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It happened within a week. Survival was just the start of it. It has a plan.... Leon is stuck in England. Grace is on her way to New Zealand and Freya to the 'New United States' in Cuba. The virus has assimilated all of humanity except for these three communities, and now it is prepared to talk with them. How they each choose to respond to the virus will ultimately decide their fate in Plague World, the apocalyptic finale to the Remade trilogy from best-selling author of the TimeRiders series, Alex Scarrow.

With Boyd convalescing at home after his operation, and DS Minter preparing for his Inspector’s exam, CID Hastings is woefully under-manned. So, when the body of a young man is found hanging from a tree – an apparent suicide, and a house is burned down killing a wheelchair-bound old woman, it’s down to DC Okeke to handle the two cases. However, as she digs into both it soon becomes apparent that they are connected to a third death, the eldest resident of an old people’s home.

Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history...

1912: Locked in an eerily quiet dining room on the Titanic, a mysterious man tells a young girl his life story as the ship begins to sink. It all starts in Whitechapel, London in 1888.... In the small hours of the night in a darkened Whitechapel alley, young Mary Kelly stumbles upon a seriously injured man almost unconscious in the gutter. Two days later, an American gentleman wakes in a hospital bed with no memory of who he is or how he got there.…

Det gamle bastionstårn på Sussex’ stormomsuste kyst er af de lokale kendt som Djævlens Tårn. Det er omgærdet af vandrehistorier og rygter om en mørk fortid og er bestemt ikke et sted, man frivilligt bevæger sig hen efter mørkets frembrud. I den oversvømmede kælder gør man et grusomt...

Efter en konference bliver vicekriminalkommissær Boyd uforvarende involveret i et voldsomt gidseldrama ombord på sit tog tilbage til Hastings. Efterfølgende har han brug for en velfortjent pause fra både politiarbejdet og mediernes evinde­lige snagen og sendes på orlov. Gidseltagningen...

Da en tilfældigt forbipasserende finder et skelet på en øde rasteplads nær Hastings, vækker det uhyggelige minder om den berygtede seriemorder, Dukkemorderen, som terroriserede Sydengland for tyve år siden. Dukkemorderen blev dengang formodet død, så er der en copycat på spil, eller er...

William Boyd er for tiden fungerende kriminalkommisær, og han hader det. Excelark og udgiftsbilag og interne rapporter fylder hans skrivebord, og da seks lig bliver fundet i Argyle House, hvor byens udstødte lever side om side, sætter han Minter og Okeke på sagen, selvom han helst ville tage...

William Boyd er endelig sluppet fri af skrivebordet og tilbage, hvor han hører hjemme: midt i en efterforskning. Og da et par lykkejægere på en lagerauktion vinder budrunden om indholdet af et lagerrum, får han sin sag for. Inde i lagerrummet finder de nemlig tre parterede lig, pakket ned i...

Bloomsbury presents TimeRiders: The Eternal War by Alex Scarrow, read by Trevor White Continuing the heart-pounding, time-bending action of the TimeRiders series, The Eternal War brings readers back to a pivotal time period in American history: the Civil War. Only this alternate history is one...

Bloomsbury presents TimeRiders: The Doomsday Code by Alex Scarrow, read by Trevor White When a British computer hacker finds his name coded into a centuries-old manuscript, TimeRider Maddy recognizes it as the same message she had also been sent. Sure it must be communication from other...

Bloomsbury presents TimeRiders: Day of the Predator by Alex Scarrow, read by Trevor White Liam O'Connor, Maddy Carter, and Sal Vikram all should have died. But instead, they have been given a second chance-to work for an agency that no one knows exists. The TimeRiders' mission: to prevent time...

Bloomsbury presents TimeRiders by Alex Scarrow, read by Trevor White Maddy should have died in a plane crash. Liam should have died at sea when the Titanic sank. Sal should have died in a tragic fire. But a mysterious man whisked them away to safety. Maddy, Liam, and Sal quickly learn that time...