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Hunting pirates is hard…especially when your only assets are an unarmed ship, two ex-naval officers, a makeup artist, and a couple of pistols. But that’s exactly what Brad Mendoza and Jessica Lin have signed up to do on the edge of the Fringe: to help a bunch of farmers on a dead-end planet fight the pirate threat! Quickly, they find that they really don’t know what they’re doing…and not everything is what it seems.

Where the Ley Lines Meet is what happens when the mystical misfits and their alien brethren are recalled to earth to reunite and save the world. The storylines and characters fans have come to love in the prior four books reappear in this continuation and conclusion of The Claire Saga. Or is it?

Ever since the System brought magic and monstrous mayhem to Earth, long-haul trucker Jill "Junkmouth" MacLeod has had a need for speed. The highway snaking through the Midwestern plains is the battleground, and the stakes are the lives of not only Jill but thousands of survivors along for the ride. Together with Bertha, her mega-upgraded, fully-turreted, heavily-armored Soulbound big rig, Jill has the edge—so far.

Scanlon's Overpass. It's a shitty place. But for Eugene, an ex-clown recruited by his former comedy partner into a para-governmental, supranational organization engaged in psychic warfare, the overpass is going to become something a hell of a lot weirder!

Herbert muss im Bodensee notlanden, die CIA hat sein defektes Raumschiff geortet. Nach der Landung wird der attraktive aber etwas schusselige Mittdreißiger von ihnen gehetzt. Er kann untertauchen, richtet sich ein Leben als Softwareentwickler ein, was ihm leicht fällt, da er sagenhafte Fähigkeiten im Umgang mit Elektronik hat. Er ist auf dem Planeten Goni erzeugt worden und sie schicken ihn als Entwicklungshelfer zur Erde, um hier die ärgsten Probleme zu bekämpfen. Herbert sehnt sich nach einer Frau, ist aber so naiv, dass er noch viel lernen muss. Er freundet sich mit seinem Chef an, outet sich.

Ten humorous science fiction stories telling of the retired scientist who invents an antidote to Murphy’s Law, a hen party in space, a train journey into a parallel world, and more.

El relato Micromegas, escrito en 1752, es uno de los relatos cortos de Voltaire. Una sátira ingeniosa que narra el encuentro entre dos seres extraterrestres, Micromegas, un gigante de 120.000 pies de altura, y su compañero, un ser aún más grande de 800.000 pies de altura. Ambos provienen de estrellas distantes y visitan la Tierra en una búsqueda de conocimiento. A través de este relato, Voltaire explora temas como la relatividad de la perspectiva humana, la vanidad de la humanidad y la crítica satírica de la sociedad y la filosofía de su tiempo.

A washed-up theoretical physicist, his electronics hobbyist Dad, and a young lady with a strange past join forces to unravel a decades-old mystery. Along the way they learn a thing or three about space-time, iguana digestive health... and of course, Arduino. Prepare for an unusual adventure—but be warned—80's movie references abound.

The Metagalactic Grand Prix—part gladiatorial contest, part beauty pageant, part concert extravaganza, and part continuation of the wars of the past returns and the fate of the Earth is once again threatened. The civilizations opposed to humanity have been plotting and want to take down the upstarts.

A year has passed since the disastrous Elysium massacre that left Keiko "Kei" Springs traumatized and hungry for revenge against her former mentor, Snake. However, going after the world's second most powerful man is not as easy as it sounds. Kei must make a series of deadly alliances and navigate the complicated web of politics that will give her a chance to take him down. But will going after him destroy the family she's managed to build?

Retten sie das Universum oder lassen sie es brennen? Zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort zu sein, ist so etwas wie eine Gabe. Für Kali, Prinzessin der Neun Planeten, ist das gelegentlich nützlich – zum Beispiel, wenn sie ›versehentlich‹ ein langweiliges Staatsdinner verpasst. Aber als ihr Sternenschiff angegriffen wird, könnte es tödlich sein. Fast. Dank eines dunkeläugigen, sexy Misanthropen namens Ian kann sie entkommen. Zusammen mit sieben anderen, jeder mit eigener Geschichte und Agenda, selbst wenn es nur darum geht, einen weiteren Tag zu überleben.

Topper and the crew of the Gene take a long trip to find the one that got away. Ever wonder what the other captains in BSR get up to? Follow along as Joshua of the BS Rocket J goes looking for love and new trading partners. Watch Dingus of the BS Armstrong make friends by doing a good deed....

Probably the only thing worse than finding out that nothing you know is real, is finding out that you are also not real. Well, that's how Sanjiv's day started, it did not get much better after that, truth be told.

All Mr. Taffle wants to do is be crowned the Mighty Warlord of his high tech sales cult. But there’s two things standing in his way: He sucks at almost everything and has a putrid sense of fashion. So, when he buys a pair of leather pants, them turning out to be insane isn’t all that shocking. Not only does his pants hypnotically attract the most bizarre characters that cross their path, but they also act as a magnet that pulls whoever is wearing them to the most bizarre place on Earth.

Remnants of civilization teeter on the brink of collapse. Danger lurks around every corner. An intense battle against sinister forces. Can Joe rise above the ashes to be the hero this world needs, or will all his joking around bring about our ultimate demise? Either way, who knew the end of the world could be this much fun?

With Arizona united under the corporate auspices of Silken Sands, Dearth Local is in retreat—and Tyson has earned himself some nice R and R. Or so he thought. Now, just a month after Day 1, mysterious beasts are plaguing his land. A powerful armada tears through the sea. An angry Beholder threatens his workers. And a powerful tsunami has signaled the arrival of an even more powerful affiliate. A singular monster that assimilates its workers into the ever-growing hivemind that is its corporate structure, Kraken threatens not just to end Tyson and his fledgling affiliate.

Il progresso tecnologico avanza spedito, la popolazione invecchia e non gli sta dietro. Per questo Laura Annibali, una mezza genia nel campo informatico, arrivata ai cinquant’anni ha deciso di fondare la Huf, un’associazione no profit con la missione di sostenere le persone tecnologicamente inabili.

When he accidentally opens a medieval chest that looks like it just fell off the set of Game Of Thrones, Brad Wright is thrust into the wildest adventure of his life. Welcome to Darkworld, a savage survival game where Brad and his sassy Chihuahua, Slash, think they’ve got it all figured out. Brad’s a strategy gamer, after all. Build a shelter, grow crops, forge weapons, and form alliances to escape this nightmare. Do that and they’ll find their way out of the game in one piece.

Die von Douglas Adams´ Witwe autorisierte Fortsetzung von „Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis“! Arthur Dents zufällige Beziehung zum außergewöhnlichen Reiseführer "Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis" blieb nicht gänzlich ohne Zwischenfälle...

Dr. Mick Strong has bought himself something unusual for his seventy-fifth birthday: a LifeTime projection. This new tech crunches data including your medical history, diet, and lifestyle to predict how much—or little—time you’ve got left. That’s all well and good, but he’s also bought them for his daughter, his grandchildren, and even his eleven-year-old great-grandson. He wants them each to wait until their next birthday to use the app. But whether they scoff at it, sneak an early look, desperately turn into a health nut, or die before their appointed time, the gift is wreaking havoc.