Ergebnis für "4" in Alternative Geschichte

Die postapokalyptische Erfolgsserie jetzt in zwei Sammelbänden. Amerika wird angegriffen und ein Virus verwüstet die Bevölkerung, sodass nur Kinder und junge Erwachsene in Sicherheit sind. Als die Invasion beginnt, sind Hunderte Millionen Erwachsene tot und Amerika befindet sich im Chaos. Isaac Race glaubte, eine neue Familie und ein neues Zuhause gefunden zu haben. Ein neues Leben. Er hat es getan, aber es wird alles weggerissen und Isaac, ein Einzelgänger von Natur aus, ist gezwungen, sich mit einer zerlumpten Gruppe von Überlebenden zusammenzutun, um in den Bergen Zuflucht zu suchen.

So, halten wir einmal fest: Ich habe den Distrikt wieder aufgebaut. Feine von der Bildfläche verschwinden lassen. Verbündete gewonnen und den Schatten-Klan zurück ins Rennen gebracht. Ich hätte mir also eine Pause verdient. Doch stattdessen geht der Ärger erst richtig los. Gewisse Leute sehen uns lieber machtlos–schweigsam, gebrochen, leicht zu kontrollieren. Doch ich, Marcus, der Erste Paladin, mache ihnen dabei einen Strich durch die Rechnung. Die nächste Angriffswelle meiner Feinde spielt weder fair noch wollen sie einen Krieg. Sie planen, uns auszulöschen.

I was the Rift Magus, master of space and time, protector of worlds. Reborn in a broken body with only my knowledge intact, I rebuilt myself from nothing. Now the reckoning has come. House Delamere, the architects of my abduction and the force behind demonic pacts and soul-warping corruption, has taken Adrian. My cousin. My friend. They believe they understand power. They are wrong.

Shadow, the Skull captain, has been defeated, but it's far too soon to celebrate. The undead still hold a firm grip on the capital and are showing no signs of retreating. They cannot be faced alone. Humanity's defenders must regroup, grow stronger, and seek new allies. Time is running out, and every move risks setting off a chain reaction. Questions swirl around the young healer, drawing the enemy's attention. Alarmed, they're escalating their efforts. For now, his true identity remains hidden, but there's no telling how much longer the secret will hold.

Ed is living life to the fullest. Having been given a second chance, he's determined to seize every opportunity. The freshman year at the Lyceum has ended, and a much-anticipated vacation has finally started. Tempting offers from classmates promise a dream of a perfect summer filled with relaxation and seaside adventures. However, Ed still has work to do.

The arrival of Aslishtei's nieces brings an unexpected proposition: an expedition to Old Baxteiyel. The hierophant of Albei has turned the ruins into the site of a deadly race, pitting teams against one another to claim the treasures hidden within. But Aslishtei's nieces have a different plan. For them, the race is a distraction—a cover for their true goal of uncovering the secrets of the fabled Arc of Knowledge within the ruins.

Matt Callaghan is alive—barely. Having escaped the destruction of the home he shared with Jane Walker after an attack by political assassins, he's back with the young superheroes of Morningstar Academy—and back in the center of a conspiracy that's unraveling the world around him. A cult still pursues him; governments still want his powerless human blood. Any hopes he once held of living a normal life seem dead and buried, and it's all Matt and Jane can do to try and ensure he doesn't end up the same way. But there's no time to rest or recover.

An engineer finds himself in an alternate reality, Cornwall, in the year 715 A.D. He awakens in the body of a young Baron. James Fletcher, now the Count of Cornwall, is facing new adversaries in the Franks. They try to assassinate him and his family, precipitating a full-out war. In the meantime...

Ryo was a chef, an extremely good one at that. That was until the entire universe as he knew it changed. After his spaceship is attacked and destroyed by an enemy armada, he finds himself in a situation he never could have imagined. Sent back in time and to an alternate reality, he has quite a few choices to make. Especially considering that the ruthless Kublai Khan and his Mongol Horde are just a few years away. Accompanied by an extremely advanced Artificial Intelligence, a medieval noble, and his samurai retainers, Ryo sets out to change the known world.

