Resultados para "A" en Space Opera

Ralph could be described as a rogue on a good day. A bad day involved a lot of cursing, calling him a pirate, or sometimes even having a shoot-out. It wasn't really his fault of course, or so he would have you believe. It was the fault of those who wanted to get in his way of making as much...

A Draconis Combine warrior struggles with immoral orders in the First Succession War. A House Davion MechWarrior participates in a risky heist as part of Operation Guerrero. A history buff battles the Word of Blake during the Liberation of Terra. What do these MechWarriors have in common? Each one pilots the same BattleMech, a survivor that has been repaired and rebuilt countless times throughout its long and bloody 300-year lifespan.......BATTLEMECHS ARE NOT.

Henry Jäger and Thana 'Monty' Montgomery have returned to Earth after a dramatic journey through a wormhole in the universe. Now they must convince the authorities of the threat Earth is facing...

منذ عشرين ألف عام انتهت حرب ظنّ البشر أنها دُفنت إلى الأبد. لكن على الجانب الآخر من الكون، هناك من لم ينسَ... ولم يغفر. في زنزانة باردة يراقب إيثيل السماء المشتعلة بالصواريخ، بينما يقترب العدّ التنازلي للحظة التي ستغيّر مصير عالمين. أعداء قدامى يعودون من أعماق الزمن حاملين ذكرى الهزيمة ورغبة لا تنطفئ في الانتقام، والبشر على وشك مواجهة حقيقة لم يكونوا مستعدين لها أبدًا.

Mit der Solaren Union ist ein kleines Sternenreich entstanden – nun wird es von dem mysteriösen Dunkelleben bedroht, einer unheimlichen Gefahr, über die man nur wenig weiß. Perry Rhodan muss ins Zentrum der Milchstraße reisen, hin zu Sagittarius A und zu dem riesigen Schwarzen Loch. Dort liegen die wichtigsten Welten des Compariats – in diesem geheimnisvollen Sternenreich weiß man offenbar mehr über das Dunkelleben. Mit der CREST II wagen Rhodan und seine Begleiter den entscheidenden Vorstoß.

Evan Marshall has lost too many good people. Friends. Allies. People who trusted him. Now the enemy isn't just hunting him. They're hitting everyone he's ever worked with, and they don't care who dies in the crossfire. So Evan hits back. A desperate strike deep behind enemy lines changes the balance of power. But victory comes at a cost, and the window to stay ahead is shrinking fast. A breakthrough aboard the Ascendant reveals capabilities no one imagined, and points toward a destination that's been awaiting their arrival for four thousand years.

Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson is the first book of G. I. Gurdjieff's monumental trilogy All and Everything. Conceived as both a cosmological epic and a profound work of inner instruction, the book presents its teachings through an unusual narrative framework that deliberately challenges the reader's habitual modes of perception and understanding. The story is framed as a series of conversations between Beelzebub — a high-ranking cosmic being exiled from the Solar System — and his beloved grandson Hassein.

Im Jahr 2456 steckt das Reich der Vereinigten Sonnen in der Klemme, zwischen der Terranischen Hegemonie und den von ihr eingesetzten BattleMechs auf der einen Seite und dem Lyranischen Commonwealth, das gerade die Pläne zum Bau seiner eigenen wandelnden Kriegsmaschinen ergattert hat, auf der anderen. Nachdem er auf allen Seiten von Feinden umgeben ist, was soll Prinz Simon Davion tun? Nun ja, er setzt seine hinterhältigste Waffe ein – einen diplomatischen Gesandten, den er mit dem expliziten Auftrag nach Tharkad schickt, sich Zugang zu den gestohlenen BattleMech-Plänen zu verschaffen.

Major Ethan Irons thought surviving Earth’s near-extinction was the worst thing that could happen to him. Then the alien fleet arrived. When the remnants of humanity are hurled into a galactic war they didn’t start, don’t understand, and are unprepared for, Ethan finds himself leading a desperate fight for survival among alien empires, ancient grudges, impossible odds, and enough political backstabbing to make Game of Thrones look like a polite family dinner. His assets?

