Magic Opera

The jig is up. The news is out. They finally found her. As Esper has tried to save the galaxy’s wayward children, she’s done it with the looming threat of the Convocation dogging her steps. She knows why they’re after her, even if she can’t remember the events. She’s shaken them across a dozen star systems. She’s bested their hunters the few times they’ve caught up. Now, Esper is about to face her greatest fear: the truth about what she’s done.

Tiffany knows what happened. Esper has fallen to the darkness within her. Rather than fleeing to safety, she escapes the presence of Dark Esper to find a way to bring back the woman she thinks of as a mother. But before she can drag Esper down the road to redemption, she'll first have to wade into hell to find her. Meanwhile, Esper is being hunted by the latest in a long string of bounty hunters and assassins looking to collect the astronomical price on her head. What makes this one think she's got any better chance than all the rest that have tried and failed?

Esper has a rendezvous with a mysterious contact aboard an undersea luxury cruise ship, an exclusive submarine hotel for a cozy five-day getaway. She's going to get all the intel she needs to cut off the head of the Cult of Ra - at least that's the plan. When she first meets her contact, it's at the scene of his murder. Then someone sinks the cruise ship, trapping Esper and the other passengers with the killer. Now, Esper has to discover the killer's identity, recover any stolen intel the victim might have had on him, and keep the other passengers alive.

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Home is where the bark is. Fleeing from an unwinnable battle, Tanny is forced to find a planet where she can take refuge from a syndicate with galaxy-spanning reach. The first planet that meets the bill is a wild, forbidden world, home to all manner of monsters. But she has an ace up her sleeve; one of her closest allies was born there. But even with the help of a local, can Tanny and her crew survive long enough to contact help?

After three people disappear into the mysterious portals that hold the empire together, Culann Penrose is called in to investigate. After he discovers that the ancient system binding the gates is crumbling, he orders them to be shut down. Meanwhile the Druids, still seething at his denunciation of magic 20 years ago, oppose Penrose’s plans.

Niemand hat sie je ernst genommen. Sie waren die Aufgetauten. Entbehrlich, Wegwerfware. Doch wie das Schicksal so spielte, hatten sie ihre ‚Eigentümer‘ überlebt. Einige machten sich auf, um die unwirtliche Zukunft zu meistern, in der sie sich befanden. Einer nach dem anderen wagte sich hinaus und verschwand. Andere versteckten sich, um nicht gefasst zu werden, was das Unvermeidliche nur hinauszögerte.

With the capture of the Eye of Ra, Esper and her friends discover that small problems have started looking too small. When a plague breaks out on the occupied planet of Meyang, she decides it's time to see what her new ship and crew are capable of. However, the situation is more complicated than they counted on. Not only does the occupying force not want them there, the azrin living on Meyang are none too keen on interference from outsiders. But never let it be said that Esper wasn't willing to help those who refused to be helped.

Nia Courant is an interstellar lawyer with a shadowed past. Gyle Martan is an academic official who is not at all what he seems. Both are outsiders in the space-station city called Wendis. When an outing in the famous Zoned Park of Wendis turns into a dangerous game designed by unknown enemies, Nia and Martan become allies in danger and adversaries in love.

When a survey team unearths buildings on prospective mining planet, at first, it’s hailed as an archeological jackpot. But the ancient structures are more advanced than anyone’s seen. And the hedge against technology is a wizard. Cedric and Hiroko lead a team to study the mysterious underground facility from a lost age. And when they discover the alien caretaker, he’s none too happy that primitives have infested his home.

When a strange, blue-haired man from a neighboring planet kidnaps his sister, Typhon is partially to blame. Now, he has nowhere to turn. Will his team of mercenaries be enough? Or, will Typhon have to use his forbidden magic to rescue the princess? Typhon is powerful. More powerful than he knows. Magic is outlawed on his planet, so Typhon must keep his gift a secret from his father, the king. Some secrets aren't meant to be kept.

Brad scams his own father and gets to go summer camp for starship racing. It starts out as a delightful getaway filled with competition and catching up with an old friend. Along the way, things go haywire. Several of the racers get kidnapped. Brad and his friend have to consider a new career in order to survive.

Роман Через смерть - второй в тетралогии Защита периметра. Главный герой - отличный тактик в играх, посвящённых космическим сражениям. Его нанимают как флотоводца для ведения наиболее крупных баталий в игровых мирах. Но однажды герой получает необычное предложениe.

Романом Восьмой сектор открывается тетралогия Защита периметра. Главный герой - отличный тактик в играх, посвящённых космическим сражениям. Его нанимают как флотоводца для ведения наиболее крупных баталий в игровых мирах. Но однажды герой получает необычное предложение.

Михаил Атаманов - популярный российский писатель-фантаст, работающий в разных жанрах. Наибольшую известность получили его книги в жанре ЛитРПГ. Предлагаем послушать вторую книгу цикла Искажающие реальность. Человечество вступило в онлайн-игру, которая искажает реальность.

Михаил Атаманов - популярный российский писатель-фантаст, работающий в разных жанрах. Наибольшую известность получили его книги в жанре ЛитРПГ. Предлагаем послушать третью книгу цикла Искажающие реальность. Человечество вступило в онлайн-игру, которая искажает реальность.

Meet the new boss, daughter of the old boss. Tanny and Esper are done with games and tricks. This war is costing both sides too much. The peaceful transition of power Tanny had dreamed of now seems impossible. It’s time to do what they should have done long ago: Take the fight to the Rucker Syndicate and worry about the fallout afterward. What sacrifices are Esper and Tanny willing to make to reshape the galaxy into a better place, and who will be asked to pay the price?

Esper made that promise. Now it's time to make good. The Cult of Ra has a flagship, and thanks to a turncoat in their ranks, Esper and her friends know where it's going to be. Better yet, they know that Pharaoh Ramesses XIII will be aboard. It's time to cut the head off the cult.

Wenn man seine Nase in einen fremden Kühlschrank steckt, muss man auch mit den Konsequenzen leben. Besonders, wenn die fragliche Kühlbox keine verderblichen Lebensmittel enthält, sondern Menschen, die „vorläufig“ am Leben sind. Noch sind sie nicht gestorben, denn der Tod hat noch nicht entschieden, was er mit ihnen anfangen will. Auch wenn die meisten von ihnen nie wieder die Augen öffnen werden, haben ein paar wenige Glückliche den Hauch einer Chance, in diese Welt zurückzukehren.

With Astral Prime in chaos, Kendra hatches a desperate attempt to use forbidden alien technology to bring her lover back from the dead. As the struggle for control of the station unfolds, her efforts go horribly awry and plunge everyone into a strange and unfamiliar universe. Stranded in a desolate sector of an unknown universe, the citizens of the station cling to hope and ration their supplies of food, water, and medical essentials. But what hope can there be for rescue when even they don't know where they are?