Ergebnis für "Extinction" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Unheimlich und unglaublich fesselnd. Action, Action und noch MEHR ACTION! In den Geheimlabors des amerikanischen Militärs gerät eine Biowaffe außer Kontrolle. Innerhalb von Tagen rast die Pest um den Globus und rottet den größten Teil der Menschheit aus. Alles beginnt in Vietnam, wo US-Soldaten VX99 injiziert wird, ein experimentelles Medikament, das zu Halluzinationen führt und sie in wahnsinnige Tötungsmaschinen verwandelt. Wir müssen einen grausamen Preis zahlen! Diese Serie erreichte in den USA Bestsellerstatus und wird gefeiert als genialer Vorreiter eines neuen Genres.

Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation. When a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash partners with county sheriff James Colcord to track down the perpetrators.

Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation. When a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash partners with county sheriff James Colcord to track down the perpetrators.

Now available in audio, Extinction is the fourth title in the epic Forgotten Realms series about one of the most popular races in the setting. This title landed on the New York Times best-seller list for two straight weeks upon initial hardcover release. Best-selling author R. A. Salvatore wrote the prologue to Extinction and continues to consult on the series, lending his expertise as the author who brought drow society to the forefront of the Forgotten Realms setting.

Ein Schiff. Eine Hoffnung. Ein Feind, den niemand sieht. Der neue Space-Thriller von Science-Fiction-Bestseller-Autor Thariot - packend und visionär. Die USS London ist ein interstellares Siedlungsschiff auf dem Weg zu einer neuen Welt. Die Reisezeit beträgt 109 Jahre, das Ziel liegt 50 Lichtjahre entfernt. Die Fracht: drei Millionen menschliche Embryos und sieben Millionen Tiere. Die Besatzung besteht aus 490 Personen, die sich im Kälteschlaf abwechseln. Alles läuft nach Plan. Bis der Ärztin Jazmin Harper auffällt, dass immer mehr Besatzungsmitglieder psychische Probleme bekommen.

Forty thousand years ago, humanity fled a dying Earth. Traveling in massive arkships, these brave pioneers spread out across the galaxy to find a new home. After traveling thousands of light-years, one fleet of arkships arrived at Centauri, a dense cluster of stars with a vast array of potentially habitable planets. The survivors of Earth signaled to the remaining arkships that humanity had finally found its new home among the stars.

Eine Seelenwanderin auf der Jagd nach einem skrupellosen Entführer. Eine uralte Vampirin auf einer Rettungsmission, die sie an Orte führt, von denen es kaum ein Entkommen gibt. Ein Mann ohne Gedächtnis, der versucht, die Schuldigen zu finden. Es ist nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis sich ihre Wege kreuzen.

Die Schauspielerin Chris MacNeil ist zunächst bloß verwundert, als ihre kleine Tochter Regan von einem imaginären Freund spricht, den sie Captain...

"Mein Name ist, nein, war Claire. Mein neues Leben begann an dem Tag, als ich ermordet wurde." Ein Wagen rast unvermittelt auf sie zu und überrollt sie. Claire stirbt an Ort und Stelle, obwohl sie ihrem Mann noch helfen wollte, der vor ihren Augen bei einem Überfall erschossen wird - doch ihre Seele verlässt die Erde nicht. Beherrscht von dem Wunsch, den Mörder zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen, fährt sie in den Leib der Selbstmörderin Lene von Bechstein...

For a dozen years, villagers along the ancient Da River in Vietnam have feared a nightmarish creature who hunts and consumes human flesh. Only in whispers do they mention its name, The White Ghost. To the United States military, this creature has a different name - Marine Lieutenant Trevor Brett, the chemically engineered experiment gone wrong that they will do anything to hide. Sole survivor of his platoon, Brett has stalked the jungle for prey. But the men who made him into a monster are searching for him, and when they find him, the line between hunter and hunted will be blurred.

The best-selling Extinction Cycle series by Nicholas Sansbury Smith first introduced listeners to a world ravaged by an engineered virus that turned men into monsters. Now, for the first time ever, comes a collection of Extinction Cycle short stories that explore the human spirit and the fight for survival in the face of overwhelming odds from some of the leading voices in the post-apocalyptic genre.

Moscow has resurrected the mammoth, but someone must teach them how to be mammoths, or they are doomed to die out, again. The late Dr. Damira Khismatullina, the world’s foremost expert in elephant behavior, is called in to help. While she was murdered a year ago, her digitized consciousness is uploaded into the brain of a mammoth. Can she help the magnificent creatures fend off poachers long enough for their species to take hold? And will she ever discover the real reason they were brought back?

Beyond the reach of the nuclear infernos, the masterminds survived and continue their assault on outposts across the Allied States. Timothy Temper and Sergeant Ruckley narrowly escaped one of those attacks. On the run from hostile forces, they fight to get an urgent message to command - the monsters aren’t the only threat. Their human allies have a nuclear weapon. Refusing to hide underground, President Jan Ringgold heads to New York. Doctor Kate Lovato and her team are there working to infiltrate and sabotage enemy communications.

Wenn du die ersten beiden Fragen mit Ja beantwortet hast, dann ist dies das richtige Buch für dich. Wenn du die dritte Frage mit "Ja" beantwortet hast, nun ja... meine Mutter lehrte mich, nicht gemein zu den Leuten zu sein... auch wenn sie es verdient haben!

The government said the Variants were dying off.... That the beasts would be extinct in a matter of years.... That the Allied States had returned to prosperity and freedom.... The government was dead wrong. Deep under the cities, the Variants weren't just hiding, they were breeding. While the human survivors of the Extinction Cycle built outposts and brought back industries, the monsters were building something of their own.

Living in New Zealand, Jack Gee thought he was safe. The isolated country had always provided a sense of security. When a virus begins to spread across the globe, he is on a hiking trip in the mountains, blissfully unaware. A message from his wife Dee alerts him to the viral threat that turns humans into apex predators with one purpose - to kill. The country collapses as Jack races to get home, and when he finally does make it out of the mountains he finds his peaceful life has been shattered. Banding with other survivors, they must quickly learn how to survive in this new world.

Eight years ago, an engineered virus ravaged the globe, infecting and transforming humans into apex predators called Variants. Now, almost a decade after the end of the war, civilization has slowly clawed toward recovery. But evil and intelligent forces dwell in the shadows with the starving beasts, scheming to restart the extinction cycle and end humanity forever. And once again, Beckham, Fitz, and Kate will rise to fight them, joining forces with new heroes to try and save what’s left of the world.

The war continues…Two days after the events of Extinction Aftermath, European Unified Command calls on Team Ghost for a top secret mission. The residents of a small Inuit fishing village in Greenland have gone missing and reports of Variants unaffected by Kryptonite have surfaced. Fatigued, injured, and unaware of the events back in the United States, Master Sergeant Joe Fitzpatrick leads Team Ghost into the remote and alien winter landscape to determine the fate of the missing villagers.

Central Command is gone, the military is fractured, and the surviving members of Team Ghost, led by Master Sergeant Reed Beckham, have been pushed to the breaking point. While the strong return to the battlefield, the wounded are forced to stay behind on Plum Island and fight their inner demons. Betrayed by the country they swore to defend and surrounded by enemies on all sides, Team Ghost has one mission left: protect Dr. Kate Lovato and Dr. Pat Ellis while they develop a weapon to defeat the Variants once and for all.

John Eric Carver and Shrek are a retired Navy SEAL war dog team, now living in the mountains outside of San Diego. Both man and dog thought their life was now settled, finding peace on the 40-acre ranch they had moved to. But life, and a mutated virus, changed all that.