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Ein Auftragnehmer, der außerirdisches Bergungsgut im Tausch gegen Kredite finden soll. Für einen Ex-Schmuggler wie Cole gibt es einen Haken: Er darf nicht gegen die Bewährungsauflagen verstoßen. Das bedeutet, sich an die Vorschriften zu halten. Bergungsgut finden, abliefern, bezahlt werden. Doch alles ändert sich, als er bei einem Bergungseinsatz in einem bisher unbekannten Sektor landet. Dort findet er das Material, das er bergen soll, und noch etwas anderes...

Die Inhalte dieser Hörspiele stammen aus der Zeit der Kämpfe zwischen den Franzosen und den Engländern um 1750-1760. James Fenimore Cooper hat in seinen Lederstrumpf-Romanen die Rolle der beiden Kolonialmächte ebenso genau geschildert wie die Bräuche und Eigenarten der verschiedenen Indianerstämme. Die Mohikaner, Delawaren und Tuscaroras sind exakt beschrieben und werden in diesen Hörspielen lebendig dargestellt.

'Nowt so queer as folk' is a Northern English phrase suggesting that some people can behave strangely at times...All of these short stories reflect that truism in different and often amusing ways. These stories have a bit of fun with our eccentricities and foibles...Are you in this book somewhere? Have fun finding out!

Humorous Tales with delightful twists!

This historical fiction follows Ayana Kenes, a peasant girl from Kazakhstan in the Soviet Union, who has unexpectedly risen to the top of the Soviet Space program. It is the dawn of the Space Race in 1957 and the Russians are in a race with the Americans. Ayana is tasked with helping to rush Laika, to become the first dog to orbit the Earth. But Ayana is distracted by a quirky, artistic lab technician, Nikolai Yinski, and his affection for Laika and the other dogs in the program.

A mysterious journey through time takes Frode into an unseen world of elves and what he sees astounds him. A Viking cat saga filled with strange but believable characters from the 10th to the 14th Century.

It is 1845, and in a Westmoreland village, trouble brews when a local entrepreneur wants to extend the railway through farmland. A tale of love and conflict.

How far would you go for love? Would you kill your own father for them? Would you sacrifice yourself to save them? Ashton Malick and Casey Anderson return for the final instalment of the Wickedly Yours series.

Does what she hides make her innocent? What she reveals makes her guilty? When the truth lies somewhere in between, it can get us both killed. As a Texas ranger, it is my obligation to uphold the law, but the day I laid eyes on her, I knew that she’d be trouble. Savin’ her awakened somethin’ inside that I haven’t felt since the day my wife died. I want to love again, but this frustrating, gorgeous woman is hidin’ something. *This novel contains situations that some readers may find objectionable. Not intended for those under the age of 18.

Funny how things had worked out, she went from hunting him down for killing her brother to him sitting beside her as the new recruit in the Bureau. Most would say it is their worst nightmare, but even a nightmare could not prepare them for this. A normal married couple, living a normal life in a normal suburb, working normal jobs...well, if you can call two undercover agents trying to bring down one of the world’s largest human trafficking rings “normal.” Pose as a married couple, easy. Keeping things professional now that might be hard.

Love, fear, and impossible choices have her charging to his rescue, but will it be in time… As a Federal agent assigned to the Special Crimes Unit, Casey Anderson is a chameleon, who could blend in with her surroundings, be anyone or anything she chose to be. As a Federal agent, she’s taken an oath to protect and serve her country. Even if it means seducing the enemy. She’s not going to let anyone down. Failure isn’t an option. It’s up to her to bring down the man who killed her brother. Sentenced to death for crimes he didn’t commit, former undercover police officer Ashton ...

The year is 1332 and the place Iceland. The cat Frode and his companion a Viking descendant begin an epic journey across perilous seas and land to find the manuscipt Landnámabók, the book of settlements and seek their history.

Three heirs of a blood as dark as it is cursed struggle to survive their fateful destiny. Power, peace, and glory are all that each one desires in their heart. Three ideals for which they are willing to risk their own lives. Even from cold embers, the flame can be reborn The fires of war still burn in the reconquered plaza of Aeral. There are no bodies to bury. The resurgence of magic has made the corpses of both armies disappear. The enemy, demonic forces that once took possession of the citadel, has fallen. However, political rivalries have erupted within the different factions of the ...

You can run. But you won't escape from what you are. "No more," the young mage surrenders, exhausted. She closes the worn tome and rubs her eyes. The absolute dedication to the study of the arcane takes its toll. And she, as stubborn as the tone of her skin is dark, knows no breaks. The path of an Art weaver is arduous; even more so for a half-blood of dark lineage. Despite the care with which she immerses herself in the ethereal currents that give life to magic, she soon realizes that something is amiss. Strange strands of energy bypass her defensive spells and threaten to reach her. ...

Seeking redemption? Confront the darkness that pulses in your chest. Dyreah feels the temptation to look back, to glance over her shoulder. In the end, she resists and refrains from doing so. She knows that from that cave, from that tomb carved into the rock, no one has escaped. No one but her. No one else alive. Suddenly deprived of company, Dyreah embarks on a solitary journey, without fear gripping her chest, nor courage infusing strength into her being. The Orb of Eternal Light, a key piece in her quest for absolution, weighs like a cold slab in her lap. Now that she has recovered it, ...

Some funny; some strange but all with larger than life characters. Immerse yourself in the fantastic!

Four fascinating tales!

Alex Peterson, aka Scar, doesn’t know many details about his past. He doesn’t know why two aliens took his mother away, he doesn’t know why two other aliens killed his father, and he doesn’t know how he got the scar on his face—the one that occasionally turns him into a murderous monster. He lives on the streets of Neetro City with his partner Christine Summers, and together, they steal the things they need to survive. But life as usual is disrupted when Alex is taken by a man in a suit and brought to the Assassination Police Department, who gives him an ultimatum.

A Play written for radio. Running time for radio about 45 minutes. A mother and daughter make a railway journey to visit The Great Exhibition of London in 1851. A fictional play with narrative from the original diary of Elizabeth Briggs and her mother Christina who made the 12 hour journey by train from Burton-in-Kendal to London in 1851 to visit The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations. The Social History of early Victorian Britain related through imagined conversations and the actual written words of the diary.

Sarah Pickaro is a blind, fourteen-year-old girl who lives in a small village with her dad, and all she wants is to be able to tell the boy she fancies how she feels about him. But when her village is suddenly attacked by murderous creatures from another world, and Sarah discovers that time has passed, her village is destroyed and deserted, and she herself is not entirely human anymore, will she ever be able to have a normal life again?