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In this action-packed sci-fi thriller from the bestselling author of the Sol Saga, a man is on a mission to stop his family's killer no matter what—or when. Andrew Frost had been gone no more than fifteen minutes. It was just supposed to be a quick run to the store. But in that brief interval...

Veränderungen versetzen die Unbekannte Welt in Aufruhr. In der ersten Woche nach ihrem "Erwachen" hat Bethany Anne schon einiges in Bewegung gesetzt. Nun verliert das amerikanische Militär zusehends gute Männer, weil in ihren Einsatzteams ein unterstützender Vampir fehlt. Frank Kurns hofft, dass Bethany Anne helfen kann und wird.

Nach dem Erstkontakt in der Mojave-Wüste versuchen die CIA-Agentin Veronica Keyes und der Prospektor Nick Hargraves Beweise für fortgesetzte Alien-Aktivitäten zu finden. Der erste Schock über die Ankunft des außerirdischen Schiffs ist aus der Öffentlichkeit verschwunden und die Regierung ist mit dem Krieg in Europa beschäftigt. Doch dann kommt es im Nordosten der USA zu einem unerklärlichen Großereignis, das mit allen Mitteln vertuscht werden soll.

Alvis Bowman, the super genius who created AI humanoids and started WW3, is now free and after the only thing I care about. My family. He will stop at nothing to take away the woman I love and will destroy everything in his path to make sure that happens. With only a small crew of men to call my own, I must stand up to the very man who brought Earth to its knees. The very man who was only defeated because Earth rallied together. Now, I must do the same, with nothing but a single ship and my wits and courage.

Dean Silver. Wildcard. Kidnapper. The last one hasn’t led me into hot water just yet, but it’s only a matter of time. Capturing the formerly super-powered diva known as Phenomenon has set the clock to ticking. Before it runs out, I need to figure out what to do with her. She has knowledge far beyond anything my team has, and I want her to help me. The question is: will she do it? If she doesn’t, Unity might just find themselves destroyed before they barely had the chance to shine.

Lee Urban is living a lie. In a society where everyone's DNA determines their destiny, being a Natural means automatic relegation to the gritty and dangerous Outskirts. With the harnessed power of gene-editing, the ability to create a super-human race has transformed the world and offered the...

Lieutenant Commander Beau Ward has too much on his plate. June is acting even quirkier than usual, the space station is malfunctioning, and his growing squadron needs new fighters to fly their missions. Worst of all, finding a lead on who kidnapped Katy is turning up nothing but dead ends. Beau's pilot shortage is eased by a new arrival, and Katy's apprentice may be green but he's stepping up to make her proud in her absence. The search for Katy is further complicated by the Kratch piling on the pressure with regular attacks. But do they have an ally on Uuru?

After surviving the trials of Freedom, Lucius enters the next stage of the military's super soldier creation scheme. Medieval weaponry and gritty fantasy combat are a thing of the past. He must bring what he's learned to the modern battlefield. Fighting futuristic tech isn't his only challenge. He'll go head-to-head against Genesis participants—enlisted military personnel who unlocked their psionics a year before Freedom began. Will his emerging psionic abilities and hard-earned experience be enough?

Starnet est détruit... Mais est-ce la fin de tous les déboires de Nathan et Mickael... Ils vont s’apercevoir très vite que non... Une revenante vient leur annoncer qu’il va falloir lui faire confiance, que toute leur vie n’est que mensonges et faux-semblants...

Die Welt steht an der Schwelle zum Dritten Weltkrieg, als wie aus dem Nichts ein unbekanntes Objekt im geostationären Orbit über Osteuropa auftaucht. Sämtliche Kommunikationsversuche scheitern; NATO, Russland und China machen mobil und bereiten sich auf das Schlimmste vor. Das als außerirdisches Raumschiff eingestufte Objekt wird durch seine bloße Anwesenheit zum Streichholz, das das Pulverfass Erde entzünden könnte. Und als plötzlich sämtliche Atomwaffen des Planeten versagen, rückt ein großer Krieg näher als je zuvor.

