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The second novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series. Led by its founding father, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and utilizing science and technology, the Foundation survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Now cleverness and courage may not be enough. For the Empire - the mightiest force in the Galaxy - is even more dangerous in its death throes. Even worse, a mysterious entity called the Mule has appeared with powers beyond anything humanly conceivable. Who - or what - is the Mule?

Most of Carmichael's population made it home, but not everyone wants to return. Both parties must start again, and life as they knew it has changed forever. Caesar and Amelia are recruited by Harrison to bridge the gap between Arcadia and Earth, while Anders is hired to rescue John and Lillian from whatever distant planet they now occupy. The journey begins at Wayward, the renamed town that Milton had once tyrannized. Milton may be a distant threat, but Duffy, wounded and outraged, still lurks in the shadows.

The world is in turmoil, facing inertias on both a conscious and subconscious level, which no one quite knows how to stop. James Black, also known primarily as "The Scientist," was just dabbling around in a makeshift lab he had created for himself, when after combining a plethora of random variables together, he made a discovery that changed everything... and showed him everything for better or for worse. He created the first time machine, but it was far more than just that.

Würden Sie Ihren Sohn opfern, um Ihre Tochter zu retten? Etwas ist anders mit Kates vierjährigem Sohn. Er wurde nicht auf die herkömmliche Art erschaffen. Jetzt will ihn eine gewalttätige Sekte töten und Kate wird alles tun, um ihn zu beschützen – bis sie ihre Tochter entführen. Erleben Sie JT Lawrences beunruhigende Vision der allzu nahen Zukunft in diesem dunklen Entführungsthriller mit einer Wendung an, die Sie umwerfen wird.‚Wie wir dich gefunden haben‘ ist das zweite Buch der futuristischen, dystopischen Serie ‚Wenn die Zukunft ruft‘. Blinzeln Sie nicht, sonst verpassen Sie es.

On the fifteenth anniversary of his brother’s death, twenty-three-year-old Edwin Dorset spends his last day on Earth wondering if there’s anything more for him than the life he’s been given. An artist who has toiled all his life for his craft, only to enter an age where human-derived works are nearly obsolete and artificial intelligence can create what he can in the span of a second. But as the sun sets over the horizon, a tear in the sky rips open, and Edwin is quickly forced to reassess everything he knows about the universe and his place in it.

Tras el misterioso hundimiento de una islita deshabitada en medio del Océano Pacífico, una expedición científica al mando del doctor Tadokoro explora el lecho submarino de la Fosa del Japón a bordo de un batiscafo capaz de descender hasta los diez mil metros de profundidad. Con la tétrica sensación de viajar recluidos en un ataúd metálico con destino a un cementerio de las profundidades, se adentrarán con su nave en unas aguas que ejercen una presión espantosa, cual monstruo imbuido de la voluntad de estrujarlos entre sus garras.

Die Hyperion-Mission zum Saturnmond Titan gilt als Meilenstein der modernen Raumfahrt. Colonel John Coel, ein erfahrener NASA-Astronaut, soll die Mission anführen. Er wird jedoch im letzten Moment abberufen. Doch kurz bevor die Hyperion den Uranus erreicht, reißt der Kontakt zum Schiff plötzlich ab - und mit einem Mal sind Coel und seine Crew, die eine Versorgungsmission auf dem Mars durchführen, die Einzigen, die den Uranus schnell genug erreichen können, um Schiff und Besatzung zu retten.

The Terran Republic is falling apart. Former colonies declare their independence, plunging the galaxy into chaos. Captain Zadiya Ark faces the greatest challenge of her career.

Die Fortsetzung des spannenden Weltraum Thrillers stellt die Crew der Aquarius vor neue Herausforderungen, eine Bedrohung des gesamten Sonnensystems und vielleicht noch viel mehr. Nach der Entdeckung eines riesigen, außerirdischen Kubus - dem Marker - konnte die Aquarius Crew den Ursprung des Uranus Leuchten identifizieren, doch stellen sich ihnen nun mehr Fragen als vorher. Zu welchem Zweck existiert dieses Objekt und wer hat es erbaut? Nachdem die Crew einen Zugang zum Marker gefunden hat und zum Kern vordringen konnte, wird ihnen bewusst, wie viel mehr hinter dem mysteriösen Marker steckt.

