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The Chameleon, an Artificial Intelligence expert, can create a deepfake of almost anyone—living or dead. Even more frightening is the Chameleon’s ability to seek out disturbed souls and laser-focus their rage. A talent she employs to compel her subjects to commit violence on her behalf. Kylee Kane, a security consultant for Welch HOA Management, finds the Chameleon’s first victim, Andy Fyke, crumpled at the bottom of a flight of stairs. Kylee suspects the fall’s no accident and is tied to Andy’s campaign to prohibit rentals in his Hilton Head Island community.

After decades of poising on the brink, the United States and China finally go to war when China invades the island of Taiwan. Deploying their most futuristic technologies in this grand strategic competition of the twenty-first century, the stakes could not be higher. Not only the future of the Taiwanese people but the fate of the world lies in the balance. In an era when humans no longer just use machines, but partner with them in all aspects of military operations, this fictional account views this future war through the eyes of the American, Chinese, and Taiwanese caught up in the maelstrom.

Escaping was the easy part. Other than the high body count, the massive explosions, and the fortune lost, it was a piece of cake. Chase and Wen face their biggest challenge yet as everything closes in on them. Can they unravel the mystery and stop a horrendous calamity before they die, a promised slow and painful death?

Virtua - kann eine KI die Welt zerstören? Weil er als Psychologe gescheitert ist, bewirbt Daniel sich bei dem Konzern Mental Systems, der führend in der Entwicklung künstlicher Intelligenz ist. Wider Erwarten bekommt er den Job - und ist gleich fasziniert von der virtuellen Welt, in die er eintaucht. Besonders beeindruckt ist er von Virtua, der neuesten Entwicklung von künstlicher Intelligenz. Doch dann lernt er den Entwickler Chen kennen, der seine Vorgesetzten warnt, die KI sei unkontrollierbar.

On Earth, desperate survivors flock to the portal, hoping for a better life on Lumera. As passage is denied, the situation threatens to escalate. A team of humans and Kidj'Dan sets out to recover more portals to restore peace, but they find a deadly threat that can be turned into a fearsome weapon. The powder keg threatens to explode. How far does the trust in the counterpart reach? Who will press the red button first?

Becky Morgan's family were the victims of the 'crimes of the decade'. The lone survivor of a ritualistic killing, Becky's been forever haunted by the memories of that night. Twenty years later, with the killer never found, Becky is ready to hunt them down and exact revenge. But the path to find the murderer is a slippery slope and she finds herself opening up some old wounds that should have been left sealed.

With Martin's world turned upside down, every corner might lead to his capture... or worse, the discovery of those he holds dear. Replica Imagination may not know what he’s done, but they do know that their security has been breached, and the net is slowly tightening around him. Any day could be his last while Martin is determined to protect his family.

Wie fühlt es sich an, ein Experiment zu sein? Alice hofft auf ein normales Leben: Liebe, Freunde, Arbeit. Doch ihre Eltern wollen sie für immer in die Anstalt stecken. Eine berüchtigte Psychiatrie, versteckt unter der Zentrale eines Pharmakonzerns. In letzter Sekunde flieht Alice aus der elterlichen Villa im bayerischen Grünwald, trampt Richtung Norden und taucht in Hamburg unter. Aber die Hetzjagd auf sie hat längst begonnen. Angeführt von Viktor, dem brutalen Söldner, der für die Anstalt die Drecksarbeit erledigt. Denn Alice ist mehr als eine normale junge Frau.

Aemilius thought he would die heroically in battle like his forefathers, mourned by a loving wife and many children, but he’s barely a man when a harpy flies down out of the old myths and knocks him from his horse. Stunned and helpless, he waits for his end … and is saved. Formed on the bloody battlefield of Teutoburg, the Hidden Legion are an order of soldiers, magicians, and rogues so secret that the Empire itself would hunt them down if they were exposed. And now Aemilius is one of them.

Hayden Lichfield’s life is ripped apart when he finds his father murdered in their lab, and the camera logs erased. The killer can only have been after one thing: the Sisyphus Formula the two of them developed together, which might one day reverse death itself. Hoping to lure the killer into the open, Hayden steals the research. In the process, he uncovers a recording his father made in the days before his death, and a dying wish: Avenge me.

