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After the fall of the royal Nightstar dynasty and the devastating end of the Great Civil War, the galaxy lies under the cold command of Lord Brohain and his relentless android enforcers. Jase Bluestar—an orphaned thief scraping by in the shadows of Otect City—never meant to become part of something greater. But when a heist lands him face-to-face with one of the last living Nightstar princesses, everything changes. Tasked with helping her escape Brohain’s revenge and reach the hidden Resistance, Jase is thrust into a journey across the stars.

When nine-year-old Amelia is kidnapped from her home, a desperate act of magic breathes life into her best friend: a stuffed bear named Floyd. Confused but driven by an unshakable sense of purpose, Floyd sets out on a darkly comedic quest to rescue her – despite having no idea who she is. As he blazes a bloody trail of carnage through anyone foolish enough to stand in his way, Floyd struggles to understand his newfound existence and the strange, violent world he’s been thrust into. The only thing he knows for sure? He was born to save Amelia – no matter the cost.

Three million people living in the middle of the Pacific dream the same dream. Can they defend it? Can they protect their love? Will their world survive? What if the innovation of a new energy storage technology enabled a bunch of adventurers to start an alternative civilization in the ocean thousands of miles away from the nearest piece of land? It has now been thirty-two years since their voyage.

Ex-Army Civil Affairs specialist and loner Jo Gunning is headed west, but she detours and finds herself in a small town in rural Alabama. First, she runs afoul of local law enforcement, and then the owner of the local café asks Jo to find the truth about her nephew’s death.

Nicholai never really fit in, feeling alien in the only world he'd ever known. His boss suddenly orders him to attend a conference in his place, offering the use of his private jet. Nicholai agrees, assuming that it would be an easy and comfortable task. However, when there's an accident and subsequent crash, he finds that being stranded and alone brings him unexpected healing, and inadvertently throws him into the path of a mysterious huntress.

Wall Eddington has always done the correct thing. It’s part of being British - part of family tradition. Yet somehow, someone drowned. Now, half a world away, he’s diving off an old sailboat with four American friends. As a vacation, it’s a bit primitive, but just what his soul craves. Until they find a shipwreck.

La desaparició misteriosa de l'Ariadna, una adolescent de disset anys, en un poble anomenat Arveda, desencadenarà les reaccions dels seus familiars i amics en un ambient asfixiant on res no és el que sembla. "Soc aquesta llarga acumulació d'angoixes. Soc les parpelles obertes mirant el cel estrellat. Soc una glopada de fàstic. Soc minúscula. Engruna. Formiga. Un gargall. Soc la dolenta de tots els contes. Soc fang. Un truc de màgia. Soc vella per dins. Soc vella. Soc i em moriré."

In A Horse for Joe the lead character is becoming part of a new family. He has some rough edges to deal with, but he's guided by love. Through the character of his adopted father, Dr. Knox Alastair MacGregor, the listener gets a glimpse of what is coming for the U.S. in Vietnam while Joe watches the news with innocence.

The Hero Versus Me & Monkey Jo chronicles the adventures of Henry Neis who arrives in Vietnam an innocent youth from Kansas, and quickly falls in with addicts and lost souls. Perry Shepard’s prose pulls the listener into the “scene” immediately, and propels us on a journey that is at times exhilarating, shocking, and moving. A rollicking listen and an eye-opening look at the experience of soldiers in Vietnam, Henry’s story describes his rescue of a baby monkey, while on a dangerous mission, who becomes his faithful companion.

In his dimension, Earth had evolved differently. Hundreds of millions of years ago, a meteor with unique properties smashed into his version of the little planet positioned between Venus and Mars, changing how the world’s lifeforms and even continents developed. An inhabitant of our world would never recognize his as the same planet by looking at a map of it, and would be especially skeptical if they were to gaze upon some of the inhuman races who dwelled there.

Special Agent Jo Pullinger is thrilled to chaperone her niece's school field trip. It is supposed to be a relaxing day away from the stresses of her job. But all of it changes in an instant when the call comes in that there is a bomb on the school bus.The bomber calls himself Graff, and he wants Jo to know that he is coming for her.

When her sister’s friend, who works at a top-secret biolab, mysteriously disappears, Jo’s sister wants help to find her, and Jo can't say no. As she begins her search, Jo stirs up more than she bargained for, and her questions reveal an unknown and deadly enemy who can’t afford for her to discover the truth. Soon danger threatens her family, and Jo must use all her training to protect them and find answers.

Special Agent Jo Pullinger needs a well-deserved break. She agrees to drive a fellow agent, Edward Swann, to his new job in Boise, Idaho. She figures the long drive will give her time to clear mind and get some fresh air. Halfway through their trip, a massive snowstorm forces Jo and her fellow agents into the town of Lapse, Oregon. The town seems abandoned, but they find a hotel and take up lodgings. They decide to wait out the storm and continue their journey the next day.

FBI Agent Jo Pullinger is tasked to solve a baffling new case, one that will affect someone close to her. As the sun sets on a quiet highway, a routine traffic stop takes a deadly turn. When Special Agent Jo Pullinger arrives on the scene, she finds a man dead in the back of a semi-truck and the driver in custody, charged with murder. But as she delves deeper into the case, she realizes that the driver is the older brother of a fellow agent, and she must navigate the complex personal and professional ties as she searches for the truth.

Jo Peters, a burned-out Los Angeles County District Attorney, has quit and taken a part-time job as a City Attorney for Mirasol, her hometown, which is adjacent to Los Angeles. Here, she won't have to deal with murder and mayhem.

Was wäre, wenn... was wäre, wenn das Leben plötzlich aus den Fugen gerät? Wenn eine alltägliche Einkaufsfahrt mit dem Vespa-Roller zu einem turbulenten Roadrip nach Andalusien wird? Das ist die Geschichte von Tom. Dann ist da noch Andy, der sexbesessene Werbetexter, und Juana, die spanische Biologiestudentin. Alle drei werden gehörig vom Schicksal herausgefordert. Und am Ende treffen sie in der Wüste von Tabernas aufeinander. Dort naht die Katastrophe - aber wie so oft im Leben kann man das auch ganz anders sehen.

Eons ago, there existed great fighters known as the Jo-lan who drew forth their power from mythical beasts known as Psychorages. However, an evil warlord called Innovain brought them to the brink of extinction, then he sought to enslave the next generation of Jo-lan fighters. A young boy called Josec Fenix, after witnessing the death of his father, renounces the art of fighting, but fate sets him on the path of a fighter to restore peace.