Resultados para "The Tree" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Thus Thomas Covenant, accompanied by Linden Avery, begins his search for the One Tree aboard the giantship Starfare’s Gem. Armed with the knowledge given to him in Andelain by his trusted friend, the Forestal Hile Troy, Covenant was determined to succeed. He was the last hope for the salvation of the Land, because only he had the power to forge a new Staff of Law and, with it, to stop the encroaching desecration of the Sunbane and the bloody sacrificial rites of the Clave.

Nella Cina della Rivoluzione culturale, un progetto militare segreto invia segnali nello spazio cercando di contattare intelligenze aliene. E ci riesce: il messaggio viene captato però dal pianeta sbagliato, Trisolaris, l'unico superstite di un sistema orbitante attorno a tre soli, dominato da forze gravitazionali caotiche e imprevedibili, che hanno già arso undici mondi. È quello che i fisici chiamano "problema dei tre corpi", e i trisolariani sanno che anche il loro destino, prima o poi, sarà di sprofondare nella superficie rovente di uno dei soli. A meno di non trovare una nuova casa.

L'universo è un'immensa foresta abitata da feroci predatori. Nascondersi significa sopravvivere, rivelarsi significa diventare prede. È quello che ha fatto la Terra, e ora i predatori stanno arrivando. Impiegheranno 400 anni, attraverso gli spazi siderali, e la Terra tenta di organizzare una disperata resistenza.

Aeon and the Valthorns expand their reach to the neighboring worlds. They meet new people, new friends, new enemies, and encounter unusual races and creatures, and along the way, they accumulate more power, and build up their war potential.

Aeon attempts to find the origins of the demons, and ventures into the other realms through the void sea. Join Aeon and the Order as he builds an institution able to protect their own worlds, and take the fight back to the demon controlled worlds. Book four of an epic reincarnation/Isekai LitRPG story about a man who becomes a tree, growing and progressing throughout the ages in an eternal conflict against a demon incursion.

Two-time Aurora Award-winning author Guy Gavriel Kay has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award three times. In the first book of his Fionavar Tapestry series, five college students meet a wizard who takes them to the heart of the first of all worlds - a place called Fionavar. The students soon discover that they have been pre-ordained as part of the pattern called the Fionavar Tapestry - and if they don't fulfill their destinies, the world will suffer devastating consequences.

Book 7 of an epic reincarnation/isekai LitRPG story about a man who becomes a tree, growing and progressing throughout the ages in an eternal conflict against a demon incursion. With nearly 15 million views between Royal Road and ScribbleHub, this new and improved edition is sure to delight listeners!

Ein Signal aus den Tiefen des Alls. Zwei Schiffe, gestrandet im interstellaren Nichts. Der Auftakt der fesselnden Science Fiction-Dilogie jetzt auch als Hörbuch! Im 23. Jahrhundert kämpfen die Vereinten Nationen und das Konsortium, ein Zusammenschluss von Megakonzernen, verbittert um Ressourcen und Einfluss – ein neuer Kalter Krieg, den die UN zu verlieren drohen. Als auf Ganymed ein fremdartiges Signal aus dem Sternsystem Epsilon Eridani abgefangen wird, rüsten beide Machtblöcke eilig Expeditionsschiffe aus, um der Quelle des Signals auf den Grund zu gehen. Entfernung zum Ziel: 10,5 Lichtjahre.

Aeon's expansion has finally attracted the attention of the demons, and they've sent a demonic comet headed towards Aeon's world. Aeon and the Order will now have to plan, build new weapons and tools, expand their forces, learn new powers, and equip themselves to deal with the massive comet that threatens to reset all the progress they've made.

A mezzo secolo dall'Ultima Battaglia sembra essersi creato un equilibrio tra terrestri e Trisolariani: i primi beneficiano della conoscenza degli invasori spaziali e stanno compiendo grandi progressi tecnologici, mentre gli alieni stanno assimilando la cultura terrestre. Pare che le due civiltà siano pronte per iniziare una convivenza pacifica, tra eguali, senza l'assurda minaccia della reciproca distruzione. Tutto cambia quando Cheng Xin, ingegnere aerospaziale ibernata all'inizio del XXI secolo, si risveglia.

