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Die Lage an der Til-Nara-Front eskaliert. Die Ruul und die abtrünnigen Til-Nara marschieren einer Urgewalt gleich durch die Hegemonie. Die terranischen Streitkräfte und ihre Verbündeten sind kaum in der Lage, die Stellung zu halten. Niederlage folgt auf Niederlage. Sogar das terranische Hauptquartier innerhalb der Til-Nara-Hegemonie gerät in Bedrängnis und muss sich einer massiven feindlichen Invasionsflotte erwehren. Bald schon steht fest, es gibt nur einen einzigen Weg, der Lage Herr zu werden: Die Nerai müssen um Beistand ersucht werden.

What would happen if Imperial Rome never fell? Roma Eterna, spanning fifteen hundred years of global history, follows the reign of the Roman Empire from its inception to the present day. Empire continues to expand, creeping across the globe and through the annals of history from the conquest of the Mayans to the first circumnavigational voyage, and finally the attempt of the Hebrews to flee Rome’s tyranny by escaping to another planet.

On July 6, 1963, human history was forever altered. From the depths of space, a golden wave of light bathed everyone on Earth in rays that rendered them unconscious. Six days later, five billion people awakened with superpowers. For thirty-seven years now, superhumanity has managed to keep the peace. With some exceptions....

The battle between good and evil continues as Virginia and her infant son Joshua flee from Detroit, pursued by the sinister Luther Bell (Giancarlo Esposito) and his Morning Stars cult. With her estranged husband Ryan and Moses (Dulé Hill), a devotee with a mysterious past, Virginia finds unlikely allies in Samson (Rhenzy Feliz) and Delilah (Ebony Obsidian). Together, they uncover the truth about Joshua's place in an ancient prophecy. Each perilous step of their journey is guided by Virginia's haunting visions while Bell's forces close in, threatening to tear their world apart.

Erleben Sie den 2. Band der erfolgreichen Alternativwelt-Serie über einen anderen 2. Weltkrieg jetzt als rundum überarbeitete Neuausgabe! Nie war militärische Fiktion aus Deutschland besser! Synopsis: Der Krieg geht weiter. Bei Kursk konnte die Wehrmacht einen Sieg einfahren, doch die Rote Armee holt zum Gegenschlag aus. Schon gerät die gesamte Ostfront unter dem enormen Druck der Offensive ins Wanken. Zur gleichen Zeit fassen die Westmächte Italien ins Auge. Mit einer Landung auf Sizilien wollen sie den „weichen Bauch“ des Deutschen Reichs angreifen.

Against the backdrop of worldwide, unexplainable natural disasters, Dr. Virginia Marilyn Edwards (Emmy Award-winner Kerry Washington) seeks out Agent Scott Thomas (Emmy Award-winner Laurence Fishburne) at a secretive government headquarters. Virginia claims these events are signs, and unless Agent Thomas helps her, she believes things will only get worse. Her desperation is dialed up higher with a shocking proclamation as she stands before him pregnant, weak, and weary: “Agent Thomas,” she says, “I believe I am Mary.”

"Durch die Kollision mit einem unentdeckten Objekt ist der Zwergplanet Ceres nicht nur extrem heiß geworden - das Ereignis hat ihn auch aus seiner Bahn geworfen. Die Flugbahn unserer Erde liegt nicht gerade in einem günstigen Korridor. Wir bewegen uns mitten durch das Ereignisfeld. Noch kann niemand vorhersagen, wie groß oder zahlreich die Trümmer sind, die uns treffen werden, oder was NOCH alles passieren könnte." - Dr. Michael Hofer.

It is the 14th century, and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur - the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed. But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? This is a look at the history that could have been - a history that stretches across centuries, a history that sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, a history that spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation.

Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer. So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the most famous men in history, al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma is called onto the case.

