Ergebnis für "Angels" in Science Fiction

Die Galaxis steht in Flammen. Das Chaos erhebt sich zwischen den Sternen. Der Große Riss hat die Gebiete des Imperiums gespalten und ganze Sektoren vom Licht des Heiligen Terra abgeschnitten. Doch nicht alle Hoffnung ist verloren. Der Primarch Roboute Guilliman ist aus seinem todlosen Schlaf erwacht und hat Commander Dante, den Herrn der Blood Angels, als Regenten und Wächter des neu bezeichneten Imperium Nihilus eingesetzt. Im Baal-System wird die zerstörte Festung des Ordens wiederaufgebaut, und Dante plant den größten Feldzug seines langen Lebens, um ein halbes Imperium zurückzuerobern.

Die Horus-Häresie hat begonnen und die Galaxis befindet sich im Krieg. Nach den Auseinandersetzungen auf Isstvan IIII flieht ein einzelnes Schiff nach Terra, um die Kunde des Verrats zum Imperator zu bringen – wenn es die Reise überlebt. Während Horus seine Verbündeten um sich schart, fällt die edle Legion der Emperor's Children an das Chaos, als ihr Primarch, Fulgrim, dazu verführt wird, eine Tat zu vollbringen, die so abstoßend ist, dass sie seine Seele für immer beflecken wird.

The planet of Caliban exists much as it has for thousands of years - the knightly orders protect the common people, fighting back the beasts that lurk in the depths of the seemingly endless forests. Young Zahariel and Nemiel aspire to join the greatest of the orders, led by the example of mighty Lion El'Jonson and his vision of a peaceful and unified world. But the coming of the Imperium brings new concerns and a new destiny for the Lion as part of the Great Crusade, and the sons of Caliban must decide if they will follow him to glory among the stars.

Auf dem Planeten Caliban ist das Leben noch immer so, wie es seit Tausenden von Jahren gewesen ist - die Ritterorden beschützen die einfachen Menschen und bekämpfen die Bestien, die in den Tiefen der endlos scheinenden Wälder hausen. Zahariel und Nemiel streben danach, sich dem größten dieser Orden anzuschließen, der von dem mächtigen Lion El’Jonson angeführt wird und seiner Vision einer friedlich vereinten Welt folgt.

On the shattered surface of the earth, there is a metropolis that lives amid the garbage thrown down from the inhabitants of a sky city floating above it. Welcome to Iron City. A lonely doctor specializing in cyborg repair, Ido, is doing his best to help the citizens of Iron City. Hugo, a young man surviving on a life of crime, spots the ultimate steal: an object that will unearth secrets from his own past. And Vector, the most powerful businessman in the city, has his sights set on a new technology that will change the future of Iron City forever....

In the year 2107, the world has both made astounding leaps forward and reduced humanity to its most basic existence. While the megacorps and those who rule them enjoy lives of extraordinary comfort and ease, most people barely scrape by, doing whatever they can to keep going. Juliet Bianchi is one of the latter. She works cutting metal in a scrapyard and doesn't have much to show for it except for a small group of equally bereft, fiercely loyal friends. Still, she maintains a bright disposition, possessing more hope and optimism than anyone would expect her to—and she's going to need it.

With the Dark Angels spread across a hundred systems, primarch Lion El'Jonson stands as Lord Protector of Ultramar - though his true motives are known to few indeed, and old rivalries on the home world threaten to tear the Legion in half. But when word comes of the Night Lords' attack on Sotha, the Lion's brutal actions bring Imperium Secundus once again to the brink of civil war.

For 25 years, civilization has survived in meager enclaves, guarded against a plague of the dead. Temple wanders this blighted landscape, keeping to herself and keeping her demons inside her heart. She can’t remember a time before the zombies, but she does remember an old man who took her in and the younger brother she cared for until the tragedy that set her off on her personal journey toward redemption.

No matter the foe, regardless of the odds, the proud warriors of the Dark Angels stubbornly refuse to accept defeat. Descendants of the First Legion, they stand foremost amongst the Chapters of the Space Marines, mankind’s mightiest defenders. None fight with more grim determination than the Dark Angels, and their renowned special companies - the Deathwing and the Ravenwing - are held in awe by allies and enemies alike. Yet behind their devotion to the Imperium lies a dark obsession.

Packed with slaughter and swordplay, these audio dramas, written by Black Library authors including Gav Thorpe, James Swallow, Ben Counter and more, offer fresh insight into two of the Imperium's most beloved fighting forces.

