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While training for a manned mission to Mars, Dr. Sophie Winston and her team of scientists find themselves cut off from the rest of the world. Trapped inside a biosphere deep within the confines of Cheyenne Mountain, Sophie and crew discover they are the survivors of a brutal alien invasion. But as they struggle to stay alive, they realize their safe haven is far from safe and that they must team up with other survivors around the world to defeat the aliens before it’s too late for humanity and the Earth.

Audiobook contains: Accession of the Stone Born Death doesn't always ride a pale horse: Gavin Randall hasn’t been home in nearly thirty years. Upon his return, he discovers that he’s one of the rarest beings in the supernatural community - a Stone Born. Dust Walkers: When newly minted vigil Gavin Randall is summoned to a small town in New Mexico, the last thing he’s expecting is to have to fight a cartel of necromancers, and Shades of Fire & Ash: fanatics hellbent on destroying Gavin Randall, his friends, and the Archive itself have surfaced.

The Silence was a forty-year lie. The Hunger is the final truth. For four decades, the world has belonged to the women. After Elara Vance’s viral "Silence" erased the male sex, humanity rebuilt itself in the image of peace. The Republic of Neo-Genoa and the New York Archive rose as monuments to a world without "friction." But the cradle was always a cage. Now, the first generation of synthetic men—the "New Men"—has reached maturity. It was supposed to be the dawn of a restored species. Instead, it is the trigger for the Vance Fail-Safe.

Enter an atmospheric speculative fiction universe where fractured timelines and higher dimensions shatter human reality. Perfect for an immersive commute or late-night listening, these interconnected sci-fi stories explore the cosmic fallout of a genius mathematician's dangerous discovery. Lose...

In a fractured world where life rises and disappears without memory, one presence remains. Rooted deep within a silent divide, an ancient tree endures—watching the endless cycles of emergence and fading that surround it. Nothing lingers. Nothing returns. Everything passes…except the tree. Shaped by isolation and time, it becomes something different. A quiet awareness forms within it—one that does not dissolve with the rest of existence. What once defined its apartness begins to reveal itself as something else entirely. Strength.

Am Rand der bekannten Galaxis stoßen zwei abgebrannte Weltraum-Schürfer auf ein verlassenes Schiff - und wecken vier formlose Wesen aus dem Kryo-Schlaf. Vor ihren Augen verwandeln sich die Kreaturen in perfekte Doppelgänger! Eine Generation danach führt Minarel Tarkin ein hochprofitables, streng geheimes Unternehmen: Sie vermietet Simipathen - Gestaltwandler mit nahezu unzerstörbaren Körpern - an die Reichen, Mächtigen und Kriminellen. Doch als eine Simipathin verschwindet, wird aus dem Geschäft ein Überlebenskampf.

A thrilling and cataclysmic collection of city-smashing titans and the desperate coalitions of humanity clinging to survival in the wreckage, from the New York Times bestselling and multiple award-winning editors. Featuring bestselling and award-winning authors such as Tananarive Due...

Centuries after a devastating war shattered Earth’s ecology, humanity clings to survival under the doctrine of “The Balance” a belief that nature must recover without human interference. But Gwendolyn Robbins, Director of Genetics at the Wildlife Foundation, sees a dying world that cannot heal on its own. Defying the Council’s orders, she dares to recreate the creatures of legend, pegasi and unicorns, from the genetic remnants of the Ancestors. As politics, fear, and faith collide, Gwendolyn’s work may hold the key to restoring life, or doom what remains of it.

Archy is all grown up, so it is only fitting that now he is fighting vampires in a dark castle.

Some love stories feel written in the stars. Others feel like warnings we ignored from the beginning. Zodiac Romances is a cinematic urban romance anthology inspired by the emotional energy of the zodiac signs — exploring passion, obsession, vulnerability, heartbreak, emotional growth, and the complicated ways people love. Each chapter follows a different couple. Different chemistry. Different struggles. Different outcomes. An Aries falls too fast. A Taurus loves hard enough to become controlling. A Gemini struggles with emotional consistency. A Scorpio confuses obsession with destiny.

