Resultados para "New York" en Ciencia ficción

In the year AD 3000, Earth is a dystopian wasteland, plundered of its natural resources by alien conquerors known as Psychlos. Fewer than 35,000 humans survive in a handful of communities scattered across the face of a post-apocalyptic Earth. From the ashes of humanity rises a young hero, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler. Setting off on an initial quest to discover a hidden evil, Jonnie unlocks the mystery of humanity’s demise and unearths a crucial weakness in their oppressors.

Il livello delle acque del mare si è alzato, sommergendo improvvisamente l'intera città di New York. Ogni strada si è trasformata in un canale, ogni grattacielo in un'isola a sé stante. Ma per i residenti di un edificio di Madison Square, la New York del 2140 è ben lontana dall'essere una metropoli isolata e perduta, e tutto sembra procedere esattamente come prima del disastro climatico.

In Massachusetts, neuroscience students Luke, Josh, and Hope have formed an unbreakable and unconditional friendship. Bound by their wit, brilliance, and curiosity, they throw themselves heart and soul into their research. Their new computer program can capture a person’s entire consciousness, memory, and personality - a digital map of the brain’s connections that promises to bridge the relationship between human and machine, between the past and the future. When Hope is diagnosed with a fatal and aggressive illness, their work takes on a new significance and urgency.

Joan Cooper is a 17-year-old genius who was traumatized by the death of her older sister and who tries to rebuild her shattered world by studying string theory and the efforts to unify the laws of physics. But as she tackles the complex equations, she falls prey to disturbing visions of a divine being who wants to help her unveil the universe’s mathematical design. Joan must enter the battle between science and religion, fighting for her sanity and a new understanding of the cosmos.

Hugh McDaniel lives in Queens, New York. He's a genius, and he has been struggling to pick one area to focus his life’s work on. His brother and best friend, Travis, is a marine officer. They get along very well, despite their differences. When aliens suddenly invade and destroy their entire culture, they are forced to struggle together in the ruins. At first they just tried to survive; to collect food, medicine, weapons, and to find other survivors. But now, they've set their sights higher: on resistance and reclaiming their planet from invaders.

A mysterious electrical storm plunges Manhattan into darkness. As a strange, smothering fog rolls in, all communication crashes. In the blink of an eye, the island seems to vanish into a void. FBI special agent Jessica Blackwood and brilliant scientist Dr. Theo Cray know this isn’t a freak accident. It’s a sinister sleight of hand. Their greatest adversary, a serial killer and cultist known as the Warlock, has escaped during a prison transfer in New York. A depraved master of manipulation, he promised the end of days. He’s making good on it.

Storskalig terrorattack, influensapandemi och ett kollapsat Wall Street. New York är en skugga av sitt forna jag. Medan staden kämpar sig upp ur vrakresterna intar en namnlös man stadsbiblioteket på 42nd Street. En man med tvångssyndrom, en stor kärlek till litteratur och en komplicerad moralkod. Minnet sviktar och inte ens han själv känner till hemligheten om sitt eget mörka förflutna.

Dopo essersi svegliati in un mondo disabitato, alcuni sopravvissuti vivono rintanati in un albergo, mentre fuori misteriose creature continuano a moltiplicarsi e ad aspettare… Luca è riuscito finalmente a liberare Paola dal sogno che la teneva prigioniera. Ma il ragazzo ha pagato un prezzo molto alto: al suo risveglio, si è ritrovato invecchiato di cinque anni. Nella città di New York, Times Square è una sconcertante e immensa distesa di corpi umani che si sovrappongono.

Coloro che per uno scherzo del destino sono stati condannati a un'esistenza desolata e pericolosa su quello che un tempo era considerato il mondo degli uomini, sanno di avere un conto in sospeso con il male oscuro e sconosciuto che li ha scelti come vittime. Sono soli e abbandonati a sé stessi, eppure inscindibilmente legati a coloro con cui condividono la sorte, uomini che un tempo avrebbero forse disprezzato e che ora invece considerano l'unica speranza rimasta in quel nuovo universo, dominato da forze insondabili e nemiche. Brent, Luca, Charlie, Boricio.

È alle 02:15, in piena notte, che accade. Ma solo al risveglio l'umanità - o quel che ne resta - se ne rende conto. Il mondo è deserto, gli uomini che lo popolavano dissolti nel nulla. Familiari, amici, conoscenti, vicini di casa... sono tutti scomparsi, come non fossero mai esistiti. Non rimane che una manciata di sopravvissuti.

Kylie Rhoads is a junker. She makes her living traveling the stars, salvaging abandoned ships left over from pirate attacks on the edge of the Gedri system. Some of the hulls are legal for the taking, most aren't. When a salvage job goes bad, Kylie finds herself on the wrong end of a gun. The hand holding that gun? The SA Space Force, just the people Kylie wants to avoid. To avoid prison, Kylie makes a deal to go deep into the Gedri System and rescue a simple girl. But out on the fringe, nothing is as it seems.