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The Skaintz Imperium was eradicated from the backwater planet of Garm, but at great cost. The population of the world was decimated within weeks, and Garm will never be the same. At least humanity can breathe easily knowing that the mysterious aliens are all dead.... But are they? Using their natural form of communication, Skaintz radio signals did chirrup and click, however briefly. Transmissions in their ancient language now spread at the speed of light in a growing sphere.

In the 10 years since his regiment was transported to an alien world, Commander Andrew Keane has bravely fought time and time again for humanity's freedom. But after he is injured in battle, his confidence is shaken, and his ability to lead is damaged. Seeing their leader struck down also takes its toll on Keane's men, who have followed him to hell and back.

Growing up, Travis Uriah Long yearned for order and discipline in his life...he two things his neglectful mother couldn’t or wouldn’t provide. So when Travis enlisted in the Royal Manticoran Navy, he thought he’d finally found the structure he’d always wanted so desperately. But life in the RMN isn’t exactly what he expected. Boot camp is rough and frustrating; his first ship assignment lax and disorderly; and with the Star Kingdom of Manticore still recovering from a devastating plague, the Navy is possibly on the edge of budgetary extinction.

Lee Cargill is the head of Q5, a secret organization that can send objects a split second back into the past. And while this seems utterly useless, it turns out to be the most powerful capability the world has ever known. Those who control it can transform civilization - or destroy it entirely. When Cargill sends Aaron Blake, his most formidable operative, on an unauthorized mission to destroy Kim Jong-un, all hell breaks loose. As Blake battles for his life, his chances of thwarting the North Korean tyrant plummet. But they're about to get far worse.

Mit dem "Armageddon-Zyklus" hauchte Peter F. Hamilton der klassischen Space-Opera neues Leben ein. Seine einzigartige Mischung aus gnadenlos spannendem Abenteuerroman und wissenschaftlicher Science Fiction ist unvergleichlich. Dieselbe Mischung findet sich in diesem Band mit längeren Erzählungen, die im berühmten Armageddon-Universum angesiedelt sind. Gibt es wirklich eine zweite Chance auf Eden?

What if you found a way to send something back in time? But not weeks, days, or even minutes back. What if you could only send something back a fraction of a second? Would this be of any use? You wouldn't have nearly enough time to right a wrong, change an event, or win a lottery. Nathan Wexler is a brilliant physicist who thinks he's found a way to send matter a split second back into the past. But before he can even confirm his findings, he and his wife-to-be, Jenna Morrison, find themselves in a battle for their very lives.

In the 20th century Earth sent probes, transmissions, and welcoming messages to the stars. Unfortunately, someone noticed. The Galactics arrived with their battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined their vast Empire. Swearing allegiance to our distant alien overlords wasn't the only requirement for survival. We also had to have something of value to trade, something that neighboring planets would pay their hard-earned credits to buy. As most of the local worlds were too civilized to have a proper army, the only valuable service Earth could provide came in the form of soldiers....

When a robot defies his programming, is he broken? Or is he something else?

Zwei Outlaws suchen nach einer Astronautin, die von den Toten auferstanden ist. Eine Söldnergruppe hat den Auftrag, das Geheimnis des Eindringlings in unser Sonnensystem zu bergen, koste es, was es wolle. Für beide Gruppen scheint Amphitrite, der Schwarze Planet, die Bühne zu sein, auf der sie ihre Kämpfe austragen. Aber nirgends sind Leben und Tod so eng verwoben wie auf dieser seltsamen Welt, die schließlich auf ihre ganz eigene Art in das Geschehen eingreift. Hätte die Menschheit doch lieber Abstand gehalten! Denn Amphitrite ist kein gewöhnlicher Himmelskörper.

Der Wissenschaftler Jim Connolly landet im alten Rom – gefesselt, orientierungslos und auf der Suche nach einem außerirdischen Würfel, der Zeit und Raum beherrscht. Gemeinsam mit dem charismatischen Senator Marcus Dorso kämpft er um die Kontrolle über das mächtigste Objekt der Geschichte.

Dr. Kelly Connolly gehört zu einem streng geheimen Team aus Wissenschaftlern, das den wichtigsten Fund in der Geschichte der Menschheit untersucht: den Enigma-Würfel, ein Artefakt von unfassbarer Macht, das sich den Fesseln von Raum und Zeit zu entziehen scheint. Kelly und der Geheimdienstler Justin Boyd werden mit Feinden konfrontiert, die alles daran setzen, den Würfel in die Finger zu bekommen. Als sich die Situation zuspitzt und ein Kampf um Leben und Tod entbrennt, entdeckt Kelly, dass der Würfel viel gefährlicher ist, als sie angenommen hat.

