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The Confederacy is threatened by an uprising of the Hudathans, an unfeeling cyborg race that has built up its forces through stolen technology, and their only opponents are the members of the Legion.

It's the 21st Century and the ugliness of war no longer exists, except on a very personal level. Nowadays, people like Marcello Polletti, seller of Roman sunsets, and Caroline Meredith, lithe, beautiful, blonde, and backed by corporate sponsors and the Roy Bell Dancers, hunt, chase, and kill each other for sport and for the entertainment of the masses - until something oddly like personal human feelings pops up to confuse the players and up the stakes...as each of them seeks to kill their 10th victim and rise in the ranks of the hunters.

Wenn Wahrheit tötet ... Die Helden der Auris-Bestseller von Vincent Kliesch und Sebastian Fitzek müssen gemeinsam um ihr Leben kämpfen - ein Entführungs-Thriller der Extraklasse! Seit Jahren versucht die erfolgreiche True-Crime-Podcasterin Jula Ansorge die Wahrheit über das Schicksal ihres unter mysteriösen Umständen verschwundenen Bruders herauszubekommen. Moritz wurde von der Polizei erst eines abscheulichen Verbrechens beschuldigt und später von den Behörden für tot erklärt. Matthias Hegel, der berühmte forensische Phonetiker, behauptet Beweise zu haben, dass Moritz noch lebt.

What if you developed a technology that made it impossible for anyone to lie? About anything. Would this save humanity from itself? Or would it tear society apart? And just how far would power players around the globe go to stop it? Elias Gibson has invented such a technology. But will this lead to a glorious future, or to the collapse of civilization? Before Elias can answer this question, he finds himself battling for his very survival, and racing to uncover the identities and motives of the treacherous forces arrayed against him.

After selling his dorm-room startup for millions and effectively retiring at the age of 25, Alex Fife is eager for a new challenge. When he agrees to clean up an old PC as a favor, he never expects to find the adventure of a lifetime waiting for him inside the machine. But as he rummages through old emails, Alex stumbles upon a startling discovery: The previous owner, a shady antiques smuggler, had been trying to unload a mysterious object known as the Florentine on the black market.

Without warning, something has gone terribly awry. In the remote and unnoticed places of the world, small pockets of death begin occurring. As the initially isolated extinctions spread, the world's eyes focus on this unimaginable horror and chaos. Out of the ecological imbalance, something new and extraordinary is evolving and surviving to fill the voids left by these extinctions. Evolution is operating in ways no one could have expected, and environmental damage may be the catalyst.

A shadowy group of biohackers called the Firemen threaten to worsen the COVID pandemic by releasing an even more lethal version of the pathogen. But what drives the Firemen, and how do their motivations relate to the wealth of the Roman Empire and to the third basic human instinct? The answers may lie with prediction scientist Dan Clifford. Unemployed and struggling with two years of pandemic isolation, he is rebuilding both his career and personal life.

Il tenente Costas viene mandato su un'isola greca per indagare sull'omicidio di un famoso critico d'arte. Tuttavia dovrà risolvere un'enigma etico molto più complesso del previsto per arrivare alla soluzione del caso.

Peter Payne fa il trashformer e per sopravvivere rovista nei cumuli di spazzatura cercando oggetti di valore. I suoi giorni trascorrono in mezzo agli scarti della società dei consumi e in compagnia di una banda di adolescenti, fino a quando non incontra Alba – un modello femminile di nexumano. Esplorando temi come la cibernetica, il consumismo e la trascendenza, Francesco Verso costruisce un mondo così profondo come il suo personaggio principale.

Die Höhlentaucher Sam und Diego entdecken ein außerirdisches Artefakt, das sofort versucht, die Kontrolle über den Willen der Freunde zu übernehmen. Außerdem tauchen plötzlich überall auf der Welt mysteriöse Portale auf, die die Menschen in ihren Bann ziehen. Zeitgleich verschlechtert sich Sams Zustand so dramatisch, dass er sich der fremden Macht in seinem Kopf kaum noch erwehren kann. Als er nach einem Arztbesuch spurlos verschwindet, flieht Diego panisch vor seinen Verfolgern und der Furcht vor dem, was er ebenfalls zu werden droht.

