Space Exploration Fiction

He finally escaped the cycle of war and death only to find himself kidnapped, taken to a new universe where nothing makes sense. A world where nothing is familiar and insane robots, killer AI, and otherworldly beings he can hardly comprehend are the norm. He must learn to survive these constant threats to his very survival, all the while learning that these new experiences are changing him, molding him into something new...something extraordinary.

Reeve has come out on top of his enemies: the gods themselves. The Mage has finally created the first iteration of the System, and although it falls silent, he knows it's still there—planning, plotting, doing who knows what. He has found answers that have led him to far more questions than he had before. Who is pulling the strings behind the scenes? Why are the gods going along so compliantly with his conquest? Where in the nine hells is Jax? Is the Entity still around?

It's been over a century since three generation ships escaped an Earth dominated by artificial intelligence in pursuit of a life on a distant planet orbiting Tau Ceti. Now, it’s nearly Braking Day, when the ships will begin their long-awaited descent to their new home. Born on the lower decks of the Archimedes, Ravi Macleod is an engineer-in-training, set to be the first of his family to become an officer in the stratified hierarchy aboard the ship. While on a routine inspection, Ravi sees the impossible: a young woman floating, helmetless, out in space.

For twenty years, Alex has believed that his gene-edited super-algae will slow and even reverse the effects of climate change. His obsession with his research has jeopardized his marriage, his relationships with his kids, and his own professional future. When the Son sisters, founders of the colossal tech company Sensus, offer him a chance to complete his research, he seizes the opportunity. The catch? His lab will be in outer space on Parallaxis, the first-ever luxury residential space station built for billionaires.

The two original Buck Rogers novellas. Buck Rogers was a huge success, spawning many imitators such as Flash Gordon. Despite being written prior to World War II, the story line accurately foreshadowed several notable advancements in technology: bazookas, consumer e-purchasing, immersive telepresence, night vision devices, optical devices for small arms such as the red-dot sight, paratroopers, remote piloted surveillance and attack drones, telecommuting, and wireless phones - including the flip phone!

When the terraforming crews introduced the alien Quill to worlds where they did not belong, they saw them only as a mindless form of fungal life. But the Quill multiplied and mutated until they were no longer harmless. In the ensuing chaos, many stations failed. For the survivors, their only hope rests in finding a way to wipe out the Quill....

Nora Devi is a xeno-archaeologist with a complicated past. She has buried more secrets than she’s dug up. Widowed in the recently ended twelve year war between Capitoline and Palantine, she now makes a living as an independent tagger in border space. Captain Liam Kimani could be credited with ending the latest royal war. Instead, he’s blamed for it. Dirty commoners aren’t meant to lay their hands on royalty. He has no regrets.

The bounty for bringing down a major crime syndicate may have removed Captain Evridiki “EB” Bardacki’s immediate financial needs, but no freighter captain wants to fly empty between the stars. A cargo mission to run a blockade seems within his crew’s unique mix of talents, and he agrees to supply weapons to one side of a stalemated civil war in the Estutmost star system.

Objective: Neutralize the destructive effects produced by the xeno object known as THE BLACK MOON on PLANET EARTH. All means are hereby authorized and all further information is classified.

Embárcate en el Halcón Milenario en una aventura galáctica que explora los orígenes de uno de los mayores héroes de Star Wars. El sueño de Han Solo es convertirse en el mejor piloto de la galaxia, algo casi imposible para los huérfanos como él que sobreviven en los suburbios de Corellia. Pero Han es el más intrépido y un día roba coaxium, un raro y valioso combustible, con la esperanza de usarlo para escapar del planeta junto a su novia Qi’ra.

For five centuries, human life has been restricted to Earth, while posthuman descendants called alloys freely explore the galaxy. But when the Earthlike planet of Meru is discovered, two unlikely companions venture forth to test the habitability of this unoccupied new world and the future of human-alloy relations. For Jayanthi, the adopted human child of alloy parents, it’s an opportunity to rectify the ancient reputation of her species as avaricious and destructive, and to give humanity a new place in the universe.

