Showing results for "Lazarus" in Science Fiction

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.

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.

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.

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?

In the heart of the Empire, loyalty can be a weapon—and betrayal is never far behind. Despite risking everything to join the Dome Militant, Guy Erma faces a choice that could shatter his dream forever. Prince Teodor of Earth—young, vulnerable, and heir to a broken throne—is held captive by none other than Chart Segat, the powerful leader of the Dome Militant. Segat, a man known for his ruthless ambition, holds the keys to Guy’s future. But he is also the man who once stood accused of murdering Prince Teodor’s father, King Serge.

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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.

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...

"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.

After a Near Death Experience (an "NDE") radically transforms the life of eccentric billionaire Nicholas Sheridan, he recruits a team of other survivors to study the experience. Recreating the conditions that opened the gate to the unknown, they will discover amazing connections, common visions and dramatic abilities among people who have come back from the dead. But what they haven't bargained for is that the gate opens both ways, and something else has escaped death. Something hunting them... Something hungry.

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".

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.

Daniel Harper surfaces from a coma that has robbed him of two years of his life only to find himself thrust into a world threatened by an outbreak that could wipe out all mankind. Forming an uneasy alliance, Daniel is assisted by James Edmunds, the top genetic research scientist at the privately run research centre that currently holds him prisoner, while trying to discover the secrets to the Resurrection program. On the run and running out of time, can Daniel stop the approaching apocalypse?

Deep within the heart of the Congo a Seed is uncovered with the power to bring the dead back to life. Alarmingly its side effects may outweigh its cure. Over four thousand miles and thirty years away Doctor Mark Solace is sitting in usual spot in The Eagle, his St Bernard at his feet and glass in hand. That is until he is accosted by a policeman imploring him to assist in unraveling the mystery behind the death of a colleague he saw only a few hours previously…

Gerald LaPlant’s life changes forever the day he accidentally witnesses a murder and discovers an alien artifact in his pocket. Forced to flee, he is chased across the stars by desperate men who want what he has and are willing to stop at nothing to get it. If Gerald has any hope of surviving, he must rely on his wits and avoiding the one thing that could get him killed more than the rest: trust. For he has the key to the galaxy’s greatest treasure. Half want him dead. Half need him alive. It’s a race against time to see which wins.

New pulp author Barry Reese, creator of the well-known Rook series, brings yet another creation to life! The Adventures of Lazarus Gray is Reese's entry into Pro Se's The Sovereign City Project, showcasing a hero whose own life is a mystery to himself. On the road to discovering his own secrets Gray and his Assistance Unlimited team encounter weirdness, madness, and over-the-top badness with every step! Come along for the ride for this new Barry Reese adventure.

Hogan Harrison finds a mysterious black spear. It could be from the alien flightsuit that crashed near the Appalachian Trail three years ago, or it could be the long-lost Spear of Destiny that pierced Jesus' side. The spear's power is certain though; anyone it cuts gains perfect understanding of their greatest enemy.

Abrupt veränderte sich die Welt um Perry Rhodan. Das Kreischen, Schaben und Toben der zusammenbrechenden Unterwasserstation verstummte wie abgeschnitten, die Notbeleuchtung machte einem Halbdunkel Platz.

In a future America, fundamentalist Sacrists have begun implementing HR Bill 35, a bill mandating the forced genital cutting of newborn boys and girls in the interest of "keeping America pure". In this America, if you're influential enough, you can impose your moral vision on anyone, regardless of consent or consequence. And if you're wealthy enough, you can even travel through time. For him and her, though, the present is a nightmare. Mutilated in body and mind, they'll travel through time to undo what was done to them as children. From a morally corrupt future back to 1980s America.

When everything suddenly changes into a centuries-old battle for the soul of mankind, is the end near? Now that the threat from Abdul Ba’ith has been eliminated, Lazarus and his team at SOAR hope to help Ricki discover the secret in his journal. That hope is dashed when he discovers that the UDs have even bigger plans in the works - plans that threaten the stability of the entire world.