Ten years ago, the Empath known as the Black Death battled the Legion of Heroes and laid waste to a continent. Infused with the blood of countless superhuman victims, he struck down the Legion one by one, until only its leader, Captain Dawn, remained. When the smoke finally cleared, the Black Death was vanquished—but at a terrible cost to both Captain Dawn and the world . . . Now, the students and staff of Morningstar Academy hope Matt Callaghan, who they believe is a clairvoyant, will lead them to a bright and glorious future.

The Difference Engine is an alternate history novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It is a prime example of the steampunk sub-genre; It posits a Victorian Britain in which great technological and social change has occurred after entrepreneurial inventor Charles Babbage succeeded in his ambition to build a mechanical computer called Engines. The fierce summer heat and pollution have driven the ruling class out of London and the resulting anarchy allows technology-hating Luddites to challenge the intellectual elite.

An engineer finds himself in an alternate reality, Cornwall, in the year 715 A.D. He awakens in the body of a young Baron.

In 2028, former homicide detective Rachel Hunt is hired by Katherine Richardson, a wealthy descendant of Grace Carrington, to use Sinclair Whitlock's time machine once again. Her task: travel back to Southampton, England, and uncover the fate of Grace, a fifteen-year-old girl, and her governess, Edith Winslow. They disappeared just a day before boarding the Titanic—and the mystery has haunted Katherine's family for over a century.

Sixty-five million years ago, a disastrous cataclysm eliminated three quarters of all life on Earth. Overnight, the age of dinosaurs ended. The age of mammals had begun. But what if history had happened differently? What if the reptiles had survived to evolve into intelligent life? In West of Eden, best-selling author Harry Harrison has created a rich, dramatic saga of a world where the descendants of the dinosaurs struggled with a clan of humans in a battle for survival.

Three million people living in the middle of the Pacific dream the same dream. Can they defend it? Can they protect their love? Will their world survive? What if the innovation of a new energy storage technology enabled a bunch of adventurers to start an alternative civilization in the ocean thousands of miles away from the nearest piece of land? It has now been thirty-two years since their voyage.

In the years since the Event, the Republic of Nantucket has done its best to re-create the better ideas of the modern age. But the evils of its time resurface in the person of William Walker, renegade Coast Guard officer, who is busy building an empire for himself based on conquest by technology.

When Walker reaches Greece and recruits several of their greater kinglets to his cause, the people of Nantucket have no choice.

In 1912, history was changed by the Miracle, when the old world of Europe was replaced by Darwinia, a strange land of nightmarish jungle and antediluvian monsters. To some, the Miracle was an act of divine retribution; to others, it is an opportunity to carve out a new empire. Leaving an America now ruled by religious fundamentalists, young Guilford Law travels to Darwinia on a mission of discovery that will take him further than he can possibly imagine.

During a perfect spring evening on Nantucket, a violent storm erupts and a dome of crawling, colored fire blankets the island. When the howling winds subside and the night skies clear, the stars appear to have shifted. The mainland has become a wilderness of unbroken forest, where tools of bronze and stone litter the beaches, and primitive natives scatter in terror.

The invaders are coming; the Posleen, a seemingly unstoppable horde who have conquered one star system after another, literally feeding on their conquests. Earth's dubious allies, the Darhel, have given the humans a number of highly-advanced technological devices, including a process for rejuvenating the aged, including trained and proven soldiers who otherwise would be too old to fight. Rejuvenation may give a critical edge, since to survive, the Earth must use every resource at hand.

La clarividencia de Julio Verne ha inspirado a medio mundo y Heinrich Himmler no iba a ser menos. Obsesionado con la clave secreta que contiene uno de sus escritos lanzará todo su poder para conseguir descifrar los misterios ocultos en una novela de Verne: "Viaje al centro de la Tierra". Arqueólogos, soldados y aventureros se lanzan en una frenética búsqueda en el centro de la tierra para encontrar la solución definitiva a la guerra y al dominio de la raza humana.