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Nearly a year has passed since Kyle and Alex Wimberly's daughter, Kayla, was born. She has already begun manifesting the gift of the mist. After two years of silence, the Dominion launch a devastating attack on planet Aarde, killing over one hundred thousand Katswiri, the native population. As Kai and Alex retaliate by destroying a Dominion core world, a metal sphere plows through Earth's atmosphere, making a fiery entry and sending a message: Kyle Wimberly. We know who you are. We know where you live. We are coming for you, but we will take your wife and your daughter first.

Halfway to Better is a collection of short solarpunk stories, each exploring a near-future where were struggling to survive the climate crisis and build a better world. These hopeful climate-fiction stories take you from the bottom of the sea to the towers of a bot-filled city, from sparkling labs to flooded lighthouses, all imagining futures halfway to a better world. The Halfway to Better collection contains six short stories plus a bonus prose-poem, Rewilding Indiana, and its accompanying sky shanty.

SHORT STORY: A very short story about the cost of cutting down a tree. I Came Home From Saving the Rainforest is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection. If you enjoyed the optimistic climate solutions in Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future or the cozy cooperative future in Becky Chambers' Monk and Robot series, you will enjoy Halfway to Better.

Seit den Ereignissen im Zyklus DIE HEGEMONIE VON KRAYT sind 20 Jahre vergangen. Es waren 20 gute Jahre für die Terraner und ihre Verbündeten. Es herrschen Wohlstand und Zufriedenheit bei den Völkern der Allianz. Plötzlich erscheint ein Schiff der geheimnisvollen Zentrumsmächte im Sol-System. Im Kerngebiet der Milchstraße ist ein unerklärliches Phänomen aufgetreten, das die gesamte Galaxis bedrohen könnte und das die fünf uralten Völker vor ein Rätsel stellt. Sie ersuchen die Terraner um Hilfe bei der Erforschung dieses Phänomens.

Bangalore, Indien: Ray Kohagen forscht für den Tech-Konzern H² unermüdlich an der sogenannten Link-Technologie. Sein Ziel ist es, Gehirne zu digitalisieren und mit dem "Feld" zu verschmelzen. Denn in dieser virtuellen Sphäre, die die reale Welt simuliert, ist ewiges Leben möglich. Ray hofft, auf diese Weise auch seine verstorbene Frau wiederzusehen. In einem riskanten Selbstversuch taucht Ray erstmals ins Feld ein.

SHORT STORY: A sister in the far future, when we no longer burn things for fuel, finds a forbidden thing that would make the perfect gift. The Day We Stopped Burning is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection. If you enjoyed the optimistic climate solutions in Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future or the cozy cooperative future in Becky Chambers' Monk and Robot series, you will enjoy Halfway to Better.

SHORT STORY: Humanity has left the cities to live in the "greenbelt," but a young woman's curiosity brings her back to the bot-patrolled streets where human beings used to live... until she gets caught. Tombs Without Bodies is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection. If you enjoyed the optimistic climate solutions in Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future or the cozy cooperative future in Becky Chambers' Monk and Robot series, you will enjoy Halfway to Better.

SHORT STORY: At the bottom of the sea, a trawler crawls across an abyssal plain, carefully cleaning microplastics off the ancient mineral-rich nodules, when the crew finds something that shouldn't be possible. Slimy Things Did Crawl is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection.

SHORT STORY: Living in a flooded lighthouse is probably illegal, but no one has come to kick her out, so she keeps furtively tending the oyster beds and feeding the crows. But when a storm brings an unexpected, and unwelcome, visitor, her time in this final refuge might be at an end. Planting the Shell-Bones is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection. If you enjoyed the optimistic climate solutions in Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future or the cozy cooperative future in Becky Chambers' Monk and Robot series, you will enjoy Halfway to Better.

In the heart of the Pacific lies a mysterious island, shrouded in secrecy and guarded by the enigmatic Gordon McMillan, the world's wealthiest and most elusive genius. Once a titan of the technological realm, McMillan's sudden retreat from the world's stage three years ago left many puzzled minds wondering about his intentions. Little did they know, his seclusion was merely a prelude to an audacious experiment that would alter the course of human history.

Tomorrow’s Hope: A journey of exploration and hope builds on the themes reminiscent of classic Science Fiction written by the greats of the 1960’s. Inspired by the works of Ben Bova, Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Heinlein, Robert Silverberg, and more, we dive into worlds that could be just around the corner.

