Showing results for "The Nemesis" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

After the horrors of Istvaan V, Horus declares outright war against the Imperium. In the shadows of the Emperor's Palace, powerful figures convene. Their plan is to send a team of assassins to execute the arch-traitor Horus and end the war for the galaxy of mankind before it's even begun. But what they cannot know is that another assassin is abroad already, with his sights firmly set on killing the Emperor.

Jon Hudson, lead investigator for the Department of Homeland Security's Fusion Center-P, thinks his job is a joke. While other Fusion Centers focus on thwarting terrorist activity, Hudson's division is tasked with handling paranormal threats to national security, of which there have been zero during his years at the DHS. When yet another Sasquatch sighting leads to a research facility in the backwoods of Maine, disguised as an abandoned Nike missile site, Hudson's job becomes deadly serious.

Genetically engineered to be the perfect weapon, Cooper Fox must now use those abilities to stop a shadowy cabal from rewriting the future of humanity. Cooper was created by a clandestine government program, imbued with superhuman speed, strength, and reflexes. But when the program was sold off to the highest bidder, he has found himself caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the Consortium, a cabal of billionaires determined control of the world through any means necessary.

Après les horreurs d'Isstvan V, Horus se déclare en guerre ouverte contre l'Imperium. Dans les recoins sombres du palais de l'Empereur, de bien mystérieuses personnes se réunissent. Leur plan est d'envoyer une équipe d'assassins pour exécuter l'archi-traître Horus et ainsi mettre un terme à cette guerre avant qu'elle n'embrase la galaxie toute entière. Mais ce qu'ils ignorent, c'est qu'Horus et ses sombres alliés se sont engagés dans un plan tout aussi sinistre que le leur.

De la haine à l'amour, et de l'amour à la haine, il n'y a qu'un pas. Athéna a toujours détesté Poséidon. Le dieu de la mer, avec son air arrogant, ses yeux bleu vert à tomber par terre et son teint hâlé parfait, est exaspérant. Et si séduisant... Elle le hait, mais elle le désire. Comment pourrait-elle résister ? Même la déesse de la sagesse a ses faiblesses. Poséidon est arrogant, possessif et il sait ce qu'il veut. Dès qu'il a posé les yeux sur Athéna, il a su qu'elle serait à lui. Mais Athéna est puissante. Très puissante. Trop ? Mais comment pourrait-il résister ? Même le dieu de la mer a ses failles.

From the ashes of a devastated Boston, a harrowing legend emerges. Thirteen years prior, the colossal kaiju, Nemesis, ravaged the city in her relentless pursuit of retribution. Today, mankind's survival teeters on the sacrificial offerings atop a chilling monolith known as The Altar, where the condemned pay the ultimate price to prevent Nemesis's wrath from consuming humanity.

Between the fall of man and the arrival of the JFK, the Horn of Africa is a battleground. Salvation. Vengeance. Vanity.

Moments after he hatched, he was thrown into a sack. His pride as a dragon raged against the indignity and he fought back. The wounds he gave his captors earned him the name Nemesis, and the kindness offered at the hand of a half-elf slave earned him a partner. With Harper on his side, the pair set out to earn their freedom. They're determined to never be slaves again.

Seven years ago the New Earth colony received one final message from Earth...a warning. First a global pandemic, then the emergence of a new species. A war for survival ravaged the Sol system. Now they are coming for the colony. Many colonists don't believe it, but Connor does. They must prepare. They must fight. But how can they survive something that killed every person back on Earth?

Das dramatische und epische Ende der "Mars Ultor" Reihe. Welche Gefahren werden auf das Team der Wayaki Industries warten? Wird Major Dener seinen Platz in Walhalla finden? Major Dener ist zurück auf der Erde. Doch statt Ruhe und die versprochene Bonuszahlung zu genießen, wird er zu einem geheimen Briefing im Wayaki Konzern gerufen. Die Ares-Station antwortet nicht mehr, auch die Funkverbindung zur Mars-Basis One ist verstummt. Major Dener und sein Team werden auf eine riskante Aufklärungsmission geschickt.

