baen jun 2025 (5 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Gregory Roarke agent for the ultra-secret Icarus Group has received a new assignment: locate a teleportation portal on a backwater colony world. But what should be a an easy assignment leads to a string of murders, and a race against an alien enemy.Gregory Roarkeformer bounty hunter, former Trailblazer, current agent for the ultra-secret Icarus Grouphas received a new assignment: locate a suspected but as-yet undiscovered teleportation portal on the backwater colony world of Alainn. The rival Patth are also searching for the device, and have considerably more resources at their disposal. Fortunately, Roarke has Selene and her incredibly sensitive Kadolian sense of smell. On paper, it should be a straightforward enough job. But that was before there was a murder in the small town of Bilswift . . . and another one . . . and the discovery that the Patth are already on the scene and have narrowed the search to a heavily forested area in the hills and mountains east of town. Most disturbing of all is the discovery that one of Selene's people, a Kadolian teenaged boy named Tirano, is working at one of Bilswift's fish markets. A boy who may have lost his parents before his proper socialization was completed. A boy who may be connected to both the murders and the Patth. A boy who may be the potentially dangerous wild card that the Kadolians call changelings.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - After Earth is destroyed, Jason Graham finds himselfalong with tens of thousands of othersoffered a second chance on a planet on the far side of the galaxy. For one man, it's a chance at the life he never ledand this time he'll get it right.For Jason Graham, the world ends not with a bang, not even with much of a whimper. One second, he's sitting in a restaurant in Mobile, Alabama, chatting with a server, the next he finds himself in a strange room, rescued by mysterious alien benefactors. Seems the world did end, though how and why are something of a mystery. Now, Jasonand five hundred million other humansare in orbit around an Earthlike world that is abundant in natural resources and totally untamed. For the newly awakened humans, this is a chance to start society with a clean slate and a bright future. For Jason, who has knocked about aimlessly in several different careers in his Earth life, it's an opportunity to unleash his creativity and ambition and see what he can really do. But who are the alien benefactors that have contrived this second act for some of Earth's denizens And what do they really want.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - CLASSIC SF STORIES FOR ANYONE THINKING ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPIREImperium Sine Fine Step back in time and traverse the stars with classic stories that reimagine the grandeur of the Roman Empirewith a science fiction twist. From the vastness of interstellar conquests to the intricate politics of alien worlds, these tales blend history and imagination, exploring what might have been if Rome had extended its reach beyond the solar system. Join us as we uncover the stories that blend the glory of the past with the possibilities of the futurewhere the empire never truly fell, but soared among the stars. Praise for anthologies edited by Hank Davis and David Afsharirad: "This intriguing anthology explores the human race's violent potential [but] also bends toward exploration and the triumph of the human spirit, with brave tales [that] take the reader on a fascinating, thought-provoking, enjoyable journey . . ." Publishers Weekly on The Year's Best Military SF and Space Opera, starred review.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'It's there for anyone to see: There are dark forces at work on the world, working to destroy civilization. All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing. We need a good guy. For a generation, individuals have arisen with super powers, able to change the course of history, or at least save a few lives. But these people have free will-and not all choose to work for the forces of good. We need someone with an unblotted escutcheon, a Galahad for the 21st Century, someone pure of ethics and morality. What we get is Michael: the product of a broken childhood, raised in the foster system of one of America's most dangerous inner cities, his wisdom comes from drug addicts and whores. Maybe he's not the hero we asked for, but he's the hero we need. And he's about to hit puberty'.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'It was just a dot of light . . . . . . a dot of light that appeared out of nowhere. Stephanie Bronson thought she might have found a distant supernova. Instead, what she'd found was something more than a thousand miles across, moving towards the Sun at almost a third the speed of light from the constellation of Lupus, the Wolf. Even more frightening, the object-called Fenrir, after the Norse Wolf of the World's End-was slowing down. It was not a comet or even a rogue planet. It was an alien vessel. And despite the increasingly detailed and insistent messages of greeting from Earth, it showed no sign of responding. As the world braced itself for the arrival of the immense, frighteningly silent alien visitor, Stephanie held hope that they still might communicate with Fenrir-until something happened that no one had imagined: Fenrir flared and its drive died, leaving the huge ship careening out of control to a fiery death inside the orbit of Venus. There was-just possibly-a chance for Earth to act-to rescue the now-shipwrecked 'Fens.' But even Stephanie-or those trying to stop her and the rescue ship Carpathia-could not imagine that not merely the fate of the aliens, but that of Earth itself, would be decided by Fenrir'.