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Five short novels by five masters of military science fiction. It’s a war out there. In these pulse-pounding tales, the best (or worst) soldiers in the galaxy are pitted against powerful aliens on distant battlefields. Never-before-published stories about monsters, deadly combat tech, treachery, and honor.

It's Founders Day in Honeywell Springs, a day residents dress up in black-and-yellow costumes to celebrate the insect that gave the town its prosperity, the honeybee. But when a mad scientist releases a contagious swarm of mutant bees, it turns the townsfolk of Honeywell Springs into the walking dead, in bee costumes. It's 13-year-old Shaun Ripley's worst nightmare. Plagued with apiphobia, asthma, and panic attacks, Shaun must draw on his knowledge of his hero, James Bond, to stay alive.

Im Dschungel der mexikanischen Halbinsel Yucatán verschwindet ein amerikanisches Archäologenteam, das an der Erforschung einer neu entdeckten Ruinenstadt der Maya arbeitet. Begleitet von dem berühmten Archäologen Vladimir Rubicon, dessen Tochter die Ausgrabungen leitete, reisen Mulder und Scully nach Mexiko, um die Spur der Vermissten aufzunehmen. Sie sind jedoch nicht die einzigen, die sich für die Ruinen interessieren.

She came, she saw, she criticised. Yes, this is the complete four-part series, in which Jo Caulfield, 'the funniest female stand-up on Radio 4' presents her glorious mixture of bitchy friendliness, waspish likeability, and foot-in-mouth populism - but always with charm. In the series, Jo is, as ever, failing to shut up - about love, marriage, dating, celebrity, newspapers, money, cats, sex, pubs, parties, and quite possibly Scotland.

Tief unter der Erde, geschützt von einem mächtigen Gebirge, lauert der Drache, die Verkörperung alles Bösen in dieser Welt. Über ihm liegen das magische Imperium der Drei Königreiche und Ishara, das Reich der Menschen, seit Jahrhunderten miteinander im Krieg. Doch als aus den sengenden Dünen der Wüste ein seit Langem verschollenes Volk auftaucht, müssen sich Ishara und die Drei Königreiche miteinander verbünden, um sich der neuen Bedrohung entgegenzustellen.

A line in the sand. A wall to the sky. After terrible atrocities by both sides, the religious war between Tierra and Uraba has spread and intensified, irreparably dividing the known world. What started as a series of skirmishes has erupted into a full-blown crusade.

After long voyages plagued by hurricanes and sea monsters, Criston Vora and Saan race to the mysterious lost continent of Terravitae. Saan’s quest is to find the Key to Creation, a weapon that may defeat his country’s enemies. And Criston wants vengeance against the monstrous Leviathan that ruined his life long ago. Back home, two opposing continents and religions clash over the remnants of a sacred city, unleashing their vengeance in a war that could end both civilizations.

Lange, bevor er auf Arrakis, dem Wüstenplanet, zum Herrscher der Galaxis aufstieg, musste sich Paul Atreides auf seinem Heimatplaneten Caladan den Herausforderungen stellen, die seinen Charakter für immer prägen würden. Seine Mutter, Lady Jessica, wird vom Orden der Bene Gesserit gezwungen, Pauls Vater, Herzog Leto, zu verlassen. Leto muss Imperator Shaddam seine Loyalität beweisen und begibt sich auf eine tödliche Mission. Paul soll Caladan, die Heimatwelt der Atreides, in seiner Abwesenheit regieren.

Our minds are like houses. When they're new, they're empty. As we live our lives we acquire treasures that eventually turn into shit that creates clutter. Some of this stuff is useful, while some of it is simply junk which just creates obstacles for us. What if we could eliminate the nonsense we don't need, and create more room for useful things? Join us on this podcast where we discuss removing what we don't need, implementing beneficial changes to our minds, bodies and souls, to create a life of abundance and fulfillment.

Ambientato due anni prima di Dune, La principessa di Dune è la storia mai raccontata di due donne chiave nella vita di Paul Muad’Dib: la Principessa Irulan, sua moglie solo di nome, e il vero amore di Paul, la Fremen Chani. Entrambe saranno fondamentali per il regno imperiale di Paul, che si estende su tutta la galassia. Cresciuta alla corte imperiale e destinata a diventare una pedina di negoziazione politica, Irulan è stata inviata in tenera età a essere addestrata come Sorella Bene Gesserit.

When the Big Uneasy returned all monsters and mythical beasties to the world, something was missing. After his vampire girl Alvina flunks a school report on unicorns, Dan is embroiled in a deeper mystery: With unnatural creatures on every streetcorner, why has no one ever seen a unicorn?

Os Anjos do Tempo é uma história de ficção científica escrita pelo mestre do gênero steampunk Kevin J. Anderson, inspirada nas músicas da lendária banda de rock Rush, em parceria com o compositor e baterista Neil Peart. Uma fábula "nostálgica, estranha e encantadora", ilustrada pelo...

Join former scamp Cullin and his merry band of confidence men (and one liberated princess) as they put The Sting in the Middle Ages. With dreams of being a hero, or at least a storyteller, Cullin travels with Sir Dalbry, a washed-up knight in shining armor; Reeger, ready and eager for any part of the dirty work; and Affonyl, former princess, who wanted to study science and alchemy, rather than embroidery.

From Japanese legends to mafia mermen, from carnival freaks to flying aces, from bayou legends to kraken-like behemoths, these tales explore the darker side of merfolk: desire, envy, love unfulfilled, grace ungranted, and loneliness turned to rage....

History may be written by the victors, but it is not always written in stone. It comes down to a bit of luck. What if the histories of Billy the Kid, Vlad Dracula, and Jack the Ripper had a new twist, an alternate history? What if the fictional world of The Great Gadsby had a hidden tale?

Throughout history and infinite dimensions, there exists a secret group of supernatural investigators operating on the fringes of society, lurking in the shadows, working strange cases with little reward. They are hardboiled zombies and ghosts, mythological creatures, ass-kicking vampires, tortured humans, and uncanny sleuths whose normal is the bizarre and weird.

Der Aufstieg der Bene Gesserit Vor dreiundachtzig Jahren wurden die Maschinen in der Schlacht von Corrin vernichtend geschlagen. Vor dreiundachtzig Jahren ernannte sich Faykan Butler zum Imperator des neuen, Planeten umspannenden Menschenreichs, und vor dreiundachtzig Jahren verschwand der Kriegsheld Vorian Atreides. Inzwischen sitzt Faykans Nachfahre Salvador Corrin auf dem Thron, doch von Frieden kann noch lange nicht die Rede sein.