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They say you can’t run from your past, and now she’s reached the other side of the galaxy, Sparks wonders if they’re right … Living on a distant planet with a transient population for the past year, ducking in and out of spaceport dive bars, mixing with pirates, bounty hunters, and criminals, she’s become just another being in the crowd.

It's 1794, and the TARDIS materialises some distance from Paris during the French Revolution, the scene of the infamous Reign of Terror. Soon the Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara find themselves caught up in the tangled web of historical events. Who is James Stirling, the master-spy to whom Ian must deliver a message? What world-shattering events are being discussed in a deserted inn off the Calais road? And can the Doctor and his friends escape a violent and bloody death at the dreaded guillotine?

Sparks, Greeta, and Shalk are desperate to make planetfall, to reunite with their loved ones and join the battle. But the Ringdell Group’s blockade stands in their way, leaving them stranded in the void. Hidden in an underground hangar on Flanterian, Reyes faces an impossible task: turning an army of untrainable gloyners into a fighting force. But first, she must confront Piltred, a monstrous brute responsible for decimating half the planet.

For years, the Zodarks plotted their revenge against the Republic. Spies infiltrated their colonies and eventually found their seat of power—Earth, located in a previously unknown system. A plan was hatched, a force made ready. The Zodarks would unveil a superweapon that was sure to tip the balance of power back in their favor. Then the Zodarks learned of Murphy's Law—and their plans were never the same.

This hard sci-fi novel is the sixth book in the Stasis Stories, a series of optimistic tales of technological innovation in the near future. They follow Kaem Seba, a young man with extraordinary math talents. With his friends, he’s come up with a device that allows time to be stopped within limited volumes of space-time.

Living on a distant planet with a transient population for the past year, ducking in and out of spaceport dive bars, mixing with pirates, bounty hunters, and criminals, she’s become just another being in the crowd. But she wasn’t born to eke out a living at the very fringes of society. Not with her powers.

Sparks has made a promise she intends to keep…She must liberate Shalk and return him to his home world of Flanterian. Even if that means infiltrating a prison ship where horrors hide in the shadows. Greeta would leave him to rot for his betrayal, but her allegiance to Sparks is unwavering. Together they board the Sunny Horizon, hopeful, but neither certain they’ll return.

Sparks and Reyes thought they had it all figured out. Three lucrative jobs and a hefty payout, until they discovered the dark truth behind their missions. Set up to fail and exploited for their skills, they must now decide between walking away with their credits, or taking a stand to right the wrongs of their past.

Die galaktische Union will einen neuen Schiffstyp testen. Das Raumschiff denkt selbstständig und soll Kommandos überflüssig machen. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson sind mit anderen Passagieren für den Testflug geladen, doch es häufen sich die Fehlfunktionen. Die Heizung überhitzt, fällt aus, das Schiff gibt freche Antworten und es kommt sogar zu einem Mord.

Die galaktische Union will einen neuen Schiffstyp testen. Das Raumschiff denkt selbstständig und soll Kommandos überflüssig machen. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson sind mit anderen Passagieren für den Testflug geladen, doch es häufen sich die Fehlfunktionen. Die Heizung überhitzt, fällt aus, das Schiff gibt freche Antworten und es kommt sogar zu einem Mord.

Auf Plantagoo wartet der Krieg - Kaif Chiriatha zieht die Fäden. Seit der Planet Trokan, der an Stelle des Mars um die Sonne kreist, aus dem Zeitrafferfeld auftauchte und sich eine völlig neue Zivilisation in direkter Nachbarschaft der Erde präsentierte, sind Ereignisse von großer Tragweite geschehen. Perry Rhodan, Reginald Bull und Alaska Saedelaere verschwanden im sogenannten Pilzdom, gelangten auf die mysteriöse Brücke in die Unendlichkeit und wurden im Arsenal der Macht getrennt.

An invisible force is beating citizens. No one knows why. Chief Wen of Harmony Services blames the Lumenians. President Bartle directs his advisor, Raekon, to hire the legacy Earth rescue five to investigate. Invisibility makes the odds of success slim, if at all.

To save Greeta, Sparks must risk Reyes’ life. In just a few hours, the Ringdell Group will execute Greeta. Sparks is the only one who can save her. To do so, she must return to Stargart and leave Reyes and Faz Went to battle it out on Flanterian with the deadly Piltred. She’ll also be returning to the packed planet with one of the largest bounties in the galaxy on her head. If anyone gets wind of who she is, she’ll be dead in seconds.

In the royal inner circle, the immovable wills of Lewis Deathstalker, the King’s Champion, and Jesamine Flowers, the King’s betrothed, labor in vain against the most irresistible force they’ve ever known. Or so they think. In fulfillment of Owen Deathstalker’s warning of 200 years earlier, a nightmarish alien entity has intruded into Human space, a creature that devours planets and suns and shrugs off any defense humanity hurls against it.