Résultats pour "Isola" dans Science-Fiction et fantasy

République de Dor-Thimlin. À l'époque instable des temps sombres. Depuis la fin de l'ère de prospérité, les cinq régions vivent dans la plus grande isolation, chacune abritant ses citoyens dans des villes qui tentent de survivre malgré un climat de peur et de confusion politique. Naryë, Observatrice d'Aldal et membre de l'Assemblée des Sages, est certaine de sa vision : il existe un moyen de mettre un terme à l'Affliction qui sévit au-delà des murs et de guérir la perte du Don.

The product of a troubled and violent youth, Amanda Ripley is hellbent to discover what happened to her missing mother, Ellen Ripley. She accepts an assignment with a Weyland-Yutani team being sent to retrieve the Nostromo flight recorder from space station Sevastopol, which they find out of control due to a Xenomorph that was brought there with the recorder. A conspiracy unfolds, revealing ever greater threats - including an entire Xenomorph hive.

Rob didn’t plan to survive alone. The world didn’t give him a choice. When everything goes wrong, Rob and Gator are cut off from the rest of the group, injured, hunted, and forced to keep moving through hostile territory. With supplies dwindling and no clear path back, survival becomes a...

Things I will never forget: my name, my made-up birthday…The dark of the Hospital at night. My mother’s face, when she was young. Things other people will forget: where they come from, how old they are, the faces of the people they love. The right words for bowl and sunshine…What is a...

Nelle vene di Selly non scorre sangue ma acqua di mare, perciò quando il padre, imbarcatosi un anno addietro, le fa recapitare una lettera in cui le comunica che non tornerà prima di sei mesi e che lei dovrà restare a Kirkpool fino al suo rientro, la delusione e la rabbia prendono il sopravvento. Di certo, l'ultima cosa che lei ha voglia di fare è aspettarlo tutto l'inverno con le mani in mano. Peccato però che il suo piano di inseguirlo venga vanificato da un affascinante straniero, che ha marchi verde smeraldo da mago lungo gli avambracci e sul dorso delle mani.

Chi mai potrebbe credere alla storia raccontata da Edward Prendick? Scampato a un naufragio nelle acque del Pacifico, sarebbe sbarcato su un'isola vulcanica abitata da esseri singolari e spaventosi, a metà tra uomini e bestie. L'unica presenza umana sull'isola sarebbe stata quella del dottor Moreau, uno scienziato specializzato in perversi esperimenti di vivisezione. Solo che le cose sarebbero sfuggite al suo controllo e gli uomini-bestia avrebbero cominciato a maturare una propria coscienza fino a ribellarsi al loro creatore.

Cole Evans thought he'd found a safe haven for his family and a growing band of survivors of the most lethal virus the world has ever known. But he finds continued survival is far from guaranteed as they battle hostile encounters with other survivors, nature, and devastating accidents. Are they prepared to survive their first brutal Wisconsin winter after the rest of the world has perished?

Taking on supervillains has never been a problem for Jim (a.k.a. Kid Sensation). It’s what he’s been trained to do, and he does it well. Completely intrepid in the face of danger, he’s never shied away from a crisis, no matter how difficult the assignment or how great the menace. But now he faces a task that even he dreads: hunting down his friend and mentor, Mouse.

To do the right thing isn’t always to do the easy thing, and for Commonwealth Ranger, Antonin Murdock, that’s a lesson he’s learning the hard way. After the cataclysmic battle with Sanyo Baretto’s forces, the true architect of the Pirate Wars emerges from the shadows. Now, Murdock’s on the run. Baretto’s pirates are as cunning as they are resourceful, the Commonwealth Fleet is a titanic juggernaut, and both are closing in fast. With few friends left, it’s a good thing the ones he does have are the best.

Der Hub ist die letzte Hoffnung der Menschheit. Angeleitet vom Core, einer fortschrittlichen KI, kämpfen 70.000 Menschen auf einer vom Klimakollaps verheerte Erde um die Zukunft ihrer Spezies. Der technische Spezialist Paul Wagner ist einer von ihnen. Er gehört zu den wenigen, die die Stadt verlassen, um den vorgelagerten Sicherheitsperimeter zu reparieren, ohne den der Hub den Naturgewalten schutzlos ausgeliefert wäre. Doch als er während einer Außenmission plötzlich auf eine Fremde trifft, die aus der vermeintlich lebensfeindlichen Wildnis stammt, ändert sich alles.

The enemy is coming. The enemy is already here. For years they’ve prepared, plotted, and planned. For years they’ve waited to strike from above and below. Earth is under siege. The enemy covers the landscape. Proxima is unharmed. But that’s about to change. No armies can stop this menace, and no defenses can slow the advance. We are scattered and isolated. We are ignorant and weak. No help is coming. No help remains...or does it? Old heroes will sacrifice everything. New heroes will rise.

What if the most terrifying discovery in the universe isn't hidden among the stars, but trapped in the room with you? Isolated on a remote Bornean mountain, astronomer Woodhouse begins a solitary night watch inside the claustrophobic Avu Observatory. The telescope is locked onto the void, and...

After a personal tragedy, Professor Alistair Quill left his life as a technological crimes investigator behind for a comfortable life in academia, only to be drawn back into a dangerous world of intrigue when an intercepted smuggling operation ends in a deadly explosion. He is joined by Professor Kimberly O’Neill, a trailblazing scientist whose revolutionary work on steam-based learning machines has been twisted into a weapon capable of reshaping the modern world.

It's getting harder to stay alive... and awake. Working hard to avoid the escalating outbreak and the onslaught of infected, Egglemore's survivors are faced with a devastating new normal. But with personal relationships frayed and trust broken, the city's residents are every bit as dangerous as...

Xriah and Vylis, two avatars, both empowered with differing superhuman abilities, are repeatedly thrust into wildly varying worlds to do battle on behalf of their respective deities. Though the nature of their deities is shrouded in mystery, both avatars' faith in their purpose is strong and unwavering. On each successive world they seek one another out, and then it is a battle to the death, despite the fact that both the defeated and victor alike are reborn and plunged into yet another world, to begin the fight all over again.

L'isola dove si costudiscono storie di videogiochi e personaggi straordinari. L'arte di poter raccontare una storia che, altrimenti, rimarrebbe solo un sussurro portato dal vento.

Un'isola nata per parlare di storie stupende, a volte di fantasia ma con una curiosa dose di verità. L'isola di Naboombu è un rifugio dove rilassarsi ascoltando le avventure dei suoi abitanti.

Ожерелье - планетарную систему, сформированную некогда древней могущественной расой логриан, - сотрясали катастрофические Смещения, несущие неисчислимые беды обитателям Первого Мира. Го-Лоит - модернизированный клон логрианина - при помощи бесчисленных орд скелхов, выращиваемых им в инкубаторах....