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Afghanistan veteran Jim Chapel has been enlisted in a new war. This time it's in his own backyard . . . and even more deadly. A small band of fugitives escapes from a secret upstate New York military facility, leaving a trail of bodies in its wake. Each fugitive has a target—an innocent...

When the Air National Guard receives an emergency call for help from a remote Arctic research station in Greenland, Senior Master Sergeant Dan Cameron is chosen to lead the rescue mission. In an attempt to combat climate change, the scientists have genetically engineered an aquatic biofilm capable of generating oxygen and lowering the temperature of the underlying seawater, producing environmental conditions that awaken an organism that has lain dormant beneath the ocean floor for millions of years.

È la notte di San Silvestro, l'ultima dell'Ottocento, e Roma saluta l'arrivo del secolo nuovo. Dopo il distaccamento in Sardegna, non privo di giorni dolorosi, il vicebrigadiere Ghibaudo ha accettato la proposta di Amelia di trasferirsi a Roma, dove un matrimonio di facciata può garantire a lei la possibilità di iscriversi alla tanto desiderata facoltà di Medicina, e a lui di continuare a nascondere il suo segreto.

Eine abgelegene militärische Forschungsstation sendet einen verzweifelten Notruf, doch als das Rettungsteam eintrifft, stoßen die Männer nur auf Leichen. Außerdem wurde jedes Lebewesen - selbst Bakterien - innerhalb von 75 Quadratkilometern ausgelöscht. Das Land ist völlig steril - und die Zone weitet sich aus! Als die Agenten der SIGMA-Force herausfinden, dass der Chefwissenschaftler entführt wurde, setzen sie alles daran, ihn aufzuspüren. Denn mit seiner Entdeckung kann man das Antlitz der Welt verändern - und dort wäre kein Platz mehr für die Menschheit.

Bologna, 1314. L'inverno è alle porte, e il buio assedia il mondo ogni giorno più presto. Dopo una di queste notti lunghissime, viene ritrovato il cadavere di un giudice. Non si tratta di morte naturale: il corpo è orrendamente sfigurato, sembra sia stato sbranato. Nell'indagine viene coinvolto Mondino de' Liuzzi, medico anatomista e accademico, capace come pochi di ricavare indizi dallo studio dei cadaveri. L'esame di Mondino, però, questa volta getta sul mistero più ombre che luci: l'accanimento sulla vittima è quello di un animale, ma i denti che l'hanno dilaniata sono umani.

When a terrorist group detonates a small nuclear device at a level four biohazard facility, it releases the infection vectors stored within and creates a contagion that devastates the planet. Entire species are wiped out, while those that survive are genetically transformed into prehistoric mutations of their former self. Secret Service agent Alex Durham is assigned to protect the president. As the dangers of the expanding nuclear fallout become apparent, he accompanies the country’s leadership as they seek shelter from the impending contagion.

Claudia Richelieu has it all—wealth, status, and a coveted position as a Chimera Operative in Haven, the secret vampire city. But when she uncovers evidence implicating her own high house in attacks on humans, her world shatters. Now targeted by assassins and exiled from her home, Claudia must navigate a web of betrayal and political intrigue. Her only allies? A gruff mentor and a rival agent she can't help but be drawn to.

As a Chimera Operative, Claudia Richelieu is used to working in the shadows of Haven, the walled vampire city she calls home. When mysterious disappearances plague a small mountain town, she's sent to investigate what appears to be an anti-vampire cult.

Claudia Richelieu has spent years preparing to become one of Haven's elite Chimera operatives. But when a human college student is beaten for wearing a Chimera costume, she's thrust into her first undercover mission—posing as a regular university student. It should be simple: investigate the attack and gather intel. Instead, she uncovers a conspiracy that reaches deep into vampire society itself.