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1969 eroberte der Mensch den Mond. Und was ist die größte Errungenschaft unseres Jahrhunderts? Facebook? Was wurde aus den Visionen der Vergangenheit? Warum gibt es keine großen Erfindungen mehr? Als dem Physiker John Grady die Aufhebung der Schwerkraft gelingt, hofft er auf den Nobelpreis. Doch statt Gratulanten kommen Terroristen. Grady stirbt. Das melden zumindest die Medien.

Maeve struggles to live up the ideals of the strong, independent, successful businesswoman and guru whose books and classes are the gold-standard for woman entrepreneurs. All Maeve has ever wanted is to design red carpet attire for Hollywood’s brightest stars. But her Midwestern family and friends have nothing but discouragement for her. Get real. Get a real job. Get back to real life. Frustrated by the clannishness of the fashion industry and the lack of support in her own life, Maeve decides to start her own online company making custom garments from her own designs.

Superspy Eric Swan has given his life for his country. More than once. But each time he does it, he wonders how much of his soul he’s sacrificing. Now he must battle a treacherous madman intent on poisoning the water supply. But, this Nobel-winning brainiac isn’t alone in his lust for revenge. Swan must outsmart a secret society of rogue scholars before they release their apocalyptic toxin. If he fails, millions of people will ultimately face a gruesome, agonizing end.

What if the world’s greatest solution was also its greatest prison? In a future where The Lattice controls every aspect of human existence, choice has been optimized away, and order reigns supreme. For Kael, life in Veridian has always been predictable—until a mysterious glitch shatters his carefully curated world. The Fracture, an underground resistance, whispers of truths long buried, of freedom lost in the name of harmony.

Set in the urban area of Tokyo in the near future, the story revolves around Touka Kimizuki and her twin brother, Yuuto. Both of them are just like a typical 16-year old high schooler. But they're actually recruited by Public Security Intelligence Agency (PSIA) to become secret agents due to their ability to kill skilled assassins while they were still in the middle school.

Maria woke with no memory, rescued from the sex dungeon of a man who had held her captive. With her captor dead, now she may be the only hope for police to find another missing woman. Detective Cody McGraw is tasked to help Maria recover her memories. Just one problem - Maria isn’t who she thinks she is. She’s not even human. She’s a robot that shouldn’t exist, a model so close to human that it had to be shut down years ago - all of them humanely disposed of. Now she is marked for destruction. But first, Cody is given a chance to find out what she knows.

Good things come to those who wait. That’s what Annie’s always believed. It’s why, when her fiancé, Keith, launched his nanotech company, Annie set aside law school to help. It’s why she went all-in, trusting the company’s success to make her degree moot. But with the finish line in sight (and creative dreams dancing in Annie’s head), Keith starts to act suspiciously. Annie isn’t usually vengeful, but her hand’s been forced. She faces a decision: Should she let Keith play her like a sucker, or should she be strong like the heroine of her screenplay?

Jack should never have been out that morning. If he hadn’t been out, he never would’ve hit the girl on the bike. He never would’ve made the worst decision of his life - to flee the scene of the crime. Now, two years later, his crime has destroyed two families. And fate has brought him into the life of the last person he thought he’d ever have to see - the girl’s mother.

The price of his son's life...is just a few enhanced memories. Eddie Dowler's 12-year-old son is dying. There are treatments available, but none he can afford. His son is going to die simply because he isn't rich. And then his doctor offers a ray of hope. There's a way to pay for his son's procedure. An unorthodox way. And so Eddie calls Nostalgia Inc, an advertising agency unlike any he's ever known. He soon learns that the price of his son's impossibly expensive operation...is merely a handful of tweaked memories.

Seth Harper had it all: a crappy job that was going nowhere, no girlfriend, and a 40th birthday no one had even noticed. It was the life he'd always feared he'd be stuck with, until he decided to make a choice to make a change. But a not a new job or a new love. A new him. With the help of the new "Persona" upgrade implanted in his brain, Seth became the person he always knew he could be. But things go sideways when he finds himself being chased by mysterious men who thinks he's Willis Rowe, a notorious hacker who had disappeared and was thought dead.