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L'humanité a été soumise à une thérapie génique de masse pour survivre. Nous ne dormons plus. Un des effets secondaires est la production de bluéline, une hormone qui s'accumule dans notre organisme et nous rend violents. Mais Criosalis a tout prévu. Ils ont créé Le Protocole pour nous en débarrasser. Je suis Lycka Qum. Je suis la fille de Savdogar, patron de Criosalis. Et ce que j'ai découvert pourrait sauver l'humanité... ou la détruire.

For millennia, Valerius has walked the Earth alone. As the sole survivor of a highly advanced ancient species, he relies on the elusive Cardium Vitalis to stall his aging and hide in plain sight among humanity. But mere survival is no longer enough. Desperate to resurrect his fallen race...

Read by John Lee. The Confederation Handbook by Peter F. Hamilton is an essential companion volume to the Night's Dawn Trilogy, for all the countless listeners past, present and future of these modern science fiction classics. Containing invaluable insights into the series and fascinating...

A bioship has gone rogue, the crew are dead, and the survivors are lying. Open the hatch and climb aboard the CSS Ariadne, and remember: do not trust anybody. Vatic is a Company empath with a talent for reading people and a habit of being used. When the experimental bioship CSS Ariadne cuts...

Warning: This is a work of science fiction inspired by real facts, ancient accounts, and contemporary theories.Beneath the surface of everyday reality, Earth teeters on the edge of extinction. Malevolent Reptilians—the Browns—have infiltrated the highest corridors of global power, hiding...

The great gene mapping project of the late 20th and early 21st centuries had located every trait on the double helix. Splicing, and then cloning, had made it possible to determine the inclusion of any desired characteristics or the exclusion of any fault. Humans could be designed like an...

In the aftermath of a cataclysmic nuclear winter, Eryn, a boy with special abilities, wanders across the ice, where he discovers the last vestige of human civilization in Antarctica. The abduction of the first extracorporeal birthed twins born into this all-male society leads to a fast-paced...

In 1955, the Soviet Union introduced the Moscow Water Dog in a canine show to great acclaim. However, in real world situations, they fell far short of the expectations Russian cynologists had set for them, and in 1979, the Moscow Water Dog project was shut down. Supposedly the last of the breed...

The last Isaac Asimov science fiction collection which contains all of his previously uncollected stories. Gold is Isaac Asimov's last science fiction collection‚ one containing all of his uncollected SF stories that had never before appeared in book form. Gold is the final and crowning...

"A sucker punch to the senses...a killer story with real heart and soul."-Alastair Reynolds When a young man's planet is destroyed, he sets out on a single-minded quest for revenge across the galaxy in Nophek Gloss, the first book in this epic space opera trilogy debut -- perfect for fans of...

Lt. Wayson Harris is one of thousands of clones born and bred to be the ultimate soldiers. But unlike the others, Harris is an outlawed model - one with independent thoughts and an addiction to violence. Presumed dead after his troops were massacred, Harris - who blames the U.A. for the slaughter - has gone AWOL as a bounty hunter. Still, it’s hard for a clone to overcome his conditioning, and Harris finds himself drawn back into the U.A.'s service by his mentor and creator, Fleet Admiral Bryce Klyber.

The World Needs Protecting - Before they can build in space they have to GET into space. There is a 'false queen' attacking vampires in Asia - Bethany Anne sends her Own to look into that. The moon base needs to be settled, can Team BMW make it happen? Do they have enough people? CAN they get the right people to help? John's cousin is now part of the team, will she make it? There is a group looking to find them and they are using Barb to do it.

It was one of the largest predators of its era. It weighed ten tones, hunted sauropods ten times the size of a modern day elephant, and possessed a bite power capable of crushing steel. 65 Million years ago, it perished with all of its prehistoric relatives. Thanks to the miracles of science, it...

After taking the rap for a crime he didn't commit, Darnell makes a dangerous bargain to earn his freedom. But when he agrees to an experimental procedure, he has no idea of the horrific consequences: mutant spiders, escaping from his flesh. Between juggling a new job and rebuilding relationships...

AN INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of the Trickster trilogy comes a bold fantasy inspired by the Indigenous cultures of the Pacific Northwest, set on a dangerous planet where monsters haunt the survivors of an apocalyptic sorcerers' war. The first gripping novel in a...

In 1957, the US government abruptly ended a project designed to supplement the nation's food supply. They closed their research facility, reassigned the personnel, and ordered the test subjects euthanized. Sadly, not all their secrets died that day. Twenty years later, a severe drought has devastated nearby Cooper's Bluff, leaving the surrounding marshlands barren and their monstrous inhabitants ravenously hungry. 

Blue Magic, the latest designer drug linked to a rash of overdoses, might explain the needle mark on the arm of a young woman found dead in her Kansas City apartment. But when star reporter Rich Azadian digs deeper, the clues point to a far more explosive story: MaryLee Stock was a special protege of evangelical megapastor and power broker Cobalt Becker, who is poised to deliver his followers and the presidency to a firebrand right-wing senator in the next election.

Earth's XCU sends special forces operative Dane Tanner to the isolated swampy water world of Tamil. Tanner is tasked with a simple mission: prevent the colony's self-destruction. Tamil, shrouded in dense mists and sprawling underwater forests, harbors secrets deeper than its murky waters. A rogue faction of genetic scientists has defied ethical norms, transforming themselves into the Riptili—genetically modified human-amphibians better adapted to Tamil's harsh marine environment.

Chthon was Piers Anthony's first published novel in 1967, written over the course of seven years. He started it when he was in the US Army, so it has a long prison sequence that is reminiscent of that experience, being dark and grim. It features Aton Five, a space man who commits the crime of falling in love with the dangerous, alluring Minionette and is therefore condemned to death in the subterranean prison of Chthon.

Füllhorn der Wünsche? Oder Büchse der Pandora? Frank Schätzing – der neue Thriller als Hörbuch Kalifornien, County Sierra, Goldgräberprovinz: Sheriff Luther Opoku hat mit Kleindelikten und illegalem Drogenanbau zu kämpfen. 300 Meilen westlich davon, im Silicon Valley, wetteifern IT...