Ergebnis für "Noir" in Technothriller

An atmospheric tale of corruption and abduction set on Mars, from the author of the award-winning science fiction novel Altered Carbon, now an exciting new series from Netflix. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN Hakan Veil is an ex–corporate enforcer equipped with...

ANYONE CAN GO THERE... COMING BACK IS ANOTHER STORY. The first in a four-audiobook series, Otherland: City of Golden Shadow is a complex suspense novel of the near future, where virtual reality has expanded to encompass all aspects of society -- and national, physical, and mental boundaries are...

Can you trust your SELVE? 2049. Entsetzt starrt Vinzent sein blutiges Spiegelbild an. Wunden, zugefügt mit den eigenen Händen, aber nicht durch eigenen Willen. Vinzent ist ein Split. Wissenschaftlerin Lisette Bofur erforscht die Splits seit Jahren. Menschen, die organisch eine zweite Persönlichkeit ausgebildet haben - ein sogenanntes Selve. Sie glaubt daran, dass diese Entwicklung große Chancen für die Menschheit birgt. Bis sie mit dem düsteren Selve ihres Ehemannes konfrontiert wird. Und auch Detective Nolan "Smittie" Smith hat mit den Selves zu kämpfen.

Scientist Charles Neumann loses a leg in an industrial accident. It's not a tragedy. It's an opportunity. Charlie always thought his body could be better. He begins to explore a few ideas. To build parts. Better parts. Prosthetist Lola Shanks loves a good artificial limb. In Charlie, she sees a...

Revolution threatens a longstanding peace.... Thirty years after the Syndicate Corporation saved Earth from climate-change extinction, SynCorp’s Five Factions rule the solar system with an iron fist wrapped in a velvet glove. Food, entertainment, safety, security - SynCorp provides it all. In return, the Company requires complete loyalty and obedience to corporate law.

Street thug Riko has some serious issues--memories wiped, reputation tanked, girlfriend turned into a tech-fueled zombie. And the only people who can help are the mercenaries who think she screwed them over. In an apathetic society devoid of ethics or regulation, where fusing tech and flesh can...

Ex-enforcer Elara Voss uncovers a conspiracy tied to the Galactic Federation’s lie about its AI war victory. Hunted by an AI ghosts from a forbidden rift. Framed and betrayed, she vows to expose the truth, sparking rebellion in a noir sci-fi thriller.

Adam Rubenstein and Sunil Rao have been nemeses and reluctant partners since their Uzbekistan days. Adam is a seemingly unflappable American Intelligence officer and Rao is an ex-Mi6 agent, an addict and rudderless pleasure hound, with the uncanny ability to discern the truth of things—about everyone and everything other than Adam. When an American diner turns up in a foggy field in the UK and is followed by a mysterious death, Adam and Rao are called in to investigate.

In the Yukon Territory's not-too-distant future, after the wildfires and climate refugees... An explosion rips through the night sky at the Northern Lights LNG plant, showering hot metal on protesters at the Winter Solstice climate vigil. Who did it? Eco-terrorists? Or was it a false-flag operation by Freedom activists? Government plans for carbon rationing and phasing out gasoline have polarized Yukoners, pitting the Greens versus the Freedom Movement and sparking escalating tit-for-tat protests and violence.

Un concejal de San Sebastián se lanza a las vías del tren en Intxaurrondo. Todo apunta a un suicidio, y la inspectora de la Ertzaintza Maialen Guevara toma el control del caso. Sin embargo, lo que comienza como una investigación rutinaria pronto se entrelaza con otro misterio: la muerte inexplicada de un profesor de primaria meses atrás. Desde Madrid llega Lorena Fernández, una detective privada contratada por la familia del fallecido. Lo que ni Maialen ni Lorena imaginan es que sus caminos convergerán en una red mucho más oscura de lo que esperaban.

Nile Nightingale is on the run. Fleeing across the border to rural Quebec, he seeks refuge at an abandoned church when his junked-up, overstimulated mind takes in that he has just witnessed a body drop - in a bloody sack tied with Christmas ribbon. The contents, unconscious but still alive, turn out to be 15-year-old Cleste Jonqures, who has been beaten and slashed, like wild game, to slowly bleed out. From his hideout, as he nurses his patient back from the brink and begins to face his own life, he pieces together what he has stumbled into.

Everything changed when scientists discovered the drug. It looked like the cure for aging, but all progress comes with a price tag. Now, eternal youthfulness will be paid for by the blood of the innocent. The blood of “carriers” is the most valuable commodity on earth. When treated with a...

The long-awaited literary return of the author of the critically acclaimed cult classic Apathy and Other Small Victories: a darkly comic novel, set in the near future, about the race to find a missing cyber program with the power to bend reality, all before a fast-approaching comet destroys the...

In the not-so-distant future, the world is drowning in an ocean of data. Every click, every purchase, every heartbeat monitored by a wearable device contributes to an ever-expanding digital universe. Amidst this chaos, a sinister force is at work, threatening to steal the very essence of our future. Gretchen, a mathematical prodigy and the spoiled heiress, has harnessed the power of supercomputers and Big Data to bend the world’s economic landscape. As a direct descendant of the infamous Nazi Werewolf Clan, Gretchen is driven by a dark legacy and an insatiable desire to control the future.

Some things are much worse than getting fired. A beautiful business consultant swoops in to rescue a struggling company from financial disaster. She cancels layoffs and dazzles everyone with her killer looks and corporate savvy. Employee, Lonnie Raiford, becomes skeptical when he and the other staff notice inexplicable, over-the-top attention and affection she showers on his best friend, Hugh Berish. As curiosity mounts about the woman's intentions, Lonnie launches a frantic investigation that uncovers her true identity...

Julie and Juan’s cyber assassin technology services team or CATS find themselves immersed in outrageous cyber-crime events in multiple locations. They send their feet-on-the-street teams to investigate the causes of the mayhem. Unexpectedly, they find the culprits are holding international cities, big businesses, air traffic, and even emergency systems hostage to terrifying digital ransom demands.

Pharmaceutical giant VirtuaPharm is attempting to create that world through their partnership with a fellow megacorporation who’s developing a closed neural network. The network, enhanced through the use of VirtuaPharm’s drugs, is worth trillions. They’ll do everything in their power to protect the product launch, including employing a private army of enforcement officers to stop any interference in their business.

The business of intelligence is often referred to as information gathering. A simple proposition: gather enough data so the politicians can make informed, rational decisions on things like national security, or on whether or not one of the several competing forces in the world is about to go all ballistic on your ass. But the problem is not too little information, but too much.

Joe Maynard runs a legit place, good food, good service, and at night, good music. It's true, if you want to place a friendly side wager, Joe will take your bet. He's a community leader, a player in the local politics of Capital City on Beta Prime. But nobody really knows Joe Maynard, where he came from, and what his past is. Don't ask Joe about it, either - he won't tell you.

Lazarus is careful, calculated, but most notably, a terrifyingly sadistic individual. He doesn't have a type, he doesn't make mistakes; the murders are violent, and no one is safe. Scarlett Madden has it all, the perfect life, a loving husband, a beautiful son, and what most others take for granted: her safety. But nothing good can last forever. Now, everything has changed; Scarlett is terrified. Terrified of the man stalking her, the man making her feel like a prisoner in her own home.