Resultados para "Benjamin" en Historias alternativas

The System just keeps throwing new experiences at our MC and his friends. For example, our antisocial lone-wolf hero Kasp was awarded the title of Head of the Settlement by the System. However, he has no intentions of being a leader.

Matt Callaghan is alive—barely. Having escaped the destruction of the home he shared with Jane Walker after an attack by political assassins, he's back with the young superheroes of Morningstar Academy—and back in the center of a conspiracy that's unraveling the world around him. A cult still pursues him; governments still want his powerless human blood. Any hopes he once held of living a normal life seem dead and buried, and it's all Matt and Jane can do to try and ensure he doesn't end up the same way. But there's no time to rest or recover.

Ten years ago, the Empath known as the Black Death battled the Legion of Heroes and laid waste to a continent. Infused with the blood of countless superhuman victims, he struck down the Legion one by one, until only its leader, Captain Dawn, remained. When the smoke finally cleared, the Black Death was vanquished—but at a terrible cost to both Captain Dawn and the world . . . Now, the students and staff of Morningstar Academy hope Matt Callaghan, who they believe is a clairvoyant, will lead them to a bright and glorious future.

On July 6, 1963, human history was forever altered. From the depths of space, a golden wave of light bathed everyone on Earth in rays that rendered them unconscious. Six days later, five billion people awakened with superpowers. For thirty-seven years now, superhumanity has managed to keep the peace. With some exceptions....

Winston Smith lebt im totalitären Staat Ozeanien, wo das allmächtige Regime jede Handlung, jedes Wort und jeden Gedanken kontrolliert. Als er beginnt, an der offiziellen Wahrheit zu zweifeln – und sich verliebt –, wird sein Leben zu einem Kampf gegen ein System, das keine Freiheit duldet. Ein zeitloses Werk über Überwachung, Manipulation und den Verlust der Individualität.

Alternating between nineteenth-century Europe and present-day New England, this tale follows the great British painter J. M. W. Turner - and his scene of artists, intellectuals, and lovers - and Henry, a middle-aged family man whose otherwise mundane existence is disrupted by the discovery of The Center of the World, Turner’s controversial painting of Helen of Troy that had been thought lost forever.

The Kaiju Task Force has been dealt a crushing blow. Reese and Norah, along with their mother Jessica, stand amidst the wreckage of Long Island, mourning the loss of their brother Blake and their father, David. The echoes of the relentless ocean mirror their sorrow, as guilt and heartbreak shadow Reese's every thought. He questions his strength, haunted by his perceived failures. Yet, in their grief, Jessica and Norah remind him of the sacrifices made to protect the world, urging him to see their fight not as a failure but as a testament to courage.

It is 1777, in a colonial America where the internet, social media, and ubiquitous electronic communications are fully woven into the fabric of society. Hours after a top-secret Congressional sub-committee uploads the Articles of Confederation, a mysterious internet plague breaks loose in the cloud, killing any user who accesses a networked device.

Es scheint, als würde es in der Region Irkutsk für unseren Helden allmählich zu eng. Er hat hier zwar sein Zuhause gefunden, wenn auch fürs erste ohne den warmen Schoß einer Frau, und auch das Epizentrum befindet sich in der Nähe – ein perfekter Trainingsplatz. Doch das Problem ist, der junge Baron zieht zunehmend die Aufmerksamkeit der Machthabenden auf sich, die Galaxius und seine Fähigkeiten für ihre eigenen – nicht immer menschlichen – Zwecke nutzen wollen.

WHAT HAPPENED TO AMERICA? The United States does not exist, and English is spoken by no one. The indigenous population has retained its own sovereignty, avoiding European conquest. Follow Tom Hathaway as he is lured into the alternate history of Vinlandia back in 1976, finding himself stranded with no hope of return. To survive, he must adapt to the ways of the Vinlandians and become one of them. This is the story of how he makes his way, finding fame, fortune, and love. Most importantly, he finally discovers the reason he was brought here in the first place.

The Agent J Universe expands. Now, in book three, the interdimensional, time-warped, theological, labyrinthic mysteries of the Holy Sequence and its offspring, the Holy Darkness must be untangled by the ever resourceful, yet cold and calculating Agent J and his associate, the strikingly beautiful Russian operative, Natasha.

Cohen doesn't have time for disembodied tongues. The transportation AI they are creating at work is going to change the world. And Cohen has to fix the bug in his demo code before it releases in a few days. But now he’s got to take care of this stupid tongue first. When he manages to deliver the tongue to Calla Human, she drags him into a bizarre new world where severed limbs are merely a commodity and a mysterious client is calling all the shots.

In this second novel, the new American republic is struggling to reconcile its lofty principles with the practical realities of a rapidly expanding nation. Three fairy rangers who helped the country win its independence—Goran the Sylph, Har the Dwarf, and Dela the Water Maiden—now find they must seek new alliances with the likes of Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, Ichabod Crane, and the Cherokee hero Junaluska to combat a monstrous new conspiracy against peace, justice, and freedom on the frontier.

Familienanwesen – vorhanden! Erstes Familienschwert – ebenfalls! Haustiere – eine ganze Schar! Feinde – immer mehr! Freunde – mehrere, gedankt sei dem Ehrenkodex! Geld – Ups… Ich brauche mehr Gold! Und eine Leibgarde, eine Haushälterin, einen Gärtner sowie... Hey, hieß es nicht, ich könne mich in dieser Welt ausruhen? Die Platte wurde von Magic Dome Books produziert. Toningenieur - Dmitrii Musinov. Korrekturlesen – Kseniia Böhm. Toningenieur – Anton Maximov. Das Hörbuch verwendete die Musikkomposition von der Website incompetech.com

Ich brauche mein Anwesen, meinen Siegelring, meine Familie und vor allem dein Motorrad… Mein Körper gewinnt jeden Tag an Kraft, mein Geist levelt und meine alten Skills sind weiterhin vorhanden. Endlich versammeln sich Menschen um mich, denen ich vertrauen kann. Selbstverständlich habe ich auch mächtige Feinde. Doch das wird nicht lange währen.