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A troubled Army vet wishes he were dead...A lonely vampyre wishes she were human...And a ruthless drug lord wishes he were immortal...After a failed suicidal mission to destroy an opium kingpin’s yacht, Army vet, Brandt Dekker, is shipwrecked on a desolate island. He is initially happy to be alive - until his haunting memories return. A stunning, yet awkward, girl named Lia has been caring for him, along with her mysterious and frightening father. They seem merely eccentric at first, until an astonishing truth surfaces: Lia has fangs. Real serpent-like fangs.

Six gruesome murders in two days, a farm house burned to the floor, and panic on the streets. For Sheriff Ian Raskin, this is just the start of a nightmare ride that will take him to the edge of his own abilities, where a monster lies in wait. With his once-quiet town being terrorized by an unseen force, Ian finds help in the strangest of places. Simon Pertwhistle, a pathologist from the city, arrives in the town, proclaiming the murders to be the work of a lone vampire searching for its queen.

After a near-death experience changes a young orphaned child’s life forever, the benevolent Dr. Stadler uses his bleeding-edge therapy to help her and other children at his group home return to a life of normalcy. This short story brings to life the challenges faced when trying to help a small group of children survive their common pasts.

The Blair Continent has been torn apart, ravaged by war for centuries. Nine powers each hold claim to their piece of the whole, and as they each look to expand their territory, they train prodigies, geniuses of combat and strategy from birth to lead their forces. This story follows one such prodigy.

In Polen, Großbritannien und den Niederlanden wird Informatik meist ab Schuleintritt gelehrt - nicht aber in Deutschland, obwohl das Programmieren als Schlüsseltechnologe des 21. Jahrhunderts gilt. Nur wer die Technik beherrscht, kann auch die digitale Gesellschaft mitgestalten. Doch an deutschen Schulen werden die Grundlagen der Maschinensprache offenbar nicht als Teil der Allgemeinbildung verstanden. Erst Universitäten und junge Start-Up-Unternehmen schließen dann später die Lücke. Brauchen wir ein Schulfach Informatik?

Feature zu den Wesensmerkmalen jüdischer Religion, mit 0-Tönen: Kurzreportage aus dem jüdischen Gemeindezentrum in Hannover zur Vorbereitung des Chanukkafestes, zur Gottesdienstordnung in orthodoxen und liberalen Synagogen, (O-Ton) Henry Brandt (niedersächsischer Landesrabbiner) zur Struktur jüdischer Gemeinden und zur Bedeutung des Gesangs im jüdischen Gottesdienst, Kurzdarstellung der wichtigsten Riten und Feste des Judentums.

Crime is usually straightforward in sleepy Midwest communities like Mt. Pleasant. That is, unless you have an ancient god or two passing through town. For thousands of years, they’ve been hiding in plain sight, with powers and motivations that are incomprehensible to most mortals. Recently fired from a super-secret government agency, Detective Jake Wuntz knows a few things about keeping these specially powered individuals under control.

Evan Scruggs made his millions pretending to be someone he's not: A sweet grandma with an affinity for writing America's favorite cookbooks. While executives love his food, it was very clear from the beginning that his prickly personality and people skills were not going to sell anything to the public.