Résultats pour "Hero" dans Science-fiction

The mind-blowing conclusion to the Monster trilogy and the final installment in the Gone series from science fiction and fantasy master Michael Grant is perfect for superhero and Stephen King fans alike. After the fall of Perdido Beach dome, a new set of humans developed mutant powers from the...

Following their quest for the mythical Grimstone, Zale, his daughter Starlina, and the entire crew find their home town of Warvonia in a dire state. Once a major sea hub, the harbor is in ruin, covered in life-threatening darkfrost. High Count Vidimir Tefu, Zale’s former client, will stop at nothing to restore the full might of Void, what he views as the kingdom’s salvation. Ancient forces and sorcery from the Shadow Age itself are rallied against Zale, his crew, and his home.

Genetic engineering, blending DNA from Earth and Jørn species, saved their crops and livestock, but for humans there was no cure. Instead they took to the skies, turning their colony ships into cities that floated above the spore's reach. Hero Regan is special, and not in a way she likes. She hears voices in her head. Surrounded by butlers, bodyguards, and tutors, insulated from the outside world, her only solace is Fink, a 600-kilogram, genetically engineered ruc-pard. They share lives, thoughts, triple-chocolate marshmallow ice-cream, and the burning desire for freedom.

In the technologically advanced African city of Numbani, in the not-so-distant future, humans live in harmony with humanoid robots known as omnics. But when a terrorist tries to shatter that unity, a hero named Efi Oladele rises! Efi has been making robots since she was little - machines to better her community and improve people's lives. But after she witnesses Doomfist's catastrophic attack on the city's OR15 security bots, Efi feels the call to build something greater: a true guardian of Numbani.

These Violent Delights meets This Savage Song in this sequel to the contemporary fantasy Only a Monster from Vanessa Len that New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Garber called ""mind-bending, heart wrenching, and unputdownable!” Despite all of the odds, Joan achieved the impossible...

When a helicopter carrying presidential hopeful Senator William Jefferson crashes in the Quarantine Zone, zombie half-breed Penelope Hope is enlisted into the most unorthodox rescue team ever assembled for a mission to save the very man leading the effort to wipe out her kind from the Plagued States of America...

Charlie Rose knows that their victory over their magical attackers is only the start. With the magical world slipping into chaos and despair, she and her newfound friends struggle to piece together the history behind this parallel universe. After they stumble upon a mysterious crumbling castle, the team reluctantly vote to explore it in search of answers. There are few signs of life remaining after the monsters’ onslaught – but the team begins to find clues as to what happened... and they quickly realize how much danger they’re in.

An outcast alien named Dean heads out in search of Earth - and is shocked to discover he's not the only one looking. When Dean's planet begins to receive mysterious transmissions from Earth, his species becomes obsessed with finding the strange creatures calling themselves "humans". But, curiosity turns to tragedy as streams of "heroes" are sent out to investigate the transmissions, never to return. Now...it's Dean's turn to go.

When Tom, the son of a powerful Senator, becomes stranded in the Plagued States while searching for his lost sister, his only hope of survival rests in the hands of a few grizzled veteran zombie hunters and a mysterious half-breed zombie woman he thinks may know where to find his sister... In the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse, humanity won by creating a moat surrounding the Plagued States of America. Now, zombies roam freely, and only the most fearless of hunters venture in, but they don’t hunt to kill. Zombie labor is too valuable a commodity.

Descend into the Twilight, to a world of illegal street races and genetically engineered animal companions, where the only thing more dangerous than the competition is the girl in its midst. Hero Regan's got a race to win, but with police on her tail and something funky happening with her telepathy, the finish line may be out of reach.

INTRODUCING A BOLD NEW HERO - DAMIEN IKE. Damien Ike is fortunate. As the son of the most powerful mage in the land, he should have a bright future ahead of him. But as Damien approaches adulthood, he can't help but worry that there is no sign of his magic developing. And yet to survive beyond a...

Abby and her brother, Mike, are keeping a secret from their mother: Mike has super powers. At eight years old, Mike has the ability to make objects around him spontaneously combust. Abby, knows that his life would be in danger if anyone found out about this, so she has kept it hidden from everyone for over a year.

The Genetic Wars that turned most of the planet into a wasteland are over. The so-called dregs (short for DNA regulars) and super-powered Supergenics now live separately from each other: the Supergenics in the shiny towers of Jupitar City, the dregs across the river, in the squat concrete buildings of the boroughs. But Supergenic children are still born to dreg parents and, under repressive laws, must be sent to live with their own kind.