Résultats pour "Vendetta" dans Science-fiction

Londres, 1949. Jeune homme désargenté, Dennis Knuckleyard vit et travaille dans une librairie d’occasion. Bien qu’aspirant écrivain, il mène une existence passablement ordinaire. Jusqu’au jour où sa patronne l’envoie chercher des livres rares chez un étrange bibliophile paranoïaque. Dennis comprend que l’un des livres n’existe pas : il s’agit d’un texte imaginaire figurant dans un roman, lui, bien réel. Il provient de l’autre Londres, le Grand Quand, une version de la ville située au-delà du Temps où tous les aspects de son histoire, depuis ses origines jusqu’à sa disparition, se manifestent.

Panoply is a small, efficient police force, dedicated to maintaining the rule of democracy among the ten thousand disparate city states orbiting the planet Yellowstone. Ingvar Tench was one of Panoply's most experienced operatives. So why did she walk alone and virtually unarmed into a habitat with a vicious grudge against her organisation? As his colleagues pick up the pieces, Dreyfus must face his conscience. 

Our modern-day hero SAS Captain "Bulletproof Pete" and East End gangster Vinnie find themselves in Los Angeles and discover the shocking truth about the alien agenda. His waking visions continue - ancient battles by the Nile and a family in ancient Rome. Lucia and Count Cassian - vampires since the dawn of civilization finally meet the ancient hero contained in the book of prophecy: "Bullet Proof Pete" aka Caius.

War is on the horizon. Daniel Hunt has no desire to lead the first coalition of corporations the galaxy has ever known. This is exactly why he's perfect for the job. In the face of humankind's greatest threat, old enemies will find redemption and new allies will answer the call. If this wasn't enough, more mysteries are unraveled as Daniel finally finds answers to the fate of the woman he loves.

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series—Machine Vendetta is a thrilling tale of deadly conspiracies and old enemies that refuse to die. Panoply is a small, efficient police force, dedicated to maintaining the rule of democracy among the ten...

Der Luxusliner Sternentraum wird auf seiner Kreuzfahrt von einer Gruppe Bewaffneter aufgebracht und gekapert. Die fast dreitausend Passagiere und Besatzungsmitglieder werden als Geiseln genommen. Die Geiselnehmer stellen jedoch keinerlei Forderungen, weder wollen Sie Geld noch andere Leistungen. Vielmehr scheinen Sie an ganz bestimmten Zielpersonen interessiert zu sein und setzen alles daran, ihrer habhaft zu werden.

Founded by colonists fleeing a dying Earth, Avalon was a fresh hope for humanity to start again, free of their mistakes. A hope that died with first contact. Invisible to the eye and immune to retaliation, alien life descended upon the colony abducting every human being, save one. Stranded in Avalon's wilds, Richard Windsmore returns home to find his people, his wife, and his children gone. He is alone, but not helpless.

The names are new, but you might recognize the drama and excitement of an epic encounter aboard the star cruiser Sojourner in a distant quadrant of the final frontier. In this deep space adventure, an alien warlord seeks revenge against the Sojourner crew, claiming he knows and hates them well - but they've never even met him before! When a member of the crew goes rogue and jumps ship, his actions might just set an impossible chain of events in motion.

BLOOD VENDETTA is a 1960s-style Acid Western — an instant cult fiction classic that’s made to order for fans of vintage Spaghetti Westerns, Japanese Samurai films, Quentin Tarantino movies, 60’s-era psychedelia, and old school guns-and-katanas-blazing action. Part Sergio Leone, part Akira Kurosawa, and part Alejandro Jodorowsky, BLOOD VENDETTA is a cinematic Far West meets Far East tale of greed and revenge, and a darkly comic (and appropriately bloody) allegory of America’s past, present, and future. Into the Western Lands come three individuals, each bent on revenge: …

Captain Xander Hawk and the ragtag crew of the Starblade are back, and the void has never been deadlier. Blindsided by ruthless pirates wielding stolen warships in a brutal ambush, Hawk faces enemies more lethal than ever. As shadowy foes, fueled by ancient grudges and forbidden tech, rise from the cosmic dark, Xander must draw on his Chicago-bred audacity, razor-sharp banter, and genius improvisation to outmaneuver them. But with betrayal waiting behind every asteroid and the body count rising, not every member of his found family may survive the storm.

