Ergebnis für "Armageddon" in Abenteuer

After the Renegade mission by the crew of the starship Flying Dutchman, the UN Expeditionary Force thought Earth was safe for hundreds of years, at least. After there was trouble on the homefront and the President had to authorize a nuclear strike on an American city, UNEF decided they did need the Merry Band of Pirates again. So, the Flying Dutchman is sent out on a simple recon mission. But for the pirates, nothing is ever simple, and their mission will become armageddon.

Auf einer Kabinettssitzung soll die Zukunft der Republik besprochen werden: Expansion nach außen, Kontrolle nach innen - ein autoritärer Polizei- und Militärstaat. Die als ihre Halbschwester getarnte Zadiya Ark enthüllt, dass große Teile des Kabinetts manipuliert wurden - auch wenn sie noch nicht weiß, von wem. Ein gewalttätiger Tumult bricht im Kabinett aus - Ark und ihr Erzfeind Bonet mittendrin... Währenddessen toben im Onyx-System noch die Kämpfe.

The Rage launch the ultimate assault on the Human Sphere. Their greatest weapons are the most fearsome creatures in the galaxy - the Xenomorphs. Having fled centuries before, the Rage return to take revenge and claim the planet for their own. Now, through a deal struck with the unlikeliest of allies, the human race may rely on the Predators to ensure mankind's ultimate freedom. Yet even the combined might of the two races may not be enough.

Colin MacIntyre's life as a NASA astronaut might not have been exciting, but at least it was orderly. Unfortunately, he's been tapped for greater things, and he isn't too sure he likes it. First he was kidnapped by an ancient, self-aware starship masquerading as Earth's moon. Then he was drafted as its captain to suppress a 5,000-year-old mutiny. And then he had to mobilize the planet against the attack of an eons-old ancient menace dedicated to the eradication of all intelligent life in the galaxy! It's hard to blame him for feeling a little stressed....

On the heels of the terrorist attacks on the planet Nova's capital, the Special Projects Team finds itself targeted by the ambitious new head of the Commonwealth Intelligence Directorate, Aidan Kester. When Kovalic and General Adaj are arrested on charges of treason, Tapper, Brody, Sayers, and Taylor are forced to go on the run.

The original Buck Rogers story—a man awakens five centuries in the future and becomes the spark of humanity’s last resistance.

Reality after reality is being destroyed by THE BLEED. With their options narrowing by the second, and with their group scattered far and wide across the multiverse, it's down to less than 10 people to try and save the lives of billions upon billions of others. If they fail, THE BLEED will rule. Nothing and no one else will survive.

The final thrilling instalment of the Summer Haven trilogy. Facing immanent invasion, can the remnants of a post-apocalyptic Earth defeat an army of slavers, who are impervious to modern weaponry? Can they trust the remaining Dark Ones who have been supposedly healed from their brain washing and indoctrination? Can the enemy of your enemy really become your friend? The population of Earth had largely been exterminated in an attempt to wipe intelligent life from the planet, in preparation for occupation by an alien species.

In the darkness of space a battered fleet hovers over a thriving world, a lost colony intended to be the refuge of a defeated ruler. Instead of an abandoned safe haven, the refugees find a thriving world grappling in political and military intrigue. The new worlds’ tech is far inferior to that of the desperate spacefarers, but the natives have the numbers to make a hard, nasty fight. Instead of war, the fleet manipulates the indigenous population to gain leverage until a mutiny erupts within their own ranks, tearing them apart.

Enigmatic clouds darken the skies, accelerating climate collapse and threatening humanity’s existence. As these sinister phenomena poison the rain, drive people to madness, and swallow the unlucky into oblivion, Doctor Michelle Anderson is on a relentless mission to unravel their secrets. The answers may be linked to her father’s descent into “cloud madness.” In her boundless obsession, she will stop at nothing to prevent this extinction-level disaster.

