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An all-new novel based upon the explosive Star Trek TV series! Lieutenant Saru is a Kelpien, a member of a prey species born on a world overrun by monstrous predators…and a being who very intimately understands the nature of fear. Challenged on all sides, he is determined to surpass his...

Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters is a collection of 23 stories focused around the theme of strange creatures in the vein of Pacific Rim, Godzilla, Cloverfield, and more. The anthology opens with a foreword by Jeremy Robinson, author of Project Nemesis, the highest selling Kaiju novel in the United States since the old Godzilla books - and perhaps even more than those. Then, from New York Times best sellers to indie darlings Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters features authors that are perfectly suited for writing larger-than-life stories.

Plying the stars and forgotten backwaters of the Imperium, Rogue Trader Captain Athene Santiago and her eclectic crew are chasing pirates when their quarry inexplicably vanishes, only to return a moment later. Unwilling to let her bounty go unclaimed, Santiago ventures aboard the now stricken vessel, but what she finds defies reason and leads to a discovery of something ancient and terrifying that could threaten not only her crew and her ship but the entire sector.

Brothers Nord and Kale of the Blood Angels enter the heart of a dead tyranid hive ship on a mission for the Adeptus Mechanicus - what horrors await them in the darkness?

In surviving the horrors onboard the Eisenstein, Nathaniel Garro proved his courage and absolute loyalty to the Emperor. On his return to Terra, Garro is despatched on a mission of even greater importance - a mission given to him by Malcador the Sigillite himself. He soon finds himself back amongst the stars and on the fields of battle, thrust into a warzone where the Ultramarines are purported to be battling a greenskin invasion. Once again Garro must fight for survival, but now he also fights to achieve a higher purpose....

When a mysterious messenger contacts the Adepta Sororitas, Celestian Miriya must travel to Hollos and pass judgment on the world. Will she find a world embracing the Emperor's truth or one in need of cleansing? Her decision will liberate or condemn an entire planet.

Bike messenger and wannabe troublemaker Olly Soames is the newest recruit to DedSec's Resistance movement, but when a stranger is shot dead in front of him, he realizes that danger is closer than he thinks....

After bringing warning of Horus' treachery to Terra, Nathaniel Garro bade a solemn farewell to his Death Guard brethren and was set upon a more noble path than he ever could have imagined for himself. Now, an old comrade returns - Meric Voyen, once an Apothecary of the XIVth Legion, carrying a deadly cargo within the boundaries of the Solar System.

The Black Ships are a mysterious and fearful sight - unmarked vessels that scour the distant reaches of the galaxy, ever watchful for latent psykers and witchbreeds for the monolithic Astra Telepathica. When one such ship, the Validus, is found drifting unpowered in the nightmare realm of the warp, it falls to the Sisters of Silence to uncover the reason behind it. As pariahs capable of blocking even the most potent psychic energy, Amendera Kendel and young Leilani Mollitas ready themselves for the worst....

Nach den Verwüstungen von Isstvan kniet ein Krieger der Legiones Astartes in grauer Rüstung vor dem Regenten von Terra und akzeptiert feierlich seine neue Pflicht – Captain Nathaniel Garro, einst Kommandant der Eisenstein, jetzt der Agentia Primus von Malcador dem Sigiliten. Als Inbegriff der Treue und Beschützer der Unschuldigen steht er bereit, gegen die verräterischen Verbündeten des Kriegsherrn zurückzuschlagen. Aber Garro beschreitet dunkle Pfade, die ihn an seinem Platz im Imperium zweifeln lassen.

As the renegade forces of the Warmaster storm across the galaxy, a very different kind of war rages in the shadows of the Imperium - the Knights Errant, chosen of Malcador himself, move quietly in the dark places where others cannot. Battle-captain Nathaniel Garro makes his way to the Imperial Fists' mighty starfort Phalanx, seeking out another kindred soul for his elite band of warriors.

Nathaniel Garro, knight errant and agent of the Sigillite, returns from the battlefields of Calth to find a new mission already waiting for him - a ragged fleet of Space Marines from several Legions lingers at the edge of the Terran system. With the presence of World Eaters and Emperor's Children causing concern among the loyalist defenders and drawing a grim parallel with his own frantic flight, Garro must look beneath the obvious if he is to determine friend from foe....

New Vegas, 23rd Century - a sprawling city huddling beneath an artificial atmospheric bubble on a distant moon. Pleasure seekers flock there from every corner of the galaxy to take in the shows and play the tables in the huge casinos. But beneath the glitz and the glitter, organised crime rules the streets. Whilst Rose Tyler works as a waitress in the Full Moon nightclub, Jack Harkness poses as a reporter for the Daily Galaxy.

Brilliant test pilot Dan Dare is chosen to fly the Anastasia - a new experimental spacecraft - on its maiden voyage to Venus. This isn't exploration - it is to make first contact with a mysterious civilisation that has sent technological secrets as a goodwill gesture. However, what Dan, Digby and Professor Peabody find on Venus isn't goodwill but a terrifyingly intelligent, coldhearted ruler, the Mekon. A creature destined to become Dan Dare's nemesis - and Earth's greatest threat.

The peace and quiet of a remote homestead in the 1880s American West is shattered by the arrival of two shadowy outriders searching for ‘the healer’. When the farmer refuses to help them, they raze the house to the ground using guns that shoot bolts of energy instead of bullets... In the...

Die Flammen des Krieges lodern immer heller, während das Imperium sich spaltet. In der ganzen Galaxis wählen Krieger ihre Seite und kämpft Bruder gegen Bruder. Von den funkelnden Türmen Prosperos bis zu den verdorbenen Wäldern Calibans, wütet der Konflikt durch das Imperium. Dieses Hörbuch-Bundle enthält Band 10-12 der "Horus Heresy"-Reihe, alle gelesen von Tom Jacobs: Band 10: "Erzählungen des Verrats", Band 11: "Gefallene Engel" von Mike Lee, Band 12: "Thousand Sons" von Graham McNeill.

In the far future, the inhabitants of Tarsus Six face a desperate struggle to evacuate their world before their sun, Tarsus Ultra, collapses into a cataclysmic spatial anomaly. When the Doctor navigates the Tardis to a space station orbiting Tarsus Six, Ace assumes that he intends offer their assistance. But it soon becomes clear that the Doctor has an agenda of his own. With the Tardis immobilised, Ace realises that their own lives are as much in danger as those of the fleeing inhabitants.

An all-new novel based upon the explosive Star Trek TV series! Lieutenant Saru is a Kelpien, a member of a prey species born on a world overrun by monstrous predators…and a being who very intimately understands the nature of fear. Challenged on all sides, he is determined to surpass his...

Old soldiers, comrades in arms - the Brigadier saw many fall during his years with UNIT, but perhaps none more tragically than those at Kreigskind. Called to help when a friend falls ill, how can Lethbridge-Stewart fight an enemy that can breach every defence? Written by: James Swallow. Directed by: Nigel Fairs.

Die Horus-Häresie hat begonnen und die Galaxis befindet sich im Krieg. Nach den Auseinandersetzungen auf Isstvan IIII flieht ein einzelnes Schiff nach Terra, um die Kunde des Verrats zum Imperator zu bringen – wenn es die Reise überlebt. Während Horus seine Verbündeten um sich schart, fällt die edle Legion der Emperor's Children an das Chaos, als ihr Primarch, Fulgrim, dazu verführt wird, eine Tat zu vollbringen, die so abstoßend ist, dass sie seine Seele für immer beflecken wird.