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Menedemos, the young dashing sea captain, and his helper, the scholarly Sostratos, are sea-traders from the Greek island of Rhodes. Fearless sailors, they will travel any distance to make a profit or to search for rich treasures. While they trade in fineries such as wine and silk (and even, to the chagrin of many, peacocks), they live in dangerous times with pirates, thieves, and barbarians.

Like the tentacles of an octopus, the railroad in California reached out across the state, grasping everything of value in the state. Based on the bloody Mussel Slough Tragedy - a conflict between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad - The Octopus is a stunning novel chronicling the twilight of the frontier West. A depiction of the tensions between the railroad, the ranchers, and the ranchers’ League. The book emphasizes the control of “forces” - such as the power of railroad monopolies - over individuals.

When pulp-fiction writer Lior Tirosh returns to his homeland in East Africa, much has changed. Palestina - a Jewish state established in the early 20th century - is constructing a massive border wall to keep out African refugees. Unrest in the capital, Ararat, is at fever pitch. While searching for his missing niece, Tirosh begins to act as though he is a detective from one of his own novels. He is pursued by ruthless members of the state's security apparatus while unearthing deadly conspiracies and impossible realities.

I was the Rift Magus, master of space and time, protector of worlds. Reborn in a broken body with only my knowledge intact, I rebuilt myself from nothing. Now the reckoning has come. House Delamere, the architects of my abduction and the force behind demonic pacts and soul-warping corruption, has taken Adrian. My cousin. My friend. They believe they understand power. They are wrong.

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.

Im Sanatorium zu Hohenbrück ist Krankenschwester Clara bei den verwundeten Soldaten besonders beliebt. Als die Wahrheit ans Licht kommt, wird die Behörde, eine geheime Organisation zur Jagd auf Hexen und Zauberer, auf sie aufmerksam. Clara bleibt nur die Flucht. Als auf sie ein hohes Kopfgeld ausgesetzt wird, nimmt Kopfgeldjäger Konrad ihre Spur auf.

Terry Fairway came back from the Underworld stronger, faster—changed. But the power he won came at a cost. He saved a world. He might have damned his own. All across the globe, incursion rifts split the sky, flooding Earth with Awakened invaders from distant worlds. Cities burn. Alliances crack. And Earth’s defenders race to seal the breaches—before the next city falls to ash.

Once the Rift Magus, I was reborn as Lucian Eldraine, with my knowledge intact but my strength greatly diminished. Through trials and effort, I quickly reclaimed some of my lost powers—and even found some that were new. I’ve also had time to make allies and enemies both, the latter of which have become hungry for vengeance and can call upon demons and worse, and won’t rest until they see me destroyed. Yet amid these threats lies the opportunity to gain wealth, power, and influence, and I intend to claim all three.

Menedemos, the young dashing sea captain, and his helper (and cousin), the scholarly Sostratos, are back in a new adventure. Soon after their successful return to Rhodes the two cousins find that Greece is a dangerous place after the death of Alexander. Various factions fight and vie for power and the neutrality of Rhodes itself is threatened as opposing forces maneuver for advantage in the eastern Mediterranean.

Socially awkward Will, grieving her mother’s death, is fascinated by Dolly, a beautiful, charming rebel with an insatiable taste for adrenaline. Both musicians come alive at Harlem jazz clubs and Prohibition-era speakeasies. Dazzled by the world they are discovering together, their romance ignites. But while Will is obsessed with Dolly, Dolly is obsessed with crime. The power dynamics keep shifting as Will agrees to commit petty crimes with Dolly in exchange for sexual favors. When the University and their rich families unite to split them up, passions escalate.

Idunn – Quell ewiger Jugend oder Werkzeug des Todes? Einst verlieh Iðunn den Göttern des Nordens ewige Jugend und Unsterblichkeit. Doch ihr Geheimnis nahm sie vor Urzeiten mit ins Grab. Als eine riskante Expedition nun den Spuren dieses Mythos folgt, beschwört sie großes Unheil herauf. Mystische Unwetter kosten zwei Teilnehmern das Leben, der Expeditionsleiter verschwindet spurlos. Was der einzige Überlebende berichtet, klingt unglaublich: Ein archaischer Krieger von übermenschlicher Macht wacht über Iðunns Grab und wird nicht ruhen, solange ihr Erbe in Gefahr ist.

