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Neal Stephenson is a blazing new force on the sci-fi scene. With the groundbreaking cyberpunk novel Snow Crash, he has "vaulted onto the literary stage." It weaves virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cybersensibility - in short, it is the gigathriller of the information age.

In una società dominata da un capitalismo selvaggio e preda delle grosse corporation che hanno sostituito i governi collassati, tra scorie atomiche e periferie postindustriali, l'unico rifugio è nel Metaverso. Chi può, abbandona la Realtà e sceglie di vivere nel mondo virtuale generato dai computer, dove libertà e piaceri sono limitati solo dall'immaginazione. L'unica speranza dell'umanità è il meno probabile degli eroi: l'hacker freelance Hiro, fattorino per CosaNostra Pizza nella Realtà e mago del katana nel Metaverso.

Paris, Christmas 1933. The Strasbourg express crashes into a local train outside Paris, leaving wreckage and broken bodies strewn on the tracks. On board is Gilles Malroux. In the chaos and confusion, he swaps his identity papers with a stranger, steals a suitcase and vanishes. Gilles' sister...

Formula One driver Remy Sabatino is leading the Drivers' Championship, in a car that is the quickest of the season by far. But that also means Sabatino's Russian teammate is the fastest too.... Their rivalry couldn't be more toxic ahead of the Grand Prix in Moscow. TV viewers around the world are about to witness the most catastrophic crash in Formula One history. Was this caused by the acrimony between these drivers? Matt Straker, former Royal Marine and corporate intelligence director, is again called in....

Jem, Crystal, and Ruby are back on Paradeisos Island. This time, they have software that can give them anything they want, the monsters aren’t hiding, and there is a new mystery—Elsie Dorrance, a beautiful heiress, is missing, and someone called the Queen of Chains seems to have taken her. To find Elsie, they’ll journey to FarWind, a fantasy world rich with adventure and intrigue. There will be music, laughter, and even a dragon to slay. Plus, there’s a queen who might be evil, and an emperor who holds life and death in the palm of his hand.

The Timpton family is in their Manhattan penthouse when the city beneath them begins to crumble. Streets are gridlocked. Explosions rattle the building. Delivery drones rain from the sky. When their domestic android spirits them away to a secret underground shelter with thousands of others, it seems too good to be true. By the time they start to wonder if it really is too good to be true, there’s no way out.

It's been five years since Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett first worked together to solve the Tri-State murders, and time has been both harsh and kind. Engaged now, they face the challenge of planning a deeply uncertain future together. Zane is at the pinnacle of his career with one last mystery to solve while Ty is at sea in a world where he's no longer the tip of a spear.

Fraudulent car accidents is a multi-million dollar racket, involving unscrupulous medical providers, personal injury attorneys, and the cooperating passengers involved in the accidents and who also receive a portion of the illegal proceeds. Such is the fate of newly engaged Nathan and Shari, whose joy is tempered by the dark cloud of mounting debt. A chance encounter with a stranger in whom Shari confides her troubles proves fortuitous: he tells her of a get-rich-quick scheme that will put her and her fiancé on easy street.

Book 4 of The Survivalist Series They survived the collapse, but can they survive the aftermath? Morgan Carter has weathered the weeks after the collapse of the nation’s power grid, reuniting with his family and ensuring their safety, but his struggle isn't over yet. Carter must focus on...

I don’t know what love is anymore. Well, that’s not entirely true, but I’m going to tell you a little secret: I’ve lost the spark. You know the kind of spark I’m talking about? Where butterflies take flight in your stomach from two hands innocently colliding. Yeah, that spark. Except I haven't felt that feeling in forever; there is nothing left inside of me. Normally, this wouldn’t be a problem - but I’m a writer on a serious deadline, and my editor is breathing down my neck for a romantic Nicholas Sparks-type love story.

Against all odds, Morgan Carter and his family have endured despite the deteriorating conditions surrounding them. Armed with survivalist tactics, Morgan's crew, alongside their new friends from the recently-liberated DHS camp, have worked together to build a sustainable communuity. But not...

October 1942 - The United States and the Empire of Japan are at war. Charlie Harrison, a young and ambitious lieutenant, reports for duty aboard the S-55, a worn-out WWI-era submarine. While the Battle of Guadalcanal rages on land, air, and sea, the captain plans a daring attack against Rabaul, the heart of Japanese power in the South Pacific. There, the hunter will become the hunted, and Charlie will discover how good he is at war.

No electricity. No running water. No food. No end in sight. If life as you knew it changed in an instant, would you be prepared? In A. American’s first novel, Going Home, readers were introduced to Morgan Carter, the resourceful, tough-as-nails survivalist who embarks on a treacherous 250-mile...

After ten years together, Jeremy “Jem” Creed and his wife, Crystal, are looking to give their marriage a fresh start on Paradeisos, a mysterious island off the coast of Oregon. What they find is stranger than they could have imagined: the locals are named after Greek gods, horned thugs lurk in back alleys, and the women are strangely friendly.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins comes a shocking short story, where a chance mishap leads to the discovery of a weapon like no other in . . . Crash and Burn. On a transatlantic flight, the two black sheep of Sigma Force—Seichan and Kowalski—must set aside their mutual...

On humanity's first extra-solar mission, the exploration vessel Magellan, or, as she prefers, "Maggie", discovers an alien artifact. Deciding that finding advanced alien life is too important to ignore, Captain Allison Ridgeway chooses to return to Earth while ordering her crew to reverse engineer technology far beyond anything back home. Meanwhile, at mission control, the governments struggle to maintain the existence of aliens a secret while also combating bureaucracy, the military industrial complex, and everyone else who wants a piece of what could skyrocket humanity into a new technological age.

A funny and heartwarming debut romance about two exes forced to reunite when a plane crash leaves them stranded on a deserted island. Piper Adams is completely, totally, one hundred percent over Wyatt, the former love of her life. At least, that’s what she tells herself. After he broke her...

Julie hat es geschafft. Ihr Traum vom Studium in New York hat sich erfüllt. Sie weiß: Das hier ist der Beginn einer großartigen Zukunft. Leider hat sie nicht mit Luca gerechnet, der sie mit Augen aus flüssigem Silber und seinem traurigen Blick um den Verstand bringt. Doch Luca verbirgt ein Geheimnis. Als Julie versucht, das Rätsel um ihn zu lösen, wird sie in einen Strudel aus Ereignissen gezogen, der ihren Traum vom Neubeginn zu zerstören droht. Von den Straßen New Yorks bis zu den verschneiten Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

Jem, Crystal, and Ruby have found themselves trapped in a world that may or may not be real. However, one thing is clear—their music is the key to unlocking the secrets that keep them captive in a reality beyond their understanding. Back on Paradeisos Island, there's a new building—the Temple of the Morning Sun—but it's locked up tight. To get inside, Jem and his wives will have to journey to distant galaxies, fight killer insect aliens, and try to find a lost starship beyond the edge of the universe.

With dinosaurs as house pets and a powerful dragon on his side, Sid Marshall isn’t just surviving on K’Shaul, he’s thriving. Of course his magical A.I., Opal, has to cancel the thriving part. She has a primary mission Sid’s been avoiding, and she won’t stop talking about it.