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When Eva's twin brother, Eamon, falls to his death just a few months before he is due to participate in the Testing, no one expects Eva to take his place. She's a Maiden, slated for embroidery classes, curtseys, and soon, a prestigious marriage befitting the daughter of an Aerie ruler. But Eva insists on honoring her brother by becoming a Testor. After all, she wouldn't be the first Maiden to Test - just the first in 150 years.

Twin girls from a far-off planet are hidden on Earth by those who dare to believe in change. They are separated, giving them each a better chance at living to their full potential. Growing up, the young ladies discover they have natural skills which set them apart, even among the gifted. When they are adults, they find destiny leads them back to the stars. The twins are the only ones who can bring about a return to peace, but it will take all the talents they have, because a mighty tyrant wants them dead!

Wonder World: Part 3, The Adventure Continues is the third book in Robert W. Williams' series for tweens and young adults. This series is about a group of five teens who travel through a wormhole to the other side of the Sun. Having found themselves stranded on a humanless world full of strange creatures and incredible plants, the team of five explore this new world with the help of their alien walking stick friends, their air balloon backpacks, and the mysterious wheel controlled by the sound beings from another dimension.

Draußen wartet die Weite - und sie kann tödlich sein... Ajit weiß, dass er die Stadt Hope niemals verlassen wird. Denn sie ist umgeben vom GLISS, einem Boden, auf dem nichts haftet und nichts gebaut werden kann. Hinter dem GLISS gibt es keinen Ort, keine Menschenseele. Zumindest dachte der 17-Jährige das. Doch als eines Tages ein toter Mann über das GLISS getrieben wird, ist Ajit und seinen Freunden Phil und Majala klar: Die Geschichte ihrer Welt ist eine Lüge und die, die Ajit für seine Familie hielt, tun alles, um diese Lüge zu verteidigen.

An invisible girl is a priceless weapon. Fiona's own father has been forcing her to do his dirty work for years - everything from spying on people to stealing cars to breaking into bank vaults. After sixteen years, Fiona's had enough. She and her mother flee to a small town, and for the first time in her life, Fiona feels like a normal life is within reach. But Fiona's father isn't giving up that easily. Of course, he should know better than anyone: never underestimate an invisible girl.

Duncan Ray has just moved to Viridi's Island, a mysterious town that is the subject of many strange rumors. The residents believe that it is cursed, and the rain that never stops pouring over the island seems to be proof enough. While Duncan is eager to be involved in a mystery like in the books he loves, he quickly learns that this small island town might harbor some even more sinister secrets, and some of the residents are desperate to keep him from uncovering them.

Fear haunts the streets of Preston's city: a girl has disappeared. Preston is drawn to investigate, exploring the city in the hunt for his missing friend. And deep in the bowels of a secret scientific institute, he discovers a sinister machine used to banish teenage criminals for their offenses. Captured and condemned to a cavernous dimension, Preston is determined to escape. But this is no ordinary jail.

Evie is a Shield – designed to kill in order to protect, and the Affinity Project have finally come for her. But Evie isn’t ready for the sinister organisation to take control of her life, her body, her mind. She isn’t ready to follow their rules about who can live and who must die – not when it condemns the innocent. She has one option: risk losing everything and everyone – including Jamie – and run.

Home and uncertain of his place among the Alliance, Eugene has a whole set of new challenges ahead of him. Thrown in with a group of teens who are also Vunjikas he realizes that he may be their best hope. Isiro, awake and aware, and the timeline now pushed up, Willow is on her way across the stars to return Isiro to his home planet and find out once and for all, do Isiro’s people still live, or did their ancient enemy destroy them? A battle of wills, planets, and ships is only the beginning.

Packard Campbell has been upgraded. The problem is, so has the world around him. The very science that once returned our hero to the land of the living, is busy rewriting reality to match Packard’s in-game memories. When a few of Packard’s NPC friends show up in the real world, it seems like they’re all in for a good time.

