Showing results for "The Code" in First Contact

Professor Kilmer, a renowned historian of war and diplomacy, is collected from his home and whisked off to Washington. Thrust into the highest levels of government as an adviser to the President, the young historian must come to terms with the seemingly impossible, figure out how to navigate a world where not everything is as it appears, and use all the skills and knowledge he has acquired in his life to help save humanity from a conflict of truly epic proportions.

Geophysiker Jack Greer glaubt, endlich den Ort gefunden zu haben, an dem vor 65 Millionen Jahren der Meteorit einschlug, der den Beginn jener Ereignisse markierte, die zum Aussterben der Dinosaurier führten. Ein paar Kilometer vor der Küste der Halbinsel Yukatan transportieren Jack und sein Team eine alte Bohrplattform zum Landekrater, um sich eine Probe zu beschaffen. Doch tief in der Erde vergraben wartet eine schockierende Entdeckung auf sie, die droht, alles zunichte zu machen, das wir über unsere Spezies zu wissen glaubten.

In 1890s Cardiff, reporter James MacFarlane is intrigued by rumours of ‘anaesthesia frolics’, at which gatherings the latest frontier in pain relief is demonstrated to influential guests. After he speaks to someone who attended several such ‘frolics’—and left with a hand and two fingers missing—James realises that the events have a dark side. Contriving an invitation, he is astounded to find another guest also investigating—it’s his old friend the Doctor! Reunited in mystery, the Doctor and James enter the murky underbelly of polite Cardiff society.