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While the crew of the starship Flying Dutchman have been trying to assure that hostile aliens do not have access to Earth, the UN Expeditionary Force has been stranded on the planet they nicknamed "Paradise." The Flying Dutchman is headed back out on another mission, and the UN wants the ship to find out the status of the humans on Paradise. But Colonel Joe Bishop warns that they might not like what they find, and they can't do anything about it without endangering Earth.

Everyone tries to escape from paradise. Mark Tyburn dreams of building the perfect video game. Kurt Fischer dreams of being a rich and successful executive. Daisy Tyburn dreams of having the ideal father. John Tyburn Smith dreams of fitting in. NigelDave just dreams of becoming human.

They call it Paradise - an inner-city danger zone, starved of resources, starved of hope; run-down housing, run-down lives. Then a miracle happens. A dying boy is healed by the touch of a charismatic young man. And that's only the beginning. Richard brings light into the darkest places.

Someone is cleaning up the badlands, removing the major pirate clans from the most developed worlds. Captain Scott and the Free Fleet must determine who is behind the liberations, and if they are an ally, or just another threat to humanity.

While the crew of the UN Expeditionary Force's pirate starship Flying Dutchman are enjoying a luxury vacation cruise (not!), UNEF troops are still stranded on an alien-controlled planet. Major Emily Perkins and her team are busy picking up the pieces, and it's not easy, because there is trouble on Paradise...

Peach Blossom Paradise, set at the time of the reform, is the story of Xiumi, the daughter of a wealthy landowner and former government official who falls prey to insanity and disappears. Days later, a man with a gold cicada in his pocket turns up at their family estate and is inexplicably welcomed as a relative.

Cuando el mundo ha cambiado completamente y toda la lucha está basada en el instinto de supervivencia ante las hordas de zombies, el sueño ideal es el de encontrar un paraíso en la tierra, un lugar donde vivir tranquilos, olvidados de todos y olvidando lo que hay en el exterior. Y ese lugar existe o al menos eso es lo que dice el cartel en la carretera: dos jovencitos con ganas de aventuras y un cazador experimentado, aunque este último no se fía demasiado...entran en el “Paradise” de los vivos o...de los zombies?

As a mysterious plague threatens to end civilization, disgraced tech mogul Felix Craft claims he’s conquered death itself. He’s invited journalist Rohan Patel to tell the story of the century: the creation of Meru. A digital paradise to serve as humanity’s final hope.

Long before modern theories of human origins took shape, William F. Warren proposed an extraordinary idea—that the cradle of civilization once lay in the far North, in a lost polar homeland remembered in ancient myths and sacred texts around the world. In Paradise Found, first published in 1885, Warren explores the world’s oldest legends—from Eden and Olympus to Asgard and Avalon—tracing their shared symbolism to a common source: a vanished paradise near the Pole.

Life has a funny way of throwing a wrench in the spokes. One day I was about to take my hot coworker out to lunch, and suddenly I was struck by lightning and transported to a different world. Crazy how that works. Once I got over my initial shock, I realized that this place was absolutely incredible. Furthermore, all of the adult men were killed in battle just over a year ago. Yes, I was the only guy in town. Destiny’s hero, right? Wrong. Turns out I wasn’t the hero they wanted and prayed for.

Cosa faresti se fossi Dio? Pirjeri Ryynänen, gruista di Helsinki, una risposta l'avrebbe trovata nei quotidiani monologhi di protesta che in cima alla sua gru rivolge all'Onnipotente: eliminerebbe fame e povertà, proteggerebbe l'ambiente e garantirebbe a tutti pace e felicità. Ma il lavoro da fare è infinito. Forse è per questo che Dio è così stanco e depresso: non ne può più dell'umanità, delle sue iniquità e delle sue guerre, e se non ha ancora distrutto la Terra è solo perché è tanto bella, e poi che colpa ne hanno gli altri animali?

Nervenzerfetzende Spannung in den finsteren Tiefen des Weltraums. Das Sonnensystem ist besiedelt, und die Menschheit breitet sich im All aus. Es gibt sogar eine extrasolare Kolonie, Paradise-1, auf der Tausende Kolonisten ein neues Leben begonnen haben – bis die Kommunikation abgebrochen ist. Jetzt wird Agentin Alexandra Petrova und die Crew der Artemis auf die lange Reise nach Paradise-1 entsandt, um herauszufinden, was passiert ist. Doch das, was sie dort finden, übertrifft ihre schlimmsten, grauenvollsten Albträume.

What do you do when you meet your soul mate…and she refuses to believe you belong together? J’orn is a seven-foot-tall Kindred warrior and that’s his dilemma. He’s been in love with Kara from the start, but because she’s older than him, she won’t even consider him as a romantic interest. But then she buys an economy ticket to Paradise Prime and ends up sitting in his lap during the journey. J’orn tries to warn her of the Kidnapping ring operating there, but she refuses to listen.

Heale and Riena have confessed their feelings for each other, but life isn’t about to give them a break—they are interrupted by the arrival of a pirate ship! Orc pirates are the newest additions to Sheol’s community, but there’s friction between them and the goblins. Heale hopes to bridge the rift between the two races, but he understands that some things can’t be rushed. Instead, he focuses on what he can do—deciding the island’s next big construction project!

In a world where crests decide one’s fate, Prince Heale is born with Cave King—a crest just as worthless as he is. Deemed a disgrace to his family, he’s exiled to a barren, deserted island with not a plant nor soul in sight. Alone, miserable, but determined to survive, he reaches for a pickaxe to expand the cave he intends to make his new home—and discovers the true power of his crest!

In the magical Celestial Kingdom of Tenseiraku, Daichi Murakami struggles to find his place among gods and heroes, burdened by the weight of his perceived inadequacies. As he navigates the enchanting yet perilous landscapes—from the serene Garden of Forgotten Dreams to the mystical Lotus Pond—he seeks guidance from the playful Goddess Shion and the steadfast Knight Captain Reiji. With each challenge, Daichi must confront his insecurities and discover that true strength lies not in skills but in the courage to embrace one's own journey, even when it feels like the gods have forgotten him.

Every day in this place was like heaven. I had two beautiful wives that loved me and the entire valley respected me. I was living the dream. But things come crashing to a halt when the Ghost Prince and his army are seen right outside the valley. My perfect life becomes a scramble to prepare, and even still our fate hangs in question.

Cassie Klyne, 19 years old, lives in the United States in the year 2015 - but it's not our United States, and it's not our 2015. Cassies world has been at peace since the Great Armistice of 1918. There was no World War II, no Great Depression. Poverty is declining, prosperity is increasing everywhere; social instability is rare. But Cassie knows the world isn't what it seems. Her parents were part of a group who gradually discovered the awful truth: That for decades - back to the dawn of radio communications - human progress has been interfered with, made more peaceful and benign, by an extraterrestrial entity.

Many millennia after the fall of Eden, Adam, the first man in creation, still walks the Earth - exhausted by the endless death and destruction, he is a shadow of his former hope and glory. And he is not the only one. The Garden was deconstructed, its pieces scattered across the world and its inhabitants condemned to live out immortal lives, hiding in plain sight from generations of mankind.

Life has a funny way of throwing a wrench in the spokes. One day I was about to take my hot coworker out to lunch, and suddenly I was struck by lightning and transported to a different world. Crazy how that works. Once I got over my initial shock, I realized that this place was absolutely incredible. Furthermore, all of the adult men were killed in battle just over a year ago. Yes, I was the only guy in town. Destiny’s hero, right? Wrong. Turns out I wasn’t the hero they wanted and prayed for.