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A New York Times Notable Book and New York Times bestseller, “DeLillo’s haunting new novel, Zero K—his most persuasive since his astonishing 1997 masterpiece, Underworld” (The New York Times), is a meditation on death and an embrace of life. Jeffrey Lockhart’s father, Ross, is a...

"Zero K" er Don DeLillos første roman i ti år og er en mesterlig skildring af livet og kampen mod døden. Jeffrey Lockharts far, Ross, er mangemilliardær og gift med den yngre kvinde, Artis, som er uhelbredeligt syg. Ross er hovedinvestor i et afsides liggende og hemmeligt kompleks, hvor alvorligt syge mennesker fryses ned i håbet om, at de kan vende tilbage til livet den dag, hvor medicinske fremskridt ville kunne kurere dem.

Meet Elsa Zero: Bad neighbour. Single mother. Ex-deep cover agent. And right now, the most dangerous person on Earth. When Elsa's dull but dedicated boyfriend proposes in a packed restaurant, she doesn't think her evening can get any worse. But as the clock strikes midnight, her world is turned upside down. Suddenly Elsa is running for her life, trying to keep her children safe, and desperate to discover what the hell is going on.

Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts and the game warden—especially one like Joe who won't take bribes or look the other way—is far from popular. When he finds a local hunting outfitter dead, splayed out on the woodpile behind his state-owned home, he takes it personally. There had to be a reason that the outfitter, with whom he's had run-ins before, chose his backyard, his woodpile to die in.

Jeffrey Lockhart's father, Ross, is a billionaire in his 60s, with a younger wife, Artis Martineau, whose health is failing. Ross is the primary investor in a remote and secret compound where death is exquisitely controlled and bodies are preserved until a future time when biomedical advances and new technologies can return them to a life of transcendent promise. Jeff joins Ross and Artis at the compound to say an uncertain farewell to her as she surrenders her body.

Zero is just one of 20,000 people aboard a spaceship bound for a new planet set to be colonized. The journey is over a century long but luckily, everyone is in stasis, so they’ll be safe and sound asleep during the trip. Everyone that is, except for Zero, whose pod has malfunctioned, waking him up a hundred years early. His initial excitement in roaming the ship alone quickly turns to a heart-stopping interstellar adventure when a family of space pirates show up, trying to hijack the ship and take the colonizers hostage.

Zero Knowledge is a podcast which goes deep into the tech that will power the emerging decentralised web and the community building this. Covering the latest in zero knowledge research and applications, the open web as well as future technologies and paradigms that promise to change the way we interact — and transact — with one another online. Zero Knowledge is hosted by Anna Rose Follow the show at @ZeroKnowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) or @AnnaRRose (https://twitter.com/AnnaRRose) If you like the Zero Knowledge Podcast: Join us on Telegram (https://t.me/joinchat/...

I hate hockey. I hate hockey players even more. That’s why my bestie signed me up to win a date with one. As a funny prank. But it stops being funny when I win. Now I have a date with Grayson Steele, the famed Steel Wall, captain of the San Antonio Surge. Don’t get excited. I just want to get this over with and move on with my life. He’s cocky, arrogant, and thinks I should be lucky to go out with him. But he’s also tall, broad-shouldered, and shredded with muscle. The more time we spend together, the less we hate each other. And soon our feelings ramp up to something a lot more intense.

Je déteste le hockey. Et je déteste encore plus les joueurs de hockey. Raison précise pour laquelle ma meilleure amie m’a inscrite à un concours à mon insu, un tirage au sort avec un rencard avec l’un d’entre eux en guise de récompense. C’était une farce, quoi. Une farce qui cesse très vite d’être drôle quand je remporte le concours. Maintenant je me retrouve avec un rencard avec Gray Steele, le « Mur d’Acier », capitaine des Surges de San Antonio… Il est arrogant, vantard, et selon lui, je devrais m’estimer heureuse. Le problème, c’est que c’est aussi un ...

