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Man was leaving Earth. Man--but not woman. Light-years from Earth were little worlds without women - and men were not happy about it. Since real women could not go to them, scientists on Earth developed substitutes. Android females were developed, the surrogates, and shipped to the colonies. Everything seemed to go well - for a while. Ralph Garvey is about to find that the package containing the promise of extreme sexual delight is not quite what he had expected.

Delve into "The Struggle Between Stars," a gripping tale where science fiction and fantasy collide to take you on a journey through the cosmos. In the aftermath of humanity's first interstellar conflict, follow the footsteps of a battle-scarred veteran returning to a home now alien to him. Haunted by the horrors of war, he embarks on a transformative odyssey, seeking solace and sanctuary in a universe redefined by conflict and discovery.

Round the Moon is Jules Verne's sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. Having been fired out of the giant Columbiad space gun, the Baltimore Gun Club's bullet-shaped projectile and its three passengers, Barbicane, Nicholl and Michel Ardan, begins the five-day trip to the moon. A few minutes into the journey, a small, bright asteroid passes within a few hundred yards of them, but luckily does not collide with the projectile. The asteroid had been captured by the Earth's gravity and had become a second moon. The three travelers undergo a series of adventures and misadventures during the rest of the journey.

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.

With her name cleared and an impressive rep building around her, Mia thought things would get easier. No such luck. She can't even go shopping at her favorite used starship lot without assassins emerging from the woodwork.

Welcome to The Constellation Club! A book club comprised of the stereotypical zodiac signs, represented as people. Get ready for a comedy filled with mystery, mayhem, the extraterrestrial, and murder.

In the heart of the South Pacific lies Point Nemo, the most desolate and remote place on Earth. At its core is a dead zone, devoid of life, where government agencies crash their obsolete satellites and space stations, confident they won't harm a soul. When the International Space Station suffers a catastrophic failure and plummets through the atmosphere, it's here that Mission Specialist Julie Rohr, an astrobiologist studying living space dust called xylem, finds herself marooned. Julie's only hope for rescue lies in the hands of her estranged father, Dr. Finn Maddern, a renowned mycologist.

Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray has dedicated her life to the study and prevention of ERS—a space-based condition most famous for a case that resulted in the brutal murders of twenty-nine people. When she's assigned to a small exploration crew, she's eager to make a difference. But as they begin to establish residency on an abandoned planet, it becomes clear that crew is hiding something. While Ophelia focuses on her new role, her crewmates are far more interested in investigating the eerie, ancient planet and unraveling the mystery behind the previous colonizer's hasty departure.

Two novel-length sci-fi stories in one? Check. A mix of hot human and alien women? Check. Capable MCs who know how to get things done? Double check.

With the Borman suddenly out of commission and far beyond reach, cislunar space begins falling into chaos as critical satellites fail and valuable lunar mineral shipments begin disappearing in transit. Nothing is as it seems, and Marshall Hunter and the rest of the crew suspect none of it is by coincidence.

Kril Granger has gathered a good crew and managed to finish a profitable job. But things are a little too hot in their usual regions, so it's time to pick up stakes and head coreward. Along the way, they'll be passing through the dark spaces of the galaxy and turning up threats ranging from overprotective AIs to invasive nano-using overlords. All this while dealing with a mixed, quarrelsome crew that would rather die than give up their secrets. It's a hard life being a scrapper. It's a harder death if they get it wrong...

This is a striking addition to the body of Culture lore, and adds definition and scale to the previous works by using the Earth of 1977 as contrast. The stories in the collection range from science fiction to horror, dark-coated fantasy to morality tale. All bear the indefinable stamp of Iain Banks's staggering talent.

When Ishmael lands on the Moon to ghostwrite the autobiography of Adam Moonborn, first man born on the Moon, he learns the job is not as straightforward as it seemed. They soon embark on a mission to destroy all of the Moon’s rogue robots, whom Moonborn holds responsible for the death of his family and the impending downfall of civilization.

Admiral Jack Romanoff and his people have begun the liberation of Vesuvius from the xenophobic Novarites, but even something that straightforward is difficult. The enemy outnumbers them, and removing the threat won’t be easy. Worse, they are killing humans in job lots, so time is of the essence.

Der Tribeca-Konzern ist in Aufruhr: Nadine Usher wird wegen Mordes an einem Untergebenen gesucht. Harris, der Stellvertreter des ominösen Mr. K, sieht sich zu drastischen Maßnahmen gezwungen, um Captain Kirkland von weiteren Nachforschungen abzuhalten. Mike, Liberty und die Cops vom D.S.O. kämpfen an zu vielen Fronten - da offenbart Mr. K seinen Plan für eine neue Weltordnung... Über Manhattan 2060: New York in naher Zukunft: In den Straßen tobt ein Krieg zwischen rivalisierenden Drogen-Gangs.

When Gunnar McConnell inherits a treasure map after his uncle's death, he goes on the hunt of his life and can't believe what he finds. There isn't just gold on those mountains, but the secret of a lifetime—a starship that can take him to worlds unknown, and a universe full of life.

Elton Cuauhtemoc John is taken hostage before he can start his dream job. Now, he & a multicultural science team are racing against humans’ inevitable self imposed demise to invent an Faster Than Light phone. After all, how useful is another Earth after civilization collapses?

Un passionnant roman d'exploration spatiale et de révolution politique, par l'un des grands maîtres américains de la science-fiction moderne. 2047 : l'homme a colonisé la Lune, territoire divisé par les grandes nations. L'Américain Fred Fredericks fait son premier voyage là-haut, afin de livrer un appareil de communication ultrasécurisé à un haut fonctionnaire de l'Autorité lunaire chinoise. Mais quelques heures seulement après son arrivée, il se voit impliqué malgré lui dans un assassinat et mis au secret par des agents mystérieux.

The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps its prison colony, and for inmates the journey there is always a one-way trip. One such prisoner is Professor Arton Daghdev, xeno-ecologist and political dissident. Soon after arrival he discovers that Kiln has a secret. Humanity is not the first intelligent life to set foot there. In the midst a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem are the ruins of a civilization, but who were the vanished builders and where did they go?

Cassandra 22007 hält weiterhin die Welt in Atem. Nach der Zerstörung großer Teile von Los Angeles kämpfen die verbliebenen Bewohner um ihr Überleben. Unter ihnen sind auch Lee Rifkin, der den wichtigsten Raketenstart seiner Karriere nicht verpassen darf, und Branson, der sich einer Wahrheit gegenüber sieht, die sein Leben für immer verändern wird. Im fernen Sibirien dringt Jenna Haynes derweil tiefer in die Containment Zone Ulan-Ude vor, wo die Verseuchung einen unheilvollen Ausblick darauf gibt, was Los Angeles noch erwartet.