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It has been two years since the Shift - when most technology stopped working, and the laws of physics changed. Humanity has been brought to its knees. Like other survivors, Noah Henson has heard rumors of the Aelves. Among other guesses, predatory aliens seem as good as any other theory for what caused the Shift. But for Noah, everything else takes second place to survival, sometimes even self-respect... or any sort of decency. Lawless, post-apocalypse America had forced Noah to make many difficult decisions, and he has never seemed to choose correctly.

Ren Kolins is a silver wielder-a dangerous thing to be in the kingdom of Erdis, where magic has been outlawed for a century. Ren is just trying to survive, sticking to a life of petty thievery, card games, and pit fighting to get by. But when a wealthy rebel leader discovers her secret, he...

Pawns in a millennia-old struggle, the young people known only as the Birthday Children were genetically engineered to survive on the planet Omeyocan - but they were never meant to live there. They were made to be “overwritten”, their minds wiped and replaced by the consciousnesses of the monsters who created them. Em changed all of that.

Clover Martinez and The Last Teenagers on Earth are busy exploring the galaxy after leaving earth behind...even if they can't help but be a little homesick. So when their ship receives a distress signal from their former planet, they hope against hope that it means other survivors. But as soon as they arrive, they realize something's deeply wrong: strange crystal formations have popped up everywhere and there's some sort of barrier keeping them from leaving. 

Die Nacht war dunkel und sternenklar. Bis auf das bläuliche Licht, dass durch die dichten Bäume schimmerte...

Nach ihrer Gefangennahme auf Albion werden Kim und Moon nach Daedalus gebracht, wo sie als Verräter exekutiert werden sollen...

All over the country, a strange phenomenon is happening. Some teenagers who die aren't staying dead. They are coming back to life, but they are no longer the same - they stutter, and their reactions to everything are slower. Termed "living impaired" or "differently biotic," they are doing their best to fit into a society that doesn't want them. Fitting in is hard enough when you don't have the look or attitude, but when almost everyone else is alive and you're not, it's close to impossible.

Henrich Kramer steckt in einer Sackgasse. Alle Ermittlungen, die das Geheimnis von Kassandras Kindern entschlüsseln sollten, sind im Nichts verlaufen. Noch immer hat er nicht den Hauch einer Ahnung, wer hinter den unheimlichen Treffen steckt, auf denen Geschichten erzählt werden. Geschichten, die wahr werden, wenn man sie verschweigt. Doch da hat er auf einmal Glück. Jemand, der eine Einladung zu einem Treffen bekommen hat, meldet sich bei ihm.

All we ever did was try to help the angel world and humanity like we were raised to. But some of you paras plot to destroy us for no other reason than how powerful we will become. And now the days of playing nice with the paras are over....

Die Meuterei auf der Nautilus ist beendet, doch ihr Hintermann, der geheimnisvolle Robur, ist noch immer auf freiem Fuß. Mitten in seiner Suche nach dem Unbekannten erreicht Phileas Fogg eine Einladung eines alten Bekannten: Der Ingenieur Phil Evans bittet ihn ans Whedon-Institut in den Vereinigten Staaten. Doch bei ihrer Ankunft stellt sich die vermeintliche Einladung als Falle heraus. Der Fallensteller: Robur!

Ein neues Abenteuer verschlägt Phileas Fogg und seine Begleiter nach Indien. Dort hat der britische Ingenieur Banks im Auftrag des Maharadschas ein mechanisches Meisterwerk geschaffen: eine mächtige Dampfmaschine in Form eines lebensgroßen Elefanten. Von diesem beeindruckenden Automaten befördert, machen sich unsere Helden zu einer Reise durch die Tiefen des indischen Dschungels auf.

Auf der Spur des geheimnisvollen Kapitän Grant erreichen Phileas Fogg und seine Mitstreiter endlich Patagonien. Doch das Telegramm, das sie auf Grants Spur brachte, gibt noch immer Rätsel auf. Zum Glück geraten die Abenteurer an den kundigen Führer Ayrton, der ihnen eine sichere Reise durch die raue südamerikanische Landschaft verspricht. Doch kaum am Ziel angekommen, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse.

Imagine an alternate universe where romance and technology reign. Where tinkerers and dreamers craft and recraft a world of automatons, ornate clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that. Where scientists and schoolgirls, fair folk and Romans, intergalactic bandits, and intrepid orphans - decked out in corsets, clockwerk suits, and tall black boots - solve dastardly crimes, escape from monstrous predicaments, consult oracles, and hover over volcanoes in steam-powered airships.

Still grieving the death of her guardian and dangerously self-medicating with alcohol, Bleak is snatched from her home by the Commander of the King's Army and summoned to the capital. But the king isn't the only one interested in Bleak's powers. The leader of an infamous society of warriors, the Valia Kindred, lays claim to her as well, and Bleak finds herself in the middle of a much bigger battle than she anticipated.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Wizards and Robots by will.i.am and Brian David Johnson, read by Daniel Weyman, Ray Panthaki, Iwan Rheon, Becca Stewart and Brian David Johnson. When a young man breaks into her home claiming her life is in danger, Ada Luring's world changes forever...

The Raven has hidden among them all their lives, waiting to attack; now she is at full strength. Her darkness and brutality are unmatched. And before the battle is over, Noru blood will spill....

"ER ist oft unruhig, sein Schlaf wird leichter. Bald wird ER aufwachen, und das wäre zu früh. Denn es braucht seine Zeit, bis das Virus mutiert und neu angreift..." Das vermeintliche Paradies auf dem Planeten Kepler62 zeigt sein wahres Gesicht. Verheerende Schneestürme und schwere Unwetter machen das Überleben fast unmöglich. Außerdem scheint ein Mitglied der Mission ein doppeltes Spiel zu treiben. Als Ari und Marie eine seltsame Sonde und ihre mysteriöse Botschaft finden, müssen sie sich entscheiden: Stehen sie auf derselben Seite?

Anno 2052. Il giovane mago Geller irrompe nella vita della giovane umana Ada Luring, per metterla in guardia da un imminente pericolo. Geller è in fuga da suo padre Cavelos, capo di una setta di maghi intenzionata a uccidere Ada e sua madre Sara, ricercatrice in intelligenza artificiale. La donna è infatti l'artefice della creazione del primo robot, membro della categoria nemica giurata dei maghi che, tempo addietro, dopo aver subìto un terribile massacro per mano di un esercito di "meccanuomini", hanno scatenato la secolare rivalità tra le due fazioni.

London has been destroyed in a blitz of bombs and disease. The only ones who have survived are children, among them Gwen Darling and her siblings, Joanna and Mikey. They spend their nights scavenging and their days avoiding the ruthless Marauders -- the German Army led by Captain Hanz Otto Oswald Kretschmer. Unsure if the virus has spread past England's borders but desperate to leave, Captain Hook hunts for a cure, which he thinks can be found in one of the survivors. He and his Marauders stalk the streets snatching children for experimentation.

From best-selling author duo Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff comes the exciting finale in the trilogy that broke the mould. Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza - but who knows what they'll find seven months after the invasion?