Résultats pour "The Call" dans Aventure

Warning: This book has more than one point of view. If you prefer to avoid multiple perspectives, this book may not be your cup of tea. Thirteen years of peace are shattered for Paul and Tiffany in Powerless, the sequel to Abduction. Dorothy and Harriet's vengeful return threatens their quiet life of raising a family and building a safe haven for everyone. Dorothy and Harriet unleash a fresh wave of danger, forcing the community to band together again. As children play freely, whispers of a dark threat return. Will Paul, Tiffany, and their allies be able to defend their hard-won peace?

Lieutenant Travis Long of the Royal Manticoran Navy is the sort of person who likes an orderly universe. One where people follow the rules. Unfortunately he lives in the real universe. The good news is that Travis is one of those rare people who may like rules but has a talent for thinking outside them when everything starts coming apart. That talent has stood him - and the Star Kingdom - in good stead in the past, and it's one reason he's now a "mustang" - an ex-enlisted man who's been given a commission.

Als die Gaming-Junkie Silver am Vorabend ihres sechzehnten Geburtstages nicht nach Hause kommt, machen Kate und Keke sich auf die Suche, um sie zu finden. Es ist eine gefährliche Reise durch eine Stadt mitten in einem aufflammenden Bürgerkrieg. Eingehüllt in Elektrosmog und Panik wurde sie von Selbstschutz Bot-Jägern übernommen, als ein gewalttätiger KI-Aufstand jeden in Gefahr bringt, den Kate liebt, hauptsächlich Mally und seine Anthrobot-Freundin.

To save the human race from the ultimate cosmic threat, Jason will have to become something far beyond human. New Toronto is a fractured city-arcology on a dying Earth, where hope is as scarce as clean air. For Jason, survival means scavenging the ruins beneath the city — where any day could be his last. But everything changes when an ancient alien obelisk — the ABADDON BEACON — attacks Jason’s mind from afar, making his dormant psychic abilities spiral out of control.

The extra-galactic bridge between Earth and Terra Nova reopens after decades. Governor Hale calls for aid against an impossible alien threat known as the Inheritors, an advanced alien species with a mysterious connection to old allies. Hale needs the most powerful soldiers in the galaxy: Armor.

When the ships arrived, there were no warnings. No communication. Only bloodshed. The blue-skinned, gilled invaders unleashed havoc from space, executing their plan to terraform Earth. But something interrupted the process, leaving the planet fractured and desolate.

It'll take more than a lie to keep Kirsten safe. A creative assassin. A hit list hidden in a Doomsday seed vault. A woman with an unusual gift who has to untangle the conspiracy...before it kills her. When Kirsten digs into her mother’s past she discovers a shocking betrayal that derails her life. Will she uncover the mystery before the hitman finds her?

Before the Fall, Obsidian Corporation had Agents, and Teledyne Industries had Specialists. Both were deadly. In the Northeast Sector of North America, deep in Obsidian-controlled territory, Teledyne had Mr. Smith, and people fled, just on the rumor he was close by. Now, 20 years after the fall, former Obsidian executives have formed a tenuous truce with the former assassin to save New Toronto. Smith would have happily lived out his life alone, but when Smith sees that something needs doing, he gets it done.

Since the dawn of mankind, immortality has been the ultimate reward. But by the year 2148, it requires no act of faith to believe in an afterlife. Forever Center promises to bring people back to a life beyond death. Now everyone spends their lives in poverty, giving all their money to Forever Center to ensure their happiness and comfort in the next eternal life.

Captain Jason Reynolds and his team—Billy, Rizzo, and the rhino-warrior, Traveler—must attempt to rescue Ricket and Gaddy, still held captive aboard the impregnable Dreathlor prison barge. Only then can Jason return to The Lilly, his highly advanced Caldurian vessel. The elusive Admiral Ot-Mul, leader of the Craing Drac-Vin forces, has not only survived, but thrived, in the far, outer-reaches of space. With hundreds of thousands of warships under his command, Ot-Mul’s combined fleets are on the move. But in truth, he cares about little else than making one man suffer….

Six-hundred-twenty-seven convictions later, the career criminals Morty and Xiomber have seen the light and joined the good guys. Gareth must go undercover to stop his nemesis from unleashing another crimewave across the Accord of Souls. While the leaders of the Accord of Souls send an agent to Earth to stop its top scientist before he can open the way for the rest of humanity to flood into the galaxy.

On a faraway planet a war brews that threatens humanity. Can three fresh recruits make a difference? Harrison picked the military life for one reason: he wanted to see the galaxy. The lure of the Republic Army and traveling through space to find a future for humanity seemed like the best adventure he could imagine. Everything changes when the war begins. Is he ready?

In the years following the catastrophe, the community stabilized and found ways to meet its needs - and even thrive - despite the constant challenges. However, while the radiation zones which created the Eureka Bubble protected the area from the worst ravages of the apocalypse, they also caused severe resource limitations which have become more acute over time and, eventually, the Bubble is going to burst.

Duty Calls continues the story of Nic, Mal, Jazz, and Jade as they fight to hold what belongs to them. The Corporations are becoming more aggressive in their effort to steal their inventions. Our four friends are matching the corporate's aggression blow for blow. The fight has already turned deadly, and the Corporation has shown they aren't afraid to spill blood. Nic has shown restraint, but the gloves are about to come off. They've gone after his family, and that's the one thing he will not tolerate.

Join Ryan, a seasoned rescue scout, as he embarks on a mission to save a troubled teenager named Jason stranded on a distant planet. Ryan, haunted by his own past mistakes, understands the complexities of Jason's predicament. As he navigates treacherous terrain and battles against time, Ryan confronts his fears and confronts the harsh realities of life on the edge. This audiobook explores themes of redemption, resilience, and the profound human connection that transcends the vast expanse of space.

In this charmingly old-school science fiction novella, investigator Audrey Greene and her assistant, a quirky AI named Luna, must discover how 12 miners can simply vanish from the enclosed lunar colonies.

Deutschland in zehn Jahren. Mit absoluter Mehrheit regiert die Kanzlerin in der dritten Legislaturperiode und hat mit harter Hand die globalen Verhältnisse auf den Kopf gestellt. Während die einstigen Großmächte China, Russland und die USA deutlich unter Auflösungserscheinungen leiden, ist es der charismatischen Machtpolitikerin gelungen, sich und die von ihr angeführte Kern-EU zur Weltspitze zu führen.