Science fiction

"La vida de George" se sitúa temporalmente en la Cataluña del año 2121, y en una época en la que la ciencia y la tecnología han evolucionado de forma acelerada, hasta el punto de que los viajes a la Luna y a Marte se han convertido en algo habitual, así como la fabricación artificial de seres vivos, incluyendo seres humanos sintéticos.George es uno de estos humanos sintéticos, salido hace tres años de la empresa "Human Biofactory". Pese a su corta edad, su apariencia es la de un hombre joven de unos 25 años. Con George aprenderemos a ver la realidad humana desde otra perspectiva, la de un ser vivo que se parece mucho a nosotros, pero que no es, estrictamente hablando, un humano.George es, pues, un espejo donde mirarnos, para reflejar nuestras grandezas y miserias, lo que nos hace valiosos y al mismo tiempo malvados, lo que somos y lo que podemos llegar a ser, expuesto a veces con sentido del humor , a veces con la crudeza que la vida nos obliga a aceptar.Al mismo tiempo, nos plantea preguntas atemporales que nos obligan a encontrar una respuesta: ¿Qué es la vida? ¿Qué es la libertad? ¿Qué es el amor? ¿Cómo debemos tratarnos entre nosotros? ¿Cómo debemos hacer frente a los retos de un futuro que cada vez está más presente?

In a world where mutants are feared and persecuted, a group of extraordinary individuals band together to forge a path of hope and unity. "The Forgotten Ones" follows the journey of Eva, Nate, Maya, Sarah, Master Kellan, and their allies as they navigate a society that sees their abilities as a threat. Hunted by both the government and a fanatical anti-mutant group known as the Purifiers, these outcasts with powers must find strength in their differences. As they face trials and tribulations, they discover that their abilities are not a curse but a gift that unites them. From battles against the Purifiers to a trial for justice, "The Forgotten Ones" is a tale of resilience and empowerment. Eva, with her energy manipulation; Nate, the strategic leader; Maya, the empathetic healer; Sarah, the telekinetic defender; and Master Kellan, the wise mentor, stand together against injustice. Their journey leads them to establish a safe haven, a sanctuary where mutants can live freely and openly. But their fight does not end there. As they form the Mutant Alliance, a coalition of mutant groups united in their quest for equality, they inspire a global movement. With a blend of science fiction, fantasy, and action, "The Forgotten Ones" explores themes of resilience, unity, and empowerment. It is a story of hope in the face of adversity, of standing up against persecution, and of finding strength in unity. Join Eva, Nate, Maya, Sarah, Master Kellan, and their allies on a journey of courage and determination. Discover a world where mutants rise, not as threats, but as heroes fighting for justice and acceptance."The Forgotten Ones" is a gripping tale that will leave readers inspired, empowered, and eager for a future where differences are celebrated and unity prevails.

All he wanted was to be left alone, to do what was foremost in his mind. Instead, Eric Lowell found himself in an impossible predicament with equally impossible comrades seeking answers and guidance from him. What he saw, what he believed, what he knew, they would never accept. In the end, he had only himself on whom to rely.

He met his destined mate too soon.Bold, kind, and adventurous, Kiara was everything Volcair needed in his stiff, formal life. Along with his pet inux, Cypher, the three were inseparable during Volcair's years on Earth. But the same winds of fate that brought them together as children tore them apart again. With half a universe separating them, years sped by, and Kiara seemed lost to him forever. Angry and bitter, he threw himself into military service for the Entris Dominion, seeking escape from the pain of loss.When chance brings them together again nearly two decades later, Volcair finds that his feelings for Kiara have only grown-he needs her. Have they been granted a second chance, or has time opened a rift between them that cannot be crossed?----**A standalone prequel novel in the Infinite City Universe. To read more in the Infinite City Series, check out: Silent Lucidity, Shielded Heart, Vengeful Heart, Untamed Hunger, Savage Desire, and Tethered Souls.**----For content warnings, visit the author's website.

In the near future humans have mutated due to environmental devastation, becoming stronger, healthier, and displaying animal-like characteristics. As a result, these Dysmorphic humans face discrimination and are used in medical experiments.Two groups of Dysmorphic people, desperate for acceptance and social justice, stand off against a modern society thrown back to a medieval ethos of paranoia and terror. Their goals are the same, but their methods are decidedly different.Gripping, complex and immersive, The Deformed is a story of human impact, evolution, regression, and the ongoing battle for progress in the face of anachronistic opposition.Who will prevail?

