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Ein epischer Arenakampf, in dem nur die beste Heldengruppe überleben wird. Der zweite Band von Mikkel Robrahns Fantasy-Serie über die Welt der Online-Rollenspiele. Als sich Avataris – die riesige Onlinewelt, in der die Menschen nach ihrem Tod weiterleben können – aus dem alles verschlingenden Feuer erhebt, ergreift die Helden der freien Völker eine ganz neue Kriegsbegeisterung. Eine Arena soll gebaut werden, in der sich die fähigsten Kämpfer miteinander messen werden. Für die meisten Heldengruppen heißt es Untergang oder Sieg. Also meistens: Untergang.

Hereinspaziert, Hereinspaziert! Seid willkommen im Varieté der Kuriositäten, dem Zirkus des Absurden. Wie wäre es mit einem Dungeon der besonderen Art? Wir bringen euch den Zauber aus der virtuellen Welt in die echte. Genießt den Abend offline und verbringt mit uns eine Quest außerhalb eurer Neurokapseln. Manege frei für dreihörnige Ziegen, Orkfressende Berglöwen, einbeinige Zwerge und einen Magier, der euch das Fürchten lehrt. Full Dive – das immersive Eintauchen in eine virtuelle Umgebung – ist für die Menschen in ihren geschützten Gigastädten längst zur Wirklichkeit geworden.

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!

With the help of his artificially intelligent hair, interplanetary private detective Johnny Spacehair will unravel mysteries, make waves, and have more fun than the interplanetary bureaucracy is prepared to acknowledge can even exist!

Ci sarà una volta, fra tanto tanto tempo... non è proprio il più classico degli inizi, ma le fiabe che racconta Marissa Meyer sono proprio così. Perché cosa accadrebbe se storie classicissime come Biancaneve fossero ambientate nel futuro? Se le cattive matrigne e i principi azzurri vivessero in un mondo di cyborg? Questo volume, arricchito da contenuti extra e preziose illustrazioni, comprende due romanzi della saga di Marissa Meyer (Winter e lo spin-off Fairest) e i racconti di Stars Above.

Diving into a revolutionary new video game, Marcus and his friends escape a stagnant society, entering into a world that defies their wildest imaginations. But from the moment that he logs in, Marcus finds himself separated from his friends and thrown into a remote village under attack by a horde of goblins. Forced into battle, Marcus rallies the beleaguered villagers and, with their help, manages to drive off the invading creatures. With the village in ruins and their supplies spoiled, the villagers turn to Marcus for help in rebuilding the village.

In High Earth, digital entertainment is everything. Shows. Virtual worlds. Simulations - there’s something for everybody in a city where working for a living has been rendered obsolete by technological advancements. Even a short walk outside to visit with others is no longer necessary. Just load into the network and you can be with anyone, anywhere. For Asher Reinhart, nothing compares to Ignis; a live reality show that pushes human beings to their very extremes.

The far future. Adam dreams of simpler times. Running with a crew of underground cyberpunks, the nineteen-year-old plays it fast and loose as he and his team plot to overthrow the megacorporation Cyber-Corp, who is dangling an escape from poverty—but at a terrible cost. But when the establishment’s assassin takes Adam’s side after noticing his strangely colored eyes, Adam finds himself entangled in a mysterious prophecy. One that could span the multiverse—where the seven colors of the rainbow represent each universe.

The game is over for Yoshio. His villagers are gone, all dead as far as he can tell. But just as he is overcome with despair, one final gift arrives from the Village of Fate--a package containing the NPC Carol, and she's clearly a real, live girl. With Carol in tow, Yoshio leaves the safety of his home to travel to Hokkaido, where the developers are located. He will uncover the truth of this mysterious game once and for all!

Hast du das schon einmal erlebt? Du hast alles versucht, hast alles geopfert, was dir wertvoll war, aber am Ende deiner Suche stellst du fest, dass deine Prinzessin in einem anderen Schloss war‘? Ein anderer Mensch hätte vielleicht aufgegeben, aber selbst der Tod konnte Clem Denisov nicht aufhalten. Er ist einer jener Männer, die keine Angst vor Entbehrungen haben, auch wenn ihn das ein wenig altmodisch macht. Der Tod eines Klienten ändert für ihn nichts - die Quest muss vollendet werden. Schließlich sterben immer noch Spieler in der realen Welt, wo sie nur ein einziges Leben haben.

