Resultados para "eden" en Acción y aventura

Oralia Solis hasn't felt the touch of another in 245 years. Not without them crumbling to ash at her feet. Cursed by the bite of a daemoni, she has been sequestered away for the greater good of Aethera by her adopted father, King Typhon. King Renwick rules the rival kingdom of Infernis, the land of the dead. When Oralia flees the palace of Aethera after her power is let loose with deadly results, he recognizes her potential as a weapon and aids her escape.

Earth’s rising oceans contain enormous islands of refuse, the Amazon rainforest is all but destroyed, and countless species edge towards extinction. Humanity’s last hope to save the planet lies with the Virgin Zones, 13 vast areas of land off-limits to people and given back to nature. Dylan leads a clandestine team of adventure racers, including his daughter Jenn, into Eden, the oldest of the Zones. Jenn carries a secret - Kat, Dylan’s wife who abandoned them both years ago, has entered Eden ahead of them.

Dark romance books were always my favorite. Now I'm living one. Thanks to Joker, a man I fell in love with hard. He wooed me with lies, told me everything I wanted to hear and more. Then he chained me up in a room and promised he'll break me. To get revenge on my father.

Crawling out of the ruins of a nuke-shattered America, a new reality shapes an unpredictable terrain of human resilience and unabated savagery. Born and bred in Deathlands, Ryan Cawdor has seen the pulsing of its dark heart. And he understands more than most that tomorrow is certain to arrive. But to see it means surviving today — any way he can.

Many millions of years after the planet earth was totally destroyed by human beings a new species has evolved underground and now dominates the planet. This is the story of human evolution and one scenario of how the future could be and how the new species of creatures would adapt and dominate all around them. But are they alone on the planet and are they really in control? This is the first part in the series with more to come from the author Paul Cooke former founder and drummer from the 80's group Sade.

Esme Laurent is a con artist. An accomplished liar. A world-class thief. And probably the most beautiful and intriguing woman that Tyler Barrett has ever met. Sure, he has to arrest her at their first meeting, and she absolutely hates him, but…well, he has a job to do. And Tyler always gets the job done. Turns out, she is the new job.

Reports of the discovery of angel bones have come from the ancient land of Iraq and Kathlyn and Marcus take their archaeological teams into this mysterious realm to investigate. Hindering their progress is a former colleague of Kathlyn's - also hearing of the discovery, Dr. Fayd Fahdlan will stop at nothing to usurp Kathlyn's claim. As Kathlyn and Marcus fall under the spell of the strange bones, Fayd and his superiors see spectacular and bizarre scientific opportunities for Dr. Trent's find.

Two months ago, Clay Jaeger, his wife Alex, and his chainsaw-toting brother Joe came to the Infested Zone on a mission: kill a Dungeon Lord. What they found along the way was a land of opportunity. Gold-dropping monsters, magical weapons, and best of all, freedom—all there for the taking. If they can live long enough to grab it. Surviving in the wasteland has been a constant fight, but thriving in it, that’s going to take something more. Not just power, but the brains to use it in ways nobody’s seen before.

Ein brandneuer Horror-Öko-Thriller vom Bestsellerautor des Netflix-Hits "The Silence". In einer Zeit, in der die steigenden Ozeane riesige Müllinseln enthalten, der Amazonas-Regenwald fast komplett zerstört ist und zahllose Arten vom Aussterben bedroht sind, wurden die Virgin Zones eingerichtet, um gegen die Veränderung anzukämpfen. Diese dreizehn gewaltigen, für die Menschen verbotenen und der Natur zurückgegebenen Landflächen sollten zur grünen Lunge der Welt werden.

Humanity faces an enemy from space. Dangerous, to be sure, but behind them is the ultimate enemy. This one threatens not only the people on Prime and Darwin's World, but all humans on all dimensions! And this enemy is armed with a disintegrator ray that humans have no defense against. And as usual, humanity is caught off guard. There are few spaceships and even fewer that are suitable for converting to warships. Humanity must delay the oncoming 3,000-ship fleet until Matt and the humans on Prime and Darwin's World can mount an effective defense....

