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Wojna szaleje w przestrzeni Zjednoczonej Ziemi i niszczy miliony istnień. Rój powrócił, większy i bardziej zajadły, do tego z miażdżącą przewagą technologiczną. Z Tytana, księżyca Saturna, nadchodzi ostrzeżenie - podobno od samego Tima Grangera - że tym razem wróg może okazać się niepokonany. Admirał Shelby Proctor, podejrzana o zamordowanie prezydenta Zjednoczonej Ziemi, ucieka. Zmierza na Tytana, bo uważa, że jedyną nadzieją ludzkości jest bohater martwy od trzydziestu lat.

Kapitan Timothy Granger pól zycia sluzyl na "Konstytucji". Okret byl stary, pochodzil jeszcze z czasów, gdy Ziemie zaatakowali obcy z kosmosu. Ludzkosc odparla wroga i przygotowala sie na kolejna inwazje, jednak od tamtej pory minelo wiele lat. Kapitan Granger i jego zaloga nie zaznali juz ognia walki i nie wierzyli, ze obcy powróca. Przestarzala "Konstytucja" stanowila tylko relikt przeszlosci i slepy zaulek w karierze, na jej pokladzie gromadzily sie wyrzutki floty.

Mieliśmy nadzieję - rozpaczliwą - że przybywają w pokoju. Myliliśmy się. Trzydzieści lat po drugiej wojnie z Rojem w przestrzeń zdewastowanej Ziemi i jej kolonii wdarł się tajemniczy i potężny statek obcych. Pustoszył całe planety, rozbijał w pył księżyce, niszczył jednostki. Admirał Proctor, bohaterka ostatniego starcia w poprzedniej wojnie, została odwołana z emerytury, aby przejąć dowództwo nad najnowszym okrętem ludzkości.

The Dragon was trained from his youth to operate as a lethal killing machine. He has tangled with crime lords, dangerous insurgents, even Nether Ops...and none of these forces has been able to bring the elusive warrior to heel. Enter the notorious bounty hunter Tyrus Rechs. Rechs takes on the job as a favor to an old Savage Wars buddy. Only Rechs isn’t out to kill the Dragon - his mission is to save the kid’s life. Unless the Dragon kills Rechs first.

As a crumbling Galactic Republic falls to the relentless assault of a merciless foe, so begins the rise of an enigmatic emperor intent on saving a corrupt galaxy-spanning civilization from itself…and from something much darker that lies beyond the reaches of the known. Just as the reins of power fall into his iron-fisted grasp, an assassination attempt by a hidden cabal within his own inner circle jeopardizes every plan he has set in motion for his Dark Legion, his Imperial Navy, and his ultimate conquest of the stars. But the assassins have no idea who they're actually dealing with.

Mgła wojny przesłania wszystko. Wrogowie czyhają w ciemności, czają się w sercu floty, która przysięgła bronić Zjednoczonej Ziemi. Wszędzie tylko spiski i morderstwa, a w tle… czekają siły inwazyjne obcych. Szczątki okrętu Golgotów zostały pogrzebane głęboko pod powierzchnią największego księżyca Saturna. Masa Tytana powoli, lecz nieuchronnie wzrasta. Dolmasi, podczas drugiej wojny z Rojem sojusznicy Zjednoczonej Ziemi, atakują ludzi bez powodu.

Ziemia plonie. Rój przemierza kosmos i podbija swiaty na swojej drodze. Oplakujemy miliony towarzyszy broni, którzy polegli na tysiacach zniszczonych okretów. Wszyscy zgineli - miliony ojców, matek, sióstr i braci. Juz czas, abysmy zakonczyli te walke. Pora na nasz ruch. Nie ma zwyciestwa bez ofiar. Nie ma szkolen ani nauki, jak zostac bohaterem. Tacy jak on powstaja z krwi, ruin i zgliszczy. Podreczniki do historii naszych wnuków opowiedza jego legende i beda glosic chwale poleglych.

In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, author Nick Lane brings together the latest research findings in the exciting field of mitochondria research to reveal how our growing understanding of mitochondria is shedding light on how complex life evolved, why sex arose (why don't we just bud?), and why we age and die. This understanding is of fundamental importance, both in understanding how we and all other complex life came to be, but also in order to be able to control our own illnesses, and delay our degeneration and death.

Daring heroics, sacrifice, and courage come together as the Legion attempts to contain the fire sparked at the Battle of Tarrago. But the galaxy is spiraling into all-out war. Captain Chhun's Dark Ops squad is reunited with Wraith. When their mission to deny Goth Sulluss the shipyards he so eagerly desires goes awry, Chhun and Wraith must find a way to stop the Black Fleet's advance - even if it costs them their lives. Meanwhile, an old friend from Nether Ops executes a covert operation that will turn the focus of the Last War of the Republic in a terrible new direction.

