Résultats pour "Collector" dans Science-fiction

Ein atemberaubendes Zukunftsabenteuer in Cinemascope. Die Zukunft, unendliche Weiten ... Dies ist die Geschichte vom Aufbruch der Menschheit ins All. Die Geschichte der Besiedelung zahlloser faszinierender Welten. Und die Geschichte der Begegnung mit den Collectors, Außerirdischen, die noch überheblicher sind als wir – und weitaus gefährlicher... Mit "Collector" hat Markus Heitz, Autor des Bestsellers "Die Zwerge", das ultimative Zukunftsepos geschrieben - ein atemberaubendes Abenteuer in Cinemascope.

Lieutenant Dev Singh dutifully spends his days recording the memories of people who, struck with incurable depression, will soon have their minds erased in order to be more productive members of society. At night though, hidden in the dark, Dev remembers and writes in his secret journal the special moments shared with him—the small laugh of a toddler, the stillness of a late afternoon, the first flutter of love. But when the Bureau finds out that he has been recounting the memories—and that the depression is in him too—he is sent to a sanitarium to heal.

Ein atemberaubendes Zukunftsabenteuer in Cinemascope. Die Zukunft, unendliche Weiten... Dies ist die Geschichte vom Aufbruch der Menschheit ins All. Die Geschichte der Besiedelung zahlloser faszinierender Welten. Und die Geschichte der Begegnung mit den Collectors, Außerirdischen, die noch überheblicher sind als wir – und weitaus gefährlicher.

Das Jahr 2134: Die Erde steht vor dem Untergang - und mit ihr die gesamte Menschheit. Hunger und Armut, Kriminalität, Gewalt und Terror beherrschen den Alltag. Die einzige Rettung der Menschheit scheint in der Kolonisierung neuer Welten zu bestehen. Die Space Troopers, Kämpfer einer speziell ausgebildeten militärischen Einheit, sollen die Kolonisten beschützen. Doch im Kassiopeia-Sektor wartet ein fremder Feind, dessen Brutalität die Menschheit kaum etwas entgegenzusetzen hat.

After 20 years working for Pervenio Corp chasing bounties and extinguishing rebellions throughout the solar system, he’s on a routine pickup job hunting a wealthy offworlder heir who ran away from home. But when a mad scientist gets his hands on the boy, Malcolm finds himself caught up in a twisted plot to develop working androids.

Manna City is a climate-controlled utopia for the elite, enclosed in a massive wall. But when an unknown female is found dead in the shantytown outside full of desperate people hoping to get in, the local Body Collector takes an interest. His usual job is to burn unclaimed dead to earn a meager wage. However, the victim bears the strange markings of the Olduvai survivalists who manage to live in the surrounding wasteland by cultivating dala, a medicinal plant with hallucinogenic properties.

Children are constantly complaining about the monster in the closet. As parents, we just shake it off as childhood fantasy. But what if the monsters are real? What if they want something from our children?Jerry is a Collector, and each night he is sent into bedrooms to gather specimens to study so that experts can either fix his world, or help them find a new one.

Colter Axton, a superconscious being who borrows the minds of others for himself and fixes outstanding debts for individuals who fail to pay for services rendered by The Seeker's Market. Phalex, a creation of The Seeker's Market, tracks down debtors to face judgment in front of defrauded merchants. Colter engages in regular confrontations with Phalex, racing against time to settle debts for his clients before Phalex catches them. A particular client, Theodore Kunis, poses a challenge for Colter as the deadline to pay an outstanding debt approaches.

Lucene Jones has a secret. Except, even she doesn’t know what it is. Working as an assistant to the priestess Reverend Isabella in a small spiritual temple in Florida, and renting a room from her best friend, Fatima, her world is upended when a mysterious stranger shows up one late afternoon in the middle of a storm. Following his arrival, memories from her past, ones she had buried long ago, begin to resurface.

Elizabeth aches for one more precious hour with her son who died in a senseless accident. Andy is desperate to find his first love who vanished after a whirlwind romance. Logan craves the rush of surfing and mountain climbing, yearning to reclaim the freedom he lost after a misstep landed him in a wheelchair. Brooke is looking for an hour of relief from the guilt of an unforgivable mistake.

