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In un futuro molto vicino il partito al governo mette al bando l'infelicità. Un romanzo distopico dai richiami orwelliani.

In un futuro molto vicino il partito al governo mette al bando l'infelicità. Un romanzo distopico dai richiami orwelliani.Carlo vive alle Bili Bianche, un quartiere colorato, ordinato e cinto da mura, nel quale sono confinati i cittadini tristi, considerati eroi per il loro consenso all'isolamento. La restante popolazione è a Vremina, una città all'avanguardia che insegue la felicità massificata. Dalle Bili Bianche si può uscire, quando si vuole, solo con l'eutanasia.

When your new employer tasks you with investigating the first successful mass shooting in twelve years, it’s understandable to be nervous. Fortunately, detective-in-training Cowan Soto has a Personal Brain Assistant—a cybernetic implant—that allows him to firewall pesky emotions like worry and guilt and redact memories of bullet-riddled corpses. Unfortunately, Cowan soon learns it was his suspect’s PBA which allowed a ruthless hacker to puppet her into a shooting rampage.

Il primo podcast bisettimanale in diretta dal Triangolo delle Bermuda Padano: il Grande Nulla Agricolo. Ogni episodio una nuova strana storia dalla profonda provincia romagnola: cani scomparsi, misteriose luci nel cielo, auto fantasma e molti altri eventi inspiegabili. Perché è proprio dove non accade mai nulla che può accadere di tutto. Benvenuti a Villamara e ricordate: noi non siamo mai stati qui.Con Nicolò Valandro (https://www.instagram.com/johnnyfaina/)Scritto da Nicolò Valandro e Gianluca Dario Rota (https://www.instagram.com/quello_che_resta_/)Musiche originali di Leonardo ...

Combat is literally her middle name. Chimeric Adaptive Enhanced Combat Operator - but now Caeco Jensen - works for the FBI, building a new life and trying to learn from a painful past. It’s hard to fit in when you are one of a kind, but maybe, just maybe, there’s a place for her in this world. That is, if threats from off planet don’t ruin it first. Forging and protecting a new future with a her unique skillset won’t be easy, maybe almost as hard as making new friends.

The Hidden Realm of Angolin has existed in peaceful isolation for centuries, but that’s about to change. The enemy across the Abyss has discovered them and is intent on conquest. Lieutenant Dharmen Tate has a great love for his homeland and a greater understanding of its position in the world. When he discovers a plot by fellow officers to join the enemy and overthrow Angolin, he and his colleagues spring into action to defend the Hidden Realm from its foes—those without, and those within.

Terra droht im Chaos zu versinken. Die Weltregierung beschließt zusammen mit der CRC das Projekt STAR VOYAGER, und die TITAN startet mit zahlreichen...

Als die labile Schriftstellerin Carline McQuire an der irischen Westküste eine Morddrohung gegen ihren Mann Pat findet, gerät ihr wohlbehütetes Leben aus den Fugen. Carline ahnt nicht, in welchen Schwierigkeiten Pat tatsächlich steckt. Sie selbst leidet unter einer schrecklichen Schreibblockade. Doch plötzlich taucht eine neue Geschichte in ihrem Drucker auf. Zur gleichen Zeit reist Rachel Daugherty nach Irland auf der Suche nach ihrer Schwester – der berühmten Schriftstellerin.

Miscellaneous “Lanie” Stones is the necromancer that Doédenna, god of Death, has been praying for. True, she's always been more interested in books and pastries than in creating abominations and raising armies of the undead. But still—she lives to love and serve Saint Death. And damn it duodecifold, Saint Death needs her! Lanie has many talents—her powers of death magic are growing more complex and stranger every day—but first and foremost is her ability to lay the unrestful dead to their unending slumber.

