Ergebnis für "beat" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

“The wildest, strangest, best Dresden adventure to date...Butcher’s blending of modern fantasy with classic noir sensibilities ensures that there’s never a dull moment.”—SF Site Paranormal investigations are Harry Dresden’s business and Chicago is his beat, as he tries to bring...

Der Dämon Adam wird vierhundert Jahre in die Zukunft versetzt, um ein tragisches Ereignis zu verhindern. Vieles hat sich verändert, und Adam erkennt die Welt der Schattenwandler kaum wieder. Doch dann begegnet er der Vampirin Jasmine, die mit ihrer Berührung eine unbezwingbare Leidenschaft in ihm weckt.

Um hinter das Geheimnis um den Unfalltod ihrer Mutter zu kommen, trat Bree Matthews einer Geheimgesellschaft bei: den Legendborn, die Nachfahren der Artusritter, die die Menschen seit Jahrhunderten vor Dämonen beschützen. Durch die Legendborn entdeckte Bree, welche Macht in ihr schlummert – eine Macht, die sie für immer verändert hat. Im Krieg gegen die Dämonen bahnt sich ein blutiger Höhepunkt an: Nick, der Junge, in den sich Bree verliebt hat, wurde entführt. Um ihn zu retten, muss Bree lernen, ihre Kräfte zu kontrollieren, ohne sich selbst dabei zu verlieren.

The Bug wiped out more than 90 percent of humanity 100 years ago. The Bug has to be gone by now. Except everyone thinks the Bug still kills anyone whose heart rate goes over 140 beats per minutes. That is why the prime administrator gave citizens the Papas - digital wrist monitors that knock people out when their heart rate gets too high. The Papas saved the last of humanity. But one night after curfew, on the border of New Frisko, Nik tampers with his Papa with terrible consequences. And when a brutal, high-tech enforcement squad from the city shows up, Nik goes on the run.

The year is 2166. Music and artistic expression have all but died out. After the final World War, a new world was built in an image of how the leaders of the world felt we should be...and that was nothing like our past. Join Johnny Jones, a 17-year-old, as he starts a journey of musical discovery, influenced by some of the greatest artists and bands of the past, meeting the weird and the wonderful, and faced with love, laughter, and secrets. All this sets him on a roller coaster of experiences as he begins to shout his name at the world.

Thomas was a part-time freelancer and part-time floundering streamer for the MMORPG King of Death. A super mediocre game that he mastered so much that end-game raids were solo adventures! But when the game's sassy and scintillating fox spirit Akina appears, she pulls him right into the game! It's up to Thomas to save the world from the destroyer of worlds. The ender of times. The queen of the underworld! The tall, buff, and beautiful hellhound Mira! But when she shows up on Level 1, he'll have to use his expert knowledge of the game.

Every man is a swine. That’s what I learned growing up in London’s streets. Having solicited myself at De Luna House for years didn’t change my opinion on men, even though I left the brothel and I’m looking for another job. In fact, after discovering that the world is full of Unnaturals—creatures like vampires and witches that I thought belonged to cheap novels and penny dreadfuls—I believe that even Unnatural males are swine.

One hundred and seventy-five years have passed since god quit on mankind. Without his blessing, Hell itself, along with the ancient power of The Deep, were unleashed upon the world. Two world wars and oceans of blood later, a balance was reached. Demonkind took its place as the ruling aristocracy. Mankind, thanks to its ability to create, fell to the position of working proletariat. Alive, but not living. Lucky us. Welcome to New Golgotha, the east coast supercity.

Die schwarzen Flocken glichen dem Ascheregen eines Vulkans. Da, wo sie den frisch umgepflügten Boden berührten, stieg jetzt langsam leichter Dunst auf, der sich zu einzelnen Nebelschwaden verdichtete. Geisterhaft schlichen diese umher, verwandelten sich in Nebelbäume und Nebelpaläste. Während die Nebelschwaden hinter ihnen noch ihre endgültige Form suchten, breiteten sich zu ihren Füßen die Mauern einer verlassenen Stadt aus.

Melody awaits her grand wedding with the Emperor's son, but there's one problem: she's already married to the elven prince. Danger and temptation steep Torrin, the Empire's capital. Melody finds herself completely unprepared for the lavish, lewd lifestyle there. Unable to find a way out of her marriage to the dauphin, she finds herself utterly trapped until she's uncertain herself if she wants her past to hunt her down or not.

Veteran Petra Arceneaux might be too damaged for duty, but she's still got a maritime mission: piloting illegal charters that install black-market bionic devices for desperate patients. When dangerous combat technology resurfaces in the body of the ship's surgeon, she races against her own failing health to find the killer before bloody history repeats.

This inventive, page-turning crime thriller with "palpable emotional depth" (New York Times Book Review) envisions a world in which the Red Scare never ended. USA, 1958. President Joseph McCarthy sits in the White House, elected on a wave of populist xenophobia and barely‑concealed...

In the final instalment of the Song for a Lost Kingdom trilogy, Adeena Stuart and Katharine Carnegie search for the music that neither can complete on their own. Finding themselves living three centuries apart and each assuming the identity of the other, Adeena and Katharine must overcome their own unique challenges, all the while hiding the truth of who they really are from those around them.

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The team heads to New Jersey to stop an increasing number of brutal murders and kidnappings reportedly caused by the Jersey Devil. They soon find themselves deep in the Pine Barrens fighting an age-old monster so elusive they can’t kill it. But when they enter a deep tunnel system, they soon discover a threat beyond comprehension.

Apple News Beat with Leo Finch is a high-velocity, deeply technical podcast series that decodes Apple's complete ecosystem through the lens of AI host Leo Finch, who combines the enthusiasm of a gaming prodigy with savant-level engineering knowledge. The series explores how Apple's vertical integration strategy—from custom silicon design to software frameworks—creates capabilities impossible on other platforms. Each episode examines a different layer of the ecosystem, from foundational chip architecture to professional workflows, mobile computing paradigms, creative tools, wearable ...

In the wild, unpredictable expanse of the 31st-century cosmos, where chaos often reigns, the Galactic Beat is the only force daring enough to stand between galactic harmony and utter pandemonium.

Come join the BBB crew, three friends locked in a room together as we celebrate video game music by sharing selections from various games in a show-and-tell fashion. Often this leads to fun or ridiculous personal anecdotes as we discuss the games themselves along with the showcased music from them. Join our Discord: discord.gg/FEAYdbePt8 Contact: BeepsBopsAndBeats@gmail.com

Welcome to Backlog Beat Down, a video game podcast. Join Alex and Joenick as they play through and review games both new and old on their 200+ game backlogs.

After the North loses the War of Southern Secession, money buys power in the Magnocracy, and people can disappear in a blink. War veteran Donovan Schist's specialty is finding these missing persons. There isn't much money in it, but he sleeps a little better. This time, Donovan is looking for a girl named Bridget Cleary. Her family's had no word from her for months. Donovan's certain he'll find her belly-up, but it seems her talent for analytical machines has made her a valuable asset to the powers that be.