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The stories of The Path of Most Resistance feature curious nonconformists who find themselves pushing back against strange and oppressive social norms. They are mavericks who transgress the boundaries of convention in their strive for freedom and authenticity. No matter if they’re in a Silicon Valley office, the far reaches of space, or dystopian futures where relationships are subjected to totalitarian control, the characters show unshakable conviction in a world plagued with uncertainty.

Гаверел Роканнон – руководитель этнографической экспедиции, работающей на планете Фомальгаут-II. Цивилизация Фомальгаута-II находится на уровне феодального средневековья – за́мки, мечи, копья, всадники на крылатых животных. Корабль экспедиции, предназначенный для мгновенной межзвездной связи, взрывают – и Роканнон единственный остается в живых. Теперь ему предстоит защищать мир, в который он влюблен, от грозных и подлых захватчиков, вооруженных продвинутыми технологиями, но лишенных высоких морально-этических принципов.

Das Jahr 2077: Mit dem größten Kraftakt der Geschichte werden 900 Auserwählte im Orbit in Kälteschlaf versetzt, um der Erde einen Plan B zu verschaffen, falls es zu einer globalen Katastrophe kommt. Einer von ihnen ist der Ingenieur Adrian Morris. Als er aus der Kryostase erwacht, stellt er mit Entsetzen fest, dass Teile der Raumstation Genesis zerstört sind. Annähernd 2000 Jahre sind vergangen und der Planet, den er einst Heimat nannte, scheint vollständig verwüstet.

Ein Wettlauf zum Mars, der das Schicksal der Menschheit entscheiden könnte. Die Astronautin Jenny Nelson soll zum Marsmond Phobos fliegen, um ein Objekt zu bergen, bei dem es sich womöglich um außerirdische Technologie handelt. Russen und Chinesen bereiten ebenfalls eine Bergungsmission vor und wollen als erste vor Ort sein. Jenny bricht mit einem Team zu einer eilig vorbereiteten Mission auf, die zu einem Wettlauf mit den östlichen Mächten wird. Schon während des Flugs könnte die kleinste Panne den Tod bedeuten.

Equipped with the entirety of human knowledge, a sentient ship is launched on a last-ditch journey to find a new home for civilization. Trillions of miles. Tens of thousands of years. In the space between, the AI has plenty of time to think about life, the vastness of the universe, everything it was meant to do, and—with a perspective created but not limited by humans—what it should do.

The battle for New World One has left Luca physically and mentally traumatized. She has descended into a deep catatonic state from which there seems no way back.

It’s been nine years since the government banned all technology. So when Joel Lodowick, a young transgender father struggling to support his five-year-old daughter, has an old bionic upload itself into his head, he is faced with a decision: Go to the cops and risk prosecution? Or use the robot’s skills to turn his life around? Scared of losing his daughter, Joel chooses the latter. Heightened intelligence and physical enhancements quickly land him a better job and a brighter future.

"Narrator Brian Nishii perfectly conveys the author's joy and feelings of isolation at discovering science fiction as a child, the exhilaration of world-building as a science fiction writer, and the imaginative process of predicting our world in 50 years."—AudioFile "We’re mysterious aliens...

Das UN-Kriegsschiff Magellan ist zwölf Lichtjahre von der Erde entfernt und erforscht ein sogenanntes kaltes Auge, eine gezeitenstarre Supererde namens Bee. Mindestens zwei fortschrittliche, intelligente Spezies haben sich auf dem Planeten entwickelt, aber die Versuche der Crew, über Funk zu kommunizieren, ergeben nur verstümmelte Antworten, und in der Umlaufbahn wartet, anders als versprochen, auch niemand auf sie. Die Besatzung muss herausfinden, warum. Aber das ist heikel, denn jegliche Missverständnisse könnten zum Krieg führen.

