Space Saga

Thomas drückte an der Seitenwand auf den Öffnungsknopf der Bodenluke und zischend öffnete sich ein zwei Meter durchmessendes Loch im Boden. Sofort zogen gelb-bräunliche Schwaden eines entsetzlich stinkenden Gasgemisches in den Raum. Thomas trat an den Rand der Öffnung und sah nach unten. Durch die Wolkendecke war nichts zu sehen, außer diffuser Dämmerung. Beherzt holte Thomas noch einmal Luft und sprang dann mit den Füßen zuerst durch die Luke. Zwei Jahre später haben es die Siedler noch immer nicht geschafft einen Weg zurück zur Erde zu finden.

Kapitän Hazard King erwacht aus dem Kryoschlaf, nachdem er die Schlacht im Tarrant-System nur knapp überlebt hat, und beginnt mit der Wiederherstellung der zerstörten imperialen Flotte, doch die Schwarmkräfte wittern Blut und drängen auf den Sieg, indem sie eine Angriffsflotte zum Flottenstützpunkt Icarus schicken. In der Vergangenheit hatte das Imperium zehn Jahre Zeit zwischen den Angriffen. Dieses Mal werden es nur zwei sein.

The Expanse meets The Godfather in the third volume of The SynCorp Saga: Empire Earth, a series of space opera/noir thrillers about corporate greed, rebellion, and mankind’s survival among the stars. The final battle for SynCorp’s survival comes home to where it all began: Earth. SynCorp and the SSR prepare for a bloody engagement above Earth, mankind's birthplace and the seat of the largest corporate empire in history. Who will live? Who will die? What fate awaits humanity when the dust of battle clears?

When the rebels took the Crown Prince…they set the dominoes in motion. Will one young Ironside be able to change fate? Eric was a space marine assigned to a special unit. Their job was to protect the prince and his job was as a body double. How did the raiders know he wasn’t the real prince? How would they get him back? Then it got complicated. Miranda’s world just imploded. They killed her family because they knew the deadly secret. Now a colonial orphan, she has no choice. She must get revenge. Will Eric’s plan and Miranda’s destiny align?

With a warrant out for his arrest and a price on his head, Willem Jaantzen has gone to ground, but he and his crew aren't out of the game. If they’re going to take down an opponent as powerful as a Chief Justice, they need a bulletproof plan — and that's going to take time. But as their rival’s net tightens around them, time is the one thing Jaantzen and his crew don’t have. And his goddaughter Starla is about to head out on her own on an adventure that could shake the foundations of human understanding — if it doesn’t get her killed first.

Think self-congratulating Federation lackeys are going to be the ones to boldly go where no one has gone before? Think again! Now second-son of nobility David Falkayn, hot to prove his worth, leads a team of alien capitalists through deadly threat and gnarly interplanetary dilemma. The mission: to keep intergalactic trade forever free - and always profitable!

This could happen to anyone. Maybe it already has. Shaker chronicles the odyssey of Michael Taylor, an unassuming English teacher who wakes up to find himself a prisoner on a mysterious ship with more than 40 strangers. Neither he nor his companions have any recollection of how they got there. Those who survive the voyage soon learn that their lives will be forever changed. Taylor struggles to survive against lethal enemies and his own internal conflicts in a distant, hostile world that has been ravaged by decades of warfare.

Elfrida Goto, a Space Corps agent, is responsible for protecting vulnerable space colonists. But a ruthless conspiracy interferes, determined to use her for their own criminal purposes. Her career in ruins, Elfrida confronts the deadly forces threatening the solar system with nothing but courage, her sense of humor, a few good friends, and a sword that isn't even hers.

Harry Rogers and Jess Cook stumbled into the technological remnants of an alien presence on Earth. Now everyone wants to take it from them. With both the government and a ruthless criminal family hot on their trail, they can’t afford even one mistake. If they win, they get a ticket to the stars. If they fail, they get an unmarked grave.

If Earth is going to stand against the Elder's retaliation, she cannot do so alone. One place holds out hope for humanity. Unexplored space. Outside the borders of the Elder Empire, the possibilities are endless. Advanced races, new allies, technologies to overcome the Elder’s vast numerical advantage, all are opportunities humanity can’t ignore.

