding in the machines. In How We Became Posthuman, N. Katherine Hayles separates hype from fact, investigating the fate of embodiment in an information age. Hayles relates three interwoven stories: how information lost its body, that is, how it came to be conceptualized as an entity separate from the material forms that carry it; the cultural and technological construction of the cyborg; and the dismantling of the liberal humanist "subject" in cybernetic discourse, along with the emergence of the "posthuman." Ranging widely across the history of technology, cultural studies, and literary criticism, Hayles shows what had to be erased, forgotten, and elided to conceive of information as a disembodied entity. Thus she moves from the post-World War II Macy Conferences on cybernetics to the 1952 novel Limbo by cybernetics aficionado Bernard Wolfe; from the concept of self-making to Philip K. Dick's literary explorations of hallucination and reality; and from artificial life to postmodern novels exploring the implications of seeing humans as cybernetic systems. Although becoming posthuman can be nightmarish, Hayles shows how it can also be liberating. From the birth of cybernetics to artificial life, How We Became Posthuman provides an indispensable account of how we arrived in our virtual age, and of where we might go from here.

When war-haunted Tristan takes a job guarding Mark's exclusive kink club, everything shatters with the arrival of Mark's fiancée, Isolde. Inside Lyonesse, Mark curates control, Tristan guards the door, and Isolde tests every forbidden boundary as tangled desires ignite between all three in this sizzling romance from USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone. Tristan Thomas is lost. After leaving the army, the young former soldier is in limbo. Until, that is, he's hired to guard Mark Trevena, the owner of DC's ultra-secret club, Lyonesse. Slowly, he's drawn into Mark's dark, seductive world of power and desire, , even though Mark is everything Tristan knows he shouldn't want: cruel and wicked and shamelessly amoral. But protecting Mark isn't Tristan's only duty. Soon, Mark asks him to guard his bride-to-be as she travels home from Ireland on Mark's yacht. Tristan is obsessively jealous, but the former soldier in him is made to obey orders, and as it turns out, Isolde Laurence is nothing like he expected. Young, sharp, and bewitching, she's being pushed into this marriage by her family, and as the two travel back to America, Tristan finds himself enraptured with the woman behind the reserve. One night, while sailing under the cold stars, Isolde and Tristan share a searing kiss. From there, it's a fast fall into the forbidden for all three of them. In a world where every touch is a negotiation and every secret fuels temptation, pleasure and power blur until one reckless choice sets a love affair on fire.

Practical FLR: The Submissive's Journey is the essential guide for submissive men seeking to understand their true nature and become valuable partners in a female-led relationship. It answers their most burning question. "How do I find a dominant woman?" This journey is as much about self-discovery as it is about finding the right partner. To realize their ultimate purpose, submissive men must first confront and overcome the unspoken internal battles that keep them lost in limbo and unable to create meaningful relationships. They can never fully commit to a FLR until they have learned how to change their mindset from being fantasy-oriented to service-oriented. Only then can they offer her true service that she will enjoy. The Submissives Journey delves into the psyche of the submissive male mind, providing clarity and practical steps for those ready to break free from their self-imposed limitations. This book is more than just a guide! It's a call to action. True transformation begins with the decision to change. Only when submissive men discover their true value can they offer it to a woman. When a woman accepts that value, she will understand that a submissive man is exactly the kind of partner she's always wanted. By following the path laid out in The Submissive's Journey, you'll learn to embrace chivalry, humility, and the art of putting her first, ultimately taking your rightful place in service at the feet of the woman you love. Embark on The Submissive's Journey and discover the steps to creating the practical FLR of your dreams.

When war-haunted Tristan takes a job guarding Mark's exclusive kink club, everything shatters with the arrival of Mark's fiancée, Isolde. Inside Lyonesse, Mark curates control, Tristan guards the door, and Isolde tests every forbidden boundary as tangled desires ignite between all three in this sizzling romance from USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone. Tristan Thomas is lost. After leaving the army, the young former soldier is in limbo. Until, that is, he's hired to guard Mark Trevena, the owner of DC's ultra-secret club, Lyonesse. Slowly, he's drawn into Mark's dark, seductive world of power and desire, , even though Mark is everything Tristan knows he shouldn't want: cruel and wicked and shamelessly amoral. But protecting Mark isn't Tristan's only duty. Soon, Mark asks him to guard his bride-to-be as she travels home from Ireland on Mark's yacht. Tristan is obsessively jealous, but the former soldier in him is made to obey orders, and as it turns out, Isolde Laurence is nothing like he expected. Young, sharp, and bewitching, she's being pushed into this marriage by her family, and as the two travel back to America, Tristan finds himself enraptured with the woman behind the reserve. One night, while sailing under the cold stars, Isolde and Tristan share a searing kiss. From there, it's a fast fall into the forbidden for all three of them. In a world where every touch is a negotiation and every secret fuels temptation, pleasure and power blur until one reckless choice sets a love affair on fire.