Resultados para "Space Opera" en Policíaca, negra y suspense

Six hours. That's how long seven-year-old Sophie Lewin was missing—found seventeen miles away on a desolate road, with no memory of what happened.

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

Kendra, Andrew, and the other survivors arrive with Lewis Hound’s chosen people at an unfamiliar planet with more questions than answers: how did they get there? Where did all of the advanced technology come from? And is this really Proxima B Centauri? The colony ship breaks into sections and makes an emergency landing amidst a meteor shower, and Lewis Hound, Eden’s enigmatic leader, goes missing.

Es el fin del mundo. El final de muchos mundos. Un colapso de realidades está a punto de llevarse por delante un sinfín de Tierras paralelas. Muchos de esos planetas están condenados ya, pero desde otra Tierra alternativa intentan por todos los medios que la destrucción no se propague y arrase el multiverso.

For the King’s best assassin, failure is never an option. But when the head of her Order sends her on an impossible mission, Heather Kilgore begins to question everything she knows. And she’ll have to make a choice: Start a war or fail her mission.

To save her people, she will destroy everything. An exciting sci-fi assassin and heist thriller set thousands of years in the future, in a time when humanity has spread through the stars. Everyone wants Heather Kilgore dead, even those she once called friends. Pursued by her own agency, she flees to the Outer Rim, where she’ll attempt one last time to put an end to a war that will kill billions. Her target: an interstellar arms manufacturer bent on destabilizing the Fringe and Heather’s star nation for profit. But she won’t be able to do it alone.

Der Quadrant steht in Flammen. Gewalttätige Aufstände brechen scheinbar zufällig im Einflussbereich der Konföderation aus. Die Reaktion der mächtigen Konföderationsflotte war schnell und energisch, aber sobald sie auf einem Planeten die Ordnung wiederherstellt, bricht anderswo eine Rebellion aus. Die Omega Force arbeitet gerade bei den Grenzwelten, als sie gezwungen wird, einem alten Verbündeten zur Hilfe zu kommen. Bald wird klar, dass diese beiden Ereignisse miteinander verknüpft sind.

Pursued by a relentless assassin, Alan and Jinny race across the galaxy in search of a secret truth that has eluded humanity for centuries. The 47 colonies have been at peace for over 700 years. But nothing is as it seems. The Council government of all humanity controls the populace through lies, fear, and genetically-engineered agents who do its terrible bidding.

Der Erste Offizier Tornot nimmt an einer Rätselrallye teil und erhofft sich reichlich Gewinn. Als Beifahrer wählt er Sherlock Holmes. Die Rallye entpuppt sich als Tour de Force und verlangt beiden das Letzte ab.

Die Ultimo-1 muss einen mysteriösen Passagier in eine Station bringen. Gegenüber Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson behauptet der Mann, von Albträumen gequält zu werden, in denen ein gewisser Cthulhu auftaucht. Nahe der Station steht ein Denkmal dieses bösartigen Wesens und bald gibt es den ersten Toten.

Graf Dracula IV. hat sich auf einem Planeten ein Touristenparadies eingerichtet, jedoch zu wenig Steuer an die Union bezahlt. Das ruft Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson auf den Plan. Außerdem sollen sie feststellen, wohin viele junge Unions-Bürger verschwunden sind.

Die rätselhafte Zerstörung zweier Hochhäuser ruft Sherlock Holmes auf den Plan. Er soll gemeinsam mit Dr. Watson und dem Ersten Offizier Tornot einer Zeugin, die der letzten Katastrophe knapp entkommen ist, nähere Informationen entlocken.

The highly-anticipated fourth installment in the Kapamentis Crime series, from bestselling science-fiction author T.W.M. Ashford...

On the heels of the terrorist attacks on the planet Nova's capital, the Special Projects Team finds itself targeted by the ambitious new head of the Commonwealth Intelligence Directorate, Aidan Kester. When Kovalic and General Adaj are arrested on charges of treason, Tapper, Brody, Sayers, and Taylor are forced to go on the run.

Dismantling the Blood Trade wasn't the end, but the beginning. Everything the Magistrates do has been called into question. Do they have probable cause? Are they respecting a suspect's right against self-incrimination? The ambassadors have questions, and they think they know the answers, but only the Magistrates know the truth. Called before the Federation Council, the collective body for discussing matters that affect all member planets, Magistrate Rivka Anoa is put under the spotlight to answer for all she had done.

Major Jimjoy Earle Wright, secret agent of the Empire, is intelligent and highly trained. But he succeeds all too well in overthrowing a military dictatorship - and the result is a new government inimical to the Empire and disgrace for Jimjoy. After surviving two assassination attempts, Jimjoy realizes that it's his own imperial superiors who want him dead; that, in fact, his worst enemies could become his best friends. He fights his way to safety on the planet Accord, where the Ecolitan Institute wins his loyalty and changes his identity.

Bubbles Marlowe, the infamous cyborg detective, prefers to stick to the shadows. But when one of her cases blows up in the media, the private eye is thrust into the public eye. An army of unhinged fans is stalking Bubbles and her best friend is on the run from corporate head-hunters – not the kind that want to give her a job. Worst of all, the only people who can help them have started to mysteriously disappeared.

After decades hunting wanted offworlders throughout the solar system, Corporate Bounty Hunter Malcolm Graves doesn't bother asking questions. So long as the pay is right, he's the man for the job. And he always works alone. But when a high-profile bombing on Earth has Pervenio Corp clamoring for answers, they force him to team up with a strange, cyber-augmented partner. A young man more interested in statistics than instinct. Their assignment: Track down a suspected group of extremists from Titan who will go to any length to free their moon from the grip of Earth's corporations.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson sollen Admiral Schlierfaz vom Raumflotten-Kommando auf heikler Mission begleiten. Die Gattin eines Erfinders auf einem Planeten, wo Kriminalität unbekannt ist, soll überredet werden, den werten Gemahl aus dem Kryo-Schlaf zu wecken. Doch es erwartet sie eine üble Überraschung.

Die Ultimo-1 muss einen mysteriösen Passagier in eine Station bringen. Gegenüber Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson behauptet der Mann, von Albträumen gequält zu werden, in denen ein gewisser Cthulhu auftaucht. Nahe der Station steht ein Denkmal dieses bösartigen Wesens und bald gibt es den ersten Toten.