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On February 20, 1945, the second day of the assault on Iwo Jima - one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific theater in World War II - Private Jack Lucas, who was only 17, and three other Marines engaged in a close-proximity firefight with Japanese soldiers. When two enemy grenades landed in their trench, Lucas jumped on one and pulled the other under his body to save the lives of his comrades. Lucas was blown into the air as his body was torn apart by 250 entrance wounds. He was so severely wounded that his team left him for dead. Miraculously, he survived.

When beloved local teacher and devoted mother, Claire Nelson, is discovered murdered in her kitchen, stab wounds covering her delicate pale skin, FBI Special Agent Val Costa is drawn out of retirement. Claire’s two children are in pieces, and Val won’t rest until they have the justice they deserve. Battling nightmares about the serial killer she escaped just weeks ago, Val has her work cut out for her. A church regular, Claire was adored by her neighbours and spent her spare time helping the homeless. Who would want to hurt this beautiful soul?

Two days ago, FBI Agent Val Costa came face to face with a serial killer known as the Bear. One of only two women ever to survive, she's forever branded with his signature: a curling “S” carved into her skin. Val knows it’s only a matter of time before he takes another victim. Forced home to recover, Val returns to Red Rose County, California, to be with her son. But the very next day she finds the close-knit community panic-stricken over the disappearance of blonde-haired, freckled-faced local teen, Scarlett Douglas.

This third volume of Great Sci-Fi Stories contains "Young Man from Elsewhen" by Sylvia Jacobs, "Asleep in Armageddon" by Ray Bradbury, "Living Space" by Isaac Asimov, and more.

With his promotion to a field operative, “Twigs” thought it was finally his time to step into the spotlight and be the hero he always wanted to be. However, when he finds himself working alongside "Shiver", the most dangerous woman in the whole megatropolis of Umbrae, he soon realizes that he might just be the sidekick.

Anna is a possession. She is owned by the man named Will, shielded from the world of struggles by his care. He loves her, protects her and then breaks her. Anna is obedient, dutiful and compliant. Anna does not know her place in the world. When she falls pregnant, Anna leaves her name behind, and finds the strength to run. But the past - and Will - catch up with her in an idyllic town with a dark secret, and this time, it's not just Anna who is at risk.

Welcome to Former Insomniac with Ivo H.K., founder at End Insomnia. After suffering from insomnia for 5 brutal years and trying "everything" to fix it, I developed a new approach targeting the root cause of insomnia: sleep anxiety (or the fear of sleeplessness). In this podcast, I talk about the End Insomnia System and I share tips, learnings, and insights from overcoming insomnia and tell the stories of people who did so you can apply the principles to end insomnia for good, too.

It's the age-old 30-something's dilemma: If you did ecstasy in the '90s, does it mean you've done Molly? Dragging her raver ass out of retirement to revisit her teenaged party days, Mary H.K. Choi throws herself into the belly of the EDM beast to see if there's anything to this Molly business. And to find out if doing recreational drugs as a bored adult is the key to staying young or if this is the worst, most embarrassing and irresponsible idea ever.

Eine immer noch zeitgemäße Science-Fiction-Oper: "Die Dritte Macht (Perry Rhodan Silber Edition Nr.1)" von Clark Darlton und K. H. Scheer bildet den Start der berühmten Perry-Rhodan-Saga. Josef Tratnik liest die abenteuerliche Geschichte mit viel Leidenschaft und macht das Hörbuch für Sie zu einem ganz besonderen Vergnügen!

In the world of speculative fiction… Your favorite authors… Have selected best new voices of the year.

Twenty years earlier, a set of female eighteen-year-old twins went missing in the Bay Area. There were no news reports or national coverage. The original investigators had barely touched the case, and like so many other cases of missing teens, were quickly labeled runaways, and the file sat on the shelf. Baffled by the lack of attention for the sisters, Martina insists it will be Hirsch and the Cold Case Squad’s next case.

Drake Holland lands a job in the warehouse of an online retailer, and it isn’t anything like he expects. Instead of actual work, the boss and an assistant are more interested in bondage and sex games with just the three of them on the night shift in a huge building alone.

Bei ihrer Rückkehr in das 27 Lichtjahre von der Erde entfernte Wegasystem stoßen Perry Rhodan und seine Freunde abermals auf die eroberungssüchtigen Topsider. Rhodan und die Mitglieder des Mutanten-Korps nehmen den Kampf gegen die Invasoren auf und finden dabei die Spur, die zu dem legendären Planeten des ewigen Lebens führen soll. Doch der Weg dorthin ist mit tödlichen Gefahren gepflastert, die zu überwinden den ganzen Mut und alle Intelligenz der irdischen Raumfahrer in Anspruch nimmt.

Immer noch zieht der mysteriöse Schwarm durch die Milchstraße; aufgrund der Strahlungswelle, die das kosmische Gebilde aussendet, werden die Bewohner der Galaxis in den Zustand der Verdummung versetzt. Auf zahllosen Welten herrschen Chaos und Verzweiflung. Nur wenige Immune gibt es, darunter Perry Rhodan, die terranischen Mutanten und die Zellaktivatorträger. Gemeinsam nehmen sie den Kampf gegen das grausame Schicksal und die unheimlichen Fremden auf, die den Sternenschwarm lenken. Mit einem kleinen Raumschiff, der GOOD HOPE, und einer verzweifelten Gruppe von Gefährten folgt Perry Rhodan den Schiffen des Schwarms.

Five years on from the adrenaline-fueled days of the Cold Case Squad, PI Martina Monroe is now a managing partner at the renowned, Drakos Monroe Security & Investigations. She spends her days running the firm—a safe desk job—allowing her to spend more time with her sixteen-year-old daughter and less time in the line of fire. But her quiet life shatters when a meeting with the desperate parents of Katie Kimble, a young woman missing for two years, pulls her back into the fray.

Comedy, mystery, classic horror, children's stories, adventure and more! The range of titles available in the complete fourth season of The Classic Tales Podcast is unparalleled! It contains 29 audiobooks, including two complete novels and three newly recorded stories. It's over 39 hours long!

With haunted eyes, a survivor steps into the offices of Drakos Monroe Security & Investigations, asking for Martina’s help. Thirty-five years earlier, Nancy made a harrowing escape from the clutches of a ruthless sex-trafficking syndicate in San Francisco, forced to leave her best friend Victoria behind. Clean and with a family of her own, Nancy hires Martina to find Victoria in a search for closure, justice, and the friend she lost so many years ago.

This volume contains a variety of imaginative stories from both famous and not-so-famous science fiction writers.

When a demon sneaks into the mortal world and murders an innocent girl to get to her sister, Chaeli, all pretense of peace between the gods is shattered. For Chaeli is no ordinary mortal, she is a demi-goddess, in hiding for centuries, even from herself. But there are two divine brothers who may have fathered her, and the fate of Ibea rests on the source of her blood. Chaeli embarks on a journey that tests her heart, her courage, and her humanity.

A fascinating collection of travellers' tales, featuring weird innkeepers, ghouls and ghosts, robbers and murderers, card sharpers and confidence tricksters, dead bodies in odd places....the very thing for anyone busy planning a vacation this year....