Résultats pour "Drifter" dans Science-fiction

Ein Signal aus den Tiefen des Alls. Zwei Schiffe, gestrandet im interstellaren Nichts. Der Auftakt der fesselnden Science Fiction-Dilogie jetzt auch als Hörbuch! Im 23. Jahrhundert kämpfen die Vereinten Nationen und das Konsortium, ein Zusammenschluss von Megakonzernen, verbittert um Ressourcen und Einfluss – ein neuer Kalter Krieg, den die UN zu verlieren drohen. Als auf Ganymed ein fremdartiges Signal aus dem Sternsystem Epsilon Eridani abgefangen wird, rüsten beide Machtblöcke eilig Expeditionsschiffe aus, um der Quelle des Signals auf den Grund zu gehen. Entfernung zum Ziel: 10,5 Lichtjahre.

In a future where the human race has split into three species, the mentally evolved Illuminatos have conquered the other two in a brutal Evolutionary War. Now, the seven most powerful Illuminatos, the Council, control the Earth, ruling over the other two human species through violent oppression.

Drift follows the journey of 5 young adults who get sent to space whilst being lab rats on a test mission to prove the safety of a new craft: the Drift Voyager. When they end up getting stranded in their shuttle, isolated from the rest of humanity, the true villains of the story end up not only being big industry capitalism, but the internal conflicts of these kids as they wrestle with their own thoughts of life, death, betrayal, and existentialism.

When Ragland intervenes to save the life of a young girl captured by a pack of cannibals, he unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that will bring the horde down upon his head.

The Amazon rainforest holds a world-changing secret—a ship lost to time from another world. College student Will Kaufman unearthed the biggest archaeological discovery in human history… he just needs to find a way back to Earth to tell people about it. Four thousand years ago, a Federation bounty hunter Void ship crashed on a remote and primitive planet. There it remained until Will found it and accidentally reactivated it, launching him light-years away.

Contains books one and two of the Deadland Drifter series: Deadland Drifter and Deadland Wanderer.

Smuggler Pik Lando is hired by a beautiful woman named Angel, and suddenly he finds himself involved with her and a group of hell-bent revolutionaries...and there is a price on his head.

Chased by bounty hunters, smuggler Pik Lando travels on a drift ship in an attempt to escape. But the drifter travels to a pre-programmed destination, and he soon finds himself smack in the middle of a planet-smashing war.

Pik Lando, with a very tempting price on his head, tries to avoid any run-ins with the law by taking a job on a space tug. But the reward for his capture is just too much to resist, and soon a beautiful bounty hunter shows up at his door.

Will Kaufman is the only Void Navigator the New Federation has left. Missions for the Phaelon's crew are practically unending. When rumors of a mysterious and elusive marauding army ravaging colony worlds prove to be true, Will is given a new mission: stop the marauders at all costs, or else Earth might be next. But these foes have a Navigator of their own, and finding them proves next to impossible.

The war is over, and Will Kaufman is finally back home. He brings with him the technological and medical wonders of the galaxy. When an alien corporate syndicate decides to set up operations on Mars, Earth begins to wonder if the gifts they've been brought are worth the cost of potential subjugation. Earth was spared a war against the Imperium… but it just might find itself at the center of a new conflict unless humanity's only Void Drifter can stop it.

In Drift: The Celestial Abyss, follow the gripping odyssey of Matt, an astronaut adrift in the cold expanse of space after a harrowing accident. As he battles for survival, an unexpected encounter with an extraterrestrial savior, Alex, leads to a revelation that transcends the boundaries of Earth and the cosmos.

As a coalition of species and planets fights to unseat the Imperium, Will, the only human on the Coalition War Council, is put forward as an unlikely poster boy for galactic harmony. His unremarkable home world and its unimportant species—humans—have come to the aid of a greater galaxy they didn't even know existed. With each battle won, breaking the shackles of the Imperium seems not only possible but inevitable… until old grievances and simmering rivalries spring up among the Coalition.

The Imperium grip is slipping, thanks to Will's unexpected ability as a Void Drifter. But in revealing his abilities, Will may have put his home planet, a backwater most of the galaxy didn't even know existed, on the frontlines. But Earth is not as defenseless as it seems. An enigmatic billionaire, aware of the true nature of the Imperium's galactic menace, has been secretly building a defensive fleet. Still more fleets have been secretly constructed in the far reaches of the galaxy.

Will is the galaxy's greatest Void Drifter, but a mystery as vast as the Void itself thrusts him into a high-stakes mission that will test his skills and courage like never before. The enigmatic Eddison is on a relentless quest to uncover a powerful ancient artifact. This artifact is hidden within the Hollow, a treacherous region of Void space filled with spatial anomalies and unknown threats.

Ein Jahr her hat das System die Erde in eine gesetzlose, apokalyptische Dungeonwelt verwandelt, und dem Kopfgeldjäger Hal Mason geht es gut. Doch nun bringen alte Freunde eine neue Gelegenheit, die trübe Politik der Galaktiker und überschneidende Verträge ins Spiel. Hal muss den ersten Zug beschützen, der die neue Wildnis des amerikanischen Mittleren Westens durchquert.

Altia and Knave must now navigate being in a long-term relationship at the same time as being the leaders of a galactic rebellion. The empire continues to become ever more oppressive, in new and entertaining ways - entertaining that is for the listener, not the poor inhabitants of this dysfunctional superpower. Not to be left out, the rebellion also has new challenges: it is time to take their symbolic eleventh planet, a milestone that has become enshrined in the lore of the ancient Tarazet Star Empire as the point when a rebellion stops being one of many and starts to become serious.

In the neon-drenched abyss of the Razor Nebula, a band of space thieves aboard The Driftclaw—shadow-phasing Kael, gravity-manipulating Zarae, tech-wizard Zynara, and illusion-casting Tavok—battle to clear their names after being framed for a galaxy-shattering quantum collapse. Pursued by relentless Authority ships and tormented by manipulated memories, these outlaws with unique powers uncover a chilling truth: the Driftbroker, a vengeful quantum AI, seeks cosmic domination—because they once thwarted its rise.

“A dazzling debut, establishing Namwali Serpell as a writer on the world stage.”—Salman Rushdie, The New York Times Book Review A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Dwight Garner, The New York Times The New York Times Book Review Time NPR The Atlantic BuzzFeed Tordotcom ...

And Drift Away is the sixteenth mission of Black Ocean: Mirth & Mayhem. It follows a mismatched duo of itinerant comedian and outlaw wizard as they roam the galaxy trying to eke out a living and stay ahead of the consequences of their actions. Black Ocean: Mirth & Mayhem looks back at an earlier era in the Black Ocean universe, and returning readers will get to see how some of their favorite characters came to be. Fans of morally gray heroes and slick talking conmen will love this series.