Showing results for "Veritas" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

When Horus' treachery was declared, the Iron Hands primarch Ferrus Manus sped to the Isstvan system with his elite forces to confront the traitors...and fell into their trap, losing the battle and his life. The X Legion warship Veritas Ferrum arrives in the Isstvan system in the second wave of Imperial forces. Battered by the foes and forced to retreat, the crew must make a difficult choice when survivors of the massacre ask for aid. Has the nascent war already started to claim the humanity of those involved?

Hester Grayson's own soul is at stake when she works with the dead. Either they cross over to the spirit world in a timely fashion or become hideous wraiths doomed to haunt her for eternity.

Si insinuano nell'intimità degli appartamenti, rimbalzano tra le facciate dei palazzi, aleggiano nelle vie, nei giardini della piazza dell'Acquario: sono i responsi di Varami, l'app in grado di confermare o smentire la veridicità di ciò che le persone affermano. All'inizio sembra la realizzazione di un desiderio proibito: poter accedere ai pensieri altrui.

Cosa accadrebbe se si scoprisse che quanto si conosce del mondo non è altro che una menzogna? È la domanda alla base di questo futuristico romanzo, un thriller intenso, ironico e paranoico in cui Philip K. Dick affronta i temi a lui cari della manipolazione della realtà e della dicotomia falso/autentico.

Lucien Bandemyr, Crown Prince of the Qorathi Empire, looked forward to adventure, excitement, and glory from his first campaign outside of the Empire's star systems. Instead, he found frustration and betrayal, as an assassination attempt, coupled with an unexpected military catastrophe, put him squarely in the center of a galaxy-wide struggle for power. With his father near death, his most trusted advisors not above suspicion, and a Republican-minded princess seemingly determined to set his mind awhirl, Lucien sets out to right the military situation.

Sneak peek into the first five chapters of the unreleased new fantasy book series, "The Legend of Veritas - The Awakening". Follow the bloodmages as they learn to master their bloodmagic amidst the rising of a great game of power, a game which recruits players involuntarily to fight for their side until they die or until the game ends. The side of Light has the odds greatly stacked against them.

Television investigator Lauren Grayson and her husband Rowan are shooting a new show for The Escape Channel. But the assassination of a Russian cosmonaut - just as he declares that aliens exist - and her estranged brother’s discovery of bizarre space signals, interrupt their plans. Lauren races to find the truth and to stay ahead of world governments trying to stifle her investigation. Her efforts convince her that aliens not only exist, but have drawn Earth into a cosmic confrontation.

Le famose storie dell'orrore dello scrittore statunitense Howard Phillips Lovecraft continuano a far discutere gli appassionati, incerti se collocarle nella categoria del fantastico più originale o delle cronache di un possibile domani, di un oggi "laterale" in cui antichi misteri si aprono come crepe nel tessuto della realtà. "La verità sul defunto Arthur Jermyn" raccontato e interpretato con dialoghi, atmosfere, effetti sonori e musiche.

Newlywed, pregnant, and unable to travel, Lauren Grayson sends her husband, Rowan, and their team to investigate the Mayan End-of-Days for her television show, The Veritas Codex. They encounter decaying skeletons, cryptic monoliths - and a secret saboteur with his eye on ancient treasures. He’s willing to resort to anything - including murder.

Una lettera di fondamentale importanza cade nella mani sbagliate e, nonostante i mille sforzi della polizia, non c’è modo di recuperarla...

Il genio di Edgar Allan Poe che racconta l'ignoto, l'orrore, a volte il raccapriccio emerge dall’inizio alla fine di questi quattro racconti...