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After the Last War destroyed most of the world, survivors form a new society in four self-sustaining cities in the Mojave Desert. Everything is carefully planned and controlled: the seasons, the weather - and the residents. To prevent mankind from destroying each other again, its citizens undergo a memory wipe every four years in a process called tabula rasa, a blank slate, to remove learned prejudices. With each new cycle, they begin again with new names, jobs, homes, and lives. No memories. No attachments. No wars.

A new mission. An old rival. The powerful secret that binds them. Since the U.S. collapsed into chaos, Conor Maguire has fought to keep his family and friends safe, turning away attackers who threatened their community, seeking to live off the spoils of theft and murder. Fortunately, Conor is no stranger to fighting. In fact it’s his job. He’s an old-school assassin. When Conor and his partner reach their target they find that all is not as it seems. One small job, killing a shady financier, quickly becomes something larger.

In the middle of the 21st century, life as we know it has changed for all time. Shira Shipman's marriage has broken up, and her young son has been taken from her by the corporation that runs her zone, so she has returned to Tikva, the Jewish town where she grew up. There, she is welcomed by Malkah, the brilliant grandmother who raised her, and meets an extraordinary man who is not a man at all, but a unique cyborg implanted with intelligence, emotions - and the ability to kill. 

The Argent Forces have been crippled. Two Vel’Haru are dead. Calenus Karim, Exodian Silver King, is no longer willing to stand by and let the war continue. And in the middle of this all, Yahweh is forced to deal with the death of his brother and his permanent placement as Leid’s newest guardian. The carrion crows are circling Qaira and Leid once more, their wings beating to the countdown of the doomsday clock that permanently looms over the Jury’s heads.

 Die Erde, 2100 - Klimakatastrophen haben die Welt zu einem instabilen Ort gemacht. Hives, zu kollektiven Bewusstseinen zusammengeschlossene Menschen, sollen Lösungen finden - oder sind sie doch der Untergang einer scheinbar friedlichen Gesellschaft? Diese Frage stellt Karla Schmidt mit ihrem neuen Audible Original Sci-Fi-Thriller Die Beute. Hitze, Stürme und Missernten: Die Menschheit soll durch Hives wieder in Harmonie und Frieden zusammenleben können.

La novela está ambientada en el año 2378, y la humanidad está dividida en cuatro sociedades bien diferenciadas: - En primer lugar, está La Federación. La capital es la Estación Titán (con 22 millones de habitantes). Es la más desarrollada social y tecnológicamente. - En segundo lugar, está Marte. La capital es Marina - En tercer lugar, está el Cinturón de asteroides. Es la principal fuente de materias primas de La Federación. - Por último, la Tierra. Un planeta enfermo, superpoblado y miserable, del que todo el mundo quiere huir.

Olivia Reynolds lives a sheltered life. The daughter of the leader of their small community, she is treated like a princess, never allowed beyond the safety of the walls. When her father decides she must marry, she chooses the man she has secretly lusted after ever since she first laid eyes on him: Dane Mitchell. One of her father’s best men, Dane is as lethal as he is attractive, and Olivia is thrilled at the thought of being at his side. Dane doesn’t want to be forced into marriage. He is a soldier and a fighter and has a bigger purpose in life.

Jason Sterling had a simple life by all accounts. He had worked the same job his entire adult life, he had never married and he had no children. He was used to doing things on his own. His comfortable life was shaken to the core the day he learned of his fathers death. It set in motion life altering events and the allure of a new life that was too great to walk away from. When an electromagnetic pulse brings the modern world to its knees, Jason's choice proves to be the right one.

"Geh zu Greg! Wir treffen uns dort!" schreit Judith panisch ins Telefon, bevor die Verbindung unterbrochen wird und sie verschwindet. Für Hagen ist der Fall klar: Sie fiel dem Virus zum Opfer! Oder der Regierung, die etwas zu vertuschen sucht. Die Aussicht, sich mit Greg allein in Isolation zu begeben, ist alles andere als reizvoll. Doch dann kommt es noch schlimmer.

Three weeks after the nation's power grid goes down, chaos reigns. Food supplies have dried up. Fuel is running low. And the bleak, brutal winter is relentless. Fall Creek has forged a shaky peace, but the cost for safety proves higher than some are willing to pay. The town is a powder keg waiting to explode. For Hannah, home is finally within reach. But it won't be anything like she expected....

