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Johannesburg-Südafrika · Denver-USA · Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia. Der Schwarze Rost vernichtet die Getreideernten Afrikas. Unaufhaltsam breitet sich der Pilz von dort aus. Ohne Hilfe werden Millionen verhungern. Der Journalist Finn Sadah will seine Leser mit einer Reportage über den Schwarzen Rost aufrütteln, doch dann verstrickt er sich in eine Mordserie an Genforschern. Und schließlich gerät er selbst in die Schusslinie des skrupellosen Killers. Lüge ist Wahrheit.

Fünf Studenten bekommen den Auftrag, eine revolutionäre Nanotechnologie zu prüfen. Die Studierenden wittern ihre große Chance. Bald müssen sie erkennen, dass sie und ihre Auftraggeber unterschiedliche Ziele haben. Sie gehen ihren eigenen Weg und der Erfolg gibt ihnen recht. Schnell müssen sich die fünf eingestehen, dass sie nicht alles so fest im Griff haben, wie sie es glauben. Unkontrollierter Ehrgeiz trifft auf Nanotechnologie und löst eine Kette von Ereignissen aus, die niemand vorhersehen konnte.

A riveting thriller of corporate intrigue and cutthroat competition between American and Japanese business interests. On the forty-fifth floor of the Nakamoto tower in downtown Los Angeles - the new American headquarters of the immense Japanese conglomerate - a grand opening celebration is in full swing. On the forty-sixth floor, in an empty conference room, the corpse of a beautiful young woman is discovered.

The fog of war clouds everything. Enemies lurk in the shadows, within the very fleet sworn to protect United Earth. Conspiracies and murder abound, and in the background.... The stalled alien invasion lurks. The Golgothic ship has burrowed deep into the core of Saturn's moon Titan, whose mass slowly but inexorably increases. The Dolmasi, once allies of United Earth in the Second Swarm War, now attack us, unhinged and without reason. And all the while, Admiral Shelby Proctor works to answer the most urgent questions of all.

Für den Computerspiele-Entwickler Alex Stein geht ein Traum in Erfüllung. Sein gewagtes Projekt, mittels künstlicher Intelligenz und der Steuerung des Menschlichen Nervensystems die virtuelle Realität zu revolutionieren, scheint tatsächlich zu funktionieren. Sein Prototyp erzeugt Simulationen für alle Sinne, die vom realen Leben kaum zu unterscheiden sind. Alex Karriere in der Londoner Computerspiele Firma Realmind Systems entwickelt sich rasant. Doch während er in immer perfektere Simulationen eintaucht, beginnt sein reales Leben auseinanderzufallen.

Deep in Antarctica, two researchers find an enigmatic black sphere suspended in the heart of a huge crater. Neither man is ever seen again. Decades later, reality fractures. A Manhattan skyscraper vanishes into thin air. An airplane crashes in the Sahara Desert—its existence defying logic. Across the globe, breathtaking technology and mysterious artifacts appear, all leading to one chilling truth: a parallel Earth is breaching the boundary between realities.

Imperium is the most expensive structure ever created. Once an orbiting laboratory, it is now a space hotel for the fantastically wealthy. But as the station preps for its first group of space tourists, Dr. Chloe Bonilla, Imperium’s resident biophysicist, finds herself questioning whether babysitting a passel of space glampers is worth the distraction from her research.

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Best-selling, award-winning, author Kim Stanley Robinson continues his groundbreaking trilogy of eco-thrillers - and propels us deeper into the awesome whirlwind of climatic change. Set in our nation's capital, here is a chillingly realistic tale of people caught in the collision of science, technology, and the consequences of global warming - which could trigger another phenomenon: abrupt climate change, resulting in temperatures.

In Atlanta, Dr. Peyton Shaw is awakened by the phone call she has dreaded for years. As the CDC's leading epidemiologist, she's among the first responders to outbreaks around the world. It's a lonely and dangerous job, but it's her life - and she's good at it. This time she may have met her match. In Kenya, an Ebola-like pathogen has infected two Americans. One lies at death's door. With the clock ticking, Peyton assembles her team and joins personnel from the Kenyan Ministry of Health and the WHO.

Noah Harris and Ashley Flynn are field agents for a powerful organization tasked with protecting humanity from the misuse of game-changing technology. But when they discover hidden portals that link Earth to numerous planets, they are thrust into a maze of deception and intrigue they can't begin to understand....one that not only has them battling for their very lives, but that will decide the fate of worlds. Because, inexplicably, each of the planets contain human civilizations, and the rulers of our nearest portal neighbor have come up with a brilliant, twisted plan to conquer ours.

En route to London from New York, Flight 305 suddenly loses power and crash-lands in the English countryside, plunging a group of strangers into a mysterious adventure that will have repercussions for all of humankind. Struggling to stay alive, the survivors soon realize that the world they've crashed in is very different from the one they left. But where are they? Why are they here? And how will they get back home?

Kyle Riggs is snatched by an alien spacecraft sometime after midnight. The ship is testing everyone it catches and murdering the weak. The good news is that Kyle keeps passing tests and staying alive. The bad news is the aliens who sent this ship are the nicest ones out there.

Das Eden-Virus verbreitet sich immer weiter. Ob Segen oder Fluch – eines ist sicher: Es kann nicht mehr aufgehalten werden. Für die Armen und Kranken ist die Seuche ein Geschenk Gottes, doch gleichzeitig bringt sie die Infizierten ins Fadenkreuz jener Menschen, die den Verlust ihrer Macht fürchten.

The hugely powerful and pervasive presence of the Colossus supercomputer mechanically runs Earth and its myriad operations. Managed by its creator, Dr. Charles Forbin, it is incapable of lies and void of human emotion. It is not a robot and not human. As part of its brief to enhance the human race, it runs eerie emotion research centers, authorizing acts of savagery to measure resistance and feeling. Art and abstract creation are banned, and surveillance is constant. No one is free.

In this “whip-smart and engrossing” (Associated Press) dystopian novel from the bestselling author of the Assassins Anonymous series, a disillusioned employee and a corporate spy team up to expose a massive tech company’s dark underbelly. “Outstanding . . . walks a fine line between...

Kaum noch Waffen und zunehmend außerirdische Touristen aus Goni auf der Erde. Widerstand formiert sich, es braut sich was zusammen. Ehemaligen politischen Hardlinern, Militärs, Geheimdienstlern und Gangstern gefällt das neue friedliche Dasein auf der Erde gar nicht. Sie planen Anschläge auf Gonim, erwischen sie beim Wasser- und Schneesport und töten sie. Sie wollen ihre Waffen zurück. Selbst vor Raketen-Anschlägen auf Herbert schrecken sie nicht zurück.

Veteran Fourth Echelon agent Sam Fisher has a new mission recruiting and training the next generation of Splinter Cell operatives for the NSA’s covert action division, including his daughter Sarah. But when a lethal assassin from Fisher’s past returns from the dead on a mission of murder, father and daughter are thrust into a race against time as a sinister threat to global security is revealed.

Schwarze Löcher, die unseren Planeten vernichten könnten - durch neuartige wissenschaftliche Experimente könnte diese Schreckensvision Wirklichkeit werden. Ist dies die Katastrophe, die sich laut Prophezeiung der Maya im Jahre 2012 ereignen wird? Immanuel Gabriel, letzter Nachkomme der berühmten Forscherfamilie, ist der Einzige, der den Untergang verhindern kann.