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Das dritte Buch aus der Serie um Herbert, unseren attraktiven Mittdreißiger, der in einer Reproduktionsanlage auf dem Planeten Goni entstanden ist und unbedingt als Scout auf die Erde wollte, schon wegen all der schönen Frauen - Science Fiction, aber eine sehr bodenständige Art von Scifi. Eine verschwundene Atombombe bringt Herbert zur Verzweiflung. Auf der Erde sind seltsame Kreaturen unterwegs, Flugzeuge werden von kleinen Raumschiffen belästigt und die Mafia hat wieder funktionierende Munition.

A catastrophic accident at one of the ancient alien portals unleashes a deadly contagion across multiple inhabited worlds. Time is running out, and it's up to a courageous team of explorers, soldiers, and scientists, all familiar faces from previous adventures, to embark on a perilous intergalactic mission. Through the enigmatic portals, they will journey to distant alien worlds, each with its own unique dangers and challenges, in a desperate race to avert disaster.

Only David Montague, billionaire inventor, stands in their way. With the ability to read auras, he’s amassed for himself wealth and power, but now his ability will be turned toward more noble ends: defending humanity.

¿Qué pasaría si un inocente juguete dinamitara nuestra noción de libre albedrío? ¿Y si fuera posible ponerse en contacto con versiones de nosotros mismos en otras líneas temporales? Si creáramos mascotas virtuales provistas de una inteligencia artificial que les permitiera aprender como...

Caleb Hanson assumed the most exciting part of his field trip scouting in Northern Minnesota would be a rare bird sighting. Instead, he was abducted by hive-minded hexapods and forced to be their children's teacher. Not the worst way to ride out the end of the world. Two years later, the apocalypse has finally come for Caleb. His savior-captors are murdered, leaving him as the last line of defense for the alien kids he's grown to know and love. Now, he'll have to bend his values or watch his students die.

He needs me to play the role of fake fiancée to appease his family of tentacle-tailed cops. I'll keep up the charade as long as I need if it means being reunited with Abraxas and Rurik. It shouldn't be too hard, right? To play pretend…My life force is now inextricably tied to handsome, gun-totin' Officer Hyt. But do you know what happens if my new in-laws find out that I'm mated to three different males? Intergalactic war, that's what.

If life were fair, ace pilot Jose Carriles should have ended up a desk jockey like his former friend Corin Timony, back on the lunar colony of New Destiny. Instead, he’s the pilot of the Mosaic—a massive ship taking the Interstellar Union’s first-ever mission to outside our solar system. Timony should have been the best spy at the Bazaar, the lunar colony’s international intelligence arm. Instead, she’s been demoted to admin duties like monitoring long-range communications. She has no one to blame but herself—and maybe Carriles.

Arnie’s Angels is a fascinating book. Although science fiction, it is set in the near future: farmers still carry shotguns, criminals go to court in police vans, and people travel to Amsterdam by train.

mpetuous and headstrong is Tara, Princess of Helium and daughter of John Carter. Tara meets Prince Gahan of Gathol, and is initially unimpressed, viewing him as something of a popinjay. Later she takes her flier into a storm and loses control of the craft, and the storm carries her to an unfamiliar region of Barsoom. After landing and fleeing from a pack of ferocious Banths, she is captured by the horrific Kaldanes, who resemble large heads with small, crab-like legs, and John Carter must race to save her.

“In einem Körper oder körperlos, tot oder lebendig, ungeachtet meiner momentanen Gestalt und Verkleidung schwöre ich hiermit, mich stets dem Bösen entgegenzustellen und der Furcht zu trotzen, um die Menschheit zu beschützen ...” Sobald Greys wahre Identität ans Licht kommt, breitet der gewaltige Schatten seiner Vergangenheit in seinem Rücken die Flügel aus und ruft die unsterblichen Truppen auf die Esplanade, um den uralten Eid der Ersten Legion zu erfüllen. Doch Macht wird nur ungern geteilt, und in dieser Hinsicht stellen die Archons der Stadt keine Ausnahme dar.

It's late in Book 1 of the WHERE'D YOU PARK YOUR SPACESHIP? series when she appears late at night in Heen Gru-Bares's bedroom, deeply unnerving him with her claim to be a SIGN 7, sent to the planet Firdus to sort out a situation involving him. Who is this enigmatic and electric woman who appears to be a step ahead at every turn? And where does she come from and how did she become Noon Yeah? And then how did she end up in that bedroom on Firdus?

In the seventh Super SF Double Feature the theme is rocks. Yep. But not "plain old" rocks--one is the mysterious ice-filled planetoid Ceres in the Asteroid Belt, while the other is a palm-sized blue pyramid that's home to a primeval terror that feeds on human fear and death. "Chthonos" details the harrowing journey of a devoted "astrohydrology" expert as she seeks to uncover what's behind the mantle-penetrating water wells of Ceres experiencing repeating series of flow interruptions that almost seemed to be some kind of coded communication.

Contains all three books of the Seeding Eden series.

With no surface water, Harat Zuwayyah barely supports any life at all. The scorching wind howls across the desert, driving the sand and threatening to bury the village. Professor Susan Taylor is excavating an Egyptian tomb dated to 4500 BCE. She uncovers the mummified remains of a wealthy family that died on the trade route, revealing insights into a lost culture, but it's the talisman watching over the grave that causes her heart to race.

The fleet is back on Earth, taking some downtime. For once, Bob is able to enjoy himself without Jonesing for the black. Of course, the shepherd comes along with something for him to do. Saddle up, we're headed for the black!

Things have gotten completely out of control. One minute, I'm a college student waking up to the worst day of my life. The next, I'm being swept off my feet by eight-foot-tall monsters who work for a bonafide Empress who is planning a full-scale takeover of Earth.

In the sprawling expanse of the planet Harmonious, three distinct levels of civilization coexist. The Skai, a species that lives in the sky, occupies one level. The Landrum, who live on land and sea, inhabit another level. Finally, the underground Coreslag live deep beneath the surface. All three levels are connected by matter transporters, which dot the planet and galaxy, allowing for easy travel between planets.

На далекой планете с гуманоидной цивилизацией, представители которой удивительно похожи на людей, общество находится на феодальной стадии развития, соответствующей позднему средневековью Земли. На планете так же негласно присутствуют сотрудники земного Института экспериментальной истории –один из них Антон. Вот уже пять лет он живет в государстве Арканар под видом дворянина Дона Руматы. В последнее время в стране начались преследования и убийства ученых и художников.

Alien visitors devastate a remote farm in Lovecraft’s first and best venture into science fiction.

Return to the greatest contest in the galaxy in this “beguiling, bewitching” (Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of the October Daye series) sequel to the hilarious USA TODAY bestseller Space Opera from New York Times bestselling author and finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, World...