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Eine Flucht vor der Technik - ist das heute überhaupt möglich? Die 17-jährige Serenity ahnt bald, auf was und vor allem auf wen sie sich eingelassen hat. Denn der schwer durchschaubare Christopher ist nicht irgendjemand. Christopher hat einst den berühmtesten Hack der Geschichte getätigt. Und nun ist er im Besitz eines Geheimnisses, das dramatischer nicht sein könnte. Teil 1 der Black*Out-Trilogie von Andreas Eschbach.

Christopher ist auf der Flucht. Gemeinsam mit der gleichaltrigen Serenity ist er unterwegs in der Wüste Nevadas. Irgendwo dort draußen muss Serenitys Vater leben, der Visionär und Vordenker Jeremiah Jones, der sämtlicher Technik abgeschworen hat, nachdem er erkennen musste, welche Gefahren die weltweite Vernetzung mit sich bringen kann. Doch eine Flucht vor der Technik - ist das heute überhaupt möglich? Serenity ahnt bald, auf was und vor allem auf wen sie sich eingelassen hat.

Three months into his studies at the Black River Academy of Swordcraft and Spellcraft, Durren Flintrand is shocked by the news that from now on he'll be assigned to a party and that his only hope of progressing beyond the lowly rank of level one is to succeed with his new companions. However, Durren has a secret that may make that impossible, and his three partners have problems of their own.

After the tragic death of his father, Ben Carrington’s mother teams up with a wealthy entrepreneur to form an elite, top-secret rescue organisation: Gemini Force. Ben is determined to become part of the team, but first he must prove he has what it takes to face dangerous situations and save lives. In Black Horizon, after a promising early start to his career as a rescuer, Ben can’t resist stowing away so that he can take part in a rescue of oil platform workers trapped on a capsized, burning oil platform.

Strap in for a high-octane mission that hurls Conrad and crew toward jaw-dropping discoveries that could trigger total obliteration, in Book Two of the Above the Black fantasy trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Marc J Gregson. It takes guts to rise to the top of Meritocracy. It’ll...

Seventeen-year-old Cardinal has escaped the virus that ravaged his town, leaving its victims alive but without their memories. Choosing to remain in the quarantined zone, he cares for a group of orphaned kids in a mountain camp with the help of the former brutal school bully, now transformed by the virus into his best friend. But then a strong-willed and mysterious young woman appears, and the closed-off world Cardinal has created begins to crumble.

As a thief, I stick to the shadows as much as possible. But when the head of the Sinclair Family picks me to compete in the Tournament of Blades, there's no escaping the spotlight - or the danger. Even though he's my competition, Devon Sinclair thinks I have the best shot at winning what's supposed to be a friendly contest. But when the competitors start having mysterious "accidents", it looks like someone will do anything to win - no matter who they hurt.

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * The Coldest Girl in Coldtown is a wholly original story of rage and revenge, of guilt and horror, and of love and loathing from bestselling and acclaimed author Holly...

Author Dan Wells is back with the sequel to the sci-fi blockbuster Partials, which Pittacus Lore called a ""thrilling sci-fi adrenaline rush, with one of the most compelling and frightening visions of Earth's future I've seen yet."" After discovering the cure for RM, Kira Walker sets off on a...

For Kitty Doe, it seems like an easy choice. She can either spend her life as a III in misery, looked down upon by the higher ranks and forced to leave the people she loves, or she can become a VII and join the most powerful family in the country. If she says yes, Kitty will be Masked - surgically transformed into Lila Hart, the Prime Minister's niece, who died under mysterious circumstances. As a member of the Hart family, she will be famous. She will be adored. And for the first time, she will matter.

Kitty Doe is a Blackcoat rebel and a former captive with a deadly connection to the most powerful and dangerous man in the country, Prime Minister Daxton Hart. Forced to masquerade as Daxton's niece, Lila Hart, Kitty has helped the Blackcoats take back the prison known as Elsewhere. But Daxton has no intention of ceding his position of privilege - or letting Kitty expose his own masquerade.

Callum hat die erste Pforte durchschritten: Jetzt kann ihm niemand mehr seine Zauberkräfte nehmen. Das zweite Schuljahr steht an, doch schon wieder liegt das größte Abenteuer für Call außerhalb des Magisteriums. Er muss herausfinden, welche Rolle sein Vater Alastair bei all dem gespielt hat, was kurz nach Calls Geburt beim Eismassaker passiert ist. Kann es sein, dass Alastair ein Verbündeter des Feindes ist? Was bedeutet das für Callum? Und wem kann er jetzt überhaupt noch vertrauen?

Geschlagen mit einem lahmen Bein und einer scharfen Zunge ist der zwölfjährige Callum Hunt nicht gerade der beliebteste Junge auf dem Planeten. Doch das ist erst mal sein geringstes Problem. Denn just in diesem Moment befindet er sich auf dem Weg ins Magisterium, der unterirdischen Schule für Zauberei. Ein dunkler und geheimnisvoller Ort. Dort soll er bei Master Rufus, dem mächtigsten Magier der Schule, in die Lehre gehen. Doch alles was Call über ihn und das Magisterium weiß, lässt ihn befürchten, das erste Schuljahr nicht lebend zu überstehen.

It's not as great as you'd think, living in a tourist town that's known as "the most magical place in America". Same boring high school, just twice as many monsters under the bridges and rival Families killing each other for power. I try to keep out of it. I've got my mom's bloodiron sword and my slightly illegal home in the basement of the municipal library. And a couple of Talents I try to keep quiet, including very light fingers and a way with a lock pick.

“Utterly swoony…an endearing reminder that true love can change the world” —J. Elle, New York Times bestselling author of Wings of Ebony To save a galactic kingdom from revolution, Kindred mind-pairings were created to ensure each and every person would be seen and heard, no matter how...

“This debut has it all: music, books, aliens, adventure, resistance, queerness, and a bold heroine tying it all together. ”—Ms. Magazine Can a girl who risks her life for books and an Ilori who loves pop music work together to save humanity? When a rebel librarian meets an Ilori...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Wizards and Robots by will.i.am and Brian David Johnson, read by Daniel Weyman, Ray Panthaki, Iwan Rheon, Becca Stewart and Brian David Johnson. When a young man breaks into her home claiming her life is in danger, Ada Luring's world changes forever...