Rhona has battled the malevolent AI intent on wiping out humanity since the first Machinations began - until she’s killed during a rescue mission gone wrong. Now, Rhona awakens to find herself transported to a new body, complete with her DNA and her personality. She's a clone...of herself. Except for her missing memories. Some of which could potentially turn the tide of the war. 

Dan Slaughter has given up on appearances. With his wife dead and his kids grown, he’s slowly reverting back to the east Tennessee boy he used to be three decades earlier. He quit cutting his hair and started smoking pot. He drinks when he wants to and sings along with the classic songs of his lost youth.

2101. Une comète va annihiler la vie sur Terre. Aelys fait partie des élites sélectionnées pour coloniser une nouvelle planète. A l'extérieur de la base de lancement, dans ce qu'il reste de la France, la civilisation s'est déjà effondrée depuis cinquante ans. Convaincue qu'elle pourra aider à reconstruire l'humanité après l'impact, Aelys s'enfuit. Sa famille n'a que trente-huit heures pour la retrouver avant le dernier départ.

Stan et Charmaine ont été touchés de plein fouet par la crise économique qui consume les États-Unis. Tous deux survivent grâce aux maigres pourboires que gagne Charmaine dans un bar sordide et se voient contraints de loger dans leur voiture... Aussi, lorsqu'ils découvrent à la télévision une publicité pour une ville qui leur promet un toit au-dessus de leur tête, ils signent sans réfléchir : ils n'ont plus rien à perdre. À Consilience, chacun a un travail, avec la satisfaction d'œuvrer pour la communauté, et une maison. Un mois sur deux.

Une peste créée par l'homme a ravagé la Terre. Les rares survivants forment une communauté avec une espèce inoffensive, fabriquée pour remplacer les humains, les Crakers. À sa tête, un couple au passé tumultueux, Toby, experte en champignons et abeilles, et Zeb, mangeur d'ours et fils d'un prêcheur maléfique. Dépositaire et garante de la mémoire, Toby transmet aux Crakers, curieux comme des enfants et avides de légendes, l'histoire des hommes. Au contact les uns des autres, humains et Crakers posent les fondements d'un nouveau monde.

Diesen sogenannten Gesetzesvertretern würde ich nicht einmal eine selbstgebaute Steinschleuder anvertrauen. Chris Mertens, direkter Nachkomme von Dr. Klaus Mertens, steht 70 Jahre nach Gründung des Inselstaats Utopia vor einer folgenschweren Aufgabe. Die Erde, ausgebeutet durch rücksichtslose Großkonzerne, die von korrupten Regierungschefs gedeckt werden, steht kurz vor dem ökologischen und sozialen Kollaps. Nur mit Hilfe eines überraschenden globalen Putsches und einer völligen Machtverschiebung könnte die Menschheit noch gerettet werden. Nichts anderes plant Chris Mertens.

Four children live on an island that serves as the repository for all the world’s garbage. Trash arrives, the children sort it, and then they feed it to a herd of insatiable pigs: a perfect system. But when a barrel washes ashore with a boy inside, the children must decide whether he is more of the world’s detritus, meant to be fed to the pigs, or whether he is one of them.

You won’t need to have read any of the other History of Arcadia books to become engrossed in the drama of Aspern Grayling, whose obsession with creating a new life-form - in the person of ruthless adventurer Pavo Vale - could destroy his whole world. A compelling descendant of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, this is a tale of a man bent on conquest and of an adversary that may yet defeat him: the ghost of the Arcadian Devindra Vale, the only woman he has ever loved. 

Ideas como libertad o igualdad murieron junto con la Tierra. Ahora, en Marte, el equilibrio se sustenta en un férreo sistema de castas representadas por colores. Para acceder a la élite de los gobernantes, los dorados deben ganarse su puesto en una contienda implacable. Pero Darrow no es un dorado. Es un rojo, forjado en las entrañas del infierno. 

Binge listen. Keep the lights on. Lock your doors. A mutating plague has killed two thirds of the world's population. The new threats come from desperate survivors. And Mike Crenshaw is looking for solid ground on which to find safety and peace. From the world of The Traveler Series comes a new cast of characters, new obstacles, and the same devastating, world-altering virus which plunges society into the depth of a dystopian hell. Grounded begins in the aftermath of The Scourge.