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Claire Beacham returns from a busy day at work to a parcel on her doorstep - no note, no label. As a politician, she's used to being suspicious of anonymous hate mail but today she's too tired to worry. She opens it, finding a gruesome surprise inside. A severed head falls to her kitchen floor; the rich, red drip of blood on her hands. It is clear to Claire and those around her that this terrifying package is a message. But who sent it, and why?

I wasn’t supposed to survive. The station has been hit. Everyone around me is dead. I have 11 hours of life support left and no way of contacting Earth. I’m alone. I’m stranded. I’m desperate. But I’m alive. The more of the station I explore, the surer I get that this was no accident. Someone did this, and I don't think they're finished yet.

As a telepath, Camarch is despised by humanity. Pursued by the authorities for a crime he didn’t commit and haunted by a paralyzing alien force, he finds himself aboard the starship Birmingham. To his horror, he learns he has been virtually kidnapped from his time and place to play a role far in the future.

Voodoo, a gifted military technician, struggles with harrowing memories of war and the emptiness that comes with loss. To cope, he's thrown himself into his work for a secretive military research organization, purposefully leaving little time for anything else. Until one night, a familiar voice from Voodoo's past interrupts his recurring nightmares with a cryptic prophecy. At the same time, across the ocean in Japan, two world-renowned scientists go missing along with the secrets behind a powerful form of artificial intelligence called the "God Algorithm".

When Liz Greene discovers that her father is missing, she is unwittingly drawn into a sinister plot that could change the world forever. Before he went missing, Professor Harry Greene had been working on a crucial research project with major ramifications for the world. Now, Liz needs to find both her father, and his groundbreaking research before it's too late.

From The Big Bang through the present all the way to Deep Time at the end of everything, humans and humanoid aliens are pawns in a cosmic battle between two warring super intelligences. Across time and hyperspace the battles rage, from the subtle and sublime to direct destruction. Inner space and outer, neither is safe or as solid as they may seem.

Lab-built monsters, genetically created from dinosaur and reptile bases, are terrorizing people all over the world. Used in attacks by everyone from terrorists to governments, they are the latest weapon to be unleashed on the global public. Max Alexeyev is part of a secret military group formed to strike at the heart of the monster problem: the labs that are churning them out. Melanie Viña is an active duty US Marine sniper out for revenge. They meet in Africa and join forces to locate and destroy the largest of the labs.

When Sean’s missing spiritual guide, Juno—believed to have been abducted by aliens that are targeting enlightened beings—sends him a telepathic message that his beloved and illuminated M is also in danger, Sean becomes hypervigilant in order to protect her. Meanwhile, troubling AI-produced literature begins arriving in Sean’s inbox, and the culprit may be an ex-CIA operative with the code name Guru who is intent on revenge. Sean presumes the Guru is also the mastermind behind Genesis, a super-intelligent Russian computer.

Brady had everything he wanted, but it didn't feel quite right. He was the richest Trad in the world, and his wealth came from exploiting his criminal skills to the fullest extent. It was the 58th year of the 100-year plan to save the planet, and Sattva Systems™ was leading the charge with their revolutionary nanotechnology and fusion power. Meanwhile the Trads, like Brady, were dying out in their millions.

The Killing Machine follows the cyber detective and scientist known as Ten. He is assigned to work on a top secret project for the government that is abruptly and mysteriously terminated. In a tragic twist of events, Ten learns that the agency he was working for is the very same government faction that ordered his wife to be killed and is now hunting him down as well. It comes to light that six other brilliant scientists are also in the crosshairs. On a life-or-death mission, Ten discovers that the top secret application has the potential to kill millions of people.

Innerhalb weniger Wochen kommt es in ganz Europa zu Extremwetterereignissen - Starkregen, Erdrutsche und Sturmfluten bedrohen das Land. Wasser quillt aus den Abflüssen, Strommasten stürzen um, Kohle- und Atomkraftwerke werden überflutet. Die enormen Regenmassen reißen immer mehr Menschen in den Tod und zerstören die Infrastruktur des Landes, während die Politik nur tatenlos zusieht.

