Ergebnis für "Ma" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Marty Cohen ist ein kompetenter Linguist und Experte für antike Militärstrategie. Allerdings hat er sich von akademischer Ägyptologie abgewandt und eine Tischlerwerkstatt eröffnet. Abseits frustrierender Politik und kleinlicher Rivalitäten kümmert er sich um seine Mitarbeiter, vergnügt sich gelegentlich mit einem Kriegsspiel und führt ein beschauliches Leben. Allerdings rauben ihm mysteriöse Visionen den Schlaf. Dann wird er zurück nach Ägypten gerufen.

2066: Die Welt ahnt nichts von der Bedrohung, die auf sie zuhält. Das Schicksal der Menschheit ruht auf den Schultern von Burt Radcliffe, dem neuen Leiter des Programms Near Earth Object der NASA. Er treibt die Fertigstellung von DefenseNet voran, einem Satellitenring, der zugleich Frühwarnsystem und Mittel zur Abwehr nahender Bedrohungen ist.

Peabo Smith ist ehemaliger Soldat der Special Forces und meldet sich freiwillig für ein wissenschaftliches Experiment, das genauso verwegen ist wie einst die Mondlandung. Als Peabo durch das Experiment an einem Ort festsitzt, von dem es kein Entrinnen gibt, erkennt er, wie unvorbereitet er auf seine neue Mission ist. 

Von einem USA Today Bestsellerautor: Michael ist Professor für Teilchenphysik und hat eine Möglichkeit entdeckt, den Schleier von Zeit und Raum zu durchdringen. Allerdings öffnet er damit unwissentlich die Büchse der Pandora. Ist es möglich, etwas rückgängig zu machen, das man selbst in der Zukunft getan hat? Oder ist die Welt zu dem Chaos verdammt, das auf ihr entfesselt wurde?

Peabo ist ehemaliger Soldat der Special Forces und in einer Welt gefangen, die sich gar nicht so sehr von der unterscheidet, die er verlassen hat. Nur scheinen in dieser Welt einige Gesetze der Physik etwas anders zu funktionieren. Außerdem nennt man ihn einen Landläufer, obwohl niemand so recht weiß, was genau das bedeutet. In dieser Welt gibt es Leute mit Gaben, die mit der Zeit wachsen. Und in den letzten Monaten haben sich Peabos Kraft und Geschwindigkeit gesteigert. Allerdings geht damit ein Nasenbluten einher, das ihn allmählich umbringt.

Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. With the recent passing of her Chinese immigrant parents, she’s had her fill of uncertainty. She’s content just to carry on: She goes to work, troubleshoots the teen-targeted Gemstone Bible, watches movies in a Greenpoint basement with her boyfriend. So Candace barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps New York.

If there is one thing you needed to know about me it is this: I hate vampires. They are useless, soul-sucking monsters that destroy everything in their path, even my own family. I joined The Order and became a vampire hunter for revenge, but I never would have guessed that my job would entail baby-sitting the vampire heir to the most powerful clan in the world. And if she thought I was going to break like the other hunters she has been through... she has another thing coming to her.

The fate of humanity lies on the shoulders of Burt Radcliffe, the new head of NASA's Near Earth Object program. He's been rushing the completion of DefenseNet, a ring of satellites that are both part of an early-warning system, as well as the means to eliminate incoming threats. Yet Burt knows that despite the world's best efforts, nothing can be done about the alert he's just received. Coming out of deep space is a danger that's been approaching since the dawn of time. A black hole. An unstoppable threat that promises death for all in its wake.

Priya Radcliffe war noch nicht mal geboren, als die ersten Terroristen zuschlugen. Als sich die Anschläge wiederholten, war sie vierzehn, und dabei bezahlten ihre Eltern den höchsten Preis. Das war vor sieben Jahren. Seither haben sich die Vereinten Nationen letztlich darauf geeinigt, das erste Weltraumheer überhaupt aufzustellen. Priya träumt davon, an Bord eines der ersten echten Raumschiffe zu dienen. Darauf zielen all die Jahre ihrer Ausbildung und Schulung ab.

The only human student at Mather's School of Magick, Phineas Smith has a target on his back. Born with the rare ability to tap into unlimited magick, he finds both Faerie Courts want his allegiance - and will do anything to get it. They don't realize he can't levitate a feather, much less defend the Faerie Realm as it slips into civil war. Unseelie Prince Roark Lyne, Phineas's roommate - and self-proclaimed arch-nemesis - is beautiful and brave and a pain in the ass.

STAG, the Special Technologies Analysis Group, is a clandestine government operation headquartered 50 feet under Marine Base Quantico, and they're looking for someone with the right stuff. Peabo Smith, an ex-Special Forces soldier, volunteers to participate in a mission that gives him an opportunity to maybe get back into the action. When things don't go quite like Peabo had planned, he realizes that the experiment may end up changing his life forever.

More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.

More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways.

Jen Reed longs to reconnect with her estranged father. Given the opportunity to work together on an archeological dig, the young scientist excitedly packs her bags for the isolated Arctic tundra. But she starts to wonder if the village elder’s ominous warnings hold truth when a local turns up with yellow eyes and a strange bite mark. As the old man’s ancient tale rings in her head, Jen explores a historic burial site and is shocked to discover the dead have risen craving human flesh.

Ren came to Nadežra with a plan. She would pose as the long-lost daughter of the noble house Traementis. She would secure a fortune for herself and her sister. And she would vanish without a backward glance. She ought to have known that in the city of dreams, nothing is ever so simple. Now, she is Ren, con-artist and thief. But she is also Renata, the celebrated Traementis heir. She is Arenza, the mysterious pattern-reader and political rebel. And she is the Black Rose, a vigilante who fights alongside the legendary Rook.

In Nadezra, peace is as tenuous as a single thread. The ruthless House Indestor has been destroyed, but darkness still weaves through the city's filthy back alleys and jewel-bright gardens, seen by those who know where to look. Derossi Vargo has always known. He has sacrificed more than anyone imagines to carve himself a position of power among the nobility, hiding a will of steel behind a velvet smile. He'll be damned if he lets anyone threaten what he's built.

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille tiene su marca de nacimiento: no despide ningún olor y por ello hace temer la presencia de algún demonio. Al mismo tiempo posee un don excepcional: un olfato prodigioso que le permite percibir todos los olores del mundo.  

Renata Virdaux is a con artist who has come to the sparkling city of Nadezra - the city of dreams - with one goal: to trick her way into a noble house and secure her fortune and her sister's future. But as she's drawn into the aristocratic world of House Traementis, she realises her masquerade is just one of many surrounding her. And as corrupted magic begins to weave its way through Nadezra, the poisonous feuds of its aristocrats and the shadowy dangers of its impoverished underbelly become tangled - with Ren at their heart.

Aliens exist...and, as it turns out, most of them are fairly harmless. It's the humans you need to watch out for. Priya Radcliffe wasn't even born yet when the first set of terrorists struck. She was 17 when they struck again, but this time her parents paid the ultimate price. That was seven years ago, and since then, the United Nations finally agreed to field its first spaceborne military. Serving aboard one of the first true starships had been a dream of hers. All of her years of education and training had been geared for entering the service.  

After the last Faerie Civil War, the leaders of the magickal pantheons stripped the shining Seelie Court of its power and tasked the dark Unseelie Court with maintaining the natural balance of the world. Ages later, a twisted intrigue throws the balance of all Faerie into ruin and ignites a new civil war.