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Der zweite Teil von "Under the Northern Sky": Der Krieg um Albion und den Wolfsthron hat erst begonnen... In einer gewaltigen Schlacht konnte Roper, der junge Lord des Nordens, den Süden von Albion bezwingen. Doch seine Feinde ruhen nicht. Als Ropers Bruder Opfer eines heimtückischen Anschlags wird, begibt sich die weise Sucherin Inger auf die Jagd nach den Mördern. Roper reitet indes mit einer Handvoll Vertrauter nach Westen, um sich der Hilfe des Waldvolkes zu versichern. Eine Reise voller Wagnisse - und Roper muss sich beeilen.

Frederik Bjerregaard ist charmant, attraktiv und gehört zu einer der einflussreichsten Unternehmerfamilien Dänemarks. Doch seit er herausgefunden hat, dass er jahrelang von seiner Familie belogen wurde, ist für ihn nichts mehr, wie es war. Journalistin Camilla Bjørnelund ahnt, dass sich hinter der glitzernden Fassade der Bjerregaards vor Jahren ein Drama abgespielt haben muss. Aber bei ihrer Recherche ist es einzig Frederik, der sich ihr öffnet. In seiner Nähe spürt Camilla schon bald eine unwiderstehliche Anziehungskraft. Aber kann sie Dänemarks Jetset-Prinzen wirklich trauen?

That man should have dominion “over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth” is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it’s said we live in a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. The question we now face is: Can we change nature, this time in order to save it? Elizabeth Kolbert, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction, takes a hard look at the new world we are creating.

Since she’d been on the outside, she’d survived an Aether storm, she’d had a knife held to her throat, and she’d seen men murdered. This was worse. Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland - known as The Death Shop - are slim. If the cannibals don’t get her, the violent, electrified energy storms will. She’s been taught that the very air she breathes can kill her. Then Aria meets an Outsider named Perry. He’s wild - a savage - and her only hope of staying alive.

Single dad Tank Wheeler has vowed to keep his heart shuttered in the name of keeping his young daughter’s life stable. But lately, the chemistry between him and his adrenaline-loving best friend, Cassie Reynolds, has been getting him a little hot under the collar. And then, with one scorching birthday kiss, these best friends are instantly more. Exactly the wrong time for Tank’s ex to show up in Wild River, Alaska.

Global box office sensation Ruby Locke is a long way from her Yorkshire roots. Together with her fiancé, movie heartthrob Tyler Harrison, they are Hollywood’s new glitterati. Overnight, however, Ruby’s life implodes when her social media accounts are hacked with a multitude of vile posts, turning her into an international pariah. Even Tyler breaks off their engagement. Confused and heartbroken, Ruby escapes to the beautiful island of Sicily to avoid the media scrutiny and clear her name.

A producer at the BBC and mother to a new baby, Tessa is at work in Belfast one day when the news of another raid comes on the air. The IRA may have gone underground in the two decades since the Good Friday Agreement, but they never really went away, and lately bomb threats, security checkpoints, and helicopters floating ominously over the city have become features of everyday life. As the news reporter requests the public's help in locating those responsible for the robbery, security footage reveals Tessa's sister, Marian, pulling a black ski mask over her face.

Detective Alan Auhl does things his own way - and gets results. He works cold cases now. Like the death of John Elphick - his daughters are still convinced he was murdered, the coroner not so sure. Or the skeleton that’s just been found under a concrete slab. Or the doctor who killed two wives and a girlfriend and left no evidence at all....

When an injured teenager goes missing at a remote bushland campground, local journalist Abby Bardot is determined to expose the area’s dark history. The girl bears a striking resemblance to the victims of three brutal murders that occurred 20 years ago, and Abby fears the killer is still on the loose. But the newspaper Abby works for wants to suppress the story for fear it will scare off tourists to the struggling township. Haunted by her own turbulent memories, Abby is desperate to learn the truth and enlists the help of Tom Gabriel, a reclusive crime writer.