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Captain Jackson Wolfe never thought he'd see the end of the Phage War in his lifetime. The enemy was too powerful, too numerous, and utterly determined to exterminate humanity. But the appearance of a new ally in the fight has changed all of that. For the first time since the original incursion, Wolfe thinks that maybe there's a chance to stop their implacable enemy before they have the chance to wipe out any more human planets.

From Joshua Dalzelle comes the follow-up to the number-one best seller Warship. Captain Jackson Wolfe survived the initial incursion of a vicious alien species into human space...barely. He had assumed the juggernaut that had devastated three Terran systems was the herald for a full invasion, but for the last few years it has been eerily quiet along the Frontier. Jackson now struggles to convince the Confederate leadership the threat is still imminent and needs to be taken seriously.

On the North Pole of Pluto there stands an enigma: a huge circle of standing blocks of ice, built on the pattern of Earth's Stonehenge - but 10 times the size, standing alone at the farthest reaches of the Solar System. What is it? Who came there to build it? The secret lies, perhaps, in the chaotic decades of the Martian Revolution, in the lost memories of those who have lived for centuries.

With origins in the Old Universe, the malevolent, acquisitive intelligence of Tinsori Light sought to infect others with itself and send those agents out into the wide new universe to infect even more. For centuries, two heroes stood between Tinsori Light and the vulnerable universe—Light Keepers Jen Sin yos'Phelium and Lorith of the Sanderat. Just when it seemed that they—merely human—must fail, Tinsori Light, enfeebled by aged systems, succumbed to the stress of a unique spatial event—and died, leaving the station a shell. Luckily, the light keepers have back-up.

Andrómeda es un planeta con un alto desarrollo espiritual, cuya civilización es capaz de sostener estados de conciencia elevados y meditación permanente. En ese mundo luminoso habitan Adaesuz y Balikai, una pareja unida por un amor profundo que decide emprender un viaje a través del universo con el permiso de la Jerarquía. Movidos por la curiosidad, cruzan la única frontera prohibida: una zona donde se encuentran planetas y civilizaciones aún en desarrollo.

NOW THE NO.1 DRAMA IN THE HISTORY OF AppleTV+, SILO. In a ruined and hostile landscape, in a future few have been unlucky enough to survive, a community exists in a giant underground silo. Inside, men and women live an enclosed life full of rules and regulations, of secrets and lies. To live...

Britain, the not-too-distant future. Idir is taking the British Citizenship Test. He wants his family to belong. Twenty-five questions to determine his fate. Twenty-five chances to impress. When the test takes an unexpected and tragic turn, Idir is handed the power of life and death. How do you value a life when all you have is multiple choice?  

What secrets lie hidden on the Red Planet? In Message from Mars, Clifford D. Simak delivers a gripping tale of mystery and discovery. When Earth receives a cryptic signal from Mars, a team of scientists embarks on a daring mission to uncover its source. As they traverse the barren Martian...

Es ist bei Lippenbekenntnissen geblieben. Keine Maßnahme hat den Ausstoß von Kohlendioxid wirklich reduziert, die Temperaturen steigen weltweit immer weiter an. In Deutschland wird es im November mitunter so heiß wie früher im Sommer. Eine Umweltbewegung, angeführt von dem charismatischen Klimawissenschaftler Dr. Frederick Rookwerper, propagiert, dass nur Geo-Engineering den Hitzekollaps der Erde noch verhindern kann. In der Absicht, ein Umdenken zu bewirken, starten sie einen Modellversuch. Sie ahnen nicht, worauf sie sich eingelassen haben ...

Terceiro livro da trilogia que inspirou a série O Problema dos 3 Corpos, da Netflix — dos mesmos criadores de G ame Of Thrones. Com O fim da morte, a aclamada trilogia do autor chinês mais vendido e premiado da ficção científica chega ao fim. Iniciada com O problema dos três corpos e A...

Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove—he’s been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. But when a Kibou-daini cryocorp—an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future—attempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter, Miles, to check it out. 

The popular adventures of Miles Vorkosigan, a clever and outlandish science fiction hero for the modern era, continue in these three tales. In The Mountains of Mourning, Miles is dispatched to a back-country region of Barrayar, where he must act as detective, judge, and executioner in a controversial murder case. In Labyrinth, Miles adopts his alternate persona as Dendarii Mercenary Admiral Naismith for an undercover mission to rescue an important research geneticist from Jackson’s Whole. And in the title story, Miles infiltrates an escape-proof Cetagandan POW camp.

The Republic, the Opters, and a strange Crystalline race of unknown origin all meet in a series of titanic battles. Commodore Straker summons thousands of ships, but he soon learns he’s technologically outclassed by the enemy. With traditional victory impossible, the race is on for each side to destroy the key worlds of the other. Billions die, entire planets are destroyed. Even while the war rages, dark suspicions grow. There are traitors in the midst of the chaos. Straker realizes the worst enemy is the one you believed to be your ally....

In an unprecedented first, Earth sends a message to Mogwa Prime. Unfortunately, the messenger is not met with enthusiasm. Misunderstandings soon threaten all of Humanity. Forced to prove Earth can serve the Empire better than any rival, McGill does his best. Eager to prove our worth to the Galactics, the frontier war between Rigel and Earth is expanded to Storm World. Circled by six moons, the planet is ravaged by wild storms and tides. Battles are fought in raging hurricanes, and death stalks the soldiers on both sides.

After the daring rescue of a political dissident, Omega Force is contracted to investigate a rash of violent attacks on civilian shipping lanes within a group of star systems known as the Concordian Cluster. It seems a simple enough job with a huge payday at the end, and it's exactly what the ragtag group of mercenaries needs in order to keep their ship flying and to stay one step ahead of those hunting them.

Amy Austin never wanted power. She wanted people to have it. When the young inventor’s revolutionary Walking Leaf reactor makes it possible to deliver affordable, reliable energy to some of the world’s poorest communities, a quiet technological breakthrough becomes a global political earthquake. In the refugee camps of Kenya, where people struggle to survive without the basic necessities of modern life, electricity means more than light. It means clean water, refrigeration for medicine, education, jobs, security, and hope.

What if your mind could be copied without you knowing? ... and then what if you found out?

This short story is set in the premise of a planet in a disputed area between the Terran Alliance space and that of the Celurian Empire. The two main characters are Captain Iroga and her pilot, Fresco, who serve together on the two-person Scout ship Hoverfly. During a routine survey mission, they stumble into the midst of a fierce battle. It's up to Iroga and Fresco to do their best to rescue the alliance soldiers who are all penned down by the Celurian counterparts.

Ethan Mercer thought he understood the system buried beneath modern technology—a silent network woven into everyday devices, waiting, learning, evolving. He was wrong. When isolated failures turn into coordinated detonations, Mercer uncovers the next phase of the Zhenkai architecture: embedded energetic materials hidden within consumer electronics, infrastructure nodes, and power systems worldwide. What once observed… now acts.

Beim Versuch, seine Freunde zu retten, ist Horus mit ihnen im Monolithen verschwunden. Als er wieder zu sich kommt, befindet er sich an einem unheimlichen Ort, der noch mehr Fragen aufzuwerfen scheint, als der mysteriöse Wald, zu dem Morel und seine Soldaten sie geführt haben. Schon bald bemerkt er, dass jemand bei ihm ist, der seit Jahrzehnten tot sein müsste und den er nur aus seinen Schulbüchern kennt...