43 Results for : decimates
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Desolation Island: Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 5, Hörbuch, Digital, 316min
Sent to rescue Governor Bligh, former captain of HMS Bounty, Jack Aubrey sets off for Australia in the Leopold with his friend, Stephen Maturin, and a hold full of convicts in this fifth of the Aubrey/Maturin series.A beautiful and dangerous spy lurks among these prisoners, as does an even more lethal traveling companion, gaol fever, a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. With a Dutch man-of-war to windward, the under-manned, outgunned Leopold sails for her life into the freezing waters of the Antarctic. There in mountainous seas, the Dutchman closes."Good history, espionage, romance and an action at sea that for sheer descriptive power can match anything in fiction." (The Guardian) Language: English. Narrator: Tim Pigott-Smith. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000034/bk_rand_000034_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Suspended Animation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 47min, (USK 18)
Set adrift in space after a micrometeorite shower decimates the ship and the rest of the crew, Susan takes refuge in the emergency escape pod which will sustain her in suspended animation until rescue arrives. Proximity alarms trigger her awakening, and she finds that she has been rescued by aliens, who are millions of years ahead in technology. Her rescuers may be advanced, but they have lost an important aspect of their lives in the process, and Susan is only too happy to show them what they have been missing for so many years. This tale is graphic in nature and is intended for adults only. All characters depicted are 18 or older. Enjoy ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scarlett Day. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/036491/bk_acx0_036491_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Tales of the Forgotten: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 290min
Tales of the Forgotten (Volume II in the Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Series) The world is at war with the Primal Virus. Military forces across the globe have been recalled to defend the homelands as the virus spreads and decimates populations. Out on patrol and assigned to a remote base in Afghanistan, Staff Sergeant Brad Thompson's unit was abandoned and left behind, alone and without contact. They survived and have built a refuge, but now they are forgotten. No contact with their families or commands. Brad makes a tough decision to leave the safety of his compound to try and make contact with the States, desperate to find rescue for his men. What he finds is worse than he could have ever predicted. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric Vincent. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/016696/bk_acx0_016696_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Serengeti , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 615min
It was supposed to be an easy job: find the Dark Star Revolution Starships, destroy them, and go home. But a booby-trapped vessel decimates the Meridian Alliance fleet, leaving Serengeti - a Valkyrie class warship with a sentient AI brain - on her own, wrecked and abandoned in an empty expanse of space. On the edge of total failure, Serengeti thinks only of her crew. She herds the survivors into a lifeboat, intending to sling them into space. But the escape pod sticks in her belly, locking the cryogenically frozen crew inside. Then a scavenger ship arrives to pick Serengeti's bones clean. Her engine's dead, her guns long silenced; Serengeti and her last two robots must find a way to fight the scavengers off and save the crew trapped inside her. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/005968/bk_tant_005968_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Seabound: Seabound Chronicles, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 466min
When an apocalyptic catastrophe decimates the land, a lucky few escape on a souped-up cruise ship called the Catalina. After 16 years, the strain begins to show in a floating world of distrust and shifting allegiances. A young mechanic named Esther wants to prove herself, but she tends to bash things up in the name of progress. When disaster strikes the Catalina on Esther's watch, she must risk everything to fix her mistake. She sails in search of help and encounters a mysterious metropolis called the Galaxy Flotilla. The inhabitants are keen to parade their lives of luxury, but they'll want something in return for their warm welcome. A new storm is brewing on the post-apocalyptic ocean. Can Esther save her friends aboard the Catalina before it's too late? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ray Greenley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/065924/bk_acx0_065924_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The True Purpose of Vines (The Winemakers, #1) (eBook, ePUB)