In the year 2146, the Earth Defense Fleet tasks Captain Blast Johnson with testing an experimental propulsion system. After crash landing on the savage alien world of Arkolny, Blast must use all his strength and military training to survive fierce encounters and defeat deadly foes. However, not everything is as it appears, and our hero will find himself deciding the fate of two worlds.

A powerful new threat forces the Alliance to abandon Earth. They leave a small force behind, praying it will be enough to protect humanity from enslavement - or worse, extinction. Meanwhile, the fleet splits into separate missions, each of them vital in rebuilding Earth Alliance forces. A galaxy-shaking conflict is taking shape, with Earth in the eye of the storm. Everything depends on Chase, Chris, Sarah, Daniel, and the other heroes of the Earth Alliance fleet. The stakes have never been higher.

Once every four years, the Earth Alliance Naval Academy is included in a war game...or rather, the Wargame: On a distant frontier colony, cadets must repair, recommission, and crew a fleet of old, mothballed warships for a simulated fleet action against a group of seasoned veterans using top-of-the-line warships. After some meddling on the part of the Admiralty, many of the Academy's best are assigned to the oldest, smallest hulk in the Wargame, the unfortunately named corvette, Chihuahua.

A five-person special ops unit, composed of a diverse assortment of former Navy SEALs from all walks of life, are responding to a terrorist threat deep in the Caucasus Mountains when their mission goes south in a big way. Facing certain death and torture, they’re unexpectedly offered a Faustian bargain by the Devil himself, who grants them unearthly powers in order to send evildoers to Hell on his fiendish behalf. But “The Devil’s Quintet” do things their own way....

It all comes down to one final fight for the future of the Federation. Even without the Morgana in her head, Stephanie's attitude has become dark indeed. Now, she has decided the best way to stop a war is attack. Unfortunately, the Telorans have not arrived, and will likely miss this battle. Stephanie considers the cost in lives of those in cryo-storage and is willing to gamble the whole effort to save those who are still sleeping. Is it the best decision militarily? Probably not. But if she didn't, she wouldn't be the Witch of the Federation.

I’m not like those other freaks. The kids who can look inside your head and bring your nightmares to life. The weirdos who can steal your luck or make a thing true just by wishing it. The outliers born from the mess that followed Armageddon. The ones you call Moonflowers, half mockingly and half afraid. They’re the mistakes that humanity hates - and needs. I’m not like them. I’m worse. And I’m the only thing standing between you and the legions of heaven and hell. (Petal - The Armageddon-Lite Archives)

Some time ago the White Guardian, one of the most powerful beings in the Cosmos, set the Doctor an urgent task to find and reassemble the six segments of the Key to Time. Having successfully retrieved five of the segments, the Doctor and Romana arrive on the planet Atrios in the middle of an atomic war. There they must search for the last, most vital piece of the Key. However, sinister dangers await them in this final stage of their quest. The actions of the Marshal of Atrios, operating under a mysterious influence, look certain to bring about Armageddon for them all.

When Dekker and his fellow mercenaries discover that their simple delivery of medical supplies was stolen by a gang of ruthless thugs, they attempt to reclaim the items. Without the drugs, many will fall to a plague ravaging the expansion world. But more than sickness is eliminating the population, and the unexpected threat proves far more sinister than any could expect on such a backwater planet as Galilee.

2021 winner of the Philip K. Dick Award A 2020 The Rumpus Book Club Selection “Blends a rural thriller and speculative realism into what could be called dystopian noir…. Profoundly moving.”—Library Journal, starred review In an endless winter, she carries seeds of hope Wylodine comes...

The galactic wheel burns in an apocalyptic inferno. Unbridled conflict explodes and empires collapse. The unfathomable slaughter, by a seemingly unstoppable enemy, becomes a nightmare finally comprehended. Hope falters on a million, million worlds as the mages rise from the shadows with archaic knowledge. As defeat and surrender loom, few believe it will make any difference.