Ergebnis für "Miles" in Science Fiction

Der kontrollierte Absturz einer Sonde auf dem Mond sollte neben der Entdeckung von gefrorenem Wasser auch den Beweis antreten, ein bislang unbekanntes Metall aufzuspüren. Dies basiert auf den Erkenntnissen einer jahrtausendenalten Steinplatte, die der Sprachen- und Kulturwissenschaftler Thomas Martin in der Cheopspyramide fand und entschlüsselte. Das öffentlich getragene Projekt wird für den Wissenschaftler zum Desaster bis zu dem Tag, an dem eine mysteriöse Frau in seiner Wohnung auftaucht. Von diesem Moment an ändert sich alles für Thomas Martin.

Extreme sub-zero temperatures suffocate the surface. Frozen structures of bygone eras span across massive ice-wastes. And the survivors closely guard any technology rediscovered within them. The only escape from the deadly climate is beneath the surface, but that doesn't mean it's safe... Monstrous machines lurk in the depths. Unhinged demigods war against them, dying over and over, treating it all like a game. The depths themselves shift over time, more contraption than rock.

Was, wenn der Mann, den du am meisten hasst, genau der ist, der dein Herz höherschlagen lässt? Stella McGrady hatte sich geschworen, nie wieder einen Fuß nach Velvet Creek zu setzen. Doch nach dem plötzlichen Tod ihres Vaters bleibt ihr nichts anderes übrig, als in ihre Heimat zurückzukehren und über das Schicksal der Familienranch zu entscheiden. Und natürlich ist da Luke Sawyer - der letzte Mensch, den sie in ihrer Nähe haben will. Groß, charmant und mit einem Lächeln, das jede Frau zum Schmelzen bringt, ist Luke alles, was Stella nicht brauchen kann.

Con le loro vaste stive di carico e un equipaggio che potrebbe riempire una città, le navi madri sono la linfa vitale dello spazio occupato dagli umani, poiché trasportano un volume – e un valore – inimmaginabile di merci dalla City, la più grande orbitale umana, fino a Tradepoint per commerciare in xenoglas con una specie aliena. Il sogno di Marca Nbaro è sempre stato quello di realizzare l’impossibile: fuggire dalla sua infanzia trascorsa in orfanotrofio e avventurarsi nello spazio. Grazie a migliaia di ore di simulazioni, impegno, dedizione riesce a entrare nell’equipaggio della nave madre Atene.

Fähnrich Marca Nbaro hatte immer davon geträumt, an Bord der gewaltigen Großraumschiffe zu dienen. Sie sind der Lebensnerv des von Menschen besetzten Weltraums und transportieren unermessliche Warenmengen von City, dem größten menschlichen Orbital, bis zum Tradepoint am anderen Ende, um sie dort mit einer unbekannten außerirdischen Spezies gegen Xenoglas zu tauschen. Doch es lauern Feinde draußen in der Dunkelheit des Weltraums, die die Zukunft der gesamten Menschheit bedrohen.

What happens when a new Keeper recruit inadvertently eliminates not only the other recruits, but all of the teachers, as well? At first, when Bax suddenly found himself transported from Earth to an organization of powerful, universe-spanning races, he was thoroughly confused. After he learned that his world was being forcefully inducted into something called the Retrogression System, which would introduce monsters to the Earth while eliminating all of the technology of the Humans living there, he understandably panicked.

Marca Nbaro had always dreamed of serving aboard the Greatships, with their vast cargo holds and a crew that could fill a city. They are the lifeblood of human-occupied space, transporting an unimaginable volume - and value - of goods from City, the greatest human orbital, all the way to Tradepoint at the other, to trade for xenoglas with an unknowable alien species. And now, out in the darkness of space, something is targeting them.

Die Galaxis ist besiedelt. Großschiffe bringen Passagiere und Fracht von einem Sternsystem zum anderen, und ihre Handelsrouten sind die Adern der menschlichen Zivilisation. All das wäre jedoch nicht möglich ohne den kostbarsten Rohstoff von allen: Xenoglas. Es ist nur auf City erhältlich, einer riesigen Orbitalstation – und genau dorthin ist Marca Nbaro unterwegs. Dass sie allerdings gar keine Offiziersanwärterin ist, sondern auf der Flucht vor ihrer Vergangenheit, das darf niemand wissen.

Na narrativa, acompanhamos Crisóstomo, um pescador solitário que, ao completar quarenta anos, decide tecer seu próprio destino. Em Camilo, um jovem órfão, ele encontra o filho pelo qual sempre ansiou. Em Isaura, rejeitada por não ser virgem, descobre a chance de transcender e ser mais do que completo. Com personagens tão excêntricos quanto humanos, Valter Hugo Mãe constrói uma ode à singularidade e à força do amor incondicional.

