This was supposed to be an easy job. The best score of Wulf Smith's life. But the big fancy mansion full of valuables (guaranteed to be empty) was crawling with people and one man was shot and killed.Now, the Shinnok Halfling is the main suspect in a murder case. With nowhere else to turn, he asks Invictus Jones, now working as a clerk for the Malkin City Police, for help, but on one condition: no bricks. Because if the police find him first, or can't find evidence pointing to the ...

The Republic has fractured. A year of warfare created new, independent planets and star systems, most beyond the Republic's control.The Event Horizon crew has done their best to avoid worlds still loyal to the Republic, lest someone recognizes Nate Kennet as wanted seer and anarchist Dakota Allerson. But a new assignment complicates matters. Now they must transport two former Dissenters back to their homeworld: Dionysus.Not only is Myrddin Graiko waiting for Margo Symms to ...

The Republic has fractured. The war that began on Helios has spread to other worlds, all seeking independence. Wanting to preserve itself, the Republic as declared war against all dissenting worlds.Dakota Allerson has spent the last year on the run, avoiding the war and keeping his identity and abilities as a seer a secret. When he joins a transportation crew, he thinks it will just be another job, but the captain has suspicions about her new hire and the jobs aren't exactly legal....

Malkin City. The capital of the Commonwealth. The confluence of Fae and Human civilization.Invictus Jones finally achieved his dream of living in Malkin City, working for a prestigious shipping company. But that dream did not include being robbed at gunpoint on day one by a Fae. The police's timely arrival prevents the thief from doing any harm, but the incident leaves with him questions. What caused a Fae, of all creatures, to turn to crime? And why rob a nobody like him?B...

Dakota Allerson hopes moving to a new planet will be the best way to start a new life, but from the moment he lands on Dionysus, he learns that's easier said than done. Discovering his family's anarchist past and his own capabilities as a seer, a talent that allows him to glimpse the future and is highly illegal, Dakota must decide who he can trust if he wants to remain free.Emperor Rowland of Dionysus has a tentative grasp on power at best. Not only does he have to contend with dem...

The Midnight King walks Eltriar again, and the Nine Thanes must unite to defeat him.Or so Valentin Gardyner claims.Realta Haar knows better than to fall for Val's lies. She, Serena, and Chinasa have fled south, avoiding the war, but trouble follows them around every corner. And a strange young woman begins making similar claims.Meanwhile in Teyrnas, Queen Isla and the Scholar Council struggle to maintain order, turning the Academy into a new capital, while five armi...

A thief was the last thing Realta Haar expected to find in her family's barn. As a reward for the thief's capture, Realta and her friends are given admittance to the prestigious Academy of Teyrnas, an opportunity none of them can afford to miss. When they are attacked on the road, Realta is separated from her friends with only the thief to rely on. Together, they must navigate a world of magic and politics as well as their own roles in a looming conflict in order to survive.

This volume explores the conflict between two forces: party polarization and party factionalism. The major change in America’s two political parties over the past half-century has been increased polarization, which has led to a new era of heightened inter-party competition resulting in stronger and more cohesive parties. At the same time, elections, particularly primaries, often reveal deep internal factional divisions within both the parties, and the 2020 election was no different. The De...

Familienstrukturen sind der unbewusste Motor der Geschichte. Von dieser bahnbrechenden Erkenntnis aus erzählt Emmanuel Todd die Geschichte der Menschheit neu: Vom frühen Homo sapiens, der in Kleinfamilien lebte, über die großen Kulturen des Altertums mit ihren immer komplexeren Großfamilien bis zur Rückkehr des Homo americanus zur Kernfamilie der Steinzeit. Wer die Lage der Menschheit zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts verstehen will, sollte dieses luzide Buch des großen französischen Querdenk...

Mittwoch, 7.Januar 2015: Zwei Maskierte dringen in das Büro des Satiremagazins „Charlie Hebdo“ ein und schießen einen Großteil der Redaktionsmitglieder nieder – als Rache für Mohammed-Karikaturen. In den folgenden Tagen verkünden Millionen solidarisch „Ich bin Charlie“. Der französische Soziologe Emmanuel Todd gehörte nicht zu diesen Charlies. Sein provozierender Befund, der in Frankreich zu hitzigen Debatten geführt hat: Unter dem Deckmantel eines Kampfes für die Freiheit haben sich Demok...

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Network, iLRN 2019, held in London, UK, in June 2019.The 18 revised full papers and presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); disciplinary applications: special education; disciplinary applications: history; pedagogical strategi...

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Network, iLRN 2018, held in Missoula, MT, USA, in June 2018.The 12 revised full papers and the two revised short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on environmental sciences, climate change, immersive technologies; immersive technologies in cultural heritage; immersive techn...