Resultados para "Mars" en Literatura de género

Mit der Erzählung Eine Prinzessin des Mars erschuf Edgar Rice Burroughs, der Autor der Tarzan-Reihe, einen Meilenstein des Fantasy und Science-Fiction Genres. Die Geschichte erschien erstmals im Jahr 1912 und begründete den Anfang einer Serie von Romanen, der Barsoom-Reihe, die alle auf dem...

Yesi y Desi. Vecinas. Amigas. Rivales. Dos destinos que se entrecruzan con consecuencias devastadoras. Berta Marsé se estrena en la novela. "Nacer en el mismo año, bajo el mismo signo zodiacal, vivir en el mismo barrio y estudiar en el mismo colegio, frecuentar el mismo parque, las mismas plazas, los mismos comercios no tiene por qué suponer una estrecha amistad. Si acaso una amistad circunscrita al espacio y al tiempo, ineludible, como una especie de tara genética. Pero no una amistad verdadera.

Un agente biológico es robado de un laboratorio de seguridad biológica. Armado, podría matar a millones de personas, y sobreviene una búsqueda nacional desesperada para atrapar a los terroristas, antes de que sea demasiado tarde. Luke Stone, jefe de un departamento de élite del FBI, con su propia familia aún en peligro, prometió retirarse, pero cuando la nueva Presidenta, que acaba de prestar juramento, lo llama, no puede darle la espalda.

Amid a global health crisis at a world summit, Jake faces his deadliest adversary yet—a lethal virus snaring the President and other dignitaries in its contagious grip. Trapped in the sealed epicenter, Mercer must combat biological warfare and the clock to secure an elusive antidote, navigate the treachery of terrorism, and prevent national turmoil.

98.8%. A Eliotte aún le cuesta creerlo, pero los resultados de su test de compatibilidad son irrefutables. La autoridad mundial acaba de decretar científicamente que Izaak Meeka es su alma gemela más pura. En las próximas semanas, tendrán que casarse e irse a vivir juntos, a pesar de que su corazón solo late por Ashton, el hermano pequeño de Izaak… Sin embargo, Eliotte sabe muy bien que en el siglo XXII es la ciencia, y no el corazón, la que determina qué parejas pueden formarse.

Dans une Bretagne envoûtante, une histoire d'amour fulgurante et ambigüe entre trois êtres. Un château isolé, entre forêt et océan. Albert, maître des lieux, Herminien - son ami, son complice - et la belle Heide s'appréhendent, se côtoient, s'attirent, se repoussent, s'attirent encore, et enfin se déchirent.

On the Sunday of his 18th birthday, in 1975, Colin takes a walk on Box Hill, a biker hang-out. There he accidentally trips over Ray, a biker napping under a tree - and that’s where it all starts. This transgressive, darkly affecting love story between men, winner of the 2019 Fitzcarraldo Editions Novel Prize, is a stunning novel of desire and domination by one of Britain’s most accomplished writers.

L'atzar reuneix dos homes a la terrassa de l'Hotel Arts, on han pujat per suïcidarse. La conversa, forçada per les circumstàncies, és banal i sòrdida: Qui es llançarà primer? Per quina banda? L'Arnau sospesa pros i contres. En Roger és un cínic de tornada de tot. La tensió entre tots dos augmenta quan són descoberts i assetjats per la policia i es converteixen en presa del circ mediàtic, mentre cadascun fa examen de consciència i no gosa formular a l'altre la pregunta clau que dóna sentit a allò que viuen i, potser, pot canviar el curs dels esdeveniments.

In STEALTH COMMAND (Book #5), the death of an arms dealer marks not an end but the beginning of a lethal shadow game. As released files expose undercover agents with every passing hour, Hunter and his razor-sharp partner Nova must outmaneuver a network of corrupt officials in a heart-stopping race against time to prevent an international security meltdown. The Cole Hunter series is an action-packed thriller filled with unexpected turns and breathtaking action that will keep you spellbound from beginning to end.