Clarity came on the colony planet Astrild after teaming with an enigmatic colleague named Edgar Millen. Their agency employer works to influence colony planets to eventually join the Federation, the largest human political entity. But there are opponents: individuals, parties, criminal enterprises, and competing interstellar dominions. Astrild lacked the planetary government needed for development in preparation for Federation membership. Although the agency used various strategies, Cole and Millen were tasked with removing obstacles hindering that development.

In this highly anticipated conclusion, Madison is hired by a famous magician to find a rare 16th-century book on angel magic and the former assistant who stole it 35 years ago. Madison's quest leads him from the great mosques and churches of Istanbul to the ruins of Pergamon and the temples of the ancient Near East, where he discovers the true location of the Garden of Eden, the nature of angels, and the dark story of his birth.

A sandstorm uncovers a long buried secret in the Iraqi desert, an ancient Sumerian temple dating back at least 6,000 years to the beginning of civilization. An American army patrol sent to investigate the ruins is trapped inside the temple's eroded walls, first by an insurgent ambush and then by another, even more powerful sandstorm. When an enemy mortar shell blasts an opening into a hidden burial chamber, Captain Adam Cadman and his soldiers take refuge deep in the ruins. What they find hidden inside threatens to destroy every belief about the beginnings of mankind.

Before the hyper-space vessels could go from planet to planet, stations had to be set up. And that meant manned spaceships cut off from Earth for decades. The explorer vessel Ariadne had gone toward galactic center and was considered lost - until its call came in appealing for a xenobiologist. Their new world was all swamp. As far as could be seen, there was no intelligent species. Yes, this was alarming because all inhabitable planets so far discovered had thinking inhabitants.

The legacy of the 20th century was the world-wasting nuclear firestorm that destroyed a way of life forever. Civilization is in ruins, its pitiful remnants perverted by brute force, and mankind is less at home on the planet than ever before. Yet in the desolation that is the Deathlands, an intrepid group of wayfarers continues that determined fight for survival and a better future. Leaving a western ville besieged by desert pirates in search of the legendary cities of the Spanish conquistadors, Ryan Cawdor and his warrior survivalists enter a hidden valley untouched by civilization.

En la mejor tradición de la ciencia ficción y el misterio clásico de la edad dorada de ambos género en los años 50, "El jardín del Edén" nos muestra un aparente caso de envenenamiento accidental en una finca cercana a Madrid. Sin embargo, el forense encargado del caso pronto descubrirá que el caso esconde mucho más de lo que parece, y que ambas muertes son el preludio de una amenaza invisible que se cierne sobre toda la humanidad.

Lee pensava di aver perso Mal, eppure ora è miracolosamente tornata. Ma cosa è successo quel giorno nella brughiera? E dov'è stata per tutto questo tempo? La ricomparsa di Mal non è passata inosservata nemmeno agli ufficiali dell'MI5 e Lee non è l'unica a porsi delle domande. Julian Sabreur sta indagando su un attacco alla fisica di punta Kay Amal Khan. Questo porta Julian a scontrarsi con agenti di un potere sconosciuto che possono essere umani o meno. Il suo unico indizio è un filmato sgranato che mostra una donna presumibilmente morta nella brughiera di Bodmin Moor...

Martin Eden è un rozzo marinaio che salva la vita del giovane Arthur, rampollo di una ricca famiglia, e viene quindi accolto in casa sua. Qui conosce la sorella di Arthur, Ruth, che diventa per lui un’ossessione amorosa e un simbolo della società colta ed elegante verso la quale vorrebbe elevarsi. Un destino inaspettato ma fortemente perseguito lo porterà a diventare scrittore e a scoprire, amaramente, che non sempre la meta vale il viaggio.

Earth has fallen under the influence of the Fermion Party, whose members believe humanity’s future lies in the metaverse, a simulated environment to which people can upload their consciousness to become immortal. As a simulant, one cannot get sick, grow old, or die. Human beings have no business risking their lives in the betaverse, where injury and illness can kill them. And those who wish to explore beyond the solar system blaspheme what the Fermions believe is the natural order.

A young book editor stumbles from the site of a chemical attack in a London subway, accepts a woman's offer of help, and then vanishes. A group of boys in upstate New York go sledding. One never comes home. After two years in Eden, Jamie has chosen to return to the "terris" world as a duel citizen. But she soon discovers that seemingly random kidnappings are fatefully and tragically connected. The victims, all descendants of Eden, have the one thing people outside of paradise want - a way to live forever.