Meet Scout Brooks, a freshman at Kings Town High School. He's socially awkward, lazy, and immediately falls into the nerd crowd, buddying up with fellow outcasts, Chuck Taylor and Phil Easton. All is not looking good for ol' Scout. That is, until he joins the AstroNogs—an after-school club run by the oddball astronomy teacher, Professor Ed Nog. After an explosive first meeting, Scout finds himself named the latest member of the EIA—Earth’s Intergalactic Ambassadors. After an explosive first meeting, Scout finds himself a member of the EIA—Earth’s Intergalactic Ambassadors.

En esta novela, publicada por entregas en internet, Víctor Conde nos vuelve a llevar al apasionante mundo de El tercer nombre del emperador, a su imperio de mil planetas y a la amenaza sin nombre que lo acecha. Naves, guerras intergalácticas, saltos en el hiperespacio y mucha, mucha acción es lo que nos ofrece esta nueva y trepidante space ópera de uno de los maestros del género.

Revolution threatens a longstanding peace.... Thirty years after the Syndicate Corporation saved Earth from climate-change extinction, SynCorp’s Five Factions rule the solar system with an iron fist wrapped in a velvet glove. Food, entertainment, safety, security - SynCorp provides it all. In return, the Company requires complete loyalty and obedience to corporate law.

Świeżo naprawiony okręt… Ochocza załoga… Mnóstwo nowej technologii… Długo wyczekiwany powrót do domu… Załoga „Aurory” w końcu ma szansę na wypełnienie swojej misji, ale najpierw czeka ją długa, niebezpieczna podróż poprzez tysiąc lat świetlnych niezbadanej przestrzeni.

Starview Station orbits Kestris in ruin, a tangle of wreckage and jettisoned bodies. Yet, alleged perpetrators, the Red Kestrels, remain silent…. Samantha, Decker, and the crew of the Matilda have narrowly escaped into jumpspace after the attack, their destination the Fringe as they return to the only lead Samatha has: the Red Kestrel leader, Kat Basara. Disavowed by the Imperium and without support, Samantha must win over a crew who has no reason to trust her.

Rogue agents working from the outside. Duplicitous officers working from the inside. In the shadow of the Terminus, it’s unclear who is predator and who is prey. Samantha, Decker, and the crew of the freshly repaired Matilda are on their way to Senali with Red Kestrel leader Kat Basara in their sights. She has the answer to Samantha’s question: Who is the leak within the Imperium that sacrificed The Dauntless and its crew?

Carina Lin grew up alone and friendless, a slum brat afraid of revealing her mage power. Her life changed when she was picked up by a merc band and taught how to kill. The band’s next mission is a doozy: rescue a kid taken hostage by one of the most powerful clans in the galactic sector. When Carina takes part, she finds she faces an impossible decision. To save the kid, she must cast, but if her secret gets out, she faces slavery and torture. She rolls the dice, opening possibilities she’d never dreamed of, but only if she survives the fallout.

Klanor has destroyed Rynah's home planet, Lanyr, by stealing the crystal that controls the planet's magnetic field. His plan is to find all six of the crystals, unite them to create a deadly weapon, and destroy the entire star system...enabling him to create his own empire! With the help of the mysterious Solaris, Rynah gathers four unlikely heroes from a distant planet to fulfill the prophecy and attempt to save humanity.

The colony ship Intrepid is falling into a star. The ship's AI has lost control of the engines and core systems. Battling a saboteur who strives to isolate him, his last act is to wake Colonel Tanis Richards from stasis. Tanis finds herself alone on a dying ship, unable to contact the AI. She must discover what has happened and save the Intrepid from burning up in the star's angry red light. Even if she is successful, the journey to the colony world of New Eden is just beginning.

Powerful intergalactic CEO Belen Morganthal can't let the only genetically perfect race in the universe fall and disappear into eternity, a race that knows no evil and shows a gleaming beauty. She is the only one with the means to carry out such an enterprise and the only one with the secret to convince Logan Ryvenbark to accept such an inconceivable mission. Captain Ryvenbark may be just the one having any chance against the Molochs, but he doesn't like suicide missions.