Ergebnis für "The Darkest Path" in Science Fiction

This essential Star Wars Legends novel is the first in a trilogy chronicling the rise of the fearsome Sith lord Darth Bane. “A solid space adventure [that] charts the evolution of an antihero almost as chilling as Darth Vader.”—Publishers Weekly On the run from vengeful Republic forces...

Darius Williams, a former mixed martial artist, is no stranger to fighting battles. But after a tragic accident in the ring ended his career and left him haunted by PTSD, he found solace in the bottom of a bottle, working at his uncle's campground in New Mexico. Just when he thought his life couldn't get any darker, a mysterious blue box appeared one spring morning, heralding the end of the world as he knew it.

The third volume in the #1 nationally bestselling Dark Tower Series, involving the enigmatic Roland (the last gunfighter) and his ongoing quest for the Dark Tower, is “Stephen King at his best” (School Library Journal). Several months have passed since The Drawing of the Three, and in The...

Jon's days are numbered. The mine will consume his life any day. Will this offer to farm inside a game be any better? He wants nothing but to farm in the real world, and he's given that chance in a VRMMORPG. With a new lease on life, he accepts it. But when he's robbed of his only tool to farm sufficient quota, he has no other option but to enter the deadliest forest of the region and die at the hands of a druid to obtain a skill that will help him reach his goals. However, death awaits at every step in the forest, and he can't die more than thrice. What will Jon do?

For Kim and her memory-challenged girlfriend Angel, a job searching for signs of alien activity implies sanctioned permission to do what needs to be done. Turns out, they’re going to need it! What they lack in skill and training they make up for with tenacity. But as a fan of science-fiction in all its forms, Kim feels up to the challenge. Their investigation attracts the notice of Naomi, an alien who’d rather find love and live in the world than enslave it. Naomi recognizes Angel as one of their own and dares to dream her own dreams of independence.

When the world ends, some men find redemption in the ashes. Aiden Wyatt was a drug dealer, a thief, and a lost cause—until the System descended on Earth. Now, in a world where stats mean survival and monsters roam the wilderness, Aiden’s criminal past is his greatest weapon.

Null Stellarium is more than a shipyard. It's a proving ground steeped with science and engineering designed to push warships faster than ever before, and armed to confront the growing menace of a universe where everything is influenced by a hidden evil. As Van and his crew grow into their new roles, Perry unlocks a memory that reaches into the very beginning of the Tudor family's service nearly a century earlier. But sometimes, the truth is hidden for a reason, and Van must decide—How much does he really want to know? And how far can he take his ship, knowing there's a price on his head?

THIRDS Team Leader Sebastian Hobbs and Chief Medical Examiner Hudson Colbourn are as much in love now as they were nearly seven years ago when a tragic event on the job destroyed their relationship. The two drift together only to be pulled apart time and time again. When Hudson draws the interest of dangerous enemies, both within and outside the organization, Seb wants nothing more than to protect the man who still means everything to him.

The Traxx family has lived in peace for more than 75 years. After fleeing the wastelands of Texas, they settled in Colorado to establish a new community among the foothills of the mountains. Despite the problems of the past and the mutations of the present, they are determined to create a society where everyone can prosper. Varan and Caleb Traxx, abducted by slavers and presumed dead by their family, have survived the impossible journey across the desert to the coastal cities of what used to be California.

Michael continues to work to fulfill the promise to his love, but the world isn't the same place. Now, there is a mistake he made centuries in the past walking around he needs to rectify. To complicate matters, there is a group out of England believing Michael's blood will be just what they need for their business. While they get nasty Vampires off the street at the same time. Further, the effort to pull together the Sacred Clan's ship parts are starting to come together. Unfortunately, no one wishes to give Michael and his new family any help.

He used to kill for country. Then for cash. Now, Nathaniel Wolfe kills for something else. Haunted by his past and hunted by forces he barely understands, Wolfe is just trying to stay alive when a job uncovers a ritual killing and a conspiracy older than civilization. As he digs deeper, he uncovers a world of secret cults, ancient weapons, and powers that don’t belong in this world—or any. Cultists want him dead. Old gods want him changed. And somewhere in the middle is a woman who might still believe he’s worth saving. Wolfe doesn’t care about redemption.

Michael returns to fulfill a promise to his love, but the world isn't the same place. Michael just wants a little sleep. The last few days have been a bit of a learning overload after coming back 150 years after he was blown apart by a backpack nuke. The world destroyed itself, there are anti-gravity cars and ships, and his love is in the stars...somewhere. Plus, there is a vampire trying to make Europe his personal fiefdom.

When Jakub graduates from the Queen’s magic academy as a necromancer, he’s granted a license to raise things from the dead. His first assignment is to recover the corpse of a traitor, resurrect him, and find out what secrets he told the enemy. When he learns that the traitor’s body is missing, he's in trouble, and things only get worse when he realizes that he isn’t the only person looking for it. Mages, necromancers, cannibals, and warriors all stand in his way as he fights to find the truth.

In a city pulsing with danger and moral ambiguity, Rodell Clint was once a skilled drug dealer, steeped in shadows and plagued by choices that haunt her. But a deal gone wrong leads to a fateful encounter with a mysterious vampire, transforming her life into a nightmare of immortal instincts and awakening powers.

Dragon Prince, will you choose the Light Path or the Dark? Neverfall does not forgive weakness. It will take everything - and everyone - from you unless you have the power to conquer it...when Luke discovers that there are two different magical paths to be taken in the game - the Light and the Dark - he realizes that he has a very serious choice to make. At least, he thinks he has a choice. But does being the Dark Lord’s son mean that he’s already aligned with the darkness? And does Luke, as a potential Dark Path walker, face greater dangers than he realizes?

I'm John Taylor. I was born in the Nightside, that square mile in the hidden center of London where it is always the hour of the wolf, where gods and monsters walk side by side, and where every dark question ever asked can be answered—for a price. I left for a while, but I did come back, to make my living doing what I do better than anyone else: finding things—lost or stolen, real or imaginary. Recently, I found the most dangerous thing of all: the true identity of my long-gone mother. Turns out she's a being who's been around since before the dawn of history.

Two months ago, Nathan Grant was thrown into the world of Alchemic Warriors and the flesh-eating Homunculi they hunt. His mentor, Astrid Rachelle, left him to go back to his life with his friends and sister...who think he's the Starlight Lancer, defending the town from evildoers. Then Astrid comes back into his life with a new mission: find and destroy the League of Extraordinary Elects, a Homunculus society with a plot to annihilate all of humanity.

The Shadow Path is continuation of a story about Oliver Archer - a rich, handsome New Yorker who is shrunken down to two inches tall by a molecular black hole. All Oliver really wants is to return to his beloved girlfriend, Samantha, and resume his privileged normal life. But that reality is no longer an option. Now Oliver must join forces with the Alfar, a secret race of techno-elves in present day New York City.