Ergebnis für "Deep End" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Ich hatte nur einen kleinen Spaziergang geplant. Einen kurzen Abstecher in das unheimliche Waldgebiet, das ich von meinem wunderlichen Onkel geerbt hatte. Ich konnte ja nicht ahnen, dass dieser riesige, uralte Wald einige sehr finstere Geheimnisse bereithielt, die in unserer Welt gar nicht existieren durften. Und ganz bestimmt hatte ich nicht mit den drei einschüchternden, gehörnten Kreaturen gerechnet, die gar nicht daran dachten, mich wieder gehen zu lassen. Sie hatten nämlich mein Geheimnis gewittert: Meine Jungfräulichkeit.

Screams of agony. Cries of terror. The sounds of a dying civilization echo all around Josh Standing as he navigates the aftermath of this new post-apocalyptic world. All traces of modern advancements have been wiped away by the supernova EMP when he washes ashore on the Georgia coast. Alone. And when a psychotic gang takes Josh prisoner, he’s torn between grief and gratitude that his daughter isn’t discovered nearby.

Destined to be together...destined to be apart. I want her. I desire Elizabeth Langdon unlike anything I've ever experienced before, and there is nothing I can do about it. I came to Terra (Earth) on a short-term mission, and then I must fulfill my duty to wed my betrothed to keep the peace on my home planet. Except, I feel nothing for my betrothed and I feel everything for Elizabeth. And I can never tell her.

For Agent Ciris, the mission should have been simple: get in, apprehend the target, get out. But when the simple snatch and grab goes horribly awry, the world’s first cyborg finds herself backed into a corner. At odds with her superiors, she becomes embroiled in two conspiracies—one intended to destroy her with a cybernetic virus that will neutralize the technology that keeps her alive, the other intended to keep hidden the untold secrets of her origin.