Resultados para "Phobia" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

For 2,000 years, the Mayan Calendar has prophesied the end of mankind on a date equating to December 21st, 2012. As that day approaches, greed, corruption, economic collapse, and violence seem to be pushing our species to the predicted brink of disaster. But there is another doomsday threat looming in our near future, a very real threat that can wipe out not only humanity but our entire planet. Phobos: Mayan Fear, Steve Alten's third book in the Mayan prophecy-based Domain series, is a doomsday rollercoaster ride of adventure.

Olympus has spoken. Ellie Beaufort is no longer hidden in a castle—she’s been exiled to a Texas ranch with the very gods who can’t decide whether to love her or resent her. Phobos and Deimos have lost their powers. Cupid carries the weight of guilt. And Ellie is trapped in the middle—again.

Auf dem entlegenen Marsmond Phobos landet ein Team von Mitarbeitenden eines großen Konzerns, um die Arbeiten zu überwachen. Doch was als Routineeinsatz beginnt, entwickelt sich rasch zu einem beklemmenden psychologischen Albtraum voller Paranoia und Furcht. Denn die vermeintliche Ruhe trügt: Rätselhafte Vorfälle häufen sich. Die Stationsleiterin wird tot aufgefunden, und unheimliche Spuren in den finsteren, verlassenen Gängen deuten auf eine fremdartige Präsenz hin.

A hybrid of human and the much larger deHera species, Skot bears witness to the genocide of the native deHera people. Never truly accepted by the humans, he finds himself banished to a dystopian planet in the savage throes of its own death. Fighting off vicious monsters and the suicidal pull of isolation, the warrior without a world stumbles upon a way out.

Bridget Toussaint, the teenage survivor of the destruction of the peon base by Jenna Plural, has really tried to settle into her new life in the fleet of the country’s enemy. The young girl is either mistrusted or positively despised by her peers as she struggles to find acceptance in the newly formed Solar Confederation. When the newly renamed flagship of the fleet, The Spirit of Freedom, is boarded and its crew captured by the enemy she once called her countrymen, Bridgette finds herself in a race against time and insurmountable odds.

The Tardis lands on Phobos, moon of Mars, where extreme sports nuts of the future indulge their passion for gravity boarding and wormhole jumping. But there's something lurking in the shadows - something infinitely old and infinitely dangerous. It's not for nothing that phobos is the ancient word for 'fear'....

Humanity has fractured, and now in its cracks the seeds of the greatest conflict humanity has ever known begin to take root… Rogan Hallard is on the trail of a rogue scientist, but in trying to catch him and the secrets he stole, Hallard and his crew will find themselves in the crossfire of more than one hidden agenda… Higen Orochito’s ancestors created Shocho: an AI powerful enough to run an entire planet. But when Higen begins to suspect that Shocho is malfunctioning, how can he save both his family and the future?