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This - a sequel to Gated - is a nerve-fraying contemporary young adult thriller that will make listeners question loyalties as it twists truths. Her life was based on a lie. Lyla Hamilton almost died escaping the Community. In her new life, the outsiders call the Community a cult. They don’t understand how easy it was to believe. How good it felt to belong. “Normal” life - high school and dating - is harder than Lyla expected. Who should she love? Who should she hate? The Community is willing to do terrible things to bring her back to the fold.

A fast-paced, nerve-fraying contemporary thriller that questions loyalties and twists truths. Appearances can be deceiving. Lyla Hamilton is a loyal member of the Community. Her family was happy to be chosen by Pioneer to join such an lovely gated neighborhood. Here, life seems perfect. But after meeting Cody, an outsider boy, Lyla starts questioning Pioneer, her friends, her family - everything. And if there's one thing not allowed in the Community, it's doubt.

Rumor Mora fears two things: hellhounds too strong for him to kill and failure. Jude Welton has two dreams: for humans to stop killing monsters and for his strange abilities to vanish. But in no reality should a boy raised to love monsters fall for a boy raised to kill them. Nyx Llorca keeps two secrets: the moon speaks to her, and she's in love with her best friend. Braeden Tennant wants two things: to get out from his mother's shadow and to unlearn his colony's darkest secret. To save everyone they love, they'll both have to commit treason.

The first time Tucker saw the disk, his father disappeared into thin air. The Reverend Adrian Feye had climbed onto the roof to fix a loose shingle - and suddenly he was gone. An hour later, the Reverend came walking up the road, tattered and sunburned, bringing with him an unspeaking, yellow-haired, dark-eyed girl. He refused to say where he had been, instead declaring that there would be no more prayer in the Feye house: He had lost his faith. Now Tucker’s family is unraveling.

In a world where nutrition can be transferred via a pill, and society is split into Eaters and Non-Eaters, 17-year-old Princess Vela has a grave dilemma. Her father, the king, is dying, and only a transplant of organs from a healthy Non-Eater boy will save him. Vela is tasked with choosing a boy fit to die for the king, which is impossible enough. But then Carr, the boy she's loved all her life, emerges as the best candidate in the Bittersweet Trials. And he's determined to win, because by doing so, he can save the life of his Non-Eater sister.

Gefährliches Spiel mit dem Feuer! Obwohl Malias Feuerelement immer deutlichere Formen annimmt, ist die 17-jährige Elite-Soldatin immer noch nicht von ihren Fähigkeiten überzeugt. Doch die Lage in den obersten politischen Rängen spitzt sich zu und als sich die Situation plötzlich gegen sie wendet, kann nur noch ihr Mentor Chris sie vor dem sicheren Tod bewahren. Dabei kommen sich die beiden wieder einmal näher und Malia erfährt etwas über Chris, das alles, was sie je über den attraktiven High-Society-Boy erfahren hat, in ein anderes Licht rückt...

Dans une galaxie dominée par une fédération de neuf planètes, certains êtres possèdent un "don", un pouvoir unique. Akos, de la pacifique nation de Thuvhé, et Cyra, sœur du tyran qui gouverne les Shotet, sont de ceux-là. Mais leurs dons les rendent, eux plus que tout autre, à la fois puissants et vulnérables. Tout dans leurs origines les oppose. Les obstacles entre leurs peuples, entre leurs familles, sont dangereux et insurmontables. Pourtant, pour survivre, ils doivent s'aider... ou décider de se détruire.

"Hören sie, drehen sie um! Sie fahren in die falsche Richtung!"
Privatdetektiv Kant ermittelt weiterhin im Fall "Kassandras Kinder". Noch immer bekommen Leute mysteriöse Einladungen: Sie sollen durch das Erzählen einer Geschichte Unheil abwehren. Und Kant will bei dem nächsten Treffen dabei sein. Doch gerade das scheint jemand verhindern zu wollen. Doch wer profitiert von dem Unglück anderer?

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.

