Ergebnis für "UP" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Ren has never held an iPhone, googled the answer to a question, or followed a crush on social media. What she has done: read a book or two, or three (okay, hundreds). Taught herself to paint. Built a working wind-power system from scratch. But for all the books she’s read, Ren has never found one that’s taught a woman raised on a homestead and off the grid for most of her 22 years how to live in the real world. So when she finally achieves her lifelong dream of attending Corona College, it feels like her life is finally beginning.

Mit endlosen Miniaturwelten, die in empfindungsfähigen Gegenständen eingeschlossen sind, nimmt das Abenteuer kein Ende. Nachdem er den Häuptling des Dorfes besiegt hat, wagt sich Dallion in die Stadt Nerosal, in der es Tausende von Erwachten gibt, von denen nicht alle Menschen sind. Seine neuen Ziele sind die gleichen wie die vieler Erwachter in Kleinstädten: sich anpassen, einer Gilde beitreten und sich einen Namen machen.Jetzt muss er sich schnell an das Stadtleben anpassen, wenn er mithalten will.

Nach seiner ersten College-Party wachte Dallion in einem kleinen Raum ohne Türen und Fenster auf... Das nächste, woran er sich erinnert, ist, dass er als "Erwachter" in einem kleinen mittelalterlichen Dorf mitten im Nirgendwo aufgewacht ist. Jetzt muss er nur noch herausfinden, was zum Teufel hier los ist. Und was ist überhaupt so schlimm daran, erwacht zu sein?!

Tad Harrington hat Kriegertitan erfolgreich bezwungen, aber zu welchem Preis? Er hat Freunde, geliebte Menschen und sogar sich selbst verloren. Da es keine Spur von seinem Bruder Liam gibt, muss Tad sich seiner Championprobe stellen, neue Kräfte sammeln und seinen Bruder allein retten.

Nach dem Schmerz über den Verlust von Freunden und Gruppenmitgliedern stellt sich Tad, mit dem goldenen Schlüssel in der Hand, dem endlosen Klassenturm. Dieser birgt Rätsel und Geheimnisse. Die Prüfungen werden zu Kämpfen mit anderen Nullnummern. Mit neuer Stärke kommen neue Herausforderungen. Seine Kriegerprüfung liegt vor ihm, und dahinter warten Dungeons im Kriegerrang. Im zweiten Teil der Dungeonjäger-Serie finden sich alte und neue Freunde zusammen, um Dungeons zu plündern und Abenteuer zu erleben.

Nachdem er den Häuptling des Dorfes besiegt hat, wagt sich Dallion in die Stadt Nerosal, in der es Tausende von Erwachten gibt, von denen nicht alle Menschen sind. Seine neuen Ziele sind die gleichen wie die vieler Erwachter in Kleinstädten: sich anpassen, einer Gilde beitreten und sich einen Namen machen.

By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is chief minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes having risen with those of Anne Boleyn, the king’s new wife. But Anne has failed to give the king an heir, and Cromwell watches as Henry falls for plain Jane Seymour. Cromwell must find a solution that will satisfy Henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career. But neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of Anne’s final days.

At 30 years old, Phil is an unemployed gamer who struggles to make ends meet. His only source of income is freelance writing (when he feels inspired enough to add another article to his less-than-popular blog). His wife has just walked out on him, leaving him without money, purpose, or food in the fridge. On the day his wife dumps him, Phil receives a mysterious piece of wetware. A game interface seems to have been implanted in his brain, which allows him to see the world through the eyes of an RPG player. Now that Phil discovers his real-life stats, he can see they're below average.

With even more levels under his belt, S-rank adventurer Kisaragi Claire approaches Rin in hopes of recruiting him to the Yoizuki Guild. Now, with a new opportunity to keep leveling up in hand, Rin's back at it, dungeon diving and surpassing all expectations. However, horrors lurk in the dungeons! Will Rin's Dungeon Teleportation and skills be enough to unravel the mysteries within?

After his first college party, Dallion wakes up alone in a small medieval village in the middle of nowhere. First, he needs to figure out where he is and how to survive a mysterious world filled with magic and monsters. Then, he must uncover the secrets of being 'awakened,' which is apparently what he is. Objects in this new world are sentient, allowing the 'awakened' to mend or upgrade them by traveling into any object's unique realm and defeating the guardians that lie within.

