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The world could not escape this misfortune that came out of the blue, so the System is still providing its inhabitants with entertainment. In addition to developing and constantly introducing new possibilities for the inhabitants of the planet, the System is also trying to complicate their lives. Who knows why that is? Maybe that's how some higher power is trying to make the survivors move forward, to become stronger and smarter. And to mobilize all their strength and forget about their boring and meaningless old lives.

In this concluding volume of Neal Stephenson’s epic work, “Half-Cocked Jack” Shaftoe must escape the noose of Jack Ketch; the rivalry between Newton and Leibniz comes to a head; and Daniel Waterhouse pursues his dream to build the Logic Mill

Step into one of Sherlock Holmes’s most suspenseful cases in The Adventure of the Dying Detective, a gripping short story by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in 1913. When Dr. Watson is summoned urgently to Baker Street, he finds Holmes seemingly on his deathbed—ravaged by a mysterious and fatal tropical disease. Refusing medical treatment and behaving with alarming cruelty, Holmes insists instead on confronting Culverton Smith, a man linked to a suspicious and unresolved death.

When Conan flees tyranny and joins the infamous pirate queen Bêlit, their fiery romance ignites a saga of blood-soaked raids, supernatural horrors, and tragic destiny. Set against a backdrop of cursed rivers, haunted lands, and ruthless battles, this early 20th-century sword-and-sorcery classic blends high-seas adventure with themes of love, honor, and loss.

Step into the perilous streets of Zamboula in Robert E. Howard’s Shadows in Zamboula, a gripping sword-and-sorcery adventure featuring Conan the Cimmerian. In this pulse-pounding tale of intrigue, betrayal, and survival, Conan faces sinister tavern keepers, bloodthirsty cannibals, and a treacherous priest in a city where danger lurks at every corner.