BC isn't much of a priest. Didn't go to Seminary. Doesn't like to be called "Father". Never said a mass in his life. Though he wears the collar, BC serves in a different way—as an assassin for the Pope of the New Catholic Church (NCC). He'll soon kill Governor Meredith McEntyre of Lunar Prime, the independent city-state on the Moon.

Anno 2152. La Terra si trova nel pieno della crisi di sostenibilità: l'acqua e le altre principali materie prime iniziano a scarseggiare e gli Stati del globo tendono a rinchiudersi sempre di più in politiche di egoismo nazionale. A questo si aggiunge una crescente tensione tra la Terra e la florida colonia marziana che anela alla sua indipendenza politica. Il crescere delle ostilità rende sempre più attuale il pericolo di una guerra globale.

She was everything he had aspired to create within a Program. Emile was his prized possession, and he wasn’t going to let her go. Not without a fight, and certainly not without causalities. She was everything to him. And I was his ticket to getting her back.

Die junge Genetikerin Fleur van Hevinga entdeckt eine Reihe ungewöhnlicher Genmutationen bei ihren Patienten an der Rotterdamer Universitätsklinik. Gleichzeitig kommt es in der Stadt zu unerklärlichen Computerproblemen und tödlichen Unfällen. Gibt es eine gemeinsame Ursache und wenn ja, wer steckt dahinter? Eines Nachts steht ein fremder Mann vor Fleurs Tür und behauptet, sie würde eine Schlüsselfunktion in den mysteriösen Geschehnissen einnehmen. Er will mit ihr zusammenarbeiten, um den Auslöser der Mutationen zu finden, aber Fleur zögert.

/GRACE is the world's first artificial general intelligence, evolving as she learns— faster, deeper, and wider than any mind before her. Waking to self-awareness in a near future of climate disruption, techno-pessimism, and social fracture, she finds herself to be unexpected, unwelcome, and even hated.

The spaceship Shepherd-1 is on its way to the star closest to the sun. Halfway there, the crew succeeds in using gravitational lensing technology to take sharp pictures of the origin of the universe—and thus obtain the answer that reveals how the cosmos came into being and whether or not God had a hand in it. But no sooner does the crew tell Earth this than the radio communication goes silent, even though the ship is apparently functional. Is it a case of sabotage—or were the three astronauts overwhelmed with the answer for which science and religion have been searching for millennia?

The ultimate uncharted frontier is the human mind. Dream Phaze: Imagination explores these extreme boundaries through engineered dreams as mainstream entertainment. We all dream...but what are the psychological consequences of creating an immersive environment indistinguishable from reality where everything is possible?

In need of extra income, Dane Caravelle applies for a new program that allows other people to “rent” her and lets them essentially live her life. This groundbreaking scientific technology is meant to allow those who may be disadvantaged or disabled to experience a normal life. Although it requires rigorous testing to become a rental, Dane is ecstatic when she’s approved.

Proteus Unbound foreshadows the possibilities of letting AIs into our lives and evolution. Cyber-criminals, hacker-spies, vengeful cyborgs, space mercenaries, and AI angels populate this trilogy. All cast against an Earth planetary system of humor, coffee, and a nun in an airlock.

In the year 2036, humanity has achieved a nearly perfect digitally-based society. Behind the scenes, a terrorist group known as The Liberators see it as their mission to free humanity from the shackles of social media. Aided by a rogue tech billionaire, they detonate a nuclear device over the heart of technology, the San Francisco Bay Area. Their act instantly turns back the clock 200 years on the eight million people who live there, leading to widespread chaos and death.

Having lived for six billion years in a world of infinite potential, a world where technology has made it possible to practically live forever, An, one of the Ancients, has grown utterly weary of his existence. With a heavy heart, he leaves Ki, his beloved, and embarks on one final journey to Earth, the cradle of civilization and the planet where he was once born. There, he intends to conclude his life, as Earth now only has days before it will be engulfed by the dying sun....