Resultados para "Second" en Clásicos

The Second World is a mire of intrigue; the game's creators have left several back doors permitting them to terminate anyone at will, and an unlikely sequence of events has brought someone unsuspecting into their field of attention. One player has managed to upset the game world's balance, and now he's hunted by everyone. Every clan wants to recruit him for his achievements while other powers want him for their own, more sinister purposes.

Sinossi della Parte seconda: D'Artagnan, ricevuto dalla regina l'incarico di recuperare i puntali di diamanti dati in dono a Buckingham parte alla volta dell'Inghilterra con Athos, Porthos e Aramis, pedinati dagli uomini di Richelieu che hanno l'ordine di far fallire la missione. Porthos però si trova ben presto coinvolto in un duello, così il viaggio riprende senza di lui. Durante un agguato, Aramis resta ferito e, poco dopo, Athos viene accusato di essere un falsario. D'Artagnan è così l'unico che riesce ad imbarcarsi a Calais e ad arrivare in Inghilterra.

In THE SECOND FOUNDATION, Isaac Asimov addresses the phenomenon of genetic mutation and its potential danger to a civilization. This novel tells of an overwhelmingly powerful mutant human being, born with the ability to mold men's emotions and minds. He has brought down the First Foundation, and...

Since the Age of Shadows ended, the people of Ranadon have lived under the merciless heat of two suns and the tyranny of Antonov, the Lion of Senet. Consumed by his lust for power and his unshakable belief in the capricious, almighty Goddess, Antonov’s rule is absolute. Only one man has the intelligence and will to break that hold...a man who could be King. Suddenly widowed, Morna Provin, Duchess of Elcast, has lost her only protector.

February, 1942: Singapore lies burning and shattered, defenceless before the conquering hordes of the Japanese Army. The last boat escapes out of the harbour into the South China Sea, and on board are a desperate group of strangers, each with a secret to guard, each willing to kill to keep that secret safe. Dawn sees them far out to sea but with the first murderous dive bombers already aimed at their ship. Thus begins a nightmare succession of disasters wrought by the hell-bent Japanese, the unrelenting tropical sun and, ultimately, by the survivors themselves, as they head south by Java Head.