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Action packed with real life places and scenes in the UK, viewed by "out of this world" characters looking in. The humorous nuances of this story will appeal to older listeners, too. Stig and Meg pass through an inter-dimensional rift from their fantasy world straight into 21st century England. The young pair become startled by what they find. Action and adventure pave the way on their quest. Can they save life on their world from the actions of an evil greedy human?

Hardiguards are two-legged creatures, covered by layers of scales to protect them against severe conditions on the planet. To obey the Holy Mountain, they need to make the region green and grow their population. Ace is a young Hardiguard bound to his own vices causing a tragic accident and fails to gain his community’s trust. He is the first person who receives the most severe punishment for his fault, leading him to leave his people and seek refuge near the Holy Mountain.

Bobby saved the world of his game once already. But when an unexpected package shows up on his doorstep, he gets thrust into another world of adventure. This time the whole world is at stake. But instead of having to fight against other players, this time he has to battle...monsters?!

The river is calling. Will the rats drown first...or the children? Seventeen-year-old Piper Kruger is a professional urban hunter. By night she stalks the genetically engineered rodents overrunning her city. When a colorful industrialists offers a technology that sounds too good to be true, Piper is pulled into a bleak world of political intrigue, betrayal, and death that makes her life as a brutal huntress seem tame by comparison. The city she hates needs her help, but will she be able to save herself and her family, let alone anyone else?

The Sickness didn't just kill the people; it killed the city. No water. No power. No hope. Now, at age 16, Oscar must brave the chaos of the streets and retrace his missing father's last known steps.

After weeks of hiding from the radical group that plans to turn him and his siblings into an army of genetically engineered super-soldiers, Levin wants nothing more than to get back to his old life. So when he learns they have the opportunity to return home, he jumps at the chance - all they have to do is defeat the very faction that has forced them to take refuge. When he sneaks away to visit his girlfriend, he unwittingly reveals himself to the enemy.

Abenteuerliche Reise durch die Lüfte! Was für ein Auftritt! Bei der Sitzung des US-Luftschiffer-Clubs im Weldon-Institut in Philadelphia behauptet Erfinder Robur, dass die Ballone langsam und unlenkbar seien und die Zukunft allein Fluggeräten aus Metall gehöre. Wütend gehen die Ballonfahrer auf ihn los. Robur flieht, entführt den Präsidenten des Clubs samt Sekretär und Diener in seine Flugmaschine, genannt "Albatros". Eine abenteuerliche Luftreise beginnt.

Wonder World: Part 3, The Adventure Continues is the third book in Robert W. Williams' series for tweens and young adults. This series is about a group of five teens who travel through a wormhole to the other side of the Sun. Having found themselves stranded on a humanless world full of strange creatures and incredible plants, the team of five explore this new world with the help of their alien walking stick friends, their air balloon backpacks, and the mysterious wheel controlled by the sound beings from another dimension.

When 17-year-old Ade Patience knocks himself unconscious, he can see the future. However, he's also addicted to the high he gets when he breaks the laws of physics. And while he's seen things he's wanted to change, Ade knows The Rule: You can't change the future, no matter how hard you try. His memory is failing, his grades are in a death spiral, and both Ade's best friend and his shrink are begging him to stop before he kills himself.

In the beginning, there was an apple. And then there was a car crash, a horrible injury, and a hospital. But before Evening Spiker's head clears, a strange boy named Solo is rushing her to her mother’s research facility. There, under the best care available, Eve is left alone to heal. Just when Eve thinks she will die - not from her injuries, but from boredom - her mother gives her a special project: Create the perfect boy. Using an amazingly detailed simulation, Eve starts building a boy from the ground up. Eve is creating Adam. And he will be just perfect... won’t he?

Første bog i ny science-fantasy-trilogi for unge læsere. Bogen følger den unge mandlige hovedkarakter Ærild på planeten Nærv, hvor befolkningen er hybrider mellem øgler og mennesker. Planeten er truet af parasitter - en intelligent organisme, der har brug for menneskelignende værtskroppe for at kunne formere og udvikle sig. Ærilds lillesøster bliver taget af parasitterne, og han sværger hævn og hvirvles ind i en kamp for frihed.

Ana Moon's best friend, Bea, has vanished. Her house has changed. Her parents have become strangers. She has fallen into a world that is not her own. Guided by the mysterious Malik and his Pathfinders, Ana must travel across seven versions of Earth to get Bea back. Lying in wait are the sinister Order, monstrous Reapers and a rogue Pathfinder bent on finding the elusive seventh world, and who will destroy anyone who stands against them. To save Bea, Ana must master her own Pathfinder powers, or it won't only be her friend who is lost forever - it will be Ana herself.

