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Zack Lightman ist ein Träumer und Geek. Richtig gut ist er nur in Armada, einem Virtual-Reality-Spiel, in dem eine außerirdische Spezies versucht, die Erde zu erobern. Damit ähnelt sein Leben dem zahlreicher anderer Gamer. Bis eines Tages ein echtes Alien-Raumschiff über seiner Heimatstadt auftaucht - und aus dem Computerspiel bitterer Ernst wird. Denn als sich die ersten Wellen außerirdischer Raumschiffe ankündigen, sind es allein die Gamer, die ihnen im Drohnenkampf gewachsen sind.

Years have passed since Richard Fletcher was murdered. Although his stepson was convicted of the crime, Irene isn’t so sure. To finally uncover the truth, the investigative journalist joins forces with Richard’s son Caleb, a graduate student in forensic anthropology.

Das Ende der menschlichen Zivilisation naht. Was im Zweiten Weltkrieg begann, löst bis heute eine Reihe von scheinbar zusammenhanglosen Ereignissen aus. Ereignisse, die nichts anderes sind als Vorboten der unausweichlichen Apokalypse. Mit Foster kommt ein Kämpfer gegen die Mächte des Bösen, wie ihn die Hörspielwelt noch nicht erlebt hat. Dies ist die Vorgeschichte - der Auftakt zur neuen Horror-Serie von Oliver Döring. Ein nervenzerreißender Blockbuster für die Ohren!

We think about it every day, sometimes every hour: money. Who has it. Who doesn't. How you get it. How you don't. Bender uses this very powerful force to pull together a unified collection of stories that deeply explore the ways in which money and the subsequent estimation of value affect the lives of her characters.

Eleven writers largely unknown outside Cuba depict a world that veers from a hyper-real Havana in decay, against a backdrop of oblivious drug-toting German tourists, to a fantasy land (or is it?) where vigilant Cubans bar the door to zombies masquerading as health inspectors. Sex and knife-fights, stutterers and addicts, losers and lost literary classics: welcome to a raw and genuine island universe closed to casual visitors.

Im dritten Teil des Hörspielwestern sind Bill Buffalo und der Kopfgeldjäger Jim McGovern auf der Jagd nach Banditen, die den Trek überfallen und Bills große Liebe Helen, die Tochter Taylor Hackfords, gekidnappt haben. Doch auch Hackford und sein Handlanger Dusty Rusty werden auf ihrer Jagd nach Bill entführt und in eine alte Mine gesperrt. Bald treffen auch Bill und seine Freunde dort ein - es kommt zum großen Finale. Wird Bill seine Helen je wieder sehen?

Winner of every major prize in mystery writing, Jan Burke has earned a dedicated fan base with her acclaimed Irene Kelly novels. In this thrilling gem, Irene's sleuthing is put to the ultimate test when her husband is taken hostage.

Faced with the brutal murder of her husband, Spencer Huntington demands answers from the one man who should have them: ex-cop David Delgado, her husband's former partner and best friend. And her former lover.

Stacy Horn sheds light on the dark world of the NYPD’s real-life Cold Case Squad—a special command of detectives who take on the homicide cases that remain unsolved after their initial period of investigation. Those who comprise its ranks are often characterized as misfits and lone wolves—but brilliant ones, to be sure. Here, their fascinating and deeply troubling stories of cases closed—and others that remain open—are conveyed in chilling detail.

Simon isn't prepared for the turn his life will take when a beautiful stranger arrives on his doorstep. He'd certainly never set eyes on - much less gone to bed with - Tula Barrons. Yet businessman Simon Bradley agreed to let Tula and her infant cousin - a child she claimed was his - stay in his mansion until he had proof of the little boy's paternity. But Simon discovers that their pasts aren't completely unconnected. He could seduce Tula get revenge for his family ... but if he succeeded, he could lose all he'd come to care for.

"How can Mr. Frank be angry now?" thinks Mike happily. His film is good, and he is the only cameraman on the volcano. Now he can go home. But then he finds Jenny, and she is dying. Rocks start to move, and Mike is afraid. Can they get off the volcano alive? And what happens to Mike’s camera and film?

Laura hat ein wunderschönes Geheimnis: Sie ist mit einem Stern befreundet. Doch jetzt ist etwas passiert, was Laura großen Kummer macht: Sie muss ihr Geheimnis dem Angeber Harry Ballwanz verraten, wenn ihr Drachen beim Wettfliegen verliert. Und Lauras Drachen will einfach nicht fliegen! Ob der Stern ihr helfen kann?

Lucid, forward-looking, and guided by a level-headed optimism that clearly distinguishes between genuine progress and exaggerated claims, Emerald Cities points the way toward a sustainable future for the American city.

The Big Chill meets The Group in Deborah Copaken Kogan's wry, lively, and irresistible new novel about a once-close circle of friends at their twentieth college reunion. Clover, Addison, Mia, and Jane were roommates at Harvard until their graduation in 1989. Clover, homeschooled on a commune by...

In Dear Irene, intrepid investigative reporter Irene Kelly begins receiving letters from a psychotic pen pal. It seems someone is bent on creating a real life Greek tragedy - and in this play, everyone is supposed to die.

Ruth Galm's spare, poetic debut novel, set in the American West of early Joan Didion, traces the drifting path of a young woman as she skirts the law and her own oppressive anxiety. Into the Valley opens on the day in July 1967 when B. decides to pass her first counterfeit check and flees San Francisco for the Central Valley.

Superhell, superschnell - Super Neo! Neo wohnt auf einem kleinen Planeten weit draußen im All. Mit einem Gürtel voller Sternenpower und einem Umhang mit geheimen Kräften ist er blitzschnell im Einsatz, wenn ein Kind auf der Erde seine Hilfe benötigt. So wie Flo, der eine Mutprobe bestehen muss. Eigentlich kein Problem für Super Neo, wenn da nicht die Bösewichte Zonk und Zarafea wären. Zum Glück hat Neo den schussligen Professor Perkosinus zum Freund.

Sixteen-year-old Julia Whitmire appeared to have everything: a famous father, a luxurious Manhattan town house, a coveted spot at the elite Casden prep school. When she is found dead in her bathtub, a handwritten suicide note left on her bed, her parents insist that their daughter would never take her own life. But Julia’s enviable world was more complicated than it seemed. The pressure to excel at Casden was enormous.

Blue Stars brings to life the realities of the modern-day home front: how to get through the daily challenges of motherhood and holding down a job while bearing the stress and uncertainty of war, when everything can change in an instant. It tells the story of Ellen, a Midwestern literature professor who is drawn into the war when her legal ward, Michael, enlists as a marine; and of Lacey, a proud army wife who struggles to pay the bills and keep things going for her son while her husband is deployed.

A luminous collection of short stories focusing on privilege and entitlement, from the best-selling author of The Starboard Sea Damage Control displays Amber Dermont's remarkable gift for portraying characters at crossroads. In " Lyndon", a daughter visits presidential landmarks following the death of her father. In "Damage Control", a young man works at an etiquette school while his girlfriend is indicted for embezzlement. A widow rents herself to elderly women and vacations with them as a "professional grandchild" in " Stella at the Winter Palace".