Death. Survival. Eternity. When asteroids destroy the massive spaceship, Keep, home to a billion souls, a small group of survivors faces the ultimate test of humanity. Keshawn, consumed by grief over his girlfriend's death, refuses evacuation until forcibly saved by his closest friend. His sister Tanisha's mental health deteriorates as she deals with the outcome, while their leader Bianca shoulders the burden of impossible choices that will haunt her for centuries to come. This profound science fiction drama marks a stunning addition to the space opera genre.

Jeder Verlust ein Gewinn! Pina Parasol ist professionelle Verliererin. Aufregende Abenteuer warten, wann immer sie für ihre Kundschaft etwas verschwinden lassen soll. Quer über die Kontinente führen Pinas Reisen – von Paris aus in die flirrende Hitze der ägyptischen Wüste, an eisige Plätze in der Antarktis und in geheimnisvolle Meerestiefen. In vierzehn Kurzgeschichten entdeckt Pina die Welt, ihre schönen Seiten und die bedrohlichen Schatten eines nahenden Übels.

Am Anfang einer neuen Zeit – das 22. Jahrhundert hat gerade erst begonnen: Die Menschheit hat die Planeten und Monde des eigenen Sonnensystems besiedelt. Allerdings wachsen seit einiger Zeit die Spannungen: Die Siedler sind unzufrieden, sie fühlen sich von den Menschen der Erde missverstanden. Im Jahr 2102 droht der Konflikt zu eskalieren.

In den vergangenen dreißig Jahren haben die Menschen die Lokale Blase rund um das Sonnensystem besiedelt. In relativer Nähe zur Erde sind neun Kolonien entstanden. Doch die genetisch angepassten Menschen streben nach Freiheit und Selbstbestimmung. Sie wollen die Unabhängigkeit von der Terranischen Union. Was sie nicht wissen: Vor langer Zeit waren ihre Welten Teil einer gewaltigen Maschine – des Nonagons. Diese Maschine sollte die Milchstraße vor einer furchtbaren Gefahr schützen.

What connects these twenty-four stories is an exploration of place. It can be a location nearby like in Boardwalk Oracle where a clanging candy dispensing machine plays matchmaker in a story that flirts with magical realism. Or the depth of a glacier on a faraway planet in Icebound, where science fiction turns into crime fiction. Or a tourist destination with dark ancient roots in Where the Gods Live.

What if the stories you grew up with were never just stories? In Life Ain't No Nursery Rhyme, author Montrel Powell reimagines beloved nursery rhymes and fairy tales through the lens of adulthood, transforming familiar childhood classics into powerful, relatable stories about real life. From The Ugly Duckling and The Three Little Pigs to Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Pinocchio, and more, each chapter explores the lessons hidden beneath the surface of the tales we've known for generations.

2082: The Weight of Memory. The Future in Ten Stories. The year is 2082. Humanity has survived the crises it once feared — but survival has come at a cost. Across ten cities, towns and villages worldwide, ordinary lives are caught in extraordinary systems. Memory can be copied, traded or...

Jedes Mitglied der Omega Force hat seine eigene Vergangenheit. Die meisten von ihnen fliehen davor, oder sie wollen sie einfach vergessen. Aber ein Mitglied der kleinen Söldnercrew ist nicht das, was er vorgibt. Als sein ehemaliges Leben mit seinem jetzigen kollidiert, wird das Team in einen Konflikt gezogen, der tiefgehende Konsequenzen für die Zukunft einer ganzen Gattung haben könnte.

An empty mansion sitting on a hundred acres of waterfront property. A long lost friend with the deal of a lifetime. A family lost at sea. And an old woman with a memory that may hold the key to it all. Richie and Lisa Craine thought they were going to a high school reunion to laugh together about the Homecoming King’s receding hairline and the Homecoming Queen’s aged skin. They felt good about where they’d ended up in life twenty years after graduation. And then along came Fredrick Patterson.

SENTRY OF THE SKY AND OTHER STORIES is part of the Evelyn E. Smith series published by Unforgotten Books, and includes the stories: NOT FIT FOR CHILDREN, SENTRY OF THE SKY, THE MAN OUTSIDE, and JACK OF NO TRADES. Evelyn E. Smith wrote fabulously witty and imaginative science fiction and satirical stories throughout the 1950's, and this collection is part of a series re-issuing those works and concurrently producing the audiobook editions.