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Hudson Powell war schon immer ein Herumtreiber, aber nach dem Tod seines Vaters schwor er sich, sein Leben zu ändern. Er gab seine freiberufliche Tätigkeit als Raumschiffpilot auf und trat im Alter von 38 Jahren als Rookie der Relic Guardian Force bei. Das war ein großer Fehler. Die RGF bewacht die außerirdischen Wracks, die auf jeder Portalwelt gefunden wurden, die im letzten Jahrhundert entdeckt wurde. Sie sorgt dafür, dass die Reliktjäger Steuern für die unbezahlbare außerirdische Technologie zahlen, die sie aus den Wracks bergen. Der Haken: Die RGF ist korrupt.

Immer noch verzweifelt auf der Suche nach Liberty Devan reist Hudson Powell zu einer neuen Portalwelt: Chrome One. Illegal von der Relic Reliktschutztruppe , vermutet Hudson, dass Logan Griff seine Finger im Spiel hat. Wenn er den Mistkerl von einem ehemaligen Ausbildungsoffizier finden kann, findet er vielleicht auch Liberty und den Kristall. Währenddessen reist Morphus zu einem mächtigen außerirdischen Relikt namens "Das Teleskop", um herauszufinden, wo sich Goliath befindet. Doch ohne den von Logan Griff gestohlenen Alienkristall gibt es keine Hoffnung, das riesige Schiff zu besiegen.

Hudson Powell und Tory Bellona sind die besten Sammler von Sternenschrott in der Galaxie. Sie riskieren alles, um in den Wracks riesiger Raumschiffe auf fernen Welten Alienartefakte aufzuspüren. Der Kampf gegen tödliche Rivalen, skrupellose Kartelle und korrupte Beamte gehört zu ihrem Alltag. Doch nun droht eine noch viel größere Gefahr. Ein fanatischer Kult unter der Führung der Eiferin Amelia Ash hat eine bösartige KI erweckt. Dieser uralte Zerstörer ist für die Vernichtung unzähliger Zivilisationen verantwortlich.

Emma has just taken her first step as a knight. Emma's new job? Commander of a squad of useless layabouts. Just as her efforts start to change minds, a pirate base is discovered on Alias. What will happen when an elite force is sent in from the home planet to eliminate them?! An epic new tale of a failure's rise to glory in the Intergalactic Empire begins!

Emma, test pilot for an experimental mobile knight called Atalanta, heads to the Seventh Weapons Factory for upgrades. But the prototype's development team is visiting, and they seem to have lost faith in Atalanta! When a strange engineer nicknamed the "Mad Genius" warns against piloting the mobile knight, development seems on the verge of grinding to a halt. On top of that, who's behind the mysterious organization pursuing the prototype craft?! Find out in the second volume of a failure's rise to glory!

An ex-cop who cannot die. A moon full of settlers who cannot thrive. Mahina's terraformers built a high-tech urban paradise. Then Earth flooded the colony with desperate refugees, cop Sass Collier among them. The settlers who arrived with Sass died decades ago. Outside the citadel, their descendants die weak and young.

Five months there. Five months back. And seven months waiting for the planets to align. In a tiny ship never meant for deep space. Denali is one hell of a trip. But the leading mind in nanite medicine is stranded there. Captain Sass Collier wants him back, to cure failure to thrive syndrome in her own colony. Each of the crew has a motive to embrace the risk. The lucky ones wish for adventure. Adventure is assured. But Denali holds another prize beyond their wildest dreams. Can Sass hold her fractious crew together, get the goods, and meet her launch window home?

Traveling unexpectedly aboard the luxury liner Nebula Dream on its maiden voyage across the galaxy, Sectors Special Forces Captain Nick Jameson is ready for ten relaxing days, and hoping to forget his last disastrous mission behind enemy lines. He figures he'll gamble at the casino, take in the shows, maybe even have a shipboard fling with Mara Lyrae, the beautiful but reserved businesswoman he meets.

Go on the adventure of a lifetime with this boxed set from Dan Raxor and Tyler Bowman. When the galaxy is in peril, these heroes will do everything it takes to save the day. Full of vivid imagery, cunning and vicious opponents, deadly aliens, and gorgeous babes, this collection aims to immerse the listener in a sci-fi journey that won’t soon be forgotten.

Veronica Britton is a Victorian private detective, a specialist in untangling tricky situations that occur in time as well as space. Working alongside her young apprentice Gabrielle Pendleton, she's very much in demand: if a necklace goes missing and you suspect that someone is selling it off in the future as a valuable antique, or you find yourself being blackmailed by someone who knows a little too much about your past, she's your woman.

2014 SFR Galaxy Award Winner Andi Markriss hasn't exactly enjoyed being the houseguest of the planetary high-lord, but her company sent her to represent them at a political wedding. When hotshot Sectors Special Forces Captain Tom Deverane barges in on the night of the biggest social event of the summer, Andi isn't about to offend her high-ranking host on Deverane's say-so - no matter how sexy he is, or how much he believes they need to leave now.

Emily soon learns she and Jake didn't leave all peril behind in the war. A mysterious ailment aboard the Zephyr begins to claim victim after victim...and they must race against time and space to find the cause and a cure! Trapped on a ship no spaceport will allow to dock, their efforts are complicated by a temperamental princess and a terrorist - one who won't hesitate to take down any being in the way of his target. If anyone's left when the disease is through with them...

Meg Antille works long hours on the charter cruise ship Far Horizon so she can send credits home to her family. Working hard to earn a promotion to a better post (and better pay), Meg has no time for romance. Former Special Forces soldier Red Thomsill only took the berth on the Far Horizon in hopes of getting to know Meg better, but so far, she's kept him at a polite distance. A scheduled stopover on the idyllic beach of a nature preserve planet may be his last chance to impress the girl.

When their supposedly secure off-net research facility is hacked, Micronics Corporation hires Securi-Tech law enforcement officers (LEOs) Amber Payne and Richard Kayani to find those responsible. The case quickly leads them down a rabbit hole of twists and turns they could never have anticipated. With the body count rising quickly, the only link seems to be a mysterious thunderbird tattoo.