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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.

The military SF sequel to his extraordinary Old Man's War, John Scalzi's The Ghost Brigades is the second in The Old Man's War series. Who can you trust, if you can't trust yourself? Three hostile alien races have united against humanity, determined to halt our expansion into space. The...

Die Destiny-Mission geht weiter und erreicht einen neuen Höhepunkt. Was verbirgt sich auf der anderen Seite der Anomalie? Die Crew der Destiny steht vor der größten Entscheidung der Menschheit. Hinter der Umlaufbahn des Plutos versperrt ihnen eine unerforschte Anomalie den Weg. Werden sie den Schritt wagen, das Tor zu einer vielleicht weit entfernten Galaxie zu durchschreiten? Wer oder was sind die Wächter des Wissens? Derweil spitzt sich die Lage auf der Erde weiter zu.

The planet Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos, a large colony of humans, and the Hive Queen, who was brought there by Ender Wiggin. But now, once again, the human race has grown fearful; the Starways Congress has gathered a fleet to destroy Lusitania. Ender's oldest...

The bestselling Robot series continues in this sequel to The Caves of Steel, with detective Elijah Baley taking on the dangerous role of double agent when he’s sent to Solaria to solve a brutal murder—and uncover a weakness in Earth’s most powerful neighbor. On the beautiful Outer World...

An artificial object made of compressed stardust is barreling toward Earth. Is it an invasion ship? A doomsday weapon? Perhaps it’s the final response of Squanto, the Warlord of Rigel who James McGill has repeatedly humiliated. Or could it be from the Mogwa, sent to avenge McGill’s assassination of Earth’s Imperial Governor? No one knows the truth of its origins, but the object is huge and unstoppable. Whoever hurled this rock at us isn’t answering our calls. Every weapon bounces off, and the people of Earth begin to go mad as they realize their destruction is only hours away.

They are just children when they first meet: Charlotte, daughter of the French ambassador, and Hiroshi, a laundress’s son. One day in the playground, Hiroshi declares that he has an idea that will change the world. An idea that will sweep away all differences between rich and poor. When Hiroshi runs into Charlotte several years later, he is trying to build a brighter future through robotics.

Magische Flammen wüten. Klingen schmelzen. Seelen werden im wilden Gefecht zu Asche. Das große Finale des Krieges um den Ersten Tempel steht unmittelbar bevor. Die letzten Trümpfe sind ausgespielt, die Reserven sind erschöpft und selbst die Götter haben sich auf den Kampf der Plebejer eingelassen. Das Universum steht kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch. Die Ketten, die die Welten zusammenhalten, sind gesprengt. Das eisige Wasser der Ostsee kühlt den glühenden Sand der Grenzlande.

It's a brave new Britain under the New Management. The Prime Minister is an eldritch god of unimaginable power. Crime is plummeting as almost every offense is punishable by death. And everywhere you look, there are people with strange powers, some of which they can control, and some, not so much...

No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall. When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people—who knew?) Yes, the unthinkable is about to happen: Murderbot must voluntarily speak to humans! Again!

From the writer whose name is synonymous with the science of robotics comes five decades of robot visions - 36 landmark stories and essays, plus three rare tales - gathered together in one volume.

After nearly twenty years, Vernor Vinge has produced an enthralling sequel to his memorable bestselling novel A Fire Upon the Deep, the third in the Zones of Thought series. Ten years have passed on Tines World, where Ravna Bergnsdot and a number of human children ended up after a disaster that...

If Truth Medici has learned anything, it’s that the country isn’t neatly divided into safe and dangerous zones. Everywhere is a battlefield and a hunting ground. Everyone is both predator and prey, slumrats on the run from bigger rats. Truth is finally one of the bigger rats, so elite that ordinary people can’t even see him. But though he may be a walking ghost, he’ll be acknowledged one way or another. Truth holds the power to slay the very oppressors who made him what he is. And he’s resolved to wield this power toward a righteous end.

The Earth lies shaken in the aftermath of a conspiracy. Some of the smartest minds on the planet have striven for and died in an effort to scour the skies of four vast alien satellites, but their success has brought a terrible vengeance down upon us. While alien agents stalk the Earth, a team of exhausted scientists and military outcasts struggle to fight them among a planet on the brink - the brink of plague, the brink of war, and the brink of an invasion larger than they can possibly imagine. But they have allies.

Jede Geschichte hat eine dunkle Seite.Nachdem sie die wahre Identität des Brokers erfahren hat, kämpft Nephilim mit widersprüchlichen Erinnerungsblitzen aus ihrer Vergangenheit. Mit Schrecken stellt sie fest, dass Metatron ihr Gedächtnis gelöscht hat.

Dies ist die Geschichte von Thomas Hockenberry, Philosophie-Professor und Homer-Experte, der nach seinem Tod im Auftrag der griechischer Götter vom sagenumwoben Trojanischen Krieg berichtet - von den tapferen Kämpfern Achill und Hektor, von der schönen Helena, vom legendären Odysseus.

Die Wahrheit über die genetischen Experimente auf dem Mars ist ans Licht gekommen. Prompt tauchen neue Missionen von der Erde im Orbit des Roten Planeten auf. Die widerstreitenden Fraktionen ringen um die Kontrolle über die neue Technologie. Die überlebenden Kolonisten sind den Neuankömmlingen dabei bloß im Weg - im besten Fall müssen sie als Sklaven und Laborratten herhalten. Schlimmer noch: Die Truppen von der Erde sind gut bewaffnet und bereit, einen Krieg zu entfesseln, um die Macht über die Kolonie und ihre Bewohner an sich zu reißen.

Hilldiggers is a fast-paced standalone, following events in Neal Asher's Spatterjay trilogy. They have extraordinary power and aren’t afraid to use it . . . Two planets in the same solar system are locked in war, when some kind of cosmic super-string is discovered. It seems packed with alien...

Nova ist ein einsamer Planet, seit ewigen Zeiten unterwegs zur Andromeda-Galaxie. Und doch ist er bewohnt – von Menschen, die nie etwas anderes kennengelernt haben als die Höhlen unter der Oberfläche, die sie vor dem Vakuum und der kosmischen Strahlung schützen. Eine überraschende Begegnung ändert alles. Der Planet bekommt Besucher, die ihre eigenen Pläne zu haben scheinen und dabei so fremdartig sind, dass Kommunikation aussichtslos erscheint.

A lonely planet circles a star on the very border of Province 921. Critical resources produced there are claimed by both the Mogwa and the Skay. War between the Galactic giants becomes more likely every day.