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"1.1.4.MD.LC. Im Auge ist mein Name nur eine Aneinanderreihung von Zahlen und Buchstaben." Als Maeve der Geheimorganisation „Das Auge“ beitritt, welche die Menschheit vor Angriffen durch Außerirdische schützt, glaubt sie, endlich das Rätsel um das Verschwinden ihrer Mutter lösen zu können. Denn dass der Stein, den sie ihr hinterlassen hat, angeblich ausgerechnet aus außerirdischer Materie besteht, kann kein Zufall sein. Doch Maeve hat nicht mit den strengen Hierarchien im Auge gerechnet – und auch nicht, dass ihr Ausbilder Lorcan ungeahnte Gefühle in ihr weckt, die sie beide in Gefahr bringen können.

Hugh Logan has won the battle for Los Angeles and secured his sector of the galaxy from the rampaging Ssath. What do you do when a former enemy offers peace and a chance to fight back against your true foe? Hugh Logan and his war core are called to battle, but this time, he finds himself in an uneasy alliance with the Ssath. With new allies fighting at his side and hardened veterans at his mechs' controls, Hugh must risk everything to remove the shackles of the GCA and free the universe from endless war.

Confined in a small shipping container for weeks on end, Taru was starving, dehydrated, and close to death. When she was given the option of remaining in the container until her owner could turn her in for the reward, or being one of 15 females going to a mining moon to pleasure the drillers who were willing to pay for her services, she chose the latter. At least there was the possibility she could escape from there and get back with her people.

Trying to navigate this scary new world, the survivors have a lot to learn about their enemy. Overnight, the alien infection has spread through the population at an alarming rate. There are many unanswered questions regarding the infected. Are they dead or alive? Are they zombies? Or are they aliens? Whatever they are, they’re no longer human.

Finn had thought he'd seen it all...but no...he had to admit...Not quite everything...There was a big universe out there and it was about to land in his lap. Just how bad could it be? Insubordinate and on the edge, Finn is a troubled war hero racked by guilt, overseen by an unyielding Commanding Officer while dragging his ragtag group of rookies through basic training. Suddenly caught up in a major global crisis, he joins with Gunner Zuri Zuberi, leading Delta Squad in a desperate struggle for survival when an alien incursion lands slap bang in the middle of their training session.

We had one assignment—eradicate the new threat posed by the alien parasites. And we thought we had won. What should’ve been a joyous return home after a grueling mission has now turned into a race against time to save those we love. The Grand, our safe haven, has been invaded. Our people either dead or kidnapped. Left heartbroken, our nightmare never seems to end. But I’m Bixby, and I refuse to let the invaders win. None of us are willing to give up, until we have everyone we've lost back safe. But can our people trust us to come to their rescue when we can't even trust each other?

When Malak, the lead scientist and mentor of the Nationals home world, is suspiciously murdered, it is up to his best friend and bonding pair, Ari, to not only carry on his legacy, but the legacy of those who Malak has mentored...even if it costs her very own life. Meanwhile, all is not well on Ari’s home world. War is brewing. The Leadership in power are obsessed with an invasion from the stars above. Despite offers of peace from the aliens, the Leadership prepares for the worst, as their ominous arrival looms.

Since the dawn of mankind, there have been extraterrestrial entities observing our development as a civilization from afar. They have watched as our knowledge and our numbers have grown, while still feeling the need to shield themselves, as our intolerance for those who are unlike us has kept us from evolving to a higher level of enlightenment. While entities of pure energy may possess the knowledge of the ages, having traveled the tides of time and space for millennia, even they are easily enthralled by the uniquely human temptation of touch.

The Leech was waiting for food. For millennia it had been drifting, without consciousness, across the vast emptiness of space. A planet claimed it, with other stellar debris, and the leech fell, still dead—seeming within its tough spore case. One speck of dust among many, fell to the Earth. Nourishment soaked in, permeating the spore case. It grew—and began to feed.

When on Pru'ut, you must do as the natives do—and that includes dying as they do! Finding himself trapped on a planet inhabited by an unfriendly species, Earthman James Grady is searching for an ingenious way to escape execution resulting from his breaking a local taboo.

Justin Collins knew that his mother was a mysterious woman, but he still considered her the nicest and most caring human being on the face of the earth. The details of his father’s murder were withheld from him, and he received no explanation for threats from government officials. His relationship with Rachel complicated matters, but his mother was still determined to achieve the goals that she and her husband were pursuing, before it was decided that their work endangered the financial and political foundations of The Establishment.

Growing up, she was the girl down the street. Even then, I knew she was different. She was tough, rough, and had the strength to stop a speeding car with her bare hands. We were as thick as thieves, sharing every adventure. Then one day she revealed a secret. She wasn't from Earth. She was from a distant place called the Arcadia Multiverse. Her people lived under the rule of a god-like entity known as the System. That System had its gaze fixed on Earth. And it was only a matter of time before it came for us.