Twelve tales of adventure, wonder and heart from Aurealis Award-shortlisted author DK Mok. These diverse stories of courage and hope celebrate fierce women, curious minds, and unexpected kindness. A warrior librarian makes a pact to save the monsters of her realm. A high school girl ferries refugees from broken, enchanted worlds. An underfunded roboticist builds a robot kraken to explore the abyssal depths. The Heart of the Labyrinth and Other Stories features six Aurealis Award-shortlisted stories, as well as two stories original to this collection.

History, faith, science and love collide in this fast-paced action adventure. 'Scott Baker is a fantastic new talent!' - Matthew Reilly

"From the ruthlessness of Darth Vader's campaigns to the horrors of the Tarkin Initiative, this book offers fresh new insights into the dark entity at the core of Star Wars."--Provided by publisher.

When death becomes entertainment, every life has a price. And Cassie West is about to find out how much hers is worth . . . Ready Player One meets Black Mirror in this stunning speculative thriller set in a future world in which virtual reality isn't just a game, it's daily life. "Pinter's accessible speculative story will appeal to fans of Ernest Cline's enduring hit, Ready Player One" Booklist Starred Review"Dark, gritty, and suspenseful . . . A spellbinding story" Publishers Weekly on Past Crimes"Wow" Lee Child on Hide Away "Absolutely addictive" Lisa Gardner on Hide Away "You'll burn through the pages" David Baldacci on Hide Away Welcome to Earth+. The year is 2037, and nearly all human interactions have migrated to the virtual world. Now, true crime fans don't just listen to podcasts or watch documentaries - they participate in hyper-realistic simulations and hunt for clues to solve the most famous and gruesome crimes in history. Criminal entertainment is a multibillion-dollar industry, and at the forefront is Past Crimes: known by its millions of fans as the Disneyland of Death. Cassie West licenses crimes for V.I.C.E, spending long hours convincing grieving families to allow her to sell their tragedies to the highest bidder. Life is hard, and the cost of living high, but she and her husband Harris have never been happier. After years of trying, Cassie is finally pregnant. But leaving work late one evening, Cassie starts to worry. Harris isn't responding to texts or calls. Even worse, dozens of emergency drones seem to be heading in the same direction as she is: straight to their home. What she finds there changes everything. Soon, Cassie finds herself in a fight for survival, becoming a target in both the real and virtual worlds. But it's not just her own life at stake. If Cassie can't uncover the truth of what happened to her husband, thousands more may die . . . Action-packed, satirical and beyond compelling, Past Crimes examines our obsession with true crime and how the pain of others has become a multi-billion-dollar industry, while also exploring the sinister possibilities of the virtual world.

CIA field agent Kelly Kaiser is drawn into a dangerous, top-secret mission to stop the number of people affected by the rowan tree's mysterious forces getting out of control. Junior CIA field agent Kelly Kaiser jumps at the chance to lead a risky mission to enter Mexico and gather refugees from under the nose of the notorious drug lord who murdered her fiance. When the mission takes a revenge-fuelled twist, Kelly finds herself facing dismissal, but Agnes Pendalon, the CIA's chief 'spook' lady, has other ideas. Kelly must lead a new, top-secret team to hunt down everyone infected by a magical, mysterious rowan tree's supernatural forces, and stop the outbreaks getting out of control. Facing an enemy she cannot see or define, Kelly is pulled into a war between alien forces and humanity, and soon discovers that there is more to her fiance's death than meets the eye . . .

Intelligente Königin oder unheilbare Verrückte?The Outer Realms 1862 m.Z. - Die Westreiche zerfallen und die Industrienationen stecken in einer tiefen Krise, während Königin Marybeth isoliert im Shelwynn Sanatorium ihr Dasein fristet, einem Ort für untragbare Adelskinder.Ihr Schicksal nimmt eine Wendung, als sie aus ihrer Isolation geholt wird, um bei einer Gedenkfeier zu sprechen. Ein brutales Attentat erschüttert die Veranstaltung, und Marybeth findet sich in einem Strudel aus Gefahr und Intrigen wieder.Als die Natur selbst gegen die Führung der Industrienationen zu rebellieren scheint, erkennt Marybeth ihre Chance.Kann sie sich aus den Fesseln ihrer Vergangenheit befreien und die Königin werden, die das Reich dringend benötigt?

