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The battle-scarred star carrier Flying Dutchman is finally on her way back to Earth, after an exceptionally successful series of missions that have once again saved the world. The ship needs a serious refit, and her exhausted crew just wants a break from constant clandestine warfare against a vicious and superior enemy. Wishes come true, right? Not for the Merry Band of Pirates.

Disaster. There was no other word to describe how Operation Olympic had changed in a flash from a triumph to the worst failure the Merry Band of Pirates had ever experienced. A failure that meant the fight was over. Unless the Pirates could perform a miracle, without Skippy.

After the latest mission of the starship Flying Dutchman, Earth is safe not just for a year, but for hundreds of years. The ship’s weary crew wonders what they will do with their lives in peacetime, but the enemy has other plans, and there is danger on the Homefront. Starring Zachary Quinto, R.C. Bray, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, and everyone's favorite AI, Skippy the Magnificent, alongside a full cast. Includes plenty of pew-pew-pew, original sound composition, and maybe some singing by R.C. Bray.

Their leader has been taken by the enemy. Secrets are at risk of being exposed. The enemy offers such a bad deal, it has to be a joke. They must think Kaz is stupid, and he's not. But sometimes, a bad deal is the best you can hope for.

While the crew of the UN Expeditionary Force's pirate starship Flying Dutchman are enjoying a luxury vacation cruise (not!), UNEF troops are still stranded on an alien-controlled planet. Major Emily Perkins and her team are busy picking up the pieces, and it's not easy, because there is trouble on Paradise...

The Wizard's Council of Tarador was supposed to tell young Koren Bladewell that he is a wizard. They were supposed to tell everyone that he is not a jinx, that all the bad things that happen around him are because he can't control the power inside him, power he doesn't know about. The people of his village, even his parents, are afraid of him, afraid he is cursed. That he is a dangerous, evil jinx.

Peacetime can be a rough adjustment for the battle-hardened Merry Band of Pirates.  

Especially when aliens don’t get the memo that the shooting is over.

The Alien Legion has a new mission, and this time, they are working for the enemy. Also against the enemy. Like every operation that Emily Perkins plans, it’s complicated. But plans require good intel, and when the plan falls apart, the Mavericks are in freefall....

The Merry Band of Pirates offered the bad guys a ceasefire. We won’t mess with them, if they don’t mess with us. Easy, right? No. The aliens chose to do things the hard way. So, the Pirates are racing around the galaxy to clean up the threat to Earth. The infant UN Navy has their own mission with the Alien Legion: Get humanity some allies in the fight. And the Ethics & Compliance Office might have to do something...ethical. Unless they can find a way around it.

Koren Bladewell's future was stolen from him, by wizards who chose to lie, to conceal the fact that Koren is a wizard. Crown princess Ariana Trehayme must find a way to become queen before her 16th birthday—before her indecisive mother allows all of Tarador to be conquered.

Kaz Wolfe is trying to prevent ancient gods from regaining access to our world. The Order wants to open a portal to the Nether to gain power by serving those gods. Playing defense isn’t working. The Order always has the initiative. It’s time for direct action, to hit the Order hard. Before it’s too late for us.

Kaz Wolfe has everything he needs to prevent a Convergence that would allow gods and monsters from the Nether to invade our world. Everything, other than a single clue about what a Convergence is. Or how it works. Or how to stop it. To get answers, he might have to take a fun-filled family road trip to the last place he wants to go: the Netherworld.

Elitarna załoga pirackiego okrętu znanego jako „Latający Holender” miała do wykonania prostą misję: ustalić, czy Thuranie zamierzają wysłać w kierunku Ziemi kolejny statek kosmiczny. Po drodze musiała jeszcze zająć się zabezpieczeniem przyszłości żołnierzy SEONZ na planecie Paradise. Gdy było po wszystkim, żołnierze w służbie Ziemi zapytali sprzymierzoną z nimi prastarą obcą sztuczną inteligencję, czy ich planeta jest już bezpieczna. W odpowiedzi usłyszeli: „No, nie do końca”. Teraz muszą stawić czoła nowemu wyzwaniu.

Kiedy renegaci z załogi "Latającego Holendra” wrócili z pomyślnie ukończonej misji, Siły Ekspedycyjne ONZ sądziły, że Ziemia będzie bezpieczna przez co najmniej kilkaset lat. Teraz SEONZ znowu potrzebują pomocy Wesołej Bandy Piratów. "Holender” wylatuje na prostą misję rozpoznawczą... Jednak w przypadku piratów nic nigdy nie jest proste. Z pozoru łatwe zadanie przerodzi się w prawdziwy Armagedon.

Ein Mann, ein Wort. Seit Colonel Joe Bishop unverhofft zum Weltraumretter wurde, geht in seinem Leben so einiges drunter und drüber. Aber er hat ein Versprechen gegeben, und er wird alles tun, um es zu erfüllen–koste es, was es wolle. Sein Auftrag: das gekaperte Raumschiff "Fliegender Holländer" zurückzubringen. Das Problem: der Beschluss der UNO, fast siebzig sogenannte Spezialisten mit auf die heikle Mission zu schicken.

Die Ruhar griffen uns am Columbus Day an. Wir trieben auf unserer kleinen blauen Murmel durch den Kosmos–arglos, wie die amerikanischen Ureinwohner im Jahr 1492. Dann tauchten am Horizont Raumschiffe einer technisch überlegenen Spezies auf. Und–BAM!–war die gute alte Zeit vorbei. Jene Zeit, als wir Menschen uns nur gegenseitig töteten. Also Columbus Day–Kolumbustag. Das passt.

Non è d'accordo, però, quando le Nazioni Unite decidono di inviare con lui quasi 70 soldati d'élite delle Operazioni Speciali, piloti straordinari e scienziati. La missione è una folle impresa dalla quale si aspetta che non torneranno mai. Almeno questa volta la Terra è al sicuro, giusto? Non più di tanto.

Koren Bladewell now knows he is a wizard, but he is lost in the wilderness, cut off from help, and unable to use his powers. The enemy is poised at the border with an overwhelming invasion force, and it will take wizards, soldiers and a young, untested princess to hold off defeat long enough for Koren to be trained and grow into his power. But he might not wish to help those who deceived him and destroyed his life.

Następstwem oszałamiającego zwycięstwa – zwłaszcza gdy jest ono niespodziewane, całkowite i ostateczne – powinny być radosne celebracje, nudne przemówienia oficjeli i gratulacje ze strony polityków, a także zasłużony odpoczynek dla Wesołej Bandy Piratów. Jasne, w Galaktyce wciąż panuje bałagan, ale to nic nowego. Tym razem dla odmiany ktoś inny może zająć się jego sprzątaniem.

Zasłużony w boju lotniskowiec Sił Ekspedycyjnych ONZ "Latający Holender" wraca wreszcie na Ziemię, po szeregu wyjątkowo udanych misji, dzięki którym po raz kolejny udało się ocalić świat. Teraz okręt wymaga naprawy, a załoga marzy o chwili wytchnienia od tajnych operacji i zmagań z zaciekłym, potężnym nieprzyjacielem. Czy marzenia się spełniają? W przypadku Wesołej Bandy Piratów – niekoniecznie.