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Sam can’t swallow the fear crawling up his throat. He rescued the girl of his dreams and took out several Robot Masters, but hearing Fred’s terrified screams is a massive punch to the gut. Without a moment to lose, Sam sprints to Fred’s rescue, but its Hearts—the very lifeforce of the fortress—have been exposed to Xaos’s corruption.

Die postapokalyptische Welt verändert sich in diesem letzten Band der Families First Serie. Lance, Joy und ihre angeschlagene Gruppe von Überlebenden haben sich auf der Saddle Ranch niedergelassen und verteidigen das Tal mit ihrem Blut. Lance und seine Frau Joy sind es gewohnt, Anführer zu sein, und finden sich in dieser nächsten Welt ohne Aufgabe wieder. Können sie einen Weg finden, in diesem komplizierten neuen Zuhause wieder zu führen?

Over the course of a single day, Katie McKinney's world was transformed — literally — into something unrecognizable, a place full of wonder, and pain, and an insistent demand for change. Her location had altered, but this was something more; the aliens who had taken her into this new environment that they called the Enclave, insisted that she herself would change — and that she had no choice in the matter. She would face “The Process.” The biggest question on Katie’s mind was why.

Verflucht und dem Tod geweiht ist Thorn an einem Scheideweg angelangt … Er kann entweder aufgeben und sterben oder einen Weg einschlagen, den er niemals gehen wollte. Widerwillig akzeptiert er, dass seine einzige Chance zum Überleben in verdorbener Magie liegt, und schon bald findet sich Thorn in einer Welt voller uralter Geheimnisse wieder, während er versucht, seine Spuren vor denen zu verbergen, die hinter ihm her sind.

When penniless businessman Mr Bedford moves to Kent in the hopes of writing a play, he meets mad scientist Mr Cavor who is developing an anti-gravity metal. One man seeking his fortune and the other scientific discovery, this unlikely pair journey to the moon using Mr Cavor's new invention. But what creatures lurk beneath its cratered surface?

Marine Corps Captain Jacob Brown und sein Kampfsynth-Partner Blechmann waren auf sich selbst gestellt … Die beiden waren auf ihrem Schiff, der Boneshaker, unterwegs, seit sie eine enorme Verschwörung aufgedeckt hatten. Die Cridal-Premierministerin, Seeladas Dalton, war durch eine kybernetische Doppelgängerin ersetzt worden. Jetzt hatte Jacob entdeckt, dass diese Täuschung viel tiefer reichte.

No romance, o planeta Terra foi devastado por uma guerra atômica e grande parte da população sobrevivente emigrou para os mundos-colônias, fugindo da poeira radioativa que extinguiu inúmeras espécies de animais e de plantas. Rick Deckard é um caçador de recompensas. Seu trabalho: eliminar androides que vivem ilegalmente na Terra. É quando Rick percebe que a linha que separa humanos e androides não é tão nítida como acreditava. Toda criatura viva se torna, então, um objeto de desejo para aqueles que permaneceram, mas esse é um privilégio de poucos.

O excêntrico Professor Otto Lidenbrock descobre um criptograma antigo que revela a existência de uma passagem secreta para o interior da Terra, localizada no vulcão Sneffels, na Islândia. Junto com seu sobrinho Axel e o guia Hans, Lidenbrock inicia uma perigosa descida ao abismo. Eles descobrem um mundo subterrâneo colossal e pré-histórico, com oceanos, florestas de cogumelos gigantes e criaturas extintas.

Quando um exército de invasores marcianos chega à Inglaterra, o pânico e o terror tomam conta da população. Enquanto os alienígenas atravessam o país em enormes máquinas de três pernas, incinerando tudo em seu caminho com um raio de calor e espalhando gases tóxicos nocivos, os moradores da Terra devem chegar a um acordo com a perspectiva do fim da civilização humana e o início da era marciana.

Crushed by agoraphobia and desperate to reclaim her life, Jenna agrees to an experimental retreat that claims to cure fear itself. Three days in an isolated lakeside cabin. Cutting edge augmented reality therapy. A chance to finally feel free.

