Showing results for "Ultimatum" in Science Fiction

With the Tyton alliance firmly established, everyone is ready to defend the Obsidian Gate and face down the Taliz Dwellers. Noah will lead the leviathan element of this effort, naturally, but is soon captured and whisked away before the first major battle. Can he resist brainwashing by the most feared interrogator of the Dweller swarm? He’s been through a lot, but never expected an alliance as unlikely as pineapple breakfast pizza.

Seb thought he had it all: a dream ship, a crew of beautiful women, and enough credits to get them by. All he had to do was work for the very corporation that caused his incarceration 10 years ago. But with war breaking out across the galaxy, Seb gets a unique opportunity to free himself from his employer's yoke. One last impossible job: find a way to turn the tide of war. Seb and his crew will travel all over the galaxy, crash eccentric parties of the elite, and explore ancient ruins. But the journey won’t be without peril, as bounty hunters are pursuing the reward still on Seb’s head.

Das Ultimatum der Tarox zwingt Captain Pierce dazu, über die weitere Zukunft seiner Mannschaft zu entscheiden. Währenddessen planen Jay und Spooner eine waghalsige Rettungsmission, die sie direkt auf das Flaggschiff des Feindes führt.

As a captive in their mountain palace in Switzerland, Matt List begins to understand the power of Midas and his Ewige (Eternal Ones) to manipulate gold markets and human history. Thus began the destiny of the Army aviation pioneer to undermine the Ewige and their hold over mankind. Now, he uses the power of the financial tycoons in America to create the beginnings of a world freed from the dominion of gold and the Ewige. But will his battle with the Ewige cost him the love of Helene, the beautiful daughter of Midas? Will the ultimatum lead to the end of the carnage of the Great War?

Nachdem die Tyton-Allianz fest etabliert ist, sind alle bereit, das Obsidianische Tor zu verteidigen und den Taliz-Bewohnern die Stirn zu bieten. Noah wird natürlich das Leviathan-Element dieser Anstrengung anführen, wird aber bald gefangen genommen und vor der ersten großen Schlacht entführt. Kann er der Gehirnwäsche durch den gefürchtetsten Verhörspezialisten des Dweller-Schwarms widerstehen? Er hat schon viel durchgemacht, aber mit einer Allianz, die so unwahrscheinlich ist wie eine Ananas-Frühstückspizza, hat er nicht gerechnet.

Camden 1192 has proven himself to Icon, the most powerful Sheen leader in their conquest fleet. He has a new secret ally, Admiral Coraxis Glayn of the Gray Fleet. Neither are trustworthy. With his own ship and a loyal crew, he must track down the most elite members of the Protectorate shock troopers and learn their fate before everyone he cares about follows them into oblivion.

Der Konflikt um ITHAFOR-5 eskaliert - das Atopische Tribunal greift ein. Seit die Menschheit ins All aufgebrochen ist, hat sie eine aufregende, wechselvolle Geschichte erlebt: Die Terraner - wie sich die Angehörigen der geeinten Menschheit nennen - haben nicht nur seit Jahrtausenden die eigene Galaxis erkundet, sie sind längst in ferne Sterneninseln vorgestoßen.

For nearly a century, a wasted and savaged America has struggled to rise from the radioactive ashes of a Russian thermonuclear sneak attack. And one man has led the desperate fight to free a once-great nation from the enslaving clutches of the brutal Red Army invaders. He is Ted Rockson - the Doomsday Warrior.

Will the rise of machines result in our becoming slaves? What is the human consciousness? Science fiction fans whose typical Hollywood diet of future killer robots may not have considered the very real possibility that, when quantum computing gives rise to artificial intelligence, its rate of technological advancement will not only become exponential, but it will apprehend quickly (and scarily to us) who we are, and who IT is, especially if this A.I. has instant access to all human knowledge.