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Geheime Verschwörungen und verfeindete Familien: Willkommen an der Academy of Dream Analysis. Nemesis von Winther kommt aus einer Familie voller Traumwandler. Sie soll an der Academy of Dream Analysis im hohen Norden Finnlands zu einer Luziden ausgebildet werden, um durch Träume die Wirklichkeit zu beeinflussen. An der Academy lernt sie Mercy kennen, den Neffen der Direktorin, in dessen Träumen sie nicht nur sich selbst, sondern auch ihr Herz verliert. Doch was niemand ahnt: Eigentlich ist sie an der Academy, um den Tod ihres Bruders zu rächen.

The founders and driving force behind the Foundry Group - a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage information technology companies - Brad and Jason have been involved in hundreds of venture capital financings. Their investments range from small startups to large Series A venture financing rounds. The new edition of Venture Deals continues to show fledgling entrepreneurs the inner-workings of the VC process, from the venture capital term sheet and effective negotiating strategies to the initial seed and the later stages of development.

Half a million years in the future, on a dead, war-ravaged world at the centre of the galaxy, there is a mile-high statue of Michael Poole. Poole, born on Earth in the fourth millennium, was one of mankind's most influential heroes. He was not a warrior, not an emperor. He was an engineer, a builder of wormhole transit systems. But Poole's work would ultimately lead to a vast and destructive conflict, a million-year war between humanity and the enigmatic, powerful aliens known as the Xeelee. The Xeelee won.

Having travelled back in time to Victorian-era New York City to save her siblings, Constance Greene confronts Manhattan’s most dangerous serial killer, Dr. Leng, but she is betrayed and left incandescent with rage. Agent Pendergast is determined to assist Constance, who is now on a fanatical quest for vengeance. And Diogenes, Pendergast's brother, also takes a trip out of his own time, offering to help the duo for unexplained reasons of his own.

Wer ist tödlicher als die Königin aller Piraten? Ihre beste Assassinin... Band 3 der mitreißenden Piraten-Romantasy-Saga von TikTok-Königin Tricia Levenseller! Die Piratenkönigin Alosa hat ihre Assassinin Sorinda beauftragt, einige ihrer vermissten Spione zu retten. Doch dafür muss diese mit Pirat Kearan als Steuermann vorliebnehmen – aber wie soll man auf einem Schiff einem Freibeuter entgehen, der einem nicht von der Seite weicht und auch noch so verflucht attraktiv ist?

Bestsellerautorin Kerstin Gier öffnet uns nach der "Edelstein"- und der "Silber"-Trilogie die Tür zu einer neuen phantastischen Welt und erzählt eine mitreißende Liebesgeschichte aus zwei Perspektiven: Quinn ist cool, smart und beliebt. Matilda entstammt der verhassten Nachbarsfamilie, hat eine Vorliebe für Fantasyromane und ist definitiv nicht sein Typ. Doch als Quinn eines Nachts von gruseligen Wesen verfolgt und schwer verletzt wird, sieht er Dinge, die nicht von dieser Welt sein können.

Du hast dich der Elite widersetzt und ich sagte dir ja, was geschehen wird, wenn du nicht gehorchst. Wir regieren diesen Campus und werden nicht zulassen, dass jemand unsere Macht anzweifelt. Willst du dich wirklich einer zweiten Runde stellen? Mable ist vom Campus geflohen, doch sie wird ihr Stipendium nicht aufgeben. Als sie zurück nach Kingston kommt, rechnet sie mit dem Schlimmsten. Tatsächlich tritt aber nicht nur ein neuer Verbündeter auf das Feld, um ihr zu helfen.

Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton, has brought to Howenstow, his family home, the young woman he has asked to be his bride. But the savage murder of a local journalist is the catalyst for a lethal series of events that shatters the calm of a picturesque Cornwall village and embroils Lynley and St. James in a case far outside their jurisdiction - and a little too close to home.

In 1942, six people destroyed Anna Matheson's family. Twelve years later, she's ready for retribution. Under false pretenses, Anna has lured those responsible for her family's downfall onto a luxury train from Philadelphia to Chicago, an overnight journey of fourteen hours. Her goal? Confront the people who've wronged her, get them to confess their crimes, and deliver them into the hands of authorities waiting at the end of the line. Justice will at last be served. But Anna's plan is quickly derailed by the murder of one of the passengers.

Once the brightest star in the Imperium and always first among his primarch brothers, Horus has dragged the Space Marine Legions into the bloodiest conflict that the galaxy has ever seen. While their allies wage war on a thousand different fronts, the XVIth Legion descend upon the Knight world of Molech - home to the ruling House Devine, and a principle stronghold of the Imperial Army.

