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I was cursed. It wasn't an exaggeration. It wasn't even dramatics—though I was prone to those. It was a fact. And a sucky one at that. After inheriting my grandmother's home, I thought my luck had turned around. A fresh start in the one place where I'd found solace from my cruel father. But I was cursed, remember? So rather than a quiet life, I faced mysteries, con artists, disastrous dates, stoned witches, magicks, and evil organizations out to do evil things. And a house that was haunted.

Blake Wayman was a cop until a criminal syndicate had Blake and his wife killed... there's only one problem: Blake didn't stay dead. Now Wayman is a wheelchair bound P.I. with a gift. He can walk the streets of Underworld City, a purgatory on the banks of the River Styx, run by the mysterious Boatman, teeming with lost souls, spiritual forces, and long dead gangsters. There Wayman searches for his lost love and solves crimes no one else can, bringing justice from beyond the grave... Styx is the fictional supernatural noir detective series you didn't know you were waiting for. Follow us on ...

Brought to you by Penguin. Life can exist anywhere. And anywhere there is life, there is home. In the swirling clouds of Venus, the families of la colonie live on floating plant-like trawlers, salvaging what they can in the fierce acid rain and crackling storms. Outside is dangerous, but...

Unabridged, 11 hours Read by Brianna Bronte To save innocent young Storme Montague from the claws of Breed slave traders, Wolf Breed Styx is forced to claim her himself-on the condition that Storme will no longer be a virgin by night's end. And though Storme's defenses are up, Styx will free...

Selene and Cheney are almost to happily ever after. Just one small promise stands in their way. The spirits make a request Selene can't refuse without forfeiting her soul, but to fulfill their desire she will have to sacrifice her life. Traveling to a world beyond the reach of the living, Selene has to dig deep within herself to find a way back home. The kingdom trembles on the edge of political upheaval, and fae of all shapes and sizes are being murdered. The further Cheney digs into these mysterious deaths, the more skeletons he unearths from his family's past.

Irgendwann in ferner Zukunft: Einst hat der Astronaut ­Perry Rhodan die Menschen zu den Sternen geführt. Als er ­jedoch aus einer langen Stasis erwacht, ist nichts mehr so, wie es einmal war. Mehr als drei Jahrhunderte sind vergangen. Das Sternenreich der Menschen ist zerschlagen, die Erde entvölkert. Und im Zentrum der Milchstraße lauert eine gefährliche Macht, die als Paragon bezeichnet wird. Immerhin hat Rhodan einige seiner alten Weggefährten wiedergefunden. Seine Frau Thora, der Arkonide Atlan und der Mausbiber Gucky haben die Katastrophe ebenfalls überstanden.

Река смерти, пересекающая безжизненный мир. Здесь нет места живым, сама суть мира мёртвых протестует против жизни. Только глупец или отчаявшийся добровольно выберет этот путь.

Des conditions de vie effroyables. En surface, une pression équivalente à une plongée à 900 mètres sous le niveau de la mer et une température infernale de 462°celsius. En altitude : une atmosphère composée en grande partie de nuages d'acide sulfurique qui rongent tout. Une seule erreur et vous êtes morts. Cent familles sont venues du Québec afin de coloniser Vénus, où elles luttent au quotidien pour gagner leur vie. L'une d'elles vit en marge : les d'Aquilon. Ils travaillent dans les profondeurs de Vénus où ils viennent de faire la plus grande découverte de l'Histoire de l'humanité.

X Minus One premiered in April 1955 on NBC and ran until January 1958. Like its predecessor series, Dimension X, X Minus One featured stories by the greatest names in modern science fiction: Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more.