An alien message is now humanity’s only hope. Decoding the signal has given us one chance to stop the Anomaly, an ever-tightening cosmic noose, before it squeezes the life out of Earth. The only problem is, the aliens’ single instruction sounds like a bona fide death wish. They want me to step through their incredible quantum gateway, an enigma wrapped in starlight. Believe me: if I had any other option, I’d be taking it. But with the best data giving Earth a few days before the Anomaly consumes us, options are in short supply. Suicide or salvation? I’m about to find out.

Der Unternehmer Dan Light wird als Held der grünen Ernährung gefeiert. Seine Firma Lightfood produziert Laborfleisch, für das keine Tiere sterben müssen, und macht Milliardenumsätze damit. Doch der Ausbruch einer weltweiten Krankheit wirft einen Verdacht auf: Geht bei Lightfood wirklich alles mit rechten Dingen zu? Als Dan Light nachforscht, stößt er in seinem eigenen Unternehmen auf ein Netz aus Korruption, Intrigen und Sabotage – und wird auf einmal selbst zum Gejagten. Ein tödlicher Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt.

Zwei Agenten auf der Jagd nach einem gefährlicher Hacker-Kollektiv. Ein Hacker-Kollektiv, das sich im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel radikalisiert hat, plant einen fatalen Angriff, der viele Menschenleben kosten wird. Ihre Waffe: ein gecodetes Lied, das alle, die es hören, umgehend in den Suizid treibt. Werden ihre Forderungen nicht binnen einer Frist erfüllt, sind die Hacker bereit, ihr Todeslied global auszusenden. BND-Agent Danny Erichsen, der selbst ein Attentat der Gruppe nur knapp überlebt hat, macht Jagd auf die Strippenzieher.

The Singularity enters the Federation. Its citizens are AIs. And no one knows how to treat them. From collaborations to master-slave, every relationship is different, when they shouldn't be. The AIs fight back, but on a level none of the other members understand. The fight starts slowly, but when the realization of what's happening hits too close to home, more extraordinary measures are called for. What is the legal framework in which everyone can coexist peacefully? Who better to build it than Rivka and the Magistrates?

Brought to you by Penguin. The thirty-first instalment in James Patterson's globally bestselling series. When an American Airlines plane explodes in the sky, detectives Alex Cross and John Sampson are first on the scene. They don't hear the gunfire. At first. The weapon that took down the plane...

It’s been nine years since the government banned all technology. So when Joel Lodowick, a young transgender father struggling to support his five-year-old daughter, has an old bionic upload itself into his head, he is faced with a decision: Go to the cops and risk prosecution? Or use the robot’s skills to turn his life around? Scared of losing his daughter, Joel chooses the latter. Heightened intelligence and physical enhancements quickly land him a better job and a brighter future. 

Katrina Hunt is a journalist with a secret. From her early days growing up in the poverty of a trailer park, she has been able to detect the sour notes of corruption. And she's never wrong. She turns her talent to the work of sniffing out the unprincipled and the amoral in positions of privilege and power. On the far side of the world, a morally ambiguous scientist working in the unfolding field of genetic profiling has cracked an algorithm that will forever change law-enforcement. His new 'scan' will be able to detect a person's genetic propensity for wrongdoing, even before they act.

Это мир, где большую политику вершат аристократы, где торговым корпорациям служат супергерои, а ночью на улицы выходят банды в масках и с техно-артефактами. Это история про парня, который попал в другой мир и стал героем-артефактором. Вот только его сила заключается не в том, чтобы создавать крутые вещи, от которых будут сходить с ума местные аристократы и красотки. Единственное, что у него получается хорошо – это ломать то, что сделали другие. Идеально – взрывать. Впрочем, возможно, именно этого не хватало империи, чтобы начать новый поход в области Тьмы.

After waking up with no memories in an underground facility, a squad of elite soldiers and scientists must try to recall what their mission is. But first, it’s a race against the clock to escape their collapsing bunker before it becomes a tomb. Topside, an even more dangerous world of fiery skies and desolate terrain awaits. As they venture out to explore their strange new surroundings, bits of memory begin to return, though nothing can prepare them for the strange forces protecting this bleak landscape.

Adam lives a picture-perfect life: happy marriage, two young children, and a flourishing career as a doctor. But Adam also lives with a secret. Hospital CCTV, strangers' mobile phones, city traffic cameras–he is convinced that they are all watching him, recording his every move. All because of something terrible that happened at a drunken party when he was a student. Only two other people knew what happened that night. Two people he's long left behind. Until one of them, Clio–Adam's great unrequited love–turns up on his doorstep, and reignites a sinister pact twenty-four years in the making...