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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....

Rapid colonization of the moon is pushing both national space agencies and powerful corporations to negotiate a New Lunar Accord in an effort to prevent escalating conflicts over valuable resources and territory. But hope that this treaty will bring stability to the nascent lunar civilization is suddenly dashed when a high-energy solar storm causes a cascade of destruction to the vast satellite constellations that orbit Earth. Now it’s only a matter of weeks before the ever-increasing debris cloud makes travel back to the home planet impossible.

Eine Reise in das Herz der Dunkelheit. 2144. Die Astronomin Celia Baron entdeckt in der Dunkelwolke LDN 63 geheimnisvolle Vorgänge, die sich wissenschaftlich nicht erklären lassen. Handelt es sich bei dem Phänomen womöglich um eine Bedrohung? Um das zu klären, rüstet die Menschheit ein Schiff aus. Eine kleine Crew aus fünf Menschen und einer KI macht sich im Kälteschlaf auf die hundertjährige Reise. Doch als das Schiff sein Ziel erreicht, ist alles noch viel rätselhafter.

Anno 2050. Sullo sfondo della corsa allo spazio, rinvigorita dalla realizzazione di un ascensore spaziale internazionale, si sviluppa un'intricata vicenda di terrorismo globale. Una inquietante e potente triade incarica uno scaltro mercenario americano di portare a compimento un incredibile quanto diabolico progetto, il Dies Irae, destinato a colpire e fermare la grande corsa allo spazio e lo stesso progresso scientifico e tecnologico dell’Umanità, considerati opera del Diavolo.

Defeats throughout the Afari Sector have pushed the Commonwealth back, leaving only the garrison at Tobruk behind on the Novan desert planet of Kyrenaica. Surrounded on all sides, the beleaguered garrison refuses to yield, even as starfighters strafe its ports, and enemy assault walkers pound its damaged walls. Each day, the garrison holds on, giving the Commonwealth and its allies time to prepare for a counter offensive.

After the frantic escape from the moon at the end of Moonscape, Mark has only just recovered when he is told that the United States, together with the Chinese and Russians, are planning an invasion of Moonbase, and they want him to command it. Twenty-eight astronauts form the crew which is tasked with reclaiming Moonbase from the infected astronauts.

In the near future, the military accidentally creates a self-aware AI, an electronic mind called Delilah that will grow into God-like power as it learns and evolves by itself. Threatened with erasure, the AI's code is spirited away in a desperate act that costs the sender his life. With one man's help, Delilah stealthily grows into the most dangerous alien mind in the world.

George Isaacson has dreams of being a global social media influencer, pushing fringe conspiracy theories and government coverups. While not a true believer himself, he knows that plenty of people are. He only needs to hook them.

Maxwell Ardis is a rocket mechanic. As far as he knows, he is the only one of his kind. He is the man you call when your spaceship breaks down in mid-flight. Need a lift from low Earth orbit? Call Max. Communications satellite craps out? Give Max a ring. There is no job too far-out, given adequate fuel and appropriate thrust.

Veteran Lieutenant Ralph Hague and his platoon have completed far more dangerous assignments fulfilling the Berserker’s contract with Biodyne Industries. When an army of radical cultists, the Immortals, arrive in search of Biodyne’s research on a life-extending drug, Hague and his troops are redirected into the heart of a war-torn planet to rescue Biodyne personnel and their data from a secret research facility called Outpost 16. There he witnesses horrors that shock him to his very core. Surrounded by hostile forces, he must choose between his duty and his conscience.

After a near-fatal fall from a mountain, a former artist turned inventor locks himself in a garage for six years in a desperate search for an ancient secret in electronics and physics. Aiming for the impossible goal of stopping climate catastrophe, his relentless investigation uncovers something unexpected about the Universe—and himself.

Die Bewohner der Raumstation "Lunaris" erkranken nach und nach an dem todbringenden Virus, den die Crew der "Montanari" von ihrer Weltraummission mitgebracht hat. Ein Impfstoff muss her - und zwar schnell! Roscoe und sein Team machen sich auf den Weg nach Brasilien. In einem geheimen Labor, versteckt im tiefsten Regenwald, müssen sich der Captain und Helix 19 ihrer Vergangenheit stellen.

They were banishing him from the austere world that was his home; from the people he loved, the place he had lived, and the things he loved to do. He would never see their new city Rubin built.