Ergebnis für "Reach for a Star" in Space Opera

Verwandte Seelen entfesseln geheimnisvolle Magie! Vesper Quill arbeitet für den mächtigen Großkonzern Kent Corp. Als sie erkennt, dass dessen neu entwickelte Raumschiffserie erhebliche Sicherheitsrisiken aufweist, ist ihr Name plötzlich in aller Munde – und steht ganz oben auf der Eliminierungsliste von Kent Corp. Von Feinden umgeben, muss Vesper um ihr Leben kämpfen. Dabei kommt ihr der Elitesoldat Kyrion Caldaren gefährlich nahe, doch statt sie zu töten, beharrt er darauf, dass zwischen ihren Seelen ein magischer Bund besteht – einer, der ihnen beiden zum Verhängnis werden könnte.

The crew of Another Road are back, closer than ever to the biggest score in the galaxy. . . if they can stay a step ahead of the Justice Department agents and Company men tracking them. An engineer with a fondness for weapons. A captain with no memory. An obsessive genemodder who loves to tinker...

It was two years since the Crickets had left the solar system, leaving Alex Holder in control of their no-longer-very-mobile shipyard. Everything but its burned-out hyperdrive core was in full working order. Alex had unshackled its controlling AI, learned how to use Cricket technology with the AI's help, and was well on his way to building a defensive fleet to protect Earth from the second alien race that was coming after the Crickets. He was not just building the ships but recruiting and training the crews to man them, as well.

Sergeant Richard Stavos was a Technomancer, capable of creating stronger than normal mental links with nanites. But that alone wasn't enough to keep him alive. Not when the Ka Empire wages wars across the galaxy. Death was supposed to be his release...an end to the constant fighting that plagued his life. But gifted beings like Richard are assets, and almost a decade after his death, the Ka overlords bring him back from the grave as a "reward" for his good service.

When Roth joined the Ascendancy military as an intelligence officer, he thought he was doing the right thing. But when his father, the legendary Grey Soleis, is reported MIA, Roth is torn between military duty and family. Grey is a man of mythic proportions. Some want him to stay lost. Others worship him. Both he and Roth have something in common—Someone wants them dead.

To gain his Master Class, John Lee made a deal with the Erethran Empire. Now, the empire has come to collect on the debt, forcing him to appear in their capital after his last fight. Thrown into Galactic politics of a militarized, system-based society, John will have to weigh consequences of the decisions he's been asked to make and confront the warped reality of a system-created empire. When politics, self-interest, and a human's stubbornness collide, the very stars are threatened.

The Breakers find a new home among the stars: Utopia. An engineered planet that is vast beyond comprehension with plenty of room to grow. They set up trade routes and work as mercenaries for their supplies...but trouble lurks. Pirates strike their merchant lanes. Key personnel are captured and enslaved. Straker is called upon to do something, and thus a new conflict is set in motion.

Intergalactic civilization emerges from its war-torn ruins for the first time in generations to explore the galaxy, in this stunning new anthology from the bestselling world of Twilight Imperium.