Resultados Editorial "Audible Studios" en Ciencia ficción

A Princess of Mars was the first book by Edgar Rice Burroughs to feature the character John Carter. It led to an 11-book series featuring his adventures and became the basis for the 2012 movie. Carter is a war-weary former military captain during the Civil War who is inexplicably transported to Mars. He quickly (and reluctantly) becomes embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions among the inhabitants of the planet.

Anno 2066. Un tirocinante della Caltech Astrofisica nota un'anomalia nei dati forniti da un potente telescopio spaziale: qualcosa si sta approssimando all'orbita di Saturno. La sua velocità è in diminuzione, la traiettoria di avvicinamento sotto controllo... A quanto pare non si tratta di un semplice oggetto orbitante nello spazio. Il governo degli Stati Uniti giunge all'inevitabile conclusione: quell'oggetto è un'astronave aliena, e chiunque l'abbia costruita deve avvalersi di una tecnologia molto avanzata.

Nell'ottavo capitolo della serie Expanse, l'equipaggio della Rocinante sta combattendo contro l'autoritario e invulnerabile impero di Duarte. Millecento portali sono stati aperti verso i sistemi solari intorno alla galassia. E, mentre l'umanità costruisce il suo impero interstellare sulle rovine aliene, i misteri e le minacce diventano più profondi. Nei sistemi scoperti attraverso l'apertura dei portali, Elvi Okoye inizia una ricerca disperata per scoprire la natura di un genocidio antecedente alla nascita degli esseri umani.

Un dialogo serrato e scintillante di ironia fra una scrittrice rompiscatole di oggi e Celsius, abitante del futuro. Un'antiutopia tagliente che prende l'avvio da un evento storico lontano nel tempo, o forse appena avvenuto: l'eruzione del Vesuvio nel 79 d.C., e la conseguente distruzione di Pompei.

Tras la muerte de su madre, Irma resuelve tomar un avión y refugiarse en una playa. A medida que atraviesa el duelo, el cuerpo de la protagonista, su instinto y su percepción, comenzarán a experimentar una transformación tan inesperada como natural. El proceso de metamorfosis que lleva hacia la animalidad ha sido explorado por la literatura desde sus mismos inicios, con hitos célebres que van desde la mitología clásica hasta la prosa contemporánea.

Dans un futur pas très lointain, deux civilisations, que tout oppose, peuplent la terre. Les Technos vivent dans des cités puissantes, ils ont colonisé Mars et Jupiter, disposent d'un luxe et d'un confort impensables pour un homme du XXIe siècle. Les Sixpiliens vivent en dehors des cités, éparpillés dans de petits villages, avec le strict nécessaire pour mener à bien leur occupation principale : la culture de la terre.

In the latest installment of Mark Tufo's zombie fallout series, Mike Talbot and his family continue their fight for survival as Eliza plots their demise.

The citizens enjoy the peace of their perfectly planned city. But when she notices cracks in the facade, Jordan’s waking dreams turn to nightmares. She thought she had received the promotion of a lifetime; she was wrong. The promotion only brings her closer to terrifying truths of the administration. Secrets told to keep the citizens safe turn out to be lies to keep them in line. Those in power manipulate from the shadows behind whispers and fear. Because if Jordan is brave enough to look past the veil, a mad wasteland awaits.

Perhaps the most autobiographical (and deliberately least disciplined) of Vonnegut's novels, Slapstick (1976) is in the form of a broken family odyssey and is surely a demonstration of its eponymous title. The story centers on brother and sister twins, children of Wilbur Swain, who are in sympathetic and (possibly) telepathic communication and who represent Vonnegut's relationship with his own sister who died young of cancer almost two decades before the book's publication.

In Patrimony, fans will learn more about their favorite redhead - with emerald eyes, uncanny powers, and a poisonous minidrag - than they ever dreamed possible. "I know who your father is . . . Gestalt." A shocked Flinx hears these dying words from one of the renegade eugenicists whose experiments with humans 20-odd years ago shocked the galaxy . . . and spawned Flinx.

Flinx is the only one with even the tiniest chance of stopping the evil colossus barreling in to destroy the Humanx Commonwealth (and everything else in the Milky Way). With time running out, Flinx is a man in search of a solution and in search of himself. His efforts take him to the land of his mortal enemies, the bloodthirsty AAnn, where chances are excellent that Flinx's discovery - and summary execution - will eliminate all his demons and doubts in one masterstroke.

On a little-known planet, Archmage Varic Vallenar casts a grand spell to empower himself with the magical abilities of his alternate selves. The ritual works too well, granting Varic not only the magic but also the memories from six lives. Including their gruesome deaths. Now, Varic has power greater than any wizard in galactic history, but he knows that won’t be enough. The enemies he faced in those alternate lives were apocalyptic in scale. Terrors of technology and magic. Nothing that he, or anyone, can defeat.

In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor to the very brink of madness. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship, scientific hubris and horror.

Et si le dénouement de la Seconde Guerre mondiale n'était pas celui que l'on connaissait ? 200 ans après la victoire d'Hitler, Germania n'est plus un mythe. La race aryenne tant espérée par le Führer domine le monde et toutes les autres ethnies ont été éradiquées de la planète. Krista, jeune Aryenne, travaille dans un Lebensborn. Elle a été élevée dans le moule de la race pure et ne connaît que ce mode de vie, jusqu'au jour où elle suit malgré elle une femme dans les égouts de la ville.

The Bridge has been triggered, but the surprises don’t end there. What Rex found on the other side was unsettling, and with fresh information, he must race against time with his new allies as they search for their salvation. The mysterious objects are closer, nearly at Earth, and the efforts of the alien cult have reached a devastating level. Fear escalates as the entire planet senses the global threat, but Rex is more determined than ever to prevent what’s coming.

París, año 2041. Una Europa dividida, y dormida, cae en manos de dictadores fascistas tras una década de depresión económica y radicalismo islámico. Tres amigos de la nueva Resistencia francesa luchan contra un régimen totalitario que reedita el pasado nazi.

Daniel Hunt is the deadliest mercenary in the galaxy if he can just remember. Five years before, he woke up with nothing more than his name. Now his present is on a violent collision with his past and the future of the galaxy. The Earth is dead. Humanity has taken to the moon and Mars to have a chance. On what’s left of Earth, primal gangs war for dominance.

The Republic, the Opters, and a strange Crystalline race of unknown origin all meet in a series of titanic battles. Commodore Straker summons thousands of ships, but he soon learns he’s technologically outclassed by the enemy. With traditional victory impossible, the race is on for each side to destroy the key worlds of the other. Billions die, entire planets are destroyed. Even while the war rages, dark suspicions grow. There are traitors in the midst of the chaos. Straker realizes the worst enemy is the one you believed to be your ally....

When half of mankind revolts and demands more opportunity, those at the top decide on a compromise: They will build the first colony ships and allow the rest to discover new worlds and start over. Twelve ships are built. The first is called the Orion. Many are eager to go, but only 100,000 are chosen for each vessel. Far from Earth, a new life awaits, and it promises the prosperity they've always wanted. But still, resistance stirs.

“The Theos await you. Only then will we stop the Unwinding.” The threat of invaders is gone, and Earth has been bartered away as a price for peace. Yet, the human world of New Spero is thriving and full of hope. Joining the rank of the Gatekeepers, Dean and Mary set off to explore worlds connected by the mysterious portals. When they stumble upon a strange symbol, they are led to an ancient object, one that sets them on an unstoppable path. The journey takes them through multiple worlds, before they can find what they’re searching for.