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For the six lucky scientists selected by the Destination Mars! corporation, a one-way ticket to Mars - in exchange for a lifetime of research - was an absolute no-brainer. The incredible opportunity was clearly worth even the most absurdly tedious screening process. Perhaps worth following the strange protocols in a nonsensical handbook written by an eccentric billionaire. Possibly even worth their constant surveillance, the video of which is carefully edited into a ratings-bonanza back on Earth. But it turns out that after a while, even scientists can get bored of science.

June 30th, 1908 - In the trackless wastes of Siberia’s remote Tunguska river basin, the most devastating cosmic collision ever recorded flattens hundreds of square miles of ancient forest with a blast a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima....Maverick astrophysicist Jack Adler thinks he’s fingered the culprit: the impact with the earth of a submicroscopic black hole, smaller than an atom, more massive than a mountain, older than the stars.

Kate Burns grows up wanting attention from her Ma, but her Ma wants only money and Kate learns how to get both. She and her childhood friend, Lacey, run kissing lessons for cash in the janitor’s closet of Fenbrook High, and just like that, they find themselves in the sex work industry. From there, they go on to work at The Purple Panther, a strip club in Auckland. When Ma dies of cancer, Kate discovers that the men her Ma was always inviting over to their home were, in fact, clients. Ma was no stranger to sex work either.

Ein US-Freizeitpark auf einer Insel im Jahr 1978. Eine Crew von Technikerinnen ist angereist, um den Park winterfest zu machen. Nach den Worten des Parkbetreibers ist der Vergnügungspark menschenleer, doch nach und nach häufen sich mysteriöse Ereignisse. Und dann sind da noch die beiden Teenagerinnen, die ebenfalls mit einem Boot den verlassenen Park ansteuern... Ein Hörspiel wie eine Geisterbahnfahrt geradewegs hinein in die späten 70er Jahre.

Degara Omiata’s a thief. A scavenger. A disgraced pilot. She makes her living any way she can in the seething underbelly of Orlens on Gairue 2. When her high-ranking military brother, the crown jewel of the family, finds himself embroiled in a traitorous plot, Degara must accept one more assignment on behalf of the Terran government that ruined her. Track down the data that was sold and secreted off to the Rebellion. Degara is many things - jaded, reluctant, untrustworthy, black sheep of the family, and a total failure. But now? She has to become the thing she fears most. A hero.

In a universe where corporate scions hold aristocratic titles and wield absolute power, a young princess embarks on a mission of mercy to find a new home for the refugees created by her father’s many wars. To her dismay, an invitation to an isolated planetoid that could serve as the perfect home for the poor exiles turns out to be a ploy by the infamous Baron Von Schmidt to add yet another outrage to his repertoire.

She can speak all languages. He can smell evil intent. They're enemies. They crave each other. Secret magic, international settings, a conspiracy plot, star-crossed lovers, and sharp writing The Demon in Business Class is a stunning debut novel spanning continents and genres. Zarabeth travels the world for a shady executive, laying the groundwork for global war. Gabriel offers a second chance to the criminals that a visionary leader sees in dreams. One rainy night in Scotland, they meet...Now, it's complicated.