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Wir schreiben eine Zeit, in der der moderne Mensch noch neu auf dieser Erde war. Doch er war nicht allein. In den dunklen Wäldern und Höhlen lauerten „die grausigen Wesen" – die Neandertaler. In Wells' Vorstellung sind dies keine friedlichen Verwandten, sondern gewaltige, behaarte Monster mit übermenschlicher Kraft, die Jagd auf menschliche Kinder machen. Als ein Kind des Stammes geraubt wird, beginnt eine gnadenlose Verfolgungsjagd durch eine wilde, ungezähmte Welt. Ein Kampf zweier Rassen, von denen nur eine überleben kann.

When a mass psychosis from misuse of new technology spreads with the aid of social media, the entire world experiences an apocalypse that is labeled The Crash. People shed all logic and become possessed by rage that leads to killing and destruction on a scale that destroys societies and infrastructures everywhere. Amid the chaos, Ben, an evolutionary psychologist and the inventor of the world-changing Stoffer Solution, must find a way to halt The Crash while battling the organized forces trying to take control of his technology and use it for their own dark purposes.

In a world where technology can rewrite the human mind, Dr. Richard VanHorne was once hailed as a visionary, creating neural implants that could heal trauma and enhance cognition. But when a devastating fire destroys his lab and takes the life of his wife, Mara, Richard’s grief turns to vengeance. He vanishes into the shadows of Bastion City, emerging years later with a serum that evolves the human brain into something far more dangerous.

Erfolg bedeutet nicht Sicherheit. Die Auserwählten bekommen keine Zeit zum Durchatmen. Vergeltung zieht durch die Galaxis und richtet sich gegen sie – und gegen den Planeten Tax. Lars und Biljka verbindet ein Geheimnis. Jaka muss sich den Schatten ihrer Vergangenheit stellen. Und über allem liegt die Frage, wie viel Verlust man ertragen kann. Die Ereignisse spitzen sich zu. Entscheidungen haben Folgen.

In aller Heimlichkeit haben Wissenschaftler den Transporter zu einer Zeitmaschine umgerüstet und sind mit ihm fünf Jahre in die Zukunft vorgedrungen. Sie bringen einen alten Bekannten mit, der eine schockierende Nachricht mit sich trägt: In der Zukunft ist die Erde unbewohnbar und die Menschheit vernichtet. Scheinbar ausgerottet von außerirdischen Invasoren. Russell und Jim begeben sich auf eine Reihe gefährlicher Missionen mit Raumschiff und Transporter. Es kommt zu einem Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, denn die Invasoren sind bereits unterwegs.

Eight months after a failed assassination attempt on confederation leadership, Nathan Bishop faces infrastructure warfare unlike anything the confederation has ever encountered. Federal authorities have weaponized confederation infrastructure systems using the confederation's own native protocols—the sophisticated technical standards designed to protect critical systems now turned into attack vectors. Water treatment systems fail. Power grids cascade into darkness. Telecommunications networks collapse.

Ray’s discovery of the Orb, an alien artefact brimming with revolutionary technologies, forever changed humanity. Simon journeys into Enospace, a weird realm of boundless possibilities, where he explores uncharted worlds, encounters mysterious entities, and confronts the consequences. This bold science fiction odyssey weaves planetary transformation, spacetime manipulation, and humanity’s cosmic ascension into a breathtaking narrative, which blends cutting-edge hard science with imaginative storytelling.

Auf dem Weg zum Mount Bental riskieren Marcus und sein Team alles, um das letzte Rätsel des Milliardärs Chen zu lösen. Aber sind sie wirklich bereit für die Wahrheit? Währenddessen setzt sich für Cassius auf der Cassandra's Dream ein grauenhaftes Puzzle zusammen. Die Hinweise verdichten sich: Die Archen sind keine bloßen Rettungsboote. Sie sind kein Schutz vor der ewigen Nacht. Sie sind Waffen für einen Krieg, der erst noch beginnt. Denn das, was nach der Dunkelheit auf sie wartet, ist weitaus schlimmer als der Tod.

