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From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a "dark satire about the inhuman condition" (The Toronto Star) about a string of mysterious high school disappearances, the seedy underbellies of billionaires, and the tough choices we make in the face of an uncertain future.In Shock Induction, the best and brightest students at a seemingly reputable high school are disappearing. Every day it seems another overachiever is lost to an apparent suicide. But something far more sinister is lurking beneath the surface. These kids have been under surveillance since birth, monitored and measured by an online service called "Greener Pastures." It's here, in Greener Pastures, that billionaires observe and recruit the next generation of talent. The highest test scores, the best grades, and the most niche extracurriculars just might land these teenagers an enticing offer at auction. A couple of billion dollars in exchange for the remainder of your life and intellectual labor sounds like a pretty fair deal--doesn't it? In a high school only Chuck Palahniuk could imagine, students must choose between the risk of following their dreams and the financial security of a lifetime of servitude to the world's wealthiest and most elite--but how much of a choice do they truly have? A thrilling tale and a critique of modern society, Shock Induction challenges the illusion of choice and explores the tough choices individuals make in the shadow of power and privilege.

She's a catwalk model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, a loyal best friend. But when a sudden motor 'accident' leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful centre of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists. Enter Brandy Alexander, Queen Supreme, one operation away from being a real woman, who will teach her that reinventing yourself means erasing your past and making up something better, and that salvation hides in the last place you'll ever want to look. The narrator must exact revenge upon Evie, her best friend and fellow model; kidnap Manus, her two-timing ex-boyfriend; and hit the road with Brandy in search of a brand-new past, present and future.

Balthazar - beziehungsweise der Mann, der sich inzwischen Balthazar nennt - und seine Frau Marla Singer leben in einem heruntergewirtschafteten Motel mit dubiosen Zimmernachbarn. Marla ist zum zweitem Mal schwanger, und die Geburt steht kurz bevor. Aber Balthazar ist nicht der Vater - es ist Tyler Durdens Kind, und der macht sich große Sorgen um den Zustand der Welt, die er seinem Erben hinterlassen wird. Denn eine neue Organisation macht dem ehemaligen Projekt Chaos Konkurrenz bei der Beherrschung der Menschheit, und so ist Tyler gezwungen, eine Allianz mit dem unwahrscheinlichsten aller Partner einzugehen: Balthazar. Kultautor Chuck Palahniuk ist noch lange nicht fertig mit seiner Abrechnung mit der Gesellschaft! »Fight Club« war der Befreiungsschlag einer in Nichtigkeiten versinkenden Generation von Konsumbesessenen, und die Fortsetzung des erfolgreichen Romans als Graphic Novel stand dem in nichts nach. Palahniuks schonungsloser Blick hinter die dünne Fassade unserer sogenannten Zivilisation hat auch im dritten Teil von »Fight Club« nichts an Schärfe verloren. Der Eisner-Award-Gewinner Cameron Stewart zieht erneut alle Register der Comic-Kunst, um Palahniuks nihilistische Vision in Bilder zu fassen. Abschlussband der Reihe

Victor Mancini has devised a complicated scam to pay for his mother's hospital care: pretend to be choking on a piece of food in a restaurant and the person who 'saves you' will feel responsible for you for the rest of their lives. Multiply that a couple of hundred times and you generate a healthy flow of cheques, week in, week out. <BR><BR>Victor also works at a theme park with a motley group of losers, cruises sex addiction groups for action, and visits his mother, whose Alzheimer's disease now hides what may be the startling truth about his parentage.

Cassie Wright, porn princess, intends to cap her legendary career by breaking the world record for serial fornication. On camera. With six hundred men. Snuff unfolds from the perspectives of Mr 72, Mr 137 and Mr 600, who await their turn on camera in a very crowded green room...