"Hase hat Hunger. Riesenhunger! Die Vorräte sind leer und zu allem Übel ist auch noch Winter. Bär dagegen freut sich über den Schnee, denn endlich kann sie einen Schneemann bauen! Hase weiß aber eines ganz sicher: Sein Schneemann wird tausendmal besser als der von Bär. Ist ja klar! Doch als eine Lawine und ein hungriger Wolf seinen Weg kreuzen, erkennt selbst Hase, dass jeder einen guten Freund an seiner Seite braucht.
Diese und eine weitere Geschichte über die Freundschaft zweier Waldbewohner liest der beliebte Schauspieler und Sprecher Dietmar Bär mit viel Humor."
"'A tour de force' Joseph O'Connor
'A work of genius' Donal Ryan
Nevada; the near future; a family in crisis
Biologist and single mother Naomi is worried about the impact her ground-breaking research might have on the world. And of the impact the world might have on her painfully awkward, home-schooled, ever-growing teenage son, Colt.
Colt is so brilliant he can code virtual realities our world hasn’t even thought of yet; and so socially inept that he struggles to order takeaway pizza.
When Colt secretly sends his mother’s breakthrough research paper to a biotech conference in New York, and the conference is closed down, Naomi’s worst fears come true. Colt’s father crashes back into their lives, backed by the secretive security organisation he heads. The US government wants Naomi’s research . . . and Colt.
Colt will soon have to leave the comfort of his virtual reality world, and face the challenge of discovering who he really is.
And Naomi will have to decide how far she will go to protect her child. Would she kill a man? Would she destroy the world?
From one of the most original voices in Irish writing, Connect is a thrillingly smart novel of ideas that explores what connection – both human and otherwise – might be in a digital age. It is a story of mothers and sons, but also about you, your phone, and the future."
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