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There is a huge, bold black streak in the sky. Branches appear out of nowhere over North America, Southern Europe, and Central Africa. People who live beneath The Rift can see it. But scientists worldwide are distressed - their equipment cannot pick up any type of signal from it. The rift appears to consist of nothing. Literally. Nothing. Nada. Niente. Most people are curious but not overly concerned. The phenomenon seems to pose no danger. It is just there. Then something jolts the most hardened naysayers, and surpasses the worst nightmares of the world's greatest scientists.

Jade Dragon had been crushed. China was forced to relent. But picking up the pieces had only just begun. After years of conflict, the Allies emerged victorious on the battlefield. However, the world was left bruised and battle-worn. American President Maria Delgado had her hands full with the recovery efforts. Blain Wilson would be pulled in… deeper down the rabbit hole than he intended.

From New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant comes a vision of a decade in the future, where humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. We owe our good health to a humble parasite — a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When...

From New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant comes the second book in the terrifying Parasitology series. The SymboGen-designed tapeworms were created to relieve humanity of disease and sickness. But the implants in the majority of the world's population began attacking their hosts, turning...

A troubled young woman is recruited by a race of ancient alien explorers to be their emissary to save the human race from extinction. The problem is that not everyone believes the world is doomed, and not everyone trusts the aliens' motives. Holly Burton will have to overcome opposition from world leaders, attacks by religious zealots, assassination attempts, intractable bureaucracies, and her own fears and doubts if she is to save the human race, not just from the coming apocalypse, but from itself.

When a stranger with a high-tech implant is found in the remote Finnish wilderness, neurosurgeon Bill and his computer scientist friend Steve see an opportunity. But they don't know what powers they're up against. They soon must ask themselves what moral boundaries they're willing to cross in order to succeed. Ten years later, the world has changed. Airships roam the skies, strange plants grow in the forests, and entire swaths of land are deserted.

The world has collapsed, and there are no heroes any more.His name is Three, a travelling gun for hire in a dying world. He has no allegiances, no family, no ties.Against his better judgment, he accepts the mantle of protector to a sick woman on the run, and her young son. Together they set out across the plains in search of a mythic oasis, attempting to survive the forces that pursue them, and the creatures of the dark.In these dark times, a hero may yet arise.

Der Widerstand stemmt sich verzweifelt gegen den Einfluss des Forums und der Implantatträger. Während die Menschheit immer mehr Zeit in der künstlich geschaffenen Metawelt verbringt, stößt Steve Työpaikkaa auf eine entsetzliche Wahrheit, die an den Fundamenten der Zukunft rüttelt. Derweil begibt sich seine Tochter June auf eine gefährliche Reise, nachdem der Widerstand auf die Quelle eines neuen Signals stößt. Sie muss zerstört werden, wenn der Widerstand überleben will - doch der Erfolg könnte einen Preis erfordern, den June nicht zahlen kann.

Pandora Lynch lives in Alaska with her single dad, an online therapist for Silicon Valley's brightest and squirreliest. Homeschooled by computer and a self-taught hacker, Pandora is about to enter high school to learn how to be normal. That's the plan at least. NorCal runaway George Jedson is a hacker too - one who leaves the systems he attacks working better than before. After being scooped up by a social media giant, will George go legit - or pull off the biggest hack ever? Not even his therapist knows for sure, but maybe the headshrinker's daughter....

A year after destroying the wormhole generator in France and thus blocking the way to Earth for an allied AI, she lives with AcesAzrael in Switzerland. She fights alongside the last free humans against the approaching Forum and its unstoppable troops. There is still no trace of Janika, but when the Swiss make a dangerous plan shortly before their final defeat, there is only one hope for June and Ace: to find Janika and uncover the secret of a new, mysterious place in the metaworld.

Caesar and Amelia must part ways on crucial tasks to relocate their people from the incoming war. Milton is days away from reaching Lost Town, but is it enough time to prepare when he's been training for this his whole life? Harrison gets a second chance at redemption as he ventures to Earth to save the inhabitants of Arcadia. His optimism fractures when a rogue team of assassins is recruited to thwart his mission. And what other secrets lay beyond Arcadia?

The eco-crash killed the oceans and dropped oxygen levels, leaving humans and rats as the only vertebrates in the wild. But people have adapted to eating crickets and breathing from a can, so life and crime continue. Ruthless planner Kalinda is tempted from her spider-hole in the desert to do the biggest bank job in history. If she's caught trying to rob Geld Island, they'll torture her to death on TV. But enough money to buy yourself a biodome in paradise is hard to resist.

The new heart of the Milky Way is a quasar, enclosed by a huge shell. It will provide energy to humankind for a long time. But then one maintenance probe after another disappears. Is someone trying to manipulate the quasar to destroy our galaxy in a giant explosion? Or is it just a few outlaws who are trying to steal some of the quasar's energy for themselves? Kepler and Zhenyi, with the help of some unexpected friends, discover that the stakes are much, much higher. They encounter new and at the same time ancient foes that they never dreamt of in their worst nightmares.

The alien creatures have made it to Earth. Entire cities are battling invasion from the menacing swarms. This is worse than Zola. It’s worse than the Leak. It’s worse than all of our nightmares put together. The creatures are indestructible, shrugging off our strongest weaponry. Now, our only hope lies inside a powerful ancient artifact we don’t understand. To save Earth’s future, we have to unlock the secrets of a lost alien past. Whatever it takes, we have to harness the power of the Orb. Humanity is coming together for one last stand against this threat from afar.

The fate of the world is on the line. What will be left after us? Safety is obviously only temporary as the Static continues to show itself. With someone trying to open a new set of Rings, the group must separate to vanquish their enemies. Blaze heads to the South Pole with Anand, to activate the Attractor. Wyatt must stop Isabel’s father from continuing his destructive patterns, but is he actually working for the good of humanity? When someone from the past returns, the teams are beckoned to New York where it all began.

Fractured Time is the first book in a trilogy. Humans are stranded on a strange and hostile world after a catastrophic phenomenon displaces several regions and time periods to an alien world. Survivors battle a variety of creatures as they fight for survival and search for a way home. Billy Brock, the unwilling leader of the group, finds himself targeted by the wizard responsible for their misfortune, while everyone thinks he's crazy. The coincidences add up as Billy tries to solve the mystery of their presence on the planet Vesula.

In una futuristica società avanzata, una donna ha dato il via a un progetto di ricerca archeoinformatica che ha sede in Italia, al PRIA, il Palazzo di Ricerca Informatica Antica. Il capo ricercatore, Iperborea, scopre e analizza archivi e reperti digitali per riportare in luce il passato, un po’ come fa un archeologo quando conduce campagne di scavi. Il suo più grande obiettivo è scoprire chi è stato l’artefice del Grande Crollo, un evento epocale del passato che ha prodotto l’annientamento di ogni struttura sociale.

Las aventuras complicadas de una comunidad que reconstruir el sentido de lo social después de un gran desastre. Scollo se apoya en una cita de Roberto Arlt para contar lo que pasa en el mundo de su novela. "En todas partes se ha infilitrado el hombre y su ciudad. Piensa que hay murallas infinitas. Edificios que tienen ascensores rápidos y ascensores mixtos: tanta es la altura a recorrer". Detrás del arco iris, la civilización escondida está hecha de la misma pasta de muchas de las mejores historias.