Résultats pour "Stoner" dans Science-fiction

A cold war between the American-led Alliance and the Domination, rivals in the Draka conquest, erupts in a space confrontation that will decide the freedom or slavery of humankind.

Rick Stiles loved his simple Florida beach life: guiding tourists around the swamp and then spearfishing offshore for a fresh catch dinner. But when Rick comes to the surface after a dive and finds that everyone on Earth has turned into stone, his laid back life is over. Luckily he finds a fellow survivor, the beautiful waitress Jasmine Rhodes, and the two set out together into the ominous quiet of a stone world. Rick is a survivor, but his skills will be put to the test against other survivors in a lawless world.

Geoffrey Beevers reads the original Target novelisation of this Key to Time adventure for the Fourth Doctor, Romana and K-9. Chanting, hooded figures gather inside a ring of ancient stones, using rituals of blood sacrifice to awaken the sleeping evil of the Ogri. Landing on late-20th Century...

Tex falls into a chasm and wakes up in a primitive land. Armed with a rifle and the skills of a bushman, he struggles to survive against pterodactyls and demonic barbarians. But when he meets beautiful primeval women who need his help, life in the stone age suddenly doesn't seem so bad. Tex vows to protect them and build a tribe. But that won’t be so easy. The immortal Necromancer of Darkoveld is spreading his forces across the land.

A mysterious breakthrough brings Alison Shaw to the edge of her vanishing world. Everything she knows will soon be gone—everything except the memory of an unlikely friend. But is their bond strong enough for her to hold on to? And is a memory worth living for when nothing else is left?

Returning to Avalyeth in hopes of saving Halvy, Thomas and the crew of Excalibur uncover a secret that could shake the foundations of the Druid order. Hidden beneath the forest canopy, dangerous alliances and forbidden technologies threaten to ignite a conflict that could spread far beyond the trees.

After a slap that shook the state, Oakland Pratt has become a viral symbol of resistance, whether she wants to be or not. With hate crimes surging and civil liberties disappearing, the crew at the heart of the uprising begins to mobilize. When a government crackdown explodes into violence, an event that echoes Stonewall and sets the city on fire, they retreat to the abandoned Minneapolis skyway system. There, the Scarlet Resistance begins to rise. What starts as survival becomes something much louder as they tap into a hidden network and launch a digital war the state never saw coming.

What is the secret of Ben Cruachan, the hollow mountain that towers above the small village of Taynuilt in Argyll? Has it anything to do with a cat which disappeared from the riding school or the appearance of a stray pony? As a twelve year-old Jennifer Lindsay comes across the secret that will govern a part of her life well into her adulthood, only then will the mystery of Samantha, the cat, be solved for her broken-hearted owner, Alison, Jennifer’s cousin. And what role does the piper play in all this? As he says later, “If all else fails, there’s always the music.”

What is the secret of Ben Cruachan, the hollow mountain that towers above the small village of Taynuilt in Argyll? Has it anything to do with a cat which disappeared from the riding school or the appearance of a stray pony? As a twelve year-old Jennifer Lindsay comes across the secret that will govern a part of her life well into her adulthood, only then will the mystery of Samantha, the cat, be solved for her broken-hearted owner, Alison, Jennifer’s cousin. And what role does the piper play in all this? As he says later, “If all else fails, there’s always the music.”

There is an ancient secret scrolled across our living wood. Engravings more vital and wise than we could have ever imagined. Soon, these ancient wooden wizard guardians will return, only to fight against their own demonic forms. Set in the 21st century, three loyal brothers are drawn into the struggle to save the planet. Shocked in witnessing this Earthly awakening unfold from the beginning, they discover they too are deeply intertwined in Mother Earth’s roots and have a bloodline of secret planetary guardians imbued with strength, speed, and stamina.

Only the one known as The Blood can save Lrakira . . . but is there time? The women of Lrakira have begun to die and the Stones have chosen Renloret to rescue Lrakira’s only hope of survival, a five-year-old child living on Teramar. When his ship crashes on Teramar, Renloret races against time to find the child whose blood carries the cure for his people. But the child cannot be found, and to complicate matters, Renloret is falling in love with Ani, a female Teramaran blade ring champion with serious alien issues and a need to be accepted for who she is.

The internationally bestselling Stone Man series returns! The five battered survivors of the Fifth Arrival have reached the Isle of Skye, only to face an impossible mission: destroy the Barrier that has trapped the country and stop the ever-growing army of Stone Men. The survival of humanity itself hangs in the balance, and though they’ve been given their greatest weapon yet, our heroes must first learn how to wield it... before time runs out.

When Thomas heard the cries for help, he didn’t hesitate to do the right thing. It was his chance for redemption. Until everything went wrong. The cave should have been deserted. The perfect place to hide. Instead, it’s crawling with soldiers and engineers working to unearth the impossible: Excalibur.

Howard Lester, a young scientist, becomes obsessed with the problem of death and begins a series of unconventional experiments aimed at increasing human longevity. In the course of their research, Lester and his friend Sir Henry Littleway make a startling discovery: A simple, harmless operation on the brain's prefrontal cortex results in vastly expanded consciousness and mental powers.

I cheated death itself and returned to the glorious city on the Neva, the one we built together with the Czar. Three hundred years have passed, and everything has changed. I've awakened in the body of a young count with a scandalous reputation. But I am still an artificer. I am home. And I can become even stronger now—just as soon as I deal with a few lingering problems...and put a couple of particularly irritating nobles in their place.

Legend tells of a sword that makes a warrior’s enemies fall to their knees in surrender. Sheni isn’t sure if he believes the drunken ramblings of old space pirates, but what he does know is that a sword like that would fetch an eye-watering price. Unfortunately, the trail leads them from ancient temples to prison planets, and retrieving the sword from its final resting place might cost the crew more than they’re willing to pay. Especially since someone on board the Silver Hart is keeping a secret with deadly implications....

JD Duncan loved his family and preferred a quiet life. But when coordinated terrorist attacks cripple the nation’s infrastructure, he is twenty miles from home as the country begins to unravel. Power fails. Communication goes dark. Law enforcement vanishes. By the time JD reaches his family, civilization is already falling apart.

Magazine editor and part-time archaeologist, Gill McArdle is getting it together. Or at least, he thinks he is, until the death of a friend throws his life into turmoil. He’s on Orkney, researching an elaborate stone carrying an ancient religious motif. But he’s perplexed as the carving long predates any previous incidence of the symbol’s first use. Either someone is tampering with Orcadian archaeology, or Gill is facing a puzzle that can’t be resolved.

Montana, winter. A small ranch with Gemma McWyntr, owner. Family owned it in the early 1900s. Each McWyntr family had one child, not for the lack of trying. Today, Gemma is the last, and the family name will end.

Nobody knew where it came from. Nobody knew why it came. When an eight-foot-tall man made of stone appears in the middle of a busy city center one July afternoon, two-bit (and antisocial) reporter Andy Pointer assumes it's just a publicity stunt. Indeed, so does everyone else...until the Stone Man begins to walk, heading silently through the wall of the nearest building, flattening it, and killing several people inside as a result.