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Two weeks ago, Hector Park cheated death by uploading his mind to the ultra-immersive fantasy RPG game, Archemi. After exposing the rotten heart of an order of dragon knights, he’s now on the run with a young queen dragon who could one day become the most powerful mount in the game. To get strong enough to face their enemies, they need a quest - a big one. Fortunately, trouble has a way of finding Hector, and it does - in the form of a series of brutally murdered priests, a king in desperate need of a hero, and a beautiful, fiery berserker.

Gideon Caldwell is a less than successful indie author barely making ends meet in his crummy basement apartment in New Haven, Connecticut, when a beautiful woman mysteriously appears at his doorstep.

Book 3 left us on a cliffhanger, when in the middle of a superpower-infused battle with the CBGs, Mother took control of Dorian Gray’s mind and had her teleport Gideon and an unconscious Stella to the middle of nowhere in an empty Nevada desert. Well, nearly empty. It turns out that "the middle of nowhere" happens to be the home of a man Gideon has never met, but who is inextricably tied to his fate.

As a long-time gamer and guild leader, Cerys has always wondered what it would be like to live in virtual reality. When her guild members convince her to try a new VRMMO, she discovers reality is far more complex than she knew. Chosen by the gods of another world, Cerys finds herself trapped between warring factions: a tyrannical human empire and an oppressed kingdom of demons.

Mace and Shari continue their search for survivors among the undead even as they struggle to stay alive themselves. While working to raise their sync levels with the game, the new couple pursue the quests they’ve picked up, explore a dungeon or two, and work to stabilize the game world they hope to live in. With the undead world above closing in, will they have the time to figure out how to save themselves and other survivors?

The End is Coming. An extinction-level asteroid is cannonballing toward Earth. In humanity’s final hours, a lucky few earn a one-way ticket to the brand-new, ultra-immersive, fantasy-based VRMMORPG, Viridian Gate Online. Making that leap of faith might mean survival, but it comes with a steep price tag: “Travelers” will forever be stranded as digital avatars inside a fantastical world filled with vicious monsters, all-powerful AIs, and cutthroat players. Let the games begin....

Für ein Hörspiel führt der Autor Thomas von Steinaecker ein Interview mit dem Synchronsprecher Martin Umbach. Lebensstationen ziehen vorbei, das Scheitern als Schauspieler, der Neuanfang und rasante Aufstieg bei der Filmsynchronisation. Nach dem Gespräch ist für von Steinaecker klar, dass er bei seinem Hörspiel über Martin Umbach so authentisch wie möglich vorgehen möchte, am liebsten wäre ihm ein Hörspiel in Form eines fiktiven Features. Dafür erfindet er seine eigene Stellvertreterfigur: Nicole. An seiner statt begibt nun sie sich auf weitere Recherche über Umbach.

Gideon and the ladies continue their uphill battle against Mercsecure, and along the way, bust even more super ladies out of The New Mexico Facility high-security research lab to join the fight, including the speedy, motor-mouthed Michelle.

Before being conscripted to fight in the Total War, Private Hector Park had a shattered family, a collection of old video games, and a promising career as a motorcycle stuntman. Now, he is dying from a virus threatening humankind with extinction. He has three days to live. When Hector’s brother contacts him after years of hostile silence, Hector goes to try and make peace. But his brother has an offer even more unbelievable than reconciliation: the chance to cheat death by joining him in Archemi, a full-immersion fantasy VR-RPG video game.

Shari is a med student, months away from being a doctor. Mace is a coder on his first day of an exciting new job. When the world comes to a sudden and horrifying end, none would have expected them to be among the few survivors. Hyper-aggressive undead zombie creatures hunt anything living on the surface, where even the grass and trees can kill you. Hiding underground is safe, but not much of a life. Their only escape is a virtual world of magic and monsters where Shari can use her healing skills, and Mace can focus on something other than his fears.

Success beyond my wildest dreams? Too bad I wasn't able to fully enjoy it. No time to sit back and watch the fame roll in when you're being hunted by superpowereds and a private military force. Still, everything was going according to plan. Grace, Veronique, and I were headed south. Our target? The secret government facilities scattered across the country. The second installment of Mutants in the Making was nearing completion, ready to be published any day now. Things were tense, but all was well. I wish they would have stayed that way....