Arktanien ist eine virtuelle Steampunk-Welt, in der Zaubersprüche, verzauberte Artefakte, dampfbetriebene Maschinen, Schusswaffen und mechanische Golems zum Alltag gehören. Andrew Falk beginnt seine Reise in der Spielwelt in einem kleinen Dorf an der Grenze zum Reich der Orks. Die Einwohner bewahren viele Geheimnisse, aber ihr Verhalten ist viel zu realistisch für normale NPCs. Tatsächlich beginnt Andrew schon nach kurzer Zeit, sie wie echte Menschen zu behandeln.

Nehuén desapareció frente a su hermano Aukán sin razón aparente. Ahora, Aukán deberá dejarse llevar hacia lo desconocido en una inquietante e intensa búsqueda. Una que no solo lo conducirá a descubrir el paradero de su hermano, si no la respuesta a la principal interrogante de nuestra existencia: el origen del universo y su relación con el futuro.

Hace miles de años que la humanidad ha perdido la capacidad de soñar. En su lugar, ha averiguado cómo extraer los sueños de los pocos que aún consiguen hacerlo para venderlos al mejor postor o prefabricar cápsulas a un precio más asequible. Y en el principado de Zephanis se concentra una de las mayores redes de tráfico de sueños del mundo. Shoana es una ladrona con un pasado sombrío y un presente miserable en la zona baja de la ciudad; Leiza, una célebre soñadora con un porvenir brillante y una vida llena de comodidades.

Doch kein Grund zu verzweifeln! Zeige Entschlossenheit, anstatt nur zu existieren. Du musst handeln. Du musst dein eigenes Spiel spielen. Das ist der einzige Weg, um zu einer wahren Legende von Waldyra zu werden. Du kannst nicht ewig vor deinen Problemen davonlaufen. Irgendwann wirst du dich ihnen stellen müssen. Also tue es nach deinen eigenen Bedingungen. Das Gespräch mit jemandem zu suchen, der dich in der Vergangenheit (vermeintlich) betrogen hat, wäre wahrscheinlich ein guter Anfang. Oder dich vielleicht der Bedrohung stellen und den Spieß umdrehen.

Tothom sap qui és don Nicolás Medina, el capo de la família. Molts li tenen por. Al barri, a la ciutat, tothom el coneix. Se nexpliquen moltes coses i ningú sap quines són veritat i quines no. Però aquesta historia no parla dell, sinó de tres joves que formen part del clan dels Medina. LÀngel Medina, setze anys, el seu net preferit, ansiós de fer-se un lloc en la jerarquia familiar; la seva germana petita, la Jessica Medina, Jess, sempre seriosa, observant-ho tot; i el seu cosí Nico, de la mateixa edat que la Jess, probablement lúnic a qui la noia fa cas, el seu confident.

Andrew hat mit seinem Charakter Falk endlich das erste der fünf Schwerter errungen, die er für die Schicksalsgöttin beschaffen muss. Das nächste Schwert befindet sich in Arkem, der unterirdischen Stadt der Gremlins. Dieses Volk ist für seine unangenehme und rüpelige Art ebenso wie für eine bizarre Logik und den Hang zum Chaos berüchtigt. Ob die Gremlins überhaupt bereit sein werden, mit ihm zu verhandeln, weiß Falk nicht. Doch es besteht eine Chance, denn die Gremlins verehren die Mechanismen der Uralten. Er muss nur herausfinden, welche geheimnisvolle Verbindung zwischen diesen Mechanismen und seiner Slider-Klasse besteht.

Essenslieferantin in Neo-Hongkong zu sein, ist kein leichter Job. Das merkt Maddie spätestens, als sie nach einer Lieferung von vier Jugendlichen angegriffen und aus einem Hochhausfenster gestoßen wird. In ihrer Todesangst meldet sich eine Stimme in ihrem Kopf. Sie nennt sich „Zefira“ und übernimmt die Kontrolle über Maddies Körper. Mit übernatürlichen Kräften rettet Zefira Maddie das Leben. Nur, wer ist Zefira und was hat sie vor? Und warum wird plötzlich Jagd auf Maddie gemacht? Ein geheimnisvoller Hinweis führt Maddie auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit in Neo-Hongkongs gefährliche Unterwelt.

Evie is out of options. She must comply with the Affinity Project – obey their rules, play their deadly games, give up Jamie. And her losses keep growing. When she decides to help a small group of Shields trying to affect change, Evie finds herself in the firing line. Counsellor Knox is intent on revealing her secrets and shackling her to the Affinity Project for life. To protect her family, Evie must betray those closest to her.