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The real monsters are men. London 1888, and Jack the Ripper is terrorizing the people of the city. Evelyn, a young woman disfigured by her dangerous work in a matchstick factory, with nowhere to go, does not know what to make of her new position as a maid to the Elephant Man in London Hospital. Evelyn wanted to be locked away from the world like he is, shut away from the filth and dangers of the streets. But in Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, she finds a gentle kindred who does not recoil from her and who understands her pain.

Alt er gået den forkerte vej for Owen, siden hans far blev uskyldigt dømt for en forbrydelse og derefter døde i fængslet. Monroe - skolens IT-ansvarlige - kan måske hjælpe Owen med at få renset hans fars navn og få opklaret, hvad der egentlig skete. Monroe har nemlig fået fingre i en maskine, som gør det muligt at udforske folks genetiske minder. Ved hjælp af maskinen bliver Owen ført tilbage til et minde, som ligger i hans DNA: optøjerne i New York City i 1863 under den amerikanske borgerkrig.

Din fremtid ligger i fortiden. Isaiah har fundet to ud af de tre relikvier. Finder han det sidste - bliver han umulig at stoppe. Owen og de øvrige bliver trods uenigheder nødt til at alliere sig på tværs af Assassiner og Tempelriddere - Det er den eneste mulighed for at stoppe ham, mens der stadig er tid. Mere end tusind år tidligere leder Styrbjørn den Stærke Jomsvikingerne i et skæbnesvangert slag mod Harald Blåtand. Det er på denne kampplads, at det sidste relikvie skal findes. Det er her verdens skæbne og sandheden findes. Historien er skrevet - Nu er resten op til Owen og den umage alliance. Deres valg kan ændre verden for evigt.

Din fremtid ligger i fortiden. Det lykkedes Owen og hans venner at finde paradissplinten, som både Assassinernes Broderskab og Tempelriddernes Orden var på jagt efter, men i sidste øjeblik blev det stjålet af en ukendt tredjepart. Gruppen splittede op - nogle gik med Assassinerne, mens andre valgte Tempelridderne.

In this extraordinary adventure story, Billy Bartram, his father, and a secret society of philosophers and scientists venture into the American wilderness in search of the lost people of the Welsh prince Madoc. Traveling in a flying airship, the members of the expedition and Billy face hazards greater than he can ever imagine as, together with his father, he gets caught up in the fight for the biggest prize of all: America.

Solveig, a princess, is trapped in a hidden fortress with her siblings. As they wait for the winter and the unending ice to break, acts of treachery soon make it clear that a traitor lurks in their midst. Can Solveig, her siblings, and her best friend Mark survive the long winter months and expose the traitor before he (or she) succeeds in destroying the king, his empire, and his children?

2199. Deep-space exploration is a reality and teleportation is routine. But this time something has gone very, very wrong. Seventeen-year-old Jessica Mathers wakes up in a lander that’s crashed onto the surface of Carver 1061c, a desolate, post-extinction planet fourteen light-years from Earth. The planet she was supposed to be viewing from a ship orbiting far above. The corridors of the empty lander are covered in bloody hand prints; the machines are silent and dark. And outside, in the alien dirt, there are fresh graves carefully marked with names she doesn’t recognize.

Amid the restless evil of Sanctuary, only the Horadrim, an ancient order of heroes and scholars, wield the knowledge needed to light the way for humanity. In the Book of Lorath, join Lorath Nahr, one of the last of the dwindling Horadrim, on a journey through Sanctuary's most powerful relics and the stories behind them. It is Lorath's hope that this volume will preserve his knowledge for all time . . . and pass it down to those who will inherit the fight against the Prime Evils.