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In a world where advanced DNA manipulation has created miniature special operational beings, Max and his peers are the elite force trained to combat international terrorism and infiltrate enemy cells. But as they approach maturity and active service at age 18, they realize their true purpose: to be disposable assets for the top-secret Project OV organization. With the help of his friend Flea, a tough and determined character, Max leads a daring escape for his group and sets off on a dangerous journey, evading capture and searching for a hidden community where they can live in freedom.

En 2105, deux classes sociales existent : les privilégiés - qui à l'adolescence reçoivent un sérum leur permettant de vivre 400 ans - et les ordinaires. Une fois par an, un grand concours est organisé pour permettre à des ados ordinaires de recevoir le précieux sérum. Les épreuves portent sur leurs capacités cérébrales. La jeune So décide de participer, mais des événements incroyables vont lui faire comprendre qu'une bactérie révélatrice de souvenirs de 2015 est nichée dans son cerveau. Et certains sont prêts à tout pour connaître ses souvenirs.

Jäger und Gejagte im Cyberspace der Zukunft! Es ist das Jahr 2089: Von Neugier und Unternehmungslust getrieben, dringen Jana, Alexander und Mark in den Sicherheitsbereich eines stillgelegten Militärgeländes ein. Dort entdecken sie einen gigantischen Hochleistungsrechner. Kurzerhand loggt sich Mark in Cybernet City, eine faszinierende virtuelle Welt, ein. Eine dramatische Hetzjagd beginnt, als das alarmierte Betreiberunternehmen einen Killer ins Netz schickt, um sein lang gehütetes Geheimnis zu schützen.

Londres, año 2015. Hiro Nagako, un joven japonés de 17 años, es un chico sano, quinto Dan en aikido, de mente equilibrada, que tiene unos padres amorosos, un amigo del alma y el amor correspondido de una chica fantástica. Sin embargo, noche tras noche sufre unas horribles y repetitivas pesadillas. En estos insólitos sueños el maestro de ceremonias es el Hombre Sin Rostro, un ser terrorífico que lo tortura con espantosas pruebas. Hiro hará lo posible para descubrir la verdad tras sus pesadillas y las pistas lo llevarán de Londres a la Barcelona de Gaudí y, finalmente, a Tokio.

Award-winning author Brian McCullough does it again! On the Edge of Now, Book VI: Enlightenment brings the Travelers to their most critical and dangerous challenge—one which places everything on the line. Transported to a world whose society fractures itself by distinguishing population classes, Tag, Rose, Claire, and Devin strive to help underground residents establish their independence, knowing they will instigate a civil war. The downtrodden fight for freedom, and the Elites strive to suppress their efforts. Who will succeed?

Esta deliciosa novela que llegó a ser finalista del Premio Hache de Literatura Juvenil en 2011 rinde tributo a las mejores sagas de ciencia ficción para lectores jóvenes. Nos presenta una sociedad cerrada aunque utópica en la que adolescentes sin posibilidad de crecer viven en armonía bajo la tutela de la Gran Mente, un superordenador que cuida de ellos... hasta que de pronto empieza a enviar desconcertantes señales que solo un joven intrépido podrá descifrar. ¿Qué secreto esconde el mensaje de la Gran Mente? ¿Hasta qué punto peligra toda su civilización?

Welcome to the Arcadia. Once a luxurious cruise ship, it became a refugee camp after being driven from Europe by an apocalyptic war. Now it floats near the coastline of the Federated States—a leftover piece of a fractured USA. For 40 years, residents of the Arcadia have been prohibited from making landfall. It is a world of extreme haves and have-nots, gangs and make-shift shelters.

A man involved in a secret organization, plotting against the world’s ideas of religion and God, William Linberg created a formula mixed with a few people's blood to source the infusion to give humans abilities so they can look to the world as if they were gods themselves. He did this only so he could destroy those who he gave abilities to, just to be looked at as superior to anything that the world can imagine. He experimented on his own daughter as well. She gained a special ability that only a few know about. But his daughter ran away, escaping from her father’s treatment.

Actionfyldt og medrivende blanding af sci-fi og fantasy. Bogen byder på masser af eventyr, store følelser og svære valg. For unge læsere, som enten har læst første bog, eller har været glade for at læse bl.a. "Hunger Games" og "Maze Runner". "Stjernernes Øje" er andet bind i "Øglejægerne": en intens trilogi om identitet og ansvar, magt og forræderi. Bog 1 fik en overvældende flot modtagelse.

After the tragic death of his father, Ben Carrington’s mother teams up with a wealthy entrepreneur to form an elite, top-secret rescue organisation: Gemini Force. Ben is determined to become part of the team, but first he must prove he has what it takes to face dangerous situations and save lives. In Ghost Mine, news reaches Gemini Force of a gang of illegal ‘ghost’ miners trapped after a South African mining disaster. Ben is glad to spring into action with the team. But it soon emerges that the company, Auron, doesn’t want its miners found.

Nach dem verheerenden Kampf um Babel wurde Lemon Fresh von ihren Gefährten getrennt und schlägt sich nun alleine durch die Einöde der Glaswüste. Doch mörderische Verfolger wollen sie wegen ihrer unterdrückten Fähigkeiten einfangen und für ihre Zwecke missbrauchen. Schutz findet Lemon bei einer Gruppe Außenseiter mit ebenso ungewöhnlichen Begabungen wie den ihren – und einem Anführer, der nicht nur die Geheimnisse von Lemons Vergangenheit aufdecken könnte.

After the tragic death of his father, Ben Carrington’s mother teams up with a wealthy entrepreneur to form an elite, top-secret rescue organisation: Gemini Force. Ben is determined to become part of the team, but first he must prove he has what it takes to face dangerous situations and save lives. In Black Horizon, after a promising early start to his career as a rescuer, Ben can’t resist stowing away so that he can take part in a rescue of oil platform workers trapped on a capsized, burning oil platform.