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Book Description The fourth official tie-in novel to MASS EFFECT, the award-winning videogame Product Description This novel continues the all-new, completely original story begun in the first three MASS EFFECT stories. The heroine, Gillian, was once the subject of horrifying scientific experiments, but now, after her rescue, she is beginning to master her amazing powers. But when she falls under the sway of a radical group who believes their powers make them superior to ordinary humans, she finds herself faced with a choice between her destiny . . . and her humanity. About the Author WILLIAM C. DIETZ is the best-selling author of more than thirty novels some of which have been translated into German, Russian, and Japanese. He grew up in the Seattle area, spent time with the Navy and Marine Corps as a medic, graduated from the University of Washington, lived in Africa for half a year, and has traveled to six continents. Dietz has been employed as a surgical technician, college instructor, news writer, television producer and Director of Public Relations and Marketing for an international telephone company. Dietz is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the Writer's Guild, and the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. He and his wife live in Washington State where they enjoy traveling, kayaking, and not too surprisingly, reading books.

One marine squad, led by young upstart Jim Raynor and giant Tychus Findlay, are prepared to battle a corrupt government as it works for interplanetary domination in this action-packed thriller set in the StarCraft universe. For the poor, hardworking citizens of the Confederacy’s fringe worlds, the Guild Wars have exacted a huge toll. Swayed by the promise of financial rewards, a new batch of recruits joins the fight alongside a slew of mysteriously docile criminals—and a few dubious military leaders. Eighteen-year-old Jim Raynor, full of testosterone and eager to make things right at home, ships off to boot camp, but he soon discovers that the official mission is not what he’s really fighting for. For the first time ever, StarCraft enthusiasts will learn the ori­gins of the enduring friendship between Jim Raynor and the streetwise soldier Tychus Findlay. Watch as they battle on the front lines of a fierce interplanetary war and bear witness to the Confederacy’s rank corruption—corruption so reprehensible that it rains immeasurable death and destruction upon the government’s own people.

Großbritannien, Juli 1951: Vor drei Jahren wurde Russland von den Chimera, gefräßigen außerirdischen Eindringlingen, überrannt. Im Dezember 1949 durchbrachen sie die Grenze und breiteten sich über Europa aus. Die glücklichsten Menschen starben, während andere einem verheerenden Virus erlagen und sich veränderten. Innerhalb eines Jahres fiel der größte Teil Europas, doch Großbritannien konnte die Chimera nach einem verzweifelten Kampf zurückhalten. Während die Chimera zurückgedrängt wurden, entwickelten sie sich weiter und planten ihre nächste Offensive. Amerika, November 1952: Die Chimera haben den Atlantik überquert und führen verheerende Blitzangriffe auf die amerikanischen Grenzen durch. Städte fallen, und Bürger verwandeln sich in Ungeheuer. Leutnant Nathan Hale, U.S. Ranger und Veteran des Chimeran-Konflikts, ist immun gegen den Virus. Als reguläre Truppen dem Ansturm nicht gewachsen sind, führt Hale sein Spezialoperationsteam direkt gegen die Bedrohung. Während sie gegen die Chimera kämpfen, entbrennen im Weißen Haus tödliche Machtspiele. Hale entdeckt eine weitreichende Verschwörung mit katastrophalen Folgen für die Menschheit, die seine Loyalität gegenüber seinem Land und der Menschheit auf die Probe stellt.

Agent 47, der beste Attentäter der Agency, wird von der rivalisierenden Organisation Puissance Treize zum Ziel. Allein und verfolgt von Killerkommandos, muss er alles geben, um den tödlichen Wettlauf zu gewinnen und seinen Gegnern zu zeigen, was es bedeutet, mit dem Besten seiner Zunft anzulegen.

In the future, the terminally ill can prolong life by surrendering their consciousness to a cybernetic life form that is then recruited into the notorious Legion of the Damned, an elite fighting unit charged with protecting humanity.

Die Sammlung präsentiert die drei HALO-Romane: „Die Schlacht um Reach“, „Die Invasion“ und „Erstschlag“, die die aufregende Vorgeschichte zum beliebten Xbox-Spiel HALO erzählen. Sie beleuchten den erbitterten Konflikt zwischen der Menschheit und der Allianz und bieten actionreiche Science-Fiction für Fans des Genres.

In the future, the terminally ill can prolong life by surrendering their consciousness to a cybernetic life form that is then recruited into the notorious Legion of the Damned, an elite fighting unit charged with protecting humanity.

L'adattamento del celebre videogioco Halo: Combat Evolved con il Master Chief, parte dell'universo espanso basato sulla premiata serie di videogiochi. Nel 2552, dopo aver appena sfuggito alla battaglia finale per Reach contro l'alleanza aliena nota come Covenant, l'equipaggio della Pillar of Autumn, incluso il Spartan John-117—il Master Chief—e la sua compagna AI Cortana, è costretto a un'escursione disperata nello slipspace. Ma la loro destinazione li porta a un antico mistero e a una lotta ancora più grande. In questo angolo remoto dell'universo fluttua un magnifico e massiccio mondo anello artificiale. L'unica speranza di sopravvivenza dell'equipaggio è atterrare sulla sua superficie e combattere contro il Covenant. Scoprono presto che questo enigmatico mondo anello è molto più di quanto sembri. Costruito centomila anni fa da una civiltà perduta nota come i Forerunners, questo "Halo" è venerato dal Covenant—un artefatto sacro che sperano completi la loro ricerca religiosa di trascendenza, e faranno di tutto per controllarlo. In combattimenti feroci, il Master Chief e Cortana si addentreranno nella costruzione di Halo e sveleranno il suo oscuro segreto e il vero scopo, mentre un nemico mostruoso e molto più feroce del Covenant emerge per minacciare tutta la vita senziente su Halo e nella galassia oltre…

An invasion by the alien Saurons has devastated Earth, until Jack Manning, Chief of Security of a government created to insure human cooperation with the conquerors, and Alex Franklin, the government's puppet president, join forces to undertake an underground war of resistance. Reprint.

On Black Friday, the aliens attacked. The human race was enslaved. But soon, everything will change.

In a Legion gone lax, Colonel Bill Booly, with his mixed-blood and by-the-book attitude, is a misfit. So when he steps on some important toes, his punishment is assignment to the worst post in the galaxy: Earth. But Booly and his troops will turn out to be Earth's best line of defense, with a Legion-led military coup topples the government.

It falls to Harley Doon, an android and a most reluctant hero, to unite the human, alien, and android forces on a future planet against an alien race that seeks to use its total control of technology for evil

Als Kyle Katarn vom Tod seines Vaters erfährt, der angeblich von einem Rebellen getötet wurde, verlässt er die Militärakademie und macht sich sofort auf die Heimreise. Unterwegs lernt er eine junge Agentin der Rebellen kennen und beschliesst, mit ihr gemeinsam seinen Vater zu rächen.

But for Princess Claudia, it is the chance to seize power and plunge humanity into war. Only the prince can stop her--and only McCade, the galaxy's best bounty hunter, can find him in time.