Ergebnis für "Lenz" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

In den "kleinen Erkundungen der masurischen Seele" bringt Siegfried Lenz eine Gesellschaft höchst skurriler Gestalten ans Licht, beheimatet in der Gegend zwischen Suleyken und Schissomir...

The world is a game, and humans don't get to play. Humanity has been reduced to non-playable characters in a fantasy realm created for the entertainment of aliens who treat Earth like their own personal playground. Everyone believes it has always been this way. Even Milton Musgrave. That all...

THEY DIDN’T NEED TO WIN A WAR OF BULLETS. THEY JUST NEEDED TO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS. On a Tuesday evening, every circuit from the Pacific to the Atlantic dies at once. No warning. No coming back. Fire Captain Jacob Rome is twenty-five miles from home. He walks. Past stalled cars, past the first...

Leah has spent her entire life believing magic isn’t real… until the day her only family member vanishes on her eighteenth birthday—leaving behind a forbidden book bound to her blood. The moment she opens it, her power awakens, tearing open visions and glimpses of the past and future she cannot control. Eighteen years ago, her entire bloodline was slaughtered for possessing this power. Now, the Order wants it back. Dragged into a hidden world she never knew existed; Leah discovers the book doesn’t predict fate—it reveals where fate can be broken.

Ellis County, Texas, is turned on its head when everyone within a twenty-mile radius wakes up in a world they don't recognize - a world populated by animals long since extinct. It's up to a tired sheriff and a former Army Ranger to set aside their differences, solve the mystery, and keep the people of Ellis County and Waxahachie safe.

Dieses Hörbuch von Siegfried Lenz enthält die kurzgeschichten "Rivalen", "Die Maske", "Die Sitzverteilung", "Ein Entwurf" und "Das Interview". Siegfried Lenz' spannende Erzählung handelt davon, wie eine Maskierung das wahre Gesicht des Menschen zum Vorschein bringen kann. Es ist Sommer. An einer kleinen Insel in Norddeutschland wird eine mysteriöse Kiste eines chinesischen Containerschiffs angeschwemmt. Neugierige Touristen finden darin Masken, die für ein Hamburger Museum bestimmt sind. Aus Spaß probieren sie die Masken an - mit verheerenden Folgen.

The residents of Ellis County and Waxahachie, Texas, continue their fight to survive in a mysterious, prehistoric world. Alone, and with no hope of rescue, those in charge struggle to maintain order and feed the hungry citizens of Ellis County. To save their starving population, they must look beyond the seam and explore the vast, untouched wilderness. What they discover in the Pleistocene wilds will change their world forever—the only question is if it’s for better or worse.

In Göttin Melwas gelobtem Land hängt der Tod wie Gift in der Luft. Gläubige Ritter und Magier setzen tagtäglich ihr Leben aufs Spiel, um die seelenlosen Kreaturen zurück ins Finsterland zu schicken. Ritter Lakan strebt die Durchflutung an, damit das Land endlich zum Leben erblüht. Der überraschende Tod von Frederic von Metzenstein wirft bei Lakan Fragen auf. Die Ermittlungen führen ihn mit seinen Gefährten quer durchs raue, brutale Land bis in die Königsstadt Mongard. Den Helden steht eine Reise voller unvorhergesehenen Gefahren und Enthüllungen bevor.

The Uniform Light takes you on a journey outside the norm with religious overtones that just might explain some of those "Is that why?" questions. Part science fiction, part fantasy, throw in some theology all with a sense of humor. The Uniform Light hopes to lead away from the obsolete toward the perception of a better future.

When Jack Cade is fired from a no-pay production of Hamlet, he has no inkling his next role will be opposite Marilyn Monroe - 40 years back in time, in 1956. As a down-and-out aging actor, Jack's luck and life change when he's anonymously sent a pawn ticket for an alexandrite ring. After his wife leaves him, a mysterious woman asks him to meet her at an old mansion deep in the San Fernando Valley. With nothing to lose, Jack decides to go.

Sarah and Ralph are a happy couple in Boston. Sarah tries to get pregnant, but doesn't succeed right away. After a hormone cure and a miscarriage, Sarah turns out to have become infertile. She's not alone. There is a worldwide epidemic that is making women infertile. Humanity is in danger of dying out in the long run. The passionate epidemiologist Shira Fox desperately searches for the cause and a solution, which can be found far in the past.2.23.22: Sarah and Ralph are a happy couple in Boston. Sarah tries to get pregnant, but doesn't succeed right away.

Mary und George Darling wollen nichts weiter, als einen Abend auszugehen. Doch dass sie bei ihrer Rückkehr ein leeres Kinderzimmer vorfinden, davon ahnen sie nichts. Alle drei Kinder sind wie vom Erdboden verschwunden und das geöffnete Fenster ist der einzige Hinweis, dass etwas passiert sein muss. Mary ist sich sicher, was immer nun geschieht, das Fenster muss offen bleiben! Denn sie erinnert sich an Geschichten eines fliegenden Jungen, von dem ihre älteste Tochter Wendy immer erzählte. Aber kann das wahr sein?

A very small number of people with IQs of over 1,000 secretly live among us, concealing their extraordinary intelligence and mental powers. They call themselves Geniuses, and have—for millennia—influenced our world. Over the centuries, evil Geniuses have tried to control ordinary people, who they refer to as Ordinaries, and dominate the world. Good Geniuses have opposed them, defending the rights of Ordinaries to control their own destinies and live in freedom. A major confrontation between good and evil Geniuses is about to begin. The fate of the world hangs in the balance.

A young venture capitalist wakes up from a car accident to discover he has run his Tesla into an alien ship. Like many aliens, they have advanced technology, and these visitors have decided they need a VC to get it to market. Do the aliens come in peace—and more importantly, will they create the next tech unicorn? Zach thinks so. But he’s clearly operating above his pay grade, and very few others appear willing to take the risk of trusting the visitors’ intentions.