Ergebnis für "Trouble" in Science Fiction

Jacen Ryker is a smuggler, a scoundrel, and completely screwed. His ship’s gone, his escape pod’s hijacked, and now he’s stuck on a ship full of genetically-engineered women who’ve never met a man before.

In less than two weeks in a new galaxy, Jacen Ryker has already sparked a galactic incident. Now, while tracking an Aether anomaly, the crew of the Cerberus stumbles upon a previously unknown spacefaring civilization, and what they observe is both shocking and disturbing. As if that weren’t enough, Captain Hera and Nyx, the ship’s two coldest and most dangerous women, have both just declared their undying love for him, each in their own unsettling way.

Jacen Ryker barely survived his first week aboard the Cerberus, and the crew is still stranded in an unknown galaxy. Now he’s stuck juggling the ship’s adorable Chief Science Officer, Minerva, and his sultry, possessive alien fiancée, Princess Arulya. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew seems very interested in their new favorite male passenger.

Captain Rask is broke, hunted, and very nearly out of oxygen. When a botched heist lands him a legendary ship with a damaged AI—and a crew of misfits who can’t agree on breakfast, let alone survival—he does what any half-decent pirate would: runs. But The Meridian is more than a getaway vehicle. It’s carrying secrets the Empire would kill for, and worse—its new passengers might actually start trusting each other.

While the crew of the UN Expeditionary Force's pirate starship Flying Dutchman are enjoying a luxury vacation cruise (not!), UNEF troops are still stranded on an alien-controlled planet. Major Emily Perkins and her team are busy picking up the pieces, and it's not easy, because there is trouble...

In diesem packenden Hörbuch entführen wir dich in eine düstere, futuristische Unterwelt – mitten ins All. Erlebe den abgebrühten Schmuggler "Schieber" und seinen treuen Piloten Sam, wie sie mit einer illegalen Ladung Drax auf Io in ein tödliches Katz-und-Maus-Spiel geraten. Sheriff Lead Maxwell ist ihnen dicht auf den Fersen, während die mysteriöse Hackerin Kidman immer wieder für spektakuläre Wendungen sorgt. Diese Mischung aus Science-Fiction, Noir-Krimi und Pulp Fiction wird dich fesseln – ob als aufregendes Abenteuer oder als beruhigende Einschlafhilfe.

How do you find someone who can go anywhere in space-time? Armed with a portal of his own creation, teen sorcerer Cecil Murphy can travel to any moment in time and any corner of the universe. Drunk on his newfound power and consumed by vengeance, Cecil has one destination in mind: Earth. Only he doesn't intend to conquer it. He intends to rule it. Kormèr, Jeransy and Anndrew have sworn to stop Cecil’s twisted plans. But first they have to find him. Bound by an obligation he cannot ignore, Kormèr must leave Averia and the only woman he has ever loved.

The escape pods are long gone. A distress beacon is still active. Chase off the pirates and the wreck is all theirs. What was a crime scene moments before just became legitimate salvage, fair game for an opportunistic starship captain. Carl Ramsey is that opportunist. His crew of misfits includes his ex-wife as pilot, a drunken mechanic, a predatory bodyguard, and an outcast wizard from the Convocation. On their best days, they’re a well-oiled machine, capable of taking on any challenge. In theory. If that ever happened, Carl would be as shocked as anyone.

Francis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two scientists investigating a rare lichen, discover it has a remarkable property: it retards the aging process. Francis, realising the implications for the world of an ever-youthful, wealthy elite, wants to keep it secret, but Diana sees an opportunity to overturn the male status quo by using the lichen to inspire a feminist revolution. As each scientist wrestles with the implications and practicalities of exploiting the discovery, the world comes ever closer to learning the truth.

