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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.

Ein seltsamer, widerspenstiger Körper, der einst Kronprinz George gehörte, ein merkwürdiges Spiel, das man erst verlassen kann, wenn der Vertrag erfüllt ist, eine Welt voller mächtiger und äußerst realer Feinde. Das Spiel, in dem es nur auf die Reputation und die Fraktionszugehörigkeit ankommt. Ruslan - ein ehrgeiziger, junger Gamer - nimmt diese Bedingungen ohne Zögern an. Dabei weiß er nur, dass er in einem nagelneuen, ihm unbekannten Spiel eine Raumflotte kommandieren soll. Das Ziel: Sechs Monate zu überleben.

When Sam Martinez finds himself abducted by aliens, he thought he was having a bad day. When he finds himself in charge of an eccentric collection of fellow captives on a stolen spaceship, he realizes it could always get worse.

With things calm outside the Strorix system—at least for now—Queen El’Jyiurma has time to work on things at home. She has new hatchlings to take care of, as well as a growing empire, and she has her coils full. The Gnevusin threat isn’t over, though.

With both Morphus and Goliath travelling the galaxy, each looking for a way to defeat the other, the star scavengers, Hudson Powell and Tory Bellona, find themselves alone and fighting for their lives. Still licking their wounds after the events on Caccini Two, they are left with no time to recover before the Council arrive to repay Hudson and Tory for the trouble they’ve caused. On the run, with bounties on their heads both from the crime consortium and the Children of Goliath, led by Hudson’s long-time adversary, Logan Griff, they are forced to hide out inside the Revocaters.

Continuing the legacy of decades gone by, these fast-paced standalone stories offer wondrous settings, philosophical sci-fi questions, and twists that pack a punch.

Venise est tellement merveilleuse qu’ont se demande parfois si c’est réellement l’être humain qui a pu la construire. Quand on se trouve dans un état particulier de conscience dans le rêve, il est possible d’accéder à des informations sur le passé, le présent et l’avenir et de communiquer avec certains êtres.

Mathison and his Marines have been reunited, and they’ve found unlikely allies in their mission to save humanity, which is currently tearing itself apart. SOG systems are rebelling, the Republic wants to run away…and then there’s the whole invasion of the vanhat they have to contend with.

Die Welt steht an der Schwelle zum Dritten Weltkrieg, als wie aus dem Nichts ein unbekanntes Objekt im geostationären Orbit über Osteuropa auftaucht. Sämtliche Kommunikationsversuche scheitern; NATO, Russland und China machen mobil und bereiten sich auf das Schlimmste vor. Das als außerirdisches Raumschiff eingestufte Objekt wird durch seine bloße Anwesenheit zum Streichholz, das das Pulverfass Erde entzünden könnte. Und als plötzlich sämtliche Atomwaffen des Planeten versagen, rückt ein großer Krieg näher als je zuvor.

No one runs a racket and gets away with it. Not in the Federation and not when it steals business from The Bad Company. Punish the interlopers! But justice must be served. Is it a racket? Or are they just better at business? Send in the Magistrate to investigate and apply the law. What will Rivka uncover? What justice will she deliver? Keep pulling the threads. See what unravels. They keep leading her . . . somewhere. She knows she has to follow. Even if it smells like a trap.

Um seine Meisterklasse zu erhalten, hat John Lee eine Abmachung mit dem Erethra-Reich getroffen. Jetzt fordern die Erethraner eine Gegenleistung und zwingen ihm, nach seinem letzten Kampf auf ihrem Hauptplaneten zu erscheinen. John muss sich in der galaktischen Politik einer militaristischen, vom System erzeugten Gesellschaft zurechtfinden. Dabei muss er die Auswirkungen seiner Taten sorgfältig abwägen und wird mit der bizarren Realität eines systemgenerierten Reichs konfrontiert.

In this authorized sequel to Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic science fiction novel Beyond the Farthest Star, American OSS officer Thomas Randolph is mysteriously teleported to the distant planet of Poloda, which lies far beyond the globular cluster NGC 7006—450,000 light years away from Earth. Landing in the midst of a hundred-year war that mirrors the Allied Powers’ struggle against Adolph Hitler’s Third Reich, Randolph—now Tomas Ran—finds himself behind enemy lines.

In the deepest, darkest depths of space, the stars are cold, malevolent eyes looking across a vast graveyard of the unknown, the unnameable, and the undead. Here the planets are tombs and the moons haunted catacombs. And here are extraterrestrial nightmares beyond imagining. There is no benevolent first contact. No utopian worlds. Only alien horrors.

Betrayed by the Republic, Mathison and his Marines are separated. Hunted by the Republic, the SOG, and the vanhat, they have nowhere to turn but to each other.

