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When out-of-shape IT technician Roen wakes up and starts hearing voices in his head, he naturally assumes he’s losing it. He isn’t. As of last night, he has a passenger in his brain - an ancient alien life-form called Tao, whose race crash-landed on Earth before the first fish crawled out of the oceans. Over the millennia his people have trained human heroes to be great leaders, to advance our species at a rate far beyond what it would have achieved on its own. Split into two opposing factions - the peace-loving, but under-represented Prophus, and the savage, powerful Genjix - the aliens have been in a state of civil war for centuries.

Once there was a prophecy that a chosen one would rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, an immortal god-king. But the prophecy was wrong. Now Jian, the former chosen hero, is just an ordinary young man trying to find his own way. But he may yet have an extraordinary destiny, because he joins forces with Taishi, his grumpy grandmaster, who instructs him in the ways of her family’s powerful war art. Jian still has a long way to go before he can become her heir, so she recruits a band of elderly grandmasters out of retirement to whip him into shape and help with this one last job.

So many stories begin the same way: With a prophecy. A chosen one. And the inevitable quest to slay a villain, save the kingdom, and fulfill a grand destiny. But this is not that kind of story. It does begin with a prophecy: A child will rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, a cruel immortal god-king, and save the kingdom. And that prophecy did anoint a hero, Jian, raised since birth in luxury and splendor, and celebrated before he has won a single battle.

In the aftermath of a horrifying virus outbreak, what remains of the Chinese government has estimated that one billion walkers (called jiangshi) are currently roaming the country. Across this desolate landscape, large groups of survivors have clustered together for safety in settlements that have been built vertically as a means of protection against the unceasing wave of jiangshi. In one of these settlements, scavengers of vastly different backgrounds struggle to provide supplies for the survival of thousands.

Ella Patel, thief, con-artist and smuggler, is in the wrong place at the wrong time. One night, she happens upon a man and woman being attacked. The man freezes, leaving the woman to fight off five attackers at once, before succumbing. As she dies, to both Ella and the man's surprise, the sparkling light that rises from the woman enters Ella, instead of the man. She soon realizes she's been inhabited by Io, a low-ranking Quasing. Now Ella must help the alien presence to complete her mission.

Convicted criminal James Griffin-Mars is no one's hero. In his time, Earth is a toxic, abandoned world, and humans have fled into the outer solar system to survive, eking out a fragile, doomed existence among the other planets and their moons. Those responsible for delaying humanity's demise believe time travel holds the key, and they have identified James, troubled though he is, as one of a select and expendable few ideally suited for the most dangerous job in history.

Once in a faraway kingdom there was a prince prophesied to be the Chosen One, who would defeat a great villain, the Eternal Khan, and save the kingdom. But then the Eternal Khan died . . . and the prophecy was broken. For Jian, the fated prince, this could have been a moment to succumb to despair. But instead, he chose to create his own destiny.

Alien spies, bloody politics, and apocalyptic world war action in this stunning conclusion to the Lives of Tao trilogy. Five years have passed since the events in The Deaths of Tao. The world is split into pro-Prophus and pro-Genjix factions and is poised on the edge of a devastating new world war. A Genjix scientist who defects to the other side holds the key to preventing bloodshed on an almost unimaginable scale.

The sequel to The Lives of Tao. The Prophus and the Gengix are at war. For centuries they have sought a way off-planet, guiding humanity's social and technological development to the stage where space travel is possible. The end is now in sight, and both factions have plans to leave the Earth, but the Gengix method will mean the destruction of the human race. That's a price they're willing to pay. It's up to Roen and Tao to save the world. Oh, dear...

Having been haunted by the past and enslaved by the present, James Griffin-Mars is taking control of the future. Earth is a toxic, sparsely inhabited wasteland - the perfect hiding place for a fugitive ex-chronman to hide from the authorities. James has allies, scientists he rescued from previous centuries. James also has enemies. They include the full military might of benighted solar system ruled by corporate greed and a desperate fear of what James will do next.

When Ella Patel's mind was invaded by the Quasing alien Io, she was dragged into the raging Prophus versus Genjix war. Despite her reservations and Io's incompetence, the Prophus were determined to train her as an agent. It didn't go well. Expelled after just two years, Ella happily returned to con artistry and bank robberies. But the Quasing war isn't done with them yet.

