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Die kleinste Abweichung im Klang einer Stimme genügt dem berühmten forensischen Phonetiker Matthias Hegel, um Wahrheit von Lüge zu unterscheiden. Zahlreiche Kriminelle konnten mit seiner Hilfe bereits überführt werden. Hat der Berliner Forensiker nun selbst gelogen? Allzu freimütig scheint sein Geständnis, eine Obdachlose in einem heftigen Streit ermordet zu haben.

In 1972, Apollo 17 returned to Earth with 200 pounds of rock - as well as something far more dangerous than they could have imagined. For decades, the military concealed the crew’s mysterious discovery. But now a NASA contractor has leaked the intel to conspiring foreign powers, putting in their hands the most powerful weapon of mass destruction yet created.

画面の中に広がる森を走り回るリスを観察する一人の男。男は容赦なく自動化のすすむ社会に生まれ、様々なものを自動化し、自動化をすすめることで仕事を失い続けてきた。男はリスを観察しており、読者は男を観察している。男はリスの住む世界を想像する。まるで読者が小説の登場人物の暮らす世界を想像するようにして。

À bord du sous-marin nucléaire russe K-141 Kursk en difficulté : 23 marins à sauver... Samedi 12 août 2000, 11h28. Dans les hauteurs du Cercle Arctique, sous la surface déchaînée de l'impitoyable mer des Barents, le sous-marin "Kursk", fierté de la flotte d'élite russe, effectue des exercices de lancers de missiles. À son bord, le capitaine Gennady Lyachin et ses hommes. Mais ce qui apparaissait comme un simple entraînement tourne au cauchemar quand l'un des missiles, semblablement victime d'une fuite, explose dans le compartiment avant du sous-marin. Sept marins sont tués sur le coup de l'onde de choc.

Attraverso fitte foreste, braccato da droni che dall'alto scandagliano i segni della sua presenza, Spark cerca di sfuggire alla sorte beffarda che il destino gli ha riservato. Prima del giorno infausto in cui suo padre morì, era uno dei cittadini privilegiati di Eden, il mondo perfetto della tecnologia, il luogo in cui le esistenze dipendono in tutto e per tutto da NOW, l'intelligenza artificiale avanzata sviluppata grazie ai cospicui finanziamenti elargiti dal Pentagono.

Fasciné par leurs tatouages, il les appâte avec son appareil photo, fige leurs désirs de starlettes sur du papier glacé, puis les tue et s'empare de ce qu'il convoite. Le lendemain, on retrouve le corps de ces jeunes femmes sur les berges du Saint-Laurent, le pubis orné d'éclats de miroir et un morceau de peau découpé. Pour piéger celui qu'à Montréal on appelle déjà "le tueur au miroir", il faut des flics borderline : Louise Beaulieu, qui se fiche des limites et des règles, et Carrie Callan, qui, sous son air bien sage, est un vrai pitbull.

Ein packender Thriller, in dem nichts ist, wie es zunächst scheint. Auf spannendste Weise spielt Spiegel-Bestsellerautor Karl Olsberg in diesem Jugendbuch mit den Gefahren virtueller Welten und künstlicher Intelligenz und wirft fundamentale philosophische Fragen nach Realität und Identität auf. Spannung bis zum Schluss, mit einem Twist, der den Atem raubt! Eingesperrt, ohne Erinnerung, erwacht Manuel in einem weißen Raum. Er weiß weder, wer er ist, noch, wie er hierher kam.

A seemingly random murder alerts scientist Dan Clifford to a global conspiracy that stretches from the halls of Washington to the Honduran coast. Illegal undersea activities have unwittingly uncovered a primordial secret that is wreaking havoc on aquatic life and the local human population. When the CDC and the full resources of a US "threat interdiction" team fails to uncover the source of the devastation, Dan and a brilliant marine biologist, Rachel Sullivan, must race to unravel an unimaginable, ancient mystery in the murky depths.

À Montréal, Luka diffuse sur le Web les images des animaux qu'il torture, puis celles de son amant qu'il assassine à coups de pic à glace. Pour enquêter sur une telle affaire, il faut un flic borderline comme Louise Beaulieu. En Alaska, dans la petite ville de Juneau, deux jeunes filles sont découvertes en état de choc. Pour comprendre, il faut un flic comme Carrie Callan, qui va exhumer les vieux secrets et regarder le passé en face. Le point commun à ces deux affaires : Daniel Singleton, un tueur en série.

