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Humanity finally found a habitable world. Then they discovered what was buried beneath it. Geologist Mira Castellan’s survey reveals a rare-earth deposit capable of launching twelve future colonies across the stars. But extracting it will poison Threshold-1 within decades, destroying the very planet humanity hoped would become home. As political factions form and the colony fractures around competing visions of survival, Mira finds herself trapped between science and responsibility. Every report she submits changes how the future will be understood —and possibly which future survives.

On a toroidal station orbiting a black hole, ancient aliens keep watch over prisoners whose frozen minds could unravel dimensions and erase entire worlds. For billions of years, the Empyrean have slept—cosmic beings of thought and power, bound beyond time itself. But when a single fragment of their awareness breaches the void, the balance begins to shift. Eons later, in the Sol System's glittering sprawl, prodigy Guile Hagan sees what others cannot: auras of intent, patterns in the void, whispers of impossible forces moving beneath reality.

Ein uraltes Artefakt auf dem Planeten Venus – einem Ort, an dem es außer Höllenglut nichts geben dürfte, stellt die Menschheit vor ihr größtes Rätsel ... Die Erde bricht unter dreißig Milliarden Menschen zusammen, das Sonnensystem ist bereits kolonisiert, und Projekt Eden soll der Menschheit das Tor zu den Sternen und damit zu neuem Lebensraum öffnen.

Esiste una vita oltre vita, uno spazio etereo in cui lo spirito dei defunti sopravvive alla morte in una dimensione sospesa tra il buio e la luce, tra il colore e la bruma. Conservati in criostasi all’interno di speciali strutture, i defunti possono comunicare con i loro cari tramite un congegno elettronico e fornire conforto, lenire solitudini, dispensare consigli.

There’s a sense of normalcy for the community in Monterey, California, but their peace doesn’t last long. When they’re pushed to leave, they encounter something they never expected to find. The Glass remain, but they’ve shifted positions. Peggy reveals she used to have dreams, but prescription medication kept them at bay. Now she’s off the pills and is determined to visit Spokane with Will.

Colton Beck has a new lease on life. Their alliance is confident they can find their enemy in the Alruna system, and it’s all hands on deck. After the revelation of his origins from the mysterious woman on Dicore, Colton is at odds with where his loyalties stand. The truth behind Indie Hart’s dedication to the Angor is revealed, making Colton doubt her motives as well as the Angor’s. When Earth is threatened, it’ll take a lot more than one man to save the planet. All pieces come together for a cataclysmic resolution, but who can Colton truly trust?

Une centaine d'années se sont écoulées, Élisabeth et Nil se réveillent à bord de l'Esperanza 64. Qu'est devenue Lumière ? Les gens ont-ils respecté le Code de Développement, si cher au cœur de la Guide, ou ont-ils, au contraire, suivi l'exemple de Terra ?

The planet is called Banshee. The air is unbreathable, the water poisonous. It is the home of the most implacable enemies that humanity, in all its interstellar expansion, has ever encountered. Felix is a scout in A-team Two. Highly competent, he is the sole survivor of mission after mission. Yet he is a man consumed by fear and hatred.

The popular adventures of Miles Vorkosigan, a clever and outlandish science fiction hero for the modern era, continue in these three tales. In The Mountains of Mourning, Miles is dispatched to a back-country region of Barrayar, where he must act as detective, judge, and executioner in a controversial murder case. In Labyrinth, Miles adopts his alternate persona as Dendarii Mercenary Admiral Naismith for an undercover mission to rescue an important research geneticist from Jackson’s Whole. And in the title story, Miles infiltrates an escape-proof Cetagandan POW camp.

The hunter becomes the hunted in Gridlinked, the first sci-fi thriller in Neal Asher's compelling Agent Cormac series. When a portal to other planets explodes on Samarkand, thousands are killed and a terraforming project is obliterated. Earth Central Security suspects sabotage – and assigns a...

