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An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind’s most thrilling fantasies have come true. Creatures extinct for eons roam Jurassic Park with their awesome presence and profound mystery, and all the world can visit them—for a price. Until something goes wrong... In Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton taps all his mesmerizing talent and scientific brilliance to create his most electrifying technothriller.

435pages. 15,0cm x 23,5cm x 3,2cm. broché. Au muséum d'histoire naturelle de Paris, les éminences scientifiques sont en é une météorite antérieure à la création du système solaire apporterait la preuve de l'origine extra-terrestre de la vie. La découverte pourrait remettre en question l'existence même de Dieu! Darwinisme et créationnisme s'opposent à nouveau violemment. Au même moment, la météorite disparaît et une série de crimes rituels vient bouleverser l'institution. S'agit-il d'un psychopathe, d'une vengeance, d'un ccmplot ? Véronique Roy, bibliothécaire archiviste, a passé plusieurs années au Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Paris, microcosme dont elle connaît parfaitement les coulisses et les acteurs.

When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the aliens traverse the country in huge three\-legged machines, incinerating all in their path with a heat ray and spreading noxious toxic gases, the people of the Earth must come to terms with the prospect of the end of human civilization and the beginning of Martian rule. Inspiring films, radio dramas, comic\-book adaptations, television series and sequels,The War of the Worlds is a prototypical work of science fiction which has influenced every alien story that has come since, and is unsurpassed in its ability to thrill, well over a century since it was first published.

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human error” are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he?

Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling off the impossible is just the start of her problems, as she learns that she's stepped square into a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself—and that now, her only chance at survival lies in a gambit even riskier than the first.

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated space-faring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. For their own safety, exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team of scientists is conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid—a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, Murderbot wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is, but when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and Murderbot to get to the truth.

A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a new home. But when they find it, can their desperation overcome its dangers? WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age—a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?

Wayward Pines, Idaho, is quintessential small-town America—or so it seems. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in search of two missing federal agents, yet soon is facing much more than he bargained for. After a violent accident lands him in the hospital, Ethan comes to with no ID and no cell phone. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but sometimes feels...off. As days pass, Ethan's investigation into his colleagues' disappearance turns up more questions than answers WHY CAN'T HE MAKE CONTACT WITH HIS FAMILY IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD? WHY DOESN'T ANYONE BELIEVE HE IS WHO HE SAYS HE IS? AND WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE ELECTRIFIED FENCES ENCIRCLING THE TOWN? ARE THEY KEEPING THE RESIDENTS IN? OR SOMETHING ELSE OUT? Each step toward the truth takes Ethan further from the world he knows, until he must face a horrifying fact—he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive.....

Welcome to Wayward Pines, population 461. Nestled amidst picture-perfect mountains, the idyllic town is a modern-day Eden...except for the electrified fence and razor wire, snipers scoping everything 24/7, and the relentless surveillance tracking each word and gesture. None of the residents know how they got here. They are told where to work, how to live, and who to marry. Some believe they are dead. Others think they’re trapped in an unfathomable experiment. Everyone secretly dreams of leaving, but those who dare face a terrifying surprise. Ethan Burke has seen the world beyond. He’s sheriff, and one of the few who knows the truth—Wayward Pines isn’t just a town. And what lies on the other side of the fence is a nightmare beyond anyone’s imagining.

Welcome to Wayward Pines, the last town. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. Their children are taught that David Pilcher, the town’s creator, is god. No one is allowed to leave; even asking questions can get you killed. But Ethan has discovered the astonishing secret of what lies beyond the electrified fence that surrounds Wayward Pines and protects it from the terrifying world beyond. It is a secret that has the entire population completely under the control of a madman and his army of followers, a secret that is about to come storming through the fence to wipe out this last, fragile remnant of humanity.

In de afgelopen jaren heeft Kelly, naast haar warm onthaalde Lentagon-serie, ook meerdere korte verhalen geschreven en ingestuurd naar verhalenwedstrijden. De twaalf beste van deze verhalen zijn opgenomen in deze bundel, inclusief “Roze water”, het verhaal waarmee ze in 2013 Fantastels won, en drie korte verhalen die zich in de Lentagon-wereld afspelen. De overige verhalen spelen zich af op aarde, in een magische setting of in de toekomst. Ze gaan onder andere over een jonge poortwachter die een gruwelijke keuze moet maken om haar stad te beschermen, een jongen die na een experiment met drugs ontdekt dat hij buiten de tijd kan stappen, een meisje dat tijdens haar nachtdienst belaagd wordt door een demonische entiteit, een priester die oog in oog komt te staan met zijn stervende god, en een dief die het keizerlijk paleis probeert te beroven. Allemaal alledaagse mensen die in niet-alledaagse situaties terecht komen en keuzes moeten maken die hun bevatting te boven gaan. Deze bundel is een ode aan de verloren zielen: de helden waar niemand over zingt, omdat ze niet altijd triomfantelijk thuiskomen, maar wier verhalen wel het interessantst zijn.

De Lentagon; De ultieme fusie tussen wetenschap en magie. Een magische energieversterker, die voorspoed en welvaart had moeten brengen, maar in plaats daarvan een deel van de hoofdstad van Parsia in de as legde. Omdat iedereen zich ervan bewust is dat dit wonder van technologie in de verkeerde handen een gruwelijk wapen kan zijn, wordt de Lentagon achter slot en grendel opgeborgen. Dan gebeurt het ondenkbare en wordt de Lentagon door een stel terroristen gestolen. Joy Harting, die zelf niet bijster magisch getalenteerd is, houdt zich niet zo bezig met de politiek rond de Lentagon. Dat verandert, als ze op de snelweg naar Mentorn haar duim opsteekt voor een lift. Vanaf dat moment wordt ze meegesleurd in een wilde klopjacht, met als inzet het krachtigste massavernietigingswapen dat ooit bestaan heeft...