After losing her partner in the line of duty, Agent Sidney Shaw is forced to team up with a renegade bounty hunter. And she doesn’t like it. John Smoke—an incarcerated wild card—is released into her custody, only to push her vaunted training to the limits and toss the FBI playbook out. But a vast hidden network of criminals with the terrifying ability to shape-shift into monsters is spreading its supernatural sickness in the very fabric of human society. Innocents end up dead or missing.

Die Zukunft - unsere Zukunft: Das Weltall ist erobert, die Galaxis erforscht, aber nun ist die Menschheit einem unheimlichen Feind zum Opfer gefallen: den Collectors. Außerirdische, die scheinbar durch nichts zu bezwingen sind und Planet um Planet in ihre Gewalt bringen. Doch es regt sich Widerstand, und ein gefährlicher Plan zur Befreiung wird geschmiedet.

Die erfolgreiche Military-Science-Fiction-Serie: Jetzt die Folgen 13-18 in einem Hörbuch! Die Invasion der Erde durch die Insekten-Aliens scheint nicht mehr aufzuhalten. Die Menschheit steht vor ihrer endgültigen Vernichtung - und die politische Führung verstrickt sich in Ränkespiele. Verzweifelt versuchen John und sein Team, die letzten Frauen, Männer und Kinder von der Erde zu retten. Aber wohin sollen sie fliehen? Die Aliens werden sie bis in den letzten Winkel der Galaxie verfolgen.

Die erfolgreiche Military-Science-Fiction-Serie: Jetzt die Folgen 7-12 in einem Hörbuch! Die Space Troopers konnten den Vormarsch der Aliens nicht stoppen. Die letzte Kolonie der Menschen ist gefallen und die Washington nimmt Kurs auf die Erde. Da erhalten John Flanagan und sein Team neue Befehle: Auf Kassiopeia 1.3 sollen sie nach den Ruinen einer fremden Zivilisation suchen. John findet in den Ruinen ein altes Artefakt - nichtsahnend, wen oder was er damit anlocken wird. Denn die Space Troopers sind nicht allein auf dem Planeten.

Much like we observe and collect data about our environment, wildlife, and endangered species, the Data Collectors were sent here to collect and report back information about us. At one time, humans lived on many planets, in many solar systems; but now we are endangered and currently live on a single planet...Earth. The Data Collectors are trying to determine what is causing our near extinction to save humans as a species. Meanwhile, special interest groups would rather see the human race die off sooner, rather than later.

Ever since I discovered that I can kill magical creatures, trap their souls in precious gems, and use them to cast spells of my own, I haven’t had a moment’s rest. I have to balance my academics with learning how to use my powers and capture more souls in more gems to grow my spell collection. All the while avoiding angry aristocrats, nosy professors, criminal mobsters, and evil dwarves bent on destroying the civilized kingdoms. Luckily, I have some handy magic, a super awesome foxgirl and the hottest elven girl in school by my side, so nothing can stop me.

When a distress call leads Joe to the ruins of a lost alien civilization, he finds an illegal archaeological dig underway. The Chinese galactic empire is working with the Martian mob to smuggle an artifact across state lines. One deadly shoot-out later, Joe finds himself in possession of the curious trinket. His plan is to auction it off to the highest bidder...until he finds out why the Chinese were after it in the first place.

When Red Hunter unlocked his superpower, he knew one thing. He'd be the most powerful superhero who ever lived. Eventually.

Vince's immortality is no blessing. Unlike his childhood companion from long ago, he refuses to feed on humans to prolong his life. When people from his village start disappearing, he suspects an immortal killer at work....

Lirium plays the part of the grim reaper well, with his dark trenchcoat, jackboots, and the black marks on his soul that every debt collector carries. He's just in it for his cut, the ten percent of the life energy he collects before he transfers it on to the high potentials, the people who will make the world a better place with their brains, their work, and their lives. That hit of life energy, a bottle of vodka, and a visit from one of Madam Anastazja's sex workers keep him alive, stable, and mostly sane...until he collects again.