Showing results for "Futures" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Blue Magic, the latest designer drug linked to a rash of overdoses, might explain the needle mark on the arm of a young woman found dead in her Kansas City apartment. But when star reporter Rich Azadian digs deeper, the clues point to a far more explosive story: MaryLee Stock was a special protege of evangelical megapastor and power broker Cobalt Becker, who is poised to deliver his followers and the presidency to a firebrand right-wing senator in the next election.

Controllo della tecnologia e della paura, manipolazione, applicazione del virtuale per manovrare le masse, enormi interessi in gioco e uso della malattia come modalità di controllo dell'economia. "Futura" è un romanzo avvincente ambientato tra alcuni anni. Come durante il periodo della televisione e come durante il periodo di internet, così durante il periodo olografico, che consente alle persone di proiettare proprie immagini nello spazio, la diffusione della conoscenza non è libera, ma controllata.

Conn Maxwell returns from Terra to his poverty-stricken home planet of Poictesme, “The Junkyard Planet”, with news of the possible location of Merlin, a military super-computer rumored to have been abandoned there after the last war. The inhabitants hope to find Merlin, which they think will be their ticket to wealth and prosperity. But is Merlin real or just an old rumor? And if they find it, will it save them - or tear them apart?

In The Aviator, Navy fighter pilot Jack Knapp reports to the aircraft carrier Independence for his first deployment in the Pacific. As a “nugget”, he must learn the ropes and gain acceptance among the tight-knit tribe of the squadron called the Gargoyles. In The Warfighter, Jack returns to Independence, which is now bound for war games in South Korea. Once aboard, he must contend with a tough new commander and a failed romance.

Future Humans 2: Mixed-Time Children spins an enthralling tale of hope, innovation, and resilience. Engineer Jace's tales of his escapades through time confound even his closest kin. But when an invitation from the future beckons, the family witnesses realms they've never fathomed.

After six years of underground fights, a saviour emerges from the shadows. With secret-filled onyx eyes and a past as tangled as mine, his salvation from the cartel has strings attached. I'm a bargaining chip, delivered to my brother's best friend and the infamous Anaconda Team. Yet freedom is a bittersweet victory that comes at a cost.

Set amidst the devastation of climate change and global pandemics, Lost Girl is a dystopian nightmare from the master of horror Adam Nevill. How far will he go to save his daughter? How far will he go to get revenge? It's 2053 and climate change has left billions homeless and starving - easy...

Jace is happily married with two beautiful children, yet he is plagued by recurring awakenings at 3:33 each night. Mysterious dreamlike images of other beings enter his mind. Family tensions follow. Unbeknownst to Jace, he is being transported through time from his life in the 21st century to the 31st century as part of a heroic effort by Future Humans to save the planet from total devastation.

Andrea e Katia sono due giovani dalle vite profondamente differenti. Lei, bella, intelligente, di buona famiglia, avviata a una brillante carriera da avvocato, abituata a ottenere sempre ciò che desidera; lui, imponente, sportivo, affascinante come la notte, ma senza genitori, e dunque costretto a badare a se stesso sin da quando aveva cinque anni. E poi, un pesante passato alle spalle e un difficile segreto che Andrea non può rivelare.

Dressed in Victorian attire, Juliana Anderson gives guests at her cozy New England bed and breakfast a taste of old-fashioned hospitality. Whether she’s cooking up delights in her kitchen or maintaining the rooms in her beautifully decorated inn, Juliana stays busy and content. Until Webster Donovan arrives - tall, rugged, and sexy beyond belief. The lean, dark-haired author has a bad case of writer’s block and he’s planned a six-week stay to cure it.

Women of the Sparrow family have unusual gifts. Elinor can detect falsehood. Her daughter, Jenny, can see people's dreams when they sleep. Granddaughter Stella has a mental window to the future - a future that she might not want to see.

For a nation that elected Barack Obama as president, here is the first novel of the new era: The Mere Future, by award-winning novelist, activist, and playwright Sarah Schulman, set in a utopian (or is it dystopic?) future vision of New York City. The city has morphed into what appears to be an idealized version of itself, the result of what the new mayor calls "The Big Change," in which rent is cheap, homelessness is a thing of the past, and the only job left is marketing.

A local curmudgeon who has been campaigning to end state-sponsored school funding is brutally killed. A recent graduate of a public high school for the gifted is arrested for the crime and turns to Lew for help. A semi-retired and much beloved singer of children's songs is being anonymously pushed to leave Sarasota, threatened with exposure as a sexual predator. It is up to Lew to uncover the blackmailer and determine whether there is any truth to the accusation.

Paula Llorente, una de las tenistas más relevantes de los últimos tiempos, desaparece sin dejar rastro en una playa del litoral catalán. El país está conmocionado. Nadie sabe con certeza qué ha ocurrido, pero los posibles problemas de salud mental y la depresión que arrastraba apuntan a...

Barcelona. Año 2049. Los científicos son capaces de crear seres humanos de forma artificial a partir de neuronas humanas. Los sintéticos, idénticos a los hombres, sin embargo no han conseguido integrarse en la sociedad. Su existencia ha suscitado el recelo entre la población. Uno de estos sintéticos, Zen, un VAI (Vida artificial Inteligente) de tercera generación es acusado del asesinato de su jefe, creador y experto en vida artificial y biogenética.

Dopo ben tre anni di prigionia, la leggendaria spia inglese Christian Hawkes è finalmente libera. Il conte di Brundage, però, ha per lui una missione: cercare la sua fidanzata in fuga. Lady Aurelie Capet pensa di aver trovato rifugio in Inghilterra dopo che la Rivoluzione francese ha distrutto la sua famiglia, e alloggia sotto falso nome al Grand Palace sul Tamigi, dove pian piano sta ritrovando la pace. Finché uno splendido sconosciuto attraversa le porte dell'albergo, dando inizio a un complesso gioco d'astuzia che risveglia in lei un inaspettato desiderio.

Bernhard Freund hat einen Traum: reich und berühmt werden. Jedoch stehen ihm dabei Schulden und ein unregelmäßiges Einkommen im Weg. Da taucht der Geschäftsmann Joe Santer auf und macht ihm ein lukratives Angebot. Schon bald stellt sich heraus, dass Bernhard auf falsche Versprechungen hereingefallen ist. Doch da steckt er schon in einem tiefen Labyrinth aus Lügen, Betrug und Mord. Für eine Umkehr ist es zu spät. Eine lebensgefährliche Jagd beginnt.

Two weeks of rest and recuperation - that's what the doctor ordered. Detective Sergeant DC Smith could listen to some music, make some of his own, and maybe even catch up on his reading; he is almost looking forward to it. And then there is a knock on the door. It's only his next-door neighbor, but it is the beginning of a sequence of events that will bring him face to face with some of the darkest episodes and the most dangerous people from his own past.

When Chet the dog, “the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction” (Boston Globe), and his human partner, PI Bernie Little, are approached by a down-and-out older man with a cardboard sign at an exit ramp, Bernie is shocked to discover the man is a former teammate from his high school baseball team. Chet and Bernie take Rocket out for a good meal, and later, Bernie investigates Rocket’s past, trying to figure out what exactly went wrong.

College admissions season at Seattle's Elliott Bay Academy is marked by glowing acceptances from top-tier institutions and students as impressive as their parents are ambitious. But when Stanford alerts the school it's allotting only one spot to EBA for their incoming class, three mothers discover the competition is more cutthroat than they could have imagined.