Ein neuer Gegner aus den Tiefen des Alls tritt auf den Plan und bedroht die neun Welten des Systems. Er nennt sich selbst "Der Zerstörer" und hat es auf die Graviumvorkommen abgesehen. Nach und nach vernichtet er die Minen auf den verschiedenen Planeten und will so für eine Knappheit sorgen, denn das Gravium wird dringend benötigt, um Schwerkraftregler zu erzeugen. Davon hängt die gesamte interplanetare Raumfahrt ab! Das Signalfeuer am Nordpol leuchtet auf und das kann nur eines bedeuten: Präsident Carthew ruft den Zauberer der Wissenschaft... Captain Future!

Es ist die Geschichte einer Menschheit, die sich so hätte ereignen können... Sechs Science-Fiction-Kurzromane erzählen von einer Welt, die sich anders entwickelt hat als die unsere. Sechs Autorinnen und Autoren erwecken eine Epoche, die in unserer Vergangenheit liegt und doch die Zukunft zeigt. Sie beginnt im Jahr 1971: Der amerikanische Astronaut Perry Rhodan fliegt mit drei Kameraden an Bord einer Rakete zum Mond. Als erster Mensch überhaupt betritt er einen anderen Himmelskörper.

Tief unter dem Neptunischen Meer ist der Teufel los. Nicht nur, dass der Zerstörer es auf die dortige Graviummine abgesehen hat, die Minenbesitzer sind uneins und zwar noch mehr denn je. Für Captain Future und seine Crew ist dies ein schier aussichtsloser Kampf an mehreren Fronten. Denn nicht nur, dass der Zauberer der Wissenschaft die Gravium-Magnaten zur Raison rufen muss, er ist auch weiterhin auf verzweifelten Suche nach der wahren Identität seines gefährlichen Widersachers!

Der Zerstörer setzt seine finsteren Drohungen in die Tat um und vernichtet eine Graviummine nach der anderen. Die Minenbesitzer sind in heller Aufruhr! Ist der geheimnisvolle Gegner vielleicht sogar einer von ihnen und will unliebsame Konkurrenz aus dem Weg schaffen? Der Kampf um das Gravium-Monopol ist in vollem Gange und nur Captain Future kann noch verhindern, dass die interplanetare Raumfahrt zum Erliegen kommt!

Das Netz des Zerstörers zieht sich weiter zu, sein Plan nähert sich der Vollendung. Eine Graviummine nach der anderen fällt und das Ende der Herstellung von Schwerkraftreglern zeichnet sich ab. Können Captain Future und seine Futuremen überhaupt noch etwas unternehmen oder hat die letzte Stunde geschlagen? Alles deutet darauf hin!

A gripping collection of weird and fantastical stories of supernatural and unbelievable happenings. "Pomegranate Seed" by Edith Wharton; "The Tiger" by Hugh Walpole; "When I Was Dead" by Vincent O'Sullivan; "The Fire" by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne; "Satan's Circus" by Eleanor Smith; "The Coffin Merchant" by Richard Middleton; and more tall stories....

A spine-chilling collection of creepy, unsettling and unnerving stories. 'If You See Her Face' by B. M. Croker. 'The Ghost at the Blue Dragon' by William J. Wintle. 'The Shadows' by Henry S. Whitehead. 'The Grey Cat' by Barry Pain. 'The Yellow Globe' by Alexander W. Drake. 'The Devil of the Marsh' by H. B. Marriott-Watson. 'The Spectre Spiders' by William J. Wintle. 'The Curious Vehicle' by Alexander W. Drake. 'Number Ninety' by B. M. Croker. 'The Black Cat' by William J. Wintle. 'The Permanent Stiletto' by W. C. Morrow. 'Passing of a God' by Henry S. Whitehead. 'The Chamber of Doom' by William J. Wintle. 'The White Cat' by Hugh Walpole. 'The Loosened Cord' by Alexander W. Drake. 'Mrs. Brassington-Claypott's Children's Party' by F. Anstey. 'The Inmate of the Dungeon' by W. C. Morrow. 'The Red Rosary' by William J. Wintle. 'Caveat Emptor' by F. Anstey. 'The Former Passengers' by B. M. Croker...and over 20 more unsettling tales.

A collection of 50 of the world's great creepy stories. "Creepy" does not necessarily mean ghost or horror stories but rather stories that literally make our flesh creep by shaking our false sense of security and comprehension of the world.

In 1842, following the doctor's orders for a change of climate, William Thomas Hamilton found himself accompanying a party of trappers on a yearlong expedition. Heading into the wild, Hamilton would prove himself to be a fast learner, as adept with a firearm as with sign language: this early experience would be the making of him. As the 19th century progressed, along with many other trappers, Hamilton found himself drawn into the Indian Wars brought about by territorial expansion. 

Proper Burial is the story of Ashley Stonewall, an average 32-year-old woman who doesn't look for trouble, doesn't crave adventure, and never sought out the details of her own past. However, on her 33rd birthday, the dark secret of her bloodline finally seeks her out. In the derelict mansion of her long-dead recluse father, Ashley must follow the clues left by her recently deceased mother to traverse the ancient halls of her childhood home and uncover the mystery behind the strange events and haunting disturbances that plague her on her fateful birthday. 

This second book of Sea Stories continues to follow the journey of a young Midwesterner, now Marine Lieutenant, through the rigors of Naval Flight School in Pensacola, Fatherhood, and Combat as a Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam. It also provides an interesting look at his fellow pilots and crewmen, as they fight their war from under a helicopter rotorhead.

The first biography to explore his life and work, Speak, Silence pursues the true Sebald through the memories of those who knew him and through the work he left behind. This quest takes Carole Angier from Sebald’s birth as a second-generation German at the end of the Second World War, through his rejection of the poisoned inheritance of the Third Reich, to his emigration to England. It digs deep into a creative mind on the edge, finding profound empathy and paradoxical coldness, saving humour and an elusive mix of fact and fiction in his life as well as work.

Authors writing for the horror genre succeed in creating an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the listener. While the featured horror is often supernatural, it may spring from a very real origin. Several classic horror stories have become icons of the horror genre. They inspire modern retellings throughout print, on stage, and on film. This collection gathers the best of the supernatural and frightening stories spun by expert storytellers.

Now an esoteric of legal and criminal history, A Hangman's Diary gives a year-by-year breakdown on all of Master Franz Schmidt's executions, which included hangings, beheadings, and other methods, as well as details of each capital crime and the reason for the punishment.

Russia’s 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, activity in Eastern Ukraine, saberrattling regarding the Baltics, deployment to Syria, and more assertive behavior along its borders have peeked interest in the Russian Armed Forces. This increased interest has caused much speculation about their structure, capabilities, and future development. This audiobook will attempt to split the difference betweenthese radically different ideas by shedding some light on what exactly the Russian Ground Forces consist of, how they are structured, how they fight, and how they are modernizing.