Resultados para "Sin" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Perdido en la Barcelona preolímpica, el extraterrestre Gurb pone al servicio de su supervivencia la extraña cualidad de adoptar el aspecto que le plazca. Se pierde con la apariencia de Marta Sánchez, mientras su compañero alienígena inicia la búsqueda en la jungla urbana. Por su diario personal vamos conociendo las increíbles peripecias de un extraterrestre en Barcelona.

Marta es una chica gallega que vive en París cuando, un domingo cualquiera al amanecer, estalla la noticia: el mundo se acaba en 48 horas. Contaminación, pandemias, olas de calor, sequías... El planeta Tierra ha alcanzado un punto de no retorno. Perdida y confusa, Marta se lanza a la calle de manera atropellada. Solo sabe que tiene que huir de la capital francesa. Pero los transportes no funcionan y las comunicaciones están fuera de servicio.

"Una bruja sin escoba", primera parte de la trilogía "Historia de una bruja contemporánea". Desde tiempos inmemoriales, las brujas han sido perseguidas, a ellas se les ha atribuido la mayoría de las desgracias que les ocurrían a sus conciudadanos; pero ¿y si no fuera así? ¿Y si las brujas no son como nos han contado?

La tragedia se cierne sobre los nueve mundos. El sol y la luna están en peligro porque los hijos monstruosos de Loki les acechan. Buscan venganza por la condena de los dioses a su padre, atado a perpetuidad en una cueva y sufriendo el veneno de una víbora sobre su rostro. Odín intenta evitar que la profecía se cumpla, que la creación no caiga en un invierno perenne y las guerras lo arrasen todo. En el caos, Henrika, una joven granjera, deberá proteger la vida de los suyos.

La Esfera controla a la población. Los ciudadanos del Nido usan un entorno virtual para evadirse y de ese modo disfrutar de la libertad de la que carecen. Kala es una joven que rechaza esa manera de vivir y se ve obligada a cursar al Otro Lado para buscar a Beo, su mejor amigo, el cual lleva demasiados días sin aparecer. Pero en cuanto cruza, se da cuenta de que no está preparada para todo lo que le espera. Batallas encarnizadas y lugares donde la realidad y la ficción se entremezclan aguardan a Kala.

A young genius invented a super computer system, but this innovation unleashed massive destruction. I wonder if he will be able to atone for his sin?

Una peculiar novela de ficción prospectiva que nos lleva al año 2035, en el que la inteligencia artificial ha sustituido al ser humano en muchos aspectos relevantes de la vida cotidiana. A raíz de una serie de accidentes robóticos, las empresas genéticas se plantearán traer a la vida a neandertales como mano de obra. En medio de la situación, Laia, una española residente en San Francisco, se cruzará con Tessa, una joven embarazada que alberga en su interior un secreto que podría sacudir el mundo entero.

Diana, tras recibir y leer los diarios que Desmond le envía en el XXII, en los que se relata todo lo que ha vivido en su anterior reencarnación, decide reunirse con él. Sin embargo, contrariamente a lo que cree, la información que contienen los textos de poco le servirá. Desmond, Salomón, Ecles, Elda, Igor, Amaya, Antonio incluso Farid, Endora y Samanta, jugarán un papel muy importante en su nuevo presente; donde nada es lo que aparenta ser; donde cualquiera puede ser su aliado o su enemigo.

As a disgraced member of a fallen house, Cassandra Gataki has seen firsthand what comes from trusting the venomous Thirteen. But when the maddeningly gorgeous and kind Apollo asks her to go undercover as his plus-one at a week-long party hosted by a dangerous new power player...Cassandra reluctantly agrees to have his back. But she has one condition: when it's all over and Apollo has the ammunition he needs to protect Olympus, she and her sister will be allowed to leave—for good.

