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Joe begins seeing strange flashes. Ghosts of images, overlaid atop his own vision. Actions he could have taken but didn’t. Worse, the visions are increasing in scope and frequency. Believing he’s going mad, he confronts the scientist, only to discover the implant’s shocking origin.

XXI secolo. L'umanità ha colonizzato il Sistema Solare e si è stabilita su ogni pianeta o satellite abitabile. Ma la vita fuori dalla Terra è dura e tutt'altro che piacevole. Per questo Leo Bulero fa grossi affari vendendo ai coloni marziani l'illusione di essere ancora "a casa", grazie ai plastici della bambola Perky Pat. Certo, non bastano mobili e accessori in miniatura: perché l'effetto sia completo serve anche il Can-D, una droga se non legale quanto meno tollerata.

At the opening of our story, the Gauntlet is secure once again in government hands but able to flex incredible power when introduced into any Theatre of War or Battle Space. Globally, nations search in vain to develop similar weapons systems and the threat of North America having unlimited power in the form of Gauntlet proves too much for some. Dr. Paul Stewart is once again thrust reluctantly into the limelight as he and fellow scientists try to prevent chaos from reigning supreme as potential foes conceive, contrive, and put into action an outlandish plot to defy the allies.

Melanie Mooney thought she was just doing her job when she came upon an unusual accident in the deep woods late one night. Acting alone, what she found was nothing like she’d expected. What followed was even more unexpected. Recruited by emissaries of a galaxy-spanning civilization, Melanie is thrust into a world she thought only existed in supermarket tabloids. As the first human in the Galactic Union Medical Corps, she cares for extraterrestrials in desperate need of a medic who can ignore the fact that they’re nothing like any patient she’s ever seen, even on their best days.

Back at the joint Zvezda-US Copernicus Moonbase, the precarious Cold War cease-fire between the NASA and Soviet crews comes under threat from another consolidated assault. Vivian must navigate a treacherous political and military landscape, and travel from the lunar surface to high lunar orbit and back again, to solve the riddle of these strange lunar incursions and move ahead to a future that even she can barely imagine.

Lieutenant Art Burkett is called up to take part in a rescue mission. Three scientists have been kidnapped by the terrorist group Thieves in Law. The rescue is swift. Art and his team return to military craft SubOrbital 7, intending to return to safety with hostages rescued and prisoners in tow. But Thieves in Law are not the only people looking for them. Art and his team must fight an ever-growing threat before time runs out for them, and possibly for the rest of the world.

Mothersound is the first anthology of stories set in this fictional shared world based on a blend of African cultural worldviews. Edited by Locus Award-nominated editor Wole Talabi with contributions from around the African continent and diaspora, Sauúti is filled with wonder, mystery, and magic.

Five hundred years from its launch, the colony vessel Lovelock is deep into its sub lightspeed journey, carrying four thousand humans in search of a habitable planet. When a series of explosions tear the ship apart, it is forced to land on the nearest possible location: a polar section of the Helix—a vast, spiral construct of worlds, wound about a G-type sun.

Le second tome de la série qui marque le renouveau de la science-fiction, dans un thriller aux confins de l'espace... Nous avons toujours voulu explorer de nouveaux mondes. C'était peut-être une mauvaise idée. L'équipage de l'Orca-7131 a été sauvé et le trou noir qui menaçait l'humanité a été refermé. Sarah, Slow, Yuri et Tom ont enfin regagné le système solaire. Direction : la Terre. Mais un message du président de l'EPON provoque une nouvelle crise.

When the Equal Grasp and other unsavory aliens launch their plot to open humanity up to the stars—in the name of profit, of course—Van and his crew spring into action, fearing the fallout of a world gone mad. With each passing event in his career, Van continues to unravel locked memories, held by Perry, that explain a family history far more violent than he ever imagined.

