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Todo ocurre en el futurista Londres del año 1984, en Oceanía, la nación que agrupaba todos los pueblos angloparlantes del mundo, el gobierno que imperaba era de índole totalitario, controlado por el Partido y liderado por el Gran Hermano, la figura a quien todos los ciudadanos le deben absoluto respeto y admiración.

Sesenta años después del accidente biológico que erradicó al treinta por ciento de la población en Nueva Iberia, la muerte se ha convertido en un lucrativo negocio. Los difuntos ya no son enterrados ni incinerados, sino sublimados y liberados a la atmósfera en forma de un gas inocuo...

2016 Audible Editor’s Pick 2016 Audible’s Best in Science Fiction The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series An Audible Top 100 Series of All Time More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity lives on massive airships circling the...

En 2032, tras perder su hogar y su familia, Lauren Olamina estableció una pacífica comunidad en el norte de California, basada en su fe recién fundada: Semilla Terrestre. En ella ofrece refugio a los marginados y perseguidos por la administración de Jarret, un presidente ultraconservador que promete «hacer que Estados Unidos vuelva a ser grande». En una nación cada vez más peligrosa y dividida, la subversiva colonia de Lauren, una facción religiosa minoritaria dirigida por una joven mujer negra, se convierte en un objetivo del reinado de terror y opresión de Jarret.

En un lloc sense nom i en una època indeterminada, aïllat enmig d'una natura inquietantment humana, viu un poble sotmès a una llei rigorosa i a la vigilància constant de dues amenaces: els caramens, uns éssers que no ha vist mai ningú, i les envestides del riu, que amenaça d'endur-se les cases. Les mares turmenten el desig de les criatures amb punxons de ferro. Els homes turmenten el desig de les mares embenant-los els ulls. El ferrer, que és qui mana, fabrica argolles per assegurar-se que la por sigui sempre més forta que el desig.

The CBS Radio Workshop was an experimental series of productions, subtitled "radio's distinguished series to man's imagination" that ran between 27 January 1956 and 22 September 1957. The premiere production was Brave New World, narrated by Huxley himself, with a complicated sound-effects score that evidently took a long time to construct, and comprised a ticking metronome, tom-tom beats, bubbling water, an air hose, a cow's moo, an oscillator, and three kinds of wine glasses clicking together.

Two centuries after nuclear fire consumed civilization, Jackson Chandler continues his desperate fight across the brutal wastelands of the future. Haunted by the memory of the wife he lost and driven by the hope of finding a way back home, Jackson and his companions push deeper into the deadly Winterlands: a frozen graveyard filled with radiation, collapsing cities, infected horrors, and enemies who know far more about the apocalypse than they should. But the truth behind humanity’s fall is far worse than anyone imagined.

She designed the perfect code. Now it's calculating her expiration date. In the world of The Algorithm Knows You, privacy is a relic of the past and your next move has already been mapped. Maya Chen, a brilliant data scientist, believed she was building a tool for human optimization—until the system she created began predicting "anomalies" that weren't glitches, but deaths.

In a near-future London gripped by heat, unrest and state control, Lois refuses to let the body be regulated. When the right to assemble is revoked and the city turns brittle with violence, she plans an illegal three-day 'long dance' inside a crumbling East End church. What begins as an act of liberation will ripple through the lives of five strangers, with consequences none of them can foresee.

In a world where death can be undone for one deserving soul, nine grieving individuals are brought together by the government’s controversial reanimation program, Project Equilibrium. The program gives them the power to resurrect one of nine victims taken by the same killer, Lucas Rehn, using his life force as payment. Over the course of an emotionally charged week, the group must grapple with the unbearable weight of their decision. Each deliberator brings their own pain, guilt, and love to the table.

Meine Welt verwandelt sich mehr und mehr in einen lebendigen Albtraum. Mein bester Freund wurde ermordet und in einen Zombie verwandelt. Ich bin aus etwas geflohen, das man als das Versteck eines verrückten Wissenschaftlers bezeichnen könnte. Ich bin über die Leichen von Männern, Frauen und Kindern gestiegen, für die ich mein Leben riskiert habe. Ich habe mitangesehen, wie das winzige Quäntchen Hoffnung und Sicherheit, an das sich Tausende von Menschen wochenlang geklammert haben, in Flammen aufging – und die Hälfte von ihnen sah dabei sogar begeistert aus.

Order—but at what cost? The war is over. The lies are just beginning. Across the fractured remains of the Union, isolated Enclaves cling to stability, linked by fragile lines of control. Beyond them, the Outlanders press in—restless, numerous, and impossible to ignore. On the border world of Rumelia, the balance is breaking. What begins as a struggle for territory becomes something far more dangerous—a fight not just for control of a world, but for control of the people who live on it.

Auch die aus Drachen bestehende Spezialeinheit der Polizei kommt ohne Bürokratie nicht aus. Das muss auch Kristen Hall verbittert feststellen, die endlich eine Möglichkeit gefunden hat, in ihre Drachengestalt zu wechseln und daraufhin zum Drachen-SWAT versetzt wurde. Leider verläuft ihr erster Tag an der neuen Dienststelle nicht wie erhofft. Ihre Kollegen nehmen sie nicht ernst und sehen sie eher als Kuriosität, die bei ihnen nichts zu suchen hat.

The world is on the brink of an apocalyptic climate crisis and quickly spiraling out of control into a dystopian nightmare. As everything collapses around them, two scientists struggle for relevance in their quest to build the world’s first practical quantum computer. They discover so much more: a mystery of physics that goes deeper than they could have ever imagined.

In a future where Earth is ruled by the Cothellon—an ancient and powerful elven race—rebellion stirs beneath the surface. Trey, a human with a fragmented past, is haunted by the memories of experiments that transformed him into a Prime Mage. Struggling to unlock his full magical potential, he joins a daring resistance against the Cothellon, who fuel their power through dark rituals and the sacrifice of human lives.

George Orr möchte nur eines – auf einer Erde, wo Überbevölkerung und Hungersnot herrschen, einen Ort finden, an dem er in Frieden leben kann. Aber Orr verfügt über eine erstaunliche Fähigkeit: Seine Träume verändern die Wirklichkeit. Der Psychiater William Haber bietet ihm seine Hilfe an. Erst will er Orr nicht glauben, doch bald begreift er, welche Macht er ausüben kann, wenn er sich der Träume seines Schützlings bedient.

The Numberless have fallen, and in their absence, the city begins to fracture. A power vacuum spreads through the ranks, tempting even the most honorable Validated as political factions rise and collapse in violent succession, dragging the city into chaos. Cojax and Jessica see what others refuse to face. While the city turns inward, consumed by ambition and control, a far greater threat advances beyond the Wall. The Decamont are coming—and they will not stop until everything is erased.

The crew of the Liberator battle against the despotic Federation in these thrilling stories and features from the Blake’s 7 Annuals. “Blake’s 7 are all fugitives in space, their frail alliance fortified by the knowledge that each of them has been marked for extermination by the Federation...

The fun new sci-fi adventure from the award-winning author of The Last Gifts of the Universe, perfect for fans of T. J. Klune and Becky Chambers. Ellis appears to have it all – a great job, a loving girlfriend, and a loyal dog – yet each morning he wakes up feeling that something is missing...

A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick Brilliantly read by renowned actress and narrator Louise Brealey, best known for her role in the hit BBC series, Sherlock. 'A brilliantly clever tale about time travel gone wrong. Bold, convincing and beautifully told – I could not put this book down' – CLARE...