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Vitus Adamson has a second chance at life now that he's no longer a zombie. But after killing his brother, Jamie, Vitus lands in prison on murder charges. Jamie's death exposes secret government projects so deep in the black they cannot be seen - without Vitus, that is. Sprung from jail, the government hires Vitus to clean up Jamie's messes, but tracking down his brother's homemade monsters gone rogue is easier said than done. The first of them is a convicted killer assumed to be safely behind bars.

Vitus Adamson is falling apart. As a pre-deceased private investigator, he takes the prescription Atroxipine hourly to keep his undead body upright and functioning. Whenever he is injured, he seeks Niko, a bombshell mortician with bedroom eyes and a way with corpses, to piece him back together. Decomposition, however, is the least of his worries when two clients posing his most dangerous job yet appear at his door looking for their lost son.

The Earth is dying. Humanity - over-breeding, over-consuming - is destroying the very planet they call home. Multinational corporations despoil the environment, market genetically modified crops to control the food supply, and use their wealth and influence and private armies to crush anything, and anyone, that gets in the way of their profits. Nothing human can stop them. But something unhuman might. Once they did not fear the sun. Once they could breathe the air and sleep where they chose.

It has been 15 years since Billy and Bonnie Bannister helped repel the demonic assault on Heaven. Now they and Ashley Foley sit in a maximum security prison where the authorities conduct experiments on them to learn the secrets of long life. Earlier, the world's acceptance of dragonkind crumbled, and the Enforcers took the infant twins born to Billy and Bonnie and stole Excalibur, hoping to develop a weapon to battle the dragons that are sure to try to rescue their allies.

Survive the arena. Choose a Battle Bride. Master the lost art of cultivation. They called me a savage, then threw me into the their cruel arena. Instead of bleeding out on the sand like they hoped, I used the power of my gifted core to rise. When I learned my enemies held a cure for the spreading plight of infertility, I knew why my gods had sent me. I am Dagon Haldorson, hunter and hearthman of the northern shores of Enea. I will grow in strength, form alliances, and win the hearts of gorgeous battle brides.

Sarah Crowe left Atlanta, and the remnants of a tumultuous relationship, to live alone in an old house in rural Rhode Island. Within its walls she discovers an unfinished manuscript written by the house's former tenant - a parapsychologist obsessed with the ancient oak growing on a desolate corner of the property. And as the gnarled tree takes root in her imagination, Sarah risks her health and her sanity to unearth a revelation planted centuries ago.

Aus dem Schloss … in die Schlacht Seit Jahren kämpfen sich die ehemaligen Königstöchter Aiby, Mef, Decanra und Cinn als Söldnerinnen durch eine Welt voller Monster und Mistkerle. Die Prinzessinnen haben sich den Ruf einer knallharten Truppe erworben. Mit Schwert und Streitaxt treten sie Räubern, Werwölfen, Ogern, Kobolden und Drachen entgegen. Das Retten junger Thronerbinnen in Nöten ist außerdem ihr Fachgebiet. Prinzessin Narvila aus den Händen einer Bande Gesetzloser zu befreien, scheint also ein Auftrag unter vielen zu sein.

"Edward war schon alt, als ich geboren wurde. Uralt, als ich ihm das erste Mal begegnete..." Edward wird im viktorianischen London als Sohn eines Earls geboren. Er erlebt eine unbeschwerte Kindheit und ist nie ernsthaft krank. Als das 20. Jahrhundert anbricht, wird ihm klar, dass er nicht ist wie andere Menschen: Er altert kaum. Mehr und mehr ist Edward gezwungen, sich von den Menschen, die er liebt, zurückzuziehen. Im ersten Weltkrieg wird er schwer verletzt und zieht durch seine schnelle Heilung die Aufmerksamkeit der Deutschen auf sich.

In a world where mages and monster grow from cultivating mana, Isaac joins the class of humans known as mages who absorb mana to grow more powerful. To become a mage, he must bind a mana beast to himself to access and control mana. But when his mana beast is far more human than he expected, Isaac struggles with the budding relationship between the two of them as he prepares to enter his first dungeon.

For two hundred years, I've held the Vampire throne. I've upheld our ancient traditions, and led the Order of Onyx Assassins. I've never questioned our rules...until now. The Covenant states that if humans discover the supernatural world, their lives are forfeit, but one run-in with human Lyric O'Brien, and I'm hooked. Smart, fierce, and sexy-as-sin, Lyric's blood tempts me with unbridled need. I never should have brought her into my world, but I can't stay away, And now she's in danger.

