Ergebnis für "Desperation" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

With a second chance ahead of them and the moonshiner’s compound in the rearview mirror, Ben and his crew can resume their cross-country trek to Colorado. Or can they? Three newly rescued acquaintances and another canine companion complicate their life on the road. And the addition of two more vehicles to their west bound convoy only adds to Ben’s responsibilities. Making matters worse, the open road quickly proves more hostile than they remember.

Their leader has been taken by the enemy. Secrets are at risk of being exposed. The enemy offers such a bad deal, it has to be a joke. They must think Kaz is stupid, and he's not. But sometimes, a bad deal is the best you can hope for.

The Deliverance has arrived. The planet is beautiful, lush, teeming with life and perfectly suited to the colony’s needs. It should be a paradise. Instead, it’s a nightmare. Caleb knows the truth. The ship’s real mission has nothing to do with settlement. The plan is much more sinister than that. Now the race is on to prepare for the coming storm, to secure the colony, and find the enemy before the enemy finds them.

It's the apocalypse. Aphrodite has broken up with Ares and this time, she means it. While she claims to have meant it during the Trojan War, this time is different. This time is forever. While nursing his broken heart (like any legit God of War) with drink, battle, and wenching - he wenches the wrong wench. His best friend, Morrigan. This doesn't fit at all with his mantra, "All is fair in love and war." Because it's not fair that his ride or die bro isn't a bro at all, but a curvy, sexy, woman.

Suspenseful military space fleet adventure and hard science fiction come together in this series of future space colonization in the Alpha Centauri star system. Captain James Van Wert leads a team into the very heart of the insurgency in a desperate attempt to tip the scales in favor of the fleet, and comes face-to-face with the separatist leaders. Meanwhile, CPF leader Rusla Skjaldmaer makes a rash decision to bolster the strength of the insurgency for the looming confrontation with the fleet.

Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic, terrifying New York Times bestseller about those caught between the surreal forces of good versus evil in a Midwestern horror setting—a suburban nightmare story in the fictional town of Wentworth, Ohio. The red van rolls past…humming and...

Trapped in the body of the murderous Zara the Fury, our hero might not know her real name, but she knows how to play a game—or so she thought. The world of Knights of Eternity is no simple dungeon-crawler with damsels in distress. The tyrannical god Calamity treats the world as his chess board, a knight is faced with the chance to change his fate, and cryptic quests promise our hero overwhelming power. But the real Zara the Fury wants her body back. And she'll do whatever it takes to get it.

The economies of Earth's nations were tanking. It was a world full of desperate people; the homeless and dispossessed were everywhere. It was a world ripe for human Separatists, whose survival depended on building a legion of human fighters, to go recruiting. The Separatists broke away from the rest of humanity centuries ago and developed their own technology, but now they must return to the home world in order to build an army.

Dante fought and died to give humanity a chance to escape from an overwhelming alien threat. They stole the sun and harvested the solar system for resources. He watched as the ship Humanity's Light fled into the dark beyond the solar system, his body hurtling away with the shock wave from Earth's destruction. Then he woke up in a new body, face-to-face with one of the Naga. He was given the worst news he had ever heard: Dante was expected to fight in an arena for the entertainment of the Naga. Now, he has to fight not just for his life, but his very soul.

From Shadows to Strength is a gripping tale of resilience, sacrifice, and hope in the face of overwhelming adversity. Follow Marcus and his companions as they navigate a world turned upside down by the collapse of GenesisTech, a once-prominent tech facility. As chaos ensues and the building crumbles, Marcus is separated from his friends Sophia and Ethan, sparking a journey of survival and a relentless pursuit of justice.