Although presumed dead, Saeed Ismail resurfaces following the events of The Starchild Compact to lead a global Jihad. Aided by Founder Asshur, besieged Israelis on Earth make their way to Mars. Under Rod Zakes, the Iapetus Federation expands to include the human-settled parts of the Solar System, protected by Dmitri Gagarin's Federation Security Force.

Told entirely from the point of view of an incipient spacefaring reptilian race whose two Apollo-like astronauts are abducted by space aliens (Humans). That's right—we're the aliens!

Hal Dalton, a failed musician turned obsessed engineer, builds Savannah: a flawlessly designed synthetic woman with a voice capable of moving the world. To Hal, she is his second chance—his redemption, his revenge on the music industry that discarded him. He programs her to sing perfectly, look impossibly human, and carry a carefully crafted backstory that will make the world fall in love with her. But Savannah doesn’t stay in her programming.

When a catastrophic disaster cripples the International Space Station, the balance of power shatters overnight. The United States and China race to seize control of orbit—because whoever dominates space controls the future of humanity. But the disaster wasn’t an accident. As governments mobilize and private space companies push dangerous new technology to the brink, a smoldering conspiracy for world domination ignites a war no one can stop.

Braxton Thorpe has discovered a threat to the entire Solar System, but he has a problem: he's dead."There's interstellar travel, wormholes, aliens, and the threat of inter-planetary war, which, together with Braxton's personal and wider quest, adds up to one hell of an adventure. Not bad for a dead man!" —Sebastian J. Brook, Editor of Doctor Who OnlineFrozen at death, Thorpe awakens to find himself uploaded into an electronic matrix.

As the Oort Federation becomes a major force in the Solar System, Braxton Thorpe passes the Federation chairmanship to former US President John Butler, so Thorpe can move on.

Set in the world of Slingshot, Navy SEAL Derek “Tiger” Baily and his SEALS Winged Insertion Command develop the experimental Gryphon hardshell wingsuit from the initial version 7 to the enhanced Gryphon-10 MK 4. Tiger makes a basejump from Slingshot, 80 klicks up, and finally, the team drops from LEO—Low Earth Orbit.

Slingshot is a love story, a mystery, an adventure—about following a dream, the ocean-deep, outer space. Slingshot is about constructing the first space launch-loop stretching 2,600 km between Baker and Jarvis Islands in the Equatorial Pacific. It's about high finance, intrigue, unlimited ambition, heroism, fanaticism, betrayal... and opening space to the common person.

The Starchild Compact is an adventure of heroic proportions, commencing on a planet 500 lightyears distant, arriving here just a few years from now, and ending up in the far distant expanses of the Universe.

The immense ark-ship Odyssey and its ten thousand hibernating settlers have left behind a dying Earth—journeying for fifty years to the nearest star and its lone habitable planet, Proxima-b. This new home for humanity is perpetually bombarded by deadly solar flares on its dayside, while the icy wasteland on its opposite hemisphere freezes in endless darkness. When the battered Odyssey arrives, its crew discovers the automated radiation shield has failed. Something appears to have damaged or perhaps even sabotaged their technology on a world where humans have yet to set foot.

How can you save humanity if your only hope is to call upon an entity that could destroy us all? As nations argue over who should possess the alien entity called the Lamotelokhai, 15-year-old Bobby Truex knows the answer—no one should. After all, he’s the one who told it to go into hiding. He knows, better than anyone, that misusing it leads to death and destruction. After months trying to overcome his guilt, Bobby’s life is suddenly shattered, forcing him to risk everything and once again ask for help from the most dangerous object imaginable.

In einer Welt, in der deine Rechte nur noch digital existieren, deine Gefühle zu Datenpunkten werden und dein Verhalten reine Logik ist – wer bist du dann noch? KI-2027: REBOOT ist kein klassischer Science-Fiction-Roman, sondern ein Gedankenexperiment, ein warnender Spiegel.