I traveled twenty-two years into the past to change the future—to stop the nightmare threatening Earth. I founded the Syndicate, which has now grown into the world's most powerful organization. But recently, another group has risen to challenge us—the Clowns. They didn't exist in my previous life. The Clowns are mysterious, powerful, and dangerous—especially their leader, Lady Black. I can sense that she's hiding something.

An alternative history of the US space programme, dramatised by Dirk Maggs. What if John F. Kennedy survived the assassination attempt and developed the space programme? President Nixon, with the help of former president JFK, has just green-lit NASA’s first manned expedition to Mars. Aboard the expedition is Natalie York, a geologist who risks everything she loves for the chance to go to space; Phil Stone, former X-15 test pilot; and Ralph Gershon, a Vietnam War hero intent on being the first African American to reach another planet.

Commander Tony Romella takes a small team on what is expected to be a routine one month trip to Casablanca, Morocco. Their mission is simply to provide a temporary Top Secret special intelligence communications center to support U.S. members of a high level Allied war planning meeting. An easy mission quickly goes awry. Only two months after the Allied assault and occupation of Casablanca (Operation TORCH), the city remains a hotbed of Vichy and German sympathizers and spies. One unexpected event leads to another. Things get dicey, with life threatening situations, shots fired and dead bodies.

History didn't record what really happened at Roswell. That was no accident. In July 1947, something crashed outside a remote New Mexico town. The Army called it weather debris. Witnesses knew better. Rachel Hunt is a time traveler hired by millionaire Kane Kelly to find out what happened to his...

Enter a world of dragon politics and missing librarians – in 1920s New York City. Immerse yourself in The Lost Plot, the fourth gripping instalment in the Invisible Library series from Genevieve Cogman. A covert mission. A royal demand. And a race against time. In a 1920s-style America...

From Arizona's brutal deserts to the chaotic streets of New Orleans, this collection of four novellas sees Sterling and the Sunflower Kid battling supernatural foes and extraterrestrial threats in a world scarred by the Reset.

Kay aims to stop Thorgisl from obtaining Esch. Meanwhile Galfride has discovered the twenty-first century and wants his boyhood friend Ian back. Kay's son and daughter seem to him a barrier which puts them in danger. Between keeping the power stone she saved from greedy mages of medieval Earth and protecting her kids, Kay is again pulled between times, but she has a new ally, a witch of ancient Cornwall who slipped through the portal into her neighborhood.

Blending history and fantasy, The Amarna Age series is set in 18th Dynasty Egypt where the old gods have been worshipped for thousands of years and magic is a matter of belief. For listeners of historical fantasy who enjoy magical realism and an ancient world setting.

The long-dreaded war between Britain and France has finally begun. French soldiers have landed on English soil, and the British Army - and the Royal Sorcerers Corps, led by Lady Gwen - is moving to meet them. But when an inexperienced major disobeys her orders and sends two hundred hussars to their deaths, Gwen accidentally uses her magic to permanently damage his mind and sparks a political crisis at the worst possible time. In the aftermath of the battle, Lord Mycroft suggests she leave Britain and head to the North American colonies.

In book four, the people have had enough, now standing up and fighting for their families, fighting to protect their communities, and fighting back against a corrupt federal government, but the revolt will not be without cost. In this final book of the four-part Reset series, the conflict is forced to come to a resolution, one which would either lead to a renewal of the country, or plunge it back into a civil war between those that were part of the original government, and those that were fed up with the corruption of those in the ruling class.

Certains feux ne s'éteignent jamais. Ils couvent en silence pendant des siècles. Jusqu'à ce qu'une braise vienne les raviver. Et que le monde s'embrase à nouveau.