Following the Devastation of Baal and the arrival of the Primarch Roboute Guilliman’s Indomitus Crusade, Commander Dante of the Blood Angels has been appointed Lord Regent of all Imperium Nihilus. Working with the successor chapters of the Blood Angels, Dante commands that the area around the Red Scar be scouted in preparation for reconquest. The Red Wings’ sweep has led them to the foetid world of Dulcis, dangerously near to the Cicatrix Maledictum itself.

Commander Dante lässt die Nachfolgeorden der Blood Angels das Gebiet um die Rotnarbe erkunden, um eine Rückeroberung vorzubereiten. Astorath der Unerbittliche, Oberster Ordenspriester und Erlöser der Verlorenen, wird von der Schwarzen Wut nach Dulcis getrieben, um den Red Wings zu helfen.

Fifty years after the events of ALTERED CARBON, Takeshi Kovacs is serving as a mercenary in the Procterate-sponsored war to put down Joshuah Kemp's revolution on the planet Sanction IV. He is offered the chance to join a covert team chasing a prize whose value is limitless - and whose dangers...

Sanguinius is the Great Angel, most beloved of all the primarchs, his mighty exploits celebrated throughout the entire Imperium as the Crusade expands into the void. And yet the origins of his Legion are shrouded in mystery and rumour, his unique physical form is an enigma, and his perilous home world remains off-limits to all but his own secretive people. When a discredited remembrancer arrives with the expeditionary fleets to chronicle the primarch’s deeds, he has to work hard to uncover the truth behind the legends.

After her crushing defeat against the Tigress, Nephilim is at the Wasp leader’s mercy. In return for her support for Metatron’s grand plan, the Tigress wants Nephilim to complete an extremely dangerous mission: to kill her brother, the leader of TogbuaXiang. What sounds like an easy task for a professional killer cyborg soon turns into the most challenging and dangerous mission Nephilim has ever had to accomplish. But she has promised Metatron that she will bring him the alliance, so she must succeed—no matter what.

With news of Horus' treachery spreading across the galaxy, the Great Crusade grinds to a halt as the primarchs and their Legions decide where their loyalty lies - with the Emperor or with the rebel Warmaster. The Dark Angels, too, face a time of testing, both among the stars and on their home world, Caliban. Luther, once Lion El'Jonson's trusted second-in-command, now languishes as an exile in all but name while his master struggles to thwart the traitors' advance upon the forge world Diamat.

In the darkness of Imperium Nihilus, across half a million worlds cut off from the dim light of Holy Terra, a beacon is lit. The Red Angel returns to an unsteady galaxy and his scattered sons heed the call to slaughter. Aboard the World Eaters’ flagship, Kossolax the Foresworn, self-appointed lord regent of the XII, fights to keep the old dreams of the Legion alive, but finds the return of his hated father both an opportunity and a threat to the warriors’ fragile unity.

In an alternate 1880s London, angels inhabit every public building, and vampires and werewolves walk the streets with human beings in a well-regulated truce. A fantastic utopia, except for a few things: Angels can Fall, and that Fall is like a nuclear bomb in both the physical and metaphysical worlds. And human beings remain human, with all their kindness and greed and passions and murderous intent. Jack the Ripper stalks the streets of this London too. But this London has an Angel. The Angel of the Crows.

Die Notärztin Taurie Kellahan und ihr Team von schwer bewaffneten Kämpfern reisen in ihrem Schiff, der Silver Lining, auf entlegene Planeten und sogar in Kriegsgebiete, um den Kunden der A.N.G.E.L. Corporation das Leben zu retten. Doch als Taurie auf einem Schlachtfeld ihren seit Jahren totgeglaubten Bruder findet und entgegen den Vorschriften heimlich mitnimmt, wird ihr gewohntes Leben aus dem Gleichgewicht gerissen. Der unerwartete Tod eines wichtigen Patienten ruft skrupellose Konzernkiller auf den Plan, die Jagd auf die A.N.G.E.L machen.

For more than two centuries, the land of Albion has been ruled by the supposedly benevolent Watchmaker, who imposes precision on every aspect of life. Young Owen Hardy from the village of Barrel Arbor dreams of seeing the big city and the breathtaking Clockwork Angels that dispense wisdom to the people, maybe even catching a glimpse of the Watchmaker himself. He watches the steamliners drift by, powered by alchemical energy, as they head toward Crown City....