Science Fiction City

Familie ist Pflicht – Magie ist Macht – Ehre ist alles! Seit Jahrhunderten ist die magische Jade das Lebenselixier der Insel Kekon. Ihretwegen wird gekämpft, gestohlen und gemordet, denn sie verleiht den ehrenhaften Kriegern der Green Bones ihre außergewöhnlichen Fähigkeiten. Doch nun ist eine mächtige Droge aufgetaucht, die es auch Fremden ermöglicht, die Jade zu nutzen. Diese neue Bedrohung für Kekon lässt die alte Blutfehde zwischen den rivalisierenden Familien Kaul und Ayt eskalieren.

Imagine a secret, hidden city that gives a second chance at life for those selected to come: felons, deformed outcasts, those on the fringe of the Outside World. Everyone gets a job, a place to live; but you are bound to the city forever. You can never leave. Its citizens are ruled by a monstrous figure called the "Man" who resembles a giant demented spider from the lifelike robotic limbs attached to his body. Everyone follows the man blindly, working hard to make their Promised Land stronger, too scared to defy him and be discarded to the Empty Zones.

When Mike Jackson's father suffers a serious financial setback, all Mike's hopes of "Varsity Blue" and a career playing his beloved cricket are dashed. Instead, he must go out and earn his living - in the alien world of the New Asiatic Bank, under the management of his nemesis Mr. John Bickersdyke. At first, all seems black; but then Mike finds that he has an ally, in the immaculate form of the irrepressible Psmith, who is likewise sentenced to a career in commerce. And Psmith has plans for the reform of Mr Bickersdyke....

Alex McLeod paid dearly during the war for independence from Earth. It left the detective disfigured, jaded and alone. In the aftermath of victory, Alex seethes as criminal factions and cold-blooded killers clash over control of the newly-liberated confederation. In his crusade for justice in the free states, he's willing to break more than a few rules along the way...

The only home Alex knows is the slums of Slab, an orbiting city teeming with lowlifes, back-stabbers and gene-spliced monstrosities. From the grimy streets of his city to the lawless Asteroid Belt, Alex goes toe-to-toe with a sharp-clawed vigilante, a mythical serial killer, and a gorgeous vampire with an ominous message. His quest won't end until his homeland earns the freedom it was promised…

But even Alex may not be able to stop the impending Reckoning and a voyage to the one place he swore he'd never return: Earth...

In Earth’s Time, the fourth book of the award-winning science fiction and fantasy series, The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham, Stig and Meg find themselves back in their world. They arrive in Chelldrah-ham, having passed through the rift from Earth. Stig now has memories of times way before he was born. Relying on his knowledge of machines, aided by Meg and her empathy with nature, he must lead his human comrades in the fight against the corrupted forces of humankind.

Cut off from the outside world, Clearfield struggles to rebuild and after a few months their meager supplies are running low. When a faint radio signal reaches them that Pittsburgh still stands, a small expedition is quickly assembled to discover if the message was true and if it was, to return with as many provisions as possible. Liz, Mike, and their friends volunteer to lead the expedition to Pittsburgh. It will be a dangerous journey with no guarantee that their destination will be the safe haven they are hoping for. But if Clearfield is to survive, then the risk must be taken.

Liz McAllister is looking forward to a much-needed spring break. But when she travels home to Clearfield, Pennsylvania, she discovers that something strange is happening around her sleepy little hometown. The peace is abruptly shattered as earthquakes split the ground and falling satellites burn across the sky. Hordes of vicious monsters materialize across the world and the Earth is engulfed in chaos. Cut off from the outside world, Liz teams up with Mike and their small group of friends.

The yellow diamond. The counting chorus. A place he’s never seen before. It’s been a while, but Nicholas knows the drill, even if he doesn’t understand it. What he’s not ready for is the occasion: A day that starts with him losing his job and turns into him meeting the mysterious Kat, a young woman who can make the impossible possible just by tying together a few pieces of string. For Nicholas, that’s only the beginning.

