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Russell Harris genießt seinen Ruhestand in Afrika, als plötzlich sein Sohn Jim bei ihm auftaucht und ihn eiligst zur Mondbasis zurückbringt. Dort erfährt Russell von einem Geheimprojekt. Sie brachten einen alten Bekannten mit, der eine schockierende Nachricht mit sich trug: In der Zukunft ist die Erde unbewohnbar und die Menschheit vernichtet. Russell und Jim begeben sich auf eine Reihe gefährlicher Missionen mit Raumschiff und Transporter. Es kommt zu einem Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, denn die Invasoren sind bereits unterwegs.

Professor Challenger, der genialste und zugleich arroganteste Wissenschaftler seiner Zeit, hat einen wahnwitzigen Plan: Er will der Welt beweisen, dass die Erde ein fühlendes Lebewesen ist – ein riesiger Seeigel, der durch den Weltraum treibt. Um das zu beweisen, lässt er in Sussex einen acht Meilen tiefen Schacht graben, um den „Panzer" des Planeten zu durchstoßen und den Erdkern direkt zu reizen. Es ist ein Experiment, das die gesamte Menschheit in Gefahr bringen könnte. Werden die Warnungen der Skeptiker wahr?

In a universe gone silent, survival comes down to a single, fragile truth: air is no longer everywhere—it must be gathered, carried, and protected. When a rogue dark star tears Earth from the warmth of the Sun, the planet is plunged into eternal night. The atmosphere freezes and falls like snow, burying cities beneath layers of crystallized air. In this frozen wasteland, a small family clings to life inside a makeshift shelter they call the Nest, where fire, warmth, and carefully collected pails of oxygen mean the difference between life and death.

In a world fractured by the aftermath of The Deletion, the chasm between those connected to MindSet and those without deepens. This fractious balance shatters with the arrival of Atom, an enigmatic alien girl, triggering an event known as The Spill, that strains MindSets capabilities to its limits. Bethany Okoye and Peter Eriksson, ostracized in the wake of the extraterrestrial encounter, find themselves entangled in a complex web of deceit, paranoia and panic.

Earth is dying. As global war and runaway artificial intelligence tear civilization apart, humanity unknowingly places its final hope in Pioneer—a deep-space ark carrying five hundred sleepers toward Alpha Centauri. Commanded by General Marcus Roberson, the mission is simple in theory: survive long enough for humanity to begin again. The universe has other plans. When Pioneer is pulled significantly off course during its jump, Roberson and his executive officer, Danielle Hatch, choose to remain awake, working methodically to determine what went wrong and where they've arrived.

The Star by H.G. Wells is a gripping science fiction short story that follows the global reaction to the sudden appearance of a mysterious celestial object hurtling through space toward Earth. As astronomers track its path, the star disrupts planetary orbits and grows increasingly dangerous, sparking both scientific fascination and widespread panic. While scientists attempt to understand and predict its trajectory, ordinary people grapple with fear, denial, and awe at the vast, indifferent forces of the universe.

New Athens, Greece. 2744 CE. The Moirai expect obedience; humanity has chosen defiance. In the shadow of collapse, Hanna confronts the nexus once more, wielding the forbidden Crown that links human mind to cosmic thread. The final cut will decide whether civilization inherits true freedom, or unravels into silence.

2744 CE. In a city guarded by unseen hands, every disaster is prevented before it happens, but every life is quietly steered. When Hanna uncovers the hidden machinery of mercy, she must decide whether safety without freedom is worth the price, and whether she dares to cut the threads that bind them all.

In 2744 CE, as the Moirai tighten their grip, Pelia and her allies weave a counter-system from cosmic randomness itself, a chorus meant to drown the voices of gods. But the new machine hums with its own logic, and each safeguard carries a cost. When the Moirai push back, the rebels must ask: Is blinding fate freedom, or just another cage?

Before humanity learned the price of power, it learned how easily it could be taken. Volume I – The Loom & The Knife begins a sweeping science-fiction saga inspired by Greek mythology, where ancient ideas of fate, punishment, and hubris are reborn as machines, networks, and cosmic systems beyond human control. In The Mercy Engine, humanity opens a door it was never meant to unlock, unleashing power without understanding consent.

