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Stellen Sie sich vor, es gibt eine Todeslotterie. Sie können den Namen eines verhassten Menschen in einen Lostopf werfen. In der "AchtNacht", am 8.8. jedes Jahres, wird aus allen Vorschlägen ein Name gezogen. Der Auserwählte ist eine AchtNacht lang geächtet, vogelfrei. Jeder in Deutschland darf ihn straffrei töten - und wird mit einem Kopfgeld von zehn Millionen Euro belohnt. Das ist kein Gedankenspiel. Sondern bitterer Ernst.

It begins in Toronto, in the years after the smart drug revolution. Any high school student with a chemjet and internet connection can download recipes and print drugs, or invent them. A seventeen-year-old street girl finds God through a new brain-altering drug called Numinous, used as a sacrament by a new Church that preys on the underclass. But she is arrested and put into detention, and without the drug, commits suicide. Lyda Rose, another patient in that detention facility, has a dark secret: She was one of the original scientists who developed the drug.

In una terra desolata nata dalla rabbia e dalla paura, popolata da creature mostruose ed eserciti predoni, gli ultimi sopravvissuti della terra sono stati trascinati nella battaglia finale tra il bene e il male, che deciderà il destino dell'umanità: Sister Creep, che scopre uno strano e mutante artefatto di vetro nelle strade distrutte di Manhattan; Joshua Hutchins, il wrestler professionista che si rifugia dalle radiazioni nucleari in una stazione di servizio del Nebraska.

L'ennemi a détruit le deuxième Cœur de la Terre, séparé Matt, Ambre et Tobias. Alors qu'Entropia et ses créatures monstrueuses poursuivent leur entreprise de destruction, Matt découvre Neverland, la forteresse secrète et mystérieuse des Fantômes, les jeunes rebelles de l'empire d'Oz. L'Alliance des trois arrivera-t-elle à se reformer à temps pour sauver les enfants d'Europe ?

Um Geld für die Medizin seiner Tochter zu bekommen, bewirbt sich Ben Richards bei Network Games und wird der beliebtesten Game-Show zugeteilt: Menschenjagd - "Running Man"...

La guerre avec les Cyniks terminée, les Pans se croyaient enfin en sécurité. Mais Entropia se rapproche inexorablement et rien ne semble pouvoir arrêter sa course dévastatrice. Rien, sauf peut-être la réunion des Cœurs de la Terre.

Die Welt ist verwüstet, die Toten haben die Herrschaft über den Globus übernommen. Dies ist das Tagebuch eines jungen Soldaten, der sich mit einer kleinen Gruppe Überlebender in der texanischen Wüste der neuen Geißel der Menschheit stellt. Von ihrem vermeintlich sicheren Bunker aus versuchen sie das zu retten, was von der Menschheit noch übrig ist. Doch wie lange können sie durchhalten, wenn die Apokalypse Tag für Tag aufs Neue über sie hereinbricht?

Earth, the fantasy - the place where mankind originated, the storied vista of green, rolling hills and unblemished mountains and fields of amber grain waving in a light breeze. Earth, the reality - a junk world, a dirty, dangerous, rundown planet filled with detention camps, flop houses, taverns, human body parts factories, mobsters' palaces, and a lawless immigrant community of aliens and humans on the run.

Set in a Scottish caravan park during a freak winter - it is snowing in Jerusalem, the Thames is overflowing, and an iceberg separated from the Fjords in Norway is expected to arrive off the coast of Scotland - The Sunlight Pilgrims tells the story of a small Scottish community living through what people have begun to think is the end of times. Bodies are found frozen in the street with their eyes open; midst economic collapse, schooling and health care are run primarily on a voluntary basis.

Dale Hardy thought he had seen the face of evil with Sheriff Gaines and Mayor Reid. That was before the cartel arrived and laid claim to a town still reeling from a devastating global virus. With Encendido falling increasingly in its iron grip, the cartel soon sets out to put an end to Dale and his family. To stop them, Dale will need to overcome sharp divisions at home and within the local population.

Darrow nació esclavo, pero se convirtió en un arma. Acabó con siglos de gobierno dorado y se convirtió en el héroe de una república nueva y poderosa. Ahora deberá arriesgar todo por lo que ha luchado en una última misión desesperada. Pero nuevos destinos se entrelazarán con el suyo.

