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Aliyah Kahn ist eine kleine Trickbetrügerin, die ihrem Gewerbe auf den Straßen von London nachgeht, indem sie Touristen das Geld aus der Tasche zieht. Ihr loses Mundwerk und ihre Aufsässigkeit haben sie nicht nur um ihren Platz an einem renommierten College gebracht, sondern bringen sie auch heute noch regelmäßig in Teufels Küche. Zu allem Überfluss hat sie sich mit einer vermeintlich sicheren Geschäftsidee auf die falschen Leute verlassen und steht jetzt bei mächtigen und sehr gefährlichen Leuten mit einer Viertelmillion Pfund in der Kreide.

Die Walpurgisnacht rückt näher. Auf dem Brocken verdichten sich Zeichen, Spuren und Drohungen. Ein Mann tritt aus dem Schatten – gebildet, höflich, gefährlich überzeugt. Er lädt zum Ritual. Und fordert Sherlock Holmes heraus.

The people of ancient Sumer are gathered to celebrate the rite of the Sacred Marriage, a joyous and glorious testament to the unity of Goddess and Man. Times are tough, crops are failing, and this year’s ceremony holds special significance. But for the priestess Simi, the fertility rite is very personal. Because it is Simi who will be locked in a room with a stranger to carry out the blessed responsibilities. Only this time, the stranger is no stranger at all....

Dans l'histoire dont il est le héros, Bjorg le barbare est associé à une Narratrice plus qu'étouffante ! Déjà qu'il n'aime pas les descriptions, mais en plus elle se permet de le juger. La vie de ce binôme change quand un jour, leurs rôles s'inversent : la Narratrice se matérialise dans un corps de personnage tandis que Bjorg devient le Narrateur de l'histoire ! Bien décidés à ce que les choses redeviennent ce qu'elles étaient, le duo doit coopérer tant bien que mal afin que chacun retrouve sa place initiale. D'autant plus que les pires périls de leur monde les attendent.

'Every man's a gambling man, don't you think?' Tony Peterson is a lucky man. He's just caught the last train back to Collinsport. It's been a good day - he's renewed an old friendship and been offered a job he cannot refuse. His life is about to change. But Tony Peterson's luck has just run out. The last train home will turn out to be a very long journey. Will Tony be able to trust the only other survivor? And what decision will Tony make when he's presented with another offer he cannot refuse?

Spring has turned to summer, the hottest and most abundant summer ever remembered in the Mabden lands. But in the mists lurks an insidious coldness - the icy presence of the Fhoi Myore. Despite being slowly decayed by the warmth of the world, these harbingers of death will stop at nothing to overwhelm the Earth. The High King of the Mabden, Amergin, must unite the race in the fight against the Fhoi Myore. But Amergin is in thrall to the dark magic of the Gods of Limbo. 

Nicholas Eymerich, l'inquisitore trecentesco dalla gelida intelligenza, è alle prese con una nuova avventura. Nella fortezza di Montiel il re di Castiglia, Pietro il Crudele, deve fronteggiare l'assedio del fratellastro, che mira a usurparlo. E sarà proprio il castello il nemico principale di Eymerich. Pareti che sembrano vive, misteriosi dedali sotterranei, una pianta disegnata in tempi lontanissimi dai maestri della Cabala, quel luogo è pieno di insidie...

Two classic tales from acclaimed British science fiction writer John Wyndham. In The Chrysalids, ten-year-old David is a happy, ordinary boy, untroubled except for occasional strange dreams about a mysterious city – until he befriends Sophie, who is unlike anybody he has met before: she has...

Knapp ein Jahr ist vergangen: Hagen, Grimhild und Gundahar warten am Hof der Burgunden darauf, ob der Xantener Königssohn Siegfried seinen Vater von einem Bündnis mit Burgund überzeugen konnte. Es ist nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis die Hunnen das Tributgeld einfordern. Aber Hagen weiß, dass das Bündnis mit Xanten bedeuten würde, dass Grimhild mit Siegfried ginge.

Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork - not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go gloing when you drop them. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. The prospect of the Big Match draws in a street urchin with a wonderful talent for kicking a tin can, a maker of jolly good pies, a dim but beautiful young woman who might just turn out to be the greatest fashion model there has ever been, and the mysterious Mr Nutt.

