Space Saga

Ein gewaltiger Krieg bedroht die Galaxis - entfesselt von einer uralten feindlichen Spezies, die unwissentlich von Rungard Avar Valdorian aus ihrem Gefängnis befreit wurde. Doch der ehemalige Herrscher über das Konsortium ist nicht länger bereit, den Feinden wie ein Sklave zu dienen - und entschließt sich zur Flucht. Wird es ihm und den Kantaki, den einzigen, die dem Gegner überhaupt noch etwas entgegenzusetzen haben, gelingen, die Temporalen zurückzuschlagen?

Auf dem Planeten Kerberos geschehen unheimliche Dinge: Ein Anschlag erschüttert ein Labor, in dem geheime Experimente zur Schaffung neuer, widerstandsfähiger Lebensformen durchgeführt werden. Und eines der erzeugten Wesen kann entkommen. Doch der sogenannte Metamorph ist nicht die einzige Gefahr, die den Planeten bedroht. Denn in seinem Inneren erwacht eine uralte Macht - bereit den Weltraum mit Krieg zu überziehen.

Die Menschheit hat es geschafft! Mit Hilfe der Kantaki, insektoider Aliens, die über die Technik des überlichtschnellen Raumflugs verfügen, ist es ihr gelungen, ferne Welten zu besiedeln. Die Herrschaft darüber teilen sich zwei wirtschaftliche Großmächte: das Konsortium und die Allianz. Doch feindliche Wesen bahnen sich ihren Weg zurück an die Macht: Einst in ein Zeitgefängnis verbannt, wollen die gefährlichen Temporalen die Galaxis erneut mit Krieg überziehen. Dabei missbrauchen sie Rungard Avar Valdorian, ehemaliges Oberhaupt des Konsortiums, als ihren Helfer.

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.

Gabriel Espinoza’s loyalty had never been called into question, yet a dagger had been slid into his family’s back by outsiders. Gabriel has had his revenge, but it came at such a cost that it might be more than the Dominion can pay. He believes he has nothing left to fight for, save a child he cannot claim as his own. Christine Dai is a wanted woman. While she doesn’t understand why she is being hunted by the agency she had once called her second family, she knows she has two children to protect—the child growing within her and the terrifying niece of the man she loved.

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?

Kassandra Gild has had an interesting life to say the least. Born to parents who could never be bothered with her, she used her intellect to push herself to independence as soon as possible. And reach it she did. Being accepted into one of the most prestigious military academies the twenty seventh century had to offer. Most telling, however, were the strange dreams that had plagued her each and every night.

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.

Trouble is dead. Long live trouble. Killing the leader of a violent cult was supposed to make the city a safer place, but instead it created a power imbalance that’s left a deadly war raging in the streets of Bulari. When Willem Jaantzen is approached for help by local casino magnate Phaera D, he has the sinking feeling the only way to end this war is to betray the people he loves the most. And he’s starting to suspect that Phaera wants more from him than just his help. Whatever decision he makes feels like the wrong one.

The Saga of the Skolian Empire is Catherine Asaro's trademark series. It chronicles the lives of the members of the ruling family of the Empire in the distant interstellar future, weaving a fine blend of action, romance, and hard science fiction.

Nicholas van Rijn, the most flamboyant member of the Polesotechnic League of star traders, could see dark times ahead. Fellow league members were using tactics verging on outright piracy, and others were all too eager to sell starships and high-tech weapons to alien barbarians. A planet not previously known for interstellar commerce suddenly revealed a secret fleet of armed starships and started building an empire. Even if Van Rijn and his right-hand man, David Falkayn, could find a way to stop this blatant aggression, the glory days of the League were over.

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.

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.

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.

A four-star general pays tribute to a remarkable man in this biography. Believing that America owes a debt to a great character, a superb aviator, and a devoted citizen that was not paid, General Kenney tells the story of Paul Irvin "Pappy" Gunn with the hope that it will help discharge some of that debt. Gunn, who was known during World War II as an expert in daredevil low-level flying and as a hero and mechanical genius, modified light and medium bombers and transformed them into attack aircraft to hit Japanese targets in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Okinawa.