Résultats pour "Aurora" dans Science-fiction

Our voyage from Earth began generations ago. Now we approach our destination. A new home. Aurora. Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, Aurora is the work of a writer at the height of his powers.

21 janvier 2228, calendrier terrestre. 19 h 30 GMT Une alarme se déclenche. Dans l'heure qui suit, la station coloniale SCS-Pollux entière s'effondre, emportant deux cent mille vies dans la tombe. Une infestation destructrice, des rescapés terrifiés, une fuite sans fin et chaotique. Loan Dæron se retrouve plongé au cœur de cette apocalypse. Il ne tardera pas à la comprendre, une force terrifiante s'est glissée parmi eux. Invisible, et pourtant sous leurs yeux.

From one of science fiction's most powerful voices comes Aurora, the incredible story of humankind's first voyage beyond the solar system. "This is hard SF the way it's mean to be written: technical, scientific, with big ideas and a fully realized society." -Booklist Our voyage from Earth began...

In the year 2425, the opulent city of New Geneva towers above the squalid undercity known as the Dredges. Sixteen-year-old Elara Vayle, haunted by the loss of her parents in a mysterious explosion, is determined to escape her grim reality. Guided by her dying mother's last words, she stows away on the starship Aurora, hoping for a new beginning. But the ship is not just a vessel; it's a battleground of secrets, tensions, and hidden agendas.

Humanity is caught in the slow collapse of coastlines, governments, and trust. In the middle of this unraveling world stands Malcolm Carter, a quiet mathematician who turns to equations the way others turn to prayer. While nations argue and seas rise, he begins work that might rewrite the future...

The Confederated Systems Alliance has spread to dozens of systems, creating the first true interstellar alliance dedicated to bringing peace and prosperity to all inhabited worlds. Unfortunately, some see this new alliance as a threat to their own seats of power, and would do anything to stop it. After a well deserved rest, Captain Nathan Scott is once again called into action. This time, it is not the fate of the galaxy that is on his shoulders, but the life of one of his dearest friends. But not all is as it appears.

To save her brother and protect her family’s future, a powerful princess must join forces with a dashing man from her past in this thrilling space adventure, the second novel in the Consortium Rebellion trilogy. As the dutiful daughter of High House von Hasenberg, Bianca set aside her personal...

Nachdem ein Solarsturm die Energieversorgung der Welt komplett lahmlegt, kämpft Aubrey Wheeler um das Überleben in ihrer Vorstadtsiedlung Aurora - ihr Bruder hingegen hat mit seinem beachtlichen Vermögen schon vor Jahren einen Bunker gebaut, in den er sich zurückziehen und Aubrey ebenfalls in Sicherheit bringen möchte. Kann Aubrey ihm trauen? Und hat ihr Exfreund, der plötzlich wieder vor der Tür steht, wirklich nur ihr Wohlergehen im Sinn?

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM NETFLIX AND ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR KATHRYN BIGELOW “Fantastic story, a real page-turner. Impossible to put down."" – Stephen King From the author of Cold Storage comes a riveting, eerily plausible thriller, told with the menace and flair of...

‘Fantastic story, a real page-turner. Impossible to put down’ Stephen King ‘Forget a good night’s sleep. Aurora is epic’ Linwood Barclay *** When the lights go out no one is safe… A planet without power. When a solar storm hits the earth, the lights go out across the planet. But this...

Follow the saga of Ezekiel Aurora, a man that has built a reputation as one of the most reliable middle men in the criminal underworld. Using his quick wits, he uncovers a devastating secret that would shake the very pillars of the world, fights a deadly cyborg assassin, and goes on a rampage to protect those he loves. The entire Aurora Chronicles in one book: Like Shadows in the Night, Like Tears in Rain and Like Lightning on a Wire.

Das fulminante Finale der grandiosen Space Opera und Bestseller-Trilogie! Was passiert, wenn man einen Haufen Loser und Außenseiter bittet, die Galaxie vor einem uralten, übermächtigen Feind zu retten? Der uralte Feind gewinnt natürlich. Moment mal... Nicht. So. Schnell. Als wir Tyler Jones und sein Squad 312 das letzte Mal erlebten, arbeiteten sie perfekt zusammen (oder rasteten aus), während eine intergalaktische Schlacht tobte und eine uralte Superwaffe das Universum zu vernichten drohte. Natürlich ging alles total schief.

Humanity crossed the void. The universe answered back. Aurora Protocol: Book Two - Quantum Dawn pushes the series deeper into the unknown as humanity’s first interstellar ship ventures beyond mapped space and into consequences no equation can fully predict. The Aurora I is a triumph of science...

Aurora I undergoes a transformation as momentous as any leap to the stars. The battered Gravitomagnetic Field Generator, source of so many sleepless nights and fractured ribs, is stripped from the ship. In its place, Silicate bio-crystal gravity plates are installed, their alien pulse promising...

Fixated on his relentless hunt for Danzig and guided by the fragmented memories of another, Reed is compelled to the mysterious town of Aurora, Alaska. His search intersects with the case of Hazel Hill, a missing intern from the local paper, who vanished while investigating her best friend's suspicious death. Caught trespassing by the local sheriff, Reed is coerced into a deal: help the sheriff solve Hazel's disappearance . . . or face charges for breaking and entering.

This collection of Catherine Asaro's show fiction contains five stories, including the Nebula Award-winning novella, Spacetime Pool, the Hugo and Nebula nominated novella Aurora in Four Voices, and an essay on Asaro's use of mathematics in her fiction.

The crew of the US space vessel Aquila returns from a deep-space mission to find that a devastating plant blight has stripped away all civilization, its legacy a nightmarish wasteland. In what's left of the world, the only law is tooth and claw, kill or be killed. Traveling through the savaged countryside to wrest from death surviving kin and friends, the astronauts grimly cling to a glimmer of promise for a new start. Far to the northwest is Aurora, a secret base offering a way out of the decline into darkness. 

Wie besiegst du einen Gegner, der jeden einzelnen deiner Schritte schon kennt? Im Alpen-Resort Silberhorn ist Perfektion Programm: Die KI, Aurora, dirigiert Schlitten, Pisten, Personal - und erfüllt ihren Gästen scheinbar jeden Wunsch. Als der IT-Forensiker Jonas Lindholm auf Anordnung seines Chefs im Silberhorn Urlaub machen muss, interessiert ihn dies alles jedoch herzlich wenig. Er möchte nämlich vor allem eins: in Ruhe gelassen werden. Aber schon nach seinem ersten Tag zeigen sich Risse in Auroras perfektem System.

They came up on us like a gravy crap. We was just down by the creek dranking and shooting when them ugly suckers flanked us. My name is Lick. They call me Lick cause when I was a baby I used to lick everything. This is the story of me and my buddy Fanger. We call him Fanger cause when he was a kid he broke his panky fanger on his right hand and his mom and deddy didn't git it fixed right. Now it sticks out all the time like a fancy yankee or English man dranking tea. Anyway, this is the story of our first encounter and how we ended up on the run. Just like everybody else.

A world recovering from a devastating plague. A brutal enemy threatening invasion. A young man seeking to escape the shadow of his father. A ship manned by a crew of fresh academy graduates. A top-secret experimental propulsion system. A questionable alliance with a mysterious green-eyed woman. What destiny has in store for the crew of the UES Aurora is far greater than any of them could ever imagine. And this is only the beginning....