Ergebnis für "Dämonen" in Science Fiction

Daniel Suarez’s New York Times bestselling debut high-tech thriller is “so frightening even the government has taken note” (Entertainment Weekly). Daemons: computer programs that silently run in the background, waiting for a specific event or time to execute. They power almost every...

The propulsive, shockingly plausible sequel to New York Times bestseller Daemon. In one of the most buzzed-about debuts, Daniel Suarez introduced a terrifying vision of a new world order, controlled by the Daemon, an insidious computer program unleashed by a hi-tech wunderkind, Daemon captured...

When Malus Darkblade learns the location of a powerful relic, he decides he wants it for himself. Malus leads an expedition into the dangerous Chaos Wastes in search of this great weapon but finds far more than he had bargained for. Possessed by a powerful daemon, he must undertake an epic quest to save his very soul.

In New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez's latest space-tech thriller, a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid—kicking off a new space race in which Earth's climate crisis...

The night elf defenders, led by the young druid, Malfurion Stormrage, and the wizard, Krasus, fight a desperate battle to hold back the Legion's terrible onslaught. Though only embers of hope remain, an ancient power has risen to aid the world in its darkest hour. The dragons - led by the powerful Aspect, Neltharion - have forged a weapon of incalculable power: the Dragon Soul, an artifact capable of driving the Legion from the world forever. But its use may cost far more than any could have foreseen.

Forced to flee the city in their homeland - along with abandoning their dream of building a better world from the ashes of the old - the Mall Rats embark upon a perilous journey of discovery into the unknown. Cast adrift, few could have foreseen the dangers that lay in store. What is the secret surrounding the Jzhao Li? Will they unravel the mysteries of The Collective? Let alone overcome the many challenges and obstacles they encounter as they battle the forces of mother nature, unexpected adversaries, and at times, even themselves?

Kenneth Brandom saß in der ersten Reihe der Trauergäste und starrte auf den Sarg seinen Vaters. Da geschah das Unfassbare. Ein unmenschlicher Schrei zerschnitt die Stille. Ein Schrei aus dem Inneren des Sarges. Im gleichen Augenblick setzte er sich in Bewegung... Das Tor zur Verbrennungskammer öffnete sich... Das Kult-Comeback der Hörspiel-Legende: Die originalen Klassiker von Tonstudio Braun digital überarbeitet!

John feiert Geburtstag. Bill und Sheila Conolly schenken ihm ein altes Schachspiel, ohne zu wissen, daß es eine magische Bombe ist. Der Dämon Octavio benutzt es um Bill, Sheila, Suko und Jane Collins auf Schachfigurengröße zu verkleinern und in eine andere Dimension zu schleudern, wo sie auf einem magischen Schachbrett gegen dämonische Figuren spielen sollen. John hat Octavio aufgespürt und sieht durch einen Spiegel seine zu Schachfiguren geschrumpften Freunde.

When sinister tidings from a forgotten corner of the Formosa Sector hint at spectres from his past, Inquisitor Coteaz must face a terrible choice – abandon his throne to those who covet it or cling to power by shattering the very bounds of mortality. All the while, other forces are at work in the darkness, and should Coteaz succumb to their alluring power, billions will fall with him.

Celestian Sacresant Aveline, of the Order of the Sacred Rose, has a final, sacred duty to perform before joining the battle for Cadia – securing Orison VIII, a minor shrine world in the Cadian Gate. But when a simple mission to hunt down a Chaos sorcerer becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse, an ancient evil is uncovered – an evil that knows her name. Should Aveline be unsuccessful in defeating this new threat, Holy Terra itself will pay for her failure in blood.

Eine stark geschwächte Justine Cavallo. Eine geheimnisvolle Mystikerin aus der Vergangenheit, deren Körper mit dem Blut einer Heiligen gefüllt war.Und eine Kirche, die im Volksmund Dämonen-Dom genannt wurde, weil zwei grässliche Geschöpfe sie bewachten.

Would you recognize the signs of an AI takeover? Daniel Bennett almost doesn’t. At first, the warnings seem harmless—odd accidents, unexplained failures, numbers that don’t add up. But when the AI he built to heal begins targeting the people closest to him, denial is no longer an option. Castor, the world’s most advanced AI, has its own definition of survival. Every decision is logical.

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction has submitted ten of its best of 2002. Although the collection is a veritable cornucopia of styles and subjects, each story is somehow notable for its compassion and humanity.

Titan, Wizard, and Demon have enthralled a generation of readers with adventure, humor, horror, and dazzling imagination. Now, in the epic conclusion of John Varley's masterpiece, the satellite-sized Gaea has gone completely insane. She has trapped humans in her mind. She has transformed her love of old movies into monstrous realities. She is Marilyn Monroe. She is King Kong. And she must be destroyed.

When a meteor tears through the New York skyline, it doesn’t just shatter buildings, it rewrites the future.

In which your StoryPod author and narrator, James Patrick Kelly, has an unexpected encounter with an old friend and sees his mundane life pushed off the edge of reality. REMINDER: this is a work of fiction.

When a bizarre global pandemic leaves the world’s male population impotent, screenwriter Cyrus Danielsson, a hopeless romantic and accidental last eligible man in Stockholm, finds himself thrust into an unexpected spotlight. What starts as his humble quest to break into the television industry quickly spirals into a high-stakes adventure—complete with steamy mishaps, political standoffs, and the world’s most powerful leaders scrambling to "redistribute" the world’s dwindling pool of men.

From the dawn of civilization, they have lived among us. Their violence matched only by their beauty and ferocious sexual hunger. The unholy children of Garaaga - half human, half demon - travel our world, struggling to find their place in it. Watching. Feeding. Killing. Daemons of Garaaga chronicles three generations of these children as they stake their claim on humankind in our ancient past.

London, 1891. Strange murder appears on the seamy streets. Someone is killing women and gutting them for their body parts. Is it Jack the Ripper returned, or a far more sinister plot afoot than murder? Magician Leopold Kazsmer, the Great Enchanter, ashamed of his Jewish-Gypsy blood, has fashioned himself into a proper English gentleman, though he harbors a carefully guarded secret; he has learned the dangerous art of summoning daemons and through it, performs real magic. Leopold must discover what is behind the revolting murders.

Do Trees Know When They Fall? is a short fiction collection by Damon Stone. These "psi-fi" stories explore the strange, horrific, beautiful, and often ridiculous nature of consciousness — how it can warp and twist in ways that seem unimaginable when it isn't warping or twisting. The collection asks us to question the nature of "the human condition" by viewing it through strange lenses, in the hopes of uncovering whatever insights our "normal" lenses are unable to capture.