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Trotz seiner Angst vor der Dunkelheit verbringt Mateo sein halbes Leben damit, in Gebäude aus der »Alten Zeit« einzusteigen und vergessene Hochtechnologie zu plündern. Da erhält er die Chance seines Lebens: Der professionelle »Hunters of Ancient«-Squad engagiert ihn für den größten Auftrag, den er je hatte. Von Anfang an muss er sich gegen Schikane und Anfeindung behaupten; zu allem Überfluss verliebt er sich Hals über Kopf in die Technikexpertin des Teams. Und dann kommt es tief unten im Forschungsbunker der Takashi Corporation zur Katastrophe.

The Federation races to discover the culprits of several terrorist attacks, sending their flagship, the USS Prometheus, to stop war breaking out in the galaxy. The situation in the Lembatta Cluster is deteriorating rapidly. Fleets from the Federation and Klingon Empire are heading for the borders. The crews of the USS Prometheus and IKS Bortas are racing against time to break the cycle of violence that is spreading through the Alpha Quadrant.

The plague of the "silver death" descended hard upon the land or Yoros, exactly as foretold by ancient astrologers. Countless victims fell instantly where they were stricken, including messengers racing to tell of itscoming. Young King Fulbra, protected from the plague by a magic ring, fled Yoros by ship in search of an island his advisors believed would welcome him. Before long, however, a sudden hurricane set the king on course for another island with a very different reputation.

Puisqu'il faut trouver une autre planète habitable, pourquoi pas la Lune ? À l'abri de son dôme agricole près du cratère Lalande, une fermière regarde les moissons et les générations s'élever et retomber comme les marées terrestres. Son quotidien bascule le jour où on lui confie le soin d'une petite fille à la main verte.

Andrea Chapela es una narradora de ciencia ficción extraordinaria. Su prosa ágil e inteligente atrapa a los lectores desde el primer instante. A lo largo de sus cuentos, construye un futuro donde en la Ciudad de México pueden coexistir las taquerías, los organilleros, las tortas de tamal, los oxxos y los edificios coloniales, las chinampas y los peseros, con una compleja red de comunicaciones donde interactúan las mentes de las personas y las inteligencias artificiales.

Für die Nachfahren der wenigen Überlebenden ist die Welt von harten Kontrasten geprägt. Wendy hält sich nicht daran. Ihr kleiner Bruder und dessen Freund werden von Fremden in einem Zeppelin entführt. In der verzweifelten Hoffnung, sie wiederzufinden, verlässt sie die Fels-Enklave und wagt sich in die große Einöde.

In der Hoffnung auf ein besseres Leben zieht sie mit ihrem Gefährten Gazael nach Neu-Babel, wo sich der Traum vom Glück in einen Albtraum verwandelt. Als sie auch noch an "Verfall" erkrankt, scheint ihr Schicksal besiegelt. Doch sie nimmt den Kampf auf und begibt sich auf die schier aussichtslose Suche nach einem Heilmittel. Für den ultrareichen Lukures ist das Leben ein einziger Rausch aus Drogen, Dirnen und anderen Belustigungen. Er genießt sein Leben in vollen Zügen – bis die Reize plötzlich fad schmecken und die Welt an Farbe verliert.

A strange glow in the night sky, the sudden appearance of an ancient mummy lost to the world since 1912—is this all a remarkable coincidence of events, or an ominous sign? The answer awaits you in this Sci-fi mystery set in the 1990s, a time when the tabloid newspapers were exploding with stories of ancient aliens and cursed mummies.

2182. A bord d'arches géantes, les humains fuient une Terre sur le déclin. Leur destination ? Sinisyys, une autre planète bleue découverte aux confins du système Eridani. Parmi ceux qui rêvent de la rejoindre, Eric et Johanna. Or, après avoir émergé du sommeil cryogénique, ils comprennent qu'ils n'ont pas atteint Sinisyys mais une structure artificielle si grande que l'esprit humain ne réussit même pas à en imaginer les limites. Où sont-ils ? Comment sont-ils arrivés là ?

AD 2028, first contact. Unfortunately for us, the Galactic Alliance only bothered to show up in order to draft Earth into an ongoing - and seemingly unwinnable - war. With a near-immediate conscription and little time to arrange our affairs, humankind was in a blink turned into space-faring soldiers...or, space-faring performers of menial tasks, as our IQs qualified us. 2028 follows two inadvertent heroes, and one anti-hero, into the outer reaches of the space.