Vannemar Morgan's dream is to link Earth to the stars with the greatest engineering feat of all time: a 24,000-mile-high space elevator. But first he must solve a million technical, political, and economic problems while allaying the wrath of God. For the only possible site on the planet for Morgans Orbital Tower is the monastery atop the Sacred Mountain of Sri Kanda.

Deux ans après son arrivée en orbite de Terra, l'Esperanza 64 peut enfin débarquer les premiers colons. Ces derniers, contrairement à l'équipage, n'ont pas vécu l'interminable voyage et la mise en place laborieuse des premières installations au sol. Ils ont dormi 15 000 ans et, à leurs yeux, le contraste est immense entre la Terre, qu'ils ont l'impression de n'avoir quittée que la veille, et cette planète d'accueil où tout reste à faire.

En ce début de treizième millénaire, l'Empire n'a jamais été aussi puissant, aussi étendu à travers toute la galaxie. C'est dans sa capitale, Trantor, que l'éminent savant Hari Seldon invente la psychohistoire, une science nouvelle permettant de prédire l'avenir. Grâce à elle, Seldon prévoit l'effondrement de l'Empire d'ici cinq siècles, suivi d'une ère de ténèbres de trente mille ans. Réduire cette période à mille ans est peut-être possible, à condition de mener à terme son projet : la Fondation.

Autistic scientist Yasira Shien has developed a radical new energy drive that could change the future of humanity. But when she activates it, reality warps, destroying the space station and everyone aboard. The AI gods who rule the galaxy declare her work heretical, and Yasira is abducted by their agents. Instead of simply executing her, they offer mercy - if she'll help them hunt down a bigger target: her own mysterious, vanished mentor. With her homeworld's fate in the balance, Yasira must choose who to trust: the gods and their ruthless post-human angels, or a rebel scientist....

The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse it. An enthusiast of random and irresponsible violence, Griffin has become an iconic character in horror fiction.

Lance's ex, Amber, and his SOAT mentor, Chadavia, along with the Predecessor artifact are missing. With conflicting information as to who the culprit may be and prisoners refusing to talk, deaths must be faked, new identities forged, and an unseen criminal underworld explored. With the help of the only person in the galaxy he can trust, Lance obtains the newest in stealth ship technology known as the Whisper. With it, he, and his team, will investigate leads from the desert planet Uthuli, to the blacked-out world of TrES-2b. 

Carnegie, first human Alcazar member, attempts to get in the captain's good graces with a hint on Lincoln's whereabouts. After sixteen long years Lance must decide between duty and family. Only to have his command taken away by a new SOAT operative. Under constant surveillance by the new captain, Lance and his team are forced to exercise their creativity to complete their mission without disobeying their new superior officer. Disobeying orders is a death sentence under the eye of the Svikari SOAT.

The Alcazar station has been attacked! Project Ibex, under the command of former teammate Irene has begun cutting a bloody path throughout the galaxy, delivering a single message. Humanity has arrived! From Tachyon to Boron and beyond Hrafn squad will pursue the Veles across the galaxy. Alliances will be forged; enemies will be made and the thin red line between hero and villain will be towed in the name of peace.

Deep within hostile Reeh Empire space, the UFS Phoenix is hunting another AI queen. This one is named Chion, and she has been installed at the heart of Reeh Empire power, enslaved against her will, for the past 8,000 years. Within her vast knowledge lies the most intimate data on Nia, the deepynine queen now threatening humanity's very existence. Freeing Chion could be the key to beating Nia and saving humanity. But Phoenix's allied drysine queen, Styx, and Chion's AI former sidekick, Shali, both want Chion for their own purposes.

With war criminal Kolar'Tul in custody and sentenced humanity has been offered a seat at the galactic table. Traveling deeper into the galaxy than any human before the Manifest Destiny, along with its full crew are invited to the Alcazar, a massive space station named after the council it houses. When brought before the council races a sin of mankind's past is brought to life. Their creation of artificial intelligence.