A dead security guard and a missing client are just the beginning… Alexis Parker's temporary relocation to sunny California isn't something she ever saw coming, just like the homicide victims she stumbled upon while conducting a security check. Before she can even call for help, Alex realizes the shooters are still inside the building and she’s the only one around to stop them. But showing up to a gunfight without a gun is foolish, if not downright suicidal, and she made Martin a promise that she’d try to be more careful.

Combat veteran and U. S. Army investigator John Puller is on the hunt for justice with the help of a homicide detective--but as they face deceptions and dead ends, a powerful force threatens to stop them forever in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller. John Puller is a combat veteran and...

Et vous, jusqu'où irez-vous pour sauver une amie ? Maëlle, directrice financière d'une start-up en pleine expansion, vit le rythme effréné de ses journées ; sa vie se résume au travail, au luxe et à sa salle de sport. Ses rêves... quels rêves ? Cette vie bien rodée ne lui en laisse pas la place jusqu'au jour où sa meilleure amie, Romane, lui demande un immense service. Question de vie ou de mort. Maëlle, sceptique, accepte la mission malgré elle. Elle rejoint le Népal, où l'ascension des Annapurnas sera un véritable parcours initiatique.

Jeffrey Lockhart's father, Ross, is a billionaire in his sixties, with a younger wife, Artis Martineau, whose health is failing. Ross is the primary investor in a remote and secret compound where death is exquisitely controlled and bodies are preserved until a future time when biomedical...

200 years in the future, environmental catastrophe has befallen the Earth, leaving the skies and weather systems transformed into a nightmarish maelstrom of rainbow chemicals, and the city of London wiped off the map (opinion remains divided on whether or not this was the best outcome for the country).

When her first assignment goes south, will Agent Alexis Parker's training be enough to save her and her partner? Fresh out of Quantico, Alex has a lot to prove, especially since her rival, Michael Carver, is assigned to help on her first case. Weapons are being smuggled into the country, and it's up to Alex and Michael to determine the source before things reach an unsettling end.

Step into the visionary worlds that defined a genre. *Golden Age Science Fiction Short Stories Anthology* brings together unforgettable tales from Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, E. E. Smith, and Robert Sheckley—masters who shaped modern science fiction with bold ideas, cosmic adventure, and thought-provoking storytelling. From distant planets and advanced civilizations to sharp social commentary and mind-bending twists, this collection captures the imagination, innovation, and timeless wonder of classic sci-fi at its very best.

Make Money with Zero Investment is a practical, powerful, and inspiring guide for anyone who wants to start earning without capital. Whether you are a student, homemaker, retired individual, or professional looking for additional income, this book shows you how to turn your skills, knowledge, and creativity into real financial opportunities. Through 14 detailed chapters, M K Devidasan—Engineer, Wing Commander (Retd.), Educator, and Wellness & Fitness Promoter—explains how to earn through online tuition, freelancing, YouTube, content creation, affiliate marketing, virtual assistance, ...

For war hero Caitlin Taggart, mining work on the Moon is dirty, low pay, and high risk. But no risk seems too extreme if it helps her return to Earth and the daughter she loves more than life itself. Offered a dangerous, long-shot chance to realize that dream, Caitlin will gamble with more than just her life. By leading a ragtag crew of miners on a perilous assignment to harvest an asteroid, Caitlin could earn a small fortune. More importantly, it would give her clearance to return to Earth.

When customer complaints on Christmas Eve about tenfold inflated bank balances herald not early gifts, nor a botched system upgrade, but the most sophisticated cyber attack in history, National Bank Chief Operating Officer Rob Tanner finds himself in the eye of a ‘Black Swan’ storm no one predicted, but anyone could have anticipated. Tanner enlists the help of brilliant American cyber security expert Ashley Markham, but the attacks only worsen.

This could be the most important mission of Nameless’s life. Because it’s putting him on a collision course with his own past and the nation’s future. The target: a fortified redoubt in the golden hills of California, the hub of a new world order that’s unthinkably close at hand. The time has come for Nameless to face its designer: the nihilist mastermind behind the One Solution. It’s also time for Nameless to discover who he is and was, and what brought him to this fateful endgame. But will the truth be a breaking point? Or a turning point?