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It’s been three years since Lee Harden emerged from his bunker into a world gone mad. Governments have fallen. And new ones have taken their place. In the United Eastern States, Lee and his team of battle-hardened operatives walk a tightrope of survival, keeping their fledgling society safe from the creatures beyond their gates - and from the enemies within. Then, an ambush in hostile territory reveals a traitor in their midst - and leaves Lee barely clinging to life. Wounded and on the run, Lee and his team race to uncover the leak before it’s too late.

A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale. Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 1Q84 and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle comes a relentlessly inventive novel that dives deep into the very nature of consciousness. “Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka.”—The...

In den finsteren Weiten des inneren Asteroidengürtels hoffen die Bergbauastronauten Walter Adams und Tiziana Fontana, reiche Vorkommen an Gold, Platin und Seltenen Erden im gerade freigegebenen neuen Sektor zu entdecken. Doch als sie ein rätselhaftes Signal empfangen, stoßen sie auf ein pechschwarzes, mysteriöses fremdes Objekt. Nicht nur Walters Arbeitgeber, Wayaki Industries, erwartet schnelle Antworten: Auch zwei konkurrierende Konzerne haben längst Kurs auf das Objekt genommen. Was als Wettlauf um Profit begann, verwandelt sich in eine grausame Prüfung um Leben und Tod.

Tycho ist als Nachfahrin alter Götter übermenschlich stark. Besonders, wenn sie Alkohol trinkt. Nicht schlecht, um sich als Barkeeperin in New York gegen zwielichtige Typen zu behaupten. Damit niemand von ihrer Herkunft erfährt, muss sie selbst ihren Kindheitsfreund Logan auf Distanz halten. Doch dann taucht die gutaussehende Grayson auf und behauptet, ihr Geheimnis zu kennen. Und als Tycho kurz darauf von einer Sekte entführt wird, die ihre Kräfte für sich beanspruchen will, bleibt ihr nichts anderes übrig, als Grayson zu vertrauen.

Seit den Enthüllungen rund um die Transhumanistische Allianz ist das Sonnensystem in Aufruhr. Ed wird in den internationalen Ethikrat einberufen und muss Entscheidungen über den Einsatz von riskanten Technologien treffen. Im Zuge dessen untersucht Kumiko die Testperson eines Experiments, das Rätsel aufgibt. Ein Selbstmord erschüttert die Bewohner von Sphäre 1 und es macht sich eine Aggression breit, die sogar Tiere in der Biosphäre anzustecken scheint. Rakesh versucht herauszufinden, was dahinter steckt und muss sich tief sitzenden Ängsten stellen.

Hank is fairly happy that his uncle was murdered. The man had been nothing but a source of endless sorrow and hardships since they first met. Nevertheless, Hank is forced to investigate the killing and comes to realize it is connected to a much larger collection of miseries than even his uncle could manage. This episode marks a huge shift for Hank as he ventures into unknown regions of the cosmos and is confronted with the harsh truths of his reality.

Hank is getting married! The space station Belvaille has become home to a species of actors. The newest edition to the Post Colmarian Confederation are the Damakan race. As a species they are capable of “broadcast empathy”. Their acting skills are so powerful they are able to make people believe their portrayals are literally happening - even over remote transmission.

Sometimes it's not easy being a mutant thug. The space station Belvaille, once the center of civilization, is nearly deserted because of the new government's policies. Hank makes do by working odd jobs, but he isn't sure how long those, or the city, can last.

Belvaille has cemented its place as the most important system in the galaxy and Hank is working as an official Factotum, negotiating deals between gangs and noblemen under the watchful eye of the Arch Minister. When his ever-capable butler, Cliston, is approached to become the General Manager of a Super Class glocken team, Hank is hired not only as protection, but as a player. Hank finds himself thrown into the most grueling bloodsport in the galaxy and tasked with finding out how and why players are being abducted.

Life is tough on space station Belvaille - not for the aristocratic nobles that call it home, but for the poor slobs like Hank. Hank is considered a celebrated cutthroat and the oldest living person in the city. His occupation is to be hired muscle for those people who don't want to get their hands dirty but still want dirty things done.

The royal family of a powerful empire are visiting Belvaille for an upcoming diplomatic summit. But their plans are somewhat interrupted when the galaxy’s premier assassin shows up and eliminates every single aristocrat. All except for one child who had been hidden. Hank is happy minding his own business. Of course, his business entails robbing, extorting, eating lots of food, and fighting. But compared with the rest of the criminals of his city, he’s practically a saint. However, Hank’s easy existence is interrupted by the chief of security.

Hank was a dying breed on the space station Belvaille. The criminal gangs that had once made their homes there were forced out by the corporations that had taken over since the facility became an Independent Protectorate. Instead of the gentlemanly gang wars that had once dominated the scene, and made Hank's services prized as a negotiator, the city was now plagued by the clash of corporate armies using heavy weapons. Even tanks roamed the streets regularly.

Hank is a thug. He knows he's a thug. He has no problem with that realization. In his view the galaxy has given him a gift: a mutation that allows him to withstand great deals of physical trauma. He puts his abilities to the best use possible and that isn't by being a scientist. Besides, the space station Belvaille doesn't need scientists. It is not, generally, a thinking person's locale. It is the remotest habitation in the entire Colmarian Confederation. There is literally no reason to be there.

An increasingly crippled Hank struggles to keep the various factions of Belvaille in check after the collapse of the Colmarian Confederation. Hank, as Supreme Kommilaire and Secretary of City, has several hundred police to try to maintain order among the millions of inhabitants on the space station while simultaneously preparing for Belvaille's first ever election.

Eine neue Heimat, eine neue Hoffnung ... und ein neuer Feind. Brandon Q. Morris erzählt die Besiedlung des Mars als großes Abenteuer der Menschheit. 2058. Eine Künstliche Intelligenz hat mithilfe von Robotern den Bau einer Marskolonie beendet, in der bald die ersten hundert Menschen wohnen sollen. Da die kosmische Strahlung während der langen Reise und später auf dem Planeten das Erbgut der ersten Generation von Mars-Menschen irreparabel schädigen wird, entscheidet man sich für Astronauten und Astronautinnen im fortgeschrittenen Alter.

Jake Sullivan is a licensed private eye with a seriously hardboiled attitude. He also possesses raw magical talent and the ability to make objects in his vicinity light as a feather or as heavy as depleted uranium, all with a magical thought. It's no wonder the G-men turn to Jake when they need someoneto go after a suspected killer who has been knocking off banks in a magic-enhanced crime spree.

Anton is an undercover operative from future Earth, who travels to an alien world whose culture has not progressed beyond the Middle Ages. Although in possession of far more advanced knowledge than the society around him, he is forbidden to interfere with the natural progress of history. His...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan, read by Billy Howle. Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers...

It’s been two decades since Irakli fled his war-torn homeland with two young sons, now grown men. Two decades since he saw their mother, who stayed so they could escape. At long last, Tbilisi has lured him home. But when Irakli’s phone calls stop, a mystery begins... Arriving in the city as escaped zoo animals prowl the streets, Saba picks up the trail of clues: strange graffiti, bewildering messages transmitted through the radio, pages from his father’s unpublished manuscript scattered like breadcrumbs.