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For long years, the White Scars have fought for the Imperium, bringing worlds to compliance. But when a new project, to embed psykers in the Space Marine Legions, seems likely to come to fruition, Jaghatai Khan must decide if he will comply...Listen to it because Chris Wraight returns to the Khan of Khans with a tale set at the height of the Great Crusade and showing the momentous decisions that, in some ways, led to the darkest events of the Horus Heresy.

Rescuing an oil survey team from a freak wave on Russia's Lake Baikal is all in a day's work for adventurers Dirk Pitt and partner Al Giordino. Yet when their ship is sabotaged and the survey team vanishes, Pitt is forced to get to the bottom of a mystery with far-reaching consequences.

A nearby lightning strike triggers an ancient stone portal, whisking Alex away to a mysterious alien world teeming with magic and danger. Elves, Orcs, monsters, and fantastic beasts abound in this realm of endless adventure and limitless potential. And as Alex discovers, he possesses a powerful gift that sets him apart from the rest. With his newfound strength coursing through his body, Alex embarks on a perilous journey to carve out his place in this strange new world.

With signs pointing to a powerful Warlock manipulating events from the shadows, Alex and his companions travel to the lakeside city of Verbana, hoping to find answers. But before they can act, a ruthless Necromancer unleashes an undead army, threatening to destroy everything in her path.

Just as archaeologist Georgia Lee grapples with the earth-shattering consequences of her last expedition in Taiwan, her life is once again thrown into chaos when she is called to examine an artifact containing vital clues to the undiscovered tomb of Genghis Khan, founder of the largest contiguous land empire in human history. What follows is a desperate race across the vast, infinite landscape of Mongolia to solve one of the greatest archaeological mysteries, and to thwart those who threaten to destroy the world as we know it.

Alex Khan finished his military service and enrolled in college with the money he’d earned, ready to major in history. But when a nearby lightning strike activates an ancient stone portal, Alex is torn away from Earth. He finds himself on an alien world full of wonder and danger.

Join Alex and his friends as they travel to the troubled city of Zenkova. Tasked with unraveling the baffling disappearance of Lady Zura’s mentor, Alex finds himself entangled in a web of intrigue and danger. Zenkova teeters on the brink of chaos, gripped by a series of mysterious murders that sow fear and unrest among its inhabitants. From highborn advisors to common folk, no one is safe from the killer.

The first and ultimate Steampulp novel, Khan Dynasty features an epic adventure spanning two centuries in time and linking the incredible lives of history's most popular Victorian Age adventurers of the 1800s with the greatest action heroes of the Pulp Era and an assortment of well-known, real-life figures.

When erudite ape Professor Khan and rough-and-tumble cowboy Bulls-Eye Gutierrez are zapped away on a one-way trip to Mars, they are thrown into a world in chaos. Under the malevolent gaze of the Weather Witch, Princess Cyclone, our heroes face the intrigue and war raging across an alien world. Will they survive long enough for the other Centurions to build a way back home? Or will they perish upon the shifting sands of the Red Planet, never to be seen again?

This town is going ape! Professor Khan, learned ape, has traveled through time, fought psychic dinosaurs and shark-men, visited Atlantis, and battled across the sands of Mars. He's seen it all - until an arrow shooting out of the sky sends him to the strangest place yet...Hollywood!

At Genghis Khan’s birth divine signs indicated he would consolidate the scattered Mongol clans into one nation and become the conqueror who ensured that the Empire of Mongolia ruled the world. By 1224, he had founded the Empire of Mongolia, a nation that stretched from the Pacific to Caspian Sea. Genghis Khan’s fearsome reputation of being a ruthless invader preceded him.

Seitdem das Imperium den Planeten Chogoris entdeckte, stand die mythische Kultur der White Scars im Konflikt mit den Idealen der Vereinigung der Menschheit. Während der Große Kreuzzug durch die Galaxis zieht, kämpft ihr enigmatischer Primarch Jaghatai Khan dafür, ihre Einzigartigkeit in einer Galaxis zu bewahren, die von kalter Vernunft beherrscht wird. Trotz seiner bewussten Abschottung, wird er von der Bruderschaft der Primarchen in einen ideologischen Kampf gezogen – über die Rolle, die psionische Kräfte innerhalb der Legionen spielen sollen.

¡Yo sé que soy diferente! Me llamo Hunter, tengo 17 años y medio y desde que me acuerdo, mi fuerza y capacidad intelectual son superiores a las de mis compañeros. Un robot de unos 40 cm de alto, pero idéntico a mí, aparece en mi dormitorio una mañana al lado del ordenador y empieza hablarme. Este robot va a cambiar totalmente mi vida y la del Planeta Azul. Se llama Ishy. Un extraño maletín que mi madre me entrega, explicándome como ella también fue diferente desde niña, empieza a ser el hilo del que tirar para averiguar quien soy realmente.

2003. Kabul has become a frontier city, Afghanistan's fledgling democracy struggling with crime and corruption as NATO coalition troops, gangs and warlords jostle for control. When the body of a British serviceman is discovered in the city's infamous tank graveyard, the Kabul Police reach out for support in their investigation. Alasdair 'Mac' MacKenzie, formerly of the Metropolitan Police, is seconded to the team.

A cadre of philanthropic billionaires contract a man to establish a new paradigm of prosperity in impoverished countries. He is a renaissance man with the iron will of a K2 mountaineer and the killer instincts of a Navy SEAL. One man armed with an idea who is collision bound with a murderous ruling class while the world sits on the powder keg of systemic corruption.

Helmand, 2004: Afghanistan’s most lawless province, where nearly 90 per cent of the world’s opium is grown. Gangsters and warlords battle for supremacy in the lucrative trade, territories well-known, and fiercely contested. Well Diggers, an Anglo-Dutch NGO helping the farming community, comes under attack. One man is dead and another man is missing – suspected kidnapped, so head of security Ginger Jameson calls in his old friend Alasdair ‘Mac’ MacKenzie to help.

A criminal so dangerous that even the local police is helpless in the matter. Who is Roshi? Why is she helping Imran?

Boris Hahn sorprende a Urón, el bibliotecario, hincado ante El Bányat de Plata, liberando los sellos que protegen el castillo, y lo increpa duramente, por invocar a las fuerzas enemigas de la Escuela. Seguidamente, se apersonan cuatro encapuchados, supuestamente enviados por el Consejo Superior, pero en realidad son aliados de las fuerzas oscuras que vienen a terminar el trabajo que Urón dejó inconcluso.

Sherlock recibe a un joven, John Openshaw, que quiere contratar sus servicios para ayudarle a resolver un caso familiar, que parece tener que ver con una carta en la que venían 5 semillas de naranja y un papel con las letras KKK. Unos días después de recibir la carta la polocía ha encontrado un hombre muerto en un estanque. Al no haber pruebas de lo contrario el veredicto fue de suicidio cerrándose el caso. Pero Sherlock va a abrirlo de nuevo y desvelar la verdad que no se supo encontrar entonces.