Ergebnis für "Crossroads" in Technothriller

Ever since the Green Poison epidemic transformed the United States, the Division has worked tirelessly to push the nation back from the brink of collapse. The new food infrastructure brings hope... until Division agent Maira Kanhai finds an alarming disruption in the critical Texan oil refineries: a group of environmental extremists set on keeping the transformed world free from fossil fuels.

The need to relieve stress and anxiety, for physical and mental health during a disaster, can be as simple as sharing some survival information, and a glorified cup of tea, it seems. The stranded Preppers from a nationwide electrical grid down, and communication breakdown event occurring back at the Hideaway, would soon benefit from this wisdom, as Farley continues to supply them with emergency provisions. That is, if he can ever get back to them! Cyber war, pandemics, and world-wide unrest - survival was the only thing on their Prepper minds now, as society began its collapse.

In the aftermath of a vicious sea battle with the Chinese fleet that ends in a nuclear blast, the presidential project submarine Silversides is dispatched on a search-and-destroy mission against the resurrected submarine Panther, recently converted by the Iranians to fire hypersonic electrical grid-killer missiles at the U.S. East Coast.

Gutsy and resourceful, Kenna Ward is a “lifeguard for the brain,” an envoy for Virtu-Tech, the preeminent virtual reality provider whose implants allow consumers to experience exhilarating imagined adventures—all while remaining perfectly safe. Most of the time, that is. In the rare instance when a participant mistakes an overwhelming situation as real, it’s up to Ward to enter their scenario and pull them back to reality.

Valko can see the last moments of a victim's life. It comes at a price - a scrap of flesh cut from his brain and replaced with an implant. Bound to a drug that lets him use his insight but brings with it the pain of synthetic emotion, he's at war with himself. Now, a killer has found a way to hide from him, and two people are dead. Someone wants to keep their secrets buried. The trail leads out into the wasteland where death flies on the wind as nanotech dust. Manipulated and betrayed, Valko must get to the truth before his time runs out.

As a journalist, Kristy French is never going to win a Pulitzer while she's at The Newcastle Gazette covering bake sales and town fêtes. A missing persons report could be about to change all that. As a novelist, Ben Shelton's career's over before it's begun, he's the proverbial one hit wonder. The two of them have never met, but they're about to become the most important people in each other's lives. It isn't love. It's survival.

In the East China Sea, six Japanese submarines are attacked and believed destroyed. To the world, it seems like an accident. But to one man, former submarine commander Dick Donchez, it is the first act of war. He alone knows the truth, that the old guard of Red China has stolen the subs to wage a massive attack against the new Free China. Vice Admiral Michael Pacino can't prove Donchez's theory. The US government will not officially retaliate. But when a full-scale battle erupts, Pacino is quickly given command of the Navy's latest undersea weapon.

Kate Daniels is a co-pilot aboard the space shuttle Liberty. Liberty is to deploy a space defense system satellite created with the latest American technology. The shuttle crash-lands in the uncharted, mountainous frontier between North Korea and China. As the ranking able-bodied officer, Kate takes charge, evacuating the crew from the crash site. A mountain warlord captures the Liberty's crew, intending to sell the shuttle and its cargo to the highest bidder. On the world stage, this crisis rapidly escalates. The North Koreans forbid an American search and rescue operation, sending their own troops into the region instead.

Sam Floyd leads a normal life until Special Detective Erica Sayles unexpectedly appears one day and asks for his help to catch a killer. But not just any killer. In an alternate universe, Erica’s been pursuing Thomas Weir, Sam’s homicidal other self. Despite Sam’s reservations, Erica convinces him to accompany her to a different version of Earth. Sam soon finds himself in a technologically advanced society where high-ranking police officers can change their appearance at will and the president holds daily televised dance parties.

Zach loves his new job at MoonPop, developer and publisher of the free, wildly popular game app of the same name. He thinks he has it made - until his curiosity gets the better of him. Life is good for Gil and Aggie Balderas. Gil’s working hard to make his dream of opening his own construction firm a reality. But one day, Gil makes a simple mistake - a simple mistake that lands him in prison for six months. What he experiences inside changes him forever.

When Mark Weston is hired by OneMarket, the prestigious and premier supplier of global equity trading systems, owned by international business tycoon Simon Harris, he thinks he's found his dream job. Great pay, amazing benefits - and sure, the hours are long and the demands on his time are often extreme - but it means financial security for him and his wife Sheila, a new life and a new beginning, a fast track to success with a great company.

Meet Martin Koll, the young CEO of a successful tech company that has just landed a multimillion-dollar client. Life is good. Until it isn’t. When Koll falls under suspicion of murder, all the evidence seems against him. Fortunately, he has an airtight alibi – until suddenly he doesn’t. As the police gather evidence for an arrest, it falls on Koll to clear himself – to find out who has set him up, and why?

What if the deepest, darkest secrets of your neighbors were at your fingertips? Jackson and Cull are about to lose their jobs at the sleazy tabloid, when they get an idea...build an app that will revolutionize the world. Create a voyeuristic destination to tell on your friends and enemies. Nothing is off limits. Nothing is sacred. Nothing is secret anymore.

In the near future, Emotional Transference is the drug of choice. Garrick is a Drone, going to ever-increasing extremes in order to sell the emotions. But he does it for a reason - because some memories are just too painful to bear. When his dealer is murdered, Garrick must search for a new way to remove his unwanted emotions but soon finds himself embroiled in a plot that threatens to go deeper than he ever imagined.

Admiral Theodore Magnuson, director of the Office of Naval Intelligence, didn't like the idea of sending the Seventh Fleet to Vladivostok for a New Year's celebration with the Russians. The president didn't give a damn what Magnuson thought, however; he was after détente. Fearing the worst, Magnuson decides to run his own intelligence mission, sending men into Russia and China. The admiral is certain the US visit to the usually closed Soviet port is a cover for something. Something big.

A young girl, Andrea Jamieson, loses her father, who is trying to rescue a neighbor during a hurricane. She grows up to become a hurricane ''hunter'' and, through her own efforts and those of her husband and colleagues, accidentally creates the largest hurricane in history. Then it disappears in the Devil's Triangle. So does her husband, flying over the storm to drop Silver Iodide crystals into the eye. Then, 30 years later, the storm - and the plane - are back.