Résultats pour "Art" dans Space-opera

From New York Times bestselling and modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks, The State of the Art is the acclaimed collection of Banks's short fiction. “Banks is a phenomenon...writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance.” –William Gibson This is a...

Das Experiment einer Supersoldatenarmee verlief nicht nach Katos Plänen. Nur einer seiner Schützlinge überlebte die operativen Eingriffe. Als Sam die ganze Wahrheit erfuhr, flüchtete er in die Tiefe des Universums. Doch Kato ist ihm auf der Spur. Ein Versteckspiel durch die Galaxie beginnt, mit unvorhergesehenen Wendungen und verblüffenden Parallelen. Begleiten Sie Sam und weitere Protagonisten auf ihren aufregenden Lebenswegen und darüber hinaus.

The hunt for captive humans still held in Eyndar Empire space has hit a wall. Captain Jessie Ramsey's assault on Outpost 71 resulted in the liberation of hundreds but little in the way of leads. But what if dark magic could find more? Wouldn't the benefit outweigh the harm? And what if that dark magic was chronomancy? And what if that chronomancy was wielded by the galaxy's least responsible wizard, Eric Ramsey? Still willing to give it a try? Still worth the risk?

The High Chancellor puts Rivka on the trail of serial art thieves. Dismantle the ring. Recover the art. Put the thieves behind bars, thieves who stay one step ahead. Insiders? Or maybe outsiders with inside knowledge? No suspects. No clues. Rivka has to use all the resources at her command—her gift, her people, her ship, and tools that no one else has access to. Rivka has to chase the criminals across the galaxy to exotic planets with their own challenges when it comes to solving the crime. The big question is can Rivka find the criminals before they disappear forever?

Dank Amareis gnadenloser Ausbildung mausert sich Kwen zu einem Krieger, der innerhalb weniger Jahre die Fähigkeit erreicht, der Königin von Mektoo im Kampf gegenüberzutreten. Im Verlauf der denkwürdigen Auseinandersetzung führt eine Verkettung glücklicher wie unglücklicher Zufälle dazu, dass Kwen in den Besitz eines Raumschiffs gelangt. Sehr zum Verdruss einer Bande schlecht gelaunter, warziger Aliens, die sich fortan an seine Fersen heften. Aber nicht nur Mork, Muff und Monro möchten ein Hühnchen mit unserem Helden rupfen.

Alira’s back from the brink of madness, though the voices still threaten her control. Terrified she’ll lose it again, she tries to evade human conflicts. Yet after she witnesses Cartel slavers kidnapping humans from her friend’s village on Bejami, she leaves her sanctuary to stop the Cartel from abducting and enslaving others. On Danua, acting Clan Admiral Knøfa experiments on his unammi prisoner. Except the squib isn’t healing any longer, and the medics aren’t working fast enough to save her.

Disguising herself as a human is easy for shapeshifter Alira. Living as one turns out to be harder than she’d expected. And imitating a human well-known to millions on all the colony worlds may have been a mistake. To make matters worse, the harvests of knowledge and memories she’s gathered from the dead aren’t adequate to fully understand her assumed role—unless she surrenders control to the one internal voice she thinks can make things right.

When humans attack Iridos, killing most of the unammi population, misfit cleric Alira discovers she is a Harvester, able to absorb the memories and personalities of those who die in her presence. She'll need that knowledge to help her people. The problem is, not all Harvesters survive with their minds intact.

As if by a miracle, Eli gets a spaceship named Night Stalker and wants to explore the galaxy. It seems like fun, but there’s one slight problem — miracles don’t happen. Advanced Gaian technology dominates the universe, and it is known as the GAME. Using it without authorization to materialize Night Stalker is prohibited and makes Eli an intergalactic fugitive.

The universe is in chaos. After a mysterious ancient alien race invaded human space, wiping out untold millions on dozens of worlds, humankind teeters on the brink of utter disaster. Only two paths forward seem to exist: enslavement or annihilation. But a small team of humans - seemingly thrown together by fate - emerge from the chaos of the attack, coalescing around a solitary noble warrior and a woman who the enemy seem to fear.

United States Diplomat Danielle Lowen was there when one of her fellow diplomats committed an unthinkable act that had consequences for the entire planet. Now she’s trying to figure out how it happened before it can happen again. Putting the puzzle pieces together could solve the mystery - or it could threaten her own life. "The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads" is a tale from John Scalzi's The Human Division, a series of self-contained but interrelated short stories set in the Old Man's War universe.