Resultados para "Nemesis" en Literatura y ficción

Miss Marple, en av världens mest skarptänkta detektiver, får ett vykort från sin nyligen avlidna vän Jason Rafiel. En gång hjälpte han henne att lösa ett mordfall, men den här gången är det ett vad han vill göra med henne från bortom graven: om hon lyckas knäcka ett av hans mest svårbegripliga mysterier så får hon ärva 20 000 pund. En förmögenhet för en gammal pensionerad spinster - och aldrig tackar man väl nej till att klura på en mordgåta.

"Nemesis" was first published in the March 1950 issue of Super Science Stories. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

En el «calor sofocante de la Newark ecuatorial» una espantosa epidemia causa estragos y amenaza con dejar a los niños de la ciudad de Nueva Jersey mutilados, paralizados o minusválidos, e incluso con matarlos. Este es el sorprendente tema de la nueva y desgarradora obra de Roth: una epidemia de polio que tiene lugar en un tiempo de guerra, el verano de 1944, y sus efectos sobre la comunidad de Newark, regida por la cohesión y los valores de la familia, y sobre sus niños.

Between the fall of man and the arrival of the JFK, the Horn of Africa is a battleground. Salvation. Vengeance. Vanity.

Louise smyger sig in i kyrkan med ett leende på läpparna, fast besluten att överraska Angus med ett oskyldigt skämt. Men situationen eskalerar oväntat och hon blir överväldigad av panik när det som började som ett skämt tar en skrämmande och oförutsedd vändning. Lorense, som...

From the ashes of a devastated Boston, a harrowing legend emerges. Thirteen years prior, the colossal kaiju, Nemesis, ravaged the city in her relentless pursuit of retribution. Today, mankind's survival teeters on the sacrificial offerings atop a chilling monolith known as The Altar, where the condemned pay the ultimate price to prevent Nemesis's wrath from consuming humanity.

Step into the golden age of imagination with Classic Science Fiction Short Stories, a powerful collection of visionary tales from the masters who defined the genre. Featuring works by Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Andre Norton, and E. E. Smith, this anthology explores humanity’s future, the limits of technology, distant worlds, and the nature of reality itself.

Moments after he hatched, he was thrown into a sack. His pride as a dragon raged against the indignity and he fought back. The wounds he gave his captors earned him the name Nemesis, and the kindness offered at the hand of a half-elf slave earned him a partner. With Harper on his side, the pair set out to earn their freedom. They're determined to never be slaves again.

Villainy has a new face. With the Voy recently dispatched, Daniel Hunt and the rest of the Pack think they have a moment of reprieve from the madness. They would be wrong. A stranger from the future comes with a story so wild it's hard to deny. If this wasn't enough, a new Relic is introduced onto the field. Every faction will do whatever it takes to claim it as their own.

In a world of Villainous Heroes and Heroic Villains, of Super Hero labor unions and Super Villain poker nights, personal and professional relationships can be... strained, to say the least. Doctor Doomsday, head of the infamous Doomsquad, enjoys toying with his Nemesis, WalkMan. When the bad Doctor discovers WalkMan's unknown son, Steven, the two begin their toughest battle yet: earning the love and respect of a teenager.

Ein gewaltiges Erdbeben im Südpazifik überschwemmt einen Großteil des Planeten und stürzt die Menschheit in eine tiefe Glaubenskrise. Kriege folgen und zwingen den verbliebenen Rest, der einst vorherrschenden Spezies, Schutz in einem riesigen Bunkersystem zu suchen. Die Unterwelt ist die letzte Zuflucht. Technik und Genmanipulation bewahren die Menschen vor dem Aussterben, doch die alten Konflikte sind noch nicht beendet. Jack Parker hat, wie alle in seinem Dorf, nie das Sonnenlicht erblickt.

Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as condemned dignitaries have their sentences carried out. Among them is the Comtesse de Bercheny, Constance Courtney, Paul's mother. As he watches her brutal execution, he know she must avoid the same fate and fulfil his promise to her - to survive, no matter what. When Paul rescues a girl from attack the two form an allegiance, but with the world at war and traitors in every corner, just how far w ill Paul go to ensure his ow n survival?

Lexi has survived much since a super-EMP ended the world she knew. She emerged from the ashes a determined foe of those who prey upon the weak, but now she's the one needing a protector. Nine months pregnant and alone, she is a wanderer in desperate need of a home to raise and eventually train her child for the world they are being born into. Her one main obstacle is that she's created many enemies who wish to see her dead and will do anything to seek their revenge upon her.

Evan Smoak – Codename Orphan X – war der perfekte Auftragskiller einer geheimen Regierungseinheit: präzise, unsichtbar, unaufhaltsam. Heute nutzt er seine Fähigkeiten, um denen zu helfen, die keine Hilfe erwarten können. Doch als einer seiner wenigen Vertrauten ihn verrät, gerät alles ins Wanken. Tommy Stojack – Evans Waffenmeister und ältester Freund – überschreitet eine Grenze, die Evan nicht ignorieren kann.

When an amnesiac deity is accidentally resurrected by an ancient evil, his only hope of remembering who and what he once was is a vampire named Lamia. When she runs to him for protection, an inescapable fate is unleashed upon them both as they fight to survive.

In the midst of a sea of holidaymakers, I find myself the lone outsider – no companion, no luggage. An enigma among the carefree crowd. I wonder what they’d do if they knew who I am. Who I really am… What is Liz running away from? Who is this woman my father married? Did he have any idea of what she was capable of? My gaze fixates on the once-familiar house that now feels like a distant memory. I can hardly believe how much my life has changed and that Liz, the woman who puts the word wicked into stepmother has completely vanished.

Das dramatische und epische Ende der "Mars Ultor" Reihe. Welche Gefahren werden auf das Team der Wayaki Industries warten? Wird Major Dener seinen Platz in Walhalla finden? Major Dener ist zurück auf der Erde. Doch statt Ruhe und die versprochene Bonuszahlung zu genießen, wird er zu einem geheimen Briefing im Wayaki Konzern gerufen. Die Ares-Station antwortet nicht mehr, auch die Funkverbindung zur Mars-Basis One ist verstummt. Major Dener und sein Team werden auf eine riskante Aufklärungsmission geschickt.

After the horrors of Istvaan V, Horus declares outright war against the Imperium. In the shadows of the Emperor's Palace, powerful figures convene. Their plan is to send a team of assassins to execute the arch-traitor Horus and end the war for the galaxy of mankind before it's even begun. But what they cannot know is that another assassin is abroad already, with his sights firmly set on killing the Emperor.

Georgie Deacon thinks nothing of it when a gang of girls led by Yasmin, a member of the notorious Marx family, knock at her door and threaten to hurt her daughter – that is until her daughter doesn’t return home. Detective Clark Kims ignores Georgie’s plea to have the gang of girls brought...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In The Nemesis of Fire by Algernon Blackwood, the renowned psychic detective Dr. John Silence embarks on a mysterious case involving a series of unexplained fires and eerie phenomena at a secluded manor in the English countryside. Colonel Wragge, the...