Resultados para "Luca" en Ciencia ficción

She is not supposed to be here, so how is she? This human woman, found outside my nest. Is she from the sky like the metal crafts now flying around? Is she from the forest where my enemies are? Until she wakes, I do not know. And deciding what to do with her if she does… That is going to be a...

Depois de um divórcio conturbado, Charlie abandonou o trabalho como jornalista e passou a se dedicar ao ensino, mas não tem nem muito dinheiro, nem amigos ou parentes próximos, só sua gata um tanto indiferente lhe faz companhia. Quando é incumbido de atender ao último pedido de seu recém-falecido tio Jake, uma pessoa que não via — nem desejava ver — desde pequeno, Charlie descobre que é o único herdeiro de uma enorme fortuna.

Long have we been alone; without brides, without females to warm us during the long nights, without sweet mates. But we see them from afar, the brides that could be ours. Kept away from us by walls and weapons. Females we long for greatly...obsessively. Human females. And the one with red hair? I want her. I saw her first. I will fight to the death for her. She is mine. So, we’ll come together and make an exchange with their men that will benefit us all. After that? To the winner goes the spoil. Let the hunt begin...but the red-headed female is mine.

Dommik was a monster, a Monster Hunter, and an alpha. Part of an elite group that dealt with the horrors of the universe. At least that was what everyone at the spaceport was whispering as he walked by. A Cyborg, a hunter, a beast with eyes as dark as the pits of Hell and the stride of a predator. Katalina was a nobody who was intimate with death. It clung to her like a shroud, It followed her like the plague, and infected her like a parasite. When she overheard that the Monster Hunter needed an assistant, she took the job.

La Luna, fría y resplandeciente, nos acompaña desde que tenemos uso de razón; desde que tenemos conciencia de especie. Pero, ¿qué es realmente la Luna? ¿Qué ocurriría si su órbita se alterase súbitamente? ¿Y si su presencia en el cielo no es casual? ¿Y si está relacionada con la misma esencia del ser humano, con su despertar?Luna: Apogeo es una novela que te hará dudar.... DUDAR. ¿Acaso no es la duda el precursor de la inteligencia?

Females have returned to Earth, brought here by technology I do not trust. They’ve been claimed and nested and kept far from me. The broken one. The dark one. I will always be alone. When a box falls from the sky and a black-suited human female appears, I am in awe. I am in need. Only, she is surrounded by men. So, I will sneak up on her. I will stalk her, learn everything about her, and wait for the right moment. And when the time comes, I’ll set my trap.

Para escapar de sua triste realidade e dos bullies da escola, o jovem Bastain se refugia em uma antiga livraria. Lá, ele encontra um antigo livro que o transporta para a mítica terra de Fantasia. É onde sua aventura começa. Um clássico da fantasia, A...

Adam is on the run, and time is running out. His family has been taken from him, and he's working to unravel the secret that someone is hiding from him. Don't miss this action-packed second episode of The Lucid.

The Fates are moving pieces on their cosmic chessboard, and a wait of five thousand years approaches its reckoning.

For fans of zombie fiction (who are tired of The Walking Dead) and fans of the Divergent, Hunger Games, and Maze Runner series who want a more grown-up story. From the authors who brought you the best-selling Citadel series and action-packed suspense thrillers... Adam Bolland, a manager at the Colorado Springs municipal water treatment facility, is only trying to enjoy his career, family, and life. But when things start changing around him, he isn't sure what's going on.

Ever since humans arrived, my world has changed. Tensions are high as we quarrel over territory, reforming our fractured clans. I will have none of it. I did not capture a bride. But then my world goes dark—and she appears. A female so lovely she possesses my mind, a bride who blushes every time she catches my eye. She is sweet. She is young. She is everything I am not. Except nothing is as it seems. I'm no longer in the forest; I'm in a cage. I'm on a ship, far from my nest, wrapped in chains. And the female? She is my enemy. Only… I'm the devious naga who does not care.

Daisy. Daisy. Daisy. From the moment her name is spoken, it is all I can hear.  Her frightened tears bring me anger; I vow to wipe them off her face and banish her fear...to make her my queen. But I have to catch her first. I have to convince her to trust me. I have to show her she is safe. But only with me. Because if any other naga male tries to take Daisy away from me, I will kill them.

Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest project could endanger the entire world, in this latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford. Gaia is dying. That, at least, is what Dr. Lionel Scott believes. A renowned...

With the crash of their financier and boss's mini jet, Kirby Ross, the team follows a distress call to Snake Island off the coast of Brazil. The island is notorious for being extremely dangerous and off-limits to tourists. Cujo and the team sneak by Brazilian authorities to arrive on the island. They find a few survivors of the crash, but Kirby Ross is missing. Highly venomous golden lancehead vipers cover the island. The island is crawling with snakes, but something massive is stalking the island. Something that only visits once every hundred years, and it hates intruders...

The master of science-fiction is back for Volume Two of the Ray Bradbury Classics Collection. These legendary tales come straight from the Golden Age of Sci-Fi, and are just as intense, dark, and full of flavor as the stories in Volume One. Buckle up your space seatbelt, and let’s take a journey across hostile worlds in Asleep in Armageddon, encounter mystery and danger in Lorelei of the Red Mist, explore the consequences of creation in The Monster Maker, and discover the wit, imagination, and humanity that would later make Bradbury one of the most celebrated authors of the twentieth century.

Quanto tempo rimane all'umanità sul pianeta Terra? Forse non abbastanza. La tecnologia di cui disponiamo ci permette di fare grandi cose, e la stiamo impiegando per distruggere noi stessi. Questo è lo scenario che apre il romanzo: un futuro che diventa l'oggi, in cui le catastrofi di cui da decenni ci parlano gli scienziati si materializzano di fronte ai nostri occhi, e non resta che la fuga nello spazio per trovare un'altra destinazione alla specie umana.

OLTRE non è solo una storia di fantascienza, ma un viaggio profondo nella natura dell'esistenza, della sofferenza e della libertà. Attraverso i personaggi di Alex e Lisa, il lettore è guidato in una riflessione sull'equilibrio tra vita e morte, trà bene e male, e su cosa significhi realmente avere il controllo del proprio destino. II mondo creato dal Dottor `Edward, in cui le malattie e la sofferenza sono sfruttate per generare profitto, rispecchia le complessità e le contraddizioni del mondo reale.

Ernst, a 19-year-old orphan in a primitive utopian dwelling tribe, offers to seek out council from the wizards across the sea. His people think he's crazy to even attempt such a dangerous journey, but he gains confidence when Enna, his unpredictable wild-haired friend joins the adventure. Ernst and Enna must find a way to stop the late star ship captain's tyrannical successor, Huxley Bradford, before he intentionally destroys Ernst's entire race in a methodical act of genocide.

The universe is vast—unfathomably so. It stretches beyond our imagination, a seemingly infinite tapestry of galaxies, stars, and planets, each potentially harboring its own secrets. Among these cosmic mysteries, one question looms large over our species: Are we alone? For decades, scientists have combed the skies for signs of intelligent life—searching for radio signals, scanning the electromagnetic spectrum, and pointing laser arrays into the void. Yet, despite the most advanced technologies and tireless efforts, the silence has been deafening.

The allure of time travel—an age-old fascination—remains one of the most powerful concepts in science fiction and speculative thought. It is the ultimate what-if. What if you could return to a pivotal moment in history and alter its outcome? What if you could leap into the distant future to witness the fate of humanity or catch a glimpse of your own destiny?