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He holds out his business card, and she plucks it from his fingers without touching them. “Hope to see you around, Allie Dawson,” he says. That was over a month ago. It seemed too good to be true, but Allie told herself to ignore the nagging feeling in her gut. That was her first mistake. She saw Laura Foster’s email welcoming her into a cohort of grant recipients, Allie literally jumped for joy. She was headed to Silicon Valley with a chance to bring her innovative product to market.

A hush falls over Earth as invisible barriers appear at random. Cars crash into them; trees are sliced in half, but nothing prepares humanity for what comes next. As the effects take hold, Ransom learns his young daughter Chrissy is prone to inclinations, which is exactly what he'd feared the most. Drake, a seasoned detective, joins forces with Britt, a brilliant journalist, as well as Peggy and Will, two small-town lovers unwittingly thrust into danger.

Decoding an ancient message that survived the destruction of Mars could be the key to avoiding the same fate for Earth in this action-packed sequel to The Cold Light of Stars.

Contains books one and two of the Deadland Drifter series: Deadland Drifter and Deadland Wanderer.

The complete set containing all the books in Franklin Horton's bestselling THE WAY OF DAN series—a post-apocalyptic revenge thriller about one man's journey through the ruins of his world, his life, and his soul.

The nail-bitingly suspenseful second book in the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy, following Pines. From the bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade. It’s the perfect town . . . as long as you don’t try to leave. Nestled amid picture-perfect mountains, the idyllic town of...

As tensions between East and West erupt into open conflict on Earth, the race to control space accelerates. Military alliances harden, fleets mobilize, and governments struggle to contain a crisis that is spreading from the oceans and skies into low Earth orbit. But the true prize is no longer territory on Earth. It is the growing network of stations, habitats, manufacturing systems, and launch infrastructure taking shape above the planet.

Elias traded a perfect prison for a dangerous hope. He chose to "unplug," and with the mysterious priest and his resistance team, he's finally on the right side of the war. Their mission is to save humanity from a digital lie and reclaim a world from the ashes of nuclear fallout. But as they fight through a fragmented reality, every victory feels hollow. Every truth they uncover leads to more questions. Their enemies are ghosts, their allies are untested, and the priest's faith is shaken by a new, insidious enemy: doubt. What if the prison was just a single floor in a tower of lies?

Wirst du überleben, wenn alle Lichter ausfallen? Eine katastrophale Sonneneruption trifft die Erde und stürzt den halben Planeten in absolute Dunkelheit. Inmitten des Chaos jagt ein Killer ein junges Mädchen, die einzige Zeugin seiner brutalen Verbrechen. Unterdessen kämpft Sheriff Jackson Cross Jackson Cross gegen die Zeit, um den Mörder zu fangen und ein unschuldiges Mädchen zu retten. Aber je mehr er aufdeckt, desto tiefer wird er in eine gefährliche Dunkelheit hineingezogen, die ihn zu verschlingen droht.

Rituell bestattete Opfer und ein Mörder, der uns alle richten wird... Die fesselnde Thriller-Reihe um Kommissar Erik Lindberg geht weiter! Kommissar Erik Lindberg und sein Team stehen vor einem rätselhaften Fall: Die Leiche einer seit zwei Tagen vermissten Frau wird mit einer Feder auf den Lippen bestattet aufgefunden. Als weitere Frauen auf ähnliche Weise ermordet werden, scheinen die Umstände auf einen religiösen Tathintergrund zu deuten. Dadurch rückt ein bekannter Sektenführer in den Fokus der Ermittlungen, der bereits öffentlich mit dem Jüngsten Gericht gedroht hat.

The Galactics arrived with their Battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spans the Milky Way. Our only worthwhile trade goods are our infamous mercenary legions, elite troops we sell to the highest alien bidder. In 2122 a lost colony expedition contacts Earth, surprising our government. Colonization is against Galactic Law, and Legion Varus is dispatched to the system to handle the situation. Earth gave them sealed orders, but Earth is thirty-five lightyears away.

Book 2 of the disaster/post-apoc thriller trilogy 7 DAYS. From the 4.5-million copy bestselling author comes a new trilogy—7 DAYS. Chris Olson is a autoworker in Detroit, commuting every day from his home 80 miles away. When the lights go out one afternoon and the city descends into panic and chaos, he only has one choice: try to make it home by any means possible.

The last humans in the solar system battle for survival—and encounter an alien AI—in this action-packed military science-fiction thriller. In the aftermath of a bioengineered plague that wiped out all life on Earth, Jupiter's Europa colony has become the last bastion of human civilization...

When a series of devastating terror attacks brought down the United States, Conor and Barb assumed they were safe in their compound. They had everything they needed. They were armed and highly trained. But then, Barb was kidnapped. The kidnappers didn’t know why Conor was known as The Mad Mick. They didn’t know the fear and respect his name invoked in the shadowy underworld of covert operations. They didn’t know that when it came to protecting his family, he was without conscience, without compassion, and without equal. But they would soon find out.

In this trio of sci-fi techno thrillers, a female police detective turned Interpol officer with a rare vision mutation is up against a serial killer and potential apocalyptic disaster. This set includes The Dreaming Tree, Meet Your Maker, and Out of Time.

Juliet Bianchi was once just another working drone, struggling to survive in a world where megacorporations reigned, information was power, and that power was worth killing for. Then she stumbled upon a kidnapping gone wrong and ended up with a stolen AI chip that took her from the bottom of the barrel to a top-tier realm of mercs, freelancers, and assorted unsavory folk.

Commander David Bryce returned from his mission, successful, with a derelict alien ship that wasn’t as empty as predicted. With the assistance of an old ally, David is hell-bent on stopping the invasion before it begins. There’s just one problem; the Signal is hidden somewhere on Earth. Atlas Donovan is the only man capable of helping them, and it’s unclear whether he can trust the ORB employees. One thing is clear: Aliens have been to Earth, and from the looks of it, not just a single race. There were two.

In the aftermath of the destruction, Shaun finds himself trapped by the winter. With little other choice, he joins a group of survivors doing the best they can. His idea of "best" isn’t always shared by the group, though. But before the weather breaks, when he wants to resume his journey, they all face conflict. Miles away, doing the best that she can, Abbie is adapting to life without power; her own situation is far from ideal. After the sound of the falling bombs fade, as the dark world they live in tries to recover, they have to find a way to adapt to their new reality.

A mysterious wave of light has swept across the globe, erasing all animal life from the planet in an instant. Now, two survivors are all that remain—one stranded on a ravaged Earth and the other newly rescued from the decaying International Space Station. Their struggle for survival and reunion soon spirals into something much larger, plunging them into a cosmic battle that transcends time, space, and even reality itself.

Featuring Inspector Dreyfus - one of Alastair Reynolds' most popular characters - this is a fast-paced SF crime story, combining a futuristic setting with a gripping tale of technology, revolution and revenge. One citizen died a fortnight ago. Two a week ago. Four died yesterday...and unless the cause can be found - and stopped - within the next four months, everyone will be dead. For the Prefects, the hunt for a silent, hidden killer is on....