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In 48 hours, the Earth will be hit by a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun, a "Carrington Event" that has the power to shut down and possibly destroy the world's electrical infrastructure. To try and prevent permanent damage, everything goes dark prior to the hit: Global communications are shut down; hospital emergency generators are disconnected; the entire internet, media broadcasting, and cell phone systems are turned off. Will the world's population successfully defend itself in the wake of the CME, or will mass panic lead to the breakdown of society as we know it?

As the darkness of the war slowly consumes the galaxy, those who still serve the Throne are faced with a struggle for their survival and the continued existence of everything they hold dear. With the threat of the Warmaster's fleet looming ever closer to Terra, it will fall to such heroes to halt the tide, but the enemies arrayed against them are powerful, and the burden of loyalty is great....

The running man. In 1945, Hitler unleashes the Blood Death on Britain as his final act of vengeance. Hoke, an American pilot and one of a tiny minority with a rare blood group unaffected by the deadly disease, has survived alone among the debris and the dead of London for three years. Now, in '48, a slow-dying group of Fascist Blackshirts believe their only hope is a complete transfusion of blood from one of Hoke's kind. Ever more desperate as their deaths approach, they're after his blood.

Nach wie vor droht die Vernichtung der solaren Menschheit durch den Todessatelliten, der unangreifbar in der Sonne schwebt. Um den Untergang zu verhindern, reist Perry Rhodan mit seinen Gefährten 200.000 Jahre in die Vergangenheit. Sein Ziel: die Installierung des Satelliten ungeschehen zu machen. Dazu benötigt er allerdings die Mithilfe des Supermutanten Ribald Corello. Bisher galt dieser als Menschheitsfeind Nummer eins - es ist nicht einfach, einen solchen Mann zu überzeugen, sich für Terra einzusetzen.

Rax is in a fix. He’s a Wulven Kindred with a ravenous Beast inside—a Beast brought out by moonlight. And Griesha Prime has not one, not two, but three moons! Not only that, but a Lunar Equinox is coming up and all three heavenly bodies will be in the sky at once. He has to get free before that happens. Rax knows he needs to escape but he finds himself completely enthralled by the curvy little female who has been set to guard him. And for her part, Breenah feels drawn to the huge warrior—her body responds to his in ways she didn’t even know were possible.

A new center of power has emerged in post-holocaust America. A secret community of scientists has control of an orbiting transformer that in a single step could return electricity to America — or become the ultimate weapon of terror. But there are those equally dedicated to halting the evil mastermind before he can incinerate Front Royal. And they've turned to Ryan Cawdor to save them from a fate worse than Deathlands.

Two writers, Zach Berry and Austin Meredith, travel across the United States collecting strange and uncanny stories. Where will their journey take them? What kind of mysteries will they find in your hometown? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Overlords and humanity battle to claim Earth in a war as old as the alien domination of the planet. Yet with each new offensive comes stunning new revelations — exposing mysteries that were unfathomable before Skydark but are now quite real and quite deadly. Still, hope lies in the brilliant counteroffensive led by the Cerberus rebels, for whom success means nothing less than returning Earth to mankind.

Am Abend des 1. Juli 2002 stoßen über dem Bodensee-Städtchen Überlingen zwei Flugzeuge zusammen: eine russische Passagiermaschine und ein deutscher Frachtflieger. 71 Menschen sterben. Laut offiziellem Untersuchungsbericht trägt die damals zuständige schweizerische Luftaufsicht die Verantwortung für das Unglück. Doch warum wurden entscheidende Passagen des Untersuchungsberichts ganz offensichtlich gekürzt? Und warum wurde das Kollisionswarnsystem der Frachtmaschine nie gefunden? - Hacker T-Rex entdeckt eine Wahrheit, die ganz und gar unaussprechlich ist.

Amrum 1926 - Nach einem tosenden Sturm wird die Leiche eines Seemanns angespült. Bis auf ein paar Goldstücke trägt er nichts bei sich. Der Tote wird, wie so viele vor ihm, auf dem Friedhof der Namenlosen in der kühlen Erde begraben. Doch von Stund an werden die Bewohner der Insel von grauenhaften Ereignissen heimgesucht, die an das Jüngste Gericht erinnern.