When a traitor lurks in the hallowed halls of the White House, Secret Service Agent Jake Mercer has 48 hours to thwart an assassination plot against the President. With trust in short supply and time running out, Jake's razor-sharp instincts are put to the ultimate test as he navigates a deadly maze of deceit and conspiracy.

In EXTREME VENGEANCE (Book #5), Homeland security agent Axel Strike takes to the skies to plunge into an icy fortress armed with nothing but his wits and parachuting prowess. As a former intelligence operative threatens to unleash a terrifying bioweapon from within the Rocky Mountains' labyrinthine terrain, can Axel defuse disaster with seconds to spare?

In MAXIMUM PERIL (Book #5), when major dams fall under terrorist control, it’s up to Grant Valor and his team to dive deep into hostile waters and dark tunnels to avert global catastrophe. But Grant's battle isn't just against the merciless current—he's fighting a ruthless adversary hell-bent on turning natural wonders into weapons of mass obliteration.

John Carter, an adventurous soldier and gentleman of Virginia, finds himself mysteriously transported to the planet Mars! There he is captured by the planet's strange inhabitants, fights valiant battles, and finds himself in love with the beautiful prisoner, the Princess Dejah Thoris.

I, Mars by Ray Bradbury is a haunting tale of isolation, technology, and mortality set against the desolate backdrop of the Red Planet. The story follows Barton, an aging man who has spent 50 years waiting alone on Mars for rescue. When a telephone rings in the dead of night, he discovers it is his own recorded voice—an invention he once created to stave off loneliness. What begins as a comfort turns into a relentless torment, as the recording manipulates him toward exhaustion and ultimately death.

Set in the Five Points neighborhood of New York City, in the years 1857-1863, when America's attitudes toward people of color and slavery shifted—painfully, transformationally—to the point where a war that began to restore the union becomes one that owes much to Black fighting regiments, and common cause grows for the abolition of slavery. We experience the daily life of Five Points through the eyes of Theo, aged seven at the start of the book and 13 at its close. Theo is half Black and half Irish, an orphan living between the homes of her Black and Irish grandparents. 

Premio Gran Angular México 2014. Joaquín perdió a su padre por culpa de la droga de moda, así que cuando sus amigos se vieron tentados a consumirla él quiso evitarlo, alejarlos de ella, protegerlos. Joaquín, sin embargo, innovaba una cosa: las drogas tienen efectos dañinos, sí, pero no...

In an epic adventure authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., the Warlord of Barsoom and the Lord of the Jungle come face-to-face in what must be described as their more most challenging exploit yet. When Tarzan finds himself marooned on dying Mars, without friends or weapons, he undertakes a trek across the dead sea bottoms of the Red Planet in search of food and shelter. What happens when the ape-man falls in with a tribe of four-armed Martian gorillas beside which the bronzed giant is no more than small boy? Will Tarzan sink into abject slavery or rise to ape-lord?

Colonies require support and expansion to other planets means shipping supplies to them. Pirates love long supply chains and not even Elon Musk is invulnerable, although there is reason to believe he might do slightly better than cumbersome governments. This highly speculative look at the perils of building the first functional Mars colony stars Elon Musk.

Ovunque è un paesaggio da dopobomba in un’immobilità che sa di preistoria. Cartacce in balìa del vento. Rumori di semafori che cambiano colore. Brusio di insegne di centri commerciali. Respiri di cani randagi sui marciapiedi umidi. Per avere conferma che in questo mondo l’uomo ancora sopravvive, bisogna cercare i teleschermi accesi. Le centinaia di milioni di persone che li guardano immobili sono uno sterminato esercito di terracotta incapace di reagire.

“The green warrior decided to close in and end the battle; just as he rushed me, a blinding light struck full in my eyes, so that I could not see Zad’s approach and could only leap blindly to one side to avoid his mighty blade...." Suddenly projected to Mars, John Carter finds himself the captive of the savage green men of Thark. With him is the lovely Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium. And between them and rescue lay a thousand miles of deadly enemies and unknown dangers.