Korri Fontenot left family behind on Earth a century ago to fight in a war that broke her body and her mind. Now, her great-granddaughter, Jackie, has followed in her footsteps. First as a Marine and then as a mercenary outlaw, Jackie has made the mistake of breaking into a secret corporate lab and stealing an ancient alien artifact. Dark forces want the artifact back.

In der fernen Zukunft hat sich die Menschheit in der gesamten Galaxis ausgebreitet. Interstellare Megakonzerne haben mithilfe von seelenlosen Kampfrobotern alles unter ihre Kontrolle gebracht. Einer dieser Bots wurde nun ausgemustert und soll ein Team von Wissenschaftlern auf ihren gefährlichen Missionen beschützen. Also ein denkbar schlechter Zeitpunkt für den Bot, um ein eigenes Bewusstsein zu erlangen und über die eigene Rolle im Universum nachzudenken.

Scorpia Kaiser has always stood in Corvus's shadow until the day her older brother abandons their family to participate in a profitless war. However, becoming the heir to her mother's smuggling operation is not an easy transition for the always rebellious, usually reckless, and occasionally drunk pilot of the Fortuna, an aging cargo ship and the only home Scorpia has ever known. But when a deal turns deadly and Corvus returns from the war, Scorpia's plans to take over the family business are interrupted, and the Kaiser siblings are forced to make a choice....

On a giant artificial world surrounding an artificial sun, one man - a lucidor, a keeper of the peace, a policeman - is on the hunt. His target was responsible for an atrocity, but is too valuable to the government to be truly punished. Instead he has been sent to the frontlines of the war, to use his unique talents on the enemy. So the lucidor has ignored orders, deserted from his job, left his home, and thrown his life away, in order to finally claim justice.

L'attesissimo sequel di "Noi siamo infinito (Noi siamo Bob)", vincitore del miglior titolo di fantascienza di Audible nel 2016. Gli ascoltatori lo definiscono "esilarante", "esattamente ciò che ci si aspetta da un'opera di fantascienza" e ciò che sarebbe successo se "Andy Weir ed Ernest Cline avessero avuto un figlio". Bob Johansson non credeva nella vita dopo la morte, e riaprire gli occhi in seguito a un incidente mortale è stato per lui un grosso trauma. Come se ciò non bastasse, è tornato in vita come computer senziente e intelligenza dominante in una sonda di Von Neumann.

The strong races rule the galaxy, doing as they please. The weak are enslaved or driven from their homeworlds or simply exterminated by the ruling powers. The Solar Union's only hope of survival is to master GalTech and improve upon it before the Galactics realize the human race is no longer trapped on a primitive world, at the mercy of any spacefaring race who stumbles across it. But GalTech keeps its secrets close, and time is not on humanity's side.

Nora's life is already planned out for her: she's just a hard drive for the next generation on the spaceship that carries the last humans in the universe. A spaceship that will arrive at its destination in 204 years. But when she stumbles upon a mysterious death, she risks everything to uncover the truth.

Arrakis, der Wüstenplanet, wurde zerstört. Das, was vom alten Imperium noch übrig war, wurde von den Geehrten Müttern vernichtet. Ihrem endgültigen Sieg über die Galaxis steht nur noch eine Kraft im Weg: Die Schwesternschaft der Bene Gesserit, die einst hinter den Kulissen die genetischen Verflechtungen der Herrscherhäuser kontrolliert hat. Darwi Odrade, die Anführerin der Bene Gesserit, will einen neuen Planten zum Wüstenplaneten machen, um dort Sandwürmer anzusiedeln und Gewürz zu ernten.

Un messaggio misterioso inviato sulla Terra dai recessi del sistema solare intima agli uomini di tenersi lontano da Europa, l'inesplorato satellite di quello che un tempo era il pianeta Giove. Chi si cela dietro quel messaggio? E chi sono i responsabili del dirottamento dell'astronave Galaxy proprio sulla superficie proibita del satellite? La missione di soccorso e recupero è affidata all'equipaggio della Universe, uomini esperti reduci da un atterraggio senza precedenti sulla cometa di Halley.