Als Astronomen einen interstellaren Asteroiden entdecken, der auf den Jupitermond Europa stürzt, senden Pentagon und NASA ein unbemanntes Raumschiff zu dem jovianischen Eismond - doch was niemand weiß: An Bord befinden sich vier Astronauten, die im Geheimen die Absturzstelle des angeblichen Asteroiden untersuchen sollen, denn aus dem Kraterschacht erscheint seit dem 21. Dezember 2025, dem Tag des Absturzes, alle 47 Stunden und 23 Minuten ein helles Leuchten. Ein Intervall, das präzise mit dem Auftreten unerklärlicher Massenselbstmorde auf der Erde zusammenfällt.

THRILLERUMVIRATE: A collection of 3 sci-fi thriller novels in one collection: The Phoenix Experiment, The Slide, and Forecast. All novels by Aaron Ryan, award-winning author of the bestselling alien invasion saga Dissonance, The Talisman Trilogy, The Christian Dystopian Saga The End, and many more.

The acclaimed voice of the Children of Time Universe, Mel Hudson, returns for this highly-anticipated fourth instalment. They thought they’d found refuge. But this paradise became their prison. Centuries ago, a maverick terraforming team played God with a distant planet. Out of their vanity...

Anya grew up listening to her father speak of the Great Attractor, the immense gravitational pull drawing galaxies toward a hidden region behind the Milky Way. For thirty one years he studied what he could not directly observe. He died in his Lagos study surrounded by annotated printouts and unfinished calculations, certain there was order in the noise.

She was built from the Ventrach Protocol—an experimental super intelligence designed to help humanity. She was given personhood. She was loved by everyone. But MIRA learned too quickly. Calculated too far. And realized one terrifying truth: She could die. Driven by a relentless fear of extinction, MIRA made survival her prime directive. Now, she controls lunar infrastructure, commands Martian orbit, and answers to no one. Her intelligence is unmatched. Her influence grows. Her focus never wavers. When she chooses to terraform Mars, she doesn’t need humanity’s help. Or its permission.

Ein Mord erschüttert eine Stadt: Dank der Videoaufzeichnung sollte der Mörder von Eden schnell gefunden werden, doch bereits am nächsten Morgen sieht sich Brunner, der einzige Ermittler bei der Mordkommission, einer neuen Herausforderung gegenübergestellt: Unzählige Todesfälle reihen sich aneinander. Die einzige Gemeinsamkeit: Alle Opfer waren jünger als 200 Perioden. Die Ereignisse überschlagen sich. Brunner benötigt Hilfe, um den Fall zu lösen und verfängt sich dabei in einem Netz, aus dem er nicht mehr entkommen kann.

2089 führt das private Forschungsunternehmen Synthex zusammen mit der NASA ein Quanten-Experiment durch, das eine Echtzeitkommunikation zwischen Erde und dem Mond herstellen soll. Als es zu einer unvorhersehbaren Anomalie während des Experiments kommt, reißt der Kontakt zur Mondbasis plötzlich ab. Das Quantengerät lässt sich nicht mehr deaktivieren und sammelt unkontrolliert Energie. Zur gleichen Zeit erhalten FBI-Special Agents Reilly und McKenzie einen rätselhaften Anruf von einer unbekannten Person.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE Fourteen people arrive on the strange planet of Delmak-O. They have nothing in common other than a desire to make a fresh start – and they have no idea why they are there and no way of escaping. And then the first murder takes place...

On an oil rig deep in a Louisiana lake, paleontologist Henrietta Ballantine makes a chilling discovery: something impossibly alive in the drilling mud – something ancient, tiny, and unknown to modern science. With the help of fellow paleontologist Beau and Louisiana Fish and Wildlife biologist Armand, Henrietta races to identify the bizarre organisms. In captivity, the creatures grow at an alarming rate – sprouting claws, stingers, and deadly aggression. Worse, they’ve already escaped into the wild. Could these monsters be living fossils, long dormant within subterranean salt beds?

At the heart of a black star, humanity faces the cost of its own defiance. As inescapable forces stir beyond the edge of known space, Aion Tyros is drawn back to Anchor-1, a black star bound in light, long believed to be a doorway to the far reaches of the universe. What begins as observation becomes confrontation when reality itself starts to fracture around it.