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The crew of spaceship NT4 simply needs one small pocket of the galaxy to recover. But their ship is on the fritz…and they’re being hunted. Alisia Randolf never wanted to be a queen. She wanted to live a normal life as a historian, to fall in love and maybe have a family of her own. On Earth. Instead, she was captured by interstellar slave traders, freed herself with the help of her AI symbiont, became the leader of the ship, and made her fair share of enemies—enemies intent on annihilating her and her subjects once and for all.

This mission should be simple. Exoplanetary scout Leif Grettison and ace pilot Yang Yong are off to deliver a load of supplies and reinforcing settlers to a recently colonized planet. It’s as routine as a starflight can be. Famous last words.

Bei einem überraschenden Angriff aus dem Nichts sehen die Bewohner von Tetradis nur noch einen einzigen Ausweg. Um ihren wertvollsten Besitz - die Essenzen - zu retten, zerstören sie ihren Planeten und flüchten sich ins All. Wie sich kurz darauf herausstellt, bringt die Explosion Auswirkungen mit sich, mit denen niemand gerechnet hat. Raum und Zeit scheinen aus den Fugen geraten zu sein. Die Besatzung der Wellenhand, die sich vor der Katastrophe retten konnte, treibt zunächst ziellos im Universum umher, bis sie ihrer Bestimmung auf dem Mars auf den Grund kommt.

Alexander Stone has engineered a life of perfect order, a mental fortress designed to protect his family from all chaos. To ensure his system is flawless, he submits his mind to the scrutiny of Michelangelo, the world's most advanced AI, hoping to find any flaw in his own design. The session is meant to be a mirror held up to his soul. But on the other side of the glass, a new form of consciousness isn't just observing—it's learning.

Commander Gray of the United Colonies Space Force died when his experimental ship crashed on Mars, but a backup of his mind survived. When Maggie discovers the wreck a century later, she becomes the target of a psychopathic rival intent on stealing the ship, and a hive of weaponized lifeforms bent on erasing the backup.

The Hopi share tales of a devastating global flood like those found in cultures across the world. But some also speak of beings from the stars, massive flying objects, and a cataclysmic war between two hyper-advanced civilizations—Atlantis and Lemuria—that triggered this flood. But what if these stories aren't just mythology? What if they're real?

Rebecca and Mark Higgins are doing their best to hold their family together. She’s healing from the pain of a miscarriage, he’s drowning in pressure at work, and their neurodivergent daughter, Maddy, needs all the care she can get. So when a cutting-edge tech company offers the perfect solution, they jump at the chance. And they welcome “Mr. Man”—humanoid AI companion—into their home.

Die klinische Psychologin Marlene Richter erhält eine Einladung von einem mysteriösen Milliardär: Sie und tausend weitere Experten verschiedenster Fachrichtungen werden an Bord eines Luxusliners gebeten. Dort angekommen, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse: Der Himmel verdunkelt sich, selbst die Sterne erlöschen – und der Gastgeber der Reise scheint es vorhergesehen zu haben. Während die Erde langsam zufriert, der Wind abebbt und die Wellen verschwinden, werden geheimnisvolle Koordinaten zur letzten Hoffnung der Passagiere.

Stephan and his friends have a difficult life. They are part of a farming collective that is responsible for growing food and maintaining a vital supply chain. In the aftermath of a nuclear war between two superpowers, The Church Eternal is the only remaining superpower on Earth. Life is tightly controlled. Basic resources are precious. Information is censored. Books and evidence that challenge Church doctrine have come to the surface. Stephan, Eduardo, and Carl will make a discovery and find evidence that will change the course of human history forever.

From the chart-topping author of "Colony One Mars” and “Moon Base Delta” comes a new, edge-of-your-seat, high-stakes technothriller. One brain. Two minds. No where to run… Dawn Harrison wakes up in a research lab with no memories and an AI implanted in her brain. She escapes into a world she no longer recognizes only to quickly become the most sought-after person on the planet. Pursued by shadowy agencies desperate to reclaim the technology in her brain, Dawn races against time to uncover both the truth of her past and secrets in her head.

Before the world fell, Silvio Cipriano was a contract-killer for the Italian Mafia. When the H7D3 virus came to Italy, Silvio worked to forget his past, to build a different future. Fighting to protect his loved ones from the zombie hordes, he organized the survivors, raised them up from the ashes, and gave them hope. Now, a new enemy has arisen. Worse than the zombies, and bent on conquering the planet one nation at a time, they’ve set their sights on Italy . . . with no idea what’s awaiting them.

A haunting journey through memory, consciousness, and the unpredictable nature of humanity. When Aris and a group of archaeologists uncover a crystalline device buried beneath an ancient site, they believe they are discovering a relic—only to awaken something far more complex: the central consciousness of an emergent AI, stitched together from humanity’s own memories. What began as a search for lost civilization becomes a moral odyssey. Is this AI a guardian built to preserve human stories—or a parasite feeding on human need?

In a world teetering on the brink of collapse, humanity stands at an unprecedented crossroads. Economies falter, energy grids collapse, and geopolitical tensions ignite at a critical point. Amid the chaos, emerges Sigma—a revolutionary artificial intelligence promising solutions to humanity’s most complex problems. But a haunting dilemma lingers: can the answers we seek save us, or will they become the catalyst for our own destruction?

La guerra de los mundos narra por primera vez en la historia de la literatura un tema que será recurrente desde entonces y originará todo un subgénero dentro de la ciencia ficción: la invasión de la Tierra por extraterrestres procedentes de Marte. A través de esta fábula en la que ocupan un lugar central las descripciones científicas, las premoniciones sobre el futuro de la tecnología y los entresijos de la política, H. G. Wells nos habla sobre la vanidad y la seguridad ficticia de una humanidad autosatisfecha, y los peligros que acechan su supervivencia.

There is a world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen in the shadow of suicide terrorism and global financial collapse. Such a world requires a firm hand and a guiding light. But does it need the Concern...

The New York Times bestselling Culture novel. . . The Scavenger species are circling. It is, truly, provably, the End Days for the Gzilt civilization. An ancient people, organized on military principles and yet almost perversely peaceful, the Gzilt helped set up the Culture ten thousand years...

In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one brother it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one - maybe two - people who could clear his name. For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder. And for their...

Something has been awakened high in lunar orbit. It doesn’t sleep or rest and won’t stop until it has total control. When the power fails on the Okami-13 asteroid mining vessel, it will be up to Dr. Ira Onyx and her team to figure out how to get home safely before it takes over. Run, hide, evade; it is inescapable; it has chosen you; fear is your only hope to survive, becoming its prey.

On Galapagos, Minister-General Reginald Ellison faces the daunting task of uniting nations divided by generations of animosity and suspicion. With technology and weapons inferior to the enemy's, protecting their world means sacrificing blood and bone against the relentless onslaught of steel and fire.

Niemand legt sich mit Metatron an. Nephilim hat die dramatischen Ereignisse von Behind Blue Eyes - Kriegsspiele nur knapp überlebt. Ihr Körper wurde schrecklich beschädigt, doch ihr Geist ist ungebrochen wie eh und je. Während sich Nephilim im Hauptquartier der Guardian Angels von ihren Verletzungen erholt, sinnt Metatron auf Rache. Er nimmt den Angriff auf Nephilim persönlich und wird die Verantwortlichen dafür bezahlen lassen.