Lieutenant Commander David Ashton thrives on excitement. As he strolls to the White House, he has the feeling a new adventure awaits and he's not disappointed. President Gardiner offers him the mission of a lifetime, something he's trained for all of his life. Gardiner explains that the United States is running out of oil. In desperation, he is dispatching the Excalibur, the largest starship ever built, to voyage beyond the solar system to a distant planet 103 light years from earth.

Die außerirdische Bedrohung erreicht unser Sonnensystem. Tachyon. Der Planet ist das Finale des faszinierenden Space-Epos von Brandon Q. Morris. Die verlorene Schlacht im Orbit von Terra Nova hat auch den größten Skeptikern gezeigt, wie stark die außerirdische Bedrohung wirklich ist. Die Machtblöcke des Sonnensystems bereiten sich gemeinsam auf den einen entscheidenden Zusammenstoß vor. Währenddessen versucht ein ungewöhnliches Trio zu verhindern, dass der Konflikt die Erde erreicht.

With the seizure of an advanced freighter and its strategic cargo, James Van Wert is assigned to a combat vessel that possesses a groundbreaking new technology which the Fleet hopes will stop the insurgency. But James must first battle command infighting and the technological challenges of getting an untried ship ready for action, while the freighter captives travel to the heart of the enemy cabal to fight for their very lives.

Far into humanity's distant future, Naga, a whimsical superintelligent being, finds herself reborn. Her trusty companion Apollo – a quantum quintessence with an uncanny ability to predict the future - helps her throw a birthday party of cosmic proportions. Naga's children – Tartarus, Gaia, Iapetus and Mnemosyne – have mixed feelings about their newly reborn mother and about each other. Remembering their own trials and tribunals, they rediscover themselves and take a stab at understanding consciousnesses, complexity and what it means to be alive.

The best steel is forged by the hottest fires and under the greatest pressures. So too, have the Kurdish Peshmerga been shaped by thousands of years of warfare and oppression. Now, for the first time in history, they have their own nation, and its a chance to live, grow, and develop as a unified people. But they are surrounded by hostile dictatorships intent on the destruction of their young republic.

"Fábulas de la Penumbra" se enorgullece en presentar la segunda edición de una obra que ha cautivado y conmovido a lectores de todo el mundo: "El Rastreador de Muertos", del distinguido autor José Perea Del Pino, con el arte y diseño renovado por el talentoso Antonio Miguel Gómez Gómez. Esta nueva edición promete sumergir nuevamente a los lectores en un viaje inolvidable por el corazón de lo desconocido, con una trama más profunda y envolvente que nunca.

Vor der indischen Küste werden Artefakte am Meeresboden gefunden, aber sie passen zu keiner bekannten Zivilisation. Für den Archäologen Tony ist es der erste große Forschungsauftrag. Eine abenteuerliche Reise durch Indien beginnt. Dass einige Gegenstände Strahlung abgeben, gibt Rätsel auf, doch Tony bekommt Hilfe von Dyani, einer jungen Wissenschaftlerin. Ihm fällt auf, dass alle beteiligten Forscher Kontakte nach Russland pflegen.

Andrew hat mit seinem Charakter Falk endlich das erste der fünf Schwerter errungen, die er für die Schicksalsgöttin beschaffen muss. Das nächste Schwert befindet sich in Arkem, der unterirdischen Stadt der Gremlins. Dieses Volk ist für seine unangenehme und rüpelige Art ebenso wie für eine bizarre Logik und den Hang zum Chaos berüchtigt. Ob die Gremlins überhaupt bereit sein werden, mit ihm zu verhandeln, weiß Falk nicht. Doch es besteht eine Chance, denn die Gremlins verehren die Mechanismen der Uralten. Er muss nur herausfinden, welche geheimnisvolle Verbindung zwischen diesen Mechanismen und seiner Slider-Klasse besteht.

Professor Elliot Brand was done with adventures. When his former lover Ashra Shah calls him to Antarctica, he knows he is getting himself into trouble. Guarded by a military unit, hidden deeply in the uninhabitable parts of the frozen continent, a ruin was found that could be the most significant archeological find in history. Elliot Brand doesn't need long to understand that if they don't act fast, it might very well be the last one, too...