Resultados para "Families" en Ciencia ficción

Band 4 Harte Wege Nachdem sie der Raton-Pass-Miliz bei ihrer Verteidigung geholfen haben, wissen Lance und Joy, dass es Zeit ist, zu ihrem Ziel auf der Saddle Ranch weiterzuziehen. Die Verzögerung hat sie viel gekostet, aber er weiß, dass es etwas war, das sie tun mussten. In einer Welt, in der jeglicher Gemeinschaftssinn und jeder Gedanke an andere rasch verschwindet, hat diese eine Tat ausgereicht, um Lances Glauben daran wiederherzustellen, dass er sein Einfühlungsvermögen für seine Mitmenschen nicht verloren hat.

Familien Zuerst Band 1Könntest du eine Apokalypse überleben? Familien Zuerst ist eine kraftvolle Geschichte über eine gewöhnliche Familie, die in die Dunkelheit geworfen wird, als ein EMP den Strom im gesamten US-Festland ausschaltet und das Land binnen Sekunden in die 1800er Jahre zurückwirft. Diese Familie muss schnell eine Gruppe von Freunden und Nachbarn für eine 1.300 Kilometer lange Wanderung von Nordtexas bis in die Rocky Mountains von Colorado zusammenbringen. Die charakterorientierte Geschichte nimmt unerwartete Wendungen und lässt bis zum Ende nicht nach.

Band 2 Die StraßeIn einer postapokalyptischen Welt, in der sich die Regeln geändert haben, setzen Lance und seine Familie, zusammen mit anderen Überlebenden der nächsten Welt, ihren Kampf fort. Jeder Rückschlag wird schmerzlich empfunden, und die Zusammenstöße mit Militärkräften und verzweifelten Gesetzlosen haben sie sowohl körperlich als auch geistig erschöpft. Doch Lance fragt sich, wie das alles enden wird, da jeder Tag schwieriger erscheint als der vorherige.

"Having helped the Raton Pass Militia defend themselves, Lance knows that the time has come to move on to their Saddle Ranch objective. The delay has cost them dear, but he knows it was something they had to do. In a world where all sense of community and thought for others is rapidly disappearing, that one act was enough to restore Lance’s faith that he had not lost his empathy for his fellow man. Now faced with a detour through the Rocky Mountains, the group seems further from their goal than ever but is also filled with a new sense of comradeship and belief in themselves.

Shelby is struggling with parenthood, marriage, a passive-aggressive mother, and unemployment. But she also has a sweet escape in her beloved Hallmark movies. When a secret admirer promises to sweep her away into a world of those same romantic tropes, the temptation is so heady, Shelby can already smell the pumpkin spice. But this rom-com dream has a whiff of conspiracy....

Glaubt sich Ereila zuerst als einsame one man Army, deren Familie bei einem schrecklichen Angriff vor ihren Augen vernichtet wurde, so wird sie nun mit Schwester und Vater konfrontiert...

Cuando Hanne y Arnau pierden a su hijo, el mundo que habitan se viene abajo. Afectada por una profunda depresión, la realidad cotidiana de Hanne se trasforma en un caleidoscopio de recuerdos, sueños y funestas premoniciones que la atrapan en una telaraña de múltiples realidades superpuestas...

Bea's five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away. The smog and pollution of the overdeveloped, overpopulated metropolis they call home is ravaging her lungs. Bea knows she cannot stay in the City, but there is only one alternative: the Wilderness State. Mankind has never been allowed to venture into this vast expanse of untamed land. Until now. Bea and Agnes join 18 other volunteers who agree to take part in a radical experiment.

I accidentally ended up in this dimension. I had nothing. I knew no one. I barely survived the journey but landed in the best possible place; an ancient society of vampire hunters with the medical means to put me back together. I can't go home, but I can use the extra-abilities I gained from slipping dimensions to work for Black Swan and try to keep my friends alive.

