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Humanity is on the edge of defeat. Soon, no one will be free from the nightmarish effects of the virulent, bioengineered Oni Agent. The fanatical organization responsible for it has pushed mankind to the brink of extinction and is on the verge of victory. In one final surge, they prepare to sweep the globe from ground zero in Siberia. The Tide: Final Surge is the 10th book in Anthony J. Melchiorri’s The Tide series.

Gunner Fox finds himself in a place of darkness, without a reason to live. Until now. An asteroid is on a collision course with our planet. Gunner Fox is on a collision course with death. International best-selling author, Bobby Akart, introduces Gunner Fox, a United States Air Force fighter pilot and Earth Scientist. When America needs a hero, they turn to a man who has nothing to live for, without a care in the world - except to save it. Somewhere out there, an asteroid is on a collision course with Earth.

Terrorists-for-hire have created a weapon that can induce earthquakes and cause dormant volcanoes to erupt. One terrifying side effect of the weapon is that prior to the devastation, the vibrations drive ordinary people to suicide and violence. A wave of madness begins sweeping the country beginning with a mass shooting in Congress. Joe Ledger and his team go on a wild hunt to stop the terrorists and uncover the global superpower secretly funding them. At every step the stakes increase as it becomes clear that the endgame of this campaign of terror is igniting the Yellowstone caldera.

The last time Information held an election, a global network outage, two counts of sabotage by major world governments, and a devastating earthquake almost shook micro-democracy apart. Five years later, it's time to vote again, and the system that has ensured global peace for 25 years is more vulnerable than ever. Unknown enemies are attacking Information's network infrastructure. Information's best agents question whether the data monopoly they've served all their lives is worth saving or whether it's time to burn the world down and start anew.

A Chinook helicopter carrying a squad of Navy Seals suddenly plummets to earth in Afghanistan. A car driven by FBI agents tailing a suspicious vehicle is mysteriously rendered immobile in San Francisco. The body of a Chinese agent is found floating miles from the Golden Gate Bridge after being fed to sharks. In A Time for War, the U.S. is under secret attack and only Jack Hatfield, a popular television host hounded from his position by left-wing forces in the media for speaking the truth, suspects the danger of this lethal conspiracy.

What would war be like if the foot soldiers were genetically engineered with superhuman strength and speed, and with just enough intelligence to understand commands and follow them blindly? Attorney Herman Strockmire becomes involved when one of his employees is torn limb from limb by one of the prototypes. Herman, his daughter, and ex-LAPD detective ignore all threats and plunge headlong into harm's way, finding themselves involved in a nightmare beyond anyone's wildest imagination.

Xiang Li Cheng, the President of the People's Republic of China, has both a problem and a plan in Rick Campbell's thrilling Empire Rising. The problem is that the limited supply of oil available to China is threatening to derail his country's economic growth and prosperity. But to secure access to those resources, he must contend with powerful U.S. Navy and the Pacific Fleet. After a decades-long largely secret military build up, Cheng sets his plan in motion by suddenly invading Taiwan and drawing the Pacific Fleet in to its defense.

There are two types of people who think professionally about the future: Foresight strategists are civil futurists who think about geoengineering and smart cities and ways to evade Our Coming Doom; strategic forecasters are spook futurists, who think about geopolitical upheaval and drone warfare and ways to prepare clients for Our Coming Doom. The former are paid by nonprofits and charities, the latter by global security groups and corporate think tanks.

After witnessing the murder-suicide of his parents as a child, Noah Wolf suffers from a form of PTSD that has left him without emotion, without a conscience, and without the ability to function as a normal human being. With the help of childhood friends, he learns to watch others around him and mimic their behaviors, in order to conceal the fact that his mind operates more like a computer that he has spent years programming. That program is what allows Noah to pass himself off as normal.

The future of democracy is about to implode. After the last controversial global election, the global infomocracy that has ensured 30 years of world peace is fraying at the edges. As the new Supermajority government struggles to establish its legitimacy, agents of information across the globe strive to keep the peace and maintain the flows of data that feed the new world order.

Qualcuno sta cercando di cambiare gli avvenimenti del Novecento per trarne vantaggio. Le stragi che si potevano evitare, i massacri inutili, gli incidenti da prevenire. Un Secolo pieno di tragici avvenimenti sta per essere 'ripulito'. Ma non è detto che tutte le conseguenze siano postive. L'incubo di una discronia perfetta, che cambierà la Storia, è raccontata da Lukha B. Kremo, uno degli autori più attivi del movimento letterario del Connettivismo. L'audiolibro è proposto da Kipple Officina Libraria per la lettura di Lorenzo Visi.

