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The whole world called it peace. Only a few called it what it was.The wars are over. The economy is healed. The treaty no one believed possible has been signed in Jerusalem, and a gracious man the whole world adores stands at its center—asking for nothing but unity.Dr. Eli Navon has hidden his...

He stole her heart for the Queen But now he wants it for himself Will he sacrifice everything To unlock the magic of her heart? A notorious assassin for the Queen of Hearts, Rabb Silverhope has never had trouble making women fall for him so he could steal their hearts for the Queen to eat. Until...

A special Chronicles of St Mary's Christmas short story that is sure to entertain. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor. It's Christmas at St Mary's and time for the traditional illicit jump. Except this one is perfectly legal. It's Major...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Everything You Ever Wanted written by Luiza Sauma, read by Stephanie Racine. You wake up. You go to work. You don't go outside for twelve hours at a time. You have strategy meetings about how to use hashtags. After work you order expensive drink after...

2134: Mehr Rohstoffe! Dass die Menschen diese Forderung auch auf den Weltraum ausdehnen würden, war nur eine Frage der technischen Möglichkeiten. Der Asteroid Ikarus, reich an Silikaten und Diamanten, soll in eine Mondumlaufbahn verlagert werden, um ihn besser ausbeuten zu können. Die Firma Gumboldt Stellar hat den Auftrag bekommen. Als Mark Brandis und die Crew seiner "Henri Dunant" auf Wunsch von Direktor Harris dort nach dem Rechten sehen, machen sie eine erschütternde Entdeckung.

Ausgerechnet an dem Tag, an dem Cassie sich entschließt, ihr verkorkstes Leben wieder auf die Reihe zu kriegen, kündigt sich der Weltuntergang an. Seit dem Tod von Cassies Eltern und der Trennung von Adrian ist sowieso alles schiefgelaufen, und nun verwandelt ein Virus alle Menschen in Zombies. Um diesem Schicksal zu entgehen, flüchten Cassie und ihre Freunde in die Hütte ihrer Eltern.

In "All the Stars in the Sky", dem letzten Teil der Reihe "Until the End of the World", versuchen Cassie, Peter, Penny und die anderen, sich zur letzten verbliebenen Safe Zone in Alaska durchzuschlagen. Doch der Weg dorthin ist lang, und nicht nur Zombies wollen ihnen an den Kragen. Kann es Cassie gelingen, inmitten all des Schreckens ihr gebrochenes Herz zu heilen und wieder etwas Glück zu finden?

Peter steht auf einem Müllcontainer, umringt von Zombies. Er sieht die Menschen, die seine neue Familie geworden sind, davonfahren und bereitet sich darauf vor, sein Leben opfern, um sie zu retten. Doch manchmal kommt zum Glück alles anders, als man denkt! Sein neuer Plan: Seine Familie wiederfinden. Aber manchmal kommt eben dummerweise alles anders, als man denkt. Auf seinem Weg wird Peter immer wieder auf die Probe gestellt und der einst so nervige reiche Bengel zeigt, was in ihm steckt … und wie er wirklich ist.

Cassie Forrest führt ein gerazu glückliches Leben auf der Farm Kingdom-Come. Kaum vorstellbar in einer Welt, die sich mitten in der Zombie-Apokalypse befindet. Doch Cassie ist bisher mit dem Leben davon gekommen und nicht nur das: Sie hat ihre große Liebe Adrian und ihre Freunde um sich, und der Frühling verspricht neues Leben. Doch mit dem schmelzenden Schnee tauen auch Millionen tiefgefrorener Zombies auf.

A war is brewing in the Wastes, and I seem to be in the center. With old horrors stirring, and bonds breaking can, I do what it takes to save us all? Or will my need for vengeance be our downfall? First, I have to face my biggest challenge yet, myself. One thing is certain, the sands will turn red before The Summit is through.

Celebrated nerd hero Wil Wheaton ( Star Trek: The Next Generation; The Big Bang Theory) brings R.A. Salvatore's only Forgotten Realms novella to audio. If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair is a story of the Bloodstone Lands that deals with a contested issue of the Forgotten Realms: the mortality of dragons.

April 3460: Die Milchstraße ächzt unter der Herrschaft der technisch überlegenen Laren und ihrer skrupellosen Helfer, den Überschweren...

The story opens with our newly married protagonists, Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy, defending their village from an army of flesh-eating unmentionables. But the honeymoon has barely begun when poor Mr. Darcy is nipped by a rampaging dreadful. Elizabeth knows the proper course of action is to promptly behead her husband (and then burn the corpse, just to be safe). But when she learns of a miracle antidote under development in London, she realizes there may be one last chance to save her true love.

2133: Mark Brandis ist seit 240 Tagen als Gastpilot auf einem neuen Schiff unter dem Kommando von Cmdr. Elmar Busch. Statt eines Testfluges verharrt die EXPLORATOR jedoch regungslos im Weltraum, um den möglicherweise bevorstehenden Ausbruch des Sterns Eta Carinae in eine Hypernova zu beobachten.

Far from the savage remnants of humanity, Henry and his family have managed to survive the grip of desolate, perpetual winter on a vast tundra that was once an ocean teeming with life. When the family is discovered, their peaceful existence is shattered and their lives changed forever. Henry’s siblings are kidnapped, leaving him alone in the ruins of their home. Broken, altered, and tormented by all that has befallen him, he is driven to wreak vengeance upon those who assume him dead...by any means necessary.

Heroes are the worst. Jim Riven would know—he used to be one. Now he just wants to run his crumbling old bar and be left alone. Beer and chicken wings don’t try to vaporize him. Well, not since that one time. But when remnants of his old life come calling, they bring the one reason he can’t ignore. Lock, a hero who died fighting for the Spectrum world’s premier hero team may not be so dead after all. But if she’s alive, where has she been?

Catherine Howard stumbles upon the tomb of her granddaughter, Anne Howard Brandon, who'd been swept back through time. Horrorstruck, she discovers Anne was murdered in the year 1562. She calls upon a time-traveling priest, Father Daniel, to rescue her precious granddaughter. But journeying back to the 16th century is a dangerous undertaking; the life and death risks sobering and real. Daniel calls upon the forces of heaven and earth - including a secret Vatican society of time travelers - to aid in this quest. 

"The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told" was first published in the October 1966 issue of Galaxy. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a grand master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

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Paranormal crime stories by best-selling fiction writers like Kelley Armstrong, Anne Perry, Simon R. Green, Patricia Briggs, and more. A massive, monumental volume of paranormal crime fiction by best-selling authors. Gripping tales of mayhem include both novellas and short stories like "Stalked By", by Kelley Armstrong; "The Judgment", by worldwide best-selling author Anne Perry; "Appetite for Murder", by Simon R. Green; "Road Dogs", by Norman Partridge; "The Hex Is In", by Mike Resnick; and many more.