Matt’s journey to survive in a world filled with heroes and demons continues! Matt now has to guide his growing nation through competing nations and kingdoms and demonic incursions, while trying to amass more power, train his forces, make more equipment, amass allies and friends, and navigate sensitive relationships with heroes and former heroes!

After a long demonic winter, Tree-Tree reawakens and rebuilds. This time, Tree-Tree aims higher, and tries to build something meant to last in a world filled with heroes and demons. Tree-Tree's new growing empire now faces the crusades from unfriendly faiths, more demons, and unhelpful heroes, as Tree-Tree spreads his roots and Empire across the Central Continent.

Ashlock's ascension to the Nascent Soul Realm attracts all the wrong attention. It turns out a spirit tree calling down the wrath of heavens and forming an Inner World is quite the spectacle, so Vincent Nightrose—an ancient threat that has loomed over Ashlock and his sect for far too long—awakens and deems Stella Crestfallen's bloodline ripe for harvesting.

Falk has managed to obtain the second of the five swords he'll need to complete the Goddess's task, and now his path is taking him to the lands of the Elves. Time is limited, but before starting a new quest, it might be nice to wrap up his business in Arkem. Which will mean using the Mechanisms of the Ancients to defend the Gremlins' city from an attack by an army of Demons.

Matt is reincarnated as a Tree. Not just any tree, but an overpowered one in a fantasy world that serves as the battlefield for an ongoing conflict between demons and the heroes summoned to oppose them. But Matt can be a great tool against the evil forces. TreeTree (as Matt comes to be known) will learn all sorts of skills, gain levels, and in doing so, build up a forest, train young subordinates, protect a village, and more.

This is it. The moment of truth. After defeating the Dungeon Below and laying my hands on Wyren's Gift, I am now more powerful than ever before. Still, the Invasion that is to wipe out the entire realm is not to take place before another eight years. And a lot can happen during that time, good and bad. That's why I decided to rush the inevitable and draw these nightmares into this world while I still got the upper hand. But first, I need to prepare.

After a brush with death that almost cost me everything, I managed to expose Izguril's machinations and imprison the usurper god within me. Now, with no more immediate threats to my survival, I wish that I could take some time to rest, but I can't. Because if the goblin village that has taken up residence within me is thriving, and more adventurers come every day to test their mettle against my traps and monsters, something is nagging at the back of my mind. A dark vision, that was confirmed by none other than the Mistmother - the goddess of foresight.

XXI secolo. L'umanità ha colonizzato il Sistema Solare e si è stabilita su ogni pianeta o satellite abitabile. Ma la vita fuori dalla Terra è dura e tutt'altro che piacevole. Per questo Leo Bulero fa grossi affari vendendo ai coloni marziani l'illusione di essere ancora "a casa", grazie ai plastici della bambola Perky Pat. Certo, non bastano mobili e accessori in miniatura: perché l'effetto sia completo serve anche il Can-D, una droga se non legale quanto meno tollerata.

9 d.C. nella foresta di Teutoburgo, in un paesaggio segnato da burroni, querce centenarie e torrenti che scorrono lungo sentieri scoscesi, Arminio, alla testa di un esercito formato da sei tribù di germani, ha annientato tre legioni romane. Quasi ventimila uomini hanno perso la vita, massacrati senza pietà dai barbari. Il tradimento di Arminio ha sconvolto il Senato e la notizia del furto di tre aquile delle legioni ha raggiunto funesta il cuore dell'impero. Una pugnalata all'onore di Roma, ora costretta a ridimensionare i suoi domini entro il confine del grande fiume Reno...

Good and evil battle in this unusual tale of supernatural conflict. First in the AngelStories short story collection from award-winning author Michael Lynes.