Ergebnis für "Aurora" in Science Fiction

Nachdem ein Solarsturm die Energieversorgung der Welt komplett lahmlegt, kämpft Aubrey Wheeler um das Überleben in ihrer Vorstadtsiedlung Aurora - ihr Bruder hingegen hat mit seinem beachtlichen Vermögen schon vor Jahren einen Bunker gebaut, in den er sich zurückziehen und Aubrey ebenfalls in Sicherheit bringen möchte. Kann Aubrey ihm trauen? Und hat ihr Exfreund, der plötzlich wieder vor der Tür steht, wirklich nur ihr Wohlergehen im Sinn?

In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal ex-husband split, leaving behind his unruly teenage son. Then the lights go out—not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddenly, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood.

A world recovering from a devastating plague. A brutal enemy threatening invasion. A young man seeking to escape the shadow of his father. A ship manned by a crew of fresh academy graduates. A top-secret experimental propulsion system. A questionable alliance with a mysterious green-eyed woman. What destiny has in store for the crew of the UES Aurora is far greater than any of them could ever imagine. And this is only the beginning....

A major new novel from one of science fiction's most powerful voices, Aurora tells the incredible story of our first voyage beyond the solar system. Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, it is the work of a writer at the height of his powers. Our voyage from Earth began generations ago. Now...

Das Jahr 2075: Die radikale Gleichheitsbewegung "Movement for Optical Justice" (MOVE) wendet sich gegen die ungleiche Verteilung von Schönheit. Attraktive Frauen genössen angeblich unverdiente Privilegien im Berufs- wie im Privatleben. Darum: "Schönheit ist ungerecht." Die Bewegung gewinnt immer mehr Einfluss. Stück für Stück verwandelt sich die Demokratie in eine Gleichheitsdiktatur. Es beginnt mit höheren Steuern und beruflichen Nachteilen für Schöne.

Humanity is caught in the slow collapse of coastlines, governments, and trust. In the middle of this unraveling world stands Malcolm Carter, a quiet mathematician who turns to equations the way others turn to prayer. While nations argue and seas rise, he begins work that might rewrite the future one variable at a time. At his side, sometimes watching, sometimes guiding, is his daughter Elena. She grows up in a world of ash-darkened skies and half-finished theories, learning too young that brilliance can be both a gift and a burden.

Follow the saga of Ezekiel Aurora, a man that has built a reputation as one of the most reliable middle men in the criminal underworld. Using his quick wits, he uncovers a devastating secret that would shake the very pillars of the world, fights a deadly cyborg assassin, and goes on a rampage to protect those he loves. The entire Aurora Chronicles in one book: Like Shadows in the Night, Like Tears in Rain and Like Lightning on a Wire.

"The audiobook read by Lauren Ezzo makes for compulsive, edge-of-seat listening." - Buzzfeed "Ezzo's dark tone and emotional connection terrify and comfort listeners in equal measure. Not for the faint of heart."-AudioFile Magazine Titanic meets The Shining in S.A. Barnes’ Dead Silence, a SF...

To save her brother and protect her family’s future, a powerful princess must join forces with a dashing man from her past in this thrilling space adventure, the second novel in the Consortium Rebellion trilogy. As the dutiful daughter of High House von Hasenberg, Bianca set aside her personal...

The Confederated Systems Alliance has spread to dozens of systems, creating the first true interstellar alliance dedicated to bringing peace and prosperity to all inhabited worlds. Unfortunately, some see this new alliance as a threat to their own seats of power, and would do anything to stop it. After a well deserved rest, Captain Nathan Scott is once again called into action. This time, it is not the fate of the galaxy that is on his shoulders, but the life of one of his dearest friends. But not all is as it appears.

The year is 2322. Humanity has expanded into the stars, inhabiting over 100 worlds across a third of the galaxy. Though thriving as never before, they have discovered neither alien life nor the key to utopia. Earth struggles to retain authority over far-flung planets and free-wheeling corporations, while an uneasy armistice with a breakaway federation hangs by a thread as the former rebels rise in wealth and power.