Klunk-morkerne er en grusom race af interplanetariske erobrere. De har besejret de frygtindgydende Tjukker og Slimbaesterne fra Pegatron 5. De har udslettet Den Djavolianske Robotunion og overvundet Komposerdrakonerne fra Crisus con Tauurs. Men Klunk-morkerne har aldrig før mødt nogen som Anemoneklassen fra specialskolen Solstrålen. For de her børn slår igen! Hårdt!

An asteroid is hurtling toward Earth. A big, bad one. Maybe not kill-all-the-dinosaurs bad but at least kill-everyone-in-California-and-wipe-out-Japan-with-a-tsunami bad. Yuri, a physicist prodigy from Russia, has been recruited to aid NASA as they calculate a plan to avoid disaster. The good news is Yuri knows how to stop the asteroid - his research in antimatter will probably win him a Nobel Prize if there's ever another Nobel Prize awarded. But the trouble is, even though NASA asked for his help, no one there will listen to him.

"The Return of Tarzan" is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the second in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published in the pulp magazine New Story Magazine in the issues for June through December 1913; the first book edition was published in 1915 by A. C. McClurg.

In private, 17-year-old Brandon hacks bank accounts just for the thrill of it. In public, he looks like any other tattooed bad boy with a fast car and devil-may-care attitude. He should know: he's worked hard to maintain that façade. With inattentive parents who move constantly from city to city, he's learned not to get tangled up in things like friends and relationships. So he'll just keep living like a machine, all gears and wires.

What happens after the adventure of a lifetime? For Zen, it's a safe, comfortable life of luxury. But it's not what Zen wants. He misses the thrill of riding the rails, of dodging danger and of breathing the air of different planets. Most of all of course he misses Nova - lost to him forever in a distant world. But then one day a mysterious message arrives - and that's all Zen needs to head right off, ready for anything. Except that no one could be ready for what he finds.... 

Spanish version of radio program from Orson Welles about an alien invasion to the Earth. Recorded with dubbing Spanish actors, special effects sounds and music created for this audiobook. 

Seventeen-year-old Eyelet Elsworth has only one hope left: to find her late father's most prized invention, the Illuminator. It's been missing since the day a mysterious flash wiped the sun from the sky. Living in darkness is nothing new to Eyelet. She's hidden her secret affliction all of her life—a life that would be in danger if superstitious townspeople ever guessed the truth. Orphaned when her mother is executed for a crime she did not commit, Eyelet sets out to track down the machine—her one and only chance at a cure.

Lines verden bryder sammen, da hendes far, Henrik, en dag forsvinder på en mission i Norge. Ingen ved, hvad der er sket. Henriks chef frygter det vaerste, men Lines ven, Nick, kan ikke acceptere, at Line måske skal miste sin far. Specialklassen må igen traede sammen. Denne gang på en mission dybt ned i jordens indre, hvor en ondskabsfuld og aeldgammel modstander venter dem. Intet er dog givet på forhånd.

Ever since the Switch, when the oxygen levels plummeted and most of humanity died, the survivors have been protected in glass domes full of manufactured air. Protected…or trapped? Or controlled? Alina's a revolutionary who believes we can save the environment. Quinn's a Premium who's never had to worry about having enough air. His best friend, Bea, is an Auxiliary who's never worried about anything but having enough air. When the three cross paths, they will change everything.

Ein magisches Beben erschüttert die Küsten der Karibik. Und in finsteren Piratenhäfen werden Kinder geboren, die über Wasser gehen können. Jahre später glaubt Jolly, dass außer ihr keine anderen Wellenläufer mehr am Leben sind. Bis sie Munk begegnet. Auch er versinkt nicht im Wasser - und kann aus Muscheln einen uralten Zauber beschwören. Ein rätselhafter Fremder, der Geisterhändler, schickt die beiden auf eine fantastische Reise. Gejagt von Klabautern, Ungeheuern und allen Seeräubern der karibischen See stellen sie sich einer tückischen Gefahr: Dem Mahlstrom, einem dunklen Strudel, der die Barriere zwischen den Welten niederreißt.

Überall auf der Welt boomen die Online-Rollenspiele. Für den sechzehnjährigen Wei-Dong in L. A. sind sie die einzige Ablenkung vom nervigen Schulalltag...