Planet Governor Endellion Voight is an inspiration among humans - finally one of their own stands with the elite superhumans. Captain Clevon Demarco will stop at nothing to see her destroyed. Clevon Demarco runs the Star Marque with one goal in mind: Forcing Endellion to answer for her crimes against him, the rest of the crew, and the millions she killed. And while he claws his way up the mercenary ranks, Cleveon catches the eyes of several superhuman generals - each wanting to see Endellion fall for their own reasons.

The echoes of the Fae Invasion have died out in the Midwest when a new thunder rumbles across the plains. Tukor, former warband leader of the Red Arrow Clan, now rides with a motorcycle club of humans and orcs against his former masters. It’s hard to tell which challenges Tukor more though; being the new chief of all the orcs in the free city of Wichita Falls, Texas, or being engaged to the tough and lovely human woman Misty.

Mario crede di aver trovato finalmente la felicità da quando lui e Roberto sono di fatto una coppia. Ma non è ancora il momento. La ricomparsa di Julien è il preludio al riaffiorare dei fantasmi di un passato che cerca disperatamente di cancellare. Credeva di non poter essere più felice, invece scopre prima di essere padre di Mario Junior, figlio di Kala, concepito sull'isola dov'erano naufragati, e adottato da Julien alla sua morte.

The vigilante romance heats up when Catherine and Thomas move in together, as much out of love as from a mutual commitment to continue their work against the evil Ganymede society. Now joined by FBI agent and superhero fan Jason Leong, they seek to bring individual members of Ganymede to justice, even as the NYPD struggles against red tape and corruption in the mayor's office to do the same.

The end was just the beginning. History books call it The Purge, and it altered the course of human history. A breed of seemingly unkillable creatures that once lurked in the shadows of mankind’s past finally revealed themselves. Driven by an insatiable lust for human blood, these monsters - dubbed “ghouls” by some - consumed the globe in one bloody, awful night.

He’s been hunting it for a long time now - a one-eyed, blue-eyed ghoul that took everything from him - and now Wash is about to confront his greatest threat. Whether it ends in victory or defeat, it will end. After her own dangerous journey on the road, Ana is more determined than ever to find Wash and finally repay him for helping to save her sister. Following through on that promise, though, might cost her everything. In Remains, the third and final installment in the After the Purge: Vendetta story, there is no turning back.

Follow Charles Marcusson on his daring journey to Mars, where he discovers the chilling truth about humanity's universal nature. With Vendetti's captivating narration, feel the tension, wonder, and ultimate horror as Marcusson learns that "People are the same everywhere." Originally published in Fantastic Adventures and adapted into a Twilight Zone episode, this sci-fi classic is brought to life like never before.

The world has turned. Plague-infected, flesh-eating zombies now infest the earth. Black ops agent Chad Halverson of the CIA's top secret National Clandestine Service and a motley band of survivors must do everything they can to survive one more day, even as they try to find out what caused the pandemic.

Bonnar had created the Green Queen thoughtlessly all part of a day's work. But when his brain-child became a full-grown Frankenstein, a monster embodied in the girl he loved, Bonnar was terrified. For now, she threatened to shatter the whole carefully balanced social structure of Viridis as well as to undermine that radioactive world's atomic shield! Only Bonnar could end the holocaust and turn the all-too-grim reality back to the illusion he had originally intended. But to do that he had to destroy the girl he loved—or be destroyed by her.

Mr. Leiber's short story "Game for Motel Room" narrated as an audiobook by Mike Vendetti takes us on a fantasy adventure where a mortal man is taken to a motel by an out-of-this-world woman.