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The stunning new standalone novel from New York Times best-selling author Lauren Oliver. It's been five years since Mia and Brynn murdered Summer Marks, their best friend, in the woods. Increasingly obsessed with a novel called The Way into Lovelorn and by their fan-fiction imagining of its sequel, the girls were drawn by an undertow of fantasy into the magical world they'd created. But eventually, their delusions turned sick, and the Shadow, Lovelorn's central evil, began to haunt them. Or so the story goes. The only thing is: they didn't do it.

An utterly gripping thriller from best-selling author Lauren Oliver. Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a poor town of 12,000 people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do. Heather never thought she would compete in panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. She'd never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would fight to stand out. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for, she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought.

They say that the cure for love will make me happy and safe forever. And I've always believed them. Until now. Now everything has changed. Now, I'd rather be infected with love for the tiniest sliver of a second than live a hundred years suffocated by a lie. There was a time when love was the most important thing in the world. People would go to the end of the earth to find it. They would tell lies for it. Even kill for it. Then, at last, they found the cure.

Panic is a legendary game played by graduating seniors in the middle-of-nowhere town of Carp, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher: After a series of challenges ranging from sleeping in a haunted house to running across a highway blindfolded, one winner takes home a cash prize in the tens of thousands at the end of the summer. Participating players are sworn to secrecy, which means little is known of Panic’s history. Until now.  

“I've started dreaming of Portland again. Like a monster from one of the ghost stories we used to tell as kids, the past has been finding its way in. It bubbles up through the cracks when I'm not paying attention, and pulls at me with greedy fingers. This is what they warned me about for all those years: the heavy weight in my chest, the nightmare-fragments that follow me even in waking life.I warned you, Aunt Carol says in my head. We told you, Rachel says...”

From the New York Times best-selling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium Trilogy, come two astonishing stories in one epic, masterfu novel that explores the issues of individuality, identity, and humanity. Lyra's story begins in the Haven Institute, a building tucked away on a private island off the coast of Florida that from a distance looks serene and even beautiful. But up close, the locked doors, military guards, and biohazard suits tell a different story.

Love, the deadliest of all deadly things. It kills you when you have it. And when you don't. I'm pushing aside the memory of my nightmare, pushing aside thoughts of Alex, pushing aside thoughts of Hana and my old school, push, push, push, like Raven taught me to do. The old life is dead. But the old Lena is dead too. I buried her. I left her beyond a fence, behind a wall of smoke and flame.

Dara and Nicola used to be inseparable, but that was before - before Dara kissed Parker, before Nicola lost him as her best friend, before the accident that left Dara's beautiful face scarred. Now the two sisters, who used to be so close, aren't speaking. In an instant, Nick lost everything and is determined to use the summer to get it all back. But Dara has other plans. When she vanishes on her birthday, Nicola thinks Dara is just playing around.

They say 'live every day as if it's your last' - but you never actually think it's going to be. At least I didn't. The thing is, you don't get to know when it happens. You don't remember to tell your family that you love them or - in my case - remember to say goodbye to them at all. But what if, like me, you could live your last day over and over again? Could you make it perfect? If your whole life flashed before your eyes, would you have no regrets? Or are there some things you'd want to change?

In the world outside of the Haven Institute, Lyra and Caelum are finding it hard to be human - and Lyra, infected at Haven with a terrible disease, finds her symptoms are growing worse. When Caelum leaves without warning, Lyra follows him, seeking a pioneering organisation in Philadelphia that might have a cure. But what they uncover there is a shocking connection to their past, even as their future seems in danger of collapsing.

"An jenem Tag brachen sie schweigend auf und jede von ihnen trug einen besonderen Gegenstand. Mia hatte eine Tasche voll Steine dabei, um damit den Opferkreis zu kennzeichnen. Brynn hatte die Streichhölzer. Und Summer trug das Messer." Am Ende des Tages ist Summer tot und Mia und Brynn scheinen die Schuldigen zu sein. Die Mädchen, die mit gerade einmal 13 Jahren ihre beste Freundin ermordeten. Fünf Jahre später wirft ein neuer Hinweis plötzlich Fragen auf und der wahre Täter will um jeden Preis verhindern, dass die Wahrheit ans Licht kommt.

The sequel to the epic two-story novel Replica. Like its ambitious companion novel, Replica, this far-reaching novel by the powerhouse author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy digs deep into questions of how to be a human being in a world where humanity cannot be taken for granted. In the world outside of the Haven Institute, Lyra and Caelum are finding it hard to be human - and Lyra, infected at Haven with a terrible disease, finds her symptoms are growing worse.

Wenn Liebe tötet - willst du dann je geheilt werden?Früher, in den dunklen Zeiten, wussten die Leute nicht, dass die Liebe tödlich ist...

Wealthy Richard Walker has just died, leaving behind his country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. His estranged family-bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna-have arrived for their inheritance. But the Walkers are not alone. Prim Alice and the cynical Sandra, long dead former residents bound to the house, linger within its claustrophobic walls.

Was wäre, wenn heute dein letzter Tag wäre? Was würdest du tun? Wen würdest du küssen? Und wie weit würdest du gehen, um dein Leben zu retten? Samantha Kingston ist hübsch, beliebt, hat drei enge Freundinnen und den perfekten Freund. Der 12. Februar sollte eigentlich ein Tag werden wie jeder andere in ihrem Leben: mit ihren Freundinnen zur Schule fahren, die sechste Stunde schwänzen, zu Kents Party gehen. Stattdessen ist es ihr letzter Tag. Sie stirbt nach der Party bei einem Autounfall.

Die Lena von früher gibt es nicht mehr - die glaubte, was man ihr sagte, und sich gegen die Liebe heilen lassen wollte...

Panic verändert alle(s). Heather hatte nie vor, an dem verbotenen Spiel für Schulabgänger teilzunehmen. Denn der Gewinn ist zwar hoch, aber der Einsatz auch, und sie ist keine Kämpferin. Doch schnell wird ihr klar, dass es nur den richtigen Grund braucht, um dabei sein zu wollen. Und dass Mut auch eine Frage von Notwendigkeit ist. Dodge war sich immer sicher, dass er bei Panic mitmachen würde. Er hat keine Angst, denn es gibt ein Geheimnis, das ihn durchs Spiel pushen wird.