Adult Space Opera

In a distant future, advancements in cybernetics and gene-splicing have resulted in a dozen different variants of humanity. Now, amidst deadly power outages and involved terrorist plots, a band of renegades find themselves entangled in a conspiracy that could doom everyone in the colonized worlds. Bounty hunter Emrald Re and reckless teenager Volara, fugitives themselves, must now locate not only a missing wastelander, but also Volara’s older sister Paige, who has put herself in great personal peril.

Shane and Ava are a team. He steals the aircraft, she charms their mark, and together they take what they need. Not even their distracting chemistry could get in the way. Until Shane was caught and left to rot on a prison moon. Now, freshly escaped from confinement, he has his sights set on their biggest job yet. Cyrus just graduated from the flight academy with a shiny new position lined up reporting to a well-respected general. On his very first assignment, he stops the outlaws in their tracks—or he would have, if his copilot, Lark, hadn’t fallen for Ava’s deception.

Keel Hennity was one of the greatest gladiators in the universe, the victor of countless glorious battles. He was assigned to guard the most dangerous creatures on his home planet. Then he died, and his life truly began. When Keel's consciousness was downloaded into the robotic body of an Imperial Marine, he was tasked with protecting the emperor and controlling the incredibly dangerous creature that ended his first life. Can Keel unlock the secrets of Star Dragons and protect the galaxy from a dragon-human war that could end life as we know it?

Stella Ainsley leaves poverty behind when she quits her engineering job aboard the Stalwart to become a governess on a private ship. On the Rochester, there’s no water ration, more books than one person could devour in a lifetime, and an AI who seems more friend than robot. But no one warned Stella that the ship seems to be haunted, nor that it may be involved in a conspiracy that could topple the entire interstellar fleet.

Few writers have successful blended hard science and speculation with fully realized characters as Gregory Benford has in his critically acclaimed novels. Now he draws us into a vortex of mystery and danger at the heart of the galaxy in his dazzling epic drama, Furious Gulf.

Millennia of conflict between humans and mechs have driven the human race to near-extinction. Now, as the fierce AI mechs begin their final assault on mankind, it soon becomes apparent that three men – three generations in a family of voyagers – are their targets. Toby Bishop, his father, Killeen Bishop, and his grandfather, Nigel Walmsley, each carry a piece of the lethal secret that can destroy their enemies. But hunted through space and time by relentless assassins, they have no idea that they possess the only weapon that can save humanity.

Hwa Young and her pilot comrades have betrayed the Empire to save it from its own destruction—but what comes next? It’s been just two months since the lancer squad stopped imperial forces from deploying a devastating singularity bomb and taken shelter with the rebel clanners, who have kept them busy with raids against their ex-leaders. Their mission have helped numb the shock of recent battles… for now.

Still reeling from the death of his parents, Jake finds a doorway to an abandoned space station in his grandfather's basement. But when he walks through, he discovers he's trapped there, and he’s got company. The station's AI enlists Jake to reclaim the systems needed to support life, but there’s a catch - he has only eight hours to complete the task or he’ll die alone in the cold vacuum of space. With only his trusty wrecking bar, work boots, and some basic survival equipment, he must defeat the horrific monsters that infest the station before his air runs out.

A middle grade novel starring Lando Calrissian and the droid L3-37, of an adventure they had when Lando was the captain of the Millennium Falcon.

Zaira Citlali is supposed to die. After all, she’s the god Indigo reborn. Indigo, whose song created the universe and unified people across galaxies to banish Ozvios, the god of destruction. Although Zaira has never been able to harness Indigo’s powers, the Ilori Emperor wants to sacrifice her in Ozvios’s honor. Unless she escapes and finds Wesley, the boy prophesized to help her defeat Ozvios and the Ilori, once and for all.

Seit Ariana, Ronny, Carl und Elinn die rätselhaften blauen Türme entdeckt haben, ist der Mars in aller Munde: Wer hat die Türme erbaut und wozu? Wissenschaftler und Journalisten reisen an, um dem Geheimnis auf den Grund zu gehen. Die Marssiedlung wächst rasant und mit den Raumschiffen von der Erde kommen nicht nur Freunde des Marsprojekts. Die vier Freunde kommen einem Saboteur in die Quere - und finden Hilfe von unerwarteter Seite.

