Medical Science Fiction

In letzter Sekunde kann Paz Morales in einem schrottreifen Frachter dem Angriff auf ihre Heimatstation durch die Föderation entkommen. Zusammen mit ein paar Wenigen treibt die Gravitationstechnikerin ziellos durch die Trümmer im Orbit der verseuchten Erde, welche der seit Jahrzehnten wütende Krieg zwischen der Union und der Föderation hinterlassen hat.

Meet George: He's an ordinary guy who suffers some memory loss and finds himself suddenly stranded 142 years in the future. But it's not magic, it's science. Step into the dazzling world of 2163 with him and hold on tight. In the near future, he finds ageing has slowed to a crawl, dramatically extending prime of life and reshaping the fabric of society in the process. George is an experiment gone partially right; at an underground cryonic reanimation program. But can this team of rogue doctors handle the repercussions?

Gabriel Schist is spending his remaining years at Bright New Day, a nursing home. He once won the Nobel Prize for inventing a vaccine for AIDS. But now, he has Alzheimer’s, and his mind is slowly slipping away. When one of the residents comes down with a horrific virus, Gabriel realizes that he is the only one who can find a cure. Encouraged by Victor, an odd stranger, he convinces the administrator to allow him to study the virus. Soon, Gabriel’s hallucinations interfere with his work. Can he find a cure before his brain deteriorates past the point of no return?

Peter Valois is about to make history. A scientist on a hot project, his days consist of recording brains and sending the files into robots for "conditioning". His plan is to use the results to fix their behavior, and then use the same method with humans. Peter's been on the straight and narrow and everything is going well, until problems with his teenage son force Peter out of his comfort zone. His scheme to save his son backfires when his cutting-edge research attracts the interest of someone who will stop at nothing to get what they want.

Patricia Teller, an RN in the year 2000, yearns for simpler times where nurse’s efforts in support of their patients were primary. Despite the advantages of modern medicine, Pat fears the loss of nursing’s essence, the support for the living, and a smooth transition for those at the end of their lives. When she engages with an ancient sepia photograph of a nurse in 1937, she’s drawn back in time to an unexpected reality. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the values that healers possessed in the past that are even more important today.

In the halcyon days of the 23rd century, human beings are healthier, more beautiful, and more long-lived than ever before thanks to regeneration therapy from the Global Health Directorate. The assassination of a Directorate scientist starts a war between a genocidal bureaucracy and a group of self-mutilating religious fanatics.

When 57-year-old Ethan Zachary is ravaged by mysterious ball lightning, he starts growing progressively younger. As the condition begins to take hold, he realizes the end result will eventually kill him, ruining his plans to run for Congress - as well as his marriage. He does find a few compensations: his new youth and vigor attract a Cuban refugee reporter and a young lady lawyer, and his libido has been magically restored. Then a reclusive billionaire snatches "EZ" to use him as a medical guinea pig.

Jimala, an aborigine warrior, was born 20 years after his tribe was cursed. He was the symbol that the tribe had finally broken the curse. That was until in his 23rd year, a spear to the chest devastated their hope. Upon his death, he was transported to the sky world, where he awaited his ride on the stars to his new body. An American physician weary of 12-hour shifts arrives at her Boston hospital amid an electrical storm. Rushing through the revolving doors, she was apprised of the imminent birth just as the power snaps off.

Jim Grant needs to save his granddaughter before cancer takes her life. He only has 72 hours until she passes away. A SkyBlue Industries representative offers her a chance at a second life inside their "Dreamer" project, but some dreams can become nightmares. How can Jim save himself and Gina from the terrors that lie inside Dreamer?

Since the dawn of civilization, it's been mankind's greatest dream: immortality and eternal youth. Dramatic advances in medical science have finally made it possible. But in order to preserve everyone's youthful state, they must undergo an irreversible operation before passing into adulthood. A special hormone patch maintains each person's body in the form of a preadolescent 11-year-old.

