Western Apocalyptic

An age ago, The Overseers were chosen from amongst the ranks of humanity’s finest, the boldest, the bravest, the most balanced, fair and intelligent. The elite. These leaders of humankind were tasked with the preservation of humanity at all costs, their power supreme and complete, the truth of their words to be considered beyond question or reproach.

Millennia ago, Ginny's family farm was all grass and rock and wild horses. A thousand years hence, it'll all be peacefully underwater. In the matter-of-fact here and now, though, its a hotbed of lust and resentment, because Ginny has just cheated on her husband with the man who lives next door. When a crowd of locals - including Ginny's bitter sister Ella - turn up to help out on the farm, a day of chores turns into a night of serious drinking and then of brutal, communal retribution. By morning, Ginny has been left for dead. But dead is the one thing she isn't.

Jack West und seine Freunde müssen, um den globalen Schutzmechanismus aktivieren zu können, das Rätsel um die fünf größten Krieger der Weltgeschichte lösen. Wer sind diese mysteriösen Kämpfer? Nur die Auserwählten dürfen sich der Macht des Schutzschirms bedienen – und ihn zur Rettung oder zum Schaden der Menschheit anwenden. Von Israel über Japan bis in die letzten unerforschten Winkel der Mongolei reisen Jack und sein Team, um die Welt vor dem Untergang zu bewahren.

In this thrilling tale of rebellion, revenge, anger, and trust, a young remnant of human civilization is forced through arduous journeys, fleeing from brutal dictators and monstrous mutations alike.

Jack West findet sich in einem höllischen Szenario wieder. Er wurde entführt, damit er an einem tödlichen Spiel teilnimmt. Um ein uraltes Ritual zu erfüllen, muss er teuflische Labyrinthe durchqueren, gegen grausame Attentäter antreten und sich unvorstellbaren Schrecken stellen. Und dann entdeckt Jack, dass er nicht der einzige Kämpfer an diesem Ort ist: Es gibt 16 Kandidaten. Aber nur einer wird überleben.

When Beatrix Fish enlists Miles Kim’s help to find her missing daughter Agatha, he discovers the child is more than a simple runaway. Miles’ investigation thrusts him into a web of deceit, where the richest family in Seraph is more interested in protecting secrets than finding Agatha, and someone is willing to do anything to keep him from uncovering the truth. As the case grows more complex with each disquieting turn, Miles will need more than his burner and targeting software to survive. He’ll have to navigate the upper crust of Seraph high society and its darkest corners to bring ...

Jonah Downing is a hapless gas station clerk who finds himself tangled in a web of strange occurrences that seem to orbit around him. It starts with a dream and a strange book authored by an unknown hand but quickly leads to depths that may tear apart the only world he’s ever known.

Duncan Peck has travelled alone to Dartmoor in search of his cousin. He has come from the city, where the fires are always burning. In his cousin’s village, Peck finds a place with tea rooms and barley fields, a church and a schoolhouse. Out here, the people live an honest life - and if there’s any trouble, they have a way to settle it. They sit in the shadow of a vast wall, inscribed with strange messages. Anyone can write on the wall, anonymously, about their neighbours, about any wrongdoing that might hurt the community. Then comes the reckoning.

Our world stands at the crossroads. An enemy is coming. An enemy so ancient that time itself becomes meaningless. Six most unlikely heroes are all that stand between life and the total desolation of our world, perhaps the universe. Six that will defend us, fight for us, regardless of the consequences to themselves. No one else can do it, no one else knows what is coming.