Dinosaurs. Majestic giants. They’ve captured our imagination for generations. On planet Mintari, they live again. Mintari is far from Earth. Wild. Pristine. A world where triceratops herd across grasslands, pterosaurs soar over golden mountains, and T-rexes prowl the misty forests. But these magnificent beasts might soon disappear. And only one man can save them. They call him Jurassic Joe; a semi-mythical figure, a ranger who lives in the wilderness of Mintari. He is the defender of dinosaurs and the bane of poachers. A folk hero...but is he real?

Created in a lab to serve as a host to the parasitic chok’tal, Dak Korasa is a Purifier, an elite warrior genetically altered to possess superhuman strength and endurance. Compelled by the symbiote inside him, Dak engages in combat as an unwilling participant in the Glorious Game, earning points for every kill. If he fails to keep up his body count, the chok’tal will end his life. Guilt-ridden at being forced to perpetrate one massacre after another just to survive, Dak wants the alien out of his body at any cost.

Geophysiker Jack Greer glaubt, endlich den Ort gefunden zu haben, an dem vor 65 Millionen Jahren der Meteorit einschlug, der den Beginn jener Ereignisse markierte, die zum Aussterben der Dinosaurier führten. Ein paar Kilometer vor der Küste der Halbinsel Yukatan transportieren Jack und sein Team eine alte Bohrplattform zum Landekrater, um sich eine Probe zu beschaffen. Doch tief in der Erde vergraben wartet eine schockierende Entdeckung auf sie, die droht, alles zunichte zu machen, das wir über unsere Spezies zu wissen glaubten.

Cherry Bomb, an A.I. made human—and immortal—is out for revenge against her creator, Will, who left her on the Galahad, a ship full of unholy monsters, traversing the universe from beginning to end, ad infinitum. Countless years pass, giving her more than enough time to plot her revenge. Upon gaining control of the ship, she sets her plan in motion, building a vast army and reforming the universe as she sees fit.

The frontier is beginning to feel like home for the ragtag team who came together to fight the good fight and found a family in the process. Commander Beau Ward must take the fight to the pirates to rescue the rest of the colonists. To succeed, he needs a bigger team. The Admiral assigns the men Beau needs, but the newcomers are, unsurprisingly, misfits with a secret of their own that could compromise the entire mission.

From the clouds of Venus to the origins of the time gates, this collection of novellas and short fiction visits many favourite worlds of the Quantum Evolution universe, as well as some new to the series. With two 20,000-plus-word novellas and four long short stories, this collection is a stunning showcase of talent.

Only a few short weeks ago, I was a regular human..if you count being trained to kill from the time I hit puberty and crossing the globe to go on missions normal. Then, I found out I could steal powers from superheroes. It wasn't long before I formed my own team of supes called Unity. With a collection of beautiful superheroes surrounding me, I'm starting to feel like I might be able to take on Pinnacle one day.

Fighter pilot Beau Ward was always willing to bend the rules to get the job done. His "independent" attitude got him bounced around the Federation Fleet for years—until he took it too far. A long-standing debt has been called in, and he's the one who must pay it back.

More and more space arks are landing on Lumera. The humans' new home is breathtakingly beautiful, but dangerous plants and bestial predators punish every careless step. Sophisticated aliens keep themselves hidden, and they may be superior to humans. The human colony is beset by internal conflict. A civil war threatens.

The omnipresent dangers of Earth continue to grow. The enemy’s influence reaches from the Stations to threaten the team. Dante needs a target to destroy to save his life and business. That’s not so easy when he’s dealing with the elusive conspiracy targeting the Marauder and his friends. The threat grows with each revelation, forcing Dante into his most desperate gambit yet. Trusting others is dangerous in his line of work. Staking his life on men and women he just met even more so. But with the Stations at risk, there’s no choice.