Ergebnis für "Sand" in Cyberpunk

Am Rande des Universums sind Menschenleben nicht viel Wert. Vee hat schon ihr ganzes Leben auf dem kleinen Planeten "Cato" verbracht und von einem besseren Leben geträumt. Seit sie denken kann, umhüllen schwarze Staubwolken den Planeten und machen das Leben dort zur Qual für jedes atmende Wesen. Als sich für Vee die einmalige Chance zur Flucht aus der sandigen Hölle ergibt, lässt sie sich auf einen gefährlichen Job ein: Etwas von dem am besten gesicherten Ort auf dem Planeten stehlen. Doch mit einem Mal geht alles schief …

The manhunt has officially begun. Now the target of a game-wide Holy War, Ned is forced to flee the Onyx Sands. The odds are stacked against him; Tyrann has tens of thousands of followers, a religion that’s spreading like wildfire, and a powerful god that will be stepping into the world of EBO in a matter of days. Meanwhile, Ned’s allies are a squirrel-exploding bard, a repurposed home security system who takes her instructions far too literally, and a wildly unreliable talking axe named Frank. But even as the inevitable conflict draws closer, change is coming to EBO.

The story of a truly galactic civilization with more than 6,000 inhabited worlds. Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand is a science-fiction masterpiece, an essay on the inexplicability of sexual attractiveness, and an examination of interstellar politics among far-flung worlds. First published in 1984, the novel's central issues - technology, globalization, gender, sexuality, and multiculturalism - have only become more pressing with the passage of time.

In the future, sand divers search the depths for the lost city of Danvar and the truth behind their bleak existence. Divemaster Rush hasn't dived since he lost his infant. A job offer turns from an escape to a trap, and the lure of a hardened heart to survive like anyone else would. One dive leads to another. Farther and farther from the surface, death and evolution change his world. He'll have to change, too, or watch his wife rise without him.

Far beneath the city’s depths burns far more than the fuel that feeds it. Stuck in the same dead-end job as his father, Rylan drinks himself into oblivion most nights. Better than the oblivion of the Link, everyone around him a slave to virtual reality. At least that’s what he tells himself. His ex, Clarisse, has found herself a new lover, someone with more than a passing interest in him. They have a job for him, and it involves explosives. Best just to drink this one off. Wait it out, until everyone has regained their senses....

Xi Chen can see beyond the surface level of the work-sleep cycle and the shackles imposed on its population by the city of Neon. He's joined a group of like-minded individuals seeking to force change from the ground up. Only, when change comes, it's not exactly what they had in mind.

The city is divided; which side do you stand on? The authority’s? Or the lowcases? Across Neon, the elite and the protesters are rising to battle for their future; for their children and the generations to come. To keep down the boot, or to rise from the darkness. Just what is freedom anyway when the walls of your oppression are everywhere you look?

Adal and Arija jump into a new world...And into the middle of another war. While Ypsilon might be a gun-wielding psychopath...She's all they've got. All Ypsilon cares about is her gang, her boyfriend, and having a good time. Now she has to choose between her comfortable life and doing what's right...man does that piss her off. Can Adal and Arija trust Ypsilon and her gang of crazies or will she throw them to the wolves?