Three-year-old Vangie is mute and unresponsive. She shows no interest in the people or world around her, much to the frustration of her callous foster parents. Little do they know, Vangie is otherwise occupied observing “ghosts”—an infinite number of versions of herself, in an infinite number of parallel universes. When a tornado hits their trailer and Vangie is severely injured, she makes a desperate leap into another timeline where she survives the tornado, but her foster parents do not.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Kanaren: Ein junger Doktorand stößt bei seinen Forschungsarbeiten zu erdnahem Weltraumschrott auf eine Anomalie, die den spanischen Präsidentenpalast in helle Aufregung versetzt. Nikosia, Zypern: Ein Medienproduzent wird bei seiner Ankunft auf der Mittelmeerinsel vom Flughafen weg verhaftet - ohne Angabe von Gründen. Man bringt ihn an einen geheimen Militärstützpunkt und stellt ihn einer illustren Runde vor. Mossul, Irak: Die Anti-IS Koalition macht sich daran, die Millionenstadt den Händen des Kalifats zu entreißen.

Die Erde, 2022: Vier Jahre nach dem katastrophalen Ausgang der Onur-Invasion ist der Wiederaufbau in vollem Gange. Die meisten vom finalen Atomschlag verwüsteten Gegenden sind dekontaminiert. Hunger, Krankheiten und Reality TV wurden inzwischen beinahe ausgerottet - dank der Onur, denen sich fast alle Länder der Erde geschlossen unterwarfen. Der Planet gedeiht unter dem gütigen Diktat der Matriarchin - doch noch gibt es Widerstand.

Following Jason's evolution into a Keeper, he finds his fledgling city once again in turmoil. A new and deadly enemy threatens the Twilight Throne - one that has no difficulty contending with Jason and the members of Original Sin. Jason must work quickly to consolidate his city's power. That means securing the villages within the Twilight Throne's influence, finding a steady stream of income, and growing the city's military strength.

What if Cleopatra faked her death and escaped on a pirate ship? While her sister sailed for Wales with the most valuable ancient books from her Library of Alexandria? And they both landed in an imagined new world filled with crypto-creatures and historical humans? Trekking the desert of 1st century New Mexico, Cleo from the Yucatan and Alex from Nova Scotia, they’d need bravery and help from friends and lovers to evade inner demons and determined villains across an uncharted wilderness.

This time the stage is one of the greatest sea battles ever fought: the Battle of Salamis, 306 BC. The small, free, and independent polis of Rhodes is trying to stay neutral between the local great powers, each ruled by one of Alexander the Great’s marshals: one-eyed Antigonos, who controls Asia Minor, and Ptolemaios, ruler of Egypt. As tensions between the great powers escalate, Menedemos and Sostratos are trying to resolve their own problems, oblivious to the fact that one of the greatest navel fleets in ancient history is about to set sail.

This inventive, page-turning crime thriller with "palpable emotional depth" (New York Times Book Review) envisions a world in which the Red Scare never ended. USA, 1958. President Joseph McCarthy sits in the White House, elected on a wave of populist xenophobia and barely‑concealed...

The acclaimed actor’s shockingly prescient novel of speculative fiction “presents a near-future United States torn apart by civil war and deep racial strife” (Tampa Bay Times). For the first time ever, available as an audiobook read by the author. America today is teetering on the edge of...

Menedemos, the young dashing sea captain, and his helper (and cousin) the scholarly Sostratos, are back in their third adventure. This time around the two cousins end up in the Sacred Land, Jerusalem, where they encounter a strange religion. This fascinates Sostratos, who wants to learn as much as he can about the strange monotheists living there. The more worldly Menedemos looks toward more common pleasures, particularly those involving pretty women (not letting small inconveniences like their marriage to other men get in the way).