Jake McGraw is a man on the run from half the universe. After stumbling upon what seems to be the fabled roadmap to the stars, Jake must outrun the most detestable vermin and roadbugs in the galaxy and the only thing separating him from them is his tattered starrig. In the lawless region of space Jake must keep his rig running if he knows what's good for him. He has something that everyone wants and they will stop at nothing to get it. But how long can he keep going on the road where there is no relief for light years?

Agetha and her husband have spent their whole lives in the fleet's zero-G. Now all is turmoil as the fleet lands, discovering they are surrounded by a single fungal biomass spanning the entire planet. To build a new home, the fleet must confront a dangerous organism, and Agetha must decide if she can raise a family in this inhospitable landscape.

Hacker Kita Yamasaki is a survivor, a fighter, and the granddaughter of Dr. Benjamin Yamasaki. Once the sole human ambassador seeking peace with the alien Teth, now the doctor is long dead—and only Kita holds the knowledge that can save humanity. Though she's already foiled one effort to destroy Earth and forged an alliance with the violent, power-armored Judge Gascoigne, new threats arise. Namely, the Iron-Blooded cultists, who wish to ally themselves with the aliens in exchange for their own lives.

1462: an alien who feasts on the suffering of sentient beings dines off the agonies of Vlad the Impaler's twenty-thousand victims near Targoviste, Romania. 1688: a woman is framed for witchcraft and hanged by the neck in Boston. 1965: a toy store that never seems to run out of special toys is suspected of being the location of a temporal portal. 2022: a grandfather, showing his young grandchildren what remains of the Boston of his youth, is shown that portal by his granddaughters. And they're off! Off through the gate that grants wishes, off to deal with time travel.

Six months have passed since Kyle Wimberly and his team helped turn the Dominion back in Harza space. Many of Earth's nations have entered into collaboration agreements with the Iknosan and Harza. While working on an intelligence-gathering mission with alien allies, Kyle and his life partner, Alexandra Reyes, make a discovery that has the potential to change the course of the war. As word of Kyle's activities spread and his popularity soars, the administration retaliates. The politically motivated investigations that follow force him to choose.

The message came warning that Nate's friends had been captured. Aliens are abducting juveniles across the galaxy, and every species is a target, including humans. Nate is certain he knows who's responsible, but it's impossible because they're supposed to be dead. Determined to uncover the truth and rescue his friends, Nate embarks on a journey that leads him down a galactic rabbit hole, exposing the darker undercurrents of galactic society and the fight for justice. For Nate, it's personal. For everyone else, it'll be costly.

Maya Hoshimoto was once the best art thief in the galaxy. For ten years, she returned stolen artifacts to alien civilizations—until a disastrous job forced her into hiding. Now she just wants to enjoy a quiet life as a graduate student of anthropology, but she’s haunted by persistent and disturbing visions of the future. Then an old friend comes to her with a job she can’t refuse: find a powerful object that could save an alien species from extinction. Except no one has seen it in living memory, and they aren’t the only ones hunting for it.

This anthology of short stories takes the listener to Connecticut, Boston, Guam, Savannah, Houston, San Francisco, Oregon, and overseas. Valiant tank crews, creative techs, brave officers, plucky drone operators, bold medics, cunning pararescue troops, determined ASHUR and Trident pilots, and daring militia units wage war along every coastline in the US.

The Aftermath is the beginning of a new era for the remaining inhabitants of Earth, who survived two global pandemics. The president of the US is informed by a Pleiadian emissary that the present way of life on planet Earth is a threat to the other more advanced civilizations. Hence, the recent visitations and observations.

Der Feind kommt immer näher, ein Sternsystem nach dem anderen fällt ihm zum Opfer. Mit jeder Sekunde wird die Lage dramatischer. Unatari - das Sternsystem von Kronprinz Georg - wird von den Aliens bedroht. Höchste Zeit, dass Ruslan zurückkommt, um alles, was ihm am Herzen liegt, vor der drohenden Vernichtung zu bewahren und "Perimeterverteidigung" zu retten - das Spiel, das sein Lebensinhalt geworden ist.

David Banks reads this action-packed novelisation featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri. What links a diamond raid in 20th Century London, a secret base in the heart of the city's sewer system, a cold and desolate planet light years from Earth, and a daring plan to alter the entire course of...

Follow a young Tayamni woman from her origins at ancient Kemet to Tupelo, Mississippi, at 1962. Betrayed by her own people, she is nevertheless tasked with salvaging the Tayamni mission at Earth. She must travel 6,000 years into the future to rescue a young boy, who will be instrumental in helping humanity to evolve.

The Age of Rifts began thirteen years ago when the first black sphere appeared on Earth, teleporting everyone within its radius to an alien realm where they fell prey to otherworldly creatures. Those who survived and returned home found white crystal shards grafted onto their chests. Imbued with energy, these Riftshards grant people supernatural abilities. Known as Rifters, they have become Earth's first line of defense against this unpredictable invasion, able to enter the spheres and fight the monsters and evolving with greater powers after every battle.

The Most High Federation of Planets did not spring into being overnight. It grew one civilization at a time. Here are a few of their stories.

