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Mit dieser Entwicklung konnte im Solsystem und auf den von Menschen besiedelten Welten innerhalb der Milchstraße niemand rechnen: In direkter Nachbarschaft der Erde ist eine fremde Kultur aufgetaucht - und zwar auf Trokan, dem "zweiten Mars", der in einer spektakulären Aktion gegen den Roten Planeten ausgetauscht worden war. Dabei ist die Situation im Jahr 1288 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung - das entspricht dem Jahr 4875 alter Zeit - ohnehin schon angespannt genug.

Der zweite Mars erwacht - für die Menschheit beginnt eine neue Ära. Jahrelang waren Perry Rhodan und seine Begleiter an Bord des gigantischen Raumschiffes BASIS unterwegs, weit entfernt von der Heimat. Zuerst an der Großen Leere, dann im Arresum, jener unglaublichen Region auf "der anderen Seite des Universums", zuletzt in der kleinen Galaxis Hirdobaan.

Die Situation in der Milchstraße ist gegen Ende des Jahres 1288 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung ziemlich angespannt. Misstrauen herrscht zwischen den großen Machtblöcken der Galaxis. Im verborgenen wirkt das Projekt Camelot, geleitet von Perry Rhodan und seinen unsterblichen Freunden. Mittlerweile ist in direkter Nachbarschaft der Erde eine fremde Kultur aufgetaucht - auf Trokan, dem "zweiten Mars".

Gegen Ende des Jahres 1288 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung veränderte sich die Situation in direkter Nachbarschaft der Erde: Auf Trokan, dem "zweiten Mars", entwickelte sich im Schutze eines Zeitrafferfeldes, das 250 Millionen Jahre in nicht einmal 70 Real-Jahren ablaufen ließ, die Zivilisation der Herreach. Die Terraner traten in Kontakt mit den Bewohnern des Planeten.

Die Situation in der Milchstraße ist zum Jahresbeginn 1289 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung ziemlich angespannt. Mysteriöse Igelschiffe kreuzen in der Galaxis; sie haben schon mehrere Planeten besetzt und komplett von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten. Bisher hat man so gut wie keine gesicherten Erkenntnisse über die Fremden.

Ex-Army Ranger Gabriel Vincent is a badass hero. Or he used to be. Home from Afghanistan, Gabe can't stop thinking about that one horrible night on the battlefield, a night that changed his life forever. He knows he's messed up, but with the help of a little beer and a lot more women, he's keeping it together. Until he meets Madison Hill. Madison is happily single - or so she thinks. After the tragic death of her parents, she took on the responsibility of running the family restaurant, and that's just about all she has time to worry about.

When Kate Richards, the effervescent host of television's KidFit and the author of kid-friendly diet cookbooks, runs into Jack Moskowitz at a dog park, sparks fly. He's attractive, charming, and single. She has no idea that he's also the one man who could cost Kate her career - the CEO of Considerable Carriages, a company that profits from childhood obesity. Jack knows exactly who Kate is, though. She tore his company apart on television only the day before!

A strange urge drives Dr. Iris Ammons to leave her home and travel to a small California town, where she comes under the influence of a weird evil power. A modern epic of terror steeped in centuries of evil.

This brilliant novel by an American master, the author of Ragtime, The Book of Daniel, Billy Bathgate, and The March, takes us on a radical trip into the mind of a man who, more than once in his life, has been the inadvertent agent of disaster. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ST...

Jadie never spoke. She never laughed, or cried, or uttered any sound. Despite efforts to reach her, Jadie remained locked in her own troubled world - until one remarkable teacher persuaded her to break her self-imposed silence. Nothing in all of Torey Hayden's experience could have prepared her for the shock of what Jadie told her - a story too horrendous for Torey's professional colleagues to acknowledge.

From African American to Asian American, indigenous to immigrant, "multiracial" to "mixedblood," the diversity of cultures in this world is matched only by the diversity of stories explaining our cultural origins: stories of creation and destruction, displacement and heartbreak, hope and mystery.

The DASH diet isn't just for healthy living anymore-now it's for healthy weight loss, too. Using the key elements of the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet and proven, never-before-published NIH research, bestselling author, foremost DASH dietitian and leading nutrition expert Marla Heller has created the most effective diet for quick-and lasting-weight loss. Based on the diet rated the #1 Best Overall Diet by Us News & World Report, this effective and easy program includes menu plans, recipes, shopping lists, and more.

Mona's perfect world is shattered by sudden and serious illness - leaving her searching her past for answers. Fate has led her from a tough Brooklyn girlhood to a happy marriage with a wonderful man, but what has she forgotten along the way? In this classic New York novel of the 1980s, as Mona struggles to understand her own life story, she uncovers the shocking memory of a murder and traces the shape of her own mortality.

Bordertown: a city on the Border between the human world and the elfin realm. A place where neither magic nor technology can be counted on, where elf and human kids run away to find themselves…. Here are 13 interconnected stories and eight poems - all new work by some of today's best urban fantasy, fantasy, and slipstream writers.

From the author of the critically acclaimed story collection How This Night Is Different comes a dark, arresting, fearlessly funny story of one young woman's terminal illness. In The Book of Dahlia, Elisa Albert walks a dazzling line between gravitas and irreverence, mining an exhilarating blend of skepticism and curiosity, compassion and candor, high and low culture.

Few understand the fierce bond that Cecily and Amelia share with Hilary, who was assaulted one summer as the two other girls watched helplessly. It's a bond of love and guilt...and a desire for vengeance that cuts clear to the bone. So Assistant DA Cecily Minos waits, eager to see the guy in her courtroom. When Amelia meets a man who has the tattoo the girls remember seeing that day, they think they've finally caught a break. But the police refuse to reopen the case, and it's up to Cecily and Amelia to pursue their suspect. They've waited long enough for revenge....

Whether it is at first sight, develops over time with a close friend, or it hits you like a ton of bricks - falling in love is a lyrical life-changing event. Chicken Soup for the Soul Love Stories will transport you to the moments of your life that were filled with devotion and unconditional love.

When Shamur Uskevren, the matriarch of one of Sembia's oldest and most powerful merchant families, is tricked by an angry wizard into an assassination attempt on her own husband, her family is thrown into turmoil. Once the truth is discovered, she and her husband must struggle to save their family and stop the sorcerer. But in her anger, she has forgotten one thing: in the world of intrigue and deception, of shadows and lies that is Sembia, nothing is ever what it seems.

An exciting series, especially for readers new to the Forgotten Realms! Thazienne Uskevren, the only legitimate daughter of the wealthy Uskevren family, has suffered blow after blow to her body and spirit. Even as she struggles to mend her fractured soul, Tazi finds herself on a journey that will take her far from the safety of Selgaunt and into the deadly heart of the Calim Desert. There the shifting sands hide an old foe, who holds the key to Tazi's salvation - or the doom of Sembia.

Larajin, the unacknowledged daughter of Thamalon Uskevren and a half-elf, finds herself embroiled in a bitter war between elves and humans. In an effort to bring peace to both Sembia and the Dalelands, Larajin must confront the twin brother she doesn't know and save a half-brother whose fate hangs in the balance.