Ergebnis für "Origines" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Im 23. Jahrhundert ist die Erde größtenteils unbewohnbar. Reiche Überlebende auf dem Trockenen streiten sich mit den Bewohnern schwimmender Inseln um die letzten Ressourcen. Ein Kolonisten-Raumschiff soll die Menschheit retten. Doch dann entdeckt eine Sonde ein außerirdisches Artefakt im Kuipergürtel. Darin: ein Humanoide im Kryoschlaf – Millionen von Jahren alt! Paläontologin Lea Lehora sucht mithilfe einer Quantenintelligenz nach der Lösung für ein Rätsel, das die Menschheit für immer verändern wird.

Wir schreiben das 23. Jahrhundert. Das Raumschiff "Wayfarer" ist unterwegs zum Omikron-System, um den Ursprung eines außerirdischen Artefakts zu erforschen, als sein Flug von einem Notsignal unterbrochen wird. Mitten im All schwebt das Wrack eines anderen Raumschiffs. Als sie näher kommen, stellen sie fest, dass auch dieses Schiff von der Erde stammt – aber es wurde fünfzig Jahre nach der "Wayfarer" losgeschickt! Wie kommt es hierher, und welche Waffe konnte es zerstören? Für die Raumfahrer wird das Notsignal zum tödlichen Rätsel.

Das Finale der Space-Opera von Andreas Brandhorst, Joshua Tree und Brandon Q. Morris. Im 23. Jahrhundert wird eine Mission von der Erde zum neunzig Lichtjahre entfernten Omikron-System geschickt. Man nimmt an, dass Vorfahren der Menschheit vor Jahrmillionen von dort zur Erde aufgebrochen sind. Bei Omikron angekommen, trifft das Raumschiff "Wayfarer” jedoch auf Widerstand – und nur mithilfe einer Quantenintelligenz überleben die Menschen. Jetzt stehen sie vor ihrer größten Entscheidung: Retten sie sich selbst, oder retten sie den wahren Ursprung der Menschheit?

Even though Captain Trip always knew he was a little odd, he’s still shocked by the revelation that the elder gold dragon, Agarrenon Shivar, sired him. It’s time, however, to accept reality and learn to use his power, even if it alienates him from his magic-fearing friends - and the woman he’s come to care about. With enemy dragons threatening to kill or enslave everyone in his homeland, he has no choice.

Daemon würde alles tun, um Katy aus der Gewalt von Daedalus zu befreien. Sogar das Undenkbare würde er wagen. Katy lebt nur von einem Tag auf den anderen, während sie immer neuen Tests unterzogen wird. Allerdings beginnt sie zu ahnen, dass sie bisher ein unvollständiges Bild von Daedalus hatte. Wer sind hier die Guten und wer die Bösen? Früher oder später wird Katy eine Antwort auf diese Frage bekommen, aber dann könnte es bereits zu spät sein. Vor allem, wenn Daemon bis dahin nicht wieder an ihrer Seite ist.

Champions are fated. Not even the gods can interfere. Once a name has been given, it can’t be taken back. Criminals are given two choices: life service, and condemn their descendants to the same fate, or die. Born into servitude, the only ones Ambrose hates more than more than the royals—are the gods themselves. Forced to train in secret, she’s a shadow among the warriors that are the pride of the empire. Brutal fighters that gather every five years from all over the continent for a deadly competition that could earn them their place in the kingdom of the gods.

Lange vor der Zeit des Commanders befand sich die Erde in einem Zustand wachsender Wirtschaftskriminalität und stetiger Ungerechtigkeit. In dieser Welt wuchs ein junger Mann auf, der ein ihm unbekanntes Erbe in sich trägt: Kane Thanatos Walker. Mit hoher Intelligenz und einem zynischen, rationalen Blick auf die Menschheit wehrt sich Kane auf die einzige Weise, die ihm einfällt - er wird kriminell. Als er durch einen Bankraub Zugang in die Welt des organisierten Verbrechens von Rio de Janeiro erhält, verändert sich sein Leben komplett.

The Covenant mission is the most ambitious endeavor in the history of Weyland-Yutani. A ship bound for Origae-6, carrying 2,000 colonists beyond the limits of known space, this is a make-or-break investment for the corporation - and for the future of all mankind. Yet there are those who would die to stop the mission. As the colony ship hovers in Earth orbit, several violent events reveal a deadly conspiracy to sabotage the launch.

The Academy of Six has just never seen a monster as terribly mundane as Izara Castillo. And that is a dangerous problem. She has four semesters to not only understand her supernatural abilities, but harness them as well. Everything at the Academy is a disaster, from Interdimensional Travels through hell to the other hell they like to call gym.

