Resultados para "On the Edge" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Their distance provided a margin of safety, but only if they used hand weapons with a standard projectile. In the brief glimpse of them, there were no apparent weapons. He considered retreating - however, it was a choice against the nature of his people’s militaristic psychological makeup. Besides, they were walking for days since arriving in their new world, and at the forest’s edge was the first sighting of a species other than birds, animals, or critters that slither. Evidence of a civilized society did not exist - but they were not alone.

January 29, 2035. That's the day the comet is scheduled to hit - the big one. Denise and her mother and sister, Iris, have been assigned to a temporary shelter outside their hometown of Amsterdam to wait out the blast, but Iris is nowhere to be found, and at the rate Denise's drug-addicted mother is going, they'll never reach the shelter in time. A last-minute meeting leads them to something better than a temporary shelter - a generation ship scheduled to leave Earth behind to colonize new worlds after the comet hits.

To stop her sadistic grandfather, Saul, and his band of time travelers from rewriting history, Kate must race to retrieve the CHRONOS keys before they fall into the Cyrists’ hands. If she jumps back in time and pulls the wrong key - one that might tip off the Cyrists to her strategy - her whole plan could come crashing down, jeopardizing the future of millions of innocent people. Kate’s only ally is Kiernan, who also carries the time-traveling gene.

Award-winning author Brian McCullough does it again! On the Edge of Now, Book VI: Enlightenment brings the Travelers to their most critical and dangerous challenge—one which places everything on the line. Transported to a world whose society fractures itself by distinguishing population classes, Tag, Rose, Claire, and Devin strive to help underground residents establish their independence, knowing they will instigate a civil war. The downtrodden fight for freedom, and the Elites strive to suppress their efforts. Who will succeed?