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Konran Andacellos has all but given up on his dream to be a starfighter. After botching an airshow maneuver and being reduced to a captaincy on a rock hauler, the ambitious 22-year-old never expected an ambush to sweep in and blow his convoy to dust. With the lives of his crew on the line, Konran leaps into a pitiful one-man defense craft and obliterates the enemy against impossible odds.

On the eve of Luca Lee-McNabb’s 23rd birthday the quantum intelligence, Athena delivers her some bad news. Due to a devastating attack on its infrastructure it can no longer protect her and keep her hidden. She must leave Earth immediately and try to make it to New World One, a gargantuan habitat being constructed out in the asteroid belt. For Luca, leaving her home means potentially exposing herself to the powerful VanHeilding family, who will stop at nothing to harvest her unique biology.

This is more than the story of nuclear conflict. It’s about the devastating effects wrought by nuclear winter. Our possible future is seen through the eyes of the Albright family. Hank Albright, a widower and proprietor of the Driftwood Key Inn, is the epitome of the laid-back islander inhabiting the Keys. His brother, Mike, is a homicide detective for the Monroe County Sheriff’s department. Along with his wife, Jessica, a paramedic and member of the sheriff’s department's water emergency team, they become involved in the investigation of a sadistic serial killer.

Deep below the Pacific, the crew of the Thales attempt to harness the power of deep ocean currents. Using turbines, they could harness more renewable energy than the world has ever seen. However, when a pressure valve ruptures they struggle for survival, and discover one of their own may have wanted the station to fail all along. With an entire ocean threatening their lives, they understand to live, they have to harness the ocean, and power the world. 

It was the case of a lifetime...but then, it went sideways on her. The suspect Maddie put behind bars might have been crazy, but it turns out he was innocent, and now she finds herself in the Artificial Crimes Unit hunting a serial killer from 200 years ago and a madman breathing life back into him with modern technology. Worse yet, she’s partnered up with Jake, her former lover. Now, an evil genius is using droids to recreate the infamous Jack the Ripper murders.

Oasis, der letzte bewohnbare Ort auf der post-apokalyptischen Erde, sollte eigentlich ein Paradies sein, ein Ort, an dem alle zufrieden sind. Theo, ein dreiundzwanzigjähriger Jugendlicher, hat noch nie so richtig in die fröhliche Gesellschaft von Oasis gepasst, die nach Altersstufen getrennt ist. Aber erst als er beginnt, die Stimme eines Mädchens in seinem Kopf zu hören, begreift er, dass nichts so ist, wie es zu sein scheint. 

For many, the dying part is hard. For some, the living part is harder. At 16 years of age, Mathius’ life is focused on scrounging bits of food in the midst of a five-way civil war on the planet Novalis III. Two government factions and three rebel factions are all hell-bent on killing one another, and the civilian population is caught in the middle. If Mathius doesn’t find food, he and his father, mother, and sister will go hungry for the day, a not-so-unusual occurrence.

Full of endearing characters, vivid worlds, and thrilling adventures, this anthology is also a touching examination of what these celebrated authors consider their best work.

The Outer Layer is an enigma to its residents. Representatives from countless races and civilizations wander the many territories, hoping to unlock the secrets and progress further into its depths. An anomaly has been detected in space by an artefact from an extinct civilization. Ciqalo, a machine intelligence from the Wanderer civilization, is tasked with investigating and weaponizing the anomaly for a galactic war.

Comic-Con, 2036. The world is rocked by the bizarre and inexplicable materialization of Cateklysm Catholicon - a colorfully clad whack job decreeing that humanity's only hope lies in the lessons found in superhero comic books. "Cateklysm's Challenge" is born, enticing even the most skeptical with a prize that promises "the power to change the world". 

James Hayden has a dream, and the Riggs test vehicle is going to take him there. But when failure after failure leads to his last chance exploding spectacularly, he must partner with an AI and gamble everything for one last shot at the stars. "43 Seconds" is a hard science fiction short story that is part of the Hayden's World series. 

Braxton Thorpe has discovered a threat to the entire solar system, but he has a problem: he's dead. Frozen at death, he awakens to find himself uploaded into an electronic matrix. Exploring beyond the matrix and the larger GlobalNet, he discovers the Oort, a distributed electronic entity older than humanity, with an unnerving secret: Aliens wiped out nearly all life on Earth once, and are coming back to do it again. The mathematical entity that is Thorpe has to find a way to convince humans of the threat, and in time to do something about it. But how, and what?

During a classified mission to the ISS, astronaut Jack Kildare picks up an eerie signal. An alien spaceship is orbiting distant, icy Europa. It looks derelict...but is it? As fear sweeps across Earth, NASA spearheads a frenzied effort to build a ship capable of traveling to Jupiter to confront the alien menace. Technology intertwines with espionage and sabotage in a race against the clock. Fighting for his rightful place in the mission, Jack finds himself submerged in a world of secrets, international power games, and cold-blooded murder.

The balance is shifting. The Forward Coalition is losing relevance, and the world is slipping through its fingers. But Nebulous and the Kin are still too weak to confront the old bulls, who, cornered and confused, are at their most deadly. Will the fantastic technologies emerging from the Klan Fabs bring utopia as the optimists claim, or only speed the planet toward its inevitable appointment with annihilation?

Covalent Technology's unveiling of the next generation of Mesh caused ripples felt worldwide. In one move, Alex and Sophie not only launched their latest money-making scheme but also their opening salvo in their war against the rogue AI that stands to destroy all those that might oppose it. Such a thing was always bound to attract attention. Months of careful moves had been taken to prepare, but when one stray phone call blows their cover, the response is immediate and lethal.

Es ist kein gewöhnlicher Himmelskörper. Es ist Amphitrite: der schwarze Planet. Seit Jahren suchen Astronomen nach einem Planeten jenseits der Neptunbahn. Immer wieder finden sie Indizien - aber der schlagende Beweis, die Beobachtung, schlägt fehl. Die vier Astronauten an Bord der Ganymed Explorer suchen keinen wissenschaftlichen Ruhm. Sie brauchen nichts weiter als einen sicheren Unterschlupf, so weit von jeglicher Zivilisation entfernt wie nur möglich. Dass ausgerechnet sie einen bisher unbekannten Planeten aufspüren, erscheint ihnen praktisch.

Sergeant Stryker and his elite commandos have been tasked with an impossible mission, one that few might escape from alive. The battlefield is the alien world of Spascia and the enemy an entire Legions of Biomech warriors and their terrifying war machines. The unrelenting horde is just hours from shattering the last Alliance lines, and defeat here might spell the end of the war. 

Allen's new dream job may end up becoming his worst nightmare. His new employer: a mysterious government agency tasked with protecting the world from out-of-control artificial intelligence and other technological threats. His first assignment: hunting down and disabling an abomination of science, technology, and the paranormal known as The Necromaton.  

After Hunter and The Militia escape from Selma, they learn Maunhouser is working on a new weapon even more powerful than those already unleashed. Faced with this new threat, how far is Hunter willing to go to protect those around him? And what is he willing to become to stop Gerome Maunhouser?

After the devastating betrayal, Hunter and the Independent Militia are struggling to keep Maunhouser from enslaving the entire gate ring. But the arrival of The Observer from Civilization might not mean the help they were hoping for. Whether fetching equipment The Observer needs, training insurrection cells on corp worlds, or searching for a saboteur on the Celestial, Hunter has plenty to stay busy. But will it be enough to keep Maunhouser at bay as they begin massing their ships for a war-ending assault?