Résultats pour "Apocalypse" dans Fiction

Valentine disparue... Qui la cherche vraiment ? Entre satire sociale, polar contemporain et romance lesbienne, le nouveau roman de Virginie Despentes est un road-book qui promène l'auditeur entre Paris et Barcelone, sur les traces de tous ceux qui ont connu Valentine, l'adolescente égarée... Les différents personnages se croisent sans forcément se rencontrer, et finissent par composer, sur un ton tendre et puissant, le portrait d'une époque.

By the time the classified report is leaked to the public, it's already too late. A horrifying pandemic has begun to spread, with ferocious speed, from Paris to the rest of Europe. The infected masses die quickly . . . but they don't remain dead for long. As military forces are overpowered by the horde of undead, civilization as we know it is pushed to the breaking point. Those who remain uninfected rush the ports, hoping to escape the bloodthirsty beasts, desperate for some safe harbor.

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilisation. This is the twelfth expedition. Their group is made up of four women: An anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain and collect specimens; to record all their observations, scientific and otherwise, of their surroundings and of one another; and, above all, to avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.

Presidents, premieres, prime ministers, entire governments disappeared instantly, like a fragile house of cards in a hurricane. Some hid deep underground or holed up in fortified strongholds, but most were swallowed up by the dead, never to be heard from again.

Everyone becomes prey when Earth is swallowed up and transmuted to a bestial landscape, the first stage of induction into Elysium's multiverse and a new galaxy in the making. In the blink of any eye, the bloodthirsty creatures of Riven Thane's worst nightmares are unleashed as he; his sister, Allie; and his friend Jose scramble amid the carnage to live another hour. But on this nothing of a planet, Riven is more special than he knows. He's among a select few with a singular bloodline, and the Elysium system has its eye on Riven in particular.

Christ's second coming motivates several characters during the civil war battle of fredericksburg. They assure the bloodbath of December, 1862, is the biblical armageddon, and that confederate general Stonewall Jackson will be revewaled as Christ come again. The Apocalypse also figures in 2nd Century Asia Minor, where a certain Montanus believes he is the incarnation of God the Father, and that his two female disciples form a new Trinity, who will orchestrate the world's end.

She was watching her grandson laugh at a baby gorilla when the call came. “You have minutes. Not hours. Minutes.” Lindy didn't panic. She'd spent forty years preparing for this exact moment. But she'd never imagined it would come while she was holding a hot chocolate at a zoo with the two people she loved most in the world. When the EMP hits, there is no second chance. No rescue. No government coming to help. Just a grandmother, two kids, and eighty miles of dying America.

In book three of The End Is Here, the world is heading into its final stages of destruction. Supernatural attacks are happening across the globe as the beast continues to set up his unholy empire.

The train station harbors danger. Each day, one portal opens, leading to daunting trials and battles of life and death commanded by masked facilitators. Asher is forced to rely on his instincts and his weapon. He must navigate this treacherous world, both solo and with teams, and contend with other players, each harboring their own motives and ambitions. Confronted with unimaginable challenges, every day unveils a new hurdle, and each victory is bitterly earned. In this world intent on crushing him, Asher must fight to survive.

The training continues. So do the missions, and now Jonesy and Molly and Duke need to run on a razor’s edge to save the world - preferably without killing their new recruits.

When the power dies without warning, Mel knows it isn’t just a storm. Cars stall. Phones go silent. The town goes dark. With her daughter at her side and panic spreading fast, she must turn her quiet homestead into a fortress before the world realizes it’s already fallen.

When the world goes dark, Emily must rescue her son and niece from chaos, flee looters, and survive a brutal new reality. Guided by her father's prepper notes, they reach a hidden bunker, only to face betrayal, loss, and a daring rescue. In the ashes of collapse, they fight to rebuild and hold on to hope.

In the thrilling fourth installment of Mark E. Fisher's Apocalypse Mission series, the stakes are higher than ever as our characters embark on their most dangerous missions yet. From the bustling streets of New Babylon to the luxurious halls of the Antichrist's city, Brett, Tyler, and Aurora must navigate a treacherous world of deceit, danger, and supernatural forces. Brett is faced with the consequences of disobeying the notebook’s warning as he finds himself fighting for his life in the Colosseum of New Babylon.

After being infected by the deadly Vita virus Dylan barely survives a harrowing journey through the zombie-infested United States. Finding refuge and a cure at a US military base, she believes the worst is behind her. Little does she know her nightmare is just starting. The stakes couldn't be higher. When the undead overrun the base, Dylan and a small group of survivors are forced to take matters into their own hands. Determined to deliver Dr. Lee and her research to her headquarters in Fort Detrick, Maryland, they set off into the unknown. 

Contains all five books in the Children of the Apocalypse series.

Asher has moved on from Station 18. The Jarl's Den is a deployment hub, its walls lined with portals to dying worlds. Undead hordes. Machine uprisings. Frozen wastelands full of monsters in the dark. Each apocalypse holds survivors praying for salvation, and the Stations forge the warriors to...

When an EMP wipes out power, Renee must protect her daughter and their wildlife preserve from strangers, unrest, and the growing fear that the collapse has begun. Survival means guarding family, land, and trust before the quiet countryside becomes their prison.

A solar flare wipes out power across the Arctic outpost where Jenna and her team are stationed. Cut off from the world, with the cold closing in and something stalking the perimeter, survival means more than just staying warm. It means facing what's out there.

Seule l'écriture parvient à dire le chaos d'une enfance. Stéphane Lambert a dix ans lorsqu'un ami de la famille abuse de lui. Tout vole alors en éclats.

In Book 2 of The End Is Here, the situation on earth continues to decay. Violence, famine, disease, wild animals, and cosmic cataclysm ravage the people of the world.