The 'Wasting' (HIV) has caused devastating destruction throughout the known world and severely limited the development of technology as well, creating a mid-nineteenth century England and London almost unrecognizable to us. This is the world Viola is born into. Extremely intelligent and growing up in a house full of medical books which she reads, she dreams of traveling to far-off places, something she can only do via books since her actions and movements are severely restricted by law custom.

She wants peace in a world made of chaos. He wants to rid himself of a lifetime of guilt. They’re soul mates, but that’s no guarantee. They’ll need to rely on each other to find their happily ever after. Because the fight never ends - it just gets easier with someone at your side.

Un molinero trabaja duro todos los días para mantener a su familia. Entonces, un día, un caballero de ojos negros lo visita y le ofrece una oportunidad inesperada de riqueza. El caballero se encargará de todas las preocupaciones del molinero con una condición: que se quede con lo que hay detrás del molino. ¿Ese viejo manzano, piensa el molinero? Eso es fácil de dar por perdido. Sin embargo, no se da cuenta de que su hija está parada afuera junto al árbol...

Kieran has stepped up to take his place as the ruler of magical San Francisco. As his girlfriend I'm in the spotlight, and the Hades Demigods have taken notice. They want me on their team, and they don’t plan on asking nicely. Kieran and I are both under fire. They will kill him to get to me, and they'll take me by force if necessary. It is essential I learn more of my magic. With no other options, I do what scares me the most—I summon the last Spirit Walker to help train me.

Dead, dead, dead. Say it enough times and it becomes just another word. What would you do? Could you kill a killer? Does the death of one appease the deaths of a hundred? What about that hundred against a thousand? What if you had no choice? Meet Sin. No, not that sort of sin, but Sin, crazy as a loon (you ask Sister Moon), and proud of it. Sin locks himself away in an asylum and, every so often, gets violent. That's only so they'll give him those nice drugs, though. The ones that help him forget. It's a pity they don't work.

Valens has noticed his two missing employees. It won't be long before he knows who is responsible. It won't be long before he claims his vengeance. The race is on. Kieran and Lexi must scrape together an army worthy of taking on the Demigod of San Francisco before he destroys them all. But Valens isn't Lexi's only problem. Mordecai's rapid recovery has been noticed, and he has once again become a threat to his old pack.

I've agreed to work for a Demigod. My job? Find the spirit of his mother and release her before his vengeful father finds out and kills us all. Have I lost my mind? Thankfully, I don't have to do it alone. Kieran has brought in help: a Necromancer who loves to flirt with danger. Bria can help me find the clues to free Kieran's mom.

A young genius invented a super computer system, but this innovation unleashed massive destruction. I wonder if he will be able to atone for his sin?

Bruised, stoned, and still adjusting to her latest wear implants, apprentice enforcer Taya Mint plunges into the darkest depths of Megastructure Seven Zero Three, challenging everything she thought she knew about life within the walls she has never stepped beyond. With only one assignment left to earn her full license, Taya finally stands a chance to rebuild a life wounded by grief. But she quickly discovers that the kidnapping she's investigating is just one piece of a puzzle—one that leads to grisly death and the greedy heart of power within the structure.

A year has passed since Auric Manteo descended into the haunted depths of a Djao ruin to return a lethal artifact, only to face down a bloodthirsty, imprisoned god. Now, his daughter, Agnes, comes to bring him back to the capital with promises of hidden secrets finally revealed. But the city decays, poisonous disorder is rife, and whispered prophecy foretells of cataclysm and doom. Summoned by their no-longer human queen, Auric and Agnes are commanded to carry out an impossible task, one that can be accomplished only with the mysterious blade, Szaa’da’shaela.

Who shot the Watcher? Uatu, a mysterious being who observes mankind from the moon, is dead. Nick Fury forges unlikely alliances to lead a cosmos-spanning investigation into the murder. Doctor Strange and the Punisher travel to another dimension. The Guardians of the Galaxy, Moon Knight, and the Winter Soldier head into deep space, and Emma Frost, Ant-Man, and Black Panther journey to the center of the Earth. The facts they uncover lead them to strange and unnerving conclusions.