Re •sent •ment: The act of hating - no, f--king loathing Dean Collins. (Yes, I'm well aware that's not the actual definition, but it might as well be....) It's been 10 years since we've seen each other, and the feelings are still as strong. I'm not going to bore you with all the details of how our love was once intoxicating, consuming, and perfect. Because it was...until it wasn't. I've been fine without him. I haven't missed his cruelty, his coldness, and his spite. And after the ugliest breakup in the history of breakups, I forced myself to move on.

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A full-cast dramatization of the classic Russian novel. Satan and his retinue, including a seven foot tall skinny fellow with a pince-nez , an obnoxious cigar smoking black cat and a beautiful naked vampire visit Moscow in the 1920s, taking with them chaos and insanity where ever they go.

Schon wieder so ein Stau. Greta ist gelangweilt. Als Gretas beste und geheime Freundin Pinipa in eine Seifenblase hüpft, beginnt ein spannendes Abenteuer. Die kleine Heldin Pinipa entdeckt Deutschland und trifft viele lustige Freunde. Am Bodensee, tief im Süden, steigt sie in ein gefaltetes Papierschiffchen um und schippert mutig den Rhein hinunter. Ob sie zurück zu Greta findet? Was ist eigentlich der Unterschied zwischen einem Land und einer Stadt. Wie fließt denn ein Fluss und wie sprechen z. B. die Menschen in Berlin? Sprechen die in München anders?

Der Dämonenkiller als Bettvorleger? Nach seiner Rückkehr aus Kolumbien muss sich Dorian zunächst einmal um seine Frau Lilian kümmern, die als geheilt aus der O’Hara-Stiftung entlassen wurde. Schon bald zeigen sich bei Lilian Anzeichen dämonischer Beeinflussung. Aber welches Interesse haben die Dämonen, ausgerechnet Lilian zu schaden und den Dämonenkiller dadurch zurück ins Feld zu zwingen?

Dorian Hunter ist aus El Dorado zurückgekehrt und folgt der Spur von Michael Zamis’ Helfershelfer Igor Lipwitz nach Rio de Janeiro. Was hat es mit dem Macumba-Kult auf sich, der die Menschen von Rio in Angst und Schrecken versetzt? Hat die Anführerin der Macumba, Viviana, es auf Dorian abgesehen? Oder lauert der Feind an einem anderen Ort - im Penthouse der Schweine...?

Dorian Hunter ist aus El Dorado zurückgekehrt und folgt der Spur von Michael Zamis’ Helfershelfer Igor Lipwitz nach Rio de Janeiro! Was haben Zamis und Lipwitz mit der Leiche des Herrn der Toten vor? Die einzige Spur zu Lipwitz besteht aus einem Namen, den die Bewohner von Rio hinter vorgehaltener Hand raunen... Macumba!

Kurz vor Erreichen von El Dorado sind Dorian Hunter und Sacheen in die Hände von Marodeuren geraten. Ihr Anführer ist ein Mann, den Hunter vor 500 Jahren im Dschungel sterben sah - Hernando Vivelda! Wie hat Vivelda überlebt? Kennt er das Geheimnis von El Dorado? Und kann er Dorian endlich zu seinem alten Freund Jeff Parker führen?

Kommissar Kluftinger ermittelt im Kloster - das erfolgreiche Theaterstück exklusiv als Hörspiel. Komissar Kluftinger lässt sich von Dr. Martin Langhammer zu einem Urlaub in einem Kloster im Allgäu überreden. Dort angekommen, stellt Kluftinger entsetzt fest, dass er sich mit Langhammer nicht nur die spärliche Zelle teilen muss, sondern auch noch um 5 Uhr morgens zu ersten Gebet erscheinen soll. Zum Glück legt Langhammer ein Schweigegelübte ab und der Kommissar hat seine Ruhe. Doch dann stirbt in der ersten Nacht einer der Mönche durch einen Blitzschlag auf dem Dach des Klosters.