Resultados para "The Cure" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

In a future divided by a cure that could save —or control —humanity, one political campaign threatens to rewrite the fate of the world.. What if they could erase who you are —and call it a cure? In the near-future United States, backed by a powerful institution and a presidential candidate, Project Z offers a so-called cure —and the country is splitting at the seams.

The Cure is a genre-bending thriller reminiscent of Michael Crichton or Douglas Preston, about the biological underpinnings of psychopathy. As a child, her family was taken from her by a serial killer. Erin Palmer is left orphaned and forever scarred. She dedicates her life to the study of psychopaths, conducting one-on-one interviews and tests with inmates. When Erin finally finishes years of exhaustive research, she finds herself in possession of the key to ending psychopathic behavior - in the species - forever. That' s when they try to kill her.

Ruth's tireless research into the disease that killed her young daughter had an unexpected outcome: the discovery of a vaccine against old age. Just one jab a year reverses your biological clock, guaranteeing a long, healthy life. But Ruth's cure was hijacked by her colleague, Erik Grundleger, who hungers for immortality, and the SuperJuve—a premium upgrade—was created, driving human lifespan to a new high. The wealthy elite who take it are dubbed Supers, and the population begins to skyrocket. Then, a perilous side-effect of the SuperJuve emerges, with catastrophic consequences.

Stunned by her brother's apparent suicide, LUNA AUBER discovers that he has not only left her the keys to his apartment but also trip to Sweden. Per his instructions, LUNA is to explore their unexpected heritage of the Birke, an iconic female Viking warrior. Following her beloved brother's lead, LUNA will soon discover that the terrible shakes he suffered from were misdiagnosed. The shaking was in fact the early stages of his transformation. Her brother was a shapeshifter. A lycanthrope. And her own shaking has just begun.

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. Rosa busca un refugio. Diego quiere acabar con su maldición. Juntos deberán enfrentarse a un misterio lleno de magia y peligro. Rosa recibe una herencia inesperada en un momento en el que su vida no podría ser más triste y se aferra a ella...

Kjell of Jeru had always known who he was. He'd never envied his brother or wanted to be king. He was the bastard son of the late King Zoltev and a servant girl, and the ignominy of his birth had never bothered him. But there is more to this man than his parentage. More to this man than his blade, his size, or his skills, and all that Kjell once knew has shifted and changed. He is no longer simply Kjell of Jeru, a warrior defending the crown. Now he is a healer, one of the Gifted, and a man completely at odds with his power.  

Sybal and Tzarik set out on a quest to find a way to break the fate-binding tying Sharar and Tzarik’s fate together. Their journey takes them across the map as they try to bargain with the gods themselves, but nothing seems to give them the answer they seek. Weakened by the malignant wound, Sharar cannot steep himself in the magic of the Mahit’Onomicon, afraid the power might overcome him. But he has a more immediate battle to fight. He seeks to strike out against Tarkan, manipulating the sultana into doing his bidding.

Years after World War III, the world lies broken... not just from bombs, but from what followed. Radiation. Bioweapons. Years of reckless science. The outcome? A mutated form of cancer that spreads faster than fire and kills within weeks. There’s no treatment. No cure. Only silence, empty cities, and rationed painkillers.

Royal politics interfere with childhood sweethearts finding their happily-ever-after. The heartbroken maiden decides to take matters into her own hands and find a new true love to drag back to the family's underwater home in a black lagoon. Just like dear old Dad once did. 'Na pities the girl—until she sets her sights on Ambrose. Especially when true love's kiss doesn't seem to cure the magic that threatens to curse them both to be watery creatures…permanently.

Sara è una donna matura che narra la propria esperienza dopo vent’anni. Una storia d’amore straordinaria vissuta oltre gli schemi, che travalica lei stessa e la natura umana. Esperienze travolgenti che la portano a scoprire verità assolute di cui ignorava l’esistenza. La trama cattura il lettore come fosse coinvolto in un film e al termine lascerà un seme che si pone come profonda riflessione sulla vita. Un percorso di crescita interiore: intenso come la saggezza di un maestro illuminato, ma leggero come un romanzo rosa.

