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Fiery and determined, Madison Justice navigates the depths of space, searching for her father and a place to call home. Expelled from the Naval Academy for her unyielding sense of justice, she now forges her own path as a freelance mercenary. But the void is vast and unforgiving. To find her father, the elusive captain of the Gypsy Rose, Madison must prove her mettle in a realm where morality is a luxury few can afford. Harassed by rivals and entangled in the schemes of a ruthless commander, she fights to keep her conscience intact.

The unimaginable has happened. Sylvas has taken in War, Blood, and Strife and bound it to his heart. A feat that has seen the Empyrean Alliance plucking him from the comforts of the Ardent and pulling back the veil that once masked everything. Now, for the first time ever, Sylvas can see his place in the galaxy, standing between the threats that seek to unmake it.

In L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Magic Engineer, Dorrin, a young scion of Order magicians, is interested in forbidden knowledge - the working of machines. He is the Leonardo da Vinci of his age, but his insights violate the rules of the Order magic of Recluce, and in order to pursue his invention he must go into exile - in the lands of Chaos. Tortured by the knowledge that to preserve Order he must create new devices for war, Dorrin stands between Recluce and the forces of the Chaos that seek to destroy it.

What began as a normal game for a retired veteran who, after a long and eventful life, decided to spend his few remaining days inside of a virtual world, has abruptly started acquiring features of reality. A terrible, dysfunctional, and sometimes murderous reality. For a while, Volper only manages to survive thanks solely to his combat experience. And then he meets others he simply cannot pass by, because of one of his two weaknesses.

Five hundred years ago, magi created a weapon they couldn’t control. An infestation that ate magic - and anything else it came into contact with. Enemies and allies were equally filling. Only an elite team of non-magical humans, known as sweepers, can defuse and dispose of infestations before they spread. Most die before they finish training. Laura, a new team member, has stayed alive longer than most. Now, she’s the last - and only - sweeper standing between the city and a massive infestation.

Two years ago, Lieutenant Commander Roslyn Chambers stood witness to the surrender of the last remnants of the Republic. Fueled by atrocity against Mage and mundane alike, the secessionists who waged war against the Protectorate of Mars are finally defeated. Now, a special commission from the Mage-Queen of Mars takes Roslyn deep into the former Republic to hunt the architects of that atrocity. Mages who betrayed their own, the creators of Project Prometheus must be brought to justice. But hidden from even the Republic, Prometheus has woven magic and technology together once more.

Die freie Gemeinschaft des Erdenvolks empfängt einen neuen Aszendenten, einen Piloten und Krieger – aber noch immer schwebt die Kolonie in Gefahr. Ihre Feinde haben ihre üblen Pläne nicht aufgegeben. Die Entscheidung wird während der großen Volksversammlung am leuchtenden Ygg-Baum fallen, bei der alle Bewohner unseres Kreises zusammenkommen. Und es gibt noch eine weitere Bedrohung – sie funkelt am nächtlichen Himmel, steuert die relativistischen Strahlen der Akkretions-Scheibe und überwacht die Veränderungen der Zeichen im himmlischen Kalender.

New York Times Bestselling Author In the frozen Northlands of Midkemia, Captain Dennis Hartraft’s Marauders have just had a disastrous encounter with their sworn enemy, the Tsurani. Wounded and disheartened, the Mauraders set out for the shelter of a frontier garrison. They don’t know that a...

"Bennett R. Coles ranks among my go-to list in SF. Entertaining and intelligent storytelling and terrific characters. In Winds of Marque, Coles may well have invented a whole new subgenre that has me scrambling for a description--Steam Space? Whatever you call it, a blast to read. Here's hoping...

His name is Taylor McFadden, survivor of eighty-three trips into the ZOO. Now, he's retired, and yet his country needs his skills to save people in the country he calls home.

Across the ruins of Ferron, the rotstorm ever rages. From its nightmarish depths, demons and goblins and rust-folk have struck forth and claimed the Northern Marches as their sanctuary. Through the Undal Protectorate, the land is gripped in a Claw Winter, a frozen mirror of the punishment laid down to the west. Abandoned on the island of Riven, Floré and her comrades must find their way back to the Protectorate. Floré's daughter Marta is hidden somewhere in the north, dying from the skein-magic she cannot yet control. And now, a centuries-old problem threatens to cause new problems for Floré.