Death is the first step on Jerry's path to ultimate power. Ostracized by his fellow villagers, hunted by bandits, and watched by the Royal Guard's least elite squad, Jerry is called to balance creating a lovely home with practicing his craft and unleashing death and destruction on his enemies. Unfortunately, taking it slow is not an option. Wizard supremacists tour the Kingdom, Archmages enact devious plans, and the world needs Jerry more than his village does. Adventure calls—death is overrated, anyway.

Als die bekannte Booktokerin Mia die Chance bekommt, Weihnachten abgeschieden und alleine in einer Buchhandlung feiern zu können, braucht sie nicht zweimal überlegen, bevor sie zusagt. Was gibt es Schöneres, als Weihnachten mit einem Bookboyfriend zu verbringen, Punsch zu trinken und inmitten von Büchern zu schlafen? So viel zum unschlagbaren Plan, der allerdings dank eines Schneesturms schnell zunichtegemacht wird. Statt alleine sitzt sie mit dem schlecht gelaunten Arzt Nick in der Buchhandlung fest.

A los veinticuatro años ha de ser muy difícil mantener dos identidades, teniente de Barrayar y comandante en jefe de los mercenarios Dendarii. Pero esa es la maldición secreta de Miles Vorkosigan, quien deberá hacer verdaderos juegos malabares para cumplir con esa imprevista e indeseada duplicidad de obligaciones. Existe un peligroso complot para reemplazar a Miles por un doble, su clon Mark.

Three years after her best friend Peggy went missing, Harper Starling is lost. Lost in her dead-end job, lost in her grief. All she has are regrets and reruns of her favorite science fiction show, Infinite Odyssey. Then Peggy returns and demands to be taken to the Argonaut, the fictional main character of Infinite Odyssey. But the Argonaut is just that … fictional. Until the TV hero himself appears and spirits Harper away from her former best friend. Traveling through time, he explains that Peggy used to travel with him but is now under the thrall of an alien enemy known as the Incarnate.

Booktokerin Ella Sinclair träumt groß und denkt bunt. Mit nur drei Followern auf ihrem Kanal "Books and Chai Latte by Ella" wagt sie das Unmögliche: ein eigenes Buchcafé in Brunswick zu eröffnen. Doch kaum hängt ihr selbstgemaltes Schild an der Tür, steht Cederick Wright im Laden - der auf Booktok gefeierte Chef der Buchhandlung Grough. Ein Kampf David gegen Goliath entbrennt und zieht nicht nur Brunswick, sondern vor allem ganz Booktok in seinen Bann.

John is a killer, but that wasn't his day job before the Apocalypse. In a harrowing 900-mile race against time to get to his wife just as the dead begin to rise, John, a businessman trapped in New York, soon learns that the zombies are the least of his worries, as he sees firsthand the horror of what man is capable of with no rules, no consequences, and death at every turn. Teaming up with an ex-army pilot named Kyle, they escape New York only to stumble across a man who says that he has the key to a rumored underground stronghold called Avalon....

Miles Vorkosigan graduates from the Barrayaran Military Academy with high expectations of ship command, but is disappointed with an assignment as meteorologist to Lazkowski Base, an arctic training camp. His tenure in the windy, snow-covered north is cut short when Miles narrowly averts a massacre between the trigger-happy base commander and mutinous recruits. After a brief stay under 'house arrest', Miles is re-assigned to investigate a suspicious military build-up near a wormhole nexus.

Fronteras del infinito es una recopilación de tres relatos en los que se exploran temas de gran interés social: los prejuicios sociales y sus consecuencias, el antirracismo nacido en torno a la manipulación genética y una conjunción de religión, supervivencia y estrategia militar.

Ryan Carter has spent his entire life living in the shadows, partially by choice, but also by necessity. At least, that’s what he tells himself. As a shadow manipulator who’s reluctant to use his powers too openly, Ryan is scraping by delivering pizzas in New Avalon’s industrial underbelly. He’s seen what happens to people with relatively minor powers like him who get noticed by the teams, corporations, or criminal factions. They end up owned, imprisoned, or dead. But when a mysterious woman with her own abilities and seemingly unlimited resources makes him an offer he can’t refuse…

Humanity's hour of reckoning draws near. Armed with Hexis's forbidden knowledge, forged by Tenisent's brutal trials, and driven by his own revolutionary engineering, Keith Winterscar stands ready to challenge the world itself. Likely among the strongest humans now walking the Earth, Keith's true mission is clear: liberate To'Wrathh from Relinquished's stranglehold. Their plan is audacious. Their target is legend.

Following the events of Artifact Space, the galaxy continues to change and expand. Frontiers are challenged and what was once a safe space becomes contested, hostile, and unpredictable. From normal people caught up in the unstoppable machinations of politics and war, to spies faced with making the ultimate sacrifice for their nations, these stories follow the DHC as it faces a challenge to everything it holds dear - human rights, fairness and equality. When a rogue system questions their values and power, how can they stay true to their beliefs and protect their citizens?