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Three factions vie for control of the galaxy. Rig, a gunslinging, thieving rebel-with-a-cause, doesn’t give a damn about them, and she hasn’t looked back since abandoning them three years ago. That is, until her former faction sends her a message: Return what she stole from them, or her twin sister will die. Rig embarks on a journey across the galaxy to save her - but for once, she’s not alone. She has help from her network of resistance contacts, her taser-wielding librarian girlfriend, and a mysterious bounty hunter.

An Instant New York Times Bestseller! Get in. Get out. Don't Fall in Love. Enter the brutal world of Endlock, a prison where the wealthy hunt the inmates for sport. In the city of Dividium, the law is simple: commit a crime, and your punishment is a life sentence in Endlock. Raven Thorne is...

The South American Boreal: one of the last truly unexplored jungles on our planet. In its dark heart is an ancient crater basin, sealed in by a living cage, making it a time capsule for an ancient, deadly ecosystem. Matt Kearns, Carla Nero and a team of scientist explorers have found their way in. In the crater's sunken interior are creatures from a primordial nightmare. Dangers lurk in every treetop, under every rock or loom monstrously over them. It is a place where mankind is out of time.

When a fame-hungry scientist brings an impossible, living specimen of a creature long thought extinct back from the wild jungles of South America he unwittingly brings along a passenger. Something with the potential to destroy every living thing on our planet. The infestation begins, rapidly overtaking medical resources and resisting all treatment.

Matt Kearns and the remnants of the scientific team return to a ravaged America. Modern medicine has failed to halt the spread of the flesh-consuming parasite, and humans have been forced to hide, even from one another. The infected roam the cities and suburbs of a ruined nation. But the devastating effects on human physiology are only the beginning. Something has been let loose, something that the team were not prepared for - human nature itself.

Когда люди поняли, что идея гиперпрыжкового двигателя физически нереализуема, то за помощью в освоении космоса обратились к потусторонним существам. И знаете, что из этого вышло? А вот хотя бы на экипаж «Синей птицы» посмотрите! У них и штатная богиня есть, и эмпат, и искусственный интеллект, и целый княжеский сын. С такой командой скучно не бывает, потому что приключения к ним так и притягиваются, испытывая на прочность взаимоотношения, нервы и чувство юмора.

An early warning of disaster brings International Rescue to Peru to assist in relief efforts following a series of earth tremors—and sends the Thunderbirds in search of an ancient Inca treasure trove hidden beneath a long-lost temple deep in the South American jungle! When Lady Penelope is kidnapped by sinister treasure hunters, Scott Tracy and Parker are soon hot on their trail. Along the way they'll have to solve a centuries-old mystery, brave the inhospitable wilderness of the jungle and even tangle with a lost tribe—with the evil Hood close behind them all the way.

Thunderbird Five is attacked by an unknown enemy with uncanny powers. An unidentified object is tracked landing in the Gobi desert, but what’s the connection? Scott Tracy races to the scene in the incredible Thunderbird One, but he cannot begin to imagine the terrible danger he is about to encounter. Alone in the barren wilderness, he is possessed by a malevolent intelligence and assigned a fiendish mission—one which, if successful, will have the most terrifying consequences for the entire world. International Rescue are about to face their most astounding adventure yet!

Drei Gefährten, wie sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, begeben sich auf die Suche nach der Blüte des Lebens. Bort der Berserker als alternder Held, dessen Auftraggeberin SYS, eine Materialisierung des Systems und Elvira, die die Reise als touristische Attraktion gewonnen hat sind wahrhaftig kein Dreamteam. Aber die Herausforderungen und Abenteuer dieser Heldenreise führt jeden an die persönliche Grenze und alle sind gefordert, sich gegenseitig aus manch prekärer Lage herauszuhauen in dieser Parabel auf die Freundschaft.