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If you drive past the lights of downtown Roswell, north on Route 285 into the darkness of the New Mexico desert, you'll run across a little radio station with a single tower. This is the home of WKLEN talk-radio, broadcast through Tower #57. Fresh out of the local community college and eager to start his career in radio production, Luther Stenson arrives for his first shift as an intern on Evening Sands, a late-night radio show focused on the unexplainable and broadcast throughout the lower forty-eight. Luther’s first night in radio quickly becomes one he’ll never forget.

Ein Brummen und Grollen erfüllte den Raum, brachte Luft und Boden zum Vibrieren, als arbeiteten ungeheure Kräfte. Ein schauriges Gelächter gellte auf. Plötzlich regte und bewegte sich etwas in der Ecke des Raumes und ein grässliches Monstrum schälte sich aus der Dunkelheit. Der Cargyro war gekommen und mit ihm das Ende der Menschheit.

In der entferntesten unwirtlichsten Ecke Ungarns, nahe der slowakischen Grenze, erheben sich auf einem Ausläufer der Kleinen Karpaten dunkel und drohend die Überreste von Schloss Csejthe. Im Inneren der Ruine befindet sich ein zugemauerter Raum, der die sterbliche Hülle der Blutgräfin vor den Blicken der Neugierigen verbirgt. Nebenan liegt der Eingang zu einem unterirdischen Gewölbe, dessen eiserne Tür jahrhundertelang verschlossen blieb, bis der Rost das Schloss zerfraß.

Schneidender Herbstwind fegte über das schottische Hochland, jagte düstere Wolken über Hügel und Wälder. Miriam riskierte es, aus ihrem Versteck hochzukommen. Jeder Schritt durch das Unterholz bereitete ihr unsagbare Mühen. In diesem Moment scholl ein langgezogenes schauriges Heulen durch die Dunkelheit. Sie schrie auf. Das Blut gefror ihr in den Adern. Es hatte wie das Heulen eines Wolfes geklungen.

Seine Frau Ruth scheint eine dieser Hexen zu sein! Von dunklen Ahnungen getrieben verfolgt er sie, und als er sie zur Rede stellen will, verwandelt sie sich vor seinen Augen in eine Bestie, die seinen Tod will. Er begreift die Welt nicht mehr.

Adam Pagnucco is just trying to help out a stranger who’s down and out. He has no idea that man is Winston Koop, his exceptionally talented ex-best friend. Koop and Nuke had been inseparable in college, but then life happened. Nuke finally quit drinking, and Koop - Koop was at the center of a massive conspiracy that the government faked UFOs just to cover it up. Even after confessing to removing the memories of hundreds of people, Koop is still hiding something crucial from Nuke.

17-year-old Henry Wilson is an average teenager who could never guess what girls are thinking or convince his mother he's not ready for college... not yet, anyway. But when Henry discovers he has the uncanny ability to read minds and induce thoughts, his plans for any conceivable future—college or otherwise—are swept aside; government agents from Area 51 recruit him into a top-secret organization based in a quiet Westchester County, New York community.

Best-selling, award-winning, author Kim Stanley Robinson continues his groundbreaking trilogy of eco-thrillers - and propels us deeper into the awesome whirlwind of climatic change. Set in our nation's capital, here is a chillingly realistic tale of people caught in the collision of science, technology, and the consequences of global warming - which could trigger another phenomenon: abrupt climate change, resulting in temperatures. BONUS AUDIO: Includes an exclusive introduction by author Kim Stanley Robinson.

Heather O’Grainne is the assistant secretary in the Office of Future Threat Assessment, investigating rumors surrounding something called “Daybreak.” Part philosophic discussion, part international terrorist faction, and part artists’ movement, it’s a group of diverse people with radical ideas who have only one thing in common — their hatred for the Big System and their desire to take it down. Until Heather can determine whether these people are all talk and no action, she wants to keep this information from going public.

