Ergebnis für "Sand" in Postapokalyptisch

The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes. Here in this land of howling wind and infernal sand, four siblings find themselves scattered and lost. Their father was a sand diver, one of the elite few who could travel deep beneath the desert floor and bring up the...

“Hugh’s imaginative worlds and tales within them never fail to entertain!” —Andy Weir, New York Times bestselling author of Project Hail Mary The first original novel from author Hugh Howey in six years, Across the Sand takes us back to the world of Sand, to a far future many generations...

Ein Roman, so unsterblich wie ein Vampir. Robert Neville ist der letzte lebende Mensch ... Alle anderen wurden durch eine Seuche zu Vampiren. Und diese Kreaturen gieren nach seinem Blut. Tagsüber ist er der Jäger, der in den verlassenen Ruinen der Zivilisation nach den schlafenden Untoten sucht und sie vernichtet.

Du landest in der Wildnis - zusammen mit dem Killer, den du töten wolltest. Wie lange überlebst du? Die Zivilisation, wie wir sie kennen, existiert nicht mehr. Das Überleben in der Metropole Imagination sichern mithilfe von Gentechnik erschaffene Mischwesen aus Mensch und Tier.

Unsere Welt ist zerstört, begraben unter mächtigen Sanddünen, die alles verschluckt haben, was die Zivilisation einst ausmachte. Die wenigen Überlebenden an der Oberfläche führen ein einfaches, entbehrungsreiches Dasein. Doch sie haben sich eine besondere Fertigkeit angeeignet: das Sandtauchen. Tief unter den Dünen begeben sie sich auf die Suche nach den wertvollen Artefakten aus vergangener Zeit. Dabei finden sie etwas, das ihnen äußerst gefährlich wird.

Dicono che prima della Caduta uomini e donne nascessero più o meno con la stessa probabilità, ma le radiazioni hanno fatto qualcosa ai nostri geni e ora il rapporto tre femmine su dodici sembra un vero colpo di fortuna. La razza umana sopravvive in poche città isolate da chilometri e chilometri di deserto cocente, abitato solo dai mutanti, gli Zendar.

In the future: A united Earth, to deal with the problem of population control, divides its population into classes of citizen and non-gratis. To be born a non-gratis means a life of little freedoms and the constant possibility of being assigned to work on a colony. Lacking citizenship, every aspect of their life is controlled from where they live down to marriage and childbearing regulations. The only possible escape from life as a non-gratis is to qualify for one of the limited slots available for entrance into the military.

Terrorizzata e tradita, Ashka si allontana da Zarek e cerca la fuga attraverso il deserto per mettere in salvo la Principessa Elara. Il Principe Zendar, però, farà di tutto per ritrovarla e riconquistare la sua fiducia. Pericoli mortali, intrighi politici e oscuri segreti metteranno a dura prova il loro amore. Zarek e Ashka dovranno scoprire fino a che punto possono sopportare la malvagità del mondo che li circonda e che cosa sono disposti a fare per assicurarsi un futuro insieme.

La Principessa Elara della città di Guardiara è stata promessa in sposa al Principe di Resurra e, già dal loro primo incontro, è evidente che il suo promesso sposo sia tutt’altro che “principesco”. Zex è un bestione dall’aspetto rude e minaccioso, un leader indomito tra le rovine di un mondo post-apocalittico.

A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world’s last hope. From the mind of Chuck Wendig comes “a magnum opus . . . a story about survival that’s not just about you and me, but all of us, together” (Kirkus Reviews...

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Michael stared at the sand as nervous sweat slid down his brow. The nagra were everywhere, nesting beneath the polluted ground, waiting to drag down the unwary. "And it only takes one false step," he whispered. A tough break, but that was the life of a Culver cleanser. Dig, scrap, disarm, and hope to return from a work detail with enough fingers to still count your pay. But as with any risk there are great rewards.

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.

“Fever House and The Devil by Name are exciting, suspenseful, horrifying, and written at a flurry-of-punches pace. Read them now and you can thank me later.”—STEPHEN KING No one expected the apocalypse would be broadcast via phone call. But in this chilling sequel to Fever House, anyone...

Sand. A hostile world of burning sun. Outlines of several once-busy cities shimmer on the horizon. Now empty of inhabitants, their buildings lie in ruins. In the distance a group of people, a family, walk, towards us. Ahead lies shelter: a 'shuck' the family call home and that they know they must reach before the light fails, as to be out after dark is to invite danger and almost certain death. To survive in this alien world of shifting sand, they must find an object hidden in or near water. But other families want it too. And they are willing to fight to the death to make it theirs.

A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world's last hope. From the mind of Chuck Wendig comes an astonishing tapestry of humanity that Harlan Coben calls "a suspenseful, twisty, satisfying, surprising, thought-provoking epic...

Includes all three installments of the Refuge Inc. series. Before the Darkness (Book 1): After an asteroid strikes Earth, a series of violent earthquakes destroy secluded Phoenix and leave survivor Elliot struggling to stay focused in the bleak aftermath. He meets fellow survivor Adam and together they search for reliable shelter and other survivors while distant, murky clouds fast approach.

Greed, terrorism, and simple bad luck conspire to bring mankind to its knees as a viral infection spreads out of control, reducing those infected to undead horrors that feed upon the rest. It's a time of misery and death for most, however there are some who are lucky, some who are ruthless, and some who are just too damned tough to go down without a fight. This is their story.

It was ash on fingertips and vast. Stepping upon it gave the impression that it had come not from below, buffed by millions of years of wind slicing against rock, but rather from above; that, perhaps, it had drifted down and settled here. This is the post-apocalyptic sandscape that Calix and Annora must navigate - when they're old enough to join the scavenger crews outside of the domes, that is.

Major and Lucy Armstrong's four children are spread around the globe and are in a race against time to return to Texas before societal collapse takes America to the depths of human depravity. They use their ingenuity, grit, and faith to persevere but find themselves facing a most unexpected enemy. The Lone Star Series is a thought-provoking, gut-wrenching look into a postapocalyptic country devastated by nuclear destruction.