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Ryan and Regan Resnick are the youngest members of a top-secret team exploring the greatest discovery ever made: a vast alien city buried deep underground - as potentially deadly as it is astonishing. When the city is captured by highly trained soldiers led by a ruthless alien, the adult members of the team are taken hostage. Now Ryan and Regan are the team's only hope of survival.

Nick Hall has revolutionary electronics implanted in his brain that allow him to read minds - including thoughts, memories, and even intent. He can know the passwords, future strategies, and innermost secrets of anyone he chooses, making him the most formidable man alive. But his status as the only mind reader in the world is about to change...

Ryan and Regan Resnick have just moved to the world's most boring place. But when they discover their parents are part of an ultra-secret project called Prometheus, they are plunged into a nonstop adventure - one that will be the ultimate test of their wits, courage, and determination. Soon they are under attack and facing hostile alien worlds, alien technology, and unimaginable dangers at every turn. Now, with their mother facing certain death, they must race to solve a seemingly impossible mystery to have any hope of saving her.

When DARPA's billion-dollar program to create artificial superintelligence is sabotaged, US operative Cameron Carr is tasked with finding the culprit. He's been on high-stakes missions before, but this time the stakes are nothing less than the future of humanity. Because the race to evolve a superintelligent computer is on, and power players around the world will stop at nothing to get there first.

To save their parents, they will have to travel to unknown worlds. Too bad the natives on each world all seem to want them dead. Zachary and Jenna Lane are a brother and sister pair who would much rather tease and trick each other than work together. But when their parents vanish before their eyes through a mysterious shimmering portal, the two kids join forces and venture through a series of fantastic worlds in an effort to rescue them.

Kevin, Rachel, and Ben are young fencers eager to compete in an upcoming tournament at Nellis Air Force Base. But when they arrive, they become unwilling pawns in a twisted plan to steal the ultimate weapon. A plan that somehow revolves around the tournament. Now, battling for their very survival, they must find a way to stop the two brilliant arms dealers behind it all.

Kira Miller, un brillante ingegnere genetico, mette a punto un metodo che permette alle aree cerebrali della creatività e del pensiero di raggiungere temporaneamente capacità straordinarie. È una scoperta sensazionale, che apre scenari inimmaginabili, ma cosa succederebbe se un tale livello di intelligenza sfociasse in una spietata megalomania? David Desh ha lasciato i corpi speciali dopo aver perso i suoi uomini in un'azione in Iran.

For the first time in history, the world shut itself down - by choice - all for fear of a virus, COVID-19, that wasn’t well understood. The government, with the support of most Americans, ordered the closure of tens of thousands of small businesses - many never to return. Almost every school and college in the country sent its students home to finish the school year in front of a computer. Churches cancelled worship services. “Social distancing” went from a non-word to a moral obligation overnight.

The Cure is a genre-bending thriller reminiscent of Michael Crichton or Douglas Preston, about the biological underpinnings of psychopathy. As a child, her family was taken from her by a serial killer. Erin Palmer is left orphaned and forever scarred. She dedicates her life to the study of psychopaths, conducting one-on-one interviews and tests with inmates. When Erin finally finishes years of exhaustive research, she finds herself in possession of the key to ending psychopathic behavior - in the species - forever. That' s when they try to kill her.

Kira Miller is a brilliant scientist who discovers how to temporarily boost human IQ to dizzying levels. But this transcendent intelligence brings with it a ruthless megalomania. Determined to use her discovery to propel human civilization to a higher plane, despite this side effect, Kira and ex-special forces operative David Desh recruit a small group of accomplished scientists, all of whom are safely off the grid. Or so they think...

Kira Miller is a brilliant genetic engineer who discovers how to temporarily achieve savant-like capabilities in all areas of thought and creativity. But what if this transcendent level of intelligence brings with it a ruthless megalomania? David Desh left the special forces after his team was brutally butchered in Iran. Now he has been reactivated for one last mission: find Kira Miller, the enigmatic genius behind a bioterror plot that threatens millions.

The Hopi share tales of a devastating global flood like those found in cultures across the world. But some also speak of beings from the stars, massive flying objects, and a cataclysmic war between two hyper-advanced civilizations—Atlantis and Lemuria—that triggered this flood. But what if these stories aren't just mythology? What if they're real?