Built on top of the gates of Hell, Grimm City is the Devil's capital on earth. A place where every coffee shop, nightclub and shopping mall is the potential hunting ground for any of the supernatural entities that inhabit the Grimm City world. Death's 17-year-old apprentice, Nathaniel, comes into his own as he leads an uprising against the Devil with the help of a half-dead wraith and a giant hit-man. What results is a bloody, brutal revolt that calls upon the loyalties of both the living and the dead.

It's tough being a faery in New Orleans, a city fraught with vampires...especially when their very existence drains your life force. Willow Rhoswen, owner of The Fated Cupcake and part-time vampire hunter for the Void is having a rough week. Four years after her twin brother's mysterious death, Willow's life is threatened and the director saddles her with a new partner-her ex-boyfriend, David. To her horror, he's turned vamp, which causes her physical pain whenever she touches him

On a school trip to London, Becky Mellor witnesses the sheer ambition and brutality of Emerson Drake firsthand when she is involved in the greatest terror attack in world history. So begins the most explosive Time Hunters adventure yet - a story that takes Becky, Joe, and Uncle Percy to Jacobean England, the American Old West, and the legendary city of El Dorado in a search for the Sacred Chalice - a relic more commonly known as the Holy Grail....

For fans of Red Rising, Starship Troopers, and Ender’s Game comes an explosive, epic science fiction debut... We never saw them coming. Entire cities disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving nothing but dust and rubble. When an alien race came to make Earth theirs, they brought with them...

Max Kacey has a date with destiny. Step into the many minds of this fan-favorite character as he chases ghosts from his past and confronts a horrifying vision of his future. This novella takes place between books one and two of The Mindbridge Trilogy, but it can be listened to at any point in the series.

Our adventurers have escaped a conflagration only to find themselves in a great underground city. They quickly discover they are not alone. And when a natural disaster threatens to engulf them, it becomes a battle for survival. Can they find the route home to the sun before it is closed to them forever?

With Bataar deathly ill and a city on the lookout for Tor, things seem more desperate than ever for Tor and his dragon partner, Saboraak. But a new ally with a plan might be just what they need to find answers. Can they trust the mysterious stranger? Do they dare to refuse?

Es ist die Geschichte einer Menschheit, die sich so hätte ereignen können... Sechs Science-Fiction-Kurzromane erzählen von einer Welt, die sich anders entwickelt hat als die unsere. Sechs Autorinnen und Autoren erwecken eine Epoche, die in unserer Vergangenheit liegt und doch die Zukunft zeigt. Sie beginnt im Jahr 1971: Der amerikanische Astronaut Perry Rhodan fliegt mit drei Kameraden an Bord einer Rakete zum Mond. Als erster Mensch überhaupt betritt er einen anderen Himmelskörper.

For hundreds of years, Sombria has lived in peace thanks to the delicate balance the Council fosters between those with magic and those without. But unrest is brewing under the surface of Sombria, and the Council's tenuous hold may be on the verge of collapsing.

Detroit artist Meagan Kelly has had a strong sixth sense all her life, but that doesn’t mean the gorgeous stranger’s crazy story—that she’s a half-elf, half human heiress—is true. But Meagan can’t deny the evidence of her own eyes—he’s Fae. A tall, blond, handsome, pointy-eared elf—and a man she just can’t get enough of.

Binge Listening-Gefahr – Die Welt hält den Atem an. Sophie Foster ist auf der Flucht, aber sie ist nicht allein. Ihre engsten Freunde sind bei ihr. Gemeinsam haben sie sich Black Swan angeschlossen. Sie wissen nicht, ob die Geheimorganisation vertrauenswürdig ist, doch nur so können sie mehr über Sophies Herkunft herausfinden. Allerdings gibt es Elfen, die das mit allen Mitteln verhindern wollen. Ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit beginnt – und könnte nicht nur für Sophie tödlich enden.

现实世界的“我”、未来世界的“我”、外星世界的“我”，齐聚古中国战国时代的薛国薛城……現實世界的「我」、未來世界的「我」、外星世界的「我」，齊聚古中國戰國時代的薛國薛城……