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Barsoom Series Collection: 7 John Carter Stories is an audiobook collection of seven novels/stories of John Carter by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It will transport you to a fascinating new world unlike any other. Join John Carter as he finds himself on another planet beyond his deepest imagination - Mars, with almost a complete lack of resources.

Hard to say when the human species fractured exactly. Harder to say when this new talent arrived. But Lion Zorn is the first of his kind—an empathy tracker, an emotional soothsayer, with a felt sense for the future of the we. In simpler terms, he can spot cultural shifts and trends before they happen. It’s a useful skill for a certain kind of company.

Hard to say when the human species fractured exactly. Harder to say when this new talent arrived. But Lion Zorn, protagonist of Last Tango, is the first of his kind—an empathy tracker, an emotional soothsayer, with a felt sense for the future of the we. In simpler terms, he can spot cultural shifts and trends before they happen. The Devil's Dictionary finds Lion Zorn enmeshed with a strange subculture: polyamorous crypto-currency fiends with a tendency toward eco-terrorism. These crypto-eco-punks have executed the largest land grab in US history.

Daniel and Vic Vena weren't content to sit around and wait for the world to end. Long ago, they swore that when the day came, they'd be ready for it. But when an EMP decimates the nation's power grid, the brothers find themselves separated by many miles and even more threats. Vic must work to protect Daniel's teenage son Anthony as they fight their way out of the chaos-filled streets of a powerless Manhattan.

A player in Paris wants to forget his past, but the king of lighter-than-air machines needs his help to fend off new rivals. His French girlfriends are knocked for a loop when two Russian dancers splash the scene and inspire him to new heights. From the clubs, to the artist hangouts, to the chateau in the park, the partying is non-stop, and in the games they play, he takes them farther than his lovers and his rivals expect him to go.

Desiree leaves her roommate, Elle, to go on a scientific expedition with Theo and Risk. They're drawn into a war for untold riches and an illicit trade that transforms their lives. From the sunny Caribbean to the frozen Thames with London covered in snow to exotic Casablanca, and from ancient palaces to English manor houses, their adventures take them beyond anything they could have expected.

Desiree is determined to win the trophy in the automobile race on the French Riviera, where the wealthy buyers party, and rise to the top of a new industry. Edvard loves automobiles as much as she does and needs her as much as she needs him. From the ski slopes in Saint Anton, Austria, to the villas, swimming pools, and speedboats in Nice, France, she takes him on the wildest rides of his life.

In South Africa, the Vaal River divides Theo, the English sugar plantation owner, from Lizzie, the Dutch orphan girl he finds in the Transvaal. When the second war between the Cape Colony and the Boers breaks out, Theo and Lizzie are on opposite sides. Theo is bound to do what Cecil orders, and Lizzie is promised to Louis, the Boer leader. Without his mistress Vala and his friend Harish, all could be lost when Theo crosses the Vaal.

An alternative history of the US space programme, dramatised by Dirk Maggs. What if John F. Kennedy survived the assassination attempt and developed the space programme? President Nixon, with the help of former president JFK, has just green-lit NASA’s first manned expedition to Mars. Aboard the expedition is Natalie York, a geologist who risks everything she loves for the chance to go to space; Phil Stone, former X-15 test pilot; and Ralph Gershon, a Vietnam War hero intent on being the first African American to reach another planet.

Audible donne vie au script d'Alien III, écrit par William Gibson. Ce projet de film avait été abandonné, puis (re)découvert, à l'occasion du 40e anniversaire de la naissance de la franchise Alien. A découvrir désormais en audio ! En 1987, William Gibson, père du cyberpunk, termine l'écriture d'un scénario original pour Alien III.

Depuis qu'elle a tout oublié de sa vie et de son identité, Kahlan est potentiellement la femme la plus dangereuse de l'univers. Et pour tous ceux qui ne se souviennent plus d'elle, la fin du monde a déjà commencé, même s'ils ne s'en doutent pas... Seul contre tous, Richard garde en mémoire l'image de la femme qu'il aime.

Mark Northfield has lost track of time. The days, the weeks, and the months blend together while he sits in the Network’s dank prison. After the detonation of Zeus’s Mercy, the Network’s secret device, the city is rid of the toxic gas that plagued its citizens for a decade. Yet, the death and destruction seem far from over.

The action-packed thriller follows the life of Mark Northfield, operating as a lone mercenary employed by a shadowy organization. His only comfort is the memory of his dead wife, and he lives by two final promises to her: never let go of life, and never let the world turn him into someone worse than the man she married. When a vengeful adversary blackmails Northfield into an assassination mission, his hope of keeping both vows shatters. If he refuses to complete the mission, he faces execution. He must either accept his death or corrupt himself.

Auf dem Weg zu einem neuen Sternensystem wird die Odyssee völlig unerwartet und ohne vorherige Provokation angegriffen. Selbst mit einem Sprung in den transdimensionalen Raum können sie den technologisch haushoch überlegenen Gegner nicht abschütteln. Der einzige Ausweg, die der Besatzung der Odyssee bleibt, ist eine Verzweiflungstat. Und tatsächlich, der Trick gelingt. Aber die Freude über die gelungene Flucht ist nur kurz, denn kurz zuvor konnte ihr Feind auf den Bordcomputer des Schiffs zugreifen und so von einem lohnenswerten Ziel erfahren – der Erde.

Das Raumschiff Odyssee entdeckt auf ihrer Reise durchs All einen potentiell bewohnten Planeten. Beim Anflug wird das Sternenschiff aber plötzlich und völlig ohne Anlass beschossen. Die Beschädigungen fallen dabei so gravierend aus, dass es nur noch mit Mühe und Not auf einem nahegelegenen Asteroiden notlanden kann. Bald stellt sich heraus, dass die Odyssee zwischen die Fronten zweier kriegerischer Parteien des Planeten geraten ist.

On a far distant planet, a futuristic mercenary warrior faces a supernatural threat from Earth's distant past. Luthor, a corporation champion, combat specialist, and mental savant, possesses the ability to transfer his conscious across endless space. On an outlaying world, a fortune worth killing for waits for the company strong enough to take it. The battlefield is only the beginning of horrors on the remote planet and by the end, Luthor fights a combat beyond his ability to comprehend.