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Running. Putting distance between himself and the relentless Night Brigade has been Nomad’s strategy for years. Staying one or two steps ahead of his pursuers by skipping through the Cosmere from one world to the next. But now, his powers too depleted to escape, Nomad finds himself trapped on Canticle, a planet that will kill anyone who doesn’t keep moving. Fleeing the fires of a sunrise that melts the very stones, he is instantly caught up in the struggle between a heartless tyrant and the brave rebels who defy him.

Joss Ackland, Roger Allam and Leslie Phillips star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel. When poverty drives Jean Valjean to steal a loaf of bread from a baker’s window, it is an action that will haunt him for the rest of his life. A citizen of...

By day, Mercy Thompson is a car mechanic in the sprawling Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington. By night, she explores her preternatural side. As a shape-shifter with some unusual talents, Mercy’s found herself maintaining a tenuous harmony between the human and the not-so-human on more than one occasion. This time she may get more than she bargained for.

Ana da Silva always assumed she’d die young, she just never expected it to be at the hands of Famine, the haunting immortal who once spared her life so many years ago. But if the horseman remembers her at all, he must not care, for when she comes face to face with him for the second time in her life, she’s stabbed and left for dead. Only, she doesn’t quite die.

Vampire Hunter D continues his quest to overcome the interstellar evil brought to earth by the ultimate Noble, the terrifying renegade vampire Valcua! Wielding a sword that can cut through the fabric of space and time, Valcua has a score to settle with the bloodline of humans responsible for his exile. The family has enlisted D to protect them from Valcua's wrath, and the vampire hunter might be their only chance at survival.

The day Jerusalem falls, Miriam Elmahdy knows her life is over. Houses are burning, the streets run red with blood, and a traitorous army is massacring every last resident. There is no surviving this, especially not once Miriam catches the eye of War himself. But when the massive and terrifying horseman corners Miriam, he calls her his wife, and instead of killing her, he takes her back to his camp.

Der schwedische Millionär und Kunstsammler Peer Johannesson geht bei einem Kanuausflug auf dem Skatelövfjorden über Bord. Wahrscheinlich ein Herzinfarkt. Aber die Leiche wird nicht gefunden. Johannessons Anwalt handelt ungewöhnlich schnell und lädt noch am selben Tag, ohne Wissen der Witwe, vier Männer nach Växjö zur Testamentseröffnung ein. Als drei dieser "Erben" tags darauf eintreffen, ist der Anwalt tot. Und das Testament ist unauffindbar. Die Kommissare Hanna Fridlund und Nils Edmundson nehmen die Ermittlungen auf...

Anna Bellini, commissario di polizia milanese, è sempre più coinvolta dal caso spionistico legato alla morte dell'usuraio Antonio Roveda. Ora deve fingere di essere solo interessata ai soldi e di volere quindi vendere l'archivio di Roveda. Insieme al suo capo, Nicola Maceratini, preparano l'incontro che Anna dovrà avere con Besic, imprenditore legato all'Isis. Anna va al ristorante di Besic. L'uomo d'affari è fascinoso e seduttivo, ma anche duro e spietato.

The long struggle is over at last. The demon dactyl is no more, its dark sorceries shattered by the gemstone magic wielded by the woman known as Pony. But victory has not come easily. Many lives were lost, including Pony’s lover, the elf-trained ranger Elbryan Wynden. Despite the dactyl’s demise, the kingdom still seethes in the same cauldron of plots and machinations. But when a deadly sickness suddenly appears among the people of Corona, Pony must undertake a pilgrimage that will test her powers—and her faith—as never before.

An alternative history of the US space programme, dramatised by Dirk Maggs. What if John F. Kennedy survived the assassination attempt and developed the space programme? President Nixon, with the help of former president JFK, has just green-lit NASA’s first manned expedition to Mars. Aboard the expedition is Natalie York, a geologist who risks everything she loves for the chance to go to space; Phil Stone, former X-15 test pilot; and Ralph Gershon, a Vietnam War hero intent on being the first African American to reach another planet.

Mortals fall, Ascended rise, and Gods consume. The planar energy crisis is now fact; proof written into the very air of the Nexusplane. For the first time in immeasurable history, the eternally luminescent Realm of the Gods knows night. Everything has changed…The Council continues to operate as it doesn’t; with seemingly no consideration to those outside itself. Within its labyrinth of bureaucracy, officials and agents play their petty games. Not even they can tell if their actions bear any relevance to the imminent threat.

In the North Pacific, the crew of a deep-sea recovery ship, the MV Challenger, are mercilessly gunned to death. Only one man survives, adrift in the ocean, and hundreds of miles from land. In the deserts of Iraq, a clandestine meeting between one of the world's foremost assassins and his ruthless benefactor sets in train a cascade of horrific events that will shape the world for good.

In the future, the leaders of Hive nations–nations without fixed location–clandestinely committed nefarious deeds in order to maintain an outward semblance of utopian stability. But the facade could only last so long. The comforts of effortless global travel and worldwide abundance may have tempered humanity's darkest inclinations, but conflict remains deeply rooted in the human psyche. All it needed was a catalyst, in form of special little boy to ignite half a millennium of repressed chaos.

Kieran has stepped up to take his place as the ruler of magical San Francisco. As his girlfriend I'm in the spotlight, and the Hades Demigods have taken notice. They want me on their team, and they don’t plan on asking nicely. Kieran and I are both under fire. They will kill him to get to me, and they'll take me by force if necessary. It is essential I learn more of my magic. With no other options, I do what scares me the most—I summon the last Spirit Walker to help train me.

Abby Holden hat die Hölle auf Erden erlebt: Das sadistische Ehepaar Wall hatte sie entführt, eingesperrt und gefoltert, bis es selbst einem geheimnisvollen Mörder zum Opfer fiel. Zurück in Freiheit versucht Abby die Schrecken der Vergangenheit abzuschütteln, aber ein solches Rätsel kann Professor van Dusen natürlich nicht ungelöst lassen.

Das Ringen um das Gold des Nibelungen gipfelt mit der "Götterdämmerung" in einem furiosen Finale: Walhalla, das Reich der Götter, geht in Flammen auf und der Schatz kehrt zu den Rheintöchtern zurück. Der Hörspielzyklus "Der Ring des Nibelungen", der mit "Das Rheingold", "Die Walküre" und "Siegfried" begann wird nun mit der "Götterdämmerung" vollendet. In den herausragend besetzten Hörspielen, beruhend auf den Libretti der Opern, tritt die Kraft von Wagners Sprache deutlich hervor. Die Wagner-Texte können so aufregend neu entdeckt werden.

Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Laurence Olivier, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Olivier himself. They were based on works by the world's leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.