The Tyr stand on the brink of extinction. The Clay family has one last desperate plan to save the Tyr. Sarah leads an infiltration team of Tyr deep behind the invader's lines, but can she trust the Hidden caste operatives with her? David carries the device that could sever the planet from the threat of Director Zike, while Tyr traitors are on his trail and will stop at nothing to obey their new masters and to exact revenge against General Fastal. As the Tyr fight for survival, secrets will be revealed with implications for the galaxy far beyond what happens on their world.

Hiro and crew head to a planet of dwarves on the hunt for a new carrier ship and a chance to stuff themselves with okonomiyaki and takoyaki, only to find a pair of bombshell twin mechanics! They may look alike, but these girls' personalities are like fire and ice. If the twins join the crew, will Hiro's ship ever know peace again?

On the run across federation space, Cherry has stuffed far too many dangerous secrets into her scout ship. Now, the Delphic Dame is the most hunted spaceship in the universe. It may also be the only force in the universe capable of saving humanity. Cherry just has to stay one step ahead of her enemies—and, maybe, of her allies.

Lux finds traveling outside Earth's magnetic fields is possible with the gravity drive, but the military from the US and other nations begins to push hard for the tech. Could they use it to help mine the moon, asteroids, and the moons of other planets? Who controls the areas away from Earth when humans establish bases on different planets? Lux becomes known around Earth, and the fame may be too much. He finds he is a target for governments and corporations that want to control him and his knowledge.

When Ishmael takes a crew of academy cadets into the Toe Holds, he's unprepared for the level of trouble green hands can get into. Meanwhile, their academy liaison discovers what can go wrong when you learn the wrong lessons and try to teach the wrong students. Will they all make it back to the academy before somebody accidentally takes a short walk out the airlock without a suit?

Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, travelling the globe to study ancient organisms. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic ocean, Leigh joins the exploration team, hoping to find evidence of the earth's first life forms—what she instead finds calls into question everything we know about our own beginnings.

Siamo nel 2046, in un'America totalitaria nella quale lo Stato controlla le azioni, le parole e perfino i pensieri dei suoi cittadini, così come avviene ormai in tutto il mondo. Joe Fernwright è un guaritore di vasi, in grado di far tornare come nuovi i manufatti di ceramica che restaura. In un mondo dove tutto è fatto di plastica, però, Joe si ritrova disoccupato e depresso. Con un matrimonio fallito alle spalle, e senza prospettive, il suo unico divertimento è quello di dedicarsi, con alcuni amici sparsi in tutto il mondo, a quel che Joe chiama semplicemente il Gioco.

Четверо отважных космонавтов на специально оборудованном корабле «Пегас» отправляются в научную экспедицию изучать дзета-пространство. Герои оказываются в мире, где неприменимы законы физики. В нем формы становятся зыбкими, а тела превращаются в силуэты, но к счастью, общечеловеческие ценности и чувства остаются неизменными.

Imperium pod władzą Błogosławionych – Ranów, a kontrolowane przez cyfrowy byt ImBu, rozbudowuje się i udoskonala. Po tym, jak bezpowrotnie zakończyła się Druga Wojna z Thirami, wydaje się, że już nic nie zmąci Czasów Szczęśliwości. To pozór. Na jednej z planet WayEmpire wybucha epidemia. Silniki pancerników otaczających Łzę Cheronei przestają działać, a na obrzeżach Galaktyki pojawia się obca flota. Na domiar złego anarchiści pragnąc zbadać granice Wolnej Woli, planują zamach.

Większa część ludzkości mieszka przez całe życie w specjalnie wybudowanych wieżach, zapewniających im mieszkania, pracę i rozrywki. Reszta, pozostająca na poziomie wspólnot plemiennych, zamieszkuje zdziczałe tereny całej planety zamienionej w wyniku zmian klimatycznych w dżunglę. Nawet nie mają pojęcia, że stanowią jedynie świeżą pulę genetyczną dla mieszkańców wież. W tej apoteozie ekologicznego absolutu ludzie jednak nie zmienili się. Dalej nienawidzą wszystkiego, co ich przerasta i reagują na to tak samo: gwałtem.