Etienne: Having another being in my head isn’t always the easiest to deal with. He’s loud, annoying, and is trying his hardest to keep me from looking at Leo, the sexy police officer who is currently hunting me down for illegal magic use. I’m not actually doing anything illegal, but that doesn’t mean I can’t use the occasional run-in with Leo to remind him just how much I like him (he’s being dramatic when he claims I tried killing him the last time we bumped into each other). After Leo dies and I bring him back, it becomes clear that the wrong person knows what I can do.

When linguist Andrew Dennison is yanked from his bed by the Secret Service and taken to a top secret facility in the desert, he has no idea he's been brought there to translate the words of an ancient demon. He joins pretty but cold veterinarian Sun Jones, eccentric molecular biologist Dr. Frank Belgium, and a hodge-podge of religious, military, and science personnel to try and figure out if the creature is, indeed, Satan. But things quickly go bad, and very soon Andy isn't just fighting for his life, but the lives of everyone on earth…

After the collapse of the known world, Rowan Wilder opened his eyes and found himself on the first floor of the Tower. With a flawless memory and a mere eight cards to his name, he must venture out and prepare himself for the coming calamity.

Dark magic is forbidden at Zodiac Academy. That’s why I hide it so well. But now, I’m supposed to mentor Darius Acrux, the son of the most ruthless dragon shifter in Solaria. If he’s caught using blood magic, he’ll lose his claim to the throne. The problem is? Our families are up to something, and we’re determined to find out what. No matter what dark power we must turn to....

The discovery of an ancient alien pyramid buried under the ice in Antarctica changes Earth forever. We learn that we are the forgotten slaves of a galaxy spanning empire called the V'kit'no'sat who abandoned our planet 100,000 years ago during a massive rebellion. Our ancestors, the Zen'zat, were given special genetic powers and ordered never to reproduce under pain of death...for themselves and their offspring. That means Earth's entire population is illegal and if the V'kit'no'sat return to reclaim their lost border colony they'll wipe out every last one of us.

Ethan and his son, Atton, have been arrested for high treason and conspiracy, crimes which will surely mean the death sentence, but it's beginning to look like theirs aren't the only lives in jeopardy--the Defiant is stranded in Sythian Space, and the vessel which Commander Caldin sent to get help has used all its fuel to get to Obsidian Station, only to find out that the station has been destroyed. Now the Defiant's last hope for a rescue is gone, and everyone on board is about to die a cold, dark death.

I've always dreamed of being a hero: saving lives, inspiring children, basking in the accolades of an adoring public. To achieve my lofty goals, I need a sparkling reputation. Unfortunately, I have to contend with my father's legacy as the world’s most feared villain.

In Marbella, Spain, Dr. Kate Warner awakens to a horrifying reality: the human race stands on the brink of extinction. A pandemic unlike any before it has swept the globe. Nearly a billion people are dead--and those the Atlantis Plague doesn't kill, it transforms at the genetic level. A few rapidly evolve. The remainder devolve. As the world slips into chaos, radical solutions emerge. Industrialized nations offer a miracle drug, Orchid, which they mass produce and distribute to refugee camps around the world. But Orchid is merely a way to buy time. It treats the symptoms of the plague but never actually cures the disease.

Wenn du nicht kämpfst, hast du schon verloren. Die Welt taumelt. Nach einer Reihe verheerender Anschläge durch die Insurgents herrschen Angst und Chaos. Die Regierungen sind machtlos, der Frieden zerbricht – und während das grausame Flutprotokoll in seine finale Phase tritt, bereitet der skrupellose Patriamer Balendin im Verborgenen den ultimativen Genozid vor: Omega Telos. Verstreut, geschwächt und gejagt bleibt nur eine kleine Gruppe Mutiger. Cornell Rohde, Ava Canary, Cyberella und P.I.K.E. – sie alle stehen mit dem Rücken zur Wand. Ihr Feind ist übermächtig, ihr Auftrag ein Himmelfahrtskommando.

Seventy thousand years ago, the human race almost went extinct. We survived, but no one knows how.

Until now. The countdown to the next stage of human evolution is about to begin, and humanity might not survive this time. The Immari are good at keeping secrets. For 2,000 years, they've hidden the truth about human evolution. They've also searched for an ancient enemy - a threat that could wipe out the human race. Now the search is over.

Vane and the Crocodile AKA the Madd Brothers, have been stripped of their titles and their assets after their father’s failed coup of the Darkland Court. Immortal, powerful and monstrous, it doesn’t take them long to make their way back up the ladder, but this time it’s not in the manors and mansions of the Darkland elite, it’s the dark underbelly known as the Umbrage.