Ergebnis für "Nick" in Science Fiction

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE AND DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? Nick and his family are forced to leave Earth in order for him to keep his cat, Horace - because all pets are now banned, as they use up badly needed resources. They settle on Plowman's Planet...

The first four books in the only official MINECRAFT chapter book series in one awesome set! Target: This audiobook series is for Minecraft fans of all ages who like humor and action-packed fantasy. Five young Minecraft players in the real world find themselves transported inside the game they...

An action-packed gaming adventure for fans of Fortnite and superhero squads, from professional gamer and streaming superstar NickEh30 and bestselling author E.C. Myers. The Stream Team saved millions of people from becoming “Glitched,” but they are about to face their biggest boss fight yet!...

The world of the dinosaur: 65 million years ago, when giant beasts fought each other for dominance of the herd. One monarch has a vision of a better world in which dinosaurs cooperate and live in peace. But that peace is shattered when hostile aliens challenge them for dominion of the Earth.

Nick of Time is the first young reader's book written by bestselling author Ted Bell - a wondrous tale of time travel, adventure, and riches, in which twelve-year-old Nick McIver sets out to become "the hero of his own life." The setting is England, 1939, on the eve of war. Nick and his younger...

When Nick and Tesla Holt are sent to live with their eccentric Uncle Newt, they find their new neighborhood is full of secrets. What the heck is going on? To unravel the mysteries (and save their skins), Nick and Tesla must use everyday household objects to build electromagnets, rocket launchers, and other crazy contraptions.

The Outer Layer is an enigma to its residents. Representatives from countless races and civilizations wander the many territories, hoping to unlock the secrets and progress further into its depths. An anomaly has been detected in space by an artefact from an extinct civilization. Ciqalo, a machine intelligence from the Wanderer civilization, is tasked with investigating and weaponizing the anomaly for a galactic war.

Aliens visit the Earth and collect small specimens for laboratory study, not realizing they are kidnapping children. In an effort to get them back, King Rex forges an alliance with the aliens who hold the secret to flying without wings. Without their help there is no hope of traveling to their home world and getting the children back. Rex is not the only one who has made an alliance with the aliens. Roughstone, a renegade general, has built his own army to take control of the empire. His opportunity will come when the King leaves on his rescue mission.

As the alien Authority’s invasion begins, mankind stands on the brink of annihilation. Cassius Stevenson and his brother Jesse Fisher - descendants of the planet Haven’s resistance forces - must forge alliances with the embittered factions on Earth to defend against the brutal attack. But the Authority has only begun to fight. When their terrible new weapon sends Earth’s fragile coalition into turmoil, humanity’s last chance at survival lies in the hands of the two brothers, whose fates are linked more closely than they ever imagined.

Pearlbreaker Jesse Fisher is on a mission to free as many Drifters as he can - ignoring the direct orders of Captain Alkine. When a mysterious red pearl sets Jesse free from the Skyship brig, he uses it as an opportunity to rescue Cassius from Theo, Madame’s newest protégé. With Skyship agents in hot pursuit, Cassius and Jesse learn they are the children of Haven rebels, sent to Earth to continue the battle against Haven’s totalitarian regime. Outnumbered, their only hope for survival rests on an uneasy alliance with Madame and their other Earth-bound enemies.

The extraordinary tale of a curious boy sent to live on the moon, the wondrous discoveries he makes, and the courage it takes to speak a truth no one wants to believe. LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD The first rule of life on the moon is: There is no life on the moon. The second rule is...

Charlie creates the world’s most sensational video game - BattleBlox - and becomes mega-rich. President Douglas J. Champ is secretly a YUUUGE fan of BattleBox, and accidentally gets sucked into the video game. Hacker Jack has been waiting for the right moment to kidnap the president. After getting sucked into BattleBlox, the president must be rescued from the sinister Hacker Jack, who programs his indestructible robot avatar, Terminus 6, to hold the president hostage.

I thought I knew everything there was to know about my parents, like what they always eat for breakfast. Then one morning, everything changes. Mom suddenly hates tea and loves cornflakes and Dad’s scarfing down poached eggs like there’s no tomorrow - which, by the way, there may not be unless I can figure out what’s gone wrong. Can it really be that Mom and Dad have been replaced by aliens from another world? And what the heck happened to our dog?

Meet Eileen, a curious and adventurous 12-year-old girl whose life takes a thrilling turn when she encounters a mysterious Mayan man in the heart of her small town. In The Mayan on Main Street, author Mary Reardon weaves an extraordinary tale of self-discovery, ancient wisdom, and cosmic adventure.

Puffing presents Goodnight Spaceman by Michelle Robinson read by ESA astronaut Tim Peake, from the International Space Station! Inspired by Tim and his sons, and featuring an introduction from the astronaut, this is the perfect bedtime book, and the first bedtime story ever to be recorded in...

The Chitchi were forced to start again. Three hundred years ago, the brilliant Krasna established her experimental outpost on the unclaimed water world of Prebis. Her experiments are famous throughout their disparate civilisation, although her subordinates are beginning to worry over her increasingly erratic behaviour. 

Corn is king in the Heartland, and Cael McAvoy has had enough of it. It's the only crop the Empyrean government allows the people of the Heartland to grow - and the genetically modified strain is so aggressive that it takes everything the Heartlanders have just to control it.

Jake Roberts is an outsider. A young man fighting to belong while the world crumbles. Torn between helping others and trying to remain detached. As the town and its people fight to survive both the plague and each other, Jake is caught in the middle of it all. How do people live when they lose contact with civilization? What happens when people lose what they have taken for granted? Food, electricity, and security. All of it gone, and worse, never coming back.

How does it feel to be a hero at age 13 but not a hero in your own time? Imagine blasting back in time to save lives - or try to - in the great fires of history...making life or death decisions in the literal heat of the fire. In Rescue Chronicles, Luc Sullivan discovers the incredible power of his choices.

Zack Cooley is a genie. He found out on his 10th birthday, and life hasn't been the same since. Life has been amazing! It doesn't matter if Zack's twin sister, Quinn, is the one with all the friends at school. Zack is the one with all the magic - plus, he has new friends in genie school, which he secretly attends twice a week. But Quinn is having some strange symptoms, and it looks like Zack may have to share genie status with his sister.