The first collection by writer Matthew Hughes, and the perfect companion to his acclaimed novel Black Brillion, The Gist Hunter and Other Stories features nine stories taking place in the universe of The Archonate, as well as four non-series stories. The stories of Henghis Hapthorn, Old Earth's "foremost freelance discriminator", combine mystery and science fantasy while simultaneously recalling the arch irony of Gene Wolfe and the sly fancies of Jack Vance.

Broadcast live, Rosa Lincoln takes to the stage at her brother’s memorial service with a bomb concealed beneath her clothes. Being in Jimmy’s shadow was never easy, even when he was alive, but in death he has become a national hero. When she crosses paths with the enigmatic Teresa, she discovers that those she has been taught to view as enemies may not be the real villains after all. The lies need to be stopped, and Rosa intends on doing just that.

The USA has been ravaged by civil war. It's been 30 years since the first wind-borne viruses ended the war between North and South. While the South has been devastated by disease, the North has emerged victorious but terrified of reprisals. Both territories remain at the mercy of the vicious Northern dictator, Renard. Two survivors, Dyce and Vida, journeyed deep into the Southern terrains in search of a cure for Renard's chemical warfare. Now they find themselves scouring the Northern territories on a new and far deadlier pursuit.

The stars are afire with rebellion against the tyranny of Earth. Jan Kulozik, rebel in exile, returns home as a prisoner on a ship bearing a cargo of death. But Kulozik escapes his captors and ignites the flames of revolt across half a world. With the aid of Dvora, a lovely but lethal comrade-in-arms, Jan races toward a rendezvous with destiny and a reckoning with a treacherous double agent who holds the fate of the human race in his hands.

Le monde s’écroule. Les dieux dorment depuis trop longtemps. Partout, des guerres éclatent. Les humains se soulèvent contre la souveraineté des elfes qui se déchirent entre eux. Quelque chose patiente dans les ténèbres, déterminée à faire basculer les Terres Mères. C’est dans ce sombre contexte qu’Azaëlla apprend l’assassinat de ses pères. Pour retrouver les responsables, elle opte pour un choix aussi radical que douloureux : négocier les services d’un conteur-d’os afin de se plonger dans leurs souvenirs contenus dans leurs ossements.

Janna va a Napoli per un misterioso colloquio di lavoro e trovare un modo di pagare le cure mediche del suo compagno Eskin. Una volta lì, scoprirà che il colloquio è solo un pretesto e sarà l'inizio di un processo di consapevolezza che cambierà la sua vita per sempre. iMate è una storia di maternità negata e voluta a tutti i costi, dove le ultime tendenze tecnologiche cercano di rispondere alle ansie di un futuro prossimo molto simile al nostro.

Ciudad Augusta: Uma distopia latino-americana é uma ficção que tem como pano de fundo um evento real: o movimento ¡Evade!, contra a desigualdade social, que sacudiu o Chile no final de 2019 e início de 2020. Um milhão de pessoas foram às ruas. Os protestos se estenderam por meses. Acuado, o governo pactuou reformas. Aceitou mudar a Constituição do país, herança da ditadura militar do general Augusto Pinochet. Como saldo, uma tragédia histórica: mais de 200 manifestantes perderam a visão, alvejados por tiros de balas de borracha disparados pela polícia durante os protestos.

Un missionario del futuro, padre Francisco Morales de Alcàntera, nato su Marte nel 2205, viene scelto dalla Chiesa per frequentare il seminario e intraprendere la carriera ecclesiastica in un universo colonizzato dagli uomini. Ma padre Francisco è uno spirito ribelle, e un uomo pieno di dubbi, e le sue esperienze su diversi pianeti sono tali da convincere le gerarchie ecclesiastiche a punirlo, inviandolo come missionario su di un remoto pianeta abitato da alieni privi di ogni morale.

"Redenzione immorale" è uno dei libri meno noti di Philip K. Dick, eppure vi si trovano temi e idee che ricorreranno nella sua produzione successiva. Siamo nel 2114, e il mondo è profondamente segnato dalla guerra nucleare e dalle regole del regime totalitario instaurato nel 1985 dal maggiore Streiter.