Nada en el miserable y desértico planeta de Jakku podría despertar la esperanza en una pobre huérfana que lucha por sobrevivir cada día, ¿o tal vez sí? Cuando Rey se encuentra con el droide BB-8 su mundo da un vuelco y emprende una sorprendente aventura por la galaxia. Junto al exsoldado de asalto Finn y otros amigos, tendrá que alejar al droide de la Primera Orden, la terrible heredera del Imperio. Después de todo, este simpático compañero astromecánico guarda una información vital: el lugar donde se encuentra el famoso Luke Skywalker.

Ariana, Ronny, Carl und Elinn sind auf dem Roten Planeten geboren und aufgewachsen. Doch im Jahr 2086 sollen sie plötzlich gemeinsam mit allen Marssiedlern zur Erde zurückkehren. Die vier Jugendlichen jedoch sind fest entschlossen, auf dem Mars zu bleiben. Besonders Elinn, die aus medizinischen Gründen auf der Erde nicht überleben könnte. Gemeinsam hecken die Freunde einen Plan zur Rettung der Marskolonie aus und machen dabei eine unglaubliche Entdeckung.

On a mission to recover an escaped alien life-form, young Justice Keeper Anna Lenai pursues the felon into uncharted space - and finds the lost home world of her ancestors. While Anna tries to adapt and survive in a strange, hostile environment, she accidentally uncovers a conspiracy that will shake their world to its foundations.

Unruhe herrscht unter den Marsbewohnern - jeder Tag kann jetzt bahnbrechende neue Erkenntnisse über außerirdisches Leben auf dem Planeten bringen! Eine Expedition wird losgeschickt und Carl ist mit an Bord. Seine Schwester Elinn und seine Freunde Ariana, Ronny und Urs versuchen derweil den Inschriften auf den mysteriösen Steinen ihr Geheimnis zu entlocken. Bisher wissen nur die Marskinder von ihrer Existenz. Doch dann überschlagen sich die Ereignisse: Die Expedition entdeckt neue rätselhafte Bauwerke. Und plötzlich verschwindet Carl so spurlos wie vor Jahren sein Vater.

Known across the galaxy as the Bloody Baroness, Captain Androma Racella and her motley crew of space-bound privateers roam the Mirabel galaxy on the glass starship Marauder, taking what mercenary work they can find to stay alive. When a routine job goes awry, the Marauder's all-girl crew find themselves placed at the mercy of a dangerous bounty hunter from Andi’s past. Coerced into a life-threatening mission, and straight into the path of a shadowy ruler bent on revenge, Andi and her crew will either restore order to the ship - or start a war.

Agartha is like an enchanted place hidden in the core of the world; even though it is an open door, it can't be entered without the permission of those who live there. Admiral Byrd mentioned in his diary that he came across a highly advanced city way beneath the surface. Who was Admiral Byrd? And could a hollow planet really exist?

A Newbery Honor Book and a Book Sense 76 Selection, Enchantress from the Stars is a science-fiction classic. Three alien races meet on the small green world of Andrecia. The Imperial Exploration Corps wants to claim the planet for its own, but the Anthropological Service stands in the way. And when young Elana makes contact with native Georyn, a love story exploring the very depths of human emotion unfolds.

Sergeant Cameron "Jet" Shipley lost everything to the gorgons. But his loss doesn't stop there. In a world rife with post-apocalyptic danger, Cameron has lost faith in the integrity of his own Command. As the truth about the gorgons and the corrupt nature of those in power is revealed, Cameron must join in an inevitable revolt against those who refuse to see the reality of the situation: power corrupts, even on the very brink of extinction.

Astrosa unfolds as an enthralling science fiction novel, weaving the tale of the Bruno Squad, a team led by Sheppard, as they embark on a perilous mission across the galaxy. They encounter a rogue AI, the mysterious lost tribes, and the formidable Andarians. Tasked with preventing the Zynx from weaponizing powerful ancient relics, the squad faces challenges that test their courage, ingenuity, and unity.