Resultados para "The Wager" en Ciencia ficción

Lady Kahina Loren, born into the Prism system's powerful ruling family, is desperate to throw off the shackles of her privileged lifestyle and discover herself, but ambition crumbles when she faces death at the hands of the one person she thought she could trust.

The Mesan Alignment: a centuries-old cabal that seeks to impose its vision of a society dominated by genetic rank onto the human race. Now the conspiracy stands exposed by spies Anton Zilwicki and Victor Cachat - one an agent of Honor Harrington’s Star Kingdom of Manticore, the other a Havenite operative. The outing of the Alignment has turned the galaxy’s political framework topsy-turvy. Old coalitions have disintegrated. New alliances have been born.

The 'Wasting' (HIV) has caused devastating destruction throughout the known world and severely limited the development of technology as well, creating a mid-nineteenth century England and London almost unrecognizable to us. This is the world Viola is born into. Extremely intelligent and growing up in a house full of medical books which she reads, she dreams of traveling to far-off places, something she can only do via books since her actions and movements are severely restricted by law custom.

When a man of science and a man of faith develop the ability to go back in time, there is only one place for them to go to demonstrate their new technology. After they make a wager about whether or not the resurrection of Jesus really happened, the two set out to prove it, one way or the other. Along the way, they face obstacles and challenges from those who want to use their technology for personal gain.

In a game where anything goes, my life is defined by how I test others. I am a player in the Great Game, and the only thing that is keeping me alive is having a life that is interesting and entertaining. For centuries, the Architects have moved people like puppets, betting on their lives, and their actions. They have encouraged players to become monsters with no law constraining us, but their own. I became one of those monsters to change all of that.

Ailo is a streetwise teen surviving alone on the remote moonbase, Tarkassi 9. She wants nothing more than to flee into the wider world of the Sagittarius Arm. That's where Jati, the Patent War veteran and general fighting the Monopolies, gives her a second chance. Ailo's rogue status is just what Jati's People's Army needs to drive the final spike of victory into a weakening Garissian Council. A team of experts assembles.

A hard science-fiction series with a post apocalyptic fantasy feel, the Shadeward Saga is set on the imaginary planet Esurio, in orbit about the red dwarf Lacaille 9352, a real star just over 10 lightyears from Earth. The planet is tidally locked; one side always faces the star, and the other is plunged into eternal darkness. Only between the two extremes is life possible. Long ago it was colonized, but knowledge of those events has since fallen into myth and legend...Enervation, Book Three of the Shadeward Saga.

In the final installment of the Shadeward Saga, the stakes are raised to the highest point. The threat to the planet becomes imperative and a last ditched attempt to deal with the problem is compounded by the unresolved animosity between Kiri and Zoella. The priestesses plot their own revenge as the nature of the power that has twisted the course of fate on Esurio is finally revealed. It becomes clear that life will soon be threatened all across Esurio and only a handful of people are able to stop the destruction.

A hard science-fiction series with a post apocalyptic fantasy feel, the Shadeward Saga is set on the imaginary planet Esurio, in orbit about the red dwarf Lacaille 9352, a real star just over 10 lightyears from Earth. The planet is tidally locked; one side always faces the star, and the other is plunged into eternal darkness. Only between the two extremes is life possible. Long ago it was colonized, but knowledge of those events has since fallen into myth and legend... Exoneration, Book Two of the Shadeward Saga.

A brilliant scientist uncovers a terrifying plot to begin a galactic war. Aided by a talented, but reluctant and embittered combateer, he must stop the deployment of a super weapon he invented. A weapon so powerful it threatens to destroy entire worlds.

Die attraktive Bauzeichnerin Jodie Delaney möchte mit ihrer Freundin Kim Carvello ein paar erholsame Tage in Raven Rock auf dem Land verbringen. Doch als sie die Kleinstadt in West Virginia erreichen, scheint diese völlig ausgestorben zu sein! Aber sind Jodie und Kim hier wirklich ganz allein? Die beiden jungen Frauen ahnen nicht welches Grauen sie erwartet, als plötzlich ein fremdartiges Wesen auftaucht und auf sie zukommt.

Eine grausam zugerichtete Männerleiche hält die Stockholmer Kriminalpolizei in Atem. Die pathologischen Befunde lassen nur einen Schluß zu, der jedoch unglaublich erscheint: Brütende Kakerlaken haben ihr hilfloses Opfer von innen zerplatzen lassen! Kommissar Tom Petersson und seine Kollegin Ellen Gustavson treten bei ihren Ermittlungen auf der Stelle, bis die Tochter des Opfers einen grausamen Verdacht äußert und kurz darauf spurlos verschwindet.