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Elizabeth Carter doesn't want to go to her family reunion—but she doesn't want to be abducted by aliens either. The earth isn't the only planet with life, and it makes a very good tourist trap. Elizabeth Carter and her mom are on their way to the woods for the Carter Annual Family Reunion, but it's the last place on earth they wanna be.

Kiras Sorgen haben gerade erst begonnen. Sie hat eine frischgebackene Allianz mit Außerirdischen zu pflegen, eine Siedlung zu leiten und Fähigkeiten zu erlernen, und das alles, während sie sich mitten in einer Apokalypse mit ihren Kindern rumschlägt.

Here, it was almost inevitable that this subject would attract the interest of H.G Wells in the batch of sci-fi novels that he wrote between 1895 and 1901. In Well's story, the vehicle is not a balloon, as in many of the previous accounts, but a sphere made of a mysterious substance, named "cavorite" after its inventor, Cavor, who accompanies the narrator, Bedford, on the trek to the moon. The ascent is made possible by the fact the "cavorite" is, in Well's words, "transparent to gravity."

After the massive battle to save today's Earth went horribly wrong, leaving a huge fleet of ghost ships hanging over the planet, humanity is left to fight for itself. Can we use our genetic link to the fleet's fallen commanders to rein in the ships before they start crashing down onto an already battered world? And when dark galactic forces once again amass in our skies, can humanity make a stand?

Die Menschheit steht kurz vor ihrer Unterwerfung durch die außerirdische Macht. In höchster Not schmieden Diego Alvaro, Dr. Paul Bingley und General McDonnell einen verzweifelten Plan für einen finalen Gegenschlag. Es ist die letzte Möglichkeit, die drohende Vernichtung unserer Zivilisation durch einen gnadenlosen und überlegenen Feind abzuwenden. Aber die Chancen stehen schlecht, denn die kollektive Intelligenz der Aliens steckt in Diegos Kopf und sieht jeden Schritt voraus. Wird es ihnen dennoch gelingen, die Erde vor der Versklavung zu retten?

The Milkyway’s predominant species discovers a lost colony of their ancestors—humans—populating today’s Earth. Then our genetic link draws the attention and enmity of their galactic rivals.

When three childhood friends Ola, Jennet, and Sikat get posted on an asteroid mining station in deep space, they know it’s going to be difficult. There’s a reason why the corporation is paying them enough to retire in their 20s. However, they don’t expect the trouble to start so soon after their arrival...nor do they expect to face the possibility of slow, agonizing death.

The Takeover: Part 2 continues as Sergeant Renee Childs, now accompanied by several US federal agents, as well as her own team of soldiers, attempt to fend off another attack by a growing number of aliens.

Am Gemini North Observatorium entdeckt die NASA-Physikerin Melody Adams in Teleskopdaten einen Himmelskörper nahe Pluto, der gar nicht existieren dürfte. Was sie für ein künstliches Objekt extraterrestrischen Ursprungs hält, wird von weiten Teilen der Wissenschaftswelt als Messfehler abgetan und die NASA scheut Ablenkungen von ihrem Artemis-Programm. Erst zwei Jahre später erhält Melody Besuch vom Secret Service. Das Objekt nähert sich Saturn und verhält sich eigenartig: Es wird langsamer.

For Flight Engineer Cynthia Han and her fellow astronauts aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 81 has proved as mundane as space travel ever gets. Yes, this would be Cynthia’s final NASA mission, for reasons she has so far kept from the rest of the crew; and yes, the latest billionaire “space tourist” has managed to irritate everyone on board. Still, none of them could have asked for a smoother experience. Until the morning they wake up to silence. All communication with Earth, gone.

Jim Atteberry is a single parent college professor, laboring over an endless pile of essays while indulging in his radio astronomy hobby. But when he hears an apparent distress call from the Ross 128 star system, he is hurled into a deadly mystery. And what he discovers could either save the world... or destroy it.

As a professional finder, Fergus Ferguson is hired to locate missing objects and steal them back. But it is rarely so simple, especially after his latest job in Cernee. He’s been recovering from that experience in the company of friends, the Shipmakers of Pluto, experts at crafting top-of-the-line AI spaceships. The Shipmakers have convinced Fergus to finally deal with unfinished business he's been avoiding for half his life: Earth. Fergus hasn’t been back to his homeworld since he was fifteen, when he stole his cousin’s motorcycle and ran away.

My name is Bixby. I'm a survivor. After eight years of fighting the alien invaders and gangs of ravagers that destroyed our world, we thought we had lived through the worst of it.

I am the Ambassador to the Agnorrian Empire and bearer of the goddess of home’s eye. I am one of the most important men in the Alliance Empire. However, I’ve had to leave my diplomatic vessel on Earth’s moon for repairs and return to the Empire on a cargo ship. This is unfortunate, but that's not what’s troubling me.

I was forced to volunteer. Transported to an alien world. Stolen by an alien pirate. I must integrate to gain my freedom.

John Sarangan wanted nothing more than to be left alone. He despised all humans, all the terran noise. So when the opportunity arose for him to work by himself at the Moonbase running geophysical surveys, he jumped at the opportunity.