Wieder führt Vargs Charakter ihn in knifflige, aber auch interessante Situationen. Seine Unfähigkeit, klein beizugeben und sich anderen zu unterwerfen, bleibt nicht ohne Folgen. Diesmal werden mächtige Wesenheiten auf ihn aufmerksam, denen er beim Erreichen ihrer Ziele im Weg ist. Wesen, die dem System zwar nicht das Wasser reichen können, einem Menschen aber sehr gefährlich werden können. Auch wenn ihnen selbst auf der Erde die Hände gebunden sind, haben sie hier starke Anhänger. In diesem Band erwarten unseren Helden heiße Inseln, Piraten, interessante neue Bekannte.

Bill and Sebastian don’t get along. Yes, they need to work together to solve the problems facing City of California… but Bill despises the Aussie in the top hat, and nothing will change his mind on that point. That wouldn’t be a problem if they just avoided each other. Unfortunately, Sebastian is Maria’s partner, and Maria is one of Bill’s best friends. Sebastian is also the greatest salesman the world has ever known, and he’s using that skill to build a sinister cult, completely obedient to his every whim.

Marcus is running out of money. His streaming career is going nowhere. The chance to win a million dollars by competing in a mysterious, online battle royale first-person shooter seems like the perfect lifeline. Besides, he’s got nothing to lose. Right? When players dying in the game begin to disappear in real life, Marcus realizes he’s caught in the most dangerous rabbit hole, conceived by the wickedest of minds. Stuck in this gruesome online deathmatch, Marcus must play at the top of his game, conquering virtual and real-life dangers, while unraveling the jaw-dropping truth behind it all.

Zwar hat Grey die Stadt von den angreifenden Horden befreit, doch es gibt noch immer sehr viel zu tun. Er muss den Bina Shea einen Besuch abstatten, den Kugelstern finden, mehr über das geheimnisvolle Projekt Aurora in Erfahrung bringen – und vor allem die einstige Pracht der Ersten Legion wiederherstellen. Das Wichtigste jedoch ist, den Daat zu eliminieren und somit das Abkommen zu beenden, das Prometheus vor vielen Jahrhunderten mit dem verräterischen Dämon geschlossen hat... Die Platte wurde von Magic Dome Books produziert. Gelesen von – Lukas Speitling. Toningenieur - Dmitrii Musinov.

In a not so far future, gangs of artists who create psychic holograms fight for their supremacy: Melancotechs, depressed guys dressed in black, and Moderntechs, worshippers of technology, hate each other's. Dez, an old Melancotech and a failed artist makes a living from psychic hologram clandestine fights at the Midnight Club. The rules of such fights? Creating holograms which can cause a panic attack to the opponent.

The Wish Curse Palace, the largest criminal organization in the multiverse, seeks its new successor. On Shane's eighteenth birthday, his dormant Wishmaster bloodline awakens, making him a potential heir to the organization's legacy. In Unity territory, power and public perception go hand-in-hand, empowering an elite class of superheroes and supervillains. Shane must progress through the ranks of heroes to harness his wish-granting abilities. With the help of newfound allies, Shane must showcase acts of heroism to climb the hierarchy, all while concealing the true source of his powers.

Hadrian Marlowe, privileged first son of a Duke, was destined for greatness, and he has become a legend. The Sun-Slayer. The Breaker of Sieges. The Crusher of Civilisations. His is a story which defined the course of worlds. This novel is not that story - not the only laid out in the history books, charting the 300 years of his life. Rather this is Hadrian's story, told in his own worlds.

It takes a brave soul to mess with Dockside. Roland Tankowicz has made a career out of teaching this lesson, and the galaxy is starting to notice. Yet despite filling entire graveyards with corporate raiders, pirates, criminal organizations, and the occasional marauding cybernetic psychopath, somebody out there still thinks the lucrative district is worth harassing.

Phoenix was grown and raised among other genetic experiments in New York's Tower 7. She is an "accelerated woman" - only two years old but with the body and mind of an adult, Phoenix's abilities far exceed those of a normal human. Still innocent and inexperienced in the ways of the world, she is content living in her room speed reading ebooks, running on her treadmill, and basking in the love of Saeed, another biologically altered human of Tower 7.

In only a few weeks, Luna's life has changed more than she ever imagined it could. But she's about to learn that the transition has only started to affect her life...and world.