Science Fiction Marine

Aran has never truly fit in with his selkie clan. He was born in his human form, without a pelt to transform him into a sleek, strong seal. Each day he waits, left behind while his selkie family explores the deep ocean. What if his pelt never comes? Does the Moon even see him? Is he putting his clan at risk? When his mother undertakes a journey to the far north to seek help, Aran is left in the care of a reclusive human woman on remote Spindle Island. Life on land is full of more wonders - and more dangers - than Aran could have ever imagined.

Nueva York, última década del siglo XIX. Desde hace más de veinticinco años la ciudad vive bajo la tiranía del alcalde Cliffton III y de su siniestro jefe de policía, Nathaniel Crowly. Todo empezó con la explosión del Teatro Beacon y la muerte de un grupo de científicos que estaban construyendo en los sótanos del edificio una sorprendente máquina capaz de devolver la vida a los muertos. Desde entonces, la Ley de El Apagón prohíbe los avances científicos y la construcción de cualquier máquina o invento que conduzca al progreso.

As a descendant of Jack Frost, Eira's only job is to make sure the frost arrives on time. Well, not her only job, but her most important one. And when they don't, it's a race against time to get them back. Because if the seasons don't change...well, it's best not to go there.

Strecher und Engels sehen sich neuen Feinden gegenüber, da benachbarte interstellare Imperien ihre Neue Erdische Republik als zunehmende Bedrohung betrachten. Die Hundert Welten wollen ihre momentane Überlegenheit unbedingt ausnutzen und bereiten einen Gegenangriff vor. Während dieser Kampfhandlungen versuchen die mysteriösen Opters, aus dem titanischen Ringen zwischen den Imperien der Menschen einen Vorteil zu ziehen.

After a successful initial tour as a Marine rifleman, Lance Corporal Gracie Medicine Crow volunteers to become a scout-sniper, one of the deadliest - and most dangerous - military specialties in the United Federation Marine Corps. Gracie comes from the Apsáalooke Nation, a people with a long history of military tradition. Small in stature and considered stunningly beautiful, she is often underestimated, but that merely drives her to be the best sniper in the Corps.

United Federation Marine Lance Corporal Tamara Veal catches the attention of recruiters who nominate her to serve as a Single Combat Specialist. Gladiators, as they are better known, are genetically modified human champions who meet Klethos d'relle in the combat ring when the Klethos issue a challenge for a human world. Win, and the planet stays in human possession; lose, and not only do they lose their lives, but the world as well.

Michiko MacCailin is a member of the First Families, more concerned with her privileged lifestyle of ballet, spending time with friends, and planning her wedding than of the injustices suffered by the indentured workers of the all-powerful Propitious Interstellar Fabrication, Inc., the charter holder of the planet. When her activist fiancé is murdered at a protest rally, she blames the company and embarks on a personal mission of vengeance.

At any time our lives or our world could change dramatically. Most of us do not even consider, or are far too afraid to consider, that this hour may be the last of perceived normality. That something has been watching....

Isla can’t wait to go to Mermaid Academy, where she'll make a dolphin best friend and learn all about her mermaid magic! But before she can be paired with her dolphin, she and her new roommates must compete in a scavenger hunt. Luckily, they're joined by Bubble, a fun-loving dolphin who is always up for adventure! But when the two find themselves stuck in some deep water, can Isla and Bubble find their magic in time?

Cora loves being at Mermaid Academy, and with her dolphin best friend, Sparkle! The only thing that would make it better is if she was in the same dorm as her twin sister, Isobel. Cora really wants to spend more time with Isobel but she seems more interested in her new friends. Luckily, Sparkle is always there to make Cora feel special! But then she and Sparkle spot a creature stealing jewels from the school's coral wall. Can Cora find the courage to swim out on her own?

After the cataclysmic bombardment of asteroids destroyed all life on planet Earth, the 250,000 survivors of humanity sought sanctuary in Apollo City on the moon. Under the authoritarian rule of Governor Edmund Sears, art, science, and literature became the sole domain of the privileged. But resistance sprouts in the form of the Underground, led by the idealist Jim Callaghan and his friends Richard Barker and Sophie Ramirez.

Esther and Noah Lysander are the twin children of General Ryck Lysander, Commandant of the Marine Corps, leader of the Evolution and Chairman of the Federation. When they are told that their father and mother have been assassinated, they are both devastated. Cut adrift, they each decide to enlist in the Corps - but for different reasons.

A renegade American fleet has launched a genocidal counterattack against the Galactic Imperium. Empowered by entities from warp space, the Black Ships are about to unleash unspeakable evils on the entire galaxy. Only the US Navy has any hope to stop them, but first it must contend with alien armadas still intent on wiping out humanity. At the forefront of battle, the Warp Marine Corps faces impossible odds. Armed with new weapons and wielding ancient technologies, Captain Peter Fromm and Colonel Lisbeth Zhang fight for the lives of all humans in the universe and their own souls.

Inside a dystopian school in the Singularity, the 12-year-old girl known as One Twenty-Four struggles to survive. Failure to conform means death at the hands of her teacher. Assuming her clone sisters don't kill her first. The Terran Empire has tasked Imperial Marine Lieutenant Grace Tolliver to lead her platoon into the Singularity as a privateer. Her mission: to tear a great bloody strip off their enemies and to take anything that isn't nailed down. The collision of this unlikely pair will change the humanity in ways that no one could predict. If they survive.

Thirteen-year-old Condi Bloom's dream is to learn to surf, but her laid-back beach town isn't what it used to be. Big resort owners are taking over the cove. Worse, someone's harassing the Beachlings, the mysterious old women living in the cliffs off Windy Hollow, a lonely tower of rock that people say is haunted. When a new surfer boy named Trustin shows up in town and invites Condi to a forbidden surfing spot, she's swept into an extraordinary underwater adventure, where a surprising encounter with Koan, the Riddlemaster of the Sea, changes her life.

Rescuing a god? Check. Escaping to the underworld? Also check. But despite her successes, things aren't going so well for Lexi and her friends - which is why they're hiding out in the underworld. The god they rescued has been magically collared, unable to access his power. Worse still, Lexi's best friend is similarly shackled, blocking her shape-shifting abilities. Since they have precisely zero collar-opening keys, they need to make one - except the only person who can help them, the god of metalshaping, is dead.

Jack Forge started as an unwilling recruit, but quickly established himself as a top-notch Marine and an inspired leader. When faced with impossible odds, he has repeatedly saved the day...and his fellow marines. As his status grows, he must fight to keep a secret that could cost himself and his friends everything. One thing is certain, Jack has been forged in space and will fight to save humanity from the hostile aliens who inhabit it.

Jack Forge started as an unwilling recruit, but has quickly risen through the ranks. He has become humanity’s best hope of surviving against the Chitin onslaught that has proven superior at every turn. Three missions will prove to be the beginning of the end for one side, but which side will it be?

Humanity has been pushed from one side of the galaxy to the other. In a final, desperate attempt to defeat the Chitins, they fall back and prepare for a final confrontation. Can Jack Forge and the Fleet Marines save humanity, or will this war prove to be the end of everything?

Captain Esther Lysander, UFMC, is a combat Marine. Her new orders, however, are APOC, or “At the Pleasure of the Chairman”, and while she knows this type of assignment could be career-threatening, she feels duty-bound to accept them. There is no SOP for being APOC, except that it isn't combat as usual. Part spy, part soldier, part political window dressing, Esther has to adapt to everything from clandestine meetings with rebel forces, hostage rescues, and off-the-record sniper missions to being a courier between the chairman and other heads of state.