As the lead on his strike team, Jaxim is the one who destroys alien strongholds, but Amira has completely undermined the one around his heart. They are going to have to work together to get Jaxim, his team, and the human hostages out of the line of fire before the war destroys everything they hold dear.

Elliot has just finished his third year of college as a finance major. After some tragic family news, he isn’t sure what the future holds. Working part time at the video rental store, Elliot is dumped and offered a promotion, all on the eve of the island’s biggest celebratory day: The Fourth of July. With the help of his best friend, Bones, the new waitress from the local diner, and a mysterious soldier, Elliot must uncover the secrets that surround Bell Island before it’s too late.

Thomas Newton aterriza en Kentucky escapando de su planeta, Anthea, que ha sido devastado por las guerras nucleares y cuyos habitantes son el doble de inteligentes que los humanos. Adopta una apariencia humanoide y se pone manos a la obra para traer a sus compañeros alienígenas y salvarlos de la extinción. Pero su trabajo y la avanzada tecnología antheana que utiliza llaman la atención de Nathan Bryce, profesor de química que no tarda en presumir que Newton esconde algo bajo la superficie.

Veränderungen versetzen die Unbekannte Welt in Aufruhr. In der ersten Woche nach ihrem "Erwachen" hat Bethany Anne schon einiges in Bewegung gesetzt. Nun verliert das amerikanische Militär zusehends gute Männer, weil in ihren Einsatzteams ein unterstützender Vampir fehlt. Frank Kurns hofft, dass Bethany Anne helfen kann und wird.

Nach dem Erstkontakt in der Mojave-Wüste versuchen die CIA-Agentin Veronica Keyes und der Prospektor Nick Hargraves Beweise für fortgesetzte Alien-Aktivitäten zu finden. Der erste Schock über die Ankunft des außerirdischen Schiffs ist aus der Öffentlichkeit verschwunden und die Regierung ist mit dem Krieg in Europa beschäftigt. Doch dann kommt es im Nordosten der USA zu einem unerklärlichen Großereignis, das mit allen Mitteln vertuscht werden soll.

Two humans and a robot roam the universe in search of castaways. The Majestic Draght, a spaceship built by aliens and controlled by an AI, transports them from system to system at one-fifth the speed of light. But then the ship suddenly - and seemingly unstoppably - accelerates. Has the AI lost control of the propulsion system? Or is the AI pursuing its own plans? The Draght’s new course targets a planet that would not have been the destination of the human-alien crew for a long time: Earth.

Alien ambassadors are dying. The locals are in over their heads. Or are they turning a blind eye? The Magistrates band together to learn about the law, each other, and even themselves. They still need outside help to solve the case. Who do they call? And Barnabas stops by to refuel and spin a tale. More training for the Magistrates. But duty takes them away. Another Ambassador is brutally murdered. Rivka takes her team to find the perp and end the violence.

The Alpha Contracts were the turning point in modern human history. Of the 100 companies who accepted the first mercenary contracts, only four returned. These four—collectively known as the Four Horsemen—would go on to become the largest and most successful human mercenary companies in existence.

With Morphus still absent on her mysterious expedition, a surprise request from an old ally sets the star scavengers on a path to developing a new weapon against Goliath. And it sees them doing what they do best–hunting for crystals of power inside alien wrecks.

Endlich hatte eine außerirdische Zivilisation die Erde erreicht. Der erste Kontakt hatte tatsächlich stattgefunden. Auf der Erde allerdings hielt man das Ganze für nichts weiter als einen schlechten Scherz. Noch weniger Menschen hatten begriffen, für welch kurze Zeitspanne unsere neuen Oberherren die Sicherheit unseres Planeten garantiert hatten. Am Ende ihrer Ansprache zeigten sie der Menschheit jedoch, wie man Zugriff auf ein mysteriöses Spiel erhielt. Der Zweck dieses Spiels ist unklar. Niemand kann sagen, wo sich dessen Server befinden, oder begreift, wie es funktioniert.

Three centuries after the Orbem Novis colonists told off-Earth financiers who backed their voyage to stay away from their new home on a distant planet or face death, the Farside Corporation receives an unusual request. Two top-drawer agents are hired to locate the last descendants on Earth of the colonists’ leader and bring them to Orbem Novis.

When the alien known as Zava finally finds a sentient world that is worthy of his time and study, many thoughts race through his head. Perhaps a simple survey of the planet would suffice, or maybe a detailed analysis of the sentient civilizations that reside there. He could even conduct an abduction of a few human subjects, all in the name of science and research.

Seven thousand meters below the ocean’s surface, the crew of the BathyTech 3 mineral mining facility has found something remarkable: a rock-like sphere of unknown material and origin. For Mo Rees, the discovery calls to his inner explorer and adds color to his dull miner’s life. Even better than the promise of new knowledge is the unexpected connection he forges with Dr. Armin Savage-Hall, leader of the team brought down to study the thing.

The year is 2438. The planet has been transformed into a dystopian graveyard by a transmorphic alien super-virus. The world has been torn into two by a great conflict that has raged for three decades. Now, the infected run free, and humanity must make a stand.