Resultados para "Terror" en Space Opera

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her emperor to fight an unwinnable war. Side-by-side with a detested rival, Harrow must perfect her skills and become an angel of undeath - but her health is failing, her sword makes her nauseous, and even her mind is threatening to betray her.

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.

Die galaktische Union will einen neuen Schiffstyp testen. Das Raumschiff denkt selbstständig und soll Kommandos überflüssig machen. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson sind mit anderen Passagieren für den Testflug geladen, doch es häufen sich die Fehlfunktionen. Die Heizung überhitzt, fällt aus, das Schiff gibt freche Antworten und es kommt sogar zu einem Mord.

Die galaktische Union will einen neuen Schiffstyp testen. Das Raumschiff denkt selbstständig und soll Kommandos überflüssig machen. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson sind mit anderen Passagieren für den Testflug geladen, doch es häufen sich die Fehlfunktionen. Die Heizung überhitzt, fällt aus, das Schiff gibt freche Antworten und es kommt sogar zu einem Mord.

For years, the Zodarks plotted their revenge against the Republic. Spies infiltrated their colonies and eventually found their seat of power—Earth, located in a previously unknown system. A plan was hatched, a force made ready. The Zodarks would unveil a superweapon that was sure to tip the balance of power back in their favor. Then the Zodarks learned of Murphy's Law—and their plans were never the same.

An invisible force is beating citizens. No one knows why. Chief Wen of Harmony Services blames the Lumenians. President Bartle directs his advisor, Raekon, to hire the legacy Earth rescue five to investigate. Invisibility makes the odds of success slim, if at all.

This hard sci-fi novel is the sixth book in the Stasis Stories, a series of optimistic tales of technological innovation in the near future. They follow Kaem Seba, a young man with extraordinary math talents. With his friends, he’s come up with a device that allows time to be stopped within limited volumes of space-time.

In the royal inner circle, the immovable wills of Lewis Deathstalker, the King’s Champion, and Jesamine Flowers, the King’s betrothed, labor in vain against the most irresistible force they’ve ever known. Or so they think. In fulfillment of Owen Deathstalker’s warning of 200 years earlier, a nightmarish alien entity has intruded into Human space, a creature that devours planets and suns and shrugs off any defense humanity hurls against it.

As acting captain of the starship Calypso, Jacklyn Albright is responsible for keeping the last of humanity alive as they limp back to Earth from their forebears’ failed colony on a distant planet. Faced with constant threats of starvation and destruction in the treacherous minefield of interstellar space, Jacklyn's crew has reached their breaking point. As unrest begins to spread throughout the ship’s Wards, a new threat emerges, picking off crew members in grim, bloody fashion.

The future just went upside down, when a nascent AI is added against Bethany Anne's wishes. Then, there is David and his issues to take care of, permanently. Bethany Anne has had it with Terrorists. Not encumbered with law, she seeks only justice for those who were killed in France. New members are added to the team as they continue their efforts to reach for the stars.

Un urlo agghiacciante echeggia attraverso la vastità dello spazio. Ma questa volta si è sentito: Con "ALIEN - oltre l'oscurità" l'orrore delle più famose creature della storia della science-fiction continua - e come serie audio esclusiva! Situata tra i primi due film della saga, "ALIEN - Oltre l'oscurità", racconta una storia completamente nuova - e suona come un omaggio ai due capolavori di Ridley Scott e James Cameron. Questo grazie non solo ai suoni originali dell'archivio di 20th Century FOX ma anche a delle grandi voci.

Retired (and exiled) Marine Lieutenant General Colby Edison’s farm is overrun by a horde of alien plants, leafy gremlin-like creatures that begin systematically destroying first his crops and then his home. And not just his farm, but all the surrounding farms as well. The relentless plants have apparently killed his neighbors, and clearly, he and his dog Duke are next. But as a retired Marine, Colby has resources and skills not shared by other farmers on the newly terraformed agricultural world of Vasquez and soon he is bringing the fight to the invaders.

Anne Jorden si trasferisce con alcuni coloni nella Sala Operativa dei cercatori, ritenendola più sicura. Ma gli alieni fanno irruzione anche lì, attaccandoli in massa. Il comandante Brackett, tornato alla colonia, raccoglie i pochi superstiti e si allontana dal planetoide. Purtroppo Newt è rimasta indietro, sola, nei condotti dell'aerazione.

La MARION è sempre più vicina all'atmosfera del pianeta e rischia di prendere fuoco. Perché l'equipaggio riesca a salvarsi, la cella del combustibile della NARCISSUS deve essere scambiata. Dal momento che tutti i vettori energetici sono immagazzinati su LV178, Hooper e gli altri hanno solo una possibilità: devono volare alle miniere con l'ultimo lander rimasto intatto. Ma nella SAMSON gli alieni sono in attesa di nuove prede - una lotta aperta con queste creature mostruose sembra inevitabile.

Nonostante alcuni feriti e una grave perdita, l'equipaggio è riuscito a raggiungere il livello di risparmio 4 dove si trova immagazzinata la cella del combustibile tanto necessaria alla salvezza. E anche Sneddon ha ora una nuova speranza: il facehugger ha allentato la presa del suo viso. Il viaggio di ritorno sulla MARION può finalmente iniziare. Ma Ripley sa che è solo una questione di tempo prima che un alieno esca dal corpo di Sneddon.

Am östlichen Rand des Sternenreiches ist die C.S.S. Falgon auf der Jagd nach einer Gruppe Piraten. Als ihre Beute jedoch in den unbekannten Raum flieht und plötzlich von den Sensoren verschwindet, ahnt die Besatzung der Falgon noch nicht, in was für eine Hölle sie ihnen folgen werden. Die Leere streckt ihre Finger nach den Sternen dort aus.

The Space Warfare Group books are a new kind of space thriller with hardcore military action, dark political conspiracies, and compelling world building. Under the cover of darkness, a human senator meets with an alien resistance leader eager for military support against their tyrannical overlord. But with politics, no secret is ever safe. When the meetings are attacked, the small security force has little time before being overrun.

Living on a distant planet with a transient population for the past year, ducking in and out of spaceport dive bars, mixing with pirates, bounty hunters, and criminals, she’s become just another being in the crowd. But she wasn’t born to eke out a living at the very fringes of society. Not with her powers.

They say you can’t run from your past, and now she’s reached the other side of the galaxy, Sparks wonders if they’re right … Living on a distant planet with a transient population for the past year, ducking in and out of spaceport dive bars, mixing with pirates, bounty hunters, and criminals, she’s become just another being in the crowd.

Everything has come down to this moment. Fail now, and everyone will die. The ruthless Ringdell Group is on the brink of seizing Flanterian, and it’s all because of Sparks and Reyes. The starship pilot and the brilliant strategist have one last chance to redeem themselves—and save the planet they’ve unintentionally placed in peril. Outnumbered and outgunned, they lead an alliance of unlikely warriors—a determined force of gloyners and hadounds, who refuse to lose their home.