After recovering from near-fatal injuries sustained on a mission, Luke Porterfield is offered a second opportunity to fight terrorism by a private venture. He is stored in bleeding-edge technology before agreeing to the deal and wakes to an uncertain fate. In the vastly changed and advanced city of London, Luke is tasked to defeat a deadly and elusive terrorist group. When his mission unearths a five-decades-long conspiracy, the explosive consequences force him into a fight against the power of a demented dictator.

Wie digitale Spiegelbilder wissen Mirrors stets, was ihre Besitzer wollen, fühlen, brauchen. Sie steuern subtil das Verhalten der Menschen und sorgen dafür, dass jeder sich wohlfühlt. Als die Journalistin Freya bemerkt, dass sich ihr Mirror merkwürdig verhält, beginnt sie sich zu fragen, welche Macht diese Geräte haben. Dann lernt sie den autistischen Andy kennen und entdeckt, dass sich die Mirrors immer mehr in das Leben ihrer Besitzer einmischen - auch gegen deren Willen. Als sie mit ihrem Wissen an die Öffentlichkeit geht, hat das unabsehbare Folgen...

How much sacrifice should anyone have to give? Petal and Gabriel are forced to decide, as the mad, digital entity Elliot Robertson is determined to dominate the world. His influence, spread by an insurgent group, The Ronin, seeks to control and enslave the last of humanity. With time running out, Petal and Gabriel must travel to the far reaches of the abandoned lands in order to repair a server they believe will be the key to defeating Elliot and his Ronin.

In a post-apocalyptic future, humanity survives within a single city run by a shadowy benefactor known only as The Family. Each week, the death lottery claims more lives and Gerry Cardle, head of the lottery, inexplicably finds himself next on the list. Something's wrong with the system. A deadly artificial intelligence has breached security. Gerry has just seven days to live. Forced off the grid, Gerry has to do the unthinkable: willingly leave the city. What he finds in the abandoned lands will shatter his perception of what it means to be human.

The fanatical Red Widows sweep destruction across the abandoned lands. Their aggression threatens to destroy the city Gerry had risked his life to save. Petal, the woman Gerry has come to love, is dying. The despotic cabal, The Family, demand he brings her to them, but she's missing, running from the Widows, searching for the truth of her origins before it's too late. When their paths cross, Petal and Gerry will hold the fate of humankind in their hands - if they can survive the malevolent digital entity that stalks them.

Rogue hackers Petal and Gabriel are low on food and water. Their reputation precedes them and they are no longer able to hustle the crime community for supplies. With survival becoming harder, they’re left with no other choice but to accept a risky job from a dangerous individual. The two will have to negotiate with the Tinker - a woman whose reputation for psychotic behaviour is known across the nuclear-blasted Abandoned Lands; infiltrate a town overrun with killers; and recover a cache of exceptionally rare information.

Through the screen of his computer a man watches a squirrel running about in a forest. For the better half of his life he has been drifting from job to job, diligently designing work-automating systems, and being rendered redundant by those systems. As he observes the squirrel, we observe him; and as he imagines the squirrel's world, we imagine his. The Squirrel Awakes is a quiet meditation on 21st century life and a compelling look at the direction society is heading.

Detective Doyle Carrick is awakened in the middle of the night by frantic banging on his front door, followed by gunfire. Ron Hartwell, a complete stranger, is dying on his doorstep. A halfhearted investigation labels the murder a domestic dispute, with Miriam, Ron's widow, the sole suspect. Doyle discovers the Hartwells both worked for a big biotech company and suspects something else is going on, but it's not his case. Then Miriam tracks him down and tells him her story.

The Soviet Union delivers an ultimatum to the president of the United States: Surrender unconditionally within 72 hours, or a secret weapon of unprecedented capabilities will take millions of American lives. President William Mellon Stark ran on a campaign of peace and kept his promises, slashing the military budget and pouring millions into domestic programs. Now the nation is years behind in the technology of mass destruction.

The University has been a clandestine organization since the days of the OSS. The University and its agents have always lived in the shadows, using its vast intelligence resources to help defeat the Nazis, end the Cold War, and strike back at terrorists all over the globe. They have been at the forefront of global espionage for decades. Entrusted with running The University, James Hicks is one of the most powerful - and secretive - men alive.

A deadly virus has broken out in Washington State. The standard procedures of quarantine and prescribed medical therapies have no effect. Victims are dying in only a few days. And 12 cases today will be 30,000 tomorrow - a replicator run that will put the entire United States at risk for destruction. Devin Parks is a reporter on the edge. Since his marriage crashed, chasing news seems pointless...until he realizes the devastating consequence of the outbreak.