Venedig ist eine einzigartige Bühne, nicht nur für Filmklassiker wie „Wenn die Gondeln Trauer tragen”, James Bonds „Casino Royale“ oder Donna Leons berühmten Commissario Brunetti. Diese Kulisse für entspannte Genussreisende hörbar zu machen, ist Ziel des Podcasts Birgit Eschbach ist der Legende nach „made in Italy“ und hat sich als Teenager unsterblich in die Lagunenstadt verliebt. Sie ist regelmäßig in Venedig – am liebsten im Winter – mit einer nicht enden wollenden Sehnsucht nach der Melancholie dieser Stadt. Mit ihren Gästen und Venedig-Kennern flaniert sie durch ...

The knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it. Our fear of death has underpinned our religions, inspired our cultures, and also driven our science. Today we are living through a revolution in biology. Giant strides are being made in our understanding of why we age and die, and why some species live longer than others. Immortality, once a faint hope, has never been more within our grasp. Here, Nobel Prize-winning biologist Venki Ramakrishnan offers a definitive look at why we die - and whether we can do anything about it.

The Rangers are taking on missions daily . . . The Free Fleet is becoming more widely known . . . The ex-Korsan captains are forming their own alliances . . . The Expedition-class ships have reached their destination . . . Jorim Perona has been resurrected, and is looking for payback. With his advanced warship, the Vengeance, he is out to repatriate his fleet, or destroy them. But his main focus is on the Aurora, and her captain. And he'll sacrifice everything to destroy them.

Shane Ryan returns to America with a deadly mission: to hunt down the mastermind behind the sinister Reaper Company. But when his quest leads him into a trap, Shane finds himself locked away in a nightmarish psychiatric facility, where the line between reality and madness is razor thin…

He is an expert with the latest technology...a madman with the mind of a genius and the heart of a killer. He quietly stalks his prey. Then he haunts the police with cryptic riddles about the crimes he is about to commit - always solved moments too late to save the victims' lives.

In 1942, six people destroyed Anna Matheson’s family. Twelve years later, she’s ready for retribution. Under false pretenses, Anna has lured those responsible for her family’s downfall onto a luxury train from Philadelphia to Chicago, an overnight journey of thirteen hours. Her goal? Confront the people who’ve wronged her, get them to confess their crimes, and deliver them into the hands of authorities waiting at the end of the line. Justice will at last be served. But Anna’s plan is quickly derailed by the murder of one of the passengers.

I lived my life surrounded by luxuries, love, and attention. While at the mercy of lies, death, and deceit. I was tired of being just a pretty face. The woman who always had to prove her worth. When tragedy tears yet another gash in my heart, he was there to help mend my grief. But there was a mystery hidden behind those alluring diamond eyes. A whisper of ghosts and trauma from his past. Red flags I knew I shouldn’t ignore. Yet I couldn’t help the feelings blossoming within me or the fire that scorched my skin under his touch.

Die Traumstudentin Nemesis von Winther versucht verzweifelt das Leben ihres einstigen Rivalen Mercury "Mercy" Sterling zu retten. Denn Mercy hat eine tragische Entscheidung getroffen, die ihre aufflammende Liebe unter den Trümmern ihrer Träume begrub und ihn in den Schlund seines Unterbewusstseins verdammte. In den düsteren Hallen der Academy of Dream Analysis im hohen Norden Finnlands muss Nemesis an die Grenzen ihrer Fähigkeiten gehen, um für Mercy zu kämpfen. Doch auch ihre wahren Feinde schlafen nicht, und die Wahrheit über den Tod von Nemesis' Bruder öffnet die Tore zu ihren schlimmsten Albträumen.

Marda and Yana belong to the Path of the Open Hand, a group led by a charismatic woman called the Mother, which believes the Force must not be used by anyone. While Marda joins a perilous expedition to Planet X in search of more mysterious creatures to use against the Jedi, Yana finds herself forming an unexpected alliance with the father of her dead lover in attempt to wrest the Path from the Mother’s control. These two young women will face a crossroads, forced to choose not only their own fates, but that of the galaxy itself.

As an assassin working for the pirate queen, 18-year-old Sorinda is surprised when Alosa’s next task for her is not to kill a new target, but to captain a handpicked crew on a rescue mission. Unfortunately, her helmsman is 20-year-old Kearan. He might be talented, but Sorinda finds him a real pain in the arse. Sadly, there are few places on a ship to hide from an attentive and attractive man. As the crew of the Vengeance faces dangerous waters and deadly sea creatures, they accidentally awaken the King of the Undersea—a man only half-alive, who can control the dead.