Ergebnis für "James" in Weltraumerkundung

The Carryx—part empire, part hive—has waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy in its conflict with an ancient and deathless enemy. When they descend on the isolated world of Anjiin, the human population is abased, slaughtered, and put in chains. The best and brightest are abducted, taken to the Carryx world-palace to join prisoners from a thousand other species. Dafyd Alkhor, assistant to a prestigious scientist, is captured along with his team.

Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the alien ruins, the mysteries and threats grow deeper. In the dead systems where gates lead to stranger things than alien planets, Elvi Okoye begins a desperate search to discover the nature of a genocide that happened before the first human beings existed and to find weapons to fight a war against forces at the edge of the imaginable. But the price of that knowledge may be higher than she can pay.

The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the 1,300 solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again.

Mars and the Moon have been colonized, piracy runs rampant in the asteroid belts, and a thriving society grows in the depths of space. Humanity prepares to embark upon its greatest journey - the colonization of Alpha Centauri. Then, everything changes. A deep space reconnaissance probe discovers a new Earth-like planet 12 light-years from Earth’s sun. The probe also finds something unusual, something unnerving. A new mission is created, a space fleet is formed, and humanity embarks on unravelling the greatest mystery of all - the origins of life itself.

When the Ornu came, they took Earth in a single night. Humanity never stood a chance. Now, they force us to crew their ships and fight their wars for them. They hold Earth hostage, and if we refuse to do their bidding, they’ll lay waste to our precious blue marble. Slaughtering the billions who live there. But when Captain Bill Henderson is sent to claim a small moon for his masters, he finds something they never accounted for. An ancient warship – a behemoth abandoned for millennia by a species that reached its peak at the dawn of the universe.

Nach der Entdeckung eines mumifizierten Astronauten auf dem Mond und eines geheimnisvollen Alien-Schiffes auf Ganymed sind die irdischen Wissenschaftler sicher: Die Vorfahren der Menschen kamen aus dem All. Das wird durch ein zurückgekehrtes Schiff der Urväter der Menschheit bestätigt. Doch auch sie sind nicht das erste Glied in der Kette: Die Urväter verdanken ihre Existenz den geheimnisvollen Riesen, einer uralten Spezies, deren Heimatwelt bereits vor Äonen zerstört wurde.

Colin McFarlane, Neve McIntosh and Dan Starkey read these three full-length novels featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara, as played on TV by Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman. In The Blood Cell, by James Goss, a secure prison in space receives its latest inmate: the most dangerous criminal in the...

Look outward beyond the stars with six stories from bestselling visionary authors. An AI awakens to its purpose. A researcher seeds a thousand new worlds for one more chance at love. A murder rocks the crew of an interstellar ship. With a sweeping sense of wonder, these stories explore the galaxy . . . and the horizons of humanity’s potential.

Die Titan wird urplötzlich aus dem Warp geworfen. Sie findet sich in einem Schlachtfeld wieder, in dem die zerstörten Überreste eines Schiffes treiben...

The Imperium does not take it lightly when its slaves revolt. Earth's population has been decimated, and Captain Bill Henderson is fleeing imperial attack dogs with his crew and two million refugees—the last of humanity. Starship Omega could be the answer to turning the tide and finally ending the Imperium's tyranny. But not in its current form. The Omega is capable of so much more—but to unlock the enormous ship's true power, Bill must lead those under his command into the heart of empire space.

Wer die Schwerkraft beherrscht. Brad Cliffords Theorie scheint auf den ersten Blick nur auf dem Papier tauglich: er will einen Weg finden, die Schwerkraft zu kontrollieren. Als das Militär auf seine Forschungen aufmerksam wird, macht es Cliffords Ergebnisse zum Staatsgeheimnis, denn eine Maschine zur Kontrolle der Gravitation birgt ungeahntes militärisches Potenzial. Clifford selbst wird zügig entlassen, er ist den Kommandeuren nicht politisch verlässlich genug. Doch der Wissenschaftler gibt nicht auf: zusammen mit einem Freund arbeitet er weiter an seiner Theorie, denn ihm geht es nicht darum, eine Waffe zu bauen.

