Showing results for "Lazarus" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Supreme Grand Master Azrael summons Lazarus and his Fifth Company to honour an old debt on the Knight world of Reis – a planet upon which the warp has set its hungry gaze. But Lazarus is not so sure Reis wants to be saved – its Knights are long lost, its governance is dogged by political strife, and internecine conflict hampers the world’s defence against an ancient evil. ­An evil which, like Lazarus himself, refuses to die.

There is a killer loose on the streets of London, one that evades security cameras, is not held by locks, and savagely mutilates his victims. When the murderer switches from unknown prostitutes to Julie Longmuir, a beautiful actress at the height of her success, no woman feels safe. As the press begin to draw uncomfortable comparisons with Jack the Ripper, Jane Sullivan, heading up the police investigation, grudgingly has to agree.

With a cataclysmic climate crisis on the horizon, Colonel William Graves, head of the US Disaster Mitigation Corps, has been ordered on a bold and highly classified mission. Graves must help billionaire tech entrepreneur Anthony Taulke develop the Lazarus Protocol, a secret plan to geoengineer the Earth's atmosphere, and prevent disaster. Taulke's vision is to create a Manhattan Project for repairing the earth's air, and he quietly recruits four other family-owned conglomerates to take part in the project.

In The Jesus Incident, Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom introduced Ship, an artificial intelligence that believed it was God, abandoning its unworthy human cargo on the all-sea world of Pandora. Now centuries have passed. The descendants of humanity, split into Mermen and Islanders, must reunite--because Pandora's original owner is returning to life.

68 million years in the past. Stranded in deep time--the true final frontier. But what should be feared most; the dinosaurs... or the people?

Living corpses have taken over Mart Club the night before Black Friday, but if Bob forgets to bring home milk, he'll be dead meat. For Bob, working on Thanksgiving is a necessary evil. After getting laid off from his corporate job, he's lucky to have an income at all. But that's just the kind of...

Lazarus Gray and his aides in Assistance Unlimited battle against their opposite number as some of their most dangerous enemies band together to form Murder Unlimited! They’ve sworn to destroy Lazarus Gray and his team, but is there another agenda that secretly guides this sinister alliance? Who or what is Eidolon? Assistance Unlimited investigates a puzzle that began in the steamy jungles of Peru and the discovery of a fabled lost temple....

6600 Grad Celsius. - Heißer selbst als die Oberfläche der Sonne. Leben, wie wir es kennen, kann an diesem Ort nicht existieren, darf niemals existieren...

Mankind has spread to the stars, only to become locked in warfare with an insidious alien race. All that stands against the alien menace are the soldiers of the Simulant Operation Programme, an elite military team remotely operating avatars in the most dangerous theatres of war. Captain Conrad Harris has died hundreds of times running suicide missions in simulant bodies. Known as Lazarus, he is a man addicted to death.

Following Artefact, Legion is the second book of the Lazarus War, an explosive new space adventure series from one of the brightest new stars in science fiction - perfect for fans of The Edge of Tomorrow, Alien and James S. A. Corey's Expanse series. Conrad Harris is the legend known as Lazarus, and he has died hundreds of times. Using simulant bodies, he runs suicide missions in the depths of space. But he always comes back.

Following Artefact and Legion, Origins is the third and final book of the Lazarus War, an action-drenched space adventure series from one of the most exciting new voices in science fiction. For someone who has died and come back as many times as Conrad Harris, the nickname Lazarus is well deserved. His elite military team are specialists in death - running suicide missions in simulant bodies to combat the alien race known as the Krell.

When not performing two sold-out shows every night, Music Hall Steampunk illusionists and consultants to Scotland Yard, slick-talking Michael Magister and the feisty Phoebe Le Breton, must solve the crime of the century, while saving the nation from a conclave of fiendish psychopaths led by the crazed renegade Jesuit known only as "The Black Bishop".

Alwin og Aurora er tvillinger. De er knyttet sammen af et særligt bånd. En dag dukker Lazarus op, og ingenting er som før. ”Alt var blåt og grønt. Da de kom ned til havet, blev det også gult, strandengen var fyldt med troldhekse. Insekterne summede i luften, det knitrede i guld-regnen og Alwin følte, at denne dag ville blive den bedste dag i hans liv, og måske, en skrækkelig tanke strejfede ham, den sidste.” - Uddrag for bogen.

In Flammen und Blut erwacht die Vergangenheit. Mit der Unterstützung von Caleb, Jacob und Grayson stürzt sich Ashley in ihr neues Leben. Dazu gehört es auch, den Hort einzurichten und in Drachengestalt über London dahinzugleiten. Doch noch immer quälen sie etliche Fragen. Um diese zu beantworten, müssen sie den Unbekannten finden, der Ashley einst aufzog und ihr Drachenei schützte. Gleichzeitig wird die Geheimloge »Schwingen des Lazarus« aktiv – und ein uralter Plan vollendet.

The year is 1969. Yancy Lazarus - bluesman, gambler, future world-class mage and fix-it man - is just a dumb, unlucky kid serving with the 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines in Vietnam. With just a few weeks left to go until Yancy gets shipped back to the States, he’s just trying to keep his head down and avoid a body bag - no mean feat in Nam. But when his squad is tasked with conducting a routine patrol deep in enemy territory, everything goes to nine kinds of hell, and he quickly sees his chances at survival slipping away.

Kami was strong, stronger than the others, but she couldn't outrun them. Taken and bled for one purpose, she holds on, following the spark and whispers of hope... Ruth's life is no longer her own, memories becoming as intangible as smoke, her fingers never able to grasp what had been. That is, until the elixir. The clock has turned back, but a flashing specter remains...

Henry's life has taken a turn for the weirder. His reality has been gamified—and the game’s architect seems to be a few stats short of a full character sheet. With his nephew's life hanging in the balance, Henry will face off against bosses, minions, and more, mined from his own memories, where D&D game dynamics, eighties-era action tropes, and vegetable phobias reign supreme.

"Nur, weil du nicht paranoid bist, heißt das noch lange nicht, dass sie dich nicht beobachten. Wer bestimmt, was wahr ist? Die Realität liegt bei dir, sie entsteht in deinem Kopf. Lass dich nicht täuschen, dann wirst auch du nicht enttäuscht. Und denke immer daran: Vertraue niemandem!" ? In einer Zeit, in der kein Geheimnis sicher ist vor unbarmherzigen Erpressern, rücksichtslosen Verschwörern, bestechlichen Behörden oder machthungrigen Geheimdiensten, können wir nur uns selbst vertrauen. Wenn wir die Wahrheit wirklich wissen wollen, brauchen wir Stärke und Mut.

Unfinished business. A frightened girl is stalked in a land of eternal night. A hunter longs for recognition and power. A traveller in time returns to correct the mistakes of the past and faces a danger that could rob him of his future. Unless his future intervenes. And in the shadows stands Nimrod. Waiting... Welcome to the Forge. Written by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright and directed by Gary Russell.

There are unexplained deaths and hauntings in the town of Donbridge. All may be the work of a hooded figure, but others think it's something far more sinister. One thing's for sure: the graves don't stay closed for long in Donbridge.