The car crash was the last thing I remembered...then I woke up here. Where "here" was felt like an impossible nightmare. I died, but this wasn't what I'd expected to find when they said I'd meet my maker. The afterlife is just like a video game, except I didn't start in a noob world like everybody else. I started out on one of the most challenging dungeon worlds meant only for ancient souls who've been dead much longer than I have.... Welcome to Epoc.

Im Januar 2038 verschärfen sich die Spannungen auf der Erde. Kein Tag vergeht ohne neue Zusammenstöße zwischen den Menschen und den Arkoniden, die das Sonnensystem besetzt haben. Täglich werden Menschen verhaftet, denen die neuen Herrscher der Erde vorwerfen, im Widerstand zu sein. Die Massenverhaftungen heizen den Konflikt weiter an, sie beruhigen ihn nicht. Doch das ist ganz im Sinn von Chetzkel, dem militärischen Befehlshaber des "Protektorats Erde". Er wartet nur auf eine Gelegenheit, endlich hart durchzugreifen.

Fixated on his relentless hunt for Danzig and guided by the fragmented memories of another, Reed is compelled to the mysterious town of Aurora, Alaska. His search intersects with the case of Hazel Hill, a missing intern from the local paper, who vanished while investigating her best friend's suspicious death. Caught trespassing by the local sheriff, Reed is coerced into a deal: help the sheriff solve Hazel's disappearance . . . or face charges for breaking and entering.

This collection of Catherine Asaro's show fiction contains five stories, including the Nebula Award-winning novella, Spacetime Pool, the Hugo and Nebula nominated novella Aurora in Four Voices, and an essay on Asaro's use of mathematics in her fiction.

When Samantha Hunter is taken deep beneath the Archuleta Mesa into the Dulce - a joint human/alien underground testing facility - her only hope for survival is Gloria, a human abductee, and Ruby, a hybrid German Shepherd. There, she undercovers the unthinkable - secrets the US government has been hiding for decades! Aurora’s Curtain is a fast-paced science fiction thriller that will make listeners question everything they believe about life on other planets and a love that knows no bound!

The crew of the US space vessel Aquila returns from a deep-space mission to find that a devastating plant blight has stripped away all civilization, its legacy a nightmarish wasteland. In what's left of the world, the only law is tooth and claw, kill or be killed. Traveling through the savaged countryside to wrest from death surviving kin and friends, the astronauts grimly cling to a glimmer of promise for a new start. Far to the northwest is Aurora, a secret base offering a way out of the decline into darkness.

Trentatré racconti, pubblicati tra il 1947 e il 1953, di un Philip K. Dick che muove i primi passi nella letteratura fantascientifica: storie che possono essere raggruppate in tre categorie principali, quella basata sul grimmick, la trovata che risolve un complesso quadro di indizi volti a porre l'enigma di una civiltà aliena, quella dei racconti di fantasia, in cui l'immaginazione dickiana può uscire dagli schemi ed esprimersi al meglio, e quella fondata sul tema della guerra, una delle sue ossessioni, che risente ancora delle visioni apocalittiche con cui l'umanità ha visto schiudersi il secondo conflitto mondiale.

The year is 2322 and humanity is under attack. An engineered war between rival superpowers escalates even as the shadowy Metigen armada begins attacking colonies on the frontiers of settled space. Individuals from across the galaxy fight for their own survival and to protect those they hold dear, while a group of unlikely allies race to expose a secret cabal.

The year is 2322, and we stand upon the precipice of extinction. The invading Metigen armada has decimated the eastern third of settled space in a matter of days, leaving tens of millions dead. Determined to save the heart of human civilization, Earth and Seneca at last put aside their differences to face the threat together. But even this may not be enough to stop the fleet of colossal dreadnoughts inhabited by advanced AIs.