Der Nexus, das mysteriöse Raum-Zeit-Phänomen, das aus Star Trek - Treffen der Generationen bekannt ist, hat seinen Kurs geändert. Er steht kurz davor, in den Raum der Kinshaya, einem Mitglied des Typhon-Paktes, einzutreten. Nun liegt es an Captain Picard, zu verhindern, dass die Gegner der Föderation die Macht über ihn erlangen.

Im Kielwasser politischer Unruhen finden sich Admiral William Riker und die Besatzung der U.S.S. Titan in einer prekären Situation wieder. Eine neue Mission zieht veränderte Aufgaben an Bord nach sich. Auf Befehl der Sternenflotte setzt die Titan Kurs auf den Rand des Föderationsraums, um sich ihrer neuesten Aufgabe zu stellen: mit einer fremden Spezies, den Dinac, zusammenzuarbeiten und gegen einen unaufhaltsamen Eindringling zu kämpfen.

The second instalment in James White’s acclaimed Sector General series, where human and alien medicine meet in a massive deep-space hospital station on the Galactic Rim. Sector General is a place where all kinds of patients and medics from all worlds are welcome. But for the first time, the hospital is threatened by powerful creatures who cause utter havoc.

Lieutenant Saru ist ein Kelpien. Als Angehöriger einer Beutespezies und geboren auf einem Planeten, der von riesigen Raubtieren überrannt wurde, ist er aufs Engste mit der Angst vertraut. Von allen Seiten gefordert ist er entschlossen, über sich und seine Ursprünge hinauszuwachsen und als Sternenflottenoffizier an Bord der U.S.S. Shenzhou erfolgreich zu sein. Doch als Saru das Protokoll missachtet, um sich vor seinen Mannschaftskameraden zu beweisen, gerät das, was zunächst wie eine lebensnotwendige Rettungsmission für ein in Not geratenes Schiff beginnt, schnell außer Kontrolle.

In a world of secrets, Taimin and Selena are desperate for answers. They need to discover the truth about their origins and the firewall that borders the wasteland. If they don’t find the hidden path they seek, the citizens of Zorn will die. As they make the perilous journey to the distant firewall, Taimin and Selena are joined by three companions: a young healer, a weapons trader, and an old rover. Together the five are in constant danger, unable to rely on Selena’s powers as she has lost the ability to farcast - and she doesn’t know how to get it back.

Months after Inara leaves Serenity, Mal and the crew finally learn the reason for her sudden departure: She is dying of a terminal illness. Expert Esau Weng is said to have developed a means to treat Inara’s condition, but he has been disgraced and incarcerated for life on a notorious Alliance prison planet. On Atata planet, inmates are abandoned with no guards and left to survive as best they can. What’s more, terraforming the planet did not take properly, so the world is a frozen wasteland. To save Inara, the Serenity crew must infiltrate the prison....

Captain Brian Royce brings Hadad to his home planet, which shows obvious signs of battle. Did any of his family survive? Where are all the children; did the Zodarks take them? Admiral Miles Hunt finds himself appointed to a new position beyond his current skill set. He now has to become more than just a ship captain and fleet commander: he must become the Viceroy of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Roy Court and his crew are taking the trip of a lifetime—several lifetimes in fact—duplicated and dispatched across the galaxies searching for Earthlike planets. Many possibilities for the future. Yet for Roy, no matter how many of him there are, there’s still just one painful, unchangeable past. In what world can a broken relationship be reborn? The universe is so vast, there’s always room for hope.

Life in the wasteland is a constant struggle. No one knows it better than Taimin. Crippled, and with only his indomitable aunt to protect him, Taimin must learn to survive in a world scorched by two suns and frequented by raiders. But when Taimin discovers his homestead ransacked and his aunt killed, he sets off with one mission: to seek revenge against those who stole everything. With nowhere to call home, his hunt soon takes a turn when he meets a mystic, Selena, who convinces him to join her search for the fabled white city.