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Can they trust each other enough to survive the dangers that confront them? Magnus and Kaitlyn try to begin their life together but there are dangerous forces that must be reckoned with. A time-journeying vessel that they can't seem to control. And a long history that stands between them. Magnus has found love and a home in 2017 - but what happens to Kaitlyn if she travels to 1702?

All Diana Penn wanted was a quiet retirement. What she got was a chance to rewrite history. When a demolition crew uncovers unexploded WWII bombs in a quiet Northumberland park, retired MI6 agent Diana Penn instantly senses danger. But before she can act, the bombs detonate. Instead of peace, Diana wakes up in December 1944, in the body of her younger self: a Land Army girl posted in a seemingly sleepy English town. Beneath the wartime camaraderie and village gossip, predators lurk and suspicious activities hint at dangers far greater than German spies.

Kara Gillian is in some seriously deep trouble. She’s used to summoning supernatural creatures from the demon realm to our world, but now the tables have been turned and she’s the one who’s been summoned. Kara is the prisoner of yet another demonic lord, but she quickly discovers that she’s far more than a mere hostage. Yet waiting for rescue has never been her style, and Kara has no intention of being a pawn in someone else’s game.

Three years after the unprovoked attack on a peaceful colony, the war between the Rojok dynasty and the Tri-Galaxy Fleet rages on. Born of that war is the Morcai Battalion, a fleet comprised of Centaurians and humans - the first collaboration of its kind and a step toward an intergalactic alliance. But the fragile union is tested as their courageous commander in chief, Dtimun, is faced with the temptation of the forbidden - and human - Dr. Madeline Ruszel.

"הצרות התחילו ביום שבו חזר הווארד מבית-הספר ומצא את הבריון יושב במטבח." כך נפתח אחד הספרים המקוריים והמשעשעים שתקראו השנה. הווארד ואחותו, איומה (זה רק שם חיבה), לא...

Veinte años después de haber experimentado la más extraña aventura de su vida - un viaje a través del tiempo hasta la Escocia del siglo XVIII - Claire Randall regresa con su hija Brianna a las imponentes y misteriosas montañas escocesas donde todo comenzó. Con la ayuda de Roger, un joven historiador, Claire se lanza a una obsesiva búsqueda de las tumbas de los caídos en la batalla de Culloden,librada en 1745. El paso del tiempo no ha podido borrar los intensos recuerdos de un amor difícil de explicar.

Después de huir de Escocia, en 1766 Claire y Jamie emprenden un viaje hacia América. Tras naufragar en la costa de Georgia, deciden instalarse finalmente en las montañas de Carolina del Norte con la esperanza de construir una granja y mantenerse alejados de la inminente Revolución Americana. A su vez, Brianna Randall, viviendo la comodidad de 1968, siente la pérdida de su madre y la curiosidad por un padre al que no ha conocido.

Veinte años después de haber experimentado la más extraña aventura de su vida - un viaje a través del tiempo hasta la Escocia del siglo XVIII - Claire Randall regresa con su hija Brianna a las imponentes y misteriosas montañas escocesas donde todo comenzó. Con la ayuda de Roger, un joven historiador, Claire se lanza a una obsesiva búsqueda de las tumbas de los caídos en la batalla de Culloden,librada en 1745. El paso del tiempo no ha podido borrar los intensos recuerdos de un amor difícil de explicar.

Rhemun, commander of the Cehn-Tahr Holconcom, has worked tirelessly to get where he is - and he's not going to let any human drag him back down. Especially not Lt. Commander Edris Mallory, whose very presence aboard the Morcai serves as a too-painful reminder of a past tragedy he can neither forgive nor forget. But Mallory has secrets of her own - ones she can't afford to see come to light.

Teenage delinquent Angel Crawford lives with her redneck father in the swamps of southern Louisiana. She's a high school dropout, addicted to drugs and alcohol, and has a police record a mile long. But when she's made into a zombie after a car crash, her addictions disappear, except for her all-consuming need to stay "alive".

