Ergebnis für "Tor" in Science Fiction

Thirty years ago the world as we know it was lost. Now humans live like rats, desperate for food and safety. The wall towers before us as a mocking reminder of what happened. The wall that keeps the monsters locked away from us. The wall that keeps us safe. The wall that every day I sneak through. I thought I was safe in the light beyond its scarred concrete. I thought I knew the way of the world. Then, night falls and I’m trapped beyond the wall. Monsters come out to play in an explosion of shadows, claws, and tails. Their black eyes track me like prey until he comes—their leader....

In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees live three robots – fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe. The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled ‘HAP’, he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio – a past spent hunting humans. When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio’s former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe.

Wynne Donazetto's dreams of college and building a life of her own were lost when Earth was invaded by two warring alien forces. Earth changed, but Wynne didn't. Together with Tor and his eclectic alien crew, Wynne sets off on the adventure of a lifetime to retrieve a stolen spaceship and its cargo of kidnapped Women of Earth. Along the way, she'll discover a strength she never knew she had and a love that will change her life forever.

All the bigwigs on Earth said I'd have a bright future in space. They obviously knew nothing, 'cause I'm sweating in the bows of an alien pirate ship. The lizards who captured me figured out I've got a way with machines. Thank god, I've concocted one hell of an escape plan. Then he waltzes into the middle of it, seven feet of handsome wrapped in blue skin and horns. Human guys never wanted me, but Tark doesn't even bother to say hello. I get the alien who leaps straight to, "We're married!" Tark looks at me like I hung the moon, and the heat of his touch gets my motor running.

Cassie Forrest führt ein gerazu glückliches Leben auf der Farm Kingdom-Come. Kaum vorstellbar in einer Welt, die sich mitten in der Zombie-Apokalypse befindet. Doch Cassie ist bisher mit dem Leben davon gekommen und nicht nur das: Sie hat ihre große Liebe Adrian und ihre Freunde um sich, und der Frühling verspricht neues Leben. Doch mit dem schmelzenden Schnee tauen auch Millionen tiefgefrorener Zombies auf.

In the spring of 1995, Nate Cartwright has lost everything: his parents are dead, his older brother has disowned him, and he’s been fired from his job. Looking for a new direction, he returns to his family’s summer cabin in the mountains of Oregon. The cabin should be empty. But it’s not. Inside is a man named Alex - and an extraordinary little girl who calls herself Artemis Darth Vader. But there’s far more to her than meets the eye. Soon, it becomes clear that Nate must make a choice: drown in the memories of his past, or fight for a future he never thought possible.

Starfighter Training Academy. It was just a game. Choose a role. Build the perfect hero who joins you on missions to save the Vega star system from the evil Queen Raya and her merciless Dark Fleet. Play for hours? Check. Obsess over the in-game romance between your avatar and the sexiest alien you’ve ever seen? Check. Win? Beat the heck out of the game? Check and check. Open your door at 3:00 in the morning to find that smoking-hot alien you thought you made up in your head standing there? Um...okay.

Ausgerechnet an dem Tag, an dem Cassie sich entschließt, ihr verkorkstes Leben wieder auf die Reihe zu kriegen, kündigt sich der Weltuntergang an. Seit dem Tod von Cassies Eltern und der Trennung von Adrian ist sowieso alles schiefgelaufen, und nun verwandelt ein Virus alle Menschen in Zombies. Um diesem Schicksal zu entgehen, flüchten Cassie und ihre Freunde in die Hütte ihrer Eltern.

Atlan Warlord Velik is hanging on to sanity by a thread. His mating fever rages. His beast fights him every moment. The beast needs to hunt. To kill. To find their mate or surrender to a glorious death in battle. He volunteers for a mission so dangerous, he knows he will not return. Waiting to deploy, he is lost, keeping distance between himself and those his tormented beast could destroy. His fate is sealed … until his beast picks up her scent. Sees her face. In an instant, the beast knows this human woman belongs to him and no one else.

