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Cassie West licenses crimes for V.I.C.E, spending long hours convincing grieving families to allow her to sell their tragedies to the highest bidder. Life is hard and the cost of living high, but she and her husband Harris have never been happier. After years of trying, Cassie is finally pregnant. But leaving work late one evening, Cassie starts to worry. Harris isn't responding to texts or calls. Even worse, dozens of emergency drones seem to be heading in the same direction as she is: straight to their home.

In stark contrast to the dying world around him, Zeke's life had never been so wonderful. He had more work than ever, and life with Amelie and Delila was like something out of a dream. In a city where many died young, a bit of hope began to shine. A few days later, hanging from the balcony of the ninety-fifth floor of a hotel, Zeke finds himself wondering how things turned south so quickly. Plasma rifles, fast cars, and hot women. Zeke just hoped that would be enough to get him out of this one alive.

Two thousand years into the future, runaway pollution has made the earth uninhabitable except in giant biodomes. The society is an anarchy, with disputes mediated through the Machiavellian Committee for the Revolution. Mars, Venus, and the moon support flourishing colonies of various political stripes. On the fringes of the solar system, in the gas planets, a strange, new, violent kind of human has evolved.

Alex ist einer von uns. Wenn er von einem eintönigen Arbeitstag im Büro heimkehrt, stürzt er sich ins Abenteuer und spielt die ganze Nacht durch. Was er nicht weiß: Die Tage seines MMO-Lieblingsspiels sind gezählt. Die vertraute, berechenbare Welt wird durch ein neues, virtuelles Universum ersetzt, das sich durch alle anderen Spielewelten frisst: die Kristallsphäre. Alex gehört zu den Menschen, die eine neue Technologie testen sollen, die die Gaming-Erfahrung revolutionieren soll. Es handelt sich um ein Neuroimplantat, das hundertprozentigen Realismus verspricht.

Mira Braddock's uncle was once the most powerful man in Nova City, and before his death, he empowered his niece with a Tier 7 Nexus Implant. Cybernetically enhanced and trained as a warrior, Mira is not only peerless on the battlefield but also possesses the ability to control the Mist that's pervaded every machine—and person—she encounters. Setting her vengeful sights on Nora Lancaster, the woman who betrayed her uncle and took over his empire, Mira wages a war against the city's competing overlords, tearing apart their fragile alliances and turning them against one another.

Sarah Hellweg hat alles, was sie sich je gewünscht hat. Sie hat einen Mann, den sie über alles liebt und Kinder, die sie stolz machen. Als Architektin kann sie ihrer Passion nachgehen und ist dabei auch noch überaus erfolgreich. Eigentlich sollte sie glücklich sein. Aber das ist sie nicht. Seit kurzer Zeit wird sie von unerklärlichen Déjà-Vus heimgesucht und die vermeintlichen Erinnerungen an exakt dieselben Situationen werden von Tag zu Tag mysteriöser. Und dann beginnen auch noch ihr Mann und ihre Kinder sich zunehmend merkwürdig zu verhalten.

Rest and relaxation. That's all Jonx wanted after escaping from not one but two star systems on the brink of being taken over by an overpowered, psychopathic cyborg. Unfortunately, his friend, Zozka, had other plans. "Let's join a Sept," she said. "It's just one small tournament." "It'll be good for the both of us." How could he say no to someone who'd watched his back time and again as they slogged through one battlefield or riftworld after another?

Join Sylver as he embarks on the adventure of the unlifetime to shoo away the insane god empowered child that threatened to wreck everything Sylver had so painstakingly built up over the year. With the woman in white’s visit mere months away, Sylver would have to act fast, act hard, and he would need all the strength and corpses he could get.

The development of a clan is not as easy as it might seem at first glance. Enemies strive to play dirty tricks, friends strive to gain money for their own development, and "locals" strive to provide endless impossible tasks. It would be possible to somehow cope with all this, were it not for one "however": two mighty clans yearn to pass through the portals of Altameda, and quite by chance, Kvalen knows how. It remains to decide with whom to pass through the portals, to learn where they lead, and most importantly, what is to be gained by doing so.

The Battle For Mars technothriller series chronicles the clash between two countries to learn the secrets hidden on Mars. Four SpaceX colonists are doomed to die in Mars orbit unless visionary entrepreneurial billionaire Chase Konrad can save them. The Daedalus Mission develops into something far more mysterious and deadly than Konrad expects. The follow-on X-ray, Omega, and Tango missions will shock you with their revelations of what really could be on Mars.

