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In the near future, the nano-drug Nexus can link mind to mind. There are some who want to improve it. There are some who want to eradicate it. And there are others who just want to exploit it. When a young scientist is caught improving Nexus, he’s thrust over his head into a world of danger and international espionage, with far more at stake than anyone realizes.

I grew up knowing three important facts. One, my parents hated Nexus shifters. Two, I was taught everyone should be scared of me, and they should be. Three, I'm a monster. I'm a Nexus, a powerful shifter bonded to five other souls… only I rejected them all at the mating ceremony and ran away with my parents when I was fifteen. After five years on the run, I've finally been found. My Nexus mates dragged me back to the biggest pack community in the mountains of Scotland, where they'll make sure I follow each of their rules and never let me out of their sight.

You know the drill, right? Die in an unfortunate accident and then get sent before a sultry looking goddess who sets you up for reincarnation. Todd was all set to return to earth and give his soul another ride through the roller coaster called life when something extremely unfortunate happened: the Earth was destroyed by a giant meteor. Already primed for Reincarnation, he was given only one other option, but it involved him rising again in an unknown land where magic wasn’t just in the stories.

July 20, 2039. Seventy years to the day after humanity first walked on the Moon, Commander Corbin "Ben" Dallas and his Vanguard team were supposed to make history as our first pioneers on Mars. Instead, they trigger an ancient artifact that violently catapults them into the unknown. Lost in the ruins of an alien transit network, the human operators find themselves in the crosshairs of an apocalyptic interstellar war. Stripped of their support and outgunned by an unfathomable enemy, the team must rely on their tactical training and whatever they can scavenge to stay alive.

General Sean Quinn leads a desperate mission to return Aczar refugees to their distant homeworld—a mercy run that spirals into something far deadlier. The Aczar have emerged from their underground exile wielding orbital weapons that could challenge any fleet. Their revolution has freed them from ancient manipulation, but the refugees Sean escorts are branded traitors for choosing outsiders over their own people. There is no sanctuary waiting—only accusations and unknown consequences. As diplomacy crumbles, Major Ethan Gates traces mysterious signals to a forgotten relic drifting in the void.

Jennifer Smythe escapes Earth's invasion by the insidious Kasari race, hijacks an alien starship, and survives the deadly passage through a wormhole. But escape is short-lived.... When Jennifer emerges on the new world of Scion, she is confronted by the same deadly enemy. Now the Kasari have sided with the planet's angel-like elite against the warrior underclass, but with the intent of ultimately ruling both.

New Athens, Greece. 2744 CE. The Moirai expect obedience; humanity has chosen defiance. In the shadow of collapse, Hanna confronts the nexus once more, wielding the forbidden Crown that links human mind to cosmic thread. The final cut will decide whether civilization inherits true freedom, or unravels into silence.

Ruby's got a special talent for disrupting magic and it's been causing problems her entire life. When she's recruited by the Special Monsters Unit, she finally discovers a use for her ability—and gets embroiled in a supernatural mystery that might destroy the world.

After returning from a 30-year trade mission, the crew of the Ea wake from cryonic suspension to find that their home world, Bh'Haret, is dead. "Screamer" satellites have been strung around their planet, warning of a plague. A scan of the surface of Bh'Haret reveals no trace of human life - only crumbling cities. Their fuel and other supplies nearly exhausted, the crew has little choice but to make planet fall on Bh'Haret, infected with a virulent and deadly disease.

Die Nano-Droge ermöglicht es einem, sich mental mit anderen Menschen und mit den Datenströmen des Internets zu verbinden. Der US-Behörde ERD ist Nexus jedoch ein Dorn im Auge.Sie zwingen den jungen Programmierer Kaden Lane, einen der Miterfinder von Nexus, sich bei einer skrupellosen chinesischen Wissenschaftlerin einzuschleusen. Sie plant, die gesamte Menschheit zu unterwerfen. Doch auch die Behörden gehen für Nexus über Leichen.

Late in the 22nd century, teams of Time Rangers travel back in history to capture Time Runners, renegade time travellers who endanger the future by changing the past. Kai Sawyer, son of a rear admiral who was a founding member of the Time Ranger unit, is a Spawn, a genetically enhanced human with powerful strength and abilities. But despite his advantages, he carries the burden of his father’s cold and calculated plans for Kai’s future.

Stranded on a primitive world, betrayed by her crew, facing death at the hands of the natives, hunted by drug smugglers, Captain Dace has one hope of survival - convince the Patrol agent trying to kill her that she's innocent. But on Dadilan, no one is innocent.

Lauren Beckwith, scientist and oncologist, works tirelessly to identify corporations responsible for industrial pollution. When pollution shows up in her own pristine Colorado wilderness, her friends challenge her to do something more than merely identify it. With her judgment and professional ethics questioned, Lauren ponders her life choices and her role in preserving the fragile ecosystem. Alexandra Aoeron Aonwyn, Queen of Fuar Ćala, is dealing with the after-effects of a devastating bioweapon released on her world that causes the children to contract a mysterious disease and die.

Things take a turn for the worse when his closest friend, Darius, disappears. It's at that moment, he realizes that this is bigger than him. Something has to be done. Something has to change. Desperate to find a way to bring his friend back, he reluctantly teams up with his classmates, Noah, Lynn, and Kai. All of them share a bond with Darius, and all of them are just as concerned. But given the fact that none of them possess any clue about demons, devils, or this entire world of darkness, who's to say what lies ahead for them?