Raised in a privileged community of wealthy survivalists on an idyllic, self-sustaining Oregon ranch, Marlo has always been insulated. The outside world, which the ranchers call “the Disaster”, is a casualty of ravaging climate change, a troubled landscape on the brink of catastrophe. For as long as Marlo can remember, the unknown that lies beyond the borders of her utopia has been a curious obsession. But just as she plans her escape into the chaos of the real world, a charismatic new resident gives her a compelling reason to stay.

Originally published in the best-selling Gamer Chronicles anthology, "Hacking Dad" is the story of an orphan who is presented with an AI father. As he looks for ways to exploit the AI's algorithm to generate more freedom, he learns that he isn't changing the system, he's changing himself, and that his AI father may not be AI after all.

Dr. Mick Strong has bought himself something unusual for his seventy-fifth birthday: a LifeTime projection. This new tech crunches data including your medical history, diet, and lifestyle to predict how much—or little—time you’ve got left. That’s all well and good, but he’s also bought them for his daughter, his grandchildren, and even his eleven-year-old great-grandson. He wants them each to wait until their next birthday to use the app. But whether they scoff at it, sneak an early look, desperately turn into a health nut, or die before their appointed time, the gift is wreaking havoc.

Trapped in a dead-end town, Justin Warren has had his life defined by the suspicious deaths of his grandparents. The unsolved crime happened long before Justin was born, but the ripple effects are still felt after thirty-eight years. Justin always knew he wouldn’t have much of a future. He just never imagined that his life might take him backward.

Isolated in the aftermath of tragedy, Erin Fullarton has felt barely alive since the loss of her young daughter, Korrie. Her estranged husband, Zac, a brilliant astrophysicist, seems to be coping better. Lost in his work, he's perfecting his model of a stunning cosmological phenomenon, one he predicts will occur today. But when Erin receives a phone call from her daughter's school, the same call she received 500 days earlier when Korrie was still alive, Erin realizes something is happening. Or happening again.

Three years after a series of massive waves takes out New York City and apocalyptic weather continues to shrink US coastlines, Julian and Kate's daughter returns to their Midwestern home...what's left of it. They should be thrilled, but while Kate is happy to have her daughter home, Julian can't quite believe it's really her. Since their daughter worked in New York City at the time of the first disaster, it seems impossible for her to be alive.

A trip to the library prompts one woman to question her fate in this galvanizing short story. For a woman like Hadley, deemed not acceptable to procreate, there’s only one recourse. Unlicensed for motherhood, she can alleviate her grief and frustration at a “baby library,” where a curiously endless supply of infants is available for a two-week loan. But the borrowed life that serves as a temporary balm leads to a journey of self-discovery that will forever change the direction of Hadley’s future.

Caitlin drops into the 21st century, flooding her with relief and not a small amount of confusion. The stone ripped her out of France and threw her into the field where best friend Sean waits. She should be happy to be home but the trauma from events in France haunt her. Worse, subtle changes to the world she left behind unnerves her.

Stell Dir vor, es gibt sie noch, die gute alte DDR - leistungsstark, erfinderisch, nischenorientiert und auf Weltniveau wie eh und je. Unsere sympathischen Helden: Familie Lehmann. Sie bewältigt den real existierenden Alltag im fortgeschrittenen Sozialismus des Jahres 2000. Die zentrale Frage: Muss man eigentlich jeden Blödsinn aus dem Westen mitmachen? Die Antwort der Partei: "Ja, Genossen, aber anders."

Maddie Pace has a gift—an ability to glimpse a person’s past just by meeting their eyes. It’s a blessing that isolates her… and a curse that others would do anything to control. Her mother, Cynthia, will stop at nothing to keep Maddie safe. But when they’re torn apart, each is thrust into a world beyond comprehension—one imprisoned, one awakening in a realm between life and death. As years pass and powers grow, their bond becomes the only hope of reunion across worlds.

Archaeologist Caitlin Benoit’s mind has been left broken from the trauma of time traveling through the centuries. Now unable to grasp the world around her, Elizabeth and John are forced to take the lead as they struggle to meet basic needs while taking cover in the forests.