Rome, juin 2054, la Villa Fulci est prise d'assaut par un groupuscule de soldats du peuple EGM. Ces derniers réclament justice dans les conflits qui les opposent aux multicontinentales dans les exploitations minières de la grande ceinture des Astéroïdes. De son côté, Travis est en orbite dans la station internationale et attend le retour de la mission Europe lorsqu'une mutinerie est annoncée dans le vaisseau...
Istanbul, 31 mai 2053. Vlad Nyrki et Pacman apprennent que d'anciens gros bras des cyberneurs sont encore en vie. Ces derniers vendent leurs services aux sociétés qui se livrent une guerre sans merci pour contrôler la reconstruction d'Istanbul, ville martyr depuis le terrible tremblement de terre qui l'a plongée dans le chaos. Vlad mène l'enquête? et aboutit au siège de VITRUVIA à Istanbul.
En proie à l'alcoolisme, Travis émerge à peine... Vlad, qui ne ménage pas ses efforts pour le secouer, l'entraîne sur les traces de Haussen, responsable de la pollution des centres de traitement des eaux de la Lune. Ce dernier détient leur ami Pacman et prépare une opération de grande envergure... Tous les moyens seront bons pour l'éliminer, même solliciter l'aide de la redoutable tueuse, Miss Thundercat.
Travis, le pilote d'une navette d'approvisionnement, est en route vers une station scientifique orbitale capable de réguler à distance les phénomènes climatiques. Il est loin de se douter que des terroristes sont dissimulés à son bord ! À peine débarqué, le commando investit la station et réclame 3 millions de dollars de rançon. Il reste très peu de temps pour agir : on annonce le passage d'un cyclone dévastateur sur les Antilles...
Les multicontinentales Baxter & Martin et Transgenic, qui se livraient jusqu'à présent une concurrence sauvage, se liguent pour combattre les terroristes dont ils se disent victimes. À cette fin, ils doivent récupérer vivants les sept cybernateurs commanditaires des attentats. Alors qu'ils visitent la Tour Eiffel, Travis et Louise Beaulieu tombent dans un guet-apens tendu par Miss Thundercat, âme damnée de Big Blue. Après une discussion musclée et des plus persuasive, celui-ci engage Travis. Le Big Blue veut venger son père dont la mort est, selon lui, imputable à Martin. Travis est chargé de voler les sept caissons cryogéniques contenant les cybernateurs qui se trouvent cachés dans une ancienne base militaire située sur l'emplacement de la mythique Atlantide...
Destination New York. Big Apple donne toujours autant le vertige et réservera quelques belles surprises de taille à Travis ! Suspens et action garantis ! Accompagné de Vlad, Thundercat et Harker, Travis est à New York pour mettre la main sur des terroristes contrôlés par Dommy, une Intelligence Artificielle sur le point de s'accaparer les grands groupes de distribution des eaux mondiales. Mais dans l'ombre, une guerre plus impitoyable encore se prépare. Et si Big Apple n'était qu'un piège pour éloigner l'unique équipe capable de contrer la véritable menace ?
More than eighty of the loveliest, most tranquil, and sometimes hidden places in Paris are celebrated in this charming guidebook Quiet Corners of Paris is a beautifully illustrated peek into eighty-one often overlooked, always beautiful, locales: hidden villas, winding lanes, little-known 19th-century passages, serene gardens, and cobblestone courtyards. Some of the places have breathtaking views, others are filled with historic and architectural details, from stone archways, garden follies, boxwood mazes, ornamental statuary, stained glass, and Renaissance fountains. Follow a stone path under a trellis of blossoms or wander through a gate to discoverÉ
Janvier 2053. La menace de guerre orchestrée par les Cyberneurs plane toujours sur la planète. Conscient que le chemin qui va le conduire à l'ultime face-à-face sera tortueux et semé d'embûches, Travis accepte, une fois encore, de se jeter dans le vide.
In the insatiable quest for natural resources, humans are searching further and deeper into the earth, threatening to unleash monsters thought to be long gone...
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In the insatiable quest for natural resources, humans are searching further and deeper into the earth, threatening to unleash monsters thought to be long gone...
In the insatiable quest for natural resources, humans are searching further and deeper into the earth, threatening to unleash monsters thought to be long gone...
In the insatiable quest for natural resources, humans are searching further and deeper into the earth, threatening to unleash monsters thought to be long gone...
In the insatiable quest for natural resources, humans are searching further and deeper into the earth, threatening to unleash monsters thought to be long gone...
In the insatiable quest for natural resources, humans are searching further and deeper into the earth, threatening to unleash monsters thought to be long gone...
In the insatiable quest for natural resources, humans are searching further and deeper into the earth, threatening to unleash monsters thought to be long gone...
In the insatiable quest for natural resources, humans are searching further and deeper into the earth, threatening to unleash monsters thought to be long gone...
In the insatiable quest for natural resources, humans are searching further and deeper into the earth, threatening to unleash monsters thought to be long gone...
In the insatiable quest for natural resources, humans are searching further and deeper into the earth, threatening to unleash monsters thought to be long gone...
A journey to the green inferno of the African jungle brings one man face to face with his macabre past. Every year the storks would set off on their astounding 12,000-mile migration from Northern Europe to the remote Central African Republic. One year, inexplicably, puzzling numbers of them fail to return. At the invitation of a Swiss ornithologist, Louis Antioch agrees to investigate the mystery of the birds' disappearance. Before he can set off on his quest, however, his patron is found dead in bizarre circumstances. Jean-Christophe Grang-'s uncompromising narrative develops at a nightmare pace from a Bulgarian gypsy encampment to a kibbutz in the Occupied Territories, to the African jungle, to Calcutta, where an appalling and gruesome truth emerges: the end of a mission that began with the Flight of the Storks-
In the insatiable quest for natural resources, humans are searching further and deeper into the earth, threatening to unleash monsters thought to be long gone...
For lovers of Myst, Dungeons & Dragons, Cerebus and The Hobbit, comes The Quest for Aberzen -- something fresh in fantasy graphic novesl. Three heroes--intrepid, curious and idiotic -- join forces to reach the centre of an alien world. Their fate rests in their ability to conquer the deadly secrets that await them.
In the insatiable quest for natural resources, humans are searching further and deeper into the earth, threatening to unleash monsters thought to be long gone...
The almost 200 entries in the addictive Everything (or Almost Everything) About Paris are a witty and sophisticated treasure trove of facts, histories, lists, records, quotations, and miscellaneous oddities that go well beyond trivia to include significant cultural information and an enlightening glimpse of Parisian life: • An explanation of the Parisian chant of disillusionment: "métro, boulot, dodo;" • Addresses and descriptions of vineyards within the city limits; • Ten vintage aperitifs to order in bistros; • Imaginary Parisian streets that appear in novels; • The number of brothels, massage parlors, and “places of pleasure” listed in a 1922 guidebook; • Famous poisonings that occurred in Paris; • Mottos of the five greatest educational institutions in Paris; • Fines charged for municipal infractions, from feeding pigeons (35€) to appearing nude in a public place (35,000€ and imprisonment); • Histories of the cobblestones, the rooftops, and the trashcans of Paris; • Names of the most famous can-can dancers of the mid-19th and early 20th century; • The odd and scandalous history of villa Félicien-Fabre in the 16th arrondissement; • Thirty significant paintings displayed in churches in Paris ...and much, much, much more.
Faith, hope, and love are the three core realities of Christian existence. Reflecting on the meaning these three realities have for us today, Christophe Chalamet argues that we gain a deeper understanding of them as we consider them in their interrelation, rather than separately.
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