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Book 5: Free the North!: Peace in the south. People settling in. Intelligent creatures moving to Vii from the RV Traveler. Soon, meat will be in short supply. Hungry people will fight for what they need. Braden knows that livestock abounds in the north. It's time to go get some. But free trade in the north has been declared illegal by a new governor.  

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.

Alle Spuren weisen darauf hin: Atlantis ist mehr als nur eine alte Geschichte und auch mehr als bloße Ruinen. Anne und ihr Team machen sich auf den Weg, um es zu finden - denn Atlantis bedeutet Hoffnung. Hoffnung für die Menschen - und Hoffnung für Anne selbst, deren tödliche Krankheit ihren Körper in rasender Geschwindigkeit zerfrisst.

Binge listen. Keep the lights on. Lock your doors. A mutating plague has killed two thirds of the world's population. Society has collapsed. And Mike Crenshaw is adrift. 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. Adrift begins six months after The Scourge takes hold.

Greg Forbs, quadragénaire, est le principal actionnaire du géant pharmaceutique de Gallica. Alors pourquoi se réveille-t-il nu dans un œuf, au beau milieu d'une décharge ? Qui sont les inconnus à ses trousses ?

It's January 1969, the winter after the summer of love, and Jill and David's fledgling relationship is about to be put to test by the outbreak of Hong Kong flu. As they huddle under blankets together, full of flu, neither of them is aware of how this moment will impact them in both the near and distant future.

The rag-tag crew of the Capricious hunts down rogue AI, ancient colony ships, and the biggest treasure in the universe in this pulse-pounding space adventure for fans of Firefly and The Expanse. The crew of the Capricious seems to leave a trail of devastation wherever they go. But with powerful...

Reality after reality is being destroyed by THE BLEED. With their options narrowing by the second, and with their group scattered far and wide across the multiverse, it's down to less than 10 people to try and save the lives of billions upon billions of others. If they fail, THE BLEED will rule. Nothing and no one else will survive.

Die Erde, wie wir sie kennen, gibt es nicht mehr. Der Alltag der Menschen wird beherrscht von Hungersnöten und völliger Zerstörung. Die genmodifizierten Lebensmittel, die auf dafür entwickelten Raumstationen hergestellt werden, können sich nur die Reichen leisten - und auf den Raumstationen selbst sprengt schon ein Mensch zu viel die Kapazitäten. Werden es zu viele, werden sie ohne Rücksicht umgesiedelt. Doch im Untergrund entstehen Unruhen, und eine Rebellion gegen das menschenverachtende System bahnt sich an.

Auf dem Planeten Vittorioso erschafft die Göttin Nimma in ihrem Genlabor im Auftrag der Nukarib immer neue Mischwesen. Eines Tages erheben sich die Nimmariten, um ihrer Herrin zu dienen. Doch Nimma verlangt einen Beweis für die Loyalität ihrer Brut.

Escaping from deranged cyborgs and a malcontent artificial intelligence had been the run of Daisy’s life, but one from which she had miraculously come out the other side, and in one piece, no less. Unfortunately for her, she had survived that ordeal only to find herself in a far deeper mess. With an even more dangerous turn of events throwing her in harm’s way, Daisy’s original plight was now dwarfed by the new issues at hand.

Was, wenn wir nicht einmal unseren Erinnerungen trauen können? Unsere Erinnerungen bestimmen die Wirklichkeit. Davon ist der New Yorker Detective Barry zutiefst überzeugt. Denn ein geheimnisvolles Phänomen quält seine Opfer mit falschen Erinnerungen - und treibt sie in den Tod. Die Hirnforscherin Helena weiß schon lange um die Kraft der Erinnerung. Sie erfand eine Technologie, die uns unsere wertvollsten Momente noch einmal erleben lässt: den ersten Kuss, die Geburt eines Kindes. Dann ging etwas schief, und nun bedroht ihre Erfindung das Schicksal der gesamten Menschheit.

As Dean Parker takes a moment to celebrate the successful rescue of Magnus and Natalia, he’s reluctantly forced back into the field, the goal: save the dozen Gatekeepers trapped beyond the failing portals. Karo and Ableen align with Dean and his family, but when an unexpected twist sabotages the mission, their lives might be the cost of returning home.

After losing his job and family, Flint Reed finds himself in the middle of a terrorist attack. With nothing but his wits and experience as a former Union police officer, he must do everything he can to stay alive. As he soon discovers, however, there are also hostages, and no one is coming to save them. All hope falls to Flint. But as he fights to navigate the building, the real answers begin to unravel. What are the terrorists really after, and why are they so intent on getting into the vault?

The apocalypse continues in the penultimate chapter of the Toy Soldiers zombie survival series. Will anybody make it out alive?

Anders Corsigon has spent his life bringing galactic criminals to justice. When a bizarre murder turns into a string of assassinations, he must find a killer who is protected by the highest levels of the empire. After being cast aside by the empire he faithfully served, his only allies will be a rogue simulated intelligence, an alien spy, and a fugitive engineer. The Into the Void Omnibus contains the first three stories in the Memories of Earth series.

The Fortress that the Station Core had constructed was completely destroyed following a particularly brutal attack by superior forces - but they had won, albeit by the skin of their teeth. Unfortunately, the force that had attacked him on his home turf was only a very small portion of those heading inevitably closer to the Kingdom’s border. But will the efforts be enough to save everyone? Only the brave actions of the Proctans - and Milton’s Combat Units, of course - will determine that, as various plans come to fruition as The Kingdom rises.

Two framed soldiers turned Liberators, an unhinged Vice-Admiral with mass murder on his mind, and a new rebellion. After deserting the Sarkonian Empire and stealing one of their best stealth ships, Alyss Cortez and Farah Shahi knew it would be like this. Always looking over their shoulder for a far-reaching enemy. But they aren't running or hiding. Instead, the pair are accepting search and rescue jobs and planning to take down Vice-Admiral-Kaska, antimission by antimission. Except that they didn't expect things to go so wrong.

Auf der Erde werden keine Kinder mehr geboren. Eine Katastrophe zieht auf, aber die Ursache liegt im Dunkeln. Menschen sind noch nicht in der Lage, die Genmanipulation durchzuführen, die für die Kinderlosigkeit verantwortlich ist. Das kann nur einer: Der Meister der Gene. Aber - das ist Yras Vater. Ist dieser Wissenschaftler der ersten Menschheit auch in unserer Zeit wiedererweckt worden? Und wie kommt er dazu, so etwas zu tun? Yra ist bei der Lösung dieser Frage keine große Hilfe, denn die einst so starke Lantis-Frau verliert ihre Erinnerungen.

Just a few hundred genes separate humans from chimpanzees. Imagine someone altering the chimp genome, splicing in human genes to increase the size of the cranium, reduce the amount of body hair, enable speech. What sort of creature would result? Sims takes place in the very near future, when the science of genetics is fulfilling its vaunted potential. A world where dangerous or boring manual labor is gradually being transferred to “sims”, genetically altered chimps who occupy a gray zone between simian and human.