Quelque chose a été découvert sur Terre, au fond de l'océan. Un ancien artéfact, semblable à une porte géante, encastrée dans le fond marin. Une énigme gigantesque, enfouie et oubliée... dix-neuf mille pieds sous terre. Afin de l'étudier, Maas-Dorian, l'entreprise la plus puissante de la galaxie, a construit tout autour de l'artéfact un immense laboratoire autonome et secret. Le nom de cette base est FATHOM. Son objectif : percer les secrets de l'artéfact et découvrir ce qu'il recèle. Mais certains mystères devraient rester enfouis. Et certaines portes devraient ne jamais être ouvertes.

The dystopian future that George Orwell predicted for 1984 has finally arrived, 100 years late and 10 times as brutal. To save all that he loves, Orwell will have to travel between his future self - Erik Blair, Orwell’s descendant and unwitting heir to his legacy - and the past. As for Erik Blair, his life plan isn’t overly complicated: Avoid trouble. Avoid pain. And get from one day to the next without attracting the “wrong” kind of attention, which really equates to any kind of attention when the government and its robotic thugs are involved.

¿Quién no se ha preguntado por la existencia de otros mundos y ha imaginado cómo descubrirlos? Escritos en la primera mitad del siglo XX, los cuentos de Judith Merril, Zenna Henderson, Joanna Russ, Doris Pitkin Buck, Wilmar H. Shiras, C. L. Moore y Mildred Clingerman muestran posibles vías para llegar a ellos.

Until this morning, Charlotte Pudding was almost happy with her life. Apart from her homicidal toaster, dead parents, and general ennui. Well, maybe not that happy. Either way, now that she’s on the run from a shadowy corporation, seeking the secrets of her own family history and tolerating the inanities of a retired god, things are looking a bit more interesting.

A chance encounter with Captain Black leads Melody Angel to uncover a plot by the Mysterons to devastate the world’s food supplies by contaminating them with a deadly new bacteria. While Destiny Symphony and Harmony pursue Black, Rhapsody is on the trail of the only man who may be able to destroy this new culture—but the Mysterons are one step ahead of her, and soon a new and even greater danger looms. As a wave of death and destruction begins sweeping across Canada all five Angels are deployed to combat the threat—but will their attempts to stop it only make things worse?

The peaceful planet of Kestra is under threat. The evil Zargon forces are preparing to launch a devastating attack from an asteroid fortress. With the whole Kestran system under threat, Colonel Zana looks to one man to save them. Except one man isn’t enough. Gathering a crack team around him, including a talking chimpanzee, a marauding robot and a mystic monk, John Lovell must infiltrate the enemy base and save Kestra from the Zargons!

In the year 2020, after Zelda—evil queen of the planet Guk—has destroyed NASA's Mars base and Earth is under threat. Zelda intends to use Mars as a stepping stone to conquer the Earth, and enslave the human race. The Terrahawks have been formed to defend the planet. From Hawknest, their secret base in South America, they prepare for the battles to come.

The disappearance of the Oceanus X stealth submarine coincides with the Mysterons announcing their intention to devastate the world’s greatest nation, and Spectrum are mobilised to locate the rogue vessel. Captains Scarlet and Blue join forces with a scientist who claims to be able to track the Oceanus—but even as they do so, power stations around the world come under devastating attack from the Mysteron-controlled submarine.

A violent thunderstorm floods London. Florida is laid waste by hurricanes. Somehow the Mysterons are controlling the world’s weather, and only Spectrum can stop the devastation. Captains Scarlet and Blue head into space aboard Fireball XL19 to destroy a weather-control satellite that has been taken over by the Mysterons—only to discover that the real cause of the destruction is much closer to home.

An early warning of disaster brings International Rescue to Peru to assist in relief efforts following a series of earth tremors—and sends the Thunderbirds in search of an ancient Inca treasure trove hidden beneath a long-lost temple deep in the South American jungle! When Lady Penelope is kidnapped by sinister treasure hunters, Scott Tracy and Parker are soon hot on their trail. Along the way they'll have to solve a centuries-old mystery, brave the inhospitable wilderness of the jungle and even tangle with a lost tribe—with the evil Hood close behind them all the way.