Résultats pour "Fire" dans Science-fiction

En tout juste six mois à l'Institut Galens, Reidon Ward a connu une ascension fulgurante. Entré à l'académie avec le rang le plus faible jamais enregistré, il prétend à présent au trône du plus puissant de sa promotion. Cette évolution monstrueuse attise la curiosité de tous, et dépasse même les portes de l'école : de nouveaux acteurs, restés jusqu'alors dans l'ombre, se décident enfin à s'intéresser à l'étudiant le plus prometteur de l'univers. Rei, Aria, Viv, Catcher et deux coéquipiers inattendus débarquent sur la planète de ce tournoi en tant que meilleure équipe des premières années.

Reidon Ward's first semester at the Galens Institute hasn't been without reward. In just over half a year he's gone from the weakest cadet at school to one of the strongest in his class, and there's no one left who would argue that his Device, Shido, isn't the most terrifying CAD they've ever laid eyes on. Still, Rei knows that his climb has barely begun, like he knows that the true fight is only just starting. After all… The Sectionals tournament has arrived. Rei, along with Aria, Viv, Catcher, and a couple unexpected squadmates, are about to face the first real battle of their careers.

After narrowly escaping the alien-infested world of Zeltrium, Jace returns to orbit scarred—but stronger. With each deployment, his skills sharpen. His chip loadout evolves. But World 3 was just the beginning. Now, Jace is introduced to the Global Harvesters Union—a private network of elite solo operators bound by strategy, secrets, and survival instincts honed in the deadliest corners of the galaxy. With the AI League pushing him to his limits, new upgrades changing the rules of combat, and new threats lurking in each mission, Jace must decide what kind of Harvester he wants to be.

Down on Alfheim, the situation was dire. Some brave men and women had to be left behind for the greater good. Viceroy Miles Hunt, gutted by the losses, needed to stay focused. A Titan-class warship, the Freedom, could be the key to victory, if it were fully operational with a trained crew. It was not. Sam, the medical Synth, faced something the programmers never expected: a moment where the only option was to break free of the code. The battle was fierce and there didn't seem to be a way out, until Sam came up with a plan. Would it save them?

Fire doesn't burn in water. But Izzy has never played by the rules. Izzy has fled Skarvindar and the wreckage left behind her at the Dawn of Kings with a broken heart, a fading flame and the memory of the man who shattered everything she thought she knew. Her fire is gone, and her only escape leads straight into Nymara – a breathtaking water realm built on balance and secrets, ruled by a queen whose kindness is her most dangerous weapon. Meanwhile, Kalia's shadows creep closer on the hunt for Izzy, darkening every horizon.

Dubbed the American Tolkien by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the number-one New York Times best-selling author delivers the fifth book in his spellbinding landmark series - as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire.

In the grim nightmare future of the 41st millennium, the witch-hunting zealots of the the Sisters of Battle stand between humanity and damnation. From the elite Seraphim warriors to the berserk Sisters Repentia, they are the strong arm of the Ecclesiarchy and the brutal hammer of witches. When dangerous psychic heretic Torris Vaun escapes from her custody, Seraphim Miriya is disgraced in the eyes of her fellow sisters and superiors. Following Vaun's trail to the planet Neva, Miriya takes her sisters in pursuit and, along with Hospitalier Sister Verity, starts her investigations.

Fresh Astra Militarum forces from the Arkhan Confederates are sent in to break the stalemate on Dolorosa Coil, and annihilate the xenos. But greater forces are at work, and the Confederates soon find themselves broken and scattered. As they fight a desperate guerrilla war, their only hope may lie in the hands of a disgraced commissar, hell-bent on revenge.

A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale. Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from...

Armageddon is dying, and Tartarus will fall. The orks are coming, and to stand any chance against the green tide, three soldiers must fight to their last. LISTEN TO IT BECAUSE It's another perspective on the battle for Armageddon, from three different points of view – Astra Militarum, Adepta Sororitas, and the Adeptus Astartes. This is not a heroic story, but rather one of desperation and difficult choices.

The never-before-seen history of Westeros and the lands beyond. With hundreds of pages of all-new material from George R.R. Martin.If the past is prologue, then George R.R. Martin's masterwork - the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time - warrants one hell of an introduction. At long last, it has arrived with The World of Ice and Fire.

Of all the devout warriors in the Adepta Sororitas, none are as renowned or battle-hungry as those of the Order of Our Martyred Lady. Yet while others seek glory in their own martyrdom, Sister Helewise is determined to stay alive, so that her death might serve a greater purpose when the God-Emperor wills it. Assigned to Fleet Quintus of the Indomitus Crusade, Helewise and her sisters follow an ancient route of pilgrimage to rediscover and liberate the shrine world of Cion, once a sacred bastion of their order.

The extermination of Earth is at hand. With his increasingly irrational leadership Basil Wenceslas, chairman of the Hansa, has driven humanity into a corner. His punitive treatment of the Hansa colonies and the Roamers, as well as his refusal to aid an embattled Theroc, have made enemies for the people of Earth.

April 30, 2033—the day World War III erupted in the open. Across Europe and Asia, the fragile illusion of restraint shattered as missiles, drones, and armor surged forward in coordinated fury. In Eastern Europe, EDEP armored formations thundered across Poland like a steel storm. Their objective was clear: the Vistula River. If it fell, so would the heart of NATO’s eastern defenses. Tank battles, manned and robotic, raged across shattered towns and muddy fields as outnumbered defenders fought to slow an enemy built for mass, speed, and annihilation.

Brittany Spencer and Francis DeWitt are both detectives with the West Ridge Police Department. That is where their similarities end. Spencer works homicide and she knows she is good at her job. She sees strange, grotesque things all the time and it hardly makes her bat an eye anymore. But one cold morning, a file comes across her desk that she is sure she was never meant to see. DeWitt is a mess. He lives multiple lies trying to get by in a city where people like him are bottom of the food chain – but nobody at the precinct gets to know that.

The best-selling, epic space adventure, Freedom's Fire: the complete series of six audiobooks, in one bundle.

A forgotten gallery becomes a doorway into a dying future, and an unsuspecting scholar is hurled into a war no human was meant to witness. High above a blazing alien world, a winged civilization fights for survival against invisible enemies that move through solid rock as easily as air. Their...

The Indomitus Crusade burns across the stars, while new threats emerge to challenge the Imperium's resurgence. As the Kingdom of Iron is secured and the Primarch Reborn's thoughts turn to future salients, the Arch-enemy strikes back against the Indomitus Crusade's forces. The shrine worlds of the Golden Chain are all but broken, and only Velua remains defiant. Canoness Irinya of the Order of Our Martyred Lady and Champion Gaheris of the Black Templars hold the line, fighting against the plague-ridden cultists reducing the planet to anarchy.

Two years after an attack brought down the electrical grid across the United States, the recovery effort is well underway. A new network of armored trains carry supplies and industrial equipment crucial to rebuilding the country. But along the rails, one area of America is still mired in darkness, violence, and danger. Some call it the Badlands. Others the Wild West. The government simply refers to it as the New Frontier. 

Mars has been under Lanky control for more than a year. Since then, the depleted forces of Earth's alliances have rebuilt their fleets, staffing old warships with freshly trained troops. Torn between the need to beat the Lankies to the punch and taking enough time to put together an effective fighting force, command has decided to strike now.