Eight years after their ship crash-landed, the colonists from Earth have learned to survive on another world. Despite the relative harmony of the colony, Galena remains a treacherous place. The oceans are ruled by massive aquatic beasts that restrict the survivors to their farms and the lands beyond...where other dangers lurk. A chance recovery of multipurpose space suits in a salvage crate and an unnatural tunnel leading away from the colony unlock a pathway to exploring the forbidden oceans, where an amazing discovery awaits.

A war brews between the voidtouched and those who wish to preserve the universe. When the Athena starts to malfunction, I set a course for the planet where she was first built. It’s a place that’s been overlooked by all the other species, and it’s where the secret of my starship’s creation can be found. But this planet harbors those who would do not only me harm, but my ship and my crew. It’s here where the war will begin in earnest. The survival of the universe depends on the Athena and the secrets she holds.

Out of the fire and into the frying pan. Nick and his team survived an alien invasion only to find themselves staring down an alien armada of ships.

It started on the day Mr. Brewer thought he would turn his life around. But that day ended up changing him in more ways than he could have imagined. Now he is the unwilling participant in a series of strange scientific exercises with an unknown goal. Mr. Brewer's only hope is that he won't be changed into something unrecognizable to the human eye.

They’re here. But who are they? What do they want? Where do they come from? On top of these questions July Jackson, sheriff of Egypt, Texas (population: 1,888), has some others. Why is it snowing in West Texas in August? Why don't the cars, electronics, or phones work? Why can't he remember what happened last night? Learn what is happening in Egypt, Texas.

Rivka Anoa has a gift and a galactic mandate. She's a lawyer accused of a murder she did commit. She stands ready to accept her fate, even though her victim was a murderer. A second chance appears. Become more than a lawyer. Be one who judges and punishes the guilty. Could she look herself in the mirror after meting out justice? She's about to find out. Rivka heads to space to be the Judge, Jury, & Executioner. Criminals have nowhere to go.

Hugh Logan and the other human cores of the expeditionary force are back home, but the cost of keeping their allies alive has been a heavy one. Not happy about losing their prey, the Ssath continue to use the vast resources at their disposal to seek total victory over humanity. They will stop at nothing until Earth’s cores are defeated and the planet is transformed into a feeding ground and hunting preserve.

Lorna Greenwood is back, and she’s been given a new command. Well, maybe “new” isn’t the right word. LFS Werewolf is one of the oldest ships in the Lunar Fleet. She’s been rebuilt many times during her 70 years in service, even though she’s not as fast or as heavily armed as Fleet’s more modern light cruisers. Nonetheless, Lorna is proud of her and is determined to whip her green crew into shape for the mission ahead.

I am an environmental researcher, alone and stranded on an alien world after my vessel crashed. I’m running out of food and water until he arrives in the abandoned village I’ve taken refuge in. I keep hidden, stealing the scraps he leaves behind. By day he is a nightmare of muscle and steel. By night, he sets fire to my dreams. What will he do to me, when he finds me?

The huge alien prince claims I’m his wife—but I’ve never been a good little princess. I’m not about to start now. Stuck in a hot jungle with an even hotter alien is not how I imagined my diplomatic mission going. To make things worse, every conversation is an exercise in survivor charades. I’ve always prided myself on never needing a man, but this planet seems determined to prove I can't live without the massive alien stuck to my side.

From the moment Sam Newman and fourteen others awaken inside metal coffins next to the burning wreckage of a spacecraft, they face a constant struggle to stay alive on a seemingly uninhabited planet light-years from home. Worse, the last any of them remember, they were back home on Earth—at a time when interstellar travel was little more than a distant pipe dream. Survival means finding out who-or what-brought them to this place. Yet what few answers they find amidst the steaming jungles and the ruins of that distant world defy all logic or sanity.

События романа, описываемые от первого лица безымянным героем-очевидцем, происходят в Англии, марсиане легко побеждают британскую армию и массово истребляют людей, но сами становятся жертвами болезни, вызванной земными бактериями.

In a world devastated by alien invasion, Jarek and Rachel were never paragons of heroism. They survived, same as anyone else. They protected what was dear—Jarek with his exosuit and beloved AI companion, Rachel with her brother. They kept things simple... until the raknoth came and took it all away. Now, Jarek and Rachel will stop at nothing to protect what's theirs, even if it means swallowing their pride and working together to survive. Because it turns out the raknoth are only the beginning of the bad news for Mother Earth...

It's the final showdown between Cam and a rogue Tahni general.... And it might be the end of everything. Cam and Vicky are chasing down Zan-Thint to his last fortress, a lifeless world deep in Tahni space. If they can't take him down before he activates an ancient alien weapon, a swarm of biomechanical killing machines will wipe out all life in the Commonwealth.

Zwei Wochen System-Apokalypse, aber die Transformationen haben gerade erst begonnen. Mutierte Insekten, fleischfressende Kröten und wütende Yetis standen bis jetzt noch nie auf dem Stundenplan, doch wenn die Welt untergeht, muss man sich eben anpassen. Als Mutter eines Teenagers war Kira auf alles gefasst, nur nicht auf das Jüngste Gericht.