Enttäuscht ließ Harold Parry das Reagenzglas sinken. Wieder ein Fehlschlag. Er schaffte es einfach nicht. Die große Erfindung wollte ihm nicht gelingen. In diesem Moment hätte er sich dem Bösen verschrieben, wäre er dadurch ein berühmter und reicher Mann geworden. Er hatte den Gedanken noch nicht beendet, als ein kalter Lufthauch durch sein Labor strich. Fröstelnd drehte sich Parry um und prallte erschrocken zurück. Hinter ihm stand ein Mann, von dem die unheimliche Kälte ausstrahlte. Die starren Augen des Fremden hielten den Chemiker gefangen. War sein Wunsch in Erfüllung gegangen?

Aus dem Todestrakt des ADX Bundesgefängnis in Florence, Colorado, werden verurteilte Killer entführt. In der Grenzregion der USA und Mexikos verschwinden Flüchtlinge, Schleuser und Gangster, die für ein ­Drogenkartell arbeiten, spurlos. Unheimliche, schwarz vermummte Gestalten verschleppen nachts Obdachlose aus dem Central Park in New York City. Wer ist für die Entführungen verantwortlich? In einem Schlafsaal, an einem unbekannten Ort, finden sich die Entführten wieder. Seltsamerweise ist der Raum unbewacht, was die verschleppten Männer zuerst verunsichert.

ONE OF THE WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR From the author of the breakout novel Thistlefoot: a collection of dark fairytales and fractured folklore exploring how our passions can save us—or go monstrously wrong. “Real magic, real delight, doled out...

Imagine a perfect society. A world with no racism, sexism, or ageism. A utopia. In Utopia 58, everyone is equal. Everyone must be equal. Too beautiful? A mask will hide that pretty face. Too tall? We'll saw your legs down to size. Too male or female? The surgeon's knife will fix that. Too smart? A buzzer in your skull will drown out all that pesky thinking. You will be equal. Like it or not. Utopia 58, built atop the ruins of North America, created perfect harmony. A society with no race, gender, or age. Pure equality. KB209 was born into this utopia.

Ever wonder what happened to the Isekai’d gamer who found himself incarnated into the overweight body of a LitRPG farmer, only to spit in the face of destiny and earn more money and experience than anyone ever dreamed possible? Fairytales would have you believe he lived happily ever after, but life doesn’t always match up to fairytale endings. Accidentally murdered by a cleric in another universe during a botched resurrection, Arnold, a semi-pro gamer turned clerical error, has now become a thorn in the vindictive Northern Regent’s side.

1803. The Napoleonic Wars. A Royal Navy warship is ordered to pursue an enemy frigate to the icy waters far south in the Indian Ocean. There, it must capture the enemy ship and retrieve a mysterious sea chest, contents unknown, failure not permitted. For the determined young captain and his eager crew, this already dangerous mission turns into a battle with a mysterious vessel that appears not in the sea, but unbelievably, impossibly, in the sky above. But nothing could prepare the crew for what lay beyond the 50th latitude of south.

Mit dem Projekt von San will Perry Rhodan die Verbindungen zu anderen Galaxien verstärken. Doch da taucht eine Fremde namens Shrell auf. Sie fordert von Rhodan, in die Agolei zu reisen. In der Agolei trifft er neue Verbündete, stößt aber auch auf Gegner, mit denen er nicht gerechnet hat.

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Days 46 to 53 is the fourth book in the Mass Extinction Event series, continuing the story of a worldwide apocalypse seen from the eyes of two very different people in two very different parts of the US. More than a month after the disaster that crippled the world, Elizabeth and Toad are struggling to survive. Soon, however, Elizabeth faces a fresh problem, as she realises that the virus might have claimed another, even younger victim. Meanwhile, Thomas discovers more survivors who are trying to reclaim the city.

Having been rescued from the forest, Elizabeth is shocked to find herself living with a small group of survivors. But when she's plunged into an unlikely reunion, she begins to realise that the task of saving humanity might require difficult decisions. Meanwhile, Thomas discovers the truth about another group of survivors. Old alliances are destroyed and new alliances are formed, but finally Thomas is forced to make a stand.