Ergebnis für "Fractures" in Literatur & Belletristik

Set in the adrenaline-fueled timeline between the novels Threshold and Ragnarok, this compilation is an electrifying journey through time and danger. Embark on a globe-trotting adventure that spans continents and eras, from the radioactive wastelands of Chernobyl to the menacing depths of the Superstition Mountains. Witness as each member of the Chess Team—King, Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight, and Deep Blue—faces their own harrowing challenges, encounters unimaginable horrors, and battles against the clock to save not just themselves but the very fabric of the world.

When time fractures, chaos reigns. At the Museum of Natural History in New York City, paleontologist Noah Clark is about to unveil his greatest discovery. However, on the day the curtain is set to rise, a cosmic event shatters reality. The remnants of a colossal supernova strike Earth, engulfing it in a swirling alien fog charged with crackling electricity. Noah, along with everyone else, is left dazed and nauseous. He staggers outside and watches in horror as a Tyrannosaurus rex emerges from the otherworldly miasma and cuts down a bewildered pedestrian. And the rex isn’t alone…

Four years after the Resistance's plan for retribution was foiled, the galaxy as a whole is at peace. The people of Haphez remain independent and free of Federation scrutiny thanks to a major sacrifice by one of their own. Those affected by the loss have found new purpose. Life goes on. But peace is only an illusion. Tension is brewing between two major players in the galactic underworld. When commissioned with hunting down a rogue Haphezian assassin, Aroska Tarbic, Skeet Duvo, and Zinni Vax are drawn into that underworld, a place where anything goes and no one is innocent.

A sensational short story collection in the expansive universe of HALO, the New York Times bestselling series! Launch once more into galaxy-spanning conflict and legendary heroism…shards of an ever-expanding journey where human and alien alike find their finest hours in facing their greatest...

Genghis Khan united a nation and created a vast empire for his heirs. But after 200 years of civil war, his empire has fallen into the dark ages. Mandukhai dreams of being a fierce warrior woman, but her dreams are shattered when she is forced to become the second wife to the Great Khan.

One case, two realities. Magic is destroying the fabric of reality, and only Alex King can stop it before it is too late. Alex must find the man responsible using both magic and investigative prowess. But confusion reigns as Alex is male in one reality and female in the other. Alex tries to reconcile finding himself trapped in the body of his female counterpart, along with discovering that the woman he loves is harboring a dark secret.

The Rim Consortium brings many surprises to the V'kit'no'sat as their border colonies come under sudden, coordinated attack.

Fresh from the success of capturing Gwain’s Keep, Alpha Company is in high spirits. Flush with coin, everyone is eager to get better gear and see what new zones they can go fight in. Not everything is roses though, as the first testing phase is about to come to an end. A number of those who ventured forth with the guild are about to return to their regular lives, and the next wave of testers brings even more players to embrace Alpha World as their new reality, if only for a limited time.

Julie Prentice and her family move across the country to the idyllic Mount Adams district of Cincinnati, hoping to evade the stalker who's been terrorizing them ever since the publication of her bestselling novel, The Murder Game. Since Julie doesn't know anyone in her new town, when she meets her neighbor John Dunbar, their instant connection brings measured hope for a new beginning. But she never imagines that a simple, benign conversation with him could set her life spinning so far off course.

The isolated planet of Tao is a house divided: the peaceful Daysiders live in harmony while the pale Nightsiders pursue power and racial purity through the violent ritual of the Combat. Edmon Leontes, the gentle son of a ruthless warrior noble and a proud Daysider, embodies Tao's split nature. The product of diametrically opposed races, Edmon hopes to live a quiet life pursuing the music of his mother's people, but his Nightsider father cruelly forces him to continue in his bloody footsteps to ensure his legacy.

The seas flood their banks. Storms devastate entire continents. Fires envelop the world in darkness. The collapse begins...Anthropologist Anika French makes an explosive discovery: Due to climate change, our world is threatened with collapse in just a few years, and humanity will perish. Anika’s committee chair published her work under his own name, now powerful people will do anything to obtain Anika’s statistical program for their own use.

Ninety years after the devastating global "Fracture," the biosphere has collapsed. The few remaining cities, once bastions of human survival, have become fortresses of power ruled by ruthless corporations. Axel Mercer, a former soldier, explores the hostile plains to recover organisms for scientific research. But the corporations who run civilization want more.

Tragedy strikes America’s darling three-year-old Thoroughbred, Hyperion, when he’s injured in a Kentucky Derby qualifying race. Doctors Mark Thurman and Claire Hodgson are asked to treat his broken limb using their revolutionary fracture-healing methods, but when former experimental subjects begin developing a life-threatening form of cancer, the rescue plan is halted. Then, a serendipitous discovery suggests a new drug made from a rare plant source might be a cure. A flicker of hope is kindled for Hyperion and the stricken patients.

In the small town of Fairview, the annual Cull is a weapon. Every year, 10% of the least productive citizens disappear—a brutal ritual the powerful Mayor uses to maintain absolute control. This is the story of the hidden resistance, a son's betrayal, and the desperate fight to expose the truth: the Cull is not random, and it is far more sinister than anyone could imagine. Help us make Season 2! Support our actors and sound designer on GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/cf81bbb62

This well-researched historical literary fiction illumines struggles meant to stay shrouded in a time when patience was a virtue, a lighthouse saved lives, and an earthquake was the furthest notion in the minds of those living in South Carolina's lowcountry.

When Robert Hardwick’s daughter, Grace, was struggling to reach home because the nation was collapsing, he couldn’t wait. He went after her, finally finding her at one of the safe houses he’d arranged along her route home, a friend’s survival compound in the mountains of northern Georgia. A chance encounter at the compound gave Grace the opportunity to hitch a ride home in a chopper while Robert chose to wait for an injured friend to heal up.

Fantasy icon Jane Yolen is adored by generations of readers and listeners of all ages. Now she triumphantly returns with this inspired gathering of fractured fairy tales and legends. Yolen breaks open the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement. Each of these offerings features a new author note and original poem, illuminating tales that are old, new, and brilliantly refined.

Mandukhai dedicated years to raising Dayan to become Great Khan. But trust is tenuous when buried secrets rise to the surface. Old enemies close in. New enemies arise. And Mandukhai faces one of her toughest hardships just as her vision is nearly complete...a crisis that could undo everything she has worked for all of her life.

Ayana, Zay, Luna, and Mateo have awakened powers rooted not in fantasy—but in truth humanity has long forgotten. Now carrying the Fracture Key, they journey into a dimension between dimensions, where mimics are evolving and gods are being copied. But what happens when hope itself is imitated?

El señor Watanabe, superviviente de la bomba atómica, se siente un fugitivo de su propia memoria y está a punto de tomar una de las decisiones más cruciales de su vida. El terremoto previo al accidente de Fukushima provoca un movimiento de placas que remueve el pasado colectivo.