Ein gewaltiges Erdbeben im Südpazifik überschwemmt einen Großteil des Planeten und stürzt die Menschheit in eine tiefe Glaubenskrise. Kriege folgen und zwingen den verbliebenen Rest, der einst vorherrschenden Spezies, Schutz in einem riesigen Bunkersystem zu suchen. Die Unterwelt ist die letzte Zuflucht. Technik und Genmanipulation bewahren die Menschen vor dem Aussterben, doch die alten Konflikte sind noch nicht beendet. Jack Parker hat, wie alle in seinem Dorf, nie das Sonnenlicht erblickt.

In the aftermath of disaster, China and America vie for control over North Africa and the world, while a band of engineers and mercenaries risk everything to save millions from starvation and forge a better future for all mankind.

Estate 1944. A Newark imperversa una spaventosa epidemia di polio che minaccia di menomazione e perfino di morte i figli della cittadina del New Jersey. Bucky Cantor, l'animatore ventitreenne di un campo giochi della città, combatte la sua guerra privata contro la malattia nel tentativo di opporsi alla catastrofe. In che modo un individuo può resistere alla forza degli eventi?

Villainy has a new face. With the Voy recently dispatched, Daniel Hunt and the rest of the Pack think they have a moment of reprieve from the madness. They would be wrong. A stranger from the future comes with a story so wild it's hard to deny. If this wasn't enough, a new Relic is introduced onto the field. Every faction will do whatever it takes to claim it as their own.

Lexi has survived much since a super-EMP ended the world she knew. She emerged from the ashes a determined foe of those who prey upon the weak, but now she's the one needing a protector. Nine months pregnant and alone, she is a wanderer in desperate need of a home to raise and eventually train her child for the world they are being born into. Her one main obstacle is that she's created many enemies who wish to see her dead and will do anything to seek their revenge upon her.

When a kidnapping attempt on the Mage-Queen of Mars is thwarted by luck, leaving thousands dead in its wake, Prince-Chancellor Damien Montgomery returns to field operations one more time. The evidence leads to one place: Tau Ceti. In Tau Ceti, Mage-Commander Roslyn Chambers finds herself without a posting as her teaching tour ends. Before she can take any kind of vacation, an old friend from her pre-Navy days shows up claiming to have information about the attempt on the Queen.

Ein geheimnisvolles Artefakt auf dem Meeresgrund. Eine rätselhafte Mordserie. Die Opfer sind bestialisch entstellt. Eine uralte Macht, die nicht von dieser Welt zu sein scheint. Und ein Mann, der im Kampf gegen das Böse seine Berufung findet: John Sinclair. "Sinclair - Dead Zone" ist der Auftakt der neuen Serie SINCLAIR und erzählt die Entstehungsgeschichte von John Sinclair - völlig neu und von Anfang an. Noch nie war Sinclair zeitgenössischer, unheimlicher und düsterer.

Dans ce dernier tome magistral, Nicolas du Comtat clôt sa saga avec la puissance d'une tragédie antique. Némesis Massaliote est le récit d'une fin du monde locale, où les dieux de la drogue, ivres d'hubris, finissent par dévorer leurs propres enfants avant d'être rattrapés par leur destin.

All things come to an end...The world is at war. Morena and her alien species ravage the United States, destroying metropolis after metropolis. Yet, even as this happens, a man-made disease kills off Morena's children, rapidly mutilating her dreams of a new planet for her people. Morena's war started in Grayson. Now it ends there as well. Will chases one last chance to make amends by killing Morena. Kenneth Marks wants to ascend, to become one with the alien species. The teenagers who still live only want to remain alive.

In a desperate attempt to throw off the United States military, Morena's alien forces struck back ferociously. Now, the United States government hides beneath the ground, trying to fight a war they barely understand. Kenneth Marks plots a dark and treacherous path, with the end resulting only in consolidating power in his hands. Will and Knox desperately oppose him, and his unstoppable greed, but with aliens devastating cities, they sink deeper into the fog of war.