Resultados para "Enigma" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

En la oscura noche del 2 de julio de 1947, cuando una tormenta eléctrica rugía en lo más profundo del desierto de Nuevo México, Roswell se convirtió en el epicentro de un acontecimiento celestial que cambiaría para siempre el curso de la historia. La narrativa comienza con el granjero Mac Brazel tropezando con los restos de algo inexplicable en su propiedad, desatando una cadena de eventos que arrastrarán a dicha localidad a la penumbra de la incertidumbre.

El 27 de noviembre del año 2012, la embajada española en México tuvo que notificar a Georgina Mir, como único familiar vivo, que su padre, un famoso arqueólogo, había desaparecido, sin dejar ningún rastro, hacía tres días en Palenque, donde realizaba una excavación. Como una cruel broma, Georgina sintió que el destino se divertía con su familia: 13 años antes, su madre también había desaparecido.

Salem Salazar è da sempre affascinata dalla morte, il che fa di lei "quella stramba", la pecora nera della sua ricca famiglia, prestigiosa ma segnata dagli scandali. Quando arriva alla Mortimer University, Salem è alla ricerca di risposte su cosa sia successo alla sorella maggiore, la perfetta Olivia, precipitata da una scogliera due anni prima. Presto viene a sapere che sua sorella non è l'unica ragazza morta nella scuola e decide che farà di tutto per scoprire quali forze oscure stanno uccidendo gli studenti della Mortimer.

Dr. Kelly Connolly is part of a top-secret team studying the most important find in human history - the Enigma Cube, an alien artifact of incomprehensible power. A cube whose technology can catapult civilization to dizzying heights - or destroy it entirely. After years of failed attempts to unlock the cube's secrets, all hell suddenly breaks loose. Kelly and a black-ops commando, Justin Boyd, are soon fighting against all odds to stay alive, and to keep the cube out of enemy hands.

A missing scientist, a lost bioweapon, and just one flimsy lead…Billy Firebrand and his dysfunctional crew of mercenaries are on the trail of the greatest mystery they've ever faced. Only when they arrive on the ocean world of Calypso looking for answers, they uncover nothing but more questions. Now, with his entire crew trapped in a giant luxury submarine fifty kilometers under the ocean, hunted by a mysterious hacker, a vengeful mercenary colonel, and a giant sea monster, all Billy can do is keep his friends together and try not to die.

Nate Taylor and the crew of the Vanguard face their greatest challenge yet as they venture into the heart of a mysterious cosmic anomaly—the Enigma Expanse. This uncharted region of space defies all known laws of reality, and its secrets are as dangerous as they are alluring. When an ancient signal pulls them deeper into the Expanse, Nate must navigate fractured realities, confront a rogue robotic entity with a corrupted mission, and grapple with his own doubts and fears.

It’s 1915. The Great War has descended into horrific trench warfare with the great nations fighting over inches of European ground. In the Middle East, the war is between the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire, allied to Germany. Caught in the middle of this Middle East war are two families of spies—the Bankrofts, who support British operations in Mesopotamia, and the O’Connell family, on the side of the German and Ottoman operations.

Imagine an alternative Earth, where elves, imps, demons, and extraterrestrials coexist within the bounds of an unimaginably diverse, complex, and intricately structured society. The socialites are content with their relatively carefree existence filled with amusement, scheming, and gossip, until a mysterious circus performer arrives on the scene and challenges both the laws of physics and the core traditions of her world.

An explosion rocks Yellowstone. A strange disease begins to spread. A supervolcano threatens to erupt. And none of it was an accident. A reclusive Yellowstone park ranger is forced into action, teaming up with a beautiful woman from the CDC. Harvey Bennett isn't a trained killer, but he'll fight for what's right. And he'll do anything to take down the terrorists behind the attack. From Yellowstone across the American landscape, Harvey and Juliette must do what it takes to survive, before it's too late.

Dr. Timothy Ryan, head of the military psychiatric unit at Grantham Barracks, is meeting a new patient, a woman known as Prisoner Alpha. As she is being transferred, they are attacked by assassins, barely escaping with their lives. One shooter vanishes, leaving behind a dead companion unlike anyone Ryan has ever seen. But even more baffling is the puzzle of Alpha herself. She speaks in a strange tongue, and doodles in bars, dots, and little pictures like nothing Ryan has ever seen. Is she some sort of savant, or the most cunning spy he's ever met?   