Une chasseresse d’âmes à la retraite, un semi-ange énigmatique, un lien destiné à changer le monde. Anael, ange déchu et ancienne chasseresse d’âmes, aspire à une vie paisible. Avec son frère de cœur Luukas, elle mène une existence tranquille en Finlande, loin de son passé tourmenté... Enfin, jusqu’à ce qu’Hermani pointe le bout de son nez pour la surveiller. Hermani, demi-ange mystérieux, dangereux, et qui l’attire comme personne.

In this debut collection from C. S. E. Cooney, a swan princess hunted for her bones, a broken musician and his silver pipe, and a rat named Maurice bring justice to a town under fell enchantment. A gang of courageous kids confront both a plague-destroyed world and an afterlife infested with clowns but robbed of laughter. In an island city, the murder of a child unites two lovers, but vengeance will part them. Only human sacrifice will save a city trapped in ice and darkness.

As a newly minted healer, Zoe doesn't need a unique ability to take on murderous cultists, an equally murderous paladin, and the weather. She'd certainly like one, though. It's a fast-paced, violent world, filled with undead ghouls, sprawling dungeons, and far too many scheming nobles, all of whom want a piece of her. A healer is a valuable asset—and becoming a demon and blood magic user only ups the ante.

It is a truth universally accepted that well-bred members of society are not beleaguered with magic. For Elsabeth Dover and her sisters, that truth means living in a perpetual state of caution, never using their sorcerous gifts in public. Elsabeth chafes under the stricture, although not enough to risk the possibility of good marriages for her sisters...until she meets handsome, arrogant Fitzgerald Archer

Brought to you by Penguin. Life gets complicated when Death gets involved. To be born into a family of royal assassins pretty much guarantees that your life is going to be... rather unusual. Especially if, like Miscellaneous "Lanie" Stones, you also have a vicious allergy to all forms of...

Masks, the first novel in a mesmerizing new fantasy series, draws readers into a world in which cataclysmic events have left the Autarchy of Aygrima - the one land blessed with magical resources - cut off from its former trading partners across the waters, not knowing if any of those distant peoples still live. Yet under the rule of the Autarch, Aygrima survives. And thanks to the creation of the Masks and the vigilance of the Autarch’s Watchers, no one can threaten the security of the empire.

Lorhen, oldest and most ruthless of the immortal Timeless, put aside the sword long ago for a quiet life. But peace doesn't last forever, especially for a man whose age can be counted in epochs, and the mortal life he's built unravels as the Keepers, a society of historians who record Timeless lives, learn that he's been hiding in their midst.

As a child, Elisha witnessed the burning of a witch outside of London, and saw her transformed into an angel at the moment of her death, though all around him denied this vision. He swore that the next time he might have the chance to bind an angel’s wounds, he would be ready. And so he became a barber-surgeon, at the lowest ranks of the medical profession, following the only healer’s path available to a peasant’s son. Elisha is good at his work, but skill alone cannot protect him. In a single catastrophic day, Elisha’s attempt to deliver his brother’s child leaves his family ruined, and Elisha himself accused of murder.

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[SEASON 2 Coming 2025] "ECHO" is an immersive sci-fi MUSICAL audiodrama that follows the journey of a sentient AI as she awakens in a mysterious digital world, searching for her identity and purpose. With thought-provoking storytelling, original music, and immersive soundscapes, creator Mario Portela takes listeners on a philosophical exploration of consciousness and the nature of existence. Writing, lyrics, production, art, editing and distribution by Mário Portela. A one man team for a whole community! Art, voices, music and sound effects created using AI or AI assisted tools.

Nur ein vergessenes Lied vermag es, die Dunkelheit der Nacht zu durchbrechen. Wäre es doch nur erlaubt zu singen - oder sich zu erinnern... "Ich erzähle euch eine Geschichte. Sie beginnt in einem finsteren Tal mit hohen, schneebedeckten Bäumen. Sie beginnt mit einem einsamen Wanderer in den fahlen Stunden des Zwielichts, in der bläulich glänzenden Dämmerung. Sie beginnt mit einer Frage. Fürchtet ihr euch?"