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In the virtual city of Alegria, fantasies are made real, innumerable lifetimes are lived, and even death itself is a survivable experience. An escape from reality that changed the landscape of artificial intelligence, it is home to more than one hundred million people. Though it’s been six years since Alegria’s creator—revolutionary tech genius KC Kim—died of cancer, his legacy is alive in the pinnacle of KC’s genius: an AI named Allen who surges with KC’s memories.

In this all-new very special miniseries, the Aldens have been recruited by a secret society to return lost artifacts and treasures to their rightful locations - all around the world! The final leg of the Aldens' journey brings them to South America and to the Salt Flats in northern Argentina. But when they hit a dead end, they realize someone has tricked them in order to delay their plans! Returning to Buenos Aires, the Aldens connect with the Silvertons and are able to get back on track. But it is clear their rivals are closer than ever.

July 8, 1921. Ireland. A British Officer is shot dead on a remote hillside south of Dublin. November 22, 2015. United Kingdom. Former police detective Jayne Sinclair, now working as a genealogical investigator, receives a phone call from an adopted American billionaire asking her to discover the identity of his real father. How are the two events linked? Jayne Sinclair has only three clues to help her: a photocopied birth certificate, a stolen book, and an old photograph.

DI Thomas Ridpath was on the up in the Manchester CID: a promising detective who captured a notorious serial killer. But 10 years later, he’s recovering from a serious illness and on the brink of being forced out of the police. Then people start dying, in an uncanny echo of his first case.

Three severed hands. No clues. A race against time. Three embalmed hands are discovered in a disused Victorian house. Is it a gangland ritual? The work of a cult? Or just a prank played by Medical Students? And what happened to the bodies? Meanwhile the Coroner needs to issue a Presumption of Death certificate on a teenage girl who vanished eleven years ago in mysterious circumstances. As hints emerge the two cases are connected, DI Ridpath pushes himself to the limit to find out what really happened.

One chance encounter, one murder, will change everything. DI Thomas Ridpath is in the process of getting his life back together when everything goes wrong. Caught in a gruesome motorway incident, one question remains: why did nobody else see what happened? Ridpath's investigations soon pulls the police force itself into question, and hints at something even more sinister. With Manchester on the brink of violence unlike anything seen in decades, Ridpath must battle this unprecedented conflict alongside his own demons...

A death in custody. A life in jeopardy. When Ben Holdsworth dies alone in a police cell, riots erupt in Manchester. But after a post mortem, the authorities have decided nobody was to blame. DI Ridpath is asked to investigate by the coroner before an inquest, and immediately uncovers some discrepancies in the witness statements. Why was the CCTV not working that night? Where was the custody sergeant, and did he know the victim? Wherever he turns there are lies and gaps. It's a dangerous game and the net is closing... On Ridpath himself.

In May 2020, fourteen-year-old Andrew Golding went out for a walk following a row with his mum. He was never seen again. Four years later, when the press discovers police errors in Andrew Golding's case, DI Ridpath is called in to investigate. As Ridpath delves into the case, he slowly discovers something much bigger and far more brutal than he ever expected–a murderer from the past who threatens his career and the lives of those close to him. Can he unravel the secrets before the killer strikes again?

In a quiet Manchester suburb, a man sets himself on fire in a petrol station. Nearby, a fourteen-year-old girl murders her mother in cold blood. At the Coroner's Officer, Detective Inspector Ridpath is called in to investigate both of these baffling deaths. Is one a suicide and the other an unexplained murder? Or does something more sinister link the two seemingly unconnected tragedies? As Ridpath delves deeper, he must confront the darkness lurking in the most unexpected places, where even innocent facades can hide the darkest of truths. Can he prevent more deaths?

Two desiccated bodies are found in each other's arms in the bricked up room of a derelict Victorian warehouse. After six months of work, the police have nothing and Ridpath is finally called in to investigate. Dubbed the Romeo and Juliet murders by the press, so many questions remain unanswered. Who are they? Why were they there? Who killed them? And why was the coroner so keen for him to work on this particular case?

A child's body in an unmarked grave. A killer waiting to strike again. A young boy's body is found in a meadow beside the River Mersey. No DNA. No witnesses. No clues. It brings back painful memories of the Moors Murderers.

