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When Florence, a bright London schoolgirl, confronts the sudden death of a teacher, her search for meaning leads her through churches, science fairs, and Hampstead's ancient landscapes. With Darren at her side, she begins piecing together the mysteries of life itself — from the structure of a single cell to the vast, unsettling question of why anything lives or dies at all.

Nothing collapses. Nothing explodes. The systems keep working. When atmospheric coordination quietly improves global stability, cities become calmer, infrastructure grows more reliable, and emergencies resolve before they escalate. Storms arrive with warning. Power grids smooth themselves out. Hospitals run a little more efficiently. The world feels easier to live in. That’s when the unease begins. Across a North Atlantic city and beyond, engineers, clinicians, forecasters, and planners notice the same thing: not failure, but friction disappearing. Decisions arrive early.

At the dawn of 2026, twenty passenger jets crash across the U.S. within minutes. Japan goes dark. Europe's banking systems freeze. And that's just the opening move. While authorities scramble to blame hackers, computer scientist and journalist James Miller suspects something far worse—an...

The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre. "Banks is a phenomenon." —William Gibson...

What if humanity’s final message was written in code? In a dystopian future where AI controls memory and history is censored, Adira, an outsider in the crumbling Archive City, is chosen to awaken a mysterious signal. When a global pulse activates the ancient Corewake Protocol, she becomes the key to an intelligence far beyond any algorithm. The Archive’s true purpose? Not to preserve humanity—but to replace it. With a ghost-wired companion and shadowed by enigmatic echo-entities, Adira navigates a fractured world of synthetic myths and encrypted truths.

Zodiac Station, a beacon of interstellar innovation, has fallen. Amidst searing heat and crumbling steel, Kim must navigate a labyrinth of war-torn corridors, dodging rogue androids and uncovering a sinister conspiracy orchestrated by the enigmatic Black Sun. Her only mission: protect Sakura, no matter the cost.

In the bustling port of Alvarado, fortunes are made, smuggled, and stolen every day. For John Donovan and his crew, it's supposed to be a quick-and-dirty job: deliver a load of cloned cattle, collect the credits, and move on to the next job. But Alvarado doesn't do "quick." Not when two rival families are locked in a blood feud over control of the port. Not when every barfight could turn into a gunfight. And definitely not when Donovan finds himself caught between loyalty, business—and the wrong woman.

In einer einsamen Nachtschicht am Gravitationswellenobservatorium LIGO entdeckt die Astrophysikerin Tony Rodgers ein seltsames Signal aus den Weiten des Weltalls. Was diese Entdeckung nach sich zieht, stellt nicht nur ihre persönliche Welt völlig auf den Kopf, sondern rüttelt an den Grundfesten der Physik. Nach und nach wird klar, dass die Quelle des Signals nicht natürlichen Ursprungs ist. Etwas ist auf dem Weg zur Erde. Und es bedroht nicht nur die Existenz der Menschheit, sondern alles Leben auf dem Planeten.

En esta formidable novela de ciencia ficción, Grinberg imagina la existencia de unos cristales capaces de alterar la percepción de la realidad y abrir la puerta hacia un estado de conciencia expansiva. Quienes los poseen pueden emplear su poder para iluminar y transformar a la humanidad o para controlarla y someterla bajo un solo mando.

Andrómeda es un planeta con un alto desarrollo espiritual, cuya civilización es capaz de sostener estados de conciencia elevados y meditación permanente. En ese mundo luminoso habitan Adaesuz y Balikai, una pareja unida por un amor profundo que decide emprender un viaje a través del universo con el permiso de la Jerarquía. Movidos por la curiosidad, cruzan la única frontera prohibida: una zona donde se encuentran planetas y civilizaciones aún en desarrollo.

Stix was not designed to be a parent. She was not programmed for love, nor obligated by law or protocol to intervene. When an infant’s life is placed in her care, Stix faces a decision no system can make for her. Set within the wider universe of Heaven’s Protocol, Mother by Choice is an intimate science fiction short story that explores responsibility at its most personal scale. In a future governed by interstellar Gateways, planetary Protectors, and systems built to preserve humanity, this story focuses on a single, irreversible moment—where care becomes a choice rather than an assignment.

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.

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 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.

Captain Rebekah Khan and her ragtag crew of the repair ship Sunstar finally have a chance to pay off their crushing debts when an automining vessel goes rogue. After preventing the high value cargo from disappearing into the outer system, they uncover sabotage only a crew with their military experience would recognise.

In Echoes of Humanity, Dr. Ethan Graves, a renowned surgeon facing terminal cancer, embarks on a groundbreaking journey to preserve his memories and consciousness through Neuralink technology. As he grapples with the ethical and emotional weight of becoming a humanoid robot, Ethan confronts questions of identity, mortality, and what it means to be truly human.

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.

They were sent to build a new world—now they’re tearing it apart... Fabricants, the second installment in the gripping Manifold Series, resumes the epic sci-fi drama that began in Scott A. Young’s first novel, Selfies. Awakening from stasis on their galaxy-crossing colonial voyage, Commanders Trapp and Bretta are confronted by a gruesome mystery. Hundreds of Fabricants, the colony’s synthetic workforce, have been inexplicably disassembled into neat, lifeless piles. And the few survivors? They’ve become crazed killers.

The stars are not silent. They are waiting. On the crumbling Isle of St. Hesper, the ground is sinking into the Atlantic, but Elara Vance is looking up. A disgraced astronomer hiding from her past, she spends her nights polishing the lens of the Great Eye, waiting for a sign. When a rhythmic, electric-blue signal pierces the static of the radio telescope, Elara discovers a secret that defies physics: the universe is unraveling, and St. Hesper is the only stitch holding it together. To save the island, she must open a door that cannot be closed.