Showing results for "Apex" in Thriller & Suspense

The explosive conclusion to Nexus and Crux. Global unrest spreads through the US, China, and beyond. Secrets and lies set off shockwaves of anger, rippling from mind to mind. Riot police battle neutrally linked protestors. Armies are mobilized. Political orders fall. Nexus-driven revolution is in here. Against this backdrop a new breed of posthuman children are growing into their powers.

Die Vereinigten Staaten, China und viele andere Länder werden von Aufständen erschüttert. Geheimnisse, Lügen und der technische Fortschritt haben auf der ganzen Welt Schockwellen ausgelöst, die von Land zu Land und von Kopf zu Kopf ziehen. Polizeistreitkräfte liefern sich Kämpfe mit neural vernetzten Protestanten. Das Militär wurde mobilisiert, überall droht die politische Ordnung zusammenzubrechen. Die durch die Nano-Droge Nexus ausgelöste Revolution hat begonnen.

As a species, people have tamed the Earth. Individually, in the face of a superior predator, we're all just as helpless as the day we were born. And a superior predator is out there. Humans may be the Apex predator, but there's something even more deadly. It's the Super Apex.

Born to a man of faith who let his vision for the future twist his mind, I learned to stay in the shadows, collecting the kids that ended up in this godforsaken place with me. They're the lost ones, and I'm their Wendy. The forgotten one, the dud, the failure. My only use now is as a future breeder to the cause. But they've taken enough, and I'll be damned if I let them take more. When the chance of escape is dangled before me like a carrot on a stick, I take it. I run with my lost ones toward a new life where the kids can be kids, and I can be free.

It should have been an in-and-out job. Find the girl and bring her home. But we're not the only ones who came for her. And when our rescue mission goes horribly wrong, we find ourselves stranded and alone in the unforgiving jungle. With death stalking our heels, every day becomes a battle for survival. A battle not all of us will win.

My gift has always felt more like a curse. Standing up and speaking the truth when nobody wants to hear it is terrifying. But the truth doesn't erase the horrors I've seen. It doesn't silence the whispers, or blind me to the fingers pointed my way. Doing the right thing never brought me anything but trouble. So finding myself held captive by a sexy-as-sin duo who loathe me on sight doesn't come as a shock. What does surprise me is how quickly my anger for them burns out, leaving a ferocious need in its place.

The last fight is here! Team Grendel and the crew of the Beowulf III have met their match. A sadistic maniac has them in her clutches, and the last MEGA is on the hunt for revenge. It is a race to see which evil destroys Grendel first! Or will the team of misfits, mad scientists, and ex-Navy SEALs finally prevail and be allowed a chance to live out their lives in peace?

Der Softwarespezialist Hanno Fuller wird brutal ermordet aufgefunden. Schnell gerät sein Mitarbeiter Douglas Hall unter Verdacht, der sich nicht erinnern kann, wo er in der Nacht von Fullers Tod war. Hall ahnt, daß die Lösung des mysteriösen Mords mit Fullers neuester Entwicklung zu tun hat: der "Site“. Dieses Computerprogramm, eine virtuelle Welt, besiedelt mit selbständig handelnden "Einheiten“, befindet sich in der 13. Etage des Konzerngebäudes. Ohne auch nur zu ahnen, was ihn erwartet, wagt Hall den Sprung von der Realität in die virtuelle Computerwelt.