Résultats pour "Ring" dans Science-fiction

In an alternate Renaissance Italy where the church regulates magic and licenses magicians, fiery Fiametta Beneforte wants to be more than her goldsmith-mage father's unpaid apprentice. But when the Duchy of Montefoglia is laid under military and magical siege, she unexpectedly must join with Thur Ochs, a young Swiss miner and foundryman, to tap their skills in both metalwork and necromancy to rescue her father's soul and combat an evil sorcerer.

A dutiful princess questions everything she was taught to believe and, with the help of a handsome rogue space pilot, sets out to reclaim her power and save her people in this genre-blending, romantic space opera. The idyllic lunar colony of Boaterra means everything to its perfect, dutiful...

Dr. Duke Mercer and the battered scientists of CalVO brace themselves, their ranks now bolstered by his daughter, Sloan, fresh from the cataclysmic collapse of Hawaii. As four active Hawaiian volcanoes rage, the Pacific Rim shudders, building to a terrifying crescendo with the awakening of the colossal Axial Seamount and an apocalyptic chain reaction across the Ring of Fire.

A ship stranded halfway across the galaxy. A difficult and lengthy journey home. A homeworld in urgent need of their return. And now they are running out of food. The crew of the Aurora must now trust their new allies in order to survive. But their situation may be far more serious than they imagined. And their actions could have repercussions across the galaxy. Their journey home may just have gotten slightly more complicated.

After the catastrophic fury of Mount St. Helens and the agonizing eruption of Mount Fuji, Dr. Duke Mercer and his family find themselves regrouping in new environs. Duke and the CVO refugees have a new, desperate mandate to monitor the Pacific Rim's most volatile volcanic systems, from the enigmatic Axial Seamount to the looming titans off Indonesia.

Major volcanoes across the Pacific Rim — from Indonesia to the Americas — erupt in quick succession, each more violent than the last. As the earth trembles and cities fall into chaos, the world is plunged into an unprecedented crisis. It begins at the Cascadia Subduction Zone off America's Pacific Northwest. Triggered by an undersea volcanic eruption, the Ring of Fire has been awakened by sudden shifts in tectonic pressure setting the stage for a global extinction level event.

After a youth spent trapped in space exile, Jeff Font returned to Earth to seek vengeance against the planetary mogul who had framed and destroyed his family. Jeff's plans backfired: He was captured, drugged, rammed through a computerized court system, convicted... and ringed.

Rock on, Renaissance! A cosmic accident sets the modern West Virginia town of Grantville down in war-torn 17th-century Europe. It will take all the gumption of the resourceful, freedom-loving up-timers to find a way to flourish in mad and bloody end of medieval times. Are they up for it? You bet they are.

Let's do the "Time Warp" again! Another anthology of rollicking, thought-provoking tales by a star-studded array of top writers such as David Brin and Eric Flint himself - all set in Eric Flint's phenomenal Ring of Fire series.

In a galaxy on the edge of cosmic oblivion, one girl must embrace a power she never summoned and fulfill a destiny she never chose. An action-packed, coming-of-age fiction series about a girl who must navigate her way through a purpose she never knew existed. Book One in The Hesaurun Ring Series kickstarts the epic scifi thriller that'll have listeners clutching their seats in suspense and excitement.

Insane cult trying to undermine the stability of society? Powerful mage whose very presence unmakes the world? John doesn’t care. He’s getting married. After rescuing Katrine, sealing himself into a manaless state, and defending against the most dangerous beast tide the world has ever seen, John only has one thing on his mind. Getting married, and going on a honeymoon. Oh, and trying to figure out a way to keep the world in one piece.

Forced to sacrifice herself by disappearing into Earth's distant past to preserve humanity's future and escape a galactic menace even she cannot resist, Valerie begins a new life 7,000 years in the past. She feels safe in this realm until confronted by an alien resource seeker drone determined to reveal the secret of Earth's riches to those that would covet them. The vile thing is quickly destroyed by the awesome power of the five rings, but not soon enough...

Contains books one and two of the The Titan series, a litRPG gamelit adventure. Trapped in his own body by a debilitating medical condition, Xavier Lee seeks reprieve from his giant-sized problems through full immersion into the game world of Nova Terra. Billed as the first true alternate reality, Nova Terra runs parallel to the real world and promises to fulfill the fantasies and desires of those who dare plunge into its mysterious depths. In order to adjust to his new life of quests, skill mastery, and magic, Xavier will have to forget everything he knows.

Having defended Moon Wolf Citadel from the super guild, Ragnarok, and carved out a place for himself in Nova Terra, Thorn stands on top of the fantasy world. But Nova Terra is not as simple as it seemed. Thorn quickly discovers that the political leaders in the capital of Northern Angoril are turning jealous eyes on him. The young Titan is forced to take a step back, beset by complications on every side. With players flocking to Greymane Valley the pressure of ruling the Wolfkin grows, not helped by Ragnarok’s unrelenting attempts to destroy his fledgling guild.

Carrie Starr, a legacy professional wrestler, is the WWC women’s world champion. Carrie went to bed expecting to defend her title against the Tongan Queen in Philadelphia. She didn’t wake up in Philly. She woke up in an alien locker room being prepared for the galaxy’s most popular show, "King of the Rings". King of the Rings isn’t professional wrestling. King of the Rings isn’t MMA. King of the Rings is a death match.

The heir to a multibillion-dollar company that spans the solar system lost everything on Last Day when her country was destroyed. Over the years, she struggled to regain control of the company that was taken from her. The woman who has almost everything has decided this is not enough. The stakes are high, but if the gamble pays off, Hannah Grant will gain a power that rivals that of the Confederation leader Jenna Plural. Told through the eyes of her personal security officer, Liam Marshall….

Author Jay Vickers would like nothing more than to be left alone so he can finish his next book. But "there's something strange going on," as his peculiar neighbor, Horton Flanders, says. The market is filling with new inventions that supposedly last forever-cars, razors, cigarette lighters, and more. Individuals and whole families are disappearing. Soon, even Mr. Flanders vanishes-but not before leaving Vickers a note.

Earth officials were hard on the heels of the mysterious Sirian spy, Agent X, when he blasted off in a stolen spaceship. But before they could catch him, the master spy jettisoned the capsule that held his report into the icy rings of Saturn. In a flash, Lucky Starr and Bigman Jones found themselves in a race with the Sirian war fleet to recover the top secret information ...

In the far future, mankind lives safe and secure behind the Chronos Ring - an automatic defense system that encircles the area of space occupied by human beings. The Ring keeps out all of humanity's enemies - in particular, a vicious race of reptilians known as the Parsnaak. On the outer fringe of human-occupied space is the planet Muse, an entire world dedicated and established as a colossal museum - a storehouse of antiquities and relics from the ancient histories of both men and aliens.

When astrophysicist Dr. Elena Morales and her team intercept a human signal echoing through Saturn’s rings, they uncover something impossible: their own voices, recorded in a timeline that hasn’t happened yet.