Resultados para "George" en Ciencia ficción

Mankind has colonized the worlds of the Spiral Arm. The galaxy is theirs for the taking. But humanity will soon discover the brutal, horrifying price of arrogance in deep space. The Klikiss Torch is a device of unimaginable power, capable of transforming gas giants into new suns. However...

"Temo di non riuscire a descrivervi le singolari sensazioni che si hanno viaggiando nel tempo: sono eccessivamente spiacevoli. Sembra di essere sulle montagne russe: si ha cioè la sensazione di precipitare inevitabilmente con la testa all'ingiù! Provavo, inoltre, l'orribile presentimento di una imminente catastrofe."

When their power nearly runs out, Unit One is desperate to find more Redjus, so he can save his eternal love, Unit Two. But will he manage to locate it in time, when he has to carry her in power-save mode for as long as it takes, when every planet he has searched so far is barren and when the Redjus only appears in advanced civilizations?

When an astronaut attempts to add cooking to her list of nonexistent wife-material skills, she fails so spectacularly that she blows herself into space. Without a suit on. Full of pent-up anger and regret from all the social pressure. If she survives those precious seconds till help arrives, she's done with all that. The next time she meets someone, she might just explode.

In debt and on the run from a crime lord whose nose I may or may not have broken, I take the first ticket off-world that comes my way. The only catch? I have to marry an alien cowboy. My plan is simple enough. Shack up with my groom Silar and convince him to keep me during the first month of our marriage. As long as he doesn't decide to send me packing after the thirty-day trial period, I'll be safe.

Having his beloved hometown turn monstrous overnight was rough for Silas Adler. Even more difficult was finding out that he suddenly had the power to channel electricity . . . at the expense of being able to touch anyone. Two decades later, he was stunned when Juniper Finch stumbled into his arms without being hurt. It was a lucky thing since Silas knew at first glance that Juniper was meant to be his.

"Now that I have found her, I refuse to lose her..." Theresa One by one, I've seen my friends fall in love with the alien warriors on this planet. I'm so happy for them, but I can't help but feel jealous. More than any other single girl on this planet, I want what they have—a mate. After a...

"I know that I may be frightening, my mate. But beneath all that makes me strange to you, my heart recognizes yours..." Zoey I've spent most of my time on this alien planet alone in the wrecked human ship. Now that I'm living with the other girls and the barbarian warriors at the Cliffs of...

"She is a difficult creature, my tiny Kat. But I have never met with a creature I could not tame..." Kat I can't believe so many of my human friends have fallen in love with aliens. Sure, the Sea Sand warlords are strong and tall, and some might even say good-looking. I still think it's...

In June of 2017, psychology professor Dr. Melissa Dawn hurriedly departs Tokyo on a flight bound for San Francisco, where she intends to win back her lover, whose marriage proposal she recently rejected. But during the flight, mysterious out-of-this-world events envelop the aircraft, and upon landing at SFO, she and her fellow passengers find themselves detained by the military. The secretive government agency overseeing their internment soon reveals the startling truth. Dr. Dawn finds she has traveled 20 years into the future, and has arrived in 2037.

I wake up surrounded by death and my memories are gone. A man in a beige hazmat suit reaches his hand through the carnage. “Come with me if you want to live.” I know I’m supposed to know that from somewhere, but I don’t. I know the world outside me is not right.

Aeron had every opportunity to explain the horses that were haunting my drawings. I asked him several times about his crazy zombie-killing horse. He omitted to tell me he was the Horseman of Death until Leif let it slip he was the Horseman of Pestilence when he introduced himself to me. I don’t know who I’m madder at—Aeron for lying to me or me for just ignoring all the clues and telling myself there was no way it was possible and trusting him.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Exit West written and read by Mohsin Hamid. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017. This is Nadia. She is fiercely independent with an excellent sense of humour and a love of smoking alone on her balcony late at night. This is Saeed. He is sweet and...

Tiff is tired of being single, but she refuses to get on the apps for a date. She wants thing to happen “naturally”. Fortunately, a friend intervenes, and suddenly Tiff has found herself matching with a gorgeous reanimated collection of body parts named Sarah.

This anthology contains action, adventure, spicy tales, and some swishing tails. A rare treat of compiled stories in one place. Enjoy!