First contact with the seemingly impossible human civilization at Proxima Centauri is not going well. The Earth ships sent to render aid have not been able to reverse the contagion ravaging their population and, worse, many Proximans are now wondering if the humans from Earth are there for other, not so charitable, reasons. Can the extinction-level disaster faced at Proxima be reversed by the combined ingenuity of scientists from both worlds working together?

Captain Graciela is where she wants to be, far from her controlling mother, in a rented solar sail cargo ship, trading and gambling throughout the heliosphere. It can be lonely in the void, but the crew on the H2LiftShip, the LunaCola, is all the help she needs: Jack, a talking dog with a nose for Earth jerky, Tang, a poker-obsessed orangutan, and Octopus, in his watery navigation station, are her constant companions on her journey.

Colton Beck has a new lease on life. Their alliance is confident they can find their enemy in the Alruna system, and it’s all hands on deck. After the revelation of his origins from the mysterious woman on Dicore, Colton is at odds with where his loyalties stand. The truth behind Indie Hart’s dedication to the Angor is revealed, making Colton doubt her motives as well as the Angor’s. When Earth is threatened, it’ll take a lot more than one man to save the planet. All pieces come together for a cataclysmic resolution, but who can Colton truly trust?

Une centaine d'années se sont écoulées, Élisabeth et Nil se réveillent à bord de l'Esperanza 64. Qu'est devenue Lumière ? Les gens ont-ils respecté le Code de Développement, si cher au cœur de la Guide, ou ont-ils, au contraire, suivi l'exemple de Terra ?

Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove—he’s been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. But when a Kibou-daini cryocorp—an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future—attempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter, Miles, to check it out.

The planet is called Banshee. The air is unbreathable, the water poisonous. It is the home of the most implacable enemies that humanity, in all its interstellar expansion, has ever encountered. Felix is a scout in A-team Two. Highly competent, he is the sole survivor of mission after mission. Yet he is a man consumed by fear and hatred.

The popular adventures of Miles Vorkosigan, a clever and outlandish science fiction hero for the modern era, continue in these three tales. In The Mountains of Mourning, Miles is dispatched to a back-country region of Barrayar, where he must act as detective, judge, and executioner in a controversial murder case. In Labyrinth, Miles adopts his alternate persona as Dendarii Mercenary Admiral Naismith for an undercover mission to rescue an important research geneticist from Jackson’s Whole. And in the title story, Miles infiltrates an escape-proof Cetagandan POW camp.

In outer space you can never feel sure that your adversary is altogether human. The runcible buffers on Samarkand have been mysteriously sabotaged, killing many thousands and destroying a terraforming project. Agent Cormac must reach it by ship to begin an investigation. But Cormac has incurred the wrath of a vicious psychopath called Pelter, who is prepared to follow him across the galaxy with a terrifying android in tow.

High above the windswept plains of Kazakhstan, three astronauts on board a Russian Soyuz capsule begin their reentry. A strange shimmer in the atmosphere, a blinding flash of light, and the capsule vanishes in a blink as though it never existed. Daniel Rice is a government science investigator. Marie Kendrick is a NASA operations analyst. Together, they must track down the cause of the most bizarre event in the history of human spaceflight. They draw on scientific strengths as they plunge into the strange world of quantum physics.

Deux ans après son arrivée en orbite de Terra, l'Esperanza 64 peut enfin débarquer les premiers colons. Ces derniers, contrairement à l'équipage, n'ont pas vécu l'interminable voyage et la mise en place laborieuse des premières installations au sol. Ils ont dormi 15 000 ans et, à leurs yeux, le contraste est immense entre la Terre, qu'ils ont l'impression de n'avoir quittée que la veille, et cette planète d'accueil où tout reste à faire.

Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life - but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity's great empire fell, and the program's decisions were lost to time. Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from old Earth. But those ancient terraformers woke something on Nod better left undisturbed. And it's been waiting for them.