Philip Wade è uno stimato professore di Storia contemporanea al Birkbeck College di Londra, ma in passato ha vissuto molte vite e in una di queste ha lavorato per una grande banca d'affari della City in qualità di analista, chiamato a prevedere le tendenze economiche, politiche e sociali su cui indirizzare gli investimenti. Colpito da una forma di amnesia, Philip oggi non riesce più a trattenere alcun ricordo recente: nei buchi della sua memoria scompare anche il saggio che stava scrivendo e di cui non c'è più traccia.

Jackson Quick thought he destroyed the secret formula that could lead to nuclear war. He was wrong. Jackson thought he understood his own past. He was wrong about that too. To get the answers he desperately seeks about who he really is, he embarks on one final mission to find the lone remaining copy of a powerful, earth-changing formula and hand it over to the man he despises most. Somehow he must find his way to the formula - and deliver it without losing control.

A scientist murdered a mile beneath the earth, his secret laboratory exposed. A formula capable of forcing a power shift among the world's largest nations is missing. Its rightful owner wants it back. Jackson Quick is pulled back into the darkness he despises. Forced to face his demons and align himself with the very people who betrayed him, he agrees to hunt for the formula. Racing against time and an evil black-market czar, Quick crosses the globe in search of a mathematical equation so valuable, nations and terrorists will pay whatever the cost to control it.

Ein EMP-Angriff auf die Vereinigten Staaten hat die gesamte Elektrizität ausgelöscht und das Land in eine dunkle Vorzeit gerissen. John Matherson überlebte Hungersnot und Krieg und möchte endlich wieder Frieden finden. Doch als die neue Regierung die Verfassung außer Kraft setzt und immer mehr Bürger um ihre Freiheit kämpfen, sieht er eine neue Gefahr für die junge Nation: Eine gewaltige Revolution könnte alles in Schutt und Asche enden lassen... Wir sind in völlige Abhängigkeit der Technologie geraten.

Die spektakuläre Fortsetzung des US-Bestsellers. Ein Jahr nach den turbulenten Ereignissen von ONE SECOND AFTER: Ein EMP-Angriff hat sämtliche elektronischen Geräte unbrauchbar gemacht. Der Geschichtsprofessor und Ex-Colonel John Matherson treibt in einer friedlichen Kleinstadt in North Carolina den Neuaufbau mit primitiven Mitteln voran. Die Ankunft eines Regierungsvertreters weckt die Hoffnung, dass eine starke Hand landesweit geordnete Verhältnisse schafft.

La ciudad más vigilada del mundo, Washington DC, es amenazada por un terrorista que afirma poder detonar cinco bombas. Mientras, el sistema de cifrado más seguro y avanzado del mundo es burlado por una adolescente. Julie, agente de la CIA veterana de Iraq, deberá proteger la vida de la joven hacker perseguida por diversas facciones dispuestas a todo.

La ciudad más vigilada del mundo, Washington DC, es amenazada por un terrorista que afirma poder detonar cinco bombas, mientras el sistema de cifrado más seguro y avanzado del mundo es burlado por una adolescente. Julie, agente de la CIA veterana de Iraq, deberá proteger la vida de la joven hacker perseguida por diversas facciones dispuestas a todo.

San Francisco 2017. Verity Jane testet im Auftrag der zwielichtigen Firma Cursion einen digitalen Assistenten, auf den man durch eine gewöhnliche Brille zugreifen kann. In der Brille befindet sich die Künstliche Intelligenz namens Eunice, die entwaffnend menschlich ist und über ein ausgeklügeltes Verständnis für Kampfstrategien verfügt. Als Verity erkennt, dass sich Eunices Persönlichkeit und ihre Fähigkeiten rasant weiterentwickeln, beschließt sie, diese Beobachtung vor ihrem neuen kryptischen Abreitgeber zu verbergen.

Rhona has battled the malevolent AI intent on wiping out humanity since the first Machinations began - until she’s killed during a rescue mission gone wrong. Now, Rhona awakens to find herself transported to a new body, complete with her DNA and her personality. She's a clone...of herself. Except for her missing memories. Some of which could potentially turn the tide of the war.

In The Exphoria Code, MI6 officer and elite hacker Brigitte Sharp foiled a terror attack on London that used stolen military drone software to deliver a 'dirty bomb'. Now Bridge is back, battling a series of hacks and ransomware attacks, masterminded by a hacker known only as 'Tempus', who is targeting politicians and government officials with impunity. Discovering that this campaign is linked to a cyber-attack on the London G20 summit, she is drawn into the dark-web world of cryptocurrencies, Russian hackers and an African rebel militia.