From the author of The Three-Body Problem, a collection of award-winning short stories - a breathtaking selection of diamond-hard science fiction. Stories included are 'The Village Teacher', 'The Time Migration', '2018-04-01', 'Fire in the Earth', 'Contraction', 'Mirror', 'Ode to Joy', 'Full Spectrum Barrage Jamming', 'Sea of Dreams', 'Cloud of Poems' and 'The Thinker'.

Hiro and the gang get dragged into rescuing the daughters of an elf patriarch and receive a warm welcome from the elven home planet. The elves here are nothing like Hiro imagined--they know nothing of modern science and rely on magic rather than technology. As Hiro and the girls sample local delicacies, enjoy the sights, and get a crash course in elven fashion, they find that Hiro seems to wield a power much like the elves' magic...

There's always one more grave to dig. Lately, life has been unnaturally calm for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband, Bones. They should have known better than to relax their guard, because a shocking revelation sends them back into action to stop an all-out war…. A rogue CIA agent is involved in horrifying secret activities that threaten to raise tensions between humans and the undead to dangerous heights. Now Cat and Bones are in a race against time to save their friends from a fate worse than death…because the more secrets they unravel, the deadlier the consequences.

Taken from my old life with little memory of what brought me here, I wake up in a high tech capsule. A wrinkly old elf tells me that my soul is incomplete and has been fused with that of a Solar Dragon to give me a second chance at life. Where? When? An urban metropolis filled with fantasy races, erected atop the back of a giant asteroid. Meteoropolis. And millions of years in the future, to boot. But that's not all. I've got super powers, too. To add to the excitement, I end up hosted by an anxious unicorn elf named Pinky Peach who is basically a professional gamer girl.

Kenzie made a deal with the foxes to live with them for six months in exchange for the potion that saved her sister's life. What she didn't expect was how much it felt like home, more than the house she'd lived in her entire life. But this agreement doesn't change the one she made with the Alpha of the West Coast Pride - and it isn't humans breaking into his warehouses, but something much, much worse.

Hiro and crew take a request to guard colonists transporting valuable terraforming materials to a brand-new system under the oversight of Chris herself. And with their new military battle bots aboard, the gang's ready for anything–or so they think. Meanwhile, Hiro's Gold Star has made him a target of the galactic paparazzi. Under the eye of the camera, Hiro and the girls undertake their most dangerous mission yet: defense of an entire planet!

Marcus believed the game was over, but it had an extra life. Suddenly, he's thrown into a strange new world, playing a game designed to test every aspect of who he is. Fortunately, he's not alone. He'll fight alongside old friends and new ones to complete the quest. The only way out is to collect all eight Daggers of Power, but it isn't going to be easy. The King is throwing everything he has at them, from dragons to drop bears, golems to geese, and rangers to rock bands.

When Satou Takahiro is swept away from his ordinary life into the world of his favorite video game, a universe of space battles, interstellar colonies, and danger in the vastness of outer space awaits.

Bastian Bielendorfer und Reinhard Remfort haben sich vor einigen Jahren bei einem Dreh für das ZDF kennengelernt und schnell rausgefunden, dass sie eine gemeinsame Vergangenheit teilen. Beide kommen aus dem tiefsten Ruhrpott, beide waren die dicken Kinder in der Klasse und beide haben mindestens ein "Sachbuch" geschrieben. Heute stehen die beiden vor der Kamera, auf Bühnen und sprechen in Mikrofone um Wissen zu verbreiten und den Menschen in Ihrer Umgebung ein Lächeln ins Gesicht zu zaubern. "Alliteration am Arsch" ist dabei der Versuch die Menschen an dem Leben zweier ehemals dicker Kinder...

There are whole anthologies of stories out there about what humankind does when a game enters their world. But what about when they're living in one where a game arrived thousands of years before? What if they're the survivors of a bloody struggle, having fought for and earned their place on the planet? Tailyn Vlashich was a young nobody far away from all those grander issues. All he cared about was one thing: making his way through a harsh world where the emperor, evil foes, and an impartial god held sway.