The UFS Phoenix returns to Homeworld, after more than three years of searching the galaxy for a way to save humanity from the looming AI threat. Many Fleet captains are unhappy with their own command, following the massive casualties of Nia's first strike. Some say that Captain Erik Debogande is the war leader humanity truly needs. Others warn of civil war. But on Homeworld lurks an even older threat, a secret kept by Fleet Command since Homeworld's first conquest by humans. A secret that could tear Fleet, and Erik's powerful family, apart.

Years after a meteorite strike obliterated Washington, DC—triggering an extinction-level global-warming event—Earth’s survivors have started an international effort to establish homes on space stations and the Moon. The next step–Mars. Elma York, the Lady Astronaut, lands on the Red Planet, optimistic about preparing for the first true wave of inhabitants. The mission objective is more than just building the infrastructure of a habitat–they are trying to preserve the many cultures and nuances of life on Earth without importing the hate. But from the moment she arrives, something is off.

High atop a dormant volcano, a team of scientists preserve the last remnants of higher technology. Off the coast of Kauai, a flotilla of survivors must decide whether to return to their island, or make their way to another location, risking pirates and nature on the gamble of safer shores. On the central plateau of the Big Island, a group of ranchers want to rebuild civilization… but to do that, they’ll need to reunite a people scattered across an ocean of stars.

Thors Provoni è una figura leggendaria per quasi tutta la razza umana: partito per le stelle in cerca di aiuto per la Terra, però, è ormai dato per disperso nelle profondità cosmiche. Non è ancora stata trovata alcuna prova dell'esistenza di una qualsiasi altra razza intelligente e comunque, anche se esistesse, resta da verificare se sia disposta a venire in soccorso dell'homo sapiens su un pianeta in cui questi non è altro che un cittadino di seconda classe.

Stranded on the moon after a global economic crash, Nick Morrison and his friends must take decisive action to secure their supply chain before they starve to death. The capture of a space station wins them some breathing room. But the powers that be on Earth cannot tolerate an independent, thriving lunar colony. Amidst a high-stakes arms race, Nick and his friends struggle to hold off the entire might of Earth. At the same time, Nick must also fight his old nemesis, Joe Massad, for control of the lunar base.

La popolazione terrestre si è enormemente ridotta dopo che una guerra globale ha devastato il pianeta rendendo sterile la maggior parte dell'umanità. Le macchine intelligenti sorvegliano la vita quotidiana; le automobili e le farmacie parlano e litigano con gli utenti, e molti, in modo ossessivo, giocano a Bluff, un gioco di gruppo che accoppia in modo sempre diverso gli individui, creando e sciogliendo matrimoni senza interruzione, in una paradossale lotteria che premia la fortuna dell'ambita fertilità.

The fate of the world is on the line. What will be left after us? Safety is obviously only temporary as the Static continues to show itself. With someone trying to open a new set of Rings, the group must separate to vanquish their enemies. Blaze heads to the South Pole with Anand, to activate the Attractor. Wyatt must stop Isabel’s father from continuing his destructive patterns, but is he actually working for the good of humanity? When someone from the past returns, the teams are beckoned to New York where it all began.

“I giorni del Cavaliere Solitario erano finiti; questa era l’età dei milioni di eroi.” Un viaggio intorno al mondo attraverso le azioni di gente comune che combatte il cambiamento climatico: dalle perdite di metano nel Mar Artico, all'Amazzonia resa arida dalla siccità fino alle pianure alluvionali del Gange e al fenomeno del fracking in Texas, tutti quanti sono collegati mediante il progetto Milioni di Occhi, una rete sperimentale che unisce virtualmente le persone quando hanno bisogno di ispirazione e supporto.

Il malridotto mercantile spaziale Dnepro si deve fermare per urgenti riparazioni sul pianeta Horizontres. Sono già in ritardo sulla tabella di marcia quando la morte del capitano, durante la prima sera di sosta, si somma agli infiniti problemi organizzativi. Quando la nave riparte la morte sembra essere salita a bordo assieme al nuovo capitano alieno provvisorio: sarà proprio lui a morire per primo in circostanze misteriose una volta lasciata l’orbita del pianeta...