Nowhere is safe. No one can be trusted. A bloodied body is found in a Manchester Immigrant Removal Centre. The investigating officer and the pathologist seem certain: a suicide. But for DI Ridpath something doesn't add up. As the evidence starts to unravel, and with few leads, the pressure is on to find answers before the Inquest is closed. Caught between the police, the coroner and a system that doesn't care, Ridpath isn't making any friends.

Maternal love takes a sinister turn, when a young man discovers that his mother is not quite what she seems. An ancient legend looms over a local street, as the neighborhood children search for their missing friends. And a woman awakens to the ultimate nightmare, after her bad taste in men leads to a horrifying predicament.…

Das Finale der Fantasy-Saga "Der dunkle Kristall", bekannt durch die Netflix-Serie! Den jungen Gelfling-Rebellen ist es noch nicht gelungen, die sieben Clans zu vereinen. Doch Naia, Kylan und ihre Freunde müssen die Feuer des Widerstands gegen die tyrannischen Skekse entzünden. Nur wenn sich die Gelflinge erheben und wieder Teil des großen Liedes von Thra werden, besteht noch eine Chance, die Zerstörung ihrer Heimat abzuwenden. Aber ist Rettung überhaupt noch möglich? Denn der dunkle Kristall wurde längst ins Verderben gerissen.

Lee Hanjo is an artist at the peak of his fame, envied and celebrated. Then, on his forty-third birthday, he awakens to find that his devoted wife has disappeared, leaving behind a soon-to-be-published novel she’d secretly written about the sordid past and questionable morality of an artist with a trajectory similar to Hanjo’s. It’s clear to him that his life is about to shatter and the demons from his past will come out. But why did his wife do it? Why now?

Von Jim Henson erdacht, von Netflix als Serie verfilmt und von J.M. Lee als atemberaubende High-Fantasy-Saga zu Papier gebracht: Der dritte Band der Fantasy-Saga "Der dunkle Kristall"! Die Verschwörung der finsteren Skekse hat den dunklen Kristall schwer beschädigt. Die Gelflinge Naia und Kylan wollen ihr Volk warnen, doch die gefährliche Fahrt über das Silbermeer steht ihnen bevor. Zu ihrem Glück fanden sie in den dunklen Höhlen von Grot nicht nur Schrecken, sondern auch neue Freunde: Der lichtscheue Amri schließt sich ihrer Rebellion an.

Der zweite Band der Fantasy-Saga "Der dunkle Kristall", bekannt durch die gleichnamige Netflix-Serie: spektakulär, originell und aufregend! Die jungen Gelflinge Naia und Kylan haben die entsetzliche Verschwörung der Skekse aufgedeckt. Nun sind die beiden Freunde auf der Flucht vor ihren einstigen Meistern, aber auch vor ihrem eigenen Volk. Doch da der talentierte Liedererzähler Kylan nun die Wahrheit über den dunklen Kristall kennt, muss er diese verbreiten, auch wenn es schmerzlich sein wird, sie zu erzählen.

Play with fire, and you're going to get burned. The unputdownable new Ridpath crime thriller. In Manchester, a block of flats is burning. The only victim is a middle-aged man, sat watching TV. Are the fire and the man's death an accident or is something more frightening at work? Meanwhile, DI Ridpath is back with his wife and enjoying work at the Coroner's Office, his myeloma still in remission. But the quiet life is soon shattered by a new threat.

F Is for Fear, the sixth book in an epic series of 26 horror anthologies. In this audio, you will find a collection of 13 nightmarish tales from some of the most talented independent writers on the scene today. From spiders to snakes to things that dwell in the dark, F Is for Fear contains a variety of phobia-inducing stories that will set your heart racing.

Spektakuläre Magie, originelle Wesen und eine aufregende Geschichte: Der Auftakt der Fantasy-Saga "Der dunkle Kristall", bekannt durch die Netflix-Serie! Jim Henson hat nicht nur die weltberühmten "Muppets" geschaffen, sondern revolutionierte auch das Fantasygenre auf der Leinwand: Sein Film "Der dunkle Kristall" (1982) besitzt Kultstatus, was die Serienmacher von Netflix unlängst dazu bewogen hat, die Vorgeschichte des Meisterwerks zu erzählen. Der Serienhit "Der Dunkle Kristall: Ära des Widerstands" basiert auf der auf Deutsch noch unveröffentlichten Fantasy-Saga von J.M. Lee.