"Red Wine and Blood": The Blood Wars raged for centuries across Boston. Witness a brief glimpse into the brutal history of the Wars with Ignacio Salvatore and the vampire he loves, Ashwin Metcalfe, in 1897. "A History of Trouble": Angel was joking when he asked O'Malley if someone resurrected a mammoth. Little did he know that was exactly what someone did. "A Dragon in the City": What happens when Eroch goes adventuring in Beacon Hill without Angel? Chaos, pure chaos. "Fae's Gold": Daniel is helping the newly-resurrected fae, Ruairi Brennan, become accustomed to modern-day living.

Long after Earth's destruction, Humanity is an endangered species ... When freighter pilot Dalton Thorne reunites with his old friend Kota at Little Earth's best noodle shop, he's expecting a straightforward job. Instead, he finds himself embroiled in a centuries-old mystery that could change humanity's place in the universe forever. Little Earth is a decaying city carved into an alien planet where humans live as refugees. Beneath its neon-lit streets and crowded markets lies a secret: fragments of Earth's past, preserved by a mysterious race of aliens and hidden from the ruling Consortium.

Here for the first time the stories and short novels of the war with the Outs are collected into a novel-length chronicle. The Outs had mental powers they could use to make humans see illusions and convince them to change sides. Obviously, they were unbeatable - until some troublesome humans found their Achilles' heel.   

Adventurers journey into the foreboding unknown regions of outer space in these two classic science fiction tales from the Hugo and Nebula Award winning author.

With the doomsday asteroid looming, Detective Hank Palace has found sanctuary in the woods of New England, secure in a well-stocked safe house with other onetime members of the Concord police force. But with time ticking away before the asteroid makes landfall, Hank’s safety is only relative, and his only relative—his sister Nico—isn’t safe. Soon, it’s clear that there’s more than one earth-shattering revelation on the horizon, and it’s up to Hank to solve the puzzle before time runs out...for everyone.

A typical day at the rehabilitation center turns into a nightmare for Emma Grady when her favorite physical-therapy patient vanishes in front of her, along with several colleagues. Fear turns to chaos as Emma begins the frantic race from Brooklyn to Queens, anxious to discover if her boyfriend is safe. Subways are closed, graves are open, and countless people have inexplicably disappeared. Mayhem erupts as terror grips the residents of New York City. This unique book takes listeners on a riveting journey from New York City to Israel, and, in the final chapters, into the Bible.

Fresh off a daring rescue that cost him a friend and nearly cost him everything else, Dalton finds himself stranded on the edge of a galactic war with a banged-up crew, a sealed connection to the only cosmic guide he's ever had, and zero contact with the home world he's supposed to be saving. The Emperor's realm has gone dark. Little Earth is a black box. And the Chi Hunters who once needed him have made it clear they've found another way.

Alison is looking forward to finally settling down in Fairhaven Falls. Surely, a town full of monsters will make it easier to guard her vulnerable heart. When she runs into a truck driven by a massive troll with a charming smile, she realizes it might not be so easy after all. Despite her attempts to avoid him, he keeps coming to her rescue.

An alien thief. A human genius. Which would you trust? Kormèr Lezàl has a secret: a unique means to travel to any time, anywhere in the universe. But secrets have a price. When trouble forces him to flee his home planet, Kormèr escapes to a distant and unfamiliar world. But what begins as a desperate flight soon becomes an extraordinary journey, filled with unexpected dangers, discoveries, and possibilities he could never have imagined.

In this dazzling new novel, Flinx confirms his status as the galaxy's greatest magnet for big trouble. Wandering out there in some remote region of the galaxy is a gargantuan sentient Tar-Aiym weapons' system. All Flinx has to do - while his pals look after his injured love Clarity Held - is find the hefty object and persuade it to knock out the monstrous evil that is hurtling through space to waste the entire Commonwealth.

Cargo hauler Dalton Thorne has survived reality-altering blood rituals, interdimensional monsters, and an unending series of crime lords and megalomaniacs who want him dead. He's merged fragments of Earth, defied the Consortium, and earned a title he never wanted: the Kagi—humanity's cosmic wildcard... and potentially its last hope. But none of that matters to Dalton while his crew is gone.