Resultados Editorial "Audible Studios" en Aventura

Roland et ses amis pistoleros, désormais indéfectiblement liés, continuent de cheminer le long du Sentier du Rayon. C'est là que des émissaires de la vallée de La Calla - un prêtre défroqué au passé mouvementé, trois fermiers et un robot géant - viennent les trouver et leur demandent assistance : les Loups de Tonne-foudre, des créatures monstrueuses qui arrachent les enfants à leurs familles pour les renvoyer décérébrés, déciment la communauté.

Russell und sein Team stoßen bei einer Expedition mit dem Transporter auf die Ruinen einer außerirdischen Zivilisation, die offenbar von einem weit fortgeschrittenen Angreifer ausgelöscht wurde. Weitere Einsätze zeigen, dass auch der Erde eine fürchterliche Gefahr droht. Schon dringt ein außerirdisches Objekt in das Sonnensystem ein und nähert sich dem Heimatplaneten der Menschheit, dem nunmehr die Auslöschung droht.

From early work like "Rescue Party" and "The Lion of Comarre", through classic stories including "The Star", "Earthlight", "The Nine Billion Names of God", and "The Sentinel" (kernel of the later novel and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey), all the way to later work like "A Meeting with Medusa" and "The Hammer of God", this comprehensive short story collection encapsulates one of the great science fiction careers of all time.

The explosive conclusion to Nexus and Crux. Global unrest spreads through the US, China, and beyond. Secrets and lies set off shockwaves of anger, rippling from mind to mind. Riot police battle neutrally linked protestors. Armies are mobilized. Political orders fall. Nexus-driven revolution is in here. Against this backdrop a new breed of posthuman children are growing into their powers.

Commander David Bryce returned from his mission, successful, with a derelict alien ship that wasn’t as empty as predicted. With the assistance of an old ally, David is hell-bent on stopping the invasion before it begins. There’s just one problem; the Signal is hidden somewhere on Earth. Atlas Donovan is the only man capable of helping them, and it’s unclear whether he can trust the ORB employees. One thing is clear: Aliens have been to Earth, and from the looks of it, not just a single race. There were two.

Arlo Lewis was resigned to his station in life as a supply hauler for one of the Primary Corporations ruling Earth, until an acquisition forces him to re-evaluate his situation. When he’s hand selected to lead SeaTech’s Race team, he struggles to return to the competitive field he abandoned as a teenager. With an eager team, and the promise of a better future, Arlo takes on the challenge, only to find more at stake than the rights to Proxima. Under the threat of a revolution brewing at the finish line, things don’t go as expected.

Calvin Brooks returns to Ethos, determined to learn the truth. As an admiral of their fleet, he struggles to conform to Black’s commands, but vows to preserve humanity if it kills him. Luke Dalton is in enemy territory, seeking his captured family. His reunion is short lived as everyone is thrust into battle. Jane, once content to watch history from the pages of a book, must take action to save Ethos… and in turn, Earth.

Vor der Küste Kaliforniens wird ein außerirdisches Artefakt geborgen, das Menschen zu anderen Sternensystemen transportieren kann. Der zum Tode verurteilte Russell Harris und neun andere Häftlinge bekommen als Versuchspersonen für den Teleporter die Chance, ihr Leben zu retten. Doch das Unternehmen entpuppt sich als gnadenloses Todeskommando, nachdem der erste Freiwillige auf grauenhafte Weise stirbt. Russell und seinen Kameraden wird klar, dass sie das Projekt nicht überleben werden. Der einzige Ausweg besteht darin, das Geheimnis des Artefakts zu lüften. Aber auch das scheint hoffnungslos - denn von den Erbauern fehlt jede Spur.

Der Kampf gegen die außerirdischen Aggressoren geht weiter und die Aussichten sind düsterer als je zuvor. Jim wird einem Geheimprojekt zugeteilt. Als Testpilot soll er in einer Gruppe junger Astronauten den ersten irdischen Raumflugkörper steuern, der schneller als das Licht fliegen kann. Doch arbeitet der Antrieb nicht zuverlässig und immer wieder kommt es zu folgenschweren Unfällen. Während Jim im äußeren Sonnensystem sein Leben riskiert, macht sich Russell auf die Suche nach dem Übertransporter.

Russell und die anderen Überlebenden des Transporter-Projekts haben zusammen mit einer Gruppe verschollener Soldaten und Wissenschaftler eine Kolonie auf dem Planeten New California gegründet. Nach langen Jahren harter Arbeit blicken die unfreiwilligen Kolonisten endlich wieder hoffnungsvoll in die Zukunft. Aber sie ahnen nicht, dass auf ihrer neuen Heimat eine tödliche Bedrohung auf die Siedler wartet.