Twyla’s been living in hiding on Earth, hoping to leave her past behind. But when her mother, Madam Cassiopeia DeConnett finds her and kidnaps her back to the Paraxous Star Cluster, she expects her daughter to take her rightful place within the family business. The DeConnetts are Dashia—a group of genetically- engineered telepaths who use their powers to control some and ruin others. Their criminal organization is rich, powerful, and spans The Cluster.

Der alte Krieg des gelben Herrschers! Unter der verwüsteten Oberfläche des Pseudo-Planeten Vhetror 43 ist das Leben ein ständiger Kampf gegen das Unbekannte. Tunnelritter Drake Bilsky und seine Notfallcrew wagen sich in die unbekannten Tiefen des Vaults Cebire, wo die Grenzen zwischen Realität und Albtraum verschwimmen. In diesem postapokalyptischen Szenario trifft Sci-Fi-Horror auf kosmischen Schrecken, der an die düstersten Erzählungen von H.P. Lovecraft erinnert.

Nobody said saving the world would be easy. Until now, Max and the flock have lived a lonely existence: hunted down, tortured and pushed to the fringe of society; always on the run they have never been able to live a normal life. But things are changing. The flock have finally found acceptance for their unusual skills. Together, they have taken on new challenges and used their extraordinary powers to fight for the greater good on a global scale.

Invisible. That's how Molly felt with Charlie as her brother growing up. Until he went "missing". Now she just wants to go back to being invisible so that she can get away from the constant condolences and get back to studying. She wants to find her place in the universe and help people in more ways than she is, and Charlie can help her get there. But he refuses to take her into space. Soon enough, Molly gets her wish, just not how she hoped. Being a pawn in someone else's game is not how she wanted to spend her time in space.

Deimos was planning to spend a quiet Christmas this year. You know, just a regular night in, cleaning his guns and getting wasted. He definitely did not plan on getting dropped with a parachute behind enemy lines, getting tasked with retrieving something round and weird, and rescuing young ladies from enemy encampments.

In 1961, the United States government provided federal funding for a weather modification program called “Project Skywater". While Project Skywater was an open and honest attempt at unlocking meteorology's secrets for the benefit of mankind, it also hid a much darker purpose in the research and development of weather-based weapon technology through a covert government initiative called “Project Dusty Spider”. Their work led to the creation of the world’s first hurricane inducement bomb designated “Big Sister”.

Ten years ago, a powerful machine intelligence unleashed a nano-engineered superdrug on humanity. Civilization is now a collection of mindless addicts confined to automated treatment centers that tower over drone-dominated cityscapes. Having escaped and grown up in the forests of Northern California alongside their younger brother and brilliant scientist/survivalist mother, Clo and El stayed safe while society collapsed around them.

The real Violet Benson is dead. Scientists at the CCA have awakened the newest version of her, once again breathing life into her cloned body. The only thing missing? Every memory of all the Violet Bensons that came before. And that blank-slate mind, coupled with her super-human abilities, traps her as a valuable tool - one the president of the CCA intends to use in her fight against the other, brainwashed clones that plague the city of Haven.

Evie is out of options. She must comply with the Affinity Project – obey their rules, play their deadly games, give up Jamie. And her losses keep growing. When she decides to help a small group of Shields trying to affect change, Evie finds herself in the firing line. Counsellor Knox is intent on revealing her secrets and shackling her to the Affinity Project for life. To protect her family, Evie must betray those closest to her.

Every five years, at the festival of the great solar eclipse, a volunteer sacrifices himself for the good of the people. As peace cedes to violence within the kingdom of Kathalea, Noa must lead her country away from a bloody tradition and towards sanity. But one man is doing everything he can to ensure that a very special sacrifice will be required this year. Amid fear and adventure, hate and love, prey and predator - she must learn the truth. In this life or the next.