En la isla de los Estados, una isla de la Patagonia argentina, donde se confunden los océanos Atlántico y Pacífico, habita una banda de piratas dirigidos por el terrible Kongre. Estos piratas se dedican a atacar embarcaciones que encallan en la zona. Su modo de vida se ve seriamente amenazado cuando el gobierno argentino construye y pone en funcionamiento un faro (el llamado Faro del Fin del Mundo) que dejan al cuidado de tres fareros. Los piratas dan muerte a dos de ellos, y dejan con vida únicamente al jefe, Vázquez, que ha logrado ocultarse.

Devon Barlow knows his parents are different. They never dress down, they rarely talk to people outside the ship, and they have so many smugglers’ caches on board Zephyr they could hide an army. In fact, he’s pretty sure they’re pirates. When his mother brings passengers onto the ship he thinks his suspicions are confirmed, but these passengers are more than he’d anticipated. Suddenly on the run, Devon finds himself confronted by a past his parents have worked hard to protect him from; his own. Jorry thought winning a galactic war would be enough to buy a peaceful life. She was wrong.

Whether known to a few special souls or all but Unknown since their publication, the tales in this volume will be Unfamiliar to all who claim kinship with Humankind. Listen and Lose yourself!

Oswalth Kerzenrauch, genannt ›der Gräber‹, stirbt nicht. Als die letzten Erdenbewohner den unwirtlichen Planeten in Richtung Nektar II verlassen, bleibt er mit den wenigen Zurückgelassenen in den Ruinen Berlins zurück. In einer Welt nach der Menschheit entsteht dort in den Trümmern eine widersprüchliche Idylle. Je einsamer er wird, desto mehr verliert er sich in seinen schönsten und in seinen furchtbarsten Erinnerungen. Hendrik Otrembas vierter Roman erzählt kontrastreich die Geschichte eines einfachen Mannes, der in unserer Epoche geboren und in der Unendlichkeit gestrandet ist.

Forty days have passed since the world died. Billions of corpses walk the Earth. Everything is disintegrating... A group of eleven men and women have survived against the odds. On an almost daily basis, they attack the dead with brutal ferocity, tearing through them with utter contempt. Somewhere nearby, out of sight and out of earshot, is another group that has adopted a completely different survival strategy. Where the others have used brutality and strength, these people have demonstrated subtlety, planning, and tactics.

When the power dies, Holly watches the world fall out of the sky. Cars fail, phones go dark, and help never comes. Trapped between a collapsing town and a forgotten homestead, she must choose fast. Survive alone, or die waiting for a system that’s already gone.

In a self-running smart house, a young sentient hoover listens as her owner, Harold, reads aloud to his dying wife, Edie. Mesmerized by To Kill a Mockingbird and craving human connection, the little vacuum renames herself Scout and embarks on a journey of self-discovery. But when Edie passes away, Scout and her fellow appliances discover that the omnipresent Grid, which monitors every household in the City, wants to displace Harold from the home he's lived in for fifty years.

Mira has obtained the respect of the forest’s guardians. After vowing to protect Areswood Forest from an impending conquering attempt, she seeks answers and powers in Misty Row—the bramble that separates the Fourth and Fifth Domains. It’s a harrowing world with high risks and miraculous rewards she’ll need to protect the forest.

Many legends grasp much love. Hope from above, and faith in the light. Family ties; darkness, magic; suspenseful climaxes... A humorous view at the naked truth of social experiences! The birth is not always is as it was once questioned. Only one knows what’s in tail for Fifi’s associations. Although, most distinguish to some form of scope, that God lives within each of us — whole.

Os Despossuídos lida com temas fundamentais a sua época, como o capitalismo, o comunismo russo e o anarquismo, além dos conceitos de individual e coletivo. O romance se passa em dois planetas-gêmeos, Uras e Anarres, com sistemas políticos opostos e prestes a entrar em guerra, numa alusão à Guerra Fria.