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In a future of near-instantaneous global travel, of abundant provision for the needs of all, a future in which no one living can remember an actual war, a long era of stability threatens to come to an abrupt end. For known only to a few, the leaders of the great Hives, nations without fixed location, have long conspired to keep the world stable, at the cost of just a little blood. A few secret murders, mathematically planned. So that no faction can ever dominate, and the balance holds. And yet the balance is beginning to give way.

Signs of life have been found on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. A group of visionaries led by NASA’s Paula Benacerraf plan a daring one-way mission that will cost them everything. Taking nearly a decade, the billion-mile voyage includes a ‘slingshot’ transit of Venus, a catastrophic solar storm, and a constant struggle to keep the ship and crew functioning. But it is on the icy surface of Titan itself that the true adventure begins. In the orange methane slush, the astronauts will discover the secrets of life’s origins and reach for a human destiny beyond their wildest dreams.

Chronicler Tsai Yini monitors the tachyon communication system, which transmits data faster than the speed of light. When classified results from an astrobiologist's research are leaked to her, she cannot believe what she reads. The report reveals that intelligent life forms exist on a tropical planet in the Gliese system. Their civilization is still in its infancy but revolves around an artifact of unknown origin that seems to influence their body chemistry. 

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon’s two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one that shaped...

No one has ever ventured deeper into space than the four astronauts of Shepherd-1. The aim of their mission is to witness the creation of the cosmos. Using the sun as a lens, they are to align a flock of probes in such a way that the moment of the Big Bang becomes visible. For astronomer Christine, this is a dream come true. So she is bitterly disappointed when the first images are obscured by a kind of veil that prevents any insight. She works obsessively to find a solution, but when she finally succeeds in lifting the veil, she sees something that would have been better kept hidden...

The second novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series Led by its founding father, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and utilizing science and technology, the Foundation survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Now cleverness...

The second of two prequel novels in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION As Hari Seldon struggles to perfect his revolutionary theory of psychohistory and ensure a place for humanity among the...

The first of two prequel novels in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION It is the year 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in the great multidomed...

In this Very Short Introduction, David Seed doesn't offer a history of science fiction, but instead attempts to tie examples of science fiction to different historical moments, in order to demonstrate how science fiction has evolved over time, especially the emergence of science fiction as a popular genre in the 20th century. Seed looks not only at literature, but also at drama and poetry, as well as film. Examining recurrent themes in science fiction, he looks at voyages into space, the concept of the alien and alternative social identities....

Driverless cars race to kill in a thriller from "Gridlock Sam" Schwartz, who "knows everything about how cars and people don't get along", with Cary Pepper ( The New York Times Book Review ). "An expert in traffic jams has a scary idea: what if the cars turn on us? Sam Schwartz, a former New...

Grimm Intentions is the follow-on volumes to the Reaper Series. Jane, narrating in first person who delivers a riveting confessional that bridges fact and fiction in a tale of shadowy conspiracies and unrelenting duty. Chronicling her transformation from a covert operative in the Grimm Reapers-a...

FORTY WARSHIPS ARE COMING. HE FOUND THEM IN A RATION ORDER.A million calories, delivered at midnight, shunted to a dock nobody uses. Food for a fleet, at a station that doesn't have one.Executive Officer Elias Thorne runs the arithmetic twice, by hand, on a paper clipboard, because the Aegis has...

Leo and Sarah's world has crumbled around them, but at least they have each other...for the moment. To save Sarah's youngest brother's life, they take to the road to find a doctor they know little about. Neither of them have ever ventured outside the city before, and have no idea what dangers...

Earth was never the target. It was the key to conquering the galaxy.When an alien armada descends on Earth, humanity quickly learns it is hopelessly outmatched. General Bonklin, a ruthless conqueror bent on galactic domination, has no interest in human life. Earth's strategic location is all he...

The Mirror: A Quantum Tale follows Marco, a young man pulled into a world where reality bends, memories flicker, and alien beings hide their true forms behind illusions. Guided by Harsha — a mysterious entity from the Luminet Line — Marco must confront the truth about himself, this planet...

Deep space holds secrets… …and one astronomer for NASA has found a big one. But it's not what she thinks. Dr. Melody Adams, a physicist at the Gemini North Observatory, was studying Pluto in the telescope data, and it struck her as odd. The numbers didn't make sense. Could there be an...

Did you ever almost die and just figured you got lucky?The car that stopped in time. The diagnosis that came back clear. The moment that things could have gone the other way... and didn't. What if it wasn't luck?Eli Thompson lost count of how many times he should have died. His mother didn't...

Das spektakuläre Finale der preisgekrönten SF-Trilogie.Helios sieht sich einer neuen Bedrohung gegenüber, die die gesamte Raumstation zerstören könnte. Doch wer steckt dahinter? Es kommt zu Mord. Amanda, Ed und Massimo vermuten Verräter in den eigenen Reihen. Ein neuer Verbündeter von der...

Times are changing aboard the Celeste. With a new captain and a new head trader, things will never be the same again. But will they be better or worse? That is the question. Can the crew recover the dynamics that have made them such successful traders or can they improve on them? And, in the meantime, can they stay out of jail?

The Ares expedition was built on absolute scientific precision: sixteen humans and sixteen advanced machines working in perfect harmony. But when an impossible artifact is unearthed in the pristine Martian sand, the mission spirals into chaos. Away from Earth and stripped of the truth, the Ares becomes a sealed pressure cooker of suspicion, mutiny, and fear. As exiled Captain Sunny fights her way back to the ship, the crew must confront a terrifying situation and attempt to explain the unexplainable.