Angel Crawford is finally starting to get used to life as a brain-eating zombie, but her problems are far from over. Her felony record is coming back to haunt her, more zombie hunters are popping up, and she’s beginning to wonder if her hunky cop-boyfriend is involved with the zombie mafia. Yeah, that’s right—the zombie mafia. Throw in a secret lab and a lot of conspiracy, and Angel’s going to need all of her brainpower—and maybe a brain smoothie as well—in order to get through it without falling apart.

For almost three years, Dtimun, the enigmatic and mysterious Cehn-Tahr commander of the Morcai Battalion, has been at war not only with the Rojok Dynasty...but also with his feisty medical chief of staff, Dr. Madeline Ruszel. Now a surprising visitor from the future has charged them with the rescue of the enemy, field marshal Chacon. To ensure success, both Madeline and Dtimun must make personal sacrifices and attempt a dangerous mission behind enemy lines.

The first time Mekashe, Captain of the Imperial Guard, meets blue-eyed human beauty Jasmine Donally, the two nearly come to blows. Forever devoted to the Cehn-Tahr, Mekashe is forced to sever ties with the object of his adoration. Years pass before their paths cross again, but Mekashe hasn't forgotten what transpired - or the way she makes his heart race. But even if he can forgive the past, insurmountable barriers still threaten to keep them worlds apart. With their mutual attraction escalating quickly, they'll have to find a way to bridge the gap - or be lost to each other forever.

A ragtag band of humans from the Terravegan colonies fights the Rojok invaders and their ship is destroyed. Rescued by the Centaurian commander of the terror-inspiring Holconcom, the humans must learn to live with their hostile alien counterparts when they are captured by the Rojoks and thrown into the galaxy's most horrible prison camp. The female exobiologist has to save the life of the alien commander in order to save her captain, her comrades, and herself. This is a rocket ride full of action, humor, and sacrifice.

Our favorite white trash zombie, Angel Crawford, has enough problems of her own, what with dealing with her alcoholic, deadbeat dad, issues with her not-quite boyfriend, the zombie mafia, industrial espionage, and evil corporations. Oh, and it’s raining, and won’t let up. But things get even crazier when a zombie movie starts filming in town, and Angel begins to suspect that it’s not just the plot of the movie that's rotten. Soon she's fighting her way through mud, blood, bullets, and intrigue, even as zombies, both real and fake, prowl the streets.

Imagina un lugar donde la ambición del hombre ha originado monstruos. Eso es Adrax, una isla artificial llena de individuos que están por encima de la ley. Y también de verdaderos monstruos: seres sobrehumanos que han sido creados con un fin desconocido. Summer es uno de esos seres. Y, por...

Segunda parte de la serie Monstruo busca monstruo. Tres meses después del asalto a las Madrigueras, Summer y sus compañeros reciben el encargo de buscar a unas personas desaparecidas. Para localizarlas deberán infiltrarse en Nueva Esperanza, un internado donde estudian los hijos de la élite...

Самые страшные сны ректора Карингтонской академии начинают сбываться!

Dos hombres despiertan en celdas contiguas de un sorprendente burdel. Uno viste como astronauta, el otro ha decidido aclarar un siniestro recuerdo infantil que involucra a la legendaria señora Isabel, quien resuelve a golpe de magia cada problema de ese lugar. Pero ¿cómo resolver un misterio dentro de un edificio en el que se oyen voces que salen de las paredes, la gente entra a otra dimensión mientras va caminando, y cada bella mujer que aparece tiene una misión secreta, que implica juegos eróticos con animales, o viajes y paradojas en el tiempo?

Fans van de Reiziger-serie zullen smullen van dit korte verhaal van Diana Gabaldon. Dit is een verhaal uit Zeven stenen, die de geliefde Outlander-wereld nog groter zal maken. In De gewoontes van het leger moet een vriend van Lord John terechtstaan in Canada en reist de legerofficier af naar de nieuwe wereld.