One by one, I've seen my friends fall in love with the alien warriors on this planet. More than any other single girl on this planet, I want what they have—a mate. After a childhood in foster care and an adulthood littered with crappy boyfriends, I just want to find my place, my home, love. I want it more than anything, and I'm ready for it. What I'm not ready for? An enemy Gahn from beyond the mountains attacking our settlement in the dead of night. And even more than that? This bleeding Gahn with piercing silver eyes and brutal blades claims that I'm his mate.

Sisento, the co-leader of the planet Angonia, has had enough of humanity and plans to punish the inhabitants of Earth for their of their off-path behaviors of constant war and lethal pollution of a planet billions of years in the making. Consumed by a notion to speed up humanity’s already rapidly approaching extinction, Sisento intends for the humans to truly feel the consequences of their actions by causing worldwide chaos, pain, and widespread panic. And he plans to do so by destroying Earth’s only moon.

The galaxy is still reeling from the recent incursion of the Destroyers, an all-too-real enemy that more than lives up to their name. With another strike looming on the horizon, humanity leads the charge to uncover the secrets of subspace—a technology in widespread use across the galaxy but truly understood by no one. The race is on for the scientific breakthrough that will save the Milky Way.

A composer's music signals inadvertently reach an undiscovered alien civilization, sparking access to universal knowledge. The Frequency, an electrifying tale that seamlessly blends music, discovery, and the infinite wonders of the universe.

The continuing story of Cathy Rodriguez—a senior observer in the Interplanetary Geographic Service. Cathy is recalled from her observer duties, as she is asked to establish first contact with a new life form. Meanwhile, the conspiracy to prevent humans changing their non-Intervention policy continues to try and kill her. Together with Marta De Jaste, a senior investigator, and Tony Briggs her former jailer and security officer, they travel to the chosen planet.

Hazard King finally managed to win peace with the Swarm, and he stabilized the Marxist Federation and helped create a more democratic new government on Lenin. The Black Dragon virus, though, continues to kill thousands there, and Imperial Scientists have finally admitted that antidotes are beyond their ability. Worse, it is only a matter of time before the virus makes it off planet, an event that is sure to kill billions and bring down the empire. But there is hope. If they can find the original virus, the creation of a vaccine may be possible.

Dr. Tahira Piriyeva has the world's attention as she expounds the true danger of the riebeckite threat. When an old friend unexpectedly offers her the chance to be the first to examine a new sample retrieved from the moon, she puts her speaking tour on hold and hastens to investigate. But the journey is not what it seems, the sample is not what she expects, and the even more horrifying truth about the riebeckites' origins begins to reveal itself.

A young man in search of love and an MBA comes face to face with everything from 2 and a 1/2 dimensional nanobots to a thrill-seeking doppelgänger.

Rex Walker, Anthropologe am Bostoner College, wäre gern wie sein Vater, der vor langer Zeit spurlos verschwand: ein wagemutiger Abenteuer auf der Suche nach geheimnisvollen Relikten. Doch davon ist sein Leben als Professor weit entfernt - bis er einen versteckten Hinweis auf den Verbleib seines Vaters entdeckt. Mit Hilfe seines Freundes Marcus lässt er sich von einem Milliardär engagieren, der ihm von einer sagenumwobenen "Brücke" berichtet, die angeblich außerirdischen Ursprungs ist. Gleichzeitig wird publik, dass sich ein interstellares Objekt dem Zwergplaneten Pluto nähert.

The alien "gods" enslaved humanity, but a rebellion is being born. Jaisa longs to join the resistance, yet serves as a concubine to her “husband”, a brilliant but deranged scientist. His latest lab creation is Eo, a woman he designed from a cocktail of genes and memory infusions. Eo’s sole purpose: to hunt down the rebels as the flaming sword of the gods.

Jaisa’s running out of time. Her husband has created a serum that will solve all the aliens’ problems and destroy the rebellion for good...by removing everyone’s memories of the world before. Without recalling the old world or her secret rebellions, Jaisa will no longer be pretending—she’ll become the perfect little doll, and forget what it means to be human at all.

Everything had changed for Zander Greaves over the last few weeks. He'd gone from being a private military contractor with his squad in the Middle East to being isekai-ed into a different multiverse. He lost his friends and his lover, Selda, in the same hour of his arrival, sparking in him the mission to kill every single Entoma he could to repay them for his loss. Luckily, an alien named Crish arrived to help Zander adjust to his new reality.

Jaisa’s beauty and ability to please, both of which are to be used at the discretion of the scientific elite who are the one segment of humanity the new gods value, are Jaisa’s only value to the new gods. But her value to humanity may be much greater. Placed into a position of influence, she walks the line between nonconformity and death.

The insectoid Prax landed on Earth approximately 12,000 years ago and immediately went into hiding. Now that it seems safe to do so, the ravenous carnivores have awoken from their long slumber to feast on what they call "The Meats"—meaning humans. Humans are good at war. But so are the Prax. And, as book two begins, the situation is dire.