Ergebnis für "Rebellion" in Erstkontakt

Out of the fire and into the frying pan. Nick and his team survived an alien invasion only to find themselves staring down an alien armada of ships.

The Colonial Defense Forces usually protect humanity from alien attack, but now the stability of the Colonial Union has been threatened, and Lieutenant Heather Lee and her squad are called to squash a rebellion on a colony world. It seems simple enough - but there’s a second act to the rebellion that finds Lee captive, alone, and armed with only her brains to survive.

Cobras: technologically enhanced warriors bred to fight an alien menace no ordinary human can withstand. Once the Cobras fought the implacable alien invaders, the Trofts, to an uneasy stalemate. But in recent years they have faced an enemy more insidious, the oppressive regime known as the Dominion of Man. Now, the Cobra Worlds find themselves under the boot heels of the Dominion, forced into what amounts to slavery, living under martial law. But two clans of Cobras - the Moreaus and the Brooms - will not stand idly by.

Moving on from the trauma of combat in Afghanistan, former Green Beret Captain Sam Dale has just begun to settle down in his hometown of Castle Rock, Colorado. Now the owner of several small businesses, he is unaware that his world is about to be turned upside down. The call comes in at 2:30 a.m. The skies outside have opened up, unleashing a torrential rainstorm. Sam’s small towing company is being tasked with the retrieval of some kind of crashed aircraft.

Serena witnesses one callous act too many, one indignity on top of a thousand indignities. She won’t bow down so readily any longer. The Meta are not invincible, and their influence does not extend to the hearts and minds of the people. The whispers become a rallying call: rebellion! Twenty-five years of subjugation under the Meta leaves the human colonists of Free Faith fearful and wary. Their overlord’s brutal and capricious ways have pushed them too far. Serena vows to stop the Meta, no matter how much it costs her.