Résultats pour "Echo" dans Action et aventure

Mankind has lorded over the land of Illian for a thousand years, building on the ruins left by the elves, as if it were their birthright. A thousand years is a long time for an immortal race to see the truth of things, a truth that has remained unsaid for a millennium—elves are superior. They are faster, stronger, and connected to the magical realm in a way that man could never grasp. Illian should belong to them.

In the wake of a devastating attack, an amnesty has been declared for all Augurs—finally allowing them to emerge from hiding and openly oppose the dark forces massing against the land of Andarra. As the Augur Davian and his new allies hurry north toward the ever-weakening Boundary, however, fresh horrors along their path suggest that their reprieve may have come far too late. His ally in the Capital, the new Northwarden, contends with assassins and politicians and uncovers a dangerous political secret.

In Echo (Surviving the Silence), author Ex Katsaros delivers a gripping blend of science fiction, mystery, and space adventure that explores the boundaries between survival, reality, and control. Narrated with cinematic intensity by Kass Kline, this immersive audiobook pulls listeners into a haunting future where whispers of power have erased entire civilizations.

Welcome to the City of Monsters. That's the nickname for Elysium City, a city defined by clashes between powerful villains and celebrity superheroes. It's a place Ryan, like many small-time villains, avoided. All that changed when chilling visions of the apocalypse drove him to Elysium City and straight into a war zone. A powerful syndicate alliance is murdering rookie superheroes from Pelion Academy, and Ryan finds himself in the middle of it.

Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** Jack Reacher, adrift in the hellish heat of a Texas summer. Looking for a lift through the vast empty landscape. A woman stops, and offers a ride. She is young, rich and...

The stunning sequel to James Smythe’s critically acclaimed literary sci-fi novel THE EXPLORER TWENTY YEARS following the spacecraft Ishiguro’s disappearance, humanity is setting its sights on the heavens once more. Under the direction of two of the most brilliant minds science has ever seen...

In the aftermath of The Swarm’s relentless assault, and the brief but bloody civil war, Anderson and the other survivors must find a way to secure their future in their new home. With tensions running high, and the ever-present threat of the next moon phase, a plan is devised to take them to the source of the danger. To Europe. To ECHO site.

Echoes from the past ripple through to the present as the last humans search for a new home. A close fly over shows a planet that was colonized once before but had since been abandoned. Who was here and why did they leave? More importantly, what might they have left behind? Despite her misgivings, the Reacher’s captain agrees to investigate further.

When Tennal—a rich socialite, inveterate flirt and walking disaster—is caught using his telepathic powers for illegal activities, the military decides to bind his mind to someone whose coercive powers are strong enough to control him. Enter Lieutenant Surit, the child of a disgraced general. Out of a desperate need to restore a pension to his other parent, Lieutenant Surit agrees to be bound to Tennal and keep him conscripted in the army, a task that seems impossible even for someone with Surit's ability to control minds.

The scales have tipped. The battle for Namdhor, the north, and the entire realm of man was a sure victory for the orcs. But they lost. Now, under the rule of a would-be-king, the armies of man fuel the war when they should be bolstering their defenses. Only a few understand that time is against them, yet these few must fight alone if the dawn is to rise over Illian once more. The heroes of the realm have banded together, but they cannot fight side by side. There is only one way they can win, seen by the oldest dragon and preserved inside the broken mind of a ranger.

"Listeners will relish the interstellar politicking and Corkhill's talent for voicing unforgettable personalities."- AudioFile Ocean's Echo is a stand-alone space adventure about a bond that will change the fate of worlds, set in the same universe as Everina Maxwell's hit debut, Winter's Orbit...

Echoes of Bhrea Duet brings together the first two thrilling novels in T. Kohl’s epic portal fantasy series filled with magic, mystery, adventure, and clean romance. Lauren Strauss always believed her strange dreams and questions about her family’s past would eventually lead to answers. Instead, they lead her to another world. After a violent attack in downtown Chicago, Lauren is thrust into the mysterious realm of Bhrea by a powerful amulet with a will of its own.

Airborne mage armies traverse enemy territory in utter secrecy. Vast city-liches conspire to influence events from afar, while city-states and archmages unleash strange new magics in a rapidly accelerating magical arms race. Nations and great powers that have remained quiescent for years have begun reaching out into the growing power vacuum. Magical superweapons and giant monsters are wielded by every side in a deadly tangle of alliances and factions, as each squabbling force spirals in towards their inevitable final conflict.

Two thousand years from now, the Milky Way Council charters V.A.S.T.—the Vessel & Archive Salvage Taskforce to do what no one else will: map the unknown and recover what history lost. They don’t keep what they find—every black box, data core, and relic transfers into Council Custody—because truth only matters if it survives the handoff.

Taking a break from his studies, Thomas travels to Greece to more fully understand the origin of Western culture. In Delphi, he meets a young Mexican actress named Lucia who performs for him—in Spanish—a scene from Euripides’s Electra. Lucia’s talents exceed mere acting; sometimes she hears voices, seemingly echoes from the distant past. Thomas enlists the aid of a brilliant high school chum to help unravel the mystery of these “voices”. The three of them continue their travels through Greece, eventually joined by a young Jesuit who turns out to have an agenda of his own.

Chinese Islamists are poised to strike at the heart of Asia, as they unleash a plan to create a state in the heart of China. NATO has uncovered a plan to blackmail Beijing with the threat of a genocidal attack. Uighur terrorists have created a weapon of mass destruction, and threaten to unleash it on the capital city of the most populous nation on earth if their demands are not met. Yet the threat is not just confined to China.

North Korea has achieved a breakthrough with nuclear warheads and is about to arm their strategic missiles - weapons that could set the world ablaze. The Echo Six unit commander, Abe Talley, is ordered to take his men across the 38th Parallel. Their mission is to locate and destroy the nukes, as well as their creators. They must enter the heart of the most secretive, repressive, and brutal nation on Earth - and somehow find a way back.

An ISIS terror group snatches the US ambassador in France, the latest high-level kidnap. After a failed Turkish rescue effort, the president demands they assign the best NATO unit to the task. That unit is Echo Six, led by Lieutenant Commander Abe Talley, and each man is a veteran of an elite NATO unit. Yet Echo Six is about to come up against an enemy force that is equally well-trained, well-equipped, and able to bring overwhelming numbers of fighters into battle.

The ISIS strategy is unchanged: to expand their bloody caliphate by means of conquest and slaughter. Yet the tide has begun to turn against the brutal regime. The Russians have arrived in force, along with their legions of aircraft and armor. In spite of this, the Mullahs ignore mounting losses and continue to send jihadi fighters to probe the Syria-Iraq border. Their intentions are clear and unequivocal. Conquer and kill.

ISIS is desperate for a new source of cash to fund their brutal campaign. Rumors emerge of a cache of gold hidden in the desert outside the shattered ruins of Aleppo. Buried 70 years before, the bullion is plunder from the Second World War. Treasure that ISIS is searching for, and would fund a devastating new offensive. If they succeed, hundreds of thousands of lives are at stake, and Syria will once more become a blazing pyre. NATO issues orders for the elite Special Forces unit Echo Six to drop into Syria to counter this new threat.