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On Tigris, children develop telekinesis beginning at the age of five. By the time they're pre-teens, though, their special abilities peak, then slip away as they reach maturity. Being able to "teek" gives them power—even over most adults—until they gradually become regular teenagers, no longer special, no longer with authority and status. Some handle the Transition better than others.

Bold, queer and utterly thrilling, Hell's Heart is a speculative retelling of Herman Melville's classic, Moby Dick. From bestselling author of Boyfriend Material, Alexis Hall. They are monsters. They are legends. And they are our prey. Earth is dead. Which leaves us stuck living in atmospheric...

Dr. Maeve Leander and Captain Chris Garrigan are trusting Tilda Watson to keep Alvie, the triplets, and their expanding circle of fugitives safe. Not that they have much choice. With dangerous forces within the U.S. government chasing them down, their list of safe harbors is down to one: an island long thought to be only myth. But this new hiding spot is not as secure as it seems. For a new threat has entered the field of battle, a threat not of this Earth. And in this new existence, allegiances are as deadly and changeable as quicksand under their feet.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD . . . 'A high-voltage, whip-smart adventure' AVA REID 'A cyberpunk masterpiece' XIRAN JAY ZHAO From Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes the start of a daring new dystopian series where humanity has moved to virtual reality to flee...

I was forced to make a decision...her life for mine. It really was a simple question to answer because, at the end of the day, I'm nothing more than a wannabe girl, with the dream of being more.

Alex knew the risks of revealing how special he was. But at twelve years old, a single mistake brought the world government to his doorstep and shattered his reality. His mother died that day, and his twin brother, Levi, was gone, leaving Alex orphaned and alone. Now, five years later, Alex is still searching for Levi, determined to rebuild what he’d once had. He’s stayed in the shadows, doing everything he can to avoid the government’s attention. However, just as he uncovers a promising lead on his brother’s whereabouts, he’s spotted by the police.

Ein hartgesottener Kapitalist gerät auf rätselhafte Weise in eine von Künstlicher Intelligenz gesteuerte Parallelwelt. Auf einer fantastischen Reise nach innen wird der Spekulant mit seinen Ängsten und den grossen Fragen des Lebens konfrontiert. Eine temporeiche Geschichte über die illusionäre Macht des Geldes, die Wandlungsfähigkeit des Menschen und die Zukunft des Planeten. Peter Wallimann entwirft eine herausfordernde Gesellschaftsutopie durch die Verbindung futuristischer Technologie mit humanistischen Werten.

Boredom was killing Jay, not in a dramatic way, but in the life of stifled potential way. He wanted more out of life. Then, without any warning, he found himself part of an experiment with not even so much as the courtesy of a "how do you do? ". It wasn't really all bad, though. The fit, busty babes outnumbered him 30 to one. Now, Jay has to fight to survive. He has to conquer the dungeon or die. On top of that, he has to juggle a bunch of gorgeous women who are all stuck in the same life-or-death fight as him. If ever there was a time for bonding...

In a post-apocalyptic 2393, society is split between an elite group of immortal Eternals and a brutal underclass that live in the outlands and are controlled by the Exterminators. Zed, an Exterminator who has come to question his role and the exact nature of the world he inhabits, stows away in the flying head that descends to issue guns and sermons to the Exterminators, and enters the world of the Eternals: the Vortex. An ostensible paradise of rationality and order, the Vortex is revealed as a place which is itself full of division and intrigue. Has he come here of his own free will?

In a future where death is embraced, a time-traveling doctor is the only one who can save a wounded resistance leader. When Dr. Jim Parsons wakes up from a car accident, he finds himself in a future populated almost entirely by the young. But to keep the world run by the young, death is fetishized, and those who survive to old age are put down. In such a world, Parsons—with his innate desire to save lives - is a criminal and outcast.

My mountain domain operates as smoothly as the sleek machines that mine for ore in the caves, but when a human female is found in the snow, every alarm bell rings—literally. It's Jane, a volunteer of the human-Mitran breeding program, who had disappeared six months earlier, but not willingly.

The Darkening is so much more than anyone could have imagined. This ruthless consumer of worlds lives only to spread and infect. Now, it sets its eyes on Earth. With the Galactic Government still reeling from the events of Chancellor Mandrake's rule, Daniel and his team prepare for war. The campaign promises to be long and bloody but they must strike now. The Darkening cannot be allowed time to grow in power.

¿Quién no se ha preguntado por la existencia de otros mundos y ha imaginado cómo descubrirlos? Escritos en la primera mitad del siglo XX, los cuentos de Judith Merril, Zenna Henderson, Joanna Russ, Doris Pitkin Buck, Wilmar H. Shiras, C. L. Moore y Mildred Clingerman muestran posibles vías para llegar a ellos.

The thug ran his hand down the warm curve of her thigh, and it wasn’t until an impossibly strong hand gripped his arm that he realized the girl, was no girl at all. Still, if not for bad timing he might have left the room alive... Things aren’t always as they seem. The girl in the box is unbelievably beautiful and while Ivan Petrovic knows she’s a Synthetic, he experiences cognitive dissonance trying to reconcile her appearance and what she actually is.

Epicenters have activated all over the planet, and the Rifts are behaving unpredictably. It might seem time for humanity to unite before this shared threat, but there are too many people who care about nothing but their own interests!

In a near-future world divided by social status and technological advancement, Dex, a street-smart young man, stumbles into a high-stakes security job at Cambridge University. Meanwhile, Haruki, a privileged woman, grapples with an unexpected pregnancy and her rebellious daughter Yoshiko seeks refuge in an off-shore colony. As their lives intertwine, they uncover a conspiracy that could reshape their world.

Zenkarn presents Book 3 in the Reincarnated for an Apocalypse Store series.

What if the human body could heal itself? In the 21st century genetic editing went from science fiction to reality. Zarkon Pharmaceuticals is a biotech company that specializes in regenerative medicine. Martin, an eager neuroscientist at Zarkon, realizes that by studying animals capable of regrowing and regenerating their bodies, they could soon transfer those traits into humans. His research is on the cusp of curing Alzheimer’s, brain damage, severed nerves, spinal cord injuries, and even missing limbs.

Eine beinahe unglaubliche wissenschaftliche Entdeckung, die verspricht, die Welt zu verändern. Doch zu welchem Preis? Es fühlt sich an wie ein Urknall, als Zoe in einem Vorlesungssaal von Harvard auf Jack trifft. Von einer Sekunde auf die andere verändert sich alles: Zwischen den beiden entbrennt ein spielerischer Wettkampf, der schon bald von einer unbändigen Faszination füreinander abgelöst wird. Jack ist klug und ambitioniert, beinahe mühelos scheint ihm alles zu gelingen. Zoe ist wie elektrisiert, wenn sie zusammen sind.

Strap in for an exhilarating journey through alien warfare and human resilience, where every heartbeat exposes the life-and-death battle between love and treachery. Arch Enemy, first book in the Mother Race trilogy, is a tale of epic proportions, with the survival of our species hanging perilously in the balance.