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From the author of Cold Storage comes a riveting, eerily plausible thriller, told with the menace and flair of Under the Dome or Project Hail Mary, in which a worldwide cataclysm plays out in the lives of one complicated Midwestern family.In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal ex-husband split, leaving behind his unruly teenage son.Then the lights go out--not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddenly, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood.Across the country lives Aubrey's estranged brother, Thom. A fantastically wealthy, neurotically over-prepared Silicon Valley CEO, he plans to ride out the crisis in a gilded desert bunker he built for maximum comfort and security.But the complicated history between the siblings is far from over, and what feels like the end of the world is just the beginning of several long-overdue reckonings--which not everyone will survive . . .Aurora is suspenseful storytelling--both large scale and small--at its finest.

After decades underground in a forgotten sub-basement, a highly mutative organism - capable of extinction-level destruction - has found its way out.Only Pentagon bioterror operative Roberto Diaz can stop it. With the help of two unwitting security guards, he has one night to quarantine this horror, before it destroys all of humanity.

Für die Leser von Michael Crichton und Marc Elsberg kommt das beeindruckende Debüt eines Drehbuchautors, der bereits an Blockbustern wie Jurassic Park und Mission: Impossible mitgewirkt hat. Die Geschichte beginnt 1987 in Kiwirkurra, einem australischen Wüstenort, wo alle Bewohner einem mutierten Killerpilz zum Opfer fallen. Ein Team US-Agenten kann den Pilz unter hohen Verlusten besiegen und sichert eine Probe, die in eine Hochsicherheitseinrichtung in den USA gebracht wird. Im Jahr 2019 wird die Nachtwache in einem unterirdischen Selfstorage-Lager für Teacake und Naomi aufregend, als ein leises Piepsen sie zur Untersuchung anregt. Sie ahnen nicht, dass sie einem Wesen begegnen, das die gesamte Menschheit bedrohen könnte. Die Mischung aus packendem Grusel, sympathischen Charakteren und einer Prise Humor sorgt für unbeschwerten Thrillerspaß. Die explosive Action und die unvergesslichen Charaktere machen das Buch zu einem großen Thriller-Spaß. Es vereint wissenschaftsbasierten Horror, alptraumhaften Schrecken und unerbittliche Action auf meisterhafte Weise. Ein spannendes Debüt, das Leser in seinen Bann ziehen wird.

Yucatan, 1957. Strisciò con cautela lungo il pavimento circolare su cui era intagliato un calendario maya: un'enorme ruota composta da anelli concentrici di glifi incisi nella roccia. Di fronte a lui, al centro, c'era una grande statua a testa di serpente, incorniciata da piume di pietra, con le fauci aperte, irte di zanne, pronte a ingoiare gli incauti. La bocca era ampia abbastanza da permettere, a un uomo di strisciarvi dentro. Ma dentro, cosa c'era? Doveva saperlo. Se solo fosse riuscito a raggiungerla. Cercò di muoversi più veloce, ma il soffitto gli premeva sulla schiena" non poteva neppure sollevarsi su un gomito. La stanza era costruita in modo che il supplice si muovesse sul pavimento strisciando come un serpente, forse a immagine del dio maya Quetzalcoatl, il serpente piumato. L'attuale adoratore tuttavia non indossava piume, solo un paio di vecchi pantaloni kaki, una giacca di pelle sdrucita e un malconcio cappello di feltro marrone. "Indiana!" L'urlo era arrivato dalle scale alle sue spalle...

The amazing adventures of one of the greatest superheroes of all time continue in Spider-Man 2. Two years have passed, and Peter Parker struggles to cope with the demands of life as a college student, a Daily Bugle photographer, and a crime-fighting superhero. But it hasn’t gotten any easier. Condemned by the press, tormented by secrets he can never reveal, forced to give up the girl of his dreams—at times the lonely burden of Spider-Man seems almost too great to bear . . . and the temptation to give up grows stronger by the hour. Enter the archfiend Doc Ock, armed with a lethal invention powerful enough to destroy half the city. If Spider-Man tries to stop Doc Ock, he’ll be placing the lives of those closest to him in mortal danger. If he doesn’t, it could be the end of the Big Apple. With millions of lives hanging in the balance, high about Manhattan’s glittering skyline, Spider-Man confronts his destiny, his fiercest enemy, and himself.

It begins with an orphan named Peter Parker, raised by his beloved Aunt May and Uncle Ben in Queens, New York. A quiet student, he works diligently at his studies and pines for the beautiful Mary Jane Watson. But this ordinary teenage boy is about to have his life turned upside down, when he is bitten by a genetically altered spider. Suddenly, he finds himself in possession of spectacular powers. He is now and forever Spider-Man! Follow Spider-Man's action-packed journey, from his struggle to harness the extraordinary gifts that will prove to be both blessing and curse, to his fight to save innocent lives while the media tears him to pieces. It all leads to the dramatic battle high above the city streets, where the webslinger faces his archnemesis, the madman known as the Green Goblin. While the city watches breathlessly, Spider-Man confronts his greatest challenge, and the Goblin puts Peter Parker's vow to fight crime to the ultimate test.... Based on the original screenplay by David Koepp. Based on the Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.

Exkurzia medzi dinosaurami. Znovuzrodenie dinosaurov pomocou DNA kvôli zábavnému parku? Nie vždy idú veci tak, ako majú a človek by si nemal hrať na boha. Toto vydanie je prepis scenára filmového spracovania z roku 1993.