"Die Welt von Arven - Das Making-of zum Hörspiel" ist ein spannendes Doku-Hörbuch und entstand in Zusammenarbeit mit der Talker-Lounge - Der Hörspielpodcast und den Produzenten und Autoren Raphael Sommer (Komponist) und Nina Iseli (Schauspielerin) - den Machern des Hörspiels "Die Welt von Arven - Das Schwert der Ahnen". Das Interview entwickelte sich zu einem unterhaltsamen und informativen Making-of-Gespräch, das unter anderem Einblick in die Entstehungsgeschichte, den Schreibprozess und die Figurengestaltung gibt.

After a tornado uproots her from her home in Kansas, Dorothy and her beloved dog, Toto, are whisked away to the strange and magical Land of Oz! Landing in Munchkin Country and accidentally killing the Wicked Witch of the East, Dorothy and Toto embark on a quest to find the only person who can help them return home: Oz, the Great and Terrible Wizard.

Uraltes Wissen und tödliche Gefahren, dies und mehr erwartet Tib, Amon und Saphira in den Katakomben von Falkenfels. Genau dort befindet sich ihr neuer Freund, der Barde Bucky in den Händen düsterer Gestalten, die den Abenteurern seltsam bekannt vorkommen. Sie folgen der Spur des geheimen Artefakts und stoßen auf geheime Pfade und düstere Mächte, die seit Jahrhunderten verborgen lagen.

Auf dem Weg nach Falkenfels wird Amon schwer vergiftet. Sein Leben liegt auf Messers Schneide und der einzige Weg zu seiner Rettung besteht in einem seltenen Heilkraut am Grunde eines verfluchten Sees. Nicht nur ihr neuer Begleiter der Barde Balthasar Buck weiß: Die Seehexe Virginé ist rachsüchtig. Einst von ihrem Geliebten Iolaos zurückgelassen, brodelt sie noch heute vor Zorn und Hass. Ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit beginnt: Können die Freunde das Heilmittel ergattern und Amons rechtzeitig vor dem Tod bewahren

Millanno: a holiday planet of extreme wealth and extreme leisure - on one side. The other side of the planet teems with politicians, administrators, and also criminals. When the Professor and Ace decide to take a holiday, they are unwillingly pitched into a battle for supremacy on the planet. Separated and suddenly finding themselves on the lost and lonely Isle of Prosperity, they must find each other. But standing in their way is the determination of a mysterious figure from the past to reclaim the directorship of the planet.

Some describe it as the town at the edge of the world. When Melody and Michael Devereux come to Collinsport on their honeymoon, they don't know the secrets that are hidden behind closed doors. But those secrets will be unearthed when an innocent is viciously murdered. Collinsport will be a town divided. One woman's rise to power will lead to further death and destruction. Families will be ripped apart. Blood will be spilt. And the dark forces that wait in the shadows will wait no more.

A Cyber War rages throughout the galaxy. The Earth-aligned worlds are fighting for survival against the cold, emotionless might of the Cyber Bloc - an alliance of planets whose inhabitants have undergone cybernetic conversion in the name of racial superiority.

Three enhanced audiobooks performed by the stars of the classic BBC television series. 'President' by Simon Guerrier. Alone together, two Federation officials at last share the truth. Supreme Commander Servalan agrees to explain to Secretary Rontane how she set up the President. And when she is done, Servalan's executioners will be waiting....

Carolyn Stoddard is lost. Widowed at an early age, she's the lonely rich girl, drinking her life away as her friends grow up and move on. But Carolyn's life is about to change. Because Carolyn is about to be given a set of choices. And those choices will determine whether she is allowed to live or die. It's closing time at the Blue Whale, but for Carolyn Stoddard the night is far from over. It's time to face the music....Dreams that are becoming nightmares for them both.

Why won't Alice reveal the real reason for wanting to return home? What is the truth of the planet covered in blood? And who - or what - is Vixxy? As events unfold, a simple visit to Earth becomes a growing nightmare and the time travellers find themselves caught in a complex web of time, space, and emotions - with no choice but to see it through to its chilling conclusion.