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The Earth is dying. Humanity - over-breeding, over-consuming - is destroying the very planet they call home. Multinational corporations despoil the environment, market genetically modified crops to control the food supply, and use their wealth and influence and private armies to crush anything, and anyone, that gets in the way of their profits. Nothing human can stop them. But something unhuman might. Once they did not fear the sun. Once they could breathe the air and sleep where they chose.

Marion Baldwin, Mars to his friends, has built a nice, safe life that guarantees a slow path to moderate wealth, two-point-five kids, a house in the suburbs, and a wife on the PTA. In other words, he’s bored beyond reason and has no idea how to turn away from his dismal future. Life changes dramatically for Mars when one fateful Saturday morning, a messenger delivers a book entitled Familiar Magic, a Guide.

"Edward war schon alt, als ich geboren wurde. Uralt, als ich ihm das erste Mal begegnete..." Edward wird im viktorianischen London als Sohn eines Earls geboren. Er erlebt eine unbeschwerte Kindheit und ist nie ernsthaft krank. Als das 20. Jahrhundert anbricht, wird ihm klar, dass er nicht ist wie andere Menschen: Er altert kaum. Mehr und mehr ist Edward gezwungen, sich von den Menschen, die er liebt, zurückzuziehen. Im ersten Weltkrieg wird er schwer verletzt und zieht durch seine schnelle Heilung die Aufmerksamkeit der Deutschen auf sich.

Babylon Berlin goes Fantasy: Ein magisches Berlin in den 20er-Jahren, ein zerstörerisches Familiengeheimnis und eine Liebe, die alles verändert, sind die Zutaten für das Urban-Fantasy-Hörbuch Spiegelstadt. Tränen aus Gold und Silber von Christian Handel und Andreas Suchanek. In den Schatten unserer Welt existiert eine andere Wirklichkeit: die Spiegelstadt, ein magisches Berlin, erstarrt in den glamourösen 1920er-Jahren und bewohnt von vielgestaltigen Feen-Wesen. Reisen zwischen den Welten sind streng verboten und nur mithilfe magischer goldener Tränen möglich.

Sarah Crowe left Atlanta, and the remnants of a tumultuous relationship, to live alone in an old house in rural Rhode Island. Within its walls she discovers an unfinished manuscript written by the house's former tenant - a parapsychologist obsessed with the ancient oak growing on a desolate corner of the property. And as the gnarled tree takes root in her imagination, Sarah risks her health and her sanity to unearth a revelation planted centuries ago.

The City Imperishable's secret master and heir to the long-vacant throne has vanished from a locked room, as politics have turned deadly in a bid to revive the city's long-vanished empire. The city's dwarfs, stunted from spending their childhoods in confining boxes, are restive. Bijaz the Dwarf, leader of the Sewn faction among the dwarfs, fights their persecution. Jason the Factor, friend and apprentice to the missing master, works to maintain stability in the absence of a guiding hand. Imago of Lockwood struggles to revive the office of Lord Mayor in a bid to turn the City Imperishable away from the path of destruction.

Das Audible Original Hörspiel "Der Greif: Die Vorboten“ spielt wie die Prime Video Serie in den 1990er Jahren in Krefelden. Es geht um die Teenager Anke, Tomek und Sandy, die nach einer unheimlichen Begegnung mit dem Schulsozialarbeiter ihr Gedächtnis verlieren. Gemeinsam versuchen sie herauszufinden, was passiert ist, wer sie sind und woher sie kommen. Dabei kreuzt eine seltsame Insektenkreatur immer wieder ihren Weg. Die Drei finden heraus, dass sie das fehlende Glied ist, um das Rätsel zu lösen: Das Insekt gehört in eine andere Welt, in die Turm-Welt, der sich die Drei seltsam verbunden fühlen.

When twenty-year-old Cass Ryan is pulled out of the Hudson River, she's officially dead for four minutes. She doesn't know anything about the boy who pushed her in. She doesn't know why she's been hallucinating since coming back. What she does know is that the violent visions feel terrifyingly real and that her life will never be the same. Enter The Else & Bellows Institute.

The journey of a lifetime begins as Alex, Leeha, and Bridget set out to uncover the truth about the Lake of Ruins. What they discover is beyond anything they could have imagined. Vengeance burns deep in Alex's heart as he confronts the unspeakable horrors that have been committed there. But the secrets of the Lake of Ruins run deeper than anyone could have anticipated. Even God himself remains silent, leaving Alex to navigate the treacherous waters of Boromour on his own. But he is not without allies.

While out scouting in southern Indiana, Alessa Duvalier comes across a Kurian Conference being attended by every major military sect the Kurians have in the Midwest. Taking advantage of the strategic opportunity to cripple their enemy, Alessa and her warriors strike and achieve victory—only to discover an even greater threat to humanity. David Valentine is chosen to be head of security for the Army of Kentucky representatives—and Alessa ignores his order to stay behind.

In a world where monsters and humans struggle to coexist, Alex thought he had everything under control. With his loyal lovers Leeha and Bridget by his side, they navigated the turbulent waters of Boromour. But then, Sara enters the picture, a wild catgirl who is determined to prove her worth to the group.

Resurrected to dominate or die again, Andric was much like anyone else, further along in his life than he wanted to be—much further along and waiting to finally become the main character of his own story. Fate had a funny joke for him, though. He died. Unexpectedly, he was given the strangest of plot developments—he resurrected in what seemed to be a GACHA game, being given another chance on another world, one where he could redefine himself, starting with an unknown class, of all things. Andric can only roll with it, since there isn’t another choice. It’s time to start again.