Resultados para "Upgrade" en Ciencia ficción

Logan Ramsay es el siguiente paso en la evolución humana. Al principio no tiene claro qué ha cambiado. Solo nota detalles puntuales: se concentra mejor, es capaz de hacer más cosas a la vez, lee muy rápido, su memoria ha aumentado y no necesita las mismas horas de sueño. Poco a poco, es innegable: a su cerebro le está pasando algo. Y a su cuerpo. Ha empezado a ver el mundo y a quienes lo rodean de un modo completamente nuevo. La verdad es que el genoma de Logan ha sufrido un hackeo. 

Ein spektakulärer Science-Fiction-Thriller von Bestseller-Autor Blake Crouch ("Dark Matter"). Amerika in der nahen Zukunft: Special Agent Logan Ramsay kommt bei einem Einsatz mit einer unbekannten Substanz in Berührung. Zunächst ohne Folgen, wie Logan erleichtert feststellt. Doch dann beginnt er, Veränderungen an sich zu bemerken. Seine Sinne sind geschärft, sein Erinnerungsvermögen ist unschlagbar, er ist körperlich fitter. Dass ausgerechnet er dieses "Upgrade" erfährt, hat einen Grund, der weit in die Vergangenheit zurückreicht.

The wrong guy just got the right AI. In a society where every citizen is given an AI at birth, Cal Bennett is one of the rare few who doesn't have one. These AIs can do all sorts of things, depending on how expensive they are, so the rich have the best and the poor have the worst. Cal never...

For their 45th anniversary, wealthy science buffs Hank and Molly Nonnar decide to fund an experimental rejuvenation procedure, with only one condition: that they be the first subjects.

Amerika in der nahen Zukunft: Special Agent Logan Ramsay kommt bei einem Einsatz mit einer unbekannten Substanz in Berührung. Zunächst ohne Folgen, wie Logan erleichtert feststellt. Doch dann beginnt er, Veränderungen an sich zu bemerken. Seine Sinne sind geschärft, sein Erinnerungsvermögen ist unschlagbar, er ist körperlich fitter. Dass ausgerechnet er dieses "Upgrade" erfährt, hat einen Grund, der weit in die Vergangenheit zurückreicht. Zu einem schrecklichen Familiengeheimnis, das Logan am liebsten vergessen würde.

''It's clear you're in the hands of a master storyteller' - Alex Michaelides Upgrade is the mind-bending thriller from Blake Crouch, author of the bestselling Dark Matter and Recursion.. . . ‘You are the next step in human evolution . . .’ What if you were capable of more? Your concentration...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “If Michael Crichton had written a superhero novel, it would look a lot like Upgrade.”—The New York Times Book Review “You don’t so much sympathize with the main character as live inside his skin.”—DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author...

There's a corporate cabal that wants to rule the world. Some might say it has been doing so for decades, by whatever means necessary. But they are no longer content to hide in the shadows. They want to become true masters. Jason Hunt knows nothing about that world. But when his wife becomes ill, he finds himself pitted against the cabal that might hold the key to her survival. To save her, he needs to embrace technology he doesn't understand....

Join Chedderfield and his companions as they navigate a post-apocalyptic wasteland filled with dark humor, horror, and heart-wrenching deaths. Get ready for twists, turns, and gut-wrenching losses as you follow the journey to uncover the truth behind Archimedes' death and the true meaning of survival in a world where anything can happen.

The Hell-Cursed have grown even stronger as they feed off the dead bodies left in the wake of humanity’s apocalyptic war for survival. Where there were once chaotic hordes now march undead armies with singular purpose. With this new threat looming on the horizon, leveling up may not be enough.

Some heroes aren't born, they're built. Westley Worthington has found the love of his life in Cordelia. But when he pushes her away to protect her family, he fears he's lost her forever. Cordelia Cross has never felt about anyone the way she feels about West. Which is exactly why she is resolved to keep her distance. When West is threatened with the loss of his fortune, his friends, and even his life, he must learn that it takes more than super-strength to be a hero to the ones he loves.

When a group of former classmates gather for their 10-year reunion, old grudges resurface as old flames rekindle—and then things go straight to hell. As a shower of comets brings an invasion of reunion-crashing undead, the surviving alumni must band together in this litRPG apocalypse filled with dark humor, horror, and loot cards!

Mag Jacobs and his family had survived the COVID-19 coronavirus that had rampaged across the globe. But lurking in the shadows was the next wave, ready to be unleashed on the planet. They were a God-fearing, close-knit family...but could they survive this second attack? Would their faith in God and love for each other be enough to carry them through?

Helen Chen had started to hope that she’d found peace. After fleeing New York, she’s settled in Hong Kong under a false name, found a job she loves, and even started to make new friends. But when an innocuous conversation makes her suspect her new boss, she can’t resist her nature and starts digging for truth. What she finds will change her life forever.

It's 2007, and the world is edging towards the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. A secret international Corporate alliance, known as the cabal, is using the moment to spread its influence. Helen Chen and Andrew Hunt have little in common. She's a gray hat, and he's a senior CIA officer. But when Hunt is tasked to fight the cabal, and Chen becomes the alliance's latest target, they'll have to find a way to help each other or end up like everybody else who tried to stand up to the cabal--dead.

There's a corporate cabal that wants to rule the world. Some might say it has been doing it already for decades by whatever means necessary. But they are no longer content to hide in the shadows. They want to become true masters. Jason Hunt knows nothing about that world. But when his wife becomes ill, he finds himself pitted against the cabal that might hold the key to her survival. To save her, he needs to embrace technology he doesn't understand, take over a billion-dollar company, outsmart professional assassins, and land a contract with the DOD. But even that might not be enough.

An undercover CIA officer discovers that the company he is investigating produces an artificial intelligence product that manipulates the behavior of the general public, and he must prove it to the media or be killed by a powerful corporation that has its own military.

Auf der ganzen Welt töten unbescholtene Bürger massenhaft ihre Mitmenschen! Die auf der Link-Technologie basierende neuartige Waffe entfaltet ihre grausame Wirkung. Die Zentrale von H² versinkt im Chaos, als Elei, Hannah und Ray sich im Showdown ihrem immer mächtiger werdenden Gegner stellen. Ihre Mission droht zu scheitern, als sie unerwartete Hilfe aus der virtuellen Welt des Felds erhalten.

Hauptkommissar Elei Berisha, seine Frau Hannah und der Forscher Ray Kohagen entdecken eine Bedrohung in der revolutionären Link-Technologie des mächtigen H²-Konzerns: In den falschen Händen ist sie eine grausame neue Waffe! Die Ermittlungen werden zu einem Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Ihr Gegner schreckt vor nichts zurück - und er ist technisch weit überlegen! Über die Serie: Nanotechnologie, die Verstand und Technik verschmilzt. Eine Handvoll Verbündeter im Kampf gegen eine tödliche Verschwörung. Ein Rennen gegen die Zeit - das Schicksal der Menschheit steht auf dem Spiel!

Bangalore, Indien: Ray Kohagen forscht für den Tech-Konzern H² unermüdlich an der sogenannten Link-Technologie. Sein Ziel ist es, Gehirne zu digitalisieren und mit dem "Feld" zu verschmelzen. Denn in dieser virtuellen Sphäre, die die reale Welt simuliert, ist ewiges Leben möglich. Ray hofft, auf diese Weise auch seine verstorbene Frau wiederzusehen. In einem riskanten Selbstversuch taucht Ray erstmals ins Feld ein.