Cameron Tan wouldn't have even been in Greece if he hadn't gotten a 'D' in Art History. Instead of spending the summer after college completing his training as a Prophus operative, he's doing a study abroad program in Greece, enjoying a normal life - spending time with friends and getting teased about his crush on a classmate. Then the emergency notification comes in: a Prophus agent with vital information needs immediate extraction, and Cameron is the only agent on the ground, responsible for getting the other agent and data out of the country.

Band 2 der Bestseller-Reihe von Cassandra Clare um Hexenmeister Magnus Bane. Seit der Adoption des kleinen Max genießen Magnus Bane und Alec ein nahezu idyllisches Leben - so idyllisch, wie es für einen Hexenmeister und einen Schattenjäger mitten in New York eben möglich ist. Bis eines Nachts zwei alte Bekannte in ihr Apartment einbrechen und das mächtige "Weiße Buch" stehlen. Mit dessen Hilfe könnten sie unheilbringende Kräfte entfesseln! Alec und Magnus nehmen die Verfolgung der Diebe auf.

Die neue Reihe von Cassandra Clare rund um Hexenmeister Magnus Bane. Es sollte ein romantischer Urlaub zu zweit werden: Endlich wollte Magnus Bane, der charismatische Hexenmeister von Brooklyn, etwas traute Zweisamkeit mit seiner großen Liebe, dem Schattenjäger Alec Lightwood, genießen. Aber kaum in Paris angekommen, erfahren die beiden, dass ein dunkler Dämonenkult die Welt ins Chaos zu stürzen droht. Um dessen mysteriösem Anführer das Handwerk zu legen, begeben sie sich auf eine gefährliche Jagd quer durch Europa, bei der Freund und Feind kaum noch auseinanderzuhalten sind.

Ein offizieller THE WALKING DEAD-Roman von Bestsellerautor Wesley Chu ("Die Leben des Tao")! Dieser nervenaufreibende Thriller spielt in der großen Welt von Robert Kirkmans Serie THE WALKING DEAD. In China finden sich drei sehr unterschiedliche Menschen - ein Bauer, ein Militärveteran und ein amerikanischer Student - urplötzlich in einem regelrechten Taifun der Untoten wieder, als das Chaos über das bevölkerungsreichste Land der Welt schwappt.

Die Erde hat sich in der Zukunft in ein verseuchtes Ödland verwandelt, und die Menschheit musste ins äußere Sonnensystem ausweichen. Dort, in den Weiten des Alls, sind Ressourcen allerdings ein seltener Luxus, und so bedient sich die menschliche Zivilisation der Zeitreise als letztes Mittel. Sogenannte Zeitkuriere reisen in die Vergangenheit, um dort nach Ressourcen und Antworten zu suchen. Bei seinem letzten Auftrag macht der Zeitkurier James Griffin-Mars jedoch den größten Fehler.

Roens aufreibendes Leben als Geheimagent im Dienste der außerirdischen Prophus geht weiter - und wird immer turbulenter, denn ihre Gegenspieler, die Genjix, haben einen wahrhaft diabolischen Plan ausgeheckt. Roen und Tao, wie immer zwei Seelen in einer Brust, kommen ihnen zwar auf die Schliche, aber das Problem ist: Um ihren Plan zu vereiteln, muss sich Roen mit seiner Ex-Frau versöhnen. Nur gut, dass niemand weiß, dass das Schicksal der Welt von einem zerstrittenen Ehepaar abhängt.

Action, Abenteuer und Aliens - Wesley Chus SF-Thriller "Die Leben des Tao" ist der Auftakt einer Trilogie, in der sich ein durchschnittlicher Nerd zum Top-Geheimagenten mausert. Seit Anbeginn der Zeiten wird das Schicksal der Menschheit insgeheim von Aliens gelenkt, die als körperlose Parasiten einige der einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten der Geschichte kontrolliert haben: Dschingis Khan etwa, Napoleon oder Steve Jobs. Und fast ebenso lange tobt unbemerkt ein heftiger Krieg.