Ergebnis für "Altern" in Thriller

"Der Tod löscht alles aus. Der Tod ist barbarisch. Und jetzt sagen Sie mir, warum sollten wir das dulden?" Drei hochkarätige Unternehmer aus dem Silicon Valley wollen ein zweites "Manhattan Projekt" ins Leben rufen. Nur ist das Ziel noch ehrgeiziger als damals die Entwicklung der Atombombe: Sie wollen den Tod abschaffen. Der Journalist James Windover entdeckt jedoch, dass die Unternehmer, während sie von Investoren Milliarden sammeln, insgeheim versuchen, einen Schriftsteller zum Schweigen zu bringen — weil sie eine Story fürchten, die er geschrieben hat.

Tanaka Institute, Monterey, CA: Angel, the recaptured 76-foot, 100,000-pound Megalodon, has birthed a litter of pups - five females - far too numerous and aggressive to keep in one pen. One solution: a Dubai royal prince is building the largest aquarium in the world and seeks to purchase two of the "runts". The deal hinges on hiring Jonas Taylor's 21-year-old son, David, to be their trainer. Jonas reluctantly agrees, and David is off to Dubai for the summer of his life.

NICHTS bleibt für immer verborgen ... Viele Jahre lebte Declan McIver, ein ehemaliger IRA-Terrorist, unter dem Radar – als erfolgreicher Geschäftsmann, verheiratet mit einer schönen Frau – aber sein Leben sollte sich schlagartig ändern. Als ein Treffen mit einem alten Freund buchstäblich in Flammen aufgeht, findet sich Declan auf der Flucht vor einer schattenhaften Verschwörung wieder, die vor nichts Halt macht, um ihre niederträchtigen Absichten um ein streng gehütetes Geheimnis zu wahren. Um zu überleben, muss er an sein altes Leben anknüpfen – etwas, wohin er nie zurückkehren wollte.

Eighteen years have passed since Jonas Taylor last crossed paths with Carcharodon megalodon. Now a middle-aged father of two, he is overwhelmed by mountains of bills and the daily strife of raising a family. But life is about to change. A Hollywood television producer wants Jonas to join his new survival series: Daredevils. For the next six weeks, two teams of crazy daredevils on a South Pacific Ocean voyage will try to outperform one another in front of the cameras.

Stranded in the Amazon rainforest, a lost man fights for survival and discovers that the root of evil doesn’t just reside in the world’s darkest corners, but inside the hearts of all mankind. Dr. Gregory Zekser is on a mission to visit the furthest reaches of the Amazon, providing medical aid to recently contacted tribes. As a general practitioner and food pantry director, his life in Massachusetts can be chaotic, but serving people is what he does best, and he doesn’t mind sacrificing his personal life to help others, at home or halfway around the world.

Its appetite is ravenous. Its teeth scalpel-sharp. Its power unstoppable as it smashes the steel doors holding it in a Monterey, California, aquarium. The captive 20-ton Megalodon shark has tasted human blood, and it wants more.

East Antarctica: the coldest, most desolate location on earth. Two-and-a-half miles below the ice cap is Vostok, a 6,000 square mile liquid lake, over 1,000 feet deep, left untouched for more than 15 million years. Now, marine biologist Zachary Wallace and two other scientists aboard a submersible tethered to a laser will journey 13,000 feet beneath the ice into this unexplored realm to discover Mesozoic life-forms long believed extinct - and an object of immense power responsible for the evolution of modern man.

A veteran of the Iraq war is appointed undersecretary of defense in order to penetrate a secret government purposely black-shelving zero-point energy, a clean, abundant energy source reverse-engineered from downed UFOs. Steve Alten's Undisclosed is a mind-opening thriller of "faction" that incorporates testimonials from military and intelligence personnel who were actual eyewitnesses and participants involved in the greatest secret in history.