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Terrorism. Acts of oppression. The threat of nuclear war. The US Navy-designed Goliath is a futuristic nuclear stealth submarine in the shape of a stingray. Simon Covah, a brilliant scientist whose entire family were the victims of terrorism, has hijacked the sub. Believing violence is a disease, Covah aims to use the Goliath and its cache of nuclear weapons to dictate policy to the world regarding the removal of oppressive regimes and nuclear weapons. Could the threat of violence forge a lasting peace?

In the 2050s, Earth has begun to empty. Those with the means and the privilege have departed the great cities of the United States for the more comfortable confines of space colonies. Those left behind salvage what they can from the collapsing infrastructure. As they eke out an existence, their neighborhoods are being cannibalized. Brick by brick, their houses are sent to the colonies, what was once a home now a quaint reminder for the colonists of the world that they wrecked.

Vom großen Los träumen viele Menschen. Jahr um Jahr zahlen die Mitglieder der Losgemeinschaft Möller ihre Beiträge. Sie ahnen nicht, dass ihr Vorstand, der Sparkassenbeamte Sophus Möller, das Geld unterschlägt und zum Studium seiner Tochter verwendet. Später wagt er nicht, seinen Schwindel zu bekennen. Er sucht nach einem Ausweg. Da kommt ihm der reiche Magnussen zu Hilfe, der es auf das Vermögen des vermeintlichen Millionärs abgesehen hat. Ahnungslos wird er zum Werkzeug des findigen Sparkassenbeamten.

Goliath Cave is a vast cave system but when reports of missing cavers reach Midas's ears, he knows he has to investigate the strange place. A strange old man named Jonas makes a heartfelt plea about yet another missing visitor to Goliath Cave. Equipped with everything he needs, including Butch who has hundreds of hours logged in for climbing. Midas take the Gulf Coast Paranormal Team to the heart of Alabama, and one of its most beautiful cave systems. But what waits in the shadows may be something much older than a few ghostly miners.

Die neunzehnte Tür des Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalenders: Das osmanische Militär rückt in Jerusalem ein, um für Ordnung zu sorgen. Einige Stadtbewohner leisten Widerstand gegen die Okkupation und die repressiven Maßnahmen.