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One of the most important Ukrainian voices throughout the Russian invasion, the author of Death and the Penguin and Grey Bees collects his searing dispatches from the heart of Kyiv. This journal of the invasion, a collection of Andrey Kurkov's writings and broadcasts from Kyiv, is a remarkable record of a brilliant writer at the forefront of a twenty-first-century war. Andrey Kurkov has been a consistent satirical commentator on his adopted country of Ukraine.

Der neue actiongeladene LitRPG-Roman von Richard Schwartz! Im dritten Band der Eisraben-Chroniken muss sich die ehemalige Kampfpilotin Alex im gigantischen Onlinerollenspiel Vorena einer neuen Herausforderung stellen: Während die Erde sich auf die Invasion außerirdischer Mächte vorbereitet, dringen die ersten extraterrestrischen Angreifer nach Vorena vor, um die Erfolgsaussichten eines Krieges gegen die Menschen zu sondieren. Alex und ihre Verbündeten setzen alles daran, die Invasoren zurückzuschlagen. Denn sie wissen: Fällt Vorena, fällt die ganze Welt.

The siren has sounded, and old factions of the multiverse are moving. The Earth in general and Silas in particular have become hot commodities. The system was supposed to give Earth a probationary period, but the Invasion is beginning. Silas will either form new enemies or new allies, and the fate of the Earth may rest upon his decisions. With that will come new opportunities and new challenges.

Nach dem Erstkontakt in der Mojave-Wüste versuchen die CIA-Agentin Veronica Keyes und der Prospektor Nick Hargraves Beweise für fortgesetzte Alien-Aktivitäten zu finden. Der erste Schock über die Ankunft des außerirdischen Schiffs ist aus der Öffentlichkeit verschwunden und die Regierung ist mit dem Krieg in Europa beschäftigt. Doch dann kommt es im Nordosten der USA zu einem unerklärlichen Großereignis, das mit allen Mitteln vertuscht werden soll.

Die Kapitulation der Menschheit markiert das Ende des verzweifelten Kampfs gegen die außerirdischen Invasoren. Während sich Nick Hargraves dem Widerstand anschließt und für die bloße Hoffnung auf eine Zukunft kämpft, findet sich Veronica Keyes in ihrer dunkelsten Stunde wieder. Alles scheint verloren und jeder Schritt nach vorne zieht unabsehbare Konsequenzen nach sich. Nicht nur die Aliens, sondern auch ihre menschlichen Handlanger sind gewillt, jede Stufe der Eskalation einzugehen, um den Sieg zu erringen.

The Earth is being invaded, but no one knows about it. When Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, and Marco stumble upon a downed alien spaceship and its dying pilot, they're given an incredible power - they can transform into any animal they touch. With it, they become Animorphs, the unlikely champions in a secret war for the planet. And the enemies they're fighting could be anyone...even the people closest to them.

The Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy in 1943 were bloody and pivotal, securing the Mediterranean, capitalizing on the overthrow of Mussolini, and pinning down German troops that could have been used on the Russian Front or in France after D-Day. The men who made the Allied victories in Sicily and Italy possible - soldiers and officers, bombardiers and drivers, doctors and generals - are honored and remembered in these minutes by famed war correspondent Richard Tregaskis.

Sie sind überall. Es gibt kein Entkommen. Auf der ganzen Welt entstehen neue Portale, die die Menschen in ihren Bann ziehen. Weißaugen patrouillieren durch die Straßen. Ihr Ziel: diejenigen zu transformieren, die sich dem Sog der fremden Macht noch widersetzen. Die Armee kann die Invasion nicht stoppen. Das erlebt die junge Hannah Ferrington am eigenen Leib, als sie gemeinsam mit ihrem Freund Joel und ihrer kleinen Schwester Sally in den Untergrund fliehen muss. Denn sie sind nirgendwo mehr sicher und kämpfen um ihr Überleben.

Napoleon's forces are poised to invade Britain, and Commander Thomas Kydd's ship is at the forefront of the fleet defending the English coast. His honour restored after temporary disgrace in the Channel Islands, and reunited with his ship Teazer, Kydd seizes the chance to fight for his country. Then Kydd is abruptly withdrawn from the fleet and sent back to Dover on a secret mission to guard a mysterious American inventor.