The Sea-Cure, a novel of journeys in the seventeenth century will transport you, dear listener, far beyond the first passage from Holland to Tenerife, aboard a merchant ship that also carries misfits and the mad sent away from their towns as outcasts. The ship sails between known and unknown islands, where the voyageurs traverse human and animal realms, beauty and beastliness, servitude and freedom, isolation and love.

Sarah Halloway lost everything, her medical license, her reputation, and her future. Now she’s been reassigned to The Sovereign, a colony ship rising into orbit via space elevator, carrying her into exile far from Earth. But exile turns into containment. When a sealed artifact from Area 51 ruptures mid-ascent, something inside awakens. It is not just alive. It is adaptive.

What if the very thing meant to save lives became the weapon that could destroy reality? A Whispering Cure unveils a gripping tale of medical innovation twisted into a dark conspiracy. When Dr. Elara Vance, a dedicated physician at St. Jude's Memorial Hospital, discovers a classified report detailing the inexplicable awakenings of comatose patients, her world is turned upside down.

Struggling with her guilt over what she's done to the love of her life and battling the insanity that comes with her lycanthropy, Jane isn't sure she can survive long enough, traveling with the motley group of allied enemies, to make it to her mother and the cure they pray she can give them. Then things get a whole lot more dangerous when Maple, a rouge faerie and perhaps the one person crazier than Jane herself, joins the group to both help and hinder at her whim.

Jennifer Martin escaped Atlanta by the skin of her teeth. Nevertheless, terror and chaos are not confined by city limits. The unthinkable deeds she committed to get out of Atlanta have followed her back to the small town of Clayton, Georgia. Coming from a relatively comfortable lifestyle, the apocalypse has been a harsh adjustment for Jennifer. She has her faith in Jesus. She has a safe place to lay low in the Appalachian Mountains. She’s surrounded by family and friends. But, she’s up against the most powerful, abusive federal agency in the history of America.

Just as the Colonel gets his new bio-med lab, Cynthia, Mandy, and Rick fall ill. The Colonel then learns that the SEALs they dove with in the Atlantic are also sick. However, one of the SEALs got ill in public, and when he dies, the CDC tries to take over the Institute, and a conflict ensues between Admiral Cutworth and the chief CDC medical investigator who is a bit of an ass. And in the end, it's not an illness!

Fueled by the tiny scatterings of a puzzle left behind, Caitlin journeys into the wilds to seek the elusive Helena in order to find the cure for the Madness and stop its spread once and for all. Which is made all the more important when those closest to her are facing their toughest battles yet. With Jaxon, Kain, and Mary-Anne by her side, Caitlin must tread farther from home than she’s ever been, risking capture, torment, and the Mad, all in the name of finding the truth behind the Madness.

Callie Summers’s seemingly ordinary life is merely a veil for an extraordinary discovery—one that is brimming with powerful gifts and fragments of forgotten memories. Memories that are slowly making their way to the surface. As her destiny unfolds before her, she finds herself drawn into an unimaginable adventure, which whispers of a forgotten time.

A scientist finds a way to create perfect humans, heal the lame, and cure the sick. Dr. Aron Esterhazy's new formula can even turn ordinary people into superbeings. Everyone who finds out about it wants it - but who will control it?

The Oracle’s prophecy has been telling Ret for years that “one line has the rite", but Ret is gone, isn’t he? And ever since the collection of Mother Nature’s six, pure, original elements began, the world’s continents have been on an inevitable collision-course return to Waters Deep. Join Paige, Ana, Mr. Coy, and the rest of our heroes as they attempt to save the planet from utter destruction - all they have to do is use their relics, find some ancient pillars, and create physical Pangaeaic harmony before nuclear annihilation occurs. No problem, right?