Legion Dark Ops calls upon Chhun, Wraith, and the survivors of Victory Company to form an elite Kill Team of legionnaires in the aftermath of the Battle of Kublar. Their mission is clear: find and eliminate those responsible for the Kublar disaster. Standing between them and their objective are a maze of corrupt Republic officials, a spy on the verge of losing himself in deep cover, and the Zhee - a murderous species that will stop at nothing. But the biggest threat of all might be the truth they seek to uncover - a truth that could ignite a revolution. And engulf the galaxy in flames.

Oxygen takes the listener on an enthralling journey, as gripping as a thriller, as it unravels the unexpected ways in which oxygen spurred the evolution of life and death.

From the bestselling author of About a Boy, A Long Way Down and Dickens and Prince, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and rock and roll. “I've always loved Nick Hornby, and the way he writes characters and the way he thinks. It's funny and heartbreaking all at the same time...

As Kill Team Victory and General Chhun take control of the cities on Kima, a war every bit as spiritual as it is physical rages in the deepest parts of galaxy’s edge. The Legion and the Republic military at large struggle to deal with a sudden multitude of planetary invasions and uprisings, with rumors of mysterious ships breaking the peace achieved by Article Nineteen. Meanwhile, Captain Aeson Keel continues his search for Prisma, aided by friends from both his past and present. But only mankind’s oldest ally can hold back the tide of ultimate destruction.

The next thrilling installment in the epic military sci-fi Galaxy’s Edge series that fans are craving! Galaxy's Edge Season 2 continues as Wraith discovers crucial intel about the threat out past The Gap, beyond Galaxy's Edge. Meanwhile, Prisma undertakes and arduous journey and the legionnaires of Zombie Squad search for Masters.

As the galaxy marches headlong toward the greatest threat to peace since the Savage Wars, the flames are lit in the most unlikely of places. Trapped inside a Savage mini hulk, Prisma faces a future where little is as she expected it would be, and a past that is even more troubling than she knew. Aboard a Cybar ship, Andien Broxin fights for her life with the most unlikely of allies at her side. And on the Kimbrin home world, Masters joins a Legion Special Operations Group tasked with checking a resurgent MCR….

With his duty to the Legion satisfied, Wraith sets out to find a lost member of his crew - the young girl Prisma. Not only does the journey bring with it more death and destruction - and loss - than he ever imagined, it revives the shadows of a forgotten past. The only way forward is to follow the footsteps of the legendary Tyrus Rechs. Meanwhile, as the galaxy struggles to steady itself following the fall of a corrupt and bloated republic, dangerous threats vie for power.

The Republic world of Kima has fallen with shocking speed to the renewed forces of the Mid-Core Rebellion, and General Chhun must lead the rebuilt and enhanced 131st Legion - along with Marines, Dark Ops, Navy, and Kimbrin Resistance - onto the planet to violently check their assault. But timing is of the essence, and Chhun can’t do it alone. Bear, working undercover, unearths the treachery of a resurgent Nether Ops still working their dark influence from the shadows. Masters has his hands full just staying alive while he evades deadly pursuers.

As two-income families find themselves ever more time-poor, many look to outsource to cleaners, nannies, and care workers. More and more, it would seem, people are finding themselves without either the emotional or the financial resources to take care of themselves and each other. The home, rather than an escape from the work and its pressures, is in fact an extension of it. After Work is a crucial corrective to this trend, extending its attention beyond paid jobs to the impact of domestic work upon familial relationships, social bonds, and our conceptions of domestic space.

A U.S. Army Ranger sniper finds himself on his own and on the move far downrange and beyond the wire in an epic fantasy world filled with deadly monsters and dangerous foes in a total battle royale for glory, hoard—and flat-out survival. Adrift on the Sea of Riddles and lost in a dangerous world of epic fables, Sgt. Thor and his anti-materiel sniper rifle, Mjölnir, must survive brutal pirates, the darkest sorcery, and a catastrophic shipwreck on a strange island steeped in arcane mystery and containing the remains of a lost civilization guarding an ancient artifact of great and terrible power.

It all ends here. Every decision, battle, triumph, and heartache has led the galaxy to this moment. The Republic is spun wildly into sudden war as Gomarii slavers, in overwhelming numbers, strike on behalf of their Savage allies. The battle is fiercest on a newly rediscovered world: Earth. But galactic war is only the symptom of an older, deeper, and far more dangerous conflict. Now, Keel and Ravi must work frantically to assemble the warriors needed to withstand an ancient threat, and Prisma must wrestle to control her own inner darkness.