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World Peace turns into global civil war. In the future, the leaders of Hive nations—nations without fixed location—clandestinely committed nefarious deeds in order to maintain an outward semblance of utopian stability. But the facade could only last so long. The comforts of effortless global travel and worldwide abundance may have tempered humanity's darkest inclinations, but conflict remains deeply rooted in the human psyche. All it needed was a catalyst, in form of special little boy to ignite half a millennium of repressed chaos.

After the disappearance of a suspect and a hastily organized election, the power balance in Leadville and the friendship of Sheriff Gannon and Marshal Spencer are thrown into turmoil. But the unknown forces driving the election, push both men to decide on which side of justice they are willing to reside; lawman or outlaw.

Deep below a desolate Utah mountain lies the largest platinum deposit ever discovered. A billion-dollar find, it waits for any company that can drill a world-record three-mile-deep mine shaft. EarthCore is the company with the technology, the resources, and the guts to go after the mother lode. Young executive Connell Kirkland is the company’s driving force, pushing himself and those around him to uncover the massive treasure.

Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister Emma is born deaf, she realizes how much she still has to learn. A big fantasy reader, Jilly connects with another fan, Derek, who is African American and a deaf ASL user. She goes to Derek for advice but doesn't always know the best way to ask for it and makes some mistakes along the way. Jilly has to step back to learn to be an ally, a sister, and a friend, understanding that life works in different ways for different people, and that being open to change can make you change in the best possible ways.

Caprock, Texas is a sleepy cow town until oil is discovered in the 1920s. Suddenly thousands of people stream in to find their fortune. Some are honest folk like Elise and Victor Underwood, who pray for a little luck with their daily bread. But too many are two-bit swindlers. And then there’s frontier mobster Big Boy Daugherty. Sheriff Dave Buckalew faces a whole different set of circumstances as his town springs to life — in good and not-so-good ways.

Joe Sunday has been a Los Angeles low-life for years, but his life gets a whole lot lower when he is killed by the rival of his crime boss-only to return as a zombie. His only hope is to find and steal a talisman that he learns can grant immortality. But, unfortunately for Joe, every other undead thug and crime boss in Los Angeles is looking for the same thing.

Eine Geschichte über Sehnsucht, Schneeflocken und Weihnachtswunder... Patricias langgehegter Traum erfüllt sich, als sie ein Volontariat bei einem berühmten Lifestylemagazin in New York antritt. Für die Karriere nimmt sie die Trennung von ihrer Familie in Kauf und beendet rigoros die bröckelnde Beziehung zu ihrem Freund. Nach ein paar kleineren Artikeln für das Magazin ergattert sie die Titelstory über den Rocksänger Timothy Clarke, einen bekannten Macho mit dem rauen Charme eines Grizzlybären.

In L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Magic Engineer, Dorrin, a young scion of Order magicians, is interested in forbidden knowledge - the working of machines. He is the Leonardo da Vinci of his age, but his insights violate the rules of the Order magic of Recluce, and in order to pursue his invention he must go into exile - in the lands of Chaos. Tortured by the knowledge that to preserve Order he must create new devices for war, Dorrin stands between Recluce and the forces of the Chaos that seek to destroy it.

He is the Leonardo da Vinci of his age, but his insights violate the rules of the Order magic of Recluce, and in order to pursue his invention he must go into exile - in the lands of Chaos. Tortured by the knowledge that to preserve Order he must create new devices for war, Dorrin stands between Recluce and the forces of the Chaos that seek to destroy it.

Die junge Miss Buckley sucht den Meisterdetektiv auf. Sie bittet ihn, nach einem Mann zu suchen, mit dem sie vor Kurzem eine heftige Liebesaffäre gehabt hatte. Nach dieser verschwand er spurlos. Ist ihm etwas zugestoßen? Und welche Rolle spielen ihr Bruder Marmaduke und die seltsamen Gemälde ihres verstorbenden Vaters?

Die grausam zugerichtete Leiche des "schwarzen Peter" gibt dem Meisterdetektiv Rätsel auf. Man findet ihn von einer Harpune durchbohrt in seiner Waldhütte. Wer hatte einen derartigen Groll auf den ehemaligen Kapitän, um ihm so etwas anzutun? Welchen Hinweis liefert das Tagebuch, das am Tatort gefunden wurde?

Nach dem Tod seiner Eltern kommt der Junge Steven in die Obhut des exzentrischen Mr Abney. Sein neues Heim ist ein altes, verwahrlostes Herrenhaus auf dem Land. Eines Tages macht Steven beim Spielen einen Fund, der alles verändert... Ursprünglich erschienen als "Nachtmahr 03 Verlorene Herzen".