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Brock Rivers never wanted to be a repairman on Mars. Years ago, he failed to protect his family, and now he labors across a frontier planet to keep his children alive and escape CAUSE. But the spacefaring humanist regime is taking over Martian colonies, forcing all to join the secular state. Back in Brock’s homeworld, his people summon him to fulfill old hopes with a new dream. After decades of cultural isolation, they plan to restore missions for the 22nd century, voyaging beyond Earth to share the gospel in space. Brock must find a ship and recruit a team of misfit believers.

Kelvoo is overcome with wonder at the arrival of the humans. With flawless memories and innate curiosity, Kelvoo’s community embraces the benevolent humans and their knowledge of the boundless universe beyond the cloud-covered sky. After the departure of the first contact mission, an unscrupulous human lands in Kelvoo’s village, inviting Kelvoo and eight others to join a “goodwill mission” to faraway worlds. Lured into a trap and enslaved by an outlaw gang, Kelvoo’s group is forced to participate in an interstellar crime spree, and subjected to the worst of human nature.

During his research on Near-Death Experiences, Dr. Prasad Vedurmudi, a genius neurologist at the prestigious University of Chicago, made a mind-bending discovery. A specific region of the brain acts as a gateway, transporting the departed to the next dimension. But there's more—a tantalizing possibility nobody has ever explored…Until now. Prasad believes that if he repairs that crucial part of the brain before death, he could unlock a profound secret—the key to controlling the afterlife experience itself. The implications are staggering.

The last survivors of the Ibecci race escape their doomed planet in the Barnard System after a violent flare eruption of their host star. They set for Earth, which they had visited 12,000 years earlier, arriving in the year 2062 to a near-future Earth that is in decline. The Ibecci plead with Earth to grant them shelter after 13 years of living in space. Earth fails to respond and the battle ensues pitting nations of Earth against an enlightened space faring civilization that is prepared to fight for its survival.

The beings—the mysterious entities that warp time and space—are growing stronger. What began in the isolated woods of Arnold has now spilled into the world at large. Time loops trap people in endless cycles, familiar places warp into nightmarish versions of themselves, and strange disappearances plague the town. Reality itself is unraveling, and the Dunn family is caught at the center.

Read by Sophie Aldred (Doctor Who). ‘Thrilling, terrifying and fascinating’ Tim Peake, British ESA astronaut They looked into darkness. The darkness looked back . . . An utterly gripping story of survival and first contact on a hostile planet from Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C...

Vicki becomes fearful when she learns of a conspiracy involving advanced alien technology, genetic manipulation, and a plan to take control of the lives of everyone on Earth. And that’s just the humans. The aliens have their own agenda.

In Seeds, Iain Davie crafts a rare literary work that resonates with the concerns of our age. More than a novel, it is a contemplative journey into humanity’s relationship with the Earth and cosmos—intertwining scientific exploration, ecological urgency, and philosophical introspection.

Fresh out of the Academy, Ensign Cole Jackson’s first posting to Freedom couldn’t have come at a worse time. All over the Alliance, planets and colonies are suddenly under attack by the vicious Coven Empire. Freedom and her sister ship, Hood, are ambushed by alien warships, leaving Hood drifting dead in the void. Cole is ordered to salvage parts from the powerless Hood, but when he arrives on the unpowered hulk, Freedom is called away, marooning him and a group of malcontent techs in deep space.

Die Giftplage breitet sich weiter auf der ganzen Welt aus. Überall haben sich die Adligen in ihren Städten abgeschottet und tun so, als gäbe es nichts außerhalb. Dallion wurde von einem Mitglied der Familie des Erzherzogs Lanitol in die Provinzhauptstadt gerufen, um einen Auftrag von großer Bedeutung zu erledigen. Gleichzeitig ist der Grüne Mond in Dallions Träumen aufgetaucht, um seine Forderungen zu stellen.

Warin is one of a small team charting the demise of the last few inhabitants of Retti 4, a distant planet in the throes of an extinction-level virus. It’s not Warin’s job to intervene in natural evolution or to question the whims of a cruel universe. He is only to observe and report. Until Warin actually steps foot on Retti 4.

Die Dunkellicht-Technologie der Myaner – ein Wunderwerk, das Raum und Zeit überwindet und die Galaxis schützt. Doch was, wenn sie nicht das Ergebnis myanischer Genialität ist, sondern ein Vermächtnis aus einer längst vergangenen Ära? Als ein rätselhaftes Signal tief aus dem Dunkelraum empfangen wird, beginnt eine Reise, die die Galaktischen Hüter an die Grenzen ihrer Fähigkeiten führt.Commander Mike und Commander Nic folgen dem Ruf einer uralten Zivilisation, den Schöpfern des Dunkellichts, deren Technologie die Essenz des Universums beeinflusst hat.

Odditales is a science fiction collection of short stories designed to be direct and intense. There are twists and turns, relatable characters, and plenty of science facts to reinforce the plot.

In Green Data Dominion, ambition, innovation, and ethics collide. Liam West, a visionary from Halifax, discovers a groundbreaking solution: clean, solar-powered, decentralized servers. Partnering with billionaire disruptor Nathaniel Ashcroft, he takes on the tech giants who’ve hidden their dirty “green” practices behind a façade of sustainability.

Months after the expedition through the portal, Tyler Drake is still struggling with the gruesome consequences. So the call for help from Mexico comes just in time: Adriana's brother is missing—and seems to have made the journey alone to the world beyond the cave. Another race against time begins—and this time, the team has to contend with not only the dangers of an exotic world but also with terrestrial adversaries and an extraterrestrial threat, the existence of which they never even suspected. Will they succeed in saving not just one boy but an entire world?

It’s July of 2065: twenty-one years into humanity’s quiet march toward extinction. The discovery of a potent, non-lethal, addictive wonder drug—extracted near the Wreck of the Titanic—has decimated the world’s productivity and birth rate. Delaney “Del” Martin is among the few who has elected to avoid it. Instead, he has committed himself to advancing America’s nuclear program. Unfortunately, the mega-corporation that produces the drug doesn’t care about energy. Only profits. And more addicts means a higher bottom line.

SEARCHING FOR EACH OTHER is the 4th and last book of the Airina Series. Although this is a continuation of the three previous books, it also stands by itself since, within the same story, a recount of what happened in the previous books is part of the plot. This book will make you think, laugh, and, hopefully, cry a little.

Four students discover a manuscript, The Book of Skulls, which reveals the existence of a sect, now living in the Arizona desert, whose members can offer immortality to those who can complete its initiation rite. To their surprise, they discover that the sect exists, and is willing to accept them as acolytes. But for each group of four who enter the rite, two must die in order for the others to succeed.

Join Captain Kront Tallin and his crew of Freedom Fighters aboard the intergalactic shuttle the Lindman as it roams through space, defying odds and making the ultimate sacrifice. What do they find aboard the Grimond Wolf shuttle in Part I? Who is the traitor in Part II? Will Helena survive the blast in Daniel’s room, or will the ship lose an important member of its crew? Come soar between the stars from a seat at the Bridge of the Lindman.

Das Rätsel der Nullzeit – Ein Abenteuer jenseits der Grenzen von Raum und ZeitAm äußersten Rand des Universums wird eine mysteriöse Zone entdeckt, in der die Gesetze von Raum und Zeit aufgehoben sind. Die sogenannte Nullzeit, ein Phänomen, das alle bekannten Regeln der Physik bricht, wirft die fortschrittlichste Zivilisation des Universums, die Myaner, in ein Rätsel, das selbst für sie unfassbar ist.