Résultats pour "Was" dans Science-Fiction et fantasy

It has been 20 years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs, once thought of almost as gods, were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the Gift, avoided the Augurs' fate only by submitting themselves to the rebellion's Four Tenets.

Brought to you by Penguin. America Chavez must gather a team of heroes to make their final stand against Doctor Doom, and uncover what led him down this deadly path. What If....the Watcher saved the Multiverse? Victor von Doom has scoured across time, space, and countless dimensions and yet has...

Ein großer Sportplatz, freundliche Klassenzimmer und getrennte Schlafsäle für Jungen und Mädchen – auf den ersten Blick scheint Hailsham ein ganz gewöhnliches englisches Internat zu sein. Aber die Lehrer, so engagiert und freundlich sie auch sind, heißen hier Aufseher, und sie lassen die Kinder früh spüren, dass sie für eine besondere Zukunft ausersehen sind. Dieses Gefühl hält Kathy, Ruth und Tommy durch alle Stürme der Pubertät und Verwirrungen der Liebe zusammen – bis es an der Zeit ist, ihrer wahren Bestimmung zu folgen.

Almost 400 years the Terran Imperium has languished, an Empire in name only. The young colonies exploded out of the Diaspora Era, supplanting the homeworld in importance as they left a broken world in their wake. Earth's people, guided by the Conwin line, have clawed and climbed from the darkness left the night the lights went out. They built and rebuilt the weary and weakened world they inherited, even when it seemed bent on killing them from sheer spite.

Pennick for all its beauty was ever a place with a dark reputation. The forests of the Chase were said to be home to nixies and boggarts, and there was a common belief, passed down through many generations, that the castle housed an unquiet ghost of terrible and malign power. These rumours I can attest were all true; indeed they fell short of the truth by a long way . . .

Wenn das Schicksal ruft, beginnt eine Reise »Eine erzählerische Sicherheit, die für ein Debüt selten ist ... Fans von Robert Jordan und Brandon Sanderson werden viel Bewundernswertes finden.« Guardian Es sind zwanzig Jahre vergangen, seit die gottgleichen Auguren gestürzt und getötet...

A secret liaison. A baffling murder. Can one woman solve the crime without joining the body count? Northern England, 1953. Pauline Riddell has grand ambitions for her future at the armament factory. So, when her closest workmate reveals a salacious affair with a married man, Pauline refuses to...

Loki and Valkyrie seek redemption in the first adventure of an epic new multiversal series that reimagines the origins of iconic Marvel heroes. So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched the trickster god sow chaos. But . . . what if...

Fountain of Youth, or Valley of Death? While eating his supper of microwave popcorn, PhD student-genius Salinger Jacobs is grabbed from his apartment in California, stuck on a C-130 military plane, and sent to the Sahara Desert to witness the reality of the ZOO for himself. With the life expectancy of untrained scientists working inside the ZOO measured in hours, he has a lot to learn. Fast. First order of business? How do you shoot a gun, and just how much is that plant worth? 

Sadie Hawkins wants nothing more than to find success as a screenplay writer. But when she discovers the love of her life hanging from their bedroom ceiling, Sadie gives up on her dreams. Until she receives an unexpected gift. Sadie has become the sole owner of the cabin in the woods she always adored. A secluded place where she can resurrect her dreams and drown her sorrows.

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.

Brought to you by Penguin. Marc Spector and Venom engage in a battle of wills in the next adventure of an epic multiversal series reimagining iconic Marvel origin stories. So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched Marc Spector cheat...

The long-awaited continuation of one of the greatest fantasy trilogies ever written. The world was nearly destroyed, but now knows hope again. At the end of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Ineluki the Storm King, an undead spirit of horrifying, demonic power, came within moments of stopping Time...

Alexis Spencer will use any inspirational quote to rationalize her failures and shortcomings. Her closest friends are a distant memory, and her college debt is still as high as the day she left. But that’s all fine and dandy, because “whatever will be, will be.” However, when Alexis loses her job and her relationship on the same day, there’s no quote strong enough to get her through that. In typical fashion, she blames the world for her problems, including her younger self, who should have tried harder.

He was born too small to be a warrior. Too fragile for the world that demanded strength. And doomed to die forgotten. Sparrow is Comanche—son of a war chief, heir to a legacy of hunters and fighters—but disease stole the body he was meant to have. While others ride to glory, he is left behind to guard the camp… until the world proves that survival is never fair.

America Chavez must gather a team of heroes to make their final stand against Doctor Doom and uncover what led him down this deadly path. So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have we watched Doctor Doom claw after power, dominion, and godhood...

The Hero of Humanity—the man summoned to slay the Demon King—he went and destroyed all who wronged him, humans and gods included. At the end of his bloody campaign, he had nothing left. He retired to a humble cottage built from the divine, wood of the World Tree that he chopped down. All was well until, one day, the world shook. The Hero wanted nothing to do with it and went to sleep. The next day, he went outside and saw that his property had been transferred to yet another world.

Join Nathaniel Alloyway, one of the last two earthlings, on a Noverecian odyssey away from humanity's last refuge, the continent of Gera. Despite technological wonders and genetic enhancements, the colonists face an underestimated loss with the disappearance of its best, the loaders, during a daring rescue expedition.

Die Weihnachtszeit kommt mit großen Schritten näher. Bist du schon vorbereitet? Für machen kommt Weihnachten immer ganz plötzlich und unerwartet. Doch wahrscheinlich hat kaum jemand davon Weihnachten wirklich vergessen. In der Geschiche, die ich dir heute vorstellen möchte, ist aber genau...

Brilliant scientist Phineas Templeton is out for revenge. Left for dead (or at least “dead drunk”) in 2002, only one thing can derail his quest to punish those who discarded him into the wastebasket of time and space: a message that his good friend, the great scientist Klaus Thurber, has stolen a time machine from Chronosaber and has gone missing in time.