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Plunged into darkness, the Earth's surface is shrouded in dust from the impact of asteroid AG5. Whilst the cloud threatens to choke the very fabric of civilization, Sarah Morgan is being held prisoner. In the depths of a subterranean facility, she has uncovered a deadly weapon; the truth behind the enormous structure buried beneath the Earth. Elsewhere, Professor Steiner and Robert Goodwin may be humanity's greatest hope, but they must struggle against monumental adversity as an internal battle rages within the Global Meteor Response Council.

Sancia ist eine Diebin - und zwar eine verdammt gute. Daher ist sie im ersten Moment auch begeistert, als sie ihre neueste Beute betrachtet: ein Schlüssel, der jedes Schloss öffnet. Doch dann wird ihr klar, was das bedeutet. Man wird sie jagen! Jedes der mächtigen Handelshäuser wird dieses Artefakt besitzen wollen. Denn die Magie des Schlüssels ist nicht nur alt und mächtig. Die Person, die sie kontrolliert, könnte die Welt verändern.

The world holds its breath as the colossal asteroid 2011 AG5 hurtles towards the Earth. As humanity is faced with extinction, archaeologist Sarah Morgan is in a race against time to uncover a secret that has been buried for millennia: that an advanced ancestor once populated the Earth. As Sarah travels across the continents in search of the truth, she discovers there are those that will kill to protect this most ancient of secrets....

A year has passed since the cataclysmic impact of asteroid AG5. Whilst Earth's survivors struggle against a devastating winter, the world's finest assemble on the International Space Station for a covert mission that could change the course of civilization. Back in the US, former director general Steiner is due to stand trial for masterminding heinous acts of terror. As calls for the death penalty gain momentum, those that sit in judgement are unaware that Steiner holds the key to the survival of the entire human race.

Ein Mensch, der die Magie entschlüsselt. Ein Magier, der die Welt erschüttert. Ein Meister, der den Tod besiegt. Die Diebin Sancia und ihre Verbündeten haben ein eigenes Handelshaus gegründet. Das war ihre einzige Möglichkeit, nicht durch die mächtigen Familien von Tevanne einfach zu Verbrechern erklärt zu werden. Doch deren Rache ist nicht ihr größtes Problem. Der mächtigste Magier der Vergangenheit ist ins Leben zurückgekehrt und will nun die Realität nach seinen Wünschen neu formen.

Das Finale der großen High-Fantasy-Trilogie um die raffinierte Diebin Sancia und ihren sprechenden Schlüssel Clef. Es ist ein Krieg der Götter in der Welt der Sterblichen! Die ehemalige Diebin Sancia und ihre Gefährten hatten erfolglos versucht, den übermächtigen Magier der alten Zeit mit einem ebenso alten magischen Konstrukt zu besiegen. Nun kämpfen der Magier und die künstliche magische Wesenheit um die Vorherrschaft über die Realität. Dabei ist ihnen das Schicksal der Menschen ziemlich egal.

It has been said that somewhere in the world you have an exact double. This rocket-ride of a novel ignites with the sudden cry of "Ai! Pedrito!", as Naval Lieutenant Tom Smith discovers that his exact look-alike is the notorious South American revolutionary and spy, Pedrito Miraflores. Inspired by a real incident in the life of L. Ron Hubbard, Ai! Pedrito! is a fun-to-listen-to, compelling novel of what can sometimes happen when intelligence goes wrong.

The mysterious prophecy that has shaped the life of Kelvin Knight Hackleberry and his family seems nearly to have run its course. The Two Kingdoms that were joined by Kelvin to form Kelvinia have now been united with three others, to make a great confederation under the rule of the young twin kings, Kildom and Kildee. Kelvin has earned some time to rest with his family. Charles and Merlain are now 20 years old, and so is Dragon Horace, their brother who is the Great King of all the land.

The apocalypse happened, but no one knows how. All that’s left are a smattering of bizarro cities called remnants, each ruled by a grotesque potentate known as an Odd. If you wind up in hock to the Odds, they ship you to a chain-gang that stretches thousands of miles across desert, steppe, and tundra. A good-hearted drifter named Eldridge is a longtime member of the Chain.

Deep beneath the mountains of Mexico lies an abandoned underworld: an ancient and enormous archaeological wonder that dwarfs anything ever created by humanity. Trying to flee from its clutches with a stolen artifact, Sarah Morgan holds the key to exposing an extinct species, once capable of extraordinary cultural and scientific advances. But an unknown terror awaits her in the abyss, something distinctly...inhuman.

Boldly go to times where no one has gone before. While transporting a contraband Russian time machine and developmental weaponry, Private Everett Dumphee finds himself cast into new settings when the device suddenly activates. What follows are fantastic high-tech experiences that might be called the ultimate off-road adventure. For the determined Dumphee - narrowly escaping with his life and three beautiful women - it is not necessarily a matter of will he make his destination, but when.

It's been a thousand years since the Rising. Earth is a wasteland, and a holy order of knights is all that stands between what remains of civilization and the brigands and demons trying to bring it all down. When the oldest of these knights, Abe, isn't trying to keep his brothers in line, he's tirelessly attempting to decode the riddles that have guided the Knights Eternal for the past two centuries. The visions Abe's been having aren't helping matters.

In this swashbuckling novel set in 15th-century England, young Richard Shelton discovers that he has been betrayed by the guardian who raised him - a man involved in the murder of his father. Seventeen-year-old Richard joins the fellowship of the Black Arrow to avenge the death, rescue the woman he loves, and participate in the struggle between the Yorks and Lancasters in the War of the Roses.