Resultados para "the element" en Negra y suspense

When a huge alien spacecraft crashes on the island of Cuba, the world scrambles to investigate. Secretive organizations have waited for generations for this opportunity, and they do not hesitate to send in recovery teams. Cooperation between nations breaks down as every government wants the newly discovered technology for themselves. Naturally, the Cubans have beaten everyone else, and the island is beginning to change. Aircraft flying reconnaissance are swatted from the skies.

Everly Gray and Tynan Pierce, her sexy, secretive husband, take on projects no one else wants to deal with. Known as the TaP (Touch and Persuade) Team, they combine the best in extrasensory perception and tactical ability. And then they accept the Lecoq contract. It should have been a slam-dunk. A straightforward assignment to expose the truth behind a manufacturing company's government contract, and it offered a perfect opportunity for Everly to practice her undercover skills.

In An Element of Peril, the 10th Peter Sharp legal mystery, Peter faces a unique triple task: First, he must defend a domestic servant who has been charged with the chainsaw-killing of her boss; second, if he can get the servant acquitted, he must then defend the insurance company from being forced to pay a five-million-dollar life insurance policy on the boss's life by proving that she was not murdered and is still alive; and third, he must discover how the alleged corpse of the servant's boss disappeared.

Die Extrembergsteigerin Gilda Hunt weiß, dass sie auch unter diesen Bedingungen ein zweites Mal den höchsten Berg der Welt besteigen muss. Ihrem Team schließen sich zwei verfeindete Wissenschaftler an, die in einem erbitterten Konkurrenzkampf stehen. Und im Hintergrund der Expedition sind skrupellose Drahtzieher aktiv, die über Leichen gehen.

The City of London Bank calls in Cameron and the Argentum infosec team when the Speakeasy Worm, a global threat, shuts them down. The white hats crack the code easily, but as they dig into the virus, they discover a hidden message addressed to the SimCavalier. A hurricane of cyberattacks is on the way, and a global crime syndicate is taunting its most dangerous adversary. Cameron’s only protection is anonymity, but a journalist who has been following the SimCavalier for months goes public with the story. The SimCavalier’s identity is compromised, and Cameron’s in danger.

Quand Philippe de Carjaval, géologue de renommée internationale, se rend à bord de la plateforme pétrolière la plus gigantesque au monde, il est loin de s'imaginer à quel point sa vie va basculer. Car rien ne ressemble à un chantier ordinaire : la plateforme se situe dans une des zones les plus hostiles de la mer du Nord, le gisement se niche à une profondeur jamais atteinte par l'homme et une énigme scientifique hors du commun semble le concerner, lui, personnellement.

Die eisige Kälte des Bösen: Zwei Freunde, 27 und 25 Jahre alt, beide verheiratet, beide Familienväter, begehen zwischen 1995 und 2001 eine Reihe kaltblütiger Morde an Unschuldigen, die das Pech hatten, zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort zu sein. Die beiden Täter agieren ohne erkennbare Skrupel oder Gewissensbisse, teils sogar vor Zeugen. Die Polizei braucht lange, um dem Duo auf die Spur zu kommen, zu lange.

In a world where machines can decide who lives and who dies, humanity is the enemy. Do you believe the simulations or the evidence of your own eyes? A young skipper averts disaster, and the SimCavalier, searching for a lost friend, digs deep into the world of quantum processing where probabilities diverge from realities. Thrill-seeking gamblers are betting on everything from tropical storms to the unrelenting and bloody advance of the Militia who are driving east from the Rockies and across what’s left of the United States.

Hacker legend Cameron Silvera–the SimCavalier–has never trusted tech billionaire Jack Sladen. When she uncovers a connection between his new Foundation, a dangerous cybercrime syndicate, and a rogue AI locked away in a high-security prison, Cameron and Jack are drawn into an uneasy alliance. They have the skills to take down their foe, but can they destroy her in time?

Jack Sladen, tech billionaire and local hero, is coming back to his roots. Cameron Silvera, busy fighting a new cybercrime threat, doesn’t trust him. Is he out to save the world, or to destroy it?

The SimCavalier, aka Cameron Silvera, wants to enjoy her romantic getaway with Ben, but clues to a Paris data theft are coming thick and fast. Her team has its hands full dealing with an escalating torrent of online attacks, and the fallout from a global data breach has hit their clients hard. Cameron starts to connect the dots as underground markets are flooded with stolen files. But the cybercriminals are ahead of them, hunting down the SimCavalier who has thwarted their plans once too often.

Days after their entire world ended, Army Specialist Jason Chantry and friends find themselves in over their heads. Secret government organizations, conspiracies, and not to mention the monster infestation, the gang find their world becoming ever more complicated by the minute. With a new cast of characters, new locations, and new monsters, Chantry and his troop must sort out what is going on, and put an end to it once and for all!