The thing about Artem... It's a damn hard city to live in if you haven't got creds, and for creds, you need opportunities. The thing about opportunities... They're thin on the ground for Orcs, one of the most reviled races in the sprawling city. If you happen to be an Orc left for dead on the frontlines of Artem's roving monster problem and stranded outside its immense city walls, then you're doubly screwed—like Oshbob. The thing about Oshbob... He's tough, and he's pissed! With a will to survive like few others, he's determined never to be subject to the whims of the elite ever again.

The Commander of Champions thrives in this environment. His powers can only grow stronger from here. Commander Jay Luckrun has a lot of names. One of those names is Beheader of the 72 Immortals. Everywhere he goes, many people and creatures are afraid of him for what he's achieved with his overpowered magic. Their fear is so great that Jay and his pantheon are facing the greatest fight Earth has ever witnessed—A war with the USA.

For Jiyong, Bastion Academy is more than just a school for magic in the heart of the Kingdom. It's his chance to pursue the secrets of the ancient ones' machines and get his family out of the poverty-stricken outer-city. His acceptance letter in hand, Jiyong is sure nothing will stand in the way of his dreams. When a street brawl lands him in a coma only weeks into the year, his chances of graduating are all but shot. With an unlikely digital companion, he'll have to rebuild his magic core and catch up on all his classes, or risk being dropped from the academy at the end of the year.

The story of sixteen-year-old Alex Sheppard and his friends is drawing to a close. Yet again, Scyth, Alex's character, has to do the impossible. And the day of the battle between his allies and the Children of Kratos marks the end of peace in Disgardium. The world will never be the same again.

Hamburg im Jahr 2112: Die Stadt wird immer wieder von Starkregen geflutet, im Binnendelta hat sich ein Slum aus schwimmenden Containern gebildet und über allem thront das gigantische Stadion. Zum »Turnier der Legenden« reisen Fans aus der ganzen Welt an, um die berühmten Glam-Gamer spielen zu sehen. Auch Go [Stuntboi] Kazumi begeistert sich für das VR-Gaming, fährt jedoch noch lieber Stunts auf dem Retro-Skateboard.

This is the way the world ends—not with a whimper, but a bang. It was the only thing running through Cedrick Jonkheer's mind when the alien pylons made landfall. The Intergalactic Imperium used their right of Eminent Domain to appropriate the planet to build a goddamned highway… and all Jonx got was a sarcastic AI and some superpowers. The end of times came, and mankind was not prepared. He watched his world burn, then hid himself away at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

Elasa the robot's friend Mona exchanges to the colony planet to occupy the body of a woman five months pregnant. Even so, she gets more than she bargained for, as she works with a precognitive lamb.

Nur weil der Würfel vom Tisch fällt, ist das Spiel nicht verloren. Mysteriöse Geschehnisse in der virtuellen Welt von Heirs of the Phoenix stellen Lena vor neue und unerwartete Hindernisse. Sie kämpft nicht nur um ihr Überleben im Spiel, sondern sucht verzweifelt einen Weg zurück in die Realität. Dafür muss die geborene Einzelkämpferin die Führung einer Kolonie von Urwesen übernehmen, die einer dunklen Bedrohung gegenüberstehen. Professor Frankl sucht in San Francisco einen Neuanfang, besessen von dem Drang endlich seinen Sohn wiederzusehen und ihn in sein abgelegenes Labor in der Antarktis zu bringen.

Phil, ein stinkfauler und reichlich verweichlichter ehemaliger Gamer, wird zu einem der wenigen Menschen, in deren Gehirn eine mysteriöse außerirdische Wetware installiert wird. Diese Wetware lässt ihn die Welt mit ganz anderen Augen betrachten – genauer gesagt, durch eine Benutzeroberfläche der erweiterten Realität, ähnlich der, wie sie für Multiplayer-Rollenspiele eingesetzt wird. Geleitet durch die Statistiken und Systemmitteilungen, macht Phil Fortschritte und verändert sich selbst und sein Leben.

Das Imperium gerät aus den Fugen. Die Großen Häuser verweigern der Thronwelt den Gehorsam und treffen immer häufiger eigene politische Entscheidungen. Selbst die loyalsten Sternsysteme im Kernland des Imperiums spüren die Schwäche der Zentralregierung und leisten den Anweisungen von oben nicht mehr Folge. Ist all das nur eine Verkettung von Zufällen oder vielmehr eine gezielte Kampagne?