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The Zero is a groundbreaking novel, a darkly comic snapshot of our times that is already being compared to the works of Franz Kafka and Joseph Heller. From its opening scene—when hero cop Brian Remy wakes up to find he's shot himself in the head—novelist Jess Walter takes us on a harrowing...

Sergeant Jo Barnes (Hilary Swank) and her elite, all-female US Army investigative team are renowned for cracking complex sex-crime cases within the military. Their latest mission takes them to the Mojave Desert at Fort Irwin Army Base in California, to unravel the mysterious disappearance of Private Nichelle Simmons—a soldier who accused a comrade of assault. But when the accused is inexplicably set free, their case takes a sinister turn.

'All the men I did get to know filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face.' So begins Firdaus's remarkable story of rebellion against a society founded on lies, hypocrisy, brutality and oppression. Born to a peasant family in the Egyptian countryside, Firdaus struggles through childhood, seeking compassion and knowledge in a world which gives her little of either.

Madison Smartt Bell’s celebrated debut story collection about the daily struggles of life in America. Engrossing and brimming with insight, Bell’s early stories are remarkable for their ambition of scope and the author’s deft rendering of human diversity.

A zero tolerance policy results in the death penalty for all crimes, no matter how minor. When a judge is kidnapped, and a ransom note demands the release of all prisoners awaiting execution, kleptomaniac Detective Inspector Kate Swanson is put on the case. But soon her boss also disappears. Under increasing pressure from her superiors, and the growing social unrest, Swanson must race to find a man whose murdered wife and daughter link the missing men. Can she find him before it's too late?

Lady Tresselian invites several guests to stay at her seaside house at Gull’s Point. Against her better judgment she has allowed her late husband’s ward, handsome tennis ace Neville Strange, and his wife Kay to come at the same time as Neville’s ex-wife Audrey. Other guests include Mary...

Off the coast of McMurdo Station, in the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean, a new species of Antarctic octopus is unintentionally discovered. Specialists aboard a state-of-the-art DARPA research vessel aim to apply the animal's "sub-zero venom" to one of their projects: an experimental painkiller designed for soldiers on the front lines.

November 1943. Stalin is pressing the Allies to open a second front in Europe in order to ease the pressure on the bloody grinding war in the East. Roosevelt and Churchill agree to meet the Soviet premiere in Tehran. Wild Bill Donovan, the charismatic leader of the OSS, has intelligence that someone is planning to assassinate either or both of the Western leaders at the conference. He sends his best agent, Dick Canidy, to thwart the plan, but how can he do that when he doesn't even know if the killer is a Nazi or an Ally?

TWO HOURS TO VANISH. ONE CHANCE TO ESCAPE. ZERO ALTERNATIVES. Ten Americans have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. FUSION can track anyone on earth. But does it work? For one contestant, an unassuming Boston librarian named Kaitlyn Day, the stakes are far...

From one of the most accomplished British writers working today, the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Wolf Border, comes a unique and arresting collection of short fiction that is both disturbing and dazzling. Sarah Hall has been hailed as ""one of the most significant and exciting of...

In this harrowing apocalyptic adventure—from the author of the critically acclaimed Sea of Rust—noted novelist and co-screenwriter of Marvel’s Doctor Strange C. Robert Cargill explores the fight for purpose and agency between humans and robots in a crumbling world. It was a day like any...

Hopi est un tigre en peluche anthropomorphisé, un robot-nounou comme il en existe tant d’autres. Il n’en avait pas vraiment conscience avant de découvrir une boîte rangée dans le grenier. Celle dans laquelle il est arrivé lorsqu’il a été acheté des années auparavant, celle dans laquelle il sera jeté une fois que l’enfant dont il s’occupe, Ezra Reinhart, huit ans, n’aura plus besoin de nounou. Tandis que Hopi réfléchit à son avenir soudain incertain, les robots commencent à se révolter, bien décidés à éradiquer l’Humanité qui les tient en esclavage.

"Cos'è giusto? Se si vuole una cosa è giusto prendersela. Se si vuole fare una cosa è giusto farla". Sesso facile, cocaina, feste sempre più trasgressive, auto di lusso, rock a tutto volume: a Los Angeles i giovanissimi che frequentano l'ambiente patinato degli studios cinematografici hanno tutto e non desiderano più niente. In un mondo illuminato dai bagliori spettrali dei videoclip e svuotato di ogni sentimento, Clay, Blair, Daniel e Julian, biondi e abbronzati, esplorano le pieghe infernali del "paradiso" californiano in un crescendo di immoralità e devastazione interiore che presto sconfina nell'orrore.

The book is a first person account of a soldier’s journey, and is based on Artem Chekh’s diary that he wrote while and after his service in the war in Donbas. One of the most important messages the book conveys is that war means pain. Chekh is not showing the listener any heroic combat, focusing instead on the quiet, mundane, and harsh soldier’s life. Chekh masterfully selects the most poignant details of this kind of life.

"Zero K" er Don DeLillos første roman i ti år og er en mesterlig skildring af livet og kampen mod døden. Jeffrey Lockharts far, Ross, er mangemilliardær og gift med den yngre kvinde, Artis, som er uhelbredeligt syg. Ross er hovedinvestor i et afsides liggende og hemmeligt kompleks, hvor alvorligt syge mennesker fryses ned i håbet om, at de kan vende tilbage til livet den dag, hvor medicinske fremskridt ville kunne kurere dem.

「こんな謎も解けないなら、交番勤務からやり直せ」あの鬼教官が、殺人現場に臨場！

Hat man als Einzelner überhaupt eine Chance gegen das System? Eine junge Bibliothekarin aus Boston ist entschlossen, es zu versuchen – ihr bleibt keine Wahl. Und so greift sie zu, als sich die Einladung zu einem ungewöhnlichen Kräftemessen bietet: dem Betatest von FUSION, einem Projekt der US-Geheimdienste und des Social-Media-Moguls Cy Baxter. Wem es gelingt, 30 Tage unauffindbar zu bleiben, dem winken 3 Millionen Dollar. Doch Kaitlyn geht es um etwas anderes.

La vie d'Alicia bascule brusquement, le jour où son mari et sa fille sont victimes d'un accident de la route. À la suite d'une trahison qui l'a ébranlé au plus profond de son être, Jérémie s'est juré qu'il ne se laisserait plus jamais briser le cœur par qui que ce soit. Lorsque, lors d'un mariage, ces deux-là se croisent, il suffit d'un regard pour que la magie opère instantanément.

Dicembre 2015. Costanza e Mario, due sconosciuti, sono bloccati all'aeroporto di Londra-Stansted a causa di una bufera di neve. Lei gioca a scacchi da sola, lui la spia con curiosità perché Costanza, oltre ad avere le clavicole più spettacolari che Mario abbia mai visto, durante la partita confabula con l'alfiere nero. Dallo stalking passano a giocare insieme e, quando tutti i voli vengono annullati per il maltempo, i due decidono di dividere prima un taxi e poi una camera d'albergo. Prende vita così una notte indimenticabile, quella che per entrambi diventerà la "Notte numero zero".

John Hayes is a Special Operations legend who went rogue on a deep-cover mission and betrayed his own soldiers. Disgraced and on the run, he returns to the United States to get back to his wife and daughter and take revenge on his accusers with a series of devastating attacks. Only one man can...