Ergebnis für "Lazarus" in Space Opera

Mit dem noblen Imperator Sanguinius an der Spitze, der von Macragge aus herrscht, bildet das Imperium Secundus das letzte Leuchtfeuer der Hoffnung, während die Streitkräfte des Kriegsherrn über den Rest der Galaxis herfallen. Roboute Guilliman, der nach wie vor über Ultramar herrscht, hat seinen Bruder davon überzeugt, dass Terra gefallen ist und der mysteriöse Berg Pharus auf Sotha den Schlüssel zur Zukunft der Menschheit darstellt. Aber die Night Lords, Konrad Curzes grausame und mitleidlose Söhne, lauern in den Schatten und setzen ihren lange gehegten Plan, den Pharus selbst anzugreifen, in die Tat um.

In The Jesus Incident, Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom introduced Ship, an artificial intelligence that believed it was God, abandoning its unworthy human cargo on the all-sea world of Pandora. Now centuries have passed. The descendants of humanity, split into Mermen and Islanders, must reunite--because Pandora's original owner is returning to life.

Mankind has spread to the stars, only to become locked in warfare with an insidious alien race. All that stands against the alien menace are the soldiers of the Simulant Operation Programme, an elite military team remotely operating avatars in the most dangerous theatres of war. Captain Conrad Harris has died hundreds of times running suicide missions in simulant bodies. Known as Lazarus, he is a man addicted to death.

Gerald LaPlant’s life changes forever the day he accidentally witnesses a murder and discovers an alien artifact in his pocket. Forced to flee, he is chased across the stars by desperate men who want what he has and are willing to stop at nothing to get it. If Gerald has any hope of surviving, he must rely on his wits and avoiding the one thing that could get him killed more than the rest: trust. For he has the key to the galaxy’s greatest treasure. Half want him dead. Half need him alive. It’s a race against time to see which wins.

On planet Kingdom, citizens try to return to some semblance of normalcy as the military conducts patrols to search out and destroy any remaining alien Skinks. The old government of squabbling religious leaders has been replaced by a ruthless new regime. All power rests with Dominic de Tomas, a depraved despot who will stoop to any means to achieve his vile ends. His reign of terror bodes ill for the fragile planet still reeling from the chaos of war. In a cave in some forgotten Kingdom backwater, several humans slowly regain consciousness....