Skulle du ha upptäckt något själv? När en desperat ung kvinna kommer till polisstationen och hävdar att hennes bästa vän blivit bortförd och att mannen hotade att komma tillbaka efter henne själv är det bara kriminalinspektör Geneva Miller som tar fallet på allvar. Men mycket snabbt slungas hon och kriminalkommissarie Carrigan in i en skräckinjagande ny värld av besatthet och högteknologisk stalkning.

Juan Cabrillo och hans besättning ombord på det hemliga spionfartyget Oregon arbetar främst med att åta sig farliga men lönsamma uppdrag från västerländska organisationer, regeringar och företag. Nu kommer deras klient från öst och de ber Oregon om en mycket speciell sorts hjälp.

Verloren in der virtuellen Welt... Als der 14-jährige Eric nach einer Überdosis der Droge "Glanz" vor dem Laptop ins Koma fällt, ist seine Mutter Anna verzweifelt. Da die Ärzte keinen Rat wissen, nimmt sie schließlich die Hilfe einer mysteriösen Frau an. Das Unvorstellbare geschieht: Anna kann in die Traumwelt im Kopf ihres Sohnes vordringen, der in einem phantastischen Computerspiel gefangen zu sein scheint. Doch während sie versucht, ihn zurück ans Licht der Wirklichkeit zu führen, verdichten sich die Hinweise, dass Eric das Opfer eines üblen Spiels ist.

Una protagonista giovanissima e introversa, un gioco online che influenza la psiche dei giocatori, una realtà enigmatica di cui Invitta dovrà trovare la chiave di decrittazione. Lullaby, pseudonimo di Chiara Rostagno, dopo la pubblicazione di quattro romanzi abbastanza diversi tra loro, torna in libreria con l'ennesima novità, "Next Level to Eden", il suo primo psicothriller.

En esta novela de anticipación, Vázquez-Figueroa coquetea con los peligros de la tecnología y sus implicaciones éticas en medicina. Alain Remy-Duray, millonario francés, es diagnosticado con una grave enfermedad cardíaca. Tras aceptar someterse a un tratamiento revolucionario de alto coste, Alain descubre que no sólo está durado, sino que ha rejuvenecido considerablemente. Sin embargo, su espíritu inquieto le obliga a investigar qué secretos se ocultan detrás de la amable fachada de la organización médica que ha llevado a cabo el tratamiento.

El protagonista de la aclamada novela Vivos y Muertos, Aquiles Troyano, regresa a esta novela para enfrentarse a uno de los peores rincones del alma humana: la pederastia. Gracias a su habilidad sobrenatural para ver y comunicarse con los muertos, se enfrentará a una red de adoradores de la Bestia Perfecta, causante principal del sufrimiento de muchos niños. Vázquez-Figueroa regresa con un thriller sin tapujos, descarnado y que lo refrenda como un narrador todoterreno capaz de tener en vilo al lector hasta la última página.

En una Roma inquietante, un hombre investiga los misterios y los crímenes sin resolver. Busca las anomalías, pero, sobre todo, intenta descubrir su propia identidad. Sus investigaciones le llevan al lugar donde se custodian los pecados más abominables cometidos por la humanidad.

Für den Computerspiele-Entwickler Alex Stein geht ein Traum in Erfüllung. Sein gewagtes Projekt, mittels künstlicher Intelligenz und der Steuerung des Menschlichen Nervensystems die virtuelle Realität zu revolutionieren, scheint tatsächlich zu funktionieren. Sein Prototyp erzeugt Simulationen für alle Sinne, die vom realen Leben kaum zu unterscheiden sind. Alex Karriere in der Londoner Computerspiele Firma Realmind Systems entwickelt sich rasant. Doch während er in immer perfektere Simulationen eintaucht, beginnt sein reales Leben auseinanderzufallen.

Das Spannendste, was Eugen in den dreißig Jahren seines Lebens widerfahren ist, war eine Fahrt in der Geisterbahn auf der Düsseldorfer Rheinkirmes. Als der bekennende Handschuhschneeballwerfer ein Smartphone findet, dessen persönlicher Assistent sich Siggi nennt und behauptet, aus dem Jahr 2029 zu stammen, glaubt er zunächst an einen schlechten Scherz.