To most, Daniel is the charming owner of an oddities shop he inherited from his grandfather, but looks are deceiving. Charged with keeping the worlds safe - from magicals and humans alike - Daniel leads a double life, leaving no room for anything - or anyone - else. When a relatively straightforward mission takes a turn, it plunges him into a dangerous new world where no one can be trusted. He must live a lie within a lie while he works from the shadows to keep the worlds safe from a deadly new threat. Everyone has their limits. Will Daniel survive being pushed past his?

The Antarctic Enigma is a thrilling steampunk adventure that plunges listeners into a world of Antarctic mystery and cosmic revelation. The author weaves a compelling narrative that blends elements of classic exploration tales with imaginative science fiction. The story follows a team of inventors and experts, "The Gearsmiths," as they are summoned by King Edward, III to investigate the mysterious reappearance of a lost expedition ship.

Nathaniel Firstborn Whaler is an Ecolitan, both a professor at the Institute and a field agent with extraordinary powers. Sent to a backwater colony planet nominally to determine its economic viability, Whaler evades an assassin's bullets only steps from the spaceport. He soon uncovers evidence that the planet will become the flashpoint for interstellar conflict between two empires, with each prepared to blame the Ecolitan Institute should war break out. Whaler must do everything in his power to stop what might become the worst disaster in human history. 

When Mark and Heather Smythe saved Earth from the conquest-hungry Kasari Collective, they thought their work was done. But the world's vast new government continued its quest to make extraterrestrial contact. And now, as a new gateway is activated to welcome the Kasari, whom world leaders take to be benefactors, only the Smythes stand a chance of countering their planet's invasion and subjugation by a race of ruthless conquerors.

Mysteries and mayhem are abundant in the Dead Zone, keeping Marshal Adam Cain and his deputy, Riyad Tarazi, hopping from one crisis to another. Everyone has secrets, but not everyone is prepared to keep them hidden. With a hundred Dead Worlds laid bare, some of those secrets are becoming known, and the resulting scandals are throwing the Dead Zone into turmoil. And then when the theft-proof Expansion Credit System bank in Balamar is robbed, old friends and enemies appear, leading Adam and Riyad on a whirlwind adventure.

One mistake as a child was all it took for Arya’s life to become a nightmare. After having her seal skin taken from her, the King of the humans offered Arya a deal. If she killed the King of the fae he would grant her freedom and her skin. Unbeknownst to him, Arya had no intentions of killing the King.

Jon's growing concern with what he sees as a corrupted time line is beginning to look like an obsession. Yeah, those never end well. Every attempt he tries to repair Earth's post-resurrection time line only make time/space worse. The impossible and the hazardous are happening everywhere in the universe. Not only that, but they are occurring with ever-increasing frequency and bone-chilling severity. Even Jon's minor tweaks to past events backfire with an intensity that would give pause to a normal person. But not Jon Ryan! The man's relentless.

On the eve of Luca Lee-McNabb’s 23rd birthday the quantum intelligence, Athena delivers her some bad news. Due to a devastating attack on its infrastructure it can no longer protect her and keep her hidden. She must leave Earth immediately and try to make it to New World One, a gargantuan habitat being constructed out in the asteroid belt. For Luca, leaving her home means potentially exposing herself to the powerful VanHeilding family, who will stop at nothing to harvest her unique biology.

When an alien ship crashes into the space station and diplomatic post Labyrinthe VII, the precarious balance between Harmony's High Preistess Sissy and Confederated Star System Agent Jake begins to dissolve. Suddenly they are caught in a web of deceit and intrigue as undercover agents for both the humans and the aliens vie for control not only of the space station, but of a new and unclaimed planet that may hold the answers many of them seek - or prove to be a deadly trap.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Fall: The Crimson Shadow comes a compelling and suspenseful tale of politics and power set in the universe of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Elim Garak has ascended to Castellan of the Cardassian Union...but despite his soaring popularity, the...