Peter steht auf einem Müllcontainer, umringt von Zombies. Er sieht die Menschen, die seine neue Familie geworden sind, davonfahren und bereitet sich darauf vor, sein Leben opfern, um sie zu retten. Doch manchmal kommt zum Glück alles anders, als man denkt! Sein neuer Plan: Seine Familie wiederfinden. Aber manchmal kommt eben dummerweise alles anders, als man denkt. Auf seinem Weg wird Peter immer wieder auf die Probe gestellt und der einst so nervige reiche Bengel zeigt, was in ihm steckt … und wie er wirklich ist.

The rundown human worldship is a bleak place, but it's my home, and it's where all the people I care about live. My mother, my sister, my students, and my sweet fiancé, Nathan. I never imagined I'd be forced to leave...forced to become the mate of a barbaric Darrvason admiral.

In "All the Stars in the Sky", dem letzten Teil der Reihe "Until the End of the World", versuchen Cassie, Peter, Penny und die anderen, sich zur letzten verbliebenen Safe Zone in Alaska durchzuschlagen. Doch der Weg dorthin ist lang, und nicht nur Zombies wollen ihnen an den Kragen. Kann es Cassie gelingen, inmitten all des Schreckens ihr gebrochenes Herz zu heilen und wieder etwas Glück zu finden?

Warlord Tane of Atlan is a warrior, not a prince. So why is he wearing these ridiculous white pants and gold-trimmed jacket? And gods help him, why are there hundreds of females in glittering gowns, circling like vultures, expecting him to dance? The human producers of the Bachelor Beast television show thought this would be a good idea; dress up an unmated Warlord like a fairytale prince, invite hundreds of eligible human women to a “Cinderella Ball,” turn on their cameras, and record everything. And then he sees her. His mate. The only female who can tame his beast.

I went to space looking for adventure, my job to protect the other women of the expedition. When gray aliens wake me from cryo in the middle of a market, it turns out I'm what's on sale. This sure isn't the fun I dreamed of!

Thirty years ago, the world as we know it was lost. Now humans live like rats, desperate for food and safety, the wall towering before us as a mocking reminder of what happened… A wall I find myself running to for refuge. I've spent my whole life uncovering the truth, telling the world the reality behind the stories that they watch. I'm the one on their screens, the adrenaline junkie, the mayor's perfect daughter. Until one day, I pick up the wrong story. With no other choice, I run and hide in the one place I will be safe from those hunting me—the wall.

Warlord Wulf thought nothing could be worse than being tortured and contaminated by the Hive. That was before he’s ordered to transport to Earth and represent the Colony in an unfamiliar horror...a human reality show. The Bachelor Beast is the hottest new program on Earth, but being set up with two dozen clingy females is not his idea of a good time. When his Beast refuses to show the slightest interest in any of the show’s potential mates, he knows he must choose one or die due to his raging mating fever.

Sergeant Nix Marr is a damn good soldier, but she's desperate to leave her haunted past behind. She lost her best friend and her old flame In the galaxy’s most deadly sunken mines. But even the icy bioluminent ocean can't extinguish some fires. When Kessandra, everyone's favorite princess, and Nix's much-loathed ex, requests Nix's help investigating a massacre in the abyssal city of Fall, Nix refuses. Vehemently. But Kessandra always gets what she wants.

They stole my dreams, my hopes, my very identity, and I had no idea. Years went by and I did everything I was told, I was always the perfect specimen, and the perfect lab rat. I was dissected, even maimed all in the name of science. Then one day a strange smoky voice entered my head, and I knew things were not as they seemed. He promises me that he will never leave me, but my new memories tell me differently.

Cormac of Styx Legion knows his value to his people. He is an enforcer, a weapon to be wielded. Nothing more. He is accepted but not loved. Feared but not welcomed. He is brutal, efficient and utterly alone. When he receives a coded message claiming he has been matched with an Interstellar Bride, he knows the match must be a terrible miscalculation. When his bride turns out to be an innocent young human, there is nothing he can do but protect her until the error can be corrected.

I get lucky when horned blue aliens rescue me straight from cryo. So when I get the chance to use my communications skills to help save other human women, I jump on it. It's perfect. Except for him. Of all the handsome devils, why did I get stuck alone on a mission with a heartbreaker? Especially one who keeps losing his shirt and carrying me everywhere. Kirel is all smooth talk and easy charm. He claims I'm his fated mate. But I refuse to be fooled by a handsome face again, no matter how tempting his whole . . . package.