Der Wissenschaftler Jim Connolly landet im alten Rom – gefesselt, orientierungslos und auf der Suche nach einem außerirdischen Würfel, der Zeit und Raum beherrscht. Gemeinsam mit dem charismatischen Senator Marcus Dorso kämpft er um die Kontrolle über das mächtigste Objekt der Geschichte.

Finally reunited on an advanced, alternate Earth where the mighty Roman Empire never died, James, Hannah, and Wolf now stand at the precipice of an interdimensional war threatening to obliterate everything they've fought to protect. As the fabric of existence continues to unravel, unleashing anomalous storms and creating rifts large enough for unstoppable warships to traverse, the trio must find a way to repel a superior force bent on conquest.

Dr. Kelly Connolly gehört zu einem streng geheimen Team aus Wissenschaftlern, das den wichtigsten Fund in der Geschichte der Menschheit untersucht: den Enigma-Würfel, ein Artefakt von unfassbarer Macht, das sich den Fesseln von Raum und Zeit zu entziehen scheint. Kelly und der Geheimdienstler Justin Boyd werden mit Feinden konfrontiert, die alles daran setzen, den Würfel in die Finger zu bekommen. Als sich die Situation zuspitzt und ein Kampf um Leben und Tod entbrennt, entdeckt Kelly, dass der Würfel viel gefährlicher ist, als sie angenommen hat.

Dr. James Barron narrowly prevented a catastrophic interdimensional invasion in The Rift. But now he must deal with a myriad of threats as great as the one he overcame. Threats including growing rifts in the fabric of reality, anomalous superstorms, and conspiracies that just might span worlds...

Nick Hall glaubt an Implantate – sein Gehirn ist voll davon. Neben den Gedanken kann er alle Erinnerungen und Geheimnisse einer Person lesen. Bisher konnte Nick seine Gabe für das Gute einsetzen. Doch dann verrät ihn ein Mitglied seines engsten Kreises - und stiehlt den Schlüssel zur Technologie, die sich in seinem Hirn befindet! Nick wird gezwungen, ein gnadenloses Spiel nach völlig neuen Regeln zu spielen: Ein Duell gegen einen ebenbürtigen Gedankenleser, der vor nichts zurückschreckt, um Hall, seine Freunde und die Frau, die er liebt, zu töten!

Nick Hall, ausgestattet mit revolutionären Gehirnimplantaten, kann mit seinem Geist Gedanken lesen und auf das Internet zugreifen. Als eine skrupellose Terrorgruppe damit droht, internationale Stars live und vor den Augen der Welt zu töten, ist Nick die einzige Rettung. Doch stattdessen wird er zur Zielscheibe der mächtigsten Kräfte der Welt und erlebt einen schmerzhaften Verrat in seinem engsten Kreis – ein brutales Rennen gegen die Zeit beginnt! Gedankennetz basiert auf den realen Forschungen zu neuronalen Implantaten von Pionieren wie Elon Musk (Neuralink).

Nick Hall is the ultimate operative, having brought tyrants, warlords, and terrorists to their knees. His unique brain implants allow him to wield the Internet with his mind and pry into the thoughts, secrets, and memories of the most despicable people alive. After a near-fatal clash with Troy Browning, a cunning psychopath and one of only three mind readers on earth, Hall faces the most daunting threat of all. Because Browning has found an ally as ruthless as he is. A genetically-engineered titan whose physical and mental abilities dwarf those of ordinary men.

Dem brillanten Physiker Nate Wexler ist eine wissenschaftliche Sensation gelungen: Er hat einen Weg gefunden, in der Zeit zurückzureisen. Zwar nur für den Bruchteil einer Sekunde, dennoch sind die Konsequenzen, die diese neuartige Technologie mit sich bringt, gewaltig. Gerade will Nate mit seiner Verlobten Jenna auf seinen Erfolg anstoßen, als die beiden in ihrem Haus von Vermummten überfallen werden. Nate wird getötet, Jenna kann in letzter Sekunde entkommen – mit Nates Aufzeichnungen. Aufzeichnungen, die die Naturgesetze revolutionieren könnten.