Eine Kunstausstellung im All. Ein begehrtes Objekt. Nur eine Frau kann es schützen. Kunst dient den Reichen. Und die Erde ist dafür nicht mehr rentabel genug. Das haben die hiesigen Kunstgalerien verstanden und ihre Versteigerungen in die Weite zwischen den Sternen verlagert: Auf Luxusraumschiffen der Extraklasse können illustre Kunstliebhaber nun ihrem Vergnügen frönen und ungestört Milliarden für die kostbaren Schätze ausgeben. Doch auch im All bedarf es eines besonderen Schutzes, sei es nun vor Kunstschändern, Möchtegern-Dieben oder religiösen Fanatikern.

Wird ein System-Reset für soziale Gerechtigkeit in Neopolis sorgen oder die Macht der Eliten festigen? In "Reset", der dritten Staffel des Sci-Fi-Thrillers von Karl Olsberg, steuert der Konflikt auf einen dramatischen Showdown zu. Neopolis ist eine Glitzerwelt voller Widersprüche – mit einer skrupellosen Elite und einer bitterarmen Unterschicht. Es scheint, als könne nur ein System-Reset Gerechtigkeit schaffen. Doch kann man der KI Pandora trauen, die sich für die Unterdrückten einsetzt? An Nick nagen Zweifel.

Innerhalb weniger Wochen kommt es in ganz Europa zu Extremwetterereignissen - Starkregen, Erdrutsche und Sturmfluten bedrohen das Land. Wasser quillt aus den Abflüssen, Strommasten stürzen um, Kohle- und Atomkraftwerke werden überflutet. Die enormen Regenmassen reißen immer mehr Menschen in den Tod und zerstören die Infrastruktur des Landes, während die Politik nur tatenlos zusieht.

London, 2045. Cameron Silvera, a.k.a. the SimCavalier, is a hacker legend in the cybersecurity world. In real life, Cameron leads the Argentum Associates white hat infosec team, known to world governments and global conglomerates for their ability to bring hacked systems back online fast. It’s fun work, and Cameron is at the top of her game. When the City of London Bank calls in the Argentum team, it feels like just another routine job. The Speakeasy Worm has threaded its way into critical systems across the world. Cameron cracks the code easily, but there's trouble ahead.

Northeast England, 2046. Daniel is scavenging for treasures in an old landfill. His cousin Michelle is making ends meet with a little coding here, a little hacking there. When a nuclear explosion sends shockwaves around the world, Cameron Silvera, a.k.a. the SimCavalier, knows exactly who’s behind it. The Argentum Associates team mobilizes to secure nuclear facilities. Daniel, helped by Michelle’s creative hacking, starts working with them when he lands a job at his local power station. Stakes rise when a body is found floating out to sea, silenced by the cybercrime syndicate.

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Channel’s world is unreal. She lives in Paradise 3 Community—an augmented reality where retinal implants are used to hide the Real world, hideous and decimated by an eruption years prior. After training her whole life to become a World Builder, Channel’s dreams are dashed when a new implant technology emerges that alters the senses, and her skills are rendered virtually useless. Or so she thinks.

Ein Waisenkind wird von seltsamen Visionen heimgesucht. Die Erbin eines kriminellen Imperiums ringt mit ihrem Gewissen. Ein FBI-Agent kommt einer großangelegten Verschwörung auf die Spur. Und der Mathematikprofessor William Ell ist weiterhin auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit. Sie alle verbindet ein gemeinsames Schicksal, denn im Verborgenen herrscht Krieg, und nur wenn es gelingt, eine verschollene Künstliche Intelligenz zu finden, ist eine Niederlage noch abzuwenden.

Tech executive Sam Hughes came to Silicon Valley to “make the world a better place”. He’s just not sure he’s doing that anymore. And when an onstage meltdown sends him into a professional tailspin, he suddenly sees the culture of the Bay Area’s tech bubble in a new light. Just as Sam’s wondering if his start-up career and marriage might both be over at 40-something, an inadvertent discovery pulls him back into his former company, where he begins to unravel the insidious schemes of the founder and venture investors.