Susan has been trying for a baby for years, and when a one-night stand makes her dream come true, she’ll do anything to ensure her husband doesn’t find out - including the unthinkable. Her secret is safe. For now. But as governments embark on a genetic arms race and children around the globe start experiencing a host of distressing symptoms, something truly horrendous is unleashed. Because those children have only one thing in common and people are starting to ask questions.

Yolande Lawrence-Harrison was three things. Smart. A synesthete. And a fake florist. She had returned from aerospace engineering to assist her chronically ill grandmother and learn the science of beauty and flower art. But the reality is, Yolande was far from beautiful. She was a psychological mess grappling with anxiety, PTSD, trust issues, deep self-loathing, and hiding a dark secret that she tried to suffocate in the depths of her tragic memories. Yolande wanted to run. From everything. But she couldn’t.

In this sequel to The Organ Harvesters, the bloodless war of 2020 has destroyed all governments and left monster corporations in control globally, unhindered to waste the planet's natural resources, and to manipulate the world's population with iron-handed control. There's one last chance to save life on Earth. Roaming at large under a death warrant, Dr. Zoe Hidalga leaves behind both her daughter and her lover, mystic Asher Wind Storm, to return to Sanfrancorp to join the Defys, an underground resistance group that has spread throughout the world during the past six years.

In Tokyo, Angelica Navarro, a Filipina nurse who has been working in Japan for the last five years, is the caretaker for Sayoko Itou, an intensely private woman about to turn 100 years old. Angelica is a dedicated nurse, working night and day to keep her paperwork in order, obey the strict labor laws for foreign nationals, study for her ongoing proficiency exams, and most of all keep her demanding client happy.

Sabrena Collins feels her life is finally coming together, now that her abusive ex-husband is a distant memory. She has a good job, two wonderful daughters, and a best friend who is more like a sister. And then there's the gentle and generous Steve, who is everything her ex wasn't. But what about the lonely nights when the phone doesn't ring?

In this novel, a profiteering pharmaceutical executive seizes upon an opportunity to turn the discovery of a new cancer-preventing drug into a massive industry-competitive advantage for his company and his own personal financial gain. Using ruthless individuals with deadly skills and intent, the executive tries to nefariously obtain the necessary molecular synthesis protocol to create the next generation of oncologic drugs.

CDC researcher Nadine Parker and her team are baffled. Lukas Behn’s daughter Kyndra has contracted a bizarre new virus that leaves her screaming in pain. But they can't identify any physical, biological source for that pain, not in Kyndra, nor in the dozens, then hundreds, and finally millions of children worldwide succumbing to the same virus. And no one seems to have made a connection between what's happening with the infected children and the events on a small coral reef in the South Pacific.

Es ist nichts Geringeres als eine medizinische Sensation: Durch die Entdeckung eines neuen Wundermittels kann der Alterungsprozess des Menschen aufgehalten werden! Wer das Medikament regelmäßig nimmt bleibt nicht nur ewig jung, er ist auch schöner und stärker als "normale" Menschen. Doch die neue Wunderdroge hat einen Haken: Man braucht dazu das Blut von Menschen, deren DNA eine besondere Sequenz aufweist. Oft werden diese "Träger" entführt und in Blutfarmen gefangen gehalten.

Twenty years of addiction to cloud, a drug which wipes the user’s short-term memory, have left single mom Mellie with her mind in fragments. With the help of a tough-minded sponsor, and motivated by her own medically challenged daughter, Mellie clings to a fragile sobriety. Then, on the evening of her 29th day sober, a stranger pulls into her driveway and her heart surges. However, when Mellie’s pursuit of this man and the past they may share threatens her sponsor, Mellie will have to put her tiny family and her recovery at risk in hopes of saving the woman who saved her first.

In the year 2042, Dr. Seth Kelley, a dedicated emergency physician, is on the brink of burnout due to his demanding and high-stress career. Amidst an evolving healthcare landscape, the imminent rise of automated medical practitioners presents both challenges and opportunities. Seizing a chance to partake in this transformative movement, Seth accepts a position at a groundbreaking hospital conducting a clinical trial in the use of artificial intelligence to revolutionize patient care.