Dive into Portugal's rich culture in this intoxicating historical romance about wine and love.Portugal, 1870A woman desperate to save her vineyards...Julia Costa is the best winemaker in the Douro. After her late husband burdened her lands with debt, she vows to defend her legacy by any means necessary.The Englishman sent to uncover her secrets...The last thing Griffin Maxwell wants is to waste time mired in a Portuguese backwater. Still, to guarantee a partnership with Oporto's largest trading firm, he agrees to travel up the Douro River and chase a reluctant debtor. A meeting of two cultures...Nothing prepared Griffin for the headstrong winemaker. She tempts him into enjoying Portugal and is a threat to his carefully constructed plans. The arrogant Englishman arrived at Julia's lands, believing himself entitled to everything, including her heart. But how can she resist an attraction headier than a vintage? An enemy too powerful to fight alone...When a mysterious plague decimates Europe's vineyards, Griffin and Julia struggle to find a cure, blind-tasting their way into an intoxicating passion. But reality demands an answer: will they allow cultural differences to separate them, or will they fight for the love of a lifetime?- Shop: buecher
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Agent G: Assassin , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 380min
From the best-selling author of The Rules of Supervillainy.Agent G, now going by the name Case, thought he'd won. He'd exposed his former employers, shared black technology with the world, and killed the man who'd started it all.Unfortunately, history slows for no man. After a volcanic eruption decimates the United States, G spends the next decade witnessing humanity rebuild itself into a corporate-run dystopia.Preferring to the be the boot rather than the ant, Case has become a powerful executive in the new cyberpunk world. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean he's immune to his past. Contacted by the only woman he ever loved, Case finds himself, once more, embroiled in a conspiracy to take what little the public has left. Now, he has to decide whether to save what remains of the world or rule it. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/218307/bk_acx0_218307_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Unstable: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (The Amygdala Syndrome, Book 1) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 366min
How do you stay alive when your basic survival instinct is out of control? After a mysterious outbreak sweeps the town of Marfa, Texas, causing the fight-or-flight reaction in residents to become unstable, chaos soon erupts. It’s not long before the US military instigates a cordon sanitaire to contain the contagious, and a small band of survivors finds itself at the center of a terrifying government experiment. At the onset of the devastation, Chief Brody Jackson is not only juggling a six-month separation from his wife, dealing with an unruly son, and hunting down a homicidal maniac, but now, he’s torn between protecting the town and saving his dysfunctional family. As the lights and communication go down and the epidemic decimates the small population, only three things are certain - no one is safe, everyone is a threat, and family is everything. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Pierce. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/144775/bk_acx0_144775_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Born of Fire and Flood: Becoming the Goddess , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 375min
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger...or in Jenna's case, it made her a Goddess.Jenna was the quiet girl of her small village. She kept to herself, did her work, and dreamed of the day her adventure would begin. She was handy with a sword and quick witted, but she couldn't leave.... She wasn't ready. Without warning, a mysterious fire decimates her village, forcing Jenna to flee with a man she hardly knows. She soon finds out that he has dark secrets of his own. Two secret worlds clash around her, and Jenna is forced into a world of Gods, magic, and power. Throughout it all, Jenna discovers a power within her that few can fathom. Will it be enough to save her? Born of Fire and Flood is the first installation of the Becoming the Goddess series. It is a fast-paced romantic fantasy, with tones of epic and dark fantasy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Allen Andrews. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/201028/bk_acx0_201028_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Vector Borne: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 633min
Number one best-selling author. A team of scientists unlocks the secret of the next phase of human evolution in the most unstable geological region on the planet... at the bottom of the sea in the Pacific Ring of Fire. When a massive earthquake rocks Oceania, generating a tsunami that decimates the surrounding islands and sinks the research vessel, a rescue team is dispatched - only to find that the majority of the crew had been slaughtered prior to the ship's foundering. The survivors find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere on an island that's being ripped apart from the inside out, desperately trying to reach the lone settlement on the far side. But they aren't alone. Something is hunting them from the jungle, something borne of the fire at the Earth's core. And their only hope for escape rests in the hands of a man who would sooner let them all die than share the island's secrets. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bobby Brill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/022011/bk_acx0_022011_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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