Vor drei galaktischen Wendungen zerstörte Ewigkeit die Sonne. An ihrer Stelle schwebt nun eine Akkretionsscheibe. Jeder wirft zwei Schatten, und Leben kann lediglich in den Kreisen existieren, die riesige, Licht ausstrahlende Bäume bilden. Außerhalb der Kreise herrschen eisige Kälte und Dunkelheit – und an der Grenze zwischen Licht und Dunkelheit liegt der Schatten, das Land der ewig untergehenden Sonne. Dies ist ein Ort voller seltsamer Kreaturen und ungewöhnlicher Pflanzen, die niemals das Licht erblickt haben, ein Ort, an dem es von Würmern wimmelt.

Elderly military veteran Volper had no idea what to expect when he entered the virtual world of Alpha Rome. But he now realizes that it’s not a game, after all. The number of times you can respawn by replicating in special capsules is limited and might one day run out. Volper has also had to take on a group of teenagers and has managed to turn them into a lethal combat squad. However, their success has not gone unnoticed, and the team has caught the attention of some powerful corporations.

Drizzt is back in this exciting new trilogy from R.A. Salvatore! An uneasy peace between the dwarves of Mithral Hall and the orcs of the newly established Kingdom of Many-Arrows can't last long. The orc tribes united under Obould begin to fight each other, and Bruenor is determined to finish the...

Tired of the necromancer threat, Regan increases efforts to deal with them at their heart of power in the north. Seemingly aware of his presence, the monster horde continues to grow until finally they charge the valley. Steel Spire, one of Regan's sub-core ends up attracting their attention. Will his new inventions be able to handle the mass of monsters? Meanwhile, Louella has her own monster horde to deal with. Enlisting the aid of the adventurers that have come to her valley, she marshals a force to meet the horde on the battlefield. 

Wie sich herausgestellt hat, bin ich nicht auf der Erde gelandet. Und auch nicht auf einem anderen Planeten. Es ist alles viel schlimmer. Ich stecke in einem bewohnten Kreis einer uralten Dyson-Sphäre, die vor sechs galaktischen Rotationen das Sonnensystem ersetzt hat. Es gibt keinen Mond und keine Sterne – und riesige Ygg-Bäume haben die Rolle der Sonne übernommen. Wie das sein kann? Das weiß niemand. Die Einheimischen nennen diesen Ort Einigkeit, und hier herrschen strenge Gesetze.

Navigational grimspace "jumper" Sirantha Jax forms an army to defend colonists stationed on the outskirts of space from a legion of flesh- eating aliens...

Als die Arche damit begann, die Kolonisten per Notausstieg von Bord zu schicken, hatte ich dreifach Pech. Das erste Unglück geschah, als die Runenverteidigung der Kel meine Kapsel über einem verbotenen Zirkel abschoss. Das zweite war, dass ich direkt neben dem Grab des Weißen Teufels landete. Und das dritte trat ein, als ich in den Bau eines verwundeten Noxwolfes kletterte und Sternenblut entdeckte. Andere Aszendenten hätten das vielleicht einen Glückstreffer genannt. Aber lassen Sie mich es so sagen: Hätte ich das Sternenblut ignoriert, wäre ich möglicherweise ein normaler Mensch geblieben.

During her pursuit of the human traitors known as Nemesis, Mage-Captain Roslyn Chambers ventured deep into alien stars. She destroyed her enemy at the final moment but saw firsthand the might of the alien empire Nemesis called the Reejit. The lost world Chimera has hidden between human and alien space for generations. Roslyn must protect the planet from this waking threat, but both the human and alien colonists see her as a harbinger of nightmares.

In a bold and brazen act of treachery, the Royal Martian Navy exploratory cruiser Rose was stolen and is now in the hands of the conspiracy group known as Nemesis. Guilty of a thousand crimes, Nemesis and its leader, Kent Riley, are determined to find proof of the alien threat they have secretly been preparing humanity to face. Set in pursuit by the Mage-Queen of Mars herself, Mage-Captain Roslyn Chambers commands Rose's sister ship, Thorn, in a chase that brings her to the far reaches of the galaxy.