Die Shyar waren eine Gruppe von Helden, die einst das Reich Baldurien vor Gefahren und Leid beschützte. Ihre Legende wird noch heute, mehr als 1.000 Jahre später, mit Ehrfurcht weitergegeben. Als eine feindliche Streitmacht aus dem angrenzenden Reich Scaya über das Meer kommt, werden erneut Helden gebraucht, um der Bedrohung zu begegnen. Der Halbelb Hanzo Talar, der als Schmied und Kampfsportlehrer in der friedlichen Waldstadt Valor lebt, begibt sich auf eine Reise durch das ganze Land, um die Nachfahren der Shyar zu finden und auf den kommenden Krieg vorzubereiten.

Years ago, Morgan and his team entered the Tower of Power. By the time they left, their raid group was reduced to only a handful of its members. They had faced the Tower and forces that they were never supposed to know about, and they had paid a high price to survive, but they had prevailed. Within the Tower they had learned the secrets and achieved great power. But now, they were in the Tower so long, and the world on the outside was different from what they had faced in the Tower. Morgan had been given a choice: to stay in the Tower or to leave the World and join his father - Oxylus.

Their heroine Ell Donsaii has a nerve mutation that’s rendered her a genius as well as providing her astonishing athletic abilities. Her genius has let her revolutionize our world with a number of inventions, including instantaneous communications and trans-dimensional portals that deliver fuel, water, food, and energy all around the solar system Invasion is about Russia’s invasion of Georgia, a country that also borders Russia but is much smaller than Ukraine.

The Hegemony has launched the invasion Tyler Barron and his Confederation comrades have feared, and all the Rim is ablaze with the fires of war and destruction. The Hegemony has brought its vast fleets, its advanced technology, and its endless legions of grim cyborg warriors to impose its system of rigid genetic hierarchy over all humanity on the Rim. The Confederation fleet is outnumbered and outmatched, but they will fight nevertheless, struggling and dying to hold back the onslaught any way they can.

The AO have come out of hiding, and war is upon the Ark Academy. People are going to die, because war isn’t pretty. This time, there will be no reset after dying. The Animus better have prepared the students, because the gloves are off, and it is student against student, academy against academy, with the future of humanity on the line.

After two centuries, the fearsome Dowd—a race of faceless monsters once thought banished beyond the Veil—have returned. And no one in the Tartarus Cluster is aware of the coming onslaught. No one...except for Major Kal Zeris and the women fighting at his side.

Rex Walker kehrt zur Erde zurück - nur um festzustellen, dass sie bereits angegriffen wird. Er kommt zu spät! Mit Hilfe seiner neuen Verbündeten versuchen er und seine Freunde, eine großangelegte Invasion zu verhindern - und dabei auch seine Schwester und seinen besten Freund Marcus zu retten. Eine Chance, die die menschliche Zivilisation bedrohende Sekte zu vernichten, haben sie nur, wenn sie mit den Freedom Earthers und Special Agent Evan Young zusammenarbeiten.

Perry Rhodan: Invasion der Puppen . Perry Rhodan, Großadministrator Terras und des Imperiums, kann beim besten Willen nicht ahnen, welchen Ausgang die Unabhängigkeitsfeier auf dem Planeten Tammat, einer terranischen Kolonie, nehmen wird. Zum ersten Mal wird er während der Feier stutzig, zum zweiten Mal im Hause seines Gastgebers, des Planetaren Rates Clyde Purcells. Aber da ist es schon zu spät. Eine Invasion der Puppen droht.

For months, the omens had pointed in one scarcely believable direction: Russia was about to invade Ukraine. And yet, the world was stunned by the epochal scale of the assault that began in February 2022. It was an attempt by one nation to devour another. The Kremlin wanted nothing less than a new world order. Invasion is Luke Harding's gripping chronicle of the war that changed everything.

One fateful day Lucy is invited to study at the prestigious Overworld Academy. The academy offers her the opportunity to learn all of the secrets of the Overworld - and it's an opportunity she can't miss. She's sad to leave behind her friends, Henry and Max, but it's time for her to have an adventure on her own. At Overworld Academy she meets two new friends, Jane and Phoebe. Jane is an expert fighter, and Phoebe is a talented alchemist. With Lucy's own knack for treasure hunting, the trio makes an incredible team.

I can't believe I fell for it. It was still dark when I woke up this morning. As soon as my eyes opened, I knew where I was. A low-ceilinged rectangular building made entirely of whitewashed concrete. There are six little rooms along the main corridor. There are no windows. No doors. The lift is the only way in or out. What's he going to do to me? What am I going to do? If I'm right, the lift will come down in five minutes. It did. Only this time it wasn't empty....