In Hungary, today is the name day for people called Martina.
Martina is a female given name, the female form of Martin and Martino. 10 famous Martinas:
Martina: empress of the Byzantine Empire (pictured), second wife of her uncle the emperor Heraclius, and regent in 641 with her son.
Martina Hingis: Swiss tennis player, the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and to attain a world No. 1 ranking.
Martina Gedeck: German actress. She achieved wider international acclaim due to her roles in films such as Mostly Martha (2001), The Lives of Others (2006), and The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008).
Martina Navratilova: Czech-American tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time
Martina McBride: American country music singer-songwriter known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material.
Martina of Rome: a patron saint of Rome, was martyred in 226. Her feast day is 30 January.
Martina Gillian Topley-Bird: English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, the featured female vocalist on trip hop pioneer Tricky's debut album, Maxinquaye (1995).
Martina Crespi: from the anime/manga Strike Witches.
Martina Crowe: from Trenton Lee Stewart's children's book series The Mysterious Benedict Society.
Martina Arroyo: American operatic soprano who had a major international opera career from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Beta
(Combat Team Series #2)
Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?
Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.
Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream.
Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.
Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.
Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.
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