Eine unmögliche Diagnose für den zehnjährigen Michael. Für Michaels Eltern beginnt ein Albtraum. Fast zerbricht ihre Ehe...

Toby Drake is faced with a crisis of conscience when a beautiful woman shows up on his doorstep, battered, bloodied, and on run from a super-powered thug. Trained as an engineer prior to The Storm, Toby makes a living fixing other people’s broken electronics, hardly something that has prepared him to go up against a super. He quickly discovers that it’s one thing to hear about villains doing bad things, but another thing entirely to come face-to-face with them.

Babylon Berlin goes Fantasy: Ein magisches Berlin in den 20er-Jahren, ein zerstörerisches Familiengeheimnis und eine Liebe, die alles verändert, sind die Zutaten für das Urban-Fantasy-Hörbuch Spiegelstadt. Tränen aus Gold und Silber von Christian Handel und Andreas Suchanek. In den Schatten unserer Welt existiert eine andere Wirklichkeit: die Spiegelstadt, ein magisches Berlin, erstarrt in den glamourösen 1920er-Jahren und bewohnt von vielgestaltigen Feen-Wesen. Reisen zwischen den Welten sind streng verboten und nur mithilfe magischer goldener Tränen möglich.

The Seventh Door is the third book in Children of the Bard, a sequel series to the best-selling Dragons in Our Midst and Oracles of Fire series. This book follows the adventures of Matt and Lauren, twin siblings born to Billy and Bonnie Bannister. Endowed with mysterious dragon traits, they must stop the demon Tamiel from disrupting the song of the ovulum. If the song is squelched, Tamiel will be able to bring about the destruction of the human race.

Robert Harlan has three loves: his wife, his daughter, and his writing. But when his thirst for success causes him to lose focus on his happy family life, ambition begins to consume him. When a stranger appears with a mysterious message about the brevity of his future, he discovers the truth...

Vor langer Zeit wurde ein magisches Artefakt, genannt Tabernakel, gefunden, das ungeheure Kräfte birgt. Nur der Zwiegespaltene, so heißt es, kann es aktivieren - doch niemand weiß, was dann geschieht. Trotzdem wollen verschiedene Seiten und Völker das Tabernakel für sich beanspruchen, und der jahrtausendelange Kampf darum entbrennt. In einer zerstörerischen Schlacht zerbricht das Artefakt in sieben Teile. Sechs Teile werden durch einen Sturm davongewirbelt und finden Hüter. Der siebte Splitter geht verloren. Doch das beendet den Kampf keineswegs, und auch die Suche nach dem Zwiegespaltenen wird fortgesetzt. Wer mag es sein? Wird er die Kräfte zum Guten oder zum Schlechten verwenden?

Der Krieg um das Tabernakel geht weiter. Zusammen mit der Unterstützung von Lady Morgenlied macht der junge Ritter Rowarn sich auf die Suche nach den letzten Hütern des Artefaktes, um es vor dem Zugriff des Feindes, der bereits einige Teile erobern konnte, zu bewahren. Doch der siebte Splitter gilt als verschollen, und ohne ihn kann die Vernichtung Waldsees nicht aufgehalten werden. Doch wird damit überhaupt der Krieg beendet und alles zum Guten gewendet? Wofür wurde das Tabernakel wirklich geschaffen? Rowarn muss eine schwere Entscheidung treffen und ein großes Opfer bringen.

Abandoned in a hyper realistic realm, Maverick bonds with a familiar. The walking tree grows over the years, sprouting a shed, then a one story inn, and finally a fully fledged tavern. His quiet life is ruined when that pesky son of his needs help. Slight problem, Maverick needs a team.

Omega Dragon is the fourth book in Children of the Bard, a sequel series to the best-selling Dragons in our Midst and Oracles of Fire series. This book concludes the adventures of Matt and Lauren, twin siblings born to Billy and Bonnie Bannister.

In cycle three of the series, the Harbingers team investigates more mysterious and fascinating supernatural occurrences in Hollywood, a small town in North Carolina, and elsewhere. Can they keep the growing darkness at bay? This fast-paced and ongoing collection plays like your favorite TV series, with each linked episode written by a talented author. Featuring "Leviathan", "The Mind Pirates", "Hybrids", and "The Village".