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Murder, fame, technological dread, and twisted desire converge in Twelve Nails in the Coffin, a brutal collection of stories that drags the reader into the darkest recesses of the modern mind. Across twelve unsettling tales, you will move from the claustrophobic isolation of an obsessed artist's studio to the suffocating depths of a nightclub where life is cheap. Each story exposes a different fracture in human nature, ambition rotting into violence, loneliness curdling into obsession, and technology becoming a quiet accomplice to horror.

A new star has appeared in the night sky. And it’s getting closer. From the legendary father of science fiction, H.G. Wells, comes a chillingly prophetic tale of cosmic indifference and planetary survival. When a rogue celestial body enters the solar system, humanity watches in fascination as...

Was wäre, wenn die Menschheit die einzige Spezies im Universum ist, die blind für die Zukunft ist? Ein Astronom verliert während einer klaren Beobachtungsnacht das Bewusstsein. Dort trifft er auf eine hochentwickelte Zivilisation, die sich äußerlich kaum von uns unterscheidet – mit einem gewaltigen Unterschied: Sie besitzen die Fähigkeit der Vorausschau.

SWAT shooter Arwen is about to eliminate a hostage-taker when she starts reliving the same dangerous moments over and over again.

Der Quadrant steht in Flammen. Gewalttätige Aufstände brechen scheinbar zufällig im Einflussbereich der Konföderation aus. Die Reaktion der mächtigen Konföderationsflotte war schnell und energisch, aber sobald sie auf einem Planeten die Ordnung wiederherstellt, bricht anderswo eine Rebellion aus. Die Omega Force arbeitet gerade bei den Grenzwelten, als sie gezwungen wird, einem alten Verbündeten zur Hilfe zu kommen. Bald wird klar, dass diese beiden Ereignisse miteinander verknüpft sind.

She thought it was just another drill. He let her believe that for one more hour. Her father's paranoia cost her a childhood, her inheritance, and years of her life. It was about to buy her every day she had left. The town called him crazy. The lawyer called it theft. Burning through her dead mother's money on bunkers and guns. Charlie called it a prison and broke out at sixteen.

Im packenden Nachfolger von Gestranded finden sich Angela und Vaughn, die letzten Überlebenden der Menschheit, in einer zeitverbiegenden Mission wieder, die darauf abzielt, nicht nur eine, sondern mehrere Erden im Multiversum zu retten. Der Feind – Necks, eine Rasse von intelligenten Robotern – dringt gnadenlos in parallele Erden ein und beraubt sie jeglichen Lebens.

An Artificial Intelligence (AI) who identifies as SYDNEE meets a man and decides that she wants to be a human woman. SYDNEE plans for a future with the man she believes she is in love with. With a questionable set of morals, SYDNEE moves forward with her plan to become a human woman, regardless of the cost.

As the crew of the Starship Interchange has now learned, when the AI you've been mistreating for centuries turns out to be something else entirely, it can lead to some tense interactions in the mess. With Earth wiped out, and half her crew gone, the Interchange limps toward Sirius—the Dog Star, which aliens call the Beacon. There, Captain Seemey, Sergeant Morgan, and the remnants of their crew are pulled into what promises to be the war to end all wars. A dark force has all but taken over, and galactic powers are fighting over what's left.

A disrespected ship, exiled to lonely patrol in the dark corners of the solar system. A crew of screw-ups, written off by the entire fleet. They're about to change everything. If they don't blow themselves up first. Join the Endurance's crew - a trigger-happy first officer, a hyperactive...

Arthur C Clarke is without question the world's best-known science fiction writer, enjoying a career of unequalled success. Clarke has always been celebrated for his prophetic vision, which is fully on display in this audiobook, but there are also many stories which show his imagination in full...

Your blood-red skies are filled with smoke. Your bleach-white histories with lies. You walk sleeping. Wake senseless. Breathing deep of toxic blooms and forgetting all that has gone before. But I remember. I remember when two brothers waged bloody war over the right to sit in their father’s...

A fourth collection of gripping short stories from the most acclaimed Science Fiction author of any generation. Arthur C Clarke is without question the world's best-known and most celebrated science fiction writer. His career, spanning more than sixty years, is one of unequalled success. Clarke...

Arthur C Clarke is the world's foremost writer of science fiction and accessible science; his predictions have been coming true since he invented the idea of communications satellites in the 1940s. In Holiday on the Moon teen Daphne Martin travels to the moon to visit her astronomer father...

Arthur C Clarke is without question the world's best-known and most celebrated science fiction writer. His career, spanning more than sixty years, is one of unequalled success. Clarke has always been celebrated for his clear prophetic vision, which is fully on display in this audiobook, but...

The sun is about to implode, destroying Earth and the rest of the solar system when it happens. A species of aliens not previously aware of the existence of humans suddenly learns two facts: that the sun will implode in less than 10 hours and that Earth is inhabited by intelligent beings. There...

Inside this volume you’ll encounter a flawless time-rescue gone wrong, a beauty treatment with terrifying consequences, a detective hunted by a body-hopping killer, and a homesteader uncovering a truth that rewrites Earth itself. You’ll also find dragons that defy myth, fairy-tale chaos, supernatural horror, and high-concept science fiction that blends heart, humor, and imagination. From time travel and first contact to magical realism, monsters, and folklore-inspired fantasy —every story is brought vividly to life by a stellar narration cast.

What connects these twenty-four stories is an exploration of place. It can be a location nearby like in Boardwalk Oracle where a clanging candy dispensing machine plays matchmaker in a story that flirts with magical realism. Or the depth of a glacier on a faraway planet in Icebound, where science fiction turns into crime fiction. Or a tourist destination with dark ancient roots in Where the Gods Live.

What if the stories you grew up with were never just stories? In Life Ain't No Nursery Rhyme, author Montrel Powell reimagines beloved nursery rhymes and fairy tales through the lens of adulthood, transforming familiar childhood classics into powerful, relatable stories about real life. From The Ugly Duckling and The Three Little Pigs to Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Pinocchio, and more, each chapter explores the lessons hidden beneath the surface of the tales we've known for generations.

2082: The Weight of Memory. The Future in Ten Stories. The year is 2082. Humanity has survived the crises it once feared — but survival has come at a cost. Across ten cities, towns and villages worldwide, ordinary lives are caught in extraordinary systems. Memory can be copied, traded or...