Step into a world where the line between reality and illusion blurs, where characters grapple with their inner demons while navigating a web of family drama and ancient prophecies. In “The First Step on The Path to Truth,” protagonist Eiran Hive, known as “Little Bear,” battles schizophrenia and isolation within his wealthy family. His journey towards self-acceptance is intertwined with mysterious Void-based light powers that both empower him and threaten his sanity. Meanwhile, Zell Hive Sr., also known as “Zell” or “Smiling Spider,” stands at the crossroads of ambition and redemption.

Der Orden des Weißen Feuers ist kein gewöhnlicher Fantasy-Roman. Es ist eine düstere, literarische Space Dark Opera über eine Welt, die sich nicht mehr durch Wahrheit erhält, sondern durch Angst, Kontrolle und heilige Auslöschung.

Flint was having a rough year. A dead-end job, a failed marriage, a lost custody battle. In short, life hadn't been going his way. His luck had to change soon, and surely evil space monsters, gladiatorial battles, vampires, sentient warships, and out-of-control nanotechnology wouldn't make his life harder, right? Flint goes from earthbound dullard to intergalactic privateer through painful, frightening, and all too often out-of-control events for which he is completely unprepared.

Dr. Eos Rai has spent a lifetime dedicated to her mother's dream of finding the long-lost Mona Lisa. When Eos uncovers tantalizing evidence of Star's End—the last known location of the masterpiece—she's shocked when her employer, the Galactic Institute of Historic Preservation, refuses to back her expedition. Left with no choice, she does the unthinkable—joins forces with the most notorious treasure hunter in the galaxy. A man she finds infuriating, annoying, and far too tempting.

Ivil Antagonist has everything a woman could want. Power enough to blanket out suns and turn worlds into molten hells, a fleet of warships at her command, and the fear of an entire space-faring nation. But she's silently growing tired of being at the top. There is no place more lonely for someone who has killed all of the competition, and she knows that it will be impossible to find an equal.

Fronteras del infinito es una recopilación de tres relatos en los que se exploran temas de gran interés social: los prejuicios sociales y sus consecuencias, el antirracismo nacido en torno a la manipulación genética y una conjunción de religión, supervivencia y estrategia militar.

La Galahad, una nave hiperlumínica, transporta cincuenta científicos e ingenieros en una misión para preparar Kepler 452b, el vecino habitable más cercano a la Tierra, a 1400 años luz. Con un hogar ya inhabitable y la colonia de Marte abocada a un lento fracaso, ellos son la mejor esperanza de la humanidad.

Crispin Marlowe grew up in his brother’s shadow, but Hadrian is gone, and his grandmother - the Duchess of Delos - is dying. Answering her summons, Crispin takes off on what should be a routine flight to the ducal palace from the castle at Devil’s Rest. But he is flying into a trap. There are whispers of treachery among the duchess’s many daughters, rumors of hidden knives in the planet’s court...if he can even make it there.

La primera novela de Víctor Conde es un sentido homenaje a la space opera más desprejuiciada y gozosa. En ella acompañamos a su protagonista, una mujer artificial de juventud eterna que se enfrenta a corporaciones, piratas interestelares, acción y aventura a raudales en un entorno que nada tiene que envidiar a otras sagas galácticas.

Cuando la tripulación del Mobius acepta como pasajero a Bryce Brisson para ganar dinero fácil, se ve inmersa en sus negocios con la enemistada familia de Tanny: la Familia Rucker. Y además, Tanny ha agotado el suministro de drogas que necesita para mantener su fisiología mejorada de marine. ¿Traicionará Carl a la familia para conservar su paga, o se lanzará de cabeza a una trampa que no estaba diseñada para él?

A los veinticuatro años ha de ser muy difícil mantener dos identidades, teniente de Barrayar y comandante en jefe de los mercenarios Dendarii. Pero esa es la maldición secreta de Miles Vorkosigan, quien deberá hacer verdaderos juegos malabares para cumplir con esa imprevista e indeseada duplicidad de obligaciones. Existe un peligroso complot para reemplazar a Miles por un doble, su clon Mark.