Während Russell und die anderen Siedler von New California mit General Morrow und seinen Söldnern um die Unabhängigkeit ihrer Kolonie streiten, taucht eine neue Gefahr auf. Die Transporter entpuppen sich als fürchterliche Waffen, die nicht nur die Menschen auf New California, sondern die gesamte Milchstraße bedrohen. Eine Gruppe Freiwilliger begibt sich schließlich auf eine Reihe gefährlicher Missionen mit dem Transporter, um der Gefahr entgegenzutreten.

Held captive by Dark Horse Company, Captain Axel Finn is faced with a mission to humanity’s ancestral home after all contact with the planet is lost. Learning his mother might be hiding there, Axel agrees to help his adversaries, and deploy on Vengeance, the last Steward ship. But his decision might lead to his downfall if the Wrath have already arrived on Earth. On the treacherous Wooly planet of Dari, bounty hunter Rangnar Soki becomes the prey, finding himself the target in a deadly game of survival. His path to rejoin Axel’s crew hinges on passing a test of Dari’s most revered guardian.

Captain Axel Finn has spent his life running salvage missions with an alien crew and their war bot. This motley group has found refuge on his ship from their own tumultuous pasts. But little do any of them know, beneath his gentle demeanor, their steadfast captain is far from the peace following, adventure seeking giant of a man they all love. His pacifist ethos meant to safeguard them has edged them to the brink of financial ruin and drawn dangerous enemies.

The galactic quadrant continues to tumble into chaos after to the collapse of the ConFed and new nations scramble for control in the power vacuum it left behind. It’s a dangerous and tumultuous time. Captain Jason Burke and his Omega Force crew are trying their best to stay clear of the trouble, but fate has other plans. What starts as mild curiosity about an incident involving a random stellar phenomena will quickly spiral out of control and puts them at odds with two competing superpowers, both after the same thing.

After saving Manhattan from the alien Salvage System, Forge Warrior Chris Mason faces an impossible choice: become the Forerunners' champion or watch Earth fall. But first, he must tame the fiercest warriors in the galaxy—the Rax'Kull. And he'll have to do it without his powers. Transported to Zhark'Thul, an alien world of deadly creatures and bizarre landscapes, Chris discovers his salvaging abilities no longer function. Stripped back to level one, he and his team must survive the insect-like Rax'Kull who mark them as prey.

The Unity Marine Corps is fighting the most brutal war in human history—and they're losing. Facing an implacable enemy that will stop at nothing short of total conquest, an ugly truth comes to light in battle after battle. Without more Marines, humanity will lose the war. Cullen's plan to recruit civilians from his athletic academies, train them, equip them, and strike back at the enemy is greenlit by Unity Command.

For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay, even when some would have preferred to return to the fighting and struggle of former times. For now, more sensible heads have prevailed – and have even championed unity. But now, there is a new force that threatens the hard-maintained peace: The Consu, the most advanced intelligent species humans have ever met, are on the cusp of a species-defining civil war.

Zack Lightman sempre quis que sua realidade fosse mais parecida com o universo dos livros de ficção científica, filmes e videogames. Apesar disso, Zack diz conhecer a diferença entre fantasia e realidade. Sabe que adolescentes fanáticos por videogames não salvarão o mundo. Até que um dia, durante a aula de matemática, vê pela janela uma nave parecida com o caça Glaive, do videogame online, Armada, que ele costuma jogar todas as noites. Tal nave tem como objetivo proteger a Terra de uma invasão alienígena, fato que agora parece estar realmente acontecendo.

In John Scalzi's re-imagining of H. Beam Piper's 1962 sci-fi classic Little Fuzzy, written with the full cooperation of the Piper Estate, Jack Holloway works alone for reasons he doesnt care to talk about. Hundreds of miles from ZaraCorps headquarters on planet, 178 light-years from the corporations headquarters on Earth, Jack is content as an independent contractor, prospecting and surveying at his own pace. As for his past, thats not up for discussion.

Premier quart du XXIe siècle. La dictature s'est installée aux États-Unis. La télévision, arme suprême du nouveau pouvoir, règne sans partage sur le peuple. Une chaîne unique diffuse une émission de jeux suivie par des millions de fans : c'est "La Grande Traque". Ben Richards, un homme qui n'a plus rien à perdre, décide de s'engager dans la compétition mortelle. Pendant trente jours il devra fuir les redoutables "chasseurs" lancés sur sa piste et activement aidés par une population encouragée à la délation. Tous les moyens sont bons pour éliminer Ben Richards.