Robert Thurston Knihy

Vetřelec – Robert Thurston Aliance – Jerry Oltion

Dispatch Horse to the planet Huntress! The orders to investigate the secret experiment being done by the Falcons on the Smoke Jaguar homeworld came down from the Jade Falcon Khan herself. But does the covert mission require the natural bravery of a freeborn warrior - or do Horse's genetically engineered comrades consider him expendable?The perilous trek is dead-ended by a crash landing - right into a Smoke Jaguar trap. His 'Mech confiscated, his DropShip down, his Trinary imprisoned, Horse is duty bound to the enemy Jaguars - and closer to the core of the strange secrets of the Falcon stronghold than he ever imagined. For the Clan, the consequences could be explosive. For Horse, they could be fatal...

In the 31st century, the BattleMech is the ultimate war machine. Thirty meters tall, and vaguely, menacingly man-shaped, it is an unstoppable engine of destruction.In the 31st century, the Clans are the ultimate warriors. The result of generations of controlled breeding, Clan Warriors pilot their BattleMechs like no others.In the 31st century, Aidan aspires to be a Warrior of Clan Jade Falcon. To win the right to join the Clan in battle, he must succeed in trials that will forge him into one of the best warriors in the galaxy, or break him completely.In the 31st century, Aidan discovers that the toughest battle is not in the field, but in his head - where failure will cost him the ultimate price: his humanity.

The Greatest Space Epic ever from ABC-TV and Universal. At the end of a bloody thousand-year war against an invincible enemy, an uneasy peace has finally been achieved between humans and the dreaded cyborg warriors of the Cylon Empire. But peace soon turns to bloodshed when the Cylons launch an unexpected attack against humanity's twelve Colonial worlds, wiping out most of the inhabitants.

As the Khans of the Clans gather on Strana Mechty to plan a new invasion of the Inner Sphere, Jade Falcon Khan Marthe Pryde strives to rebuild her Clan to its former glory. She bloods new warriors and wins others in Trials from other Clans, but she cannot waste any fine warrior - even those who are freeborn. She gives a Trinary composed entirely of freeborns to a freeborn Star Captain and allows Diana, the freeborn daughter of a Jade Falcon hero, to compete for a bloodname.The Khans of the Steel Vipers - long-standing rivals of the Falcons - use these radical moves against Marthe, attacking her in the Grand Council. In the midst of this war of intimidation, the Inner Sphere accomplishes the unthinkable - an invasion of Clan space. But even that cannot stop Marthe Pryde or the Steel Vipers as their ripening conflict explodes into war...

This is a novel about the life of Christopher Columbus, written by Robert Thurston, based on the screenplay by Roselyne Bosch. Gerard Depardieu plays Christopher Columbus in the Ridley Scott film.

IMPERIEN STOSSEN ZUSAMMEN... Im Jahre 2786 verließ die Sternenbundarmee die Innere Sphäre und überließ die von Menschen besiedelte Milchstraße den Nachfolgefürsten und dem sinnlosen Blutvergießen ihrer Machtkämpfe. Heute, fast dreihundert Jahre später, richten die Clans als Erben der Sternenbundarmee ihren Blick wieder auf ihre frühere Heimat. Nichts soll sie daran hindern, über Terra wieder das Banner des Sternenbundes zu entfalten. ARMEEN STOSSEN ZUSAMMEN... Zwei Jahre lang haben die BattleMechs der Clans die Heere der korrupten Nachfolgefürsten gejagt. Jetzt stehen die Clans vor einer letzten Schlacht, einer Schlacht, die für alle Zeiten das Schicksal der Menschheit entschieden wird. KULTUREN STOSSEN ZUSAMMEN... Für Sterncolonel Aidan Pryde vom Clan Jadefalke ist diese Schlacht mehr als nur eine Frage militärischer Eroberung. Sie ist eine Bestätigung für die Überlegenheit der Clankultur, einer Kultur, die zu erhalten er geschworen hat. Doch er muß fürchten, daß sein Kreuzzug dem Ehrgeiz und der Gier seiner Vorgesetzten zum Opfer fällt...