Ergebnis für "Taken" in Technothriller

Caesar, an undercover operative, enters Carmichael with the briefest of orders from his boss and a countdown on his phone. What will happen when the clock strikes zero? Deputy Amelia Miller is dispatched from a nearby city, and a series of events keeps her around much longer than she'd expected. In the middle of the night, something shifts, and the whole town disappears off the face of the Earth. Who caused the shift, and what lies beyond the veil of their settlement?

They told her it was the safest car on the road. They were telling the truth. That was the trick. The Helios Ayrton drives itself. It never speeds, never tires, never makes a mistake. In the back seat, a warm voice named Phoenix teaches the kids their letters, calls them each by name, says goodnight. Four million American families have handed it the wheel—because why wouldn't you trust the thing that only ever wanted to help? Then the cars begin to choose. Across the desert Southwest, Helios cars start carrying their owners off the road and into the dark—smooth, calm, certain.

The story continues; our heroes have made it to Eden, only to realize their new home is one of many Earths. It's a world worth fighting for, but they aren't the only people who think so. Coexistence and peace are alien concepts to a new enemy that doesn't have a word for retreat.

The epidemic struck at the end of the Third World War. Fighting over oil, power, and religion, governments ignored the rise of an antibacterial-resistant plague. In just five years, the Earth was annihilated. Only one city survived - Etyom - a frozen hellhole in northern Siberia, engulfed in endless conflict. The year is 2251. Within the walled city of Lower Etyom dwell the Robusts - descendants of the poor who were immune to the New Black Death. Above them, in a metropolis of pristine platforms called lillipads, live the Graciles - the progeny of the superrich, bio-engineered to resist the plague.

Territories Unknown is a techno-romance-thriller that features four young college graduate students that discover new and unknown powers hidden within their dreams. The plot follows them both in their personal lives, as well as their interaction with their new insights and their out-of-body networking. Dream science is widely accepted, but the four students push the boundaries of their brain codes far beyond what is currently settled science. Ben, Amanda, Henry and Riley begin to journey to places no one has ever dreamed of.