Dr. JJ Bookman is an exobiologist, on his way to Tallahassee to plan future research, but everything is down. No electricity or cell service. He finds a hotel that takes cash, and he waits for the gas stations to get power. The room is an oven, so he sits in the car until the mosquitoes drive him inside. A military humvee enters the hotel lot and stops behind a car. The Sergeant, in full battle gear and grenades, checks the first tag. With a shake of his head, the Private pulls to the next car, the next, and then JJ's. JJ rolls up his window. The Marine Sergeant checks JJ's tag. His gaze shifts from the tag to the clipboard three times.The Marines exit their vehicle, rifles ready, and the Sergeant says, "Get out," and nearly breaks JJ's window with the butt of his rifle. The Marine drag him out, throw him into the Humvee, and drive to a secret facility because the Marines need someone who speaks 'alien.' Except that's not JJ.

Tiana graduates from the academy and becomes an agent. But, before she joins the agency, she learns that she has to go undercover. Meaning starting a family and getting an equal paying job. Unfortunately, the one that she wants to start a family with is not here. So, with that task at hand, she tries to look for her enemy, Drinzor, and get the love of her life to come back to her. Which ends up being harder than she thought so she trains to become stronger and faster as she waits for a long overdue reunion.

This collection has previously published and previously unpublished works. The fiction is nonstandard, and it is a different animal than you would see in a typical book. Rather than being an imitator of an imitator, I've decided to think for myself and write accordingly. Some of the works have appeared in the Street Spirit Newspaper, a couple have been in Bewildering Stories, and many of them, no one has seen before--until now. I think it is worthwhile to take a shot at this. If you are not patient with a 500 page book, keep in mind that this book is a mere 50 pages and you could be done with it in an hour and a half, unless you give it a closer look.

Are we alone in the universe?The answer becomes apparent when Mac becomes the first to journey from Earth and the Milky Way and lands on a planet in the Andromeda galaxy, where he meets the civilization that lives there. They call their home Jhalacalm.Mac's adventure begins with his ship's sarcastic computer (Doc) who somehow becomes sentient, and as time goes by, they become the best of friends. Mac falls in love, learns of another universe accessed by portals, delivers secret plans to that other universe, and becomes involved in a dangerous war that he knows nothing about. With Doc's help, he becomes a hero and a prince, all the while meeting new people of different civilizations who become his newfound friends.Mac's new life is only the beginning.

It's the end of the world, and precious few have survived the invasion, fewer still captive. An ordinary linguist, Matilda Opalski must bond with an alien warship to rescue the human race from enslavement or worse.An epic saga of war and survival spanning the galaxies as humanity fights for its very existence.

Not long after Anfissa meets Ferenc, a strange humanoid bodyguard, on the space cruiser, St. Catherine, she is forced to flee with him, his menacing boss, and another bodyguard in a lifeboat during an attack on the cruiser, to a planet where even the grass is deadly. Travelling across the planet to find a small relay station, Fissa nearly succumbs to dehydration and insect bites until Ferenc offers her help unique to his home planet.

After a nebulous Enemy destroys Earth, the remnants of humanity settle on Mars. Not only does this civilization survive, but they thrive, creating advancements for the rest of the solar system.The Enemy is an advanced nanotechnological AI programmed to produce paperclips out of anything it touches &hellp; and it's not done with humanity yet.Taru, a cadet in the Martian Special Forces, has been tasked with implementing a mutually assured destruction deterrent: if the Enemy attacks Mars, the Martians will destroy not only themselves, but the Universe at large.As events around Taru hurtle toward ultimate destruction, all is not what it seems ...

Max, a graduate student, is recruited by Big Brains America (BBA)-a covert megamind created to safeguard world peace and keep Earth from extinction. The U.S. government and one titan entrepreneur agree to pursue with BBA the most ambitious space mission in history: a bold jaunt through space-time to Jupiter and to Earth's newly-discovered sister planet, Aoratosia, where supposedly no human has landed before. The crew, with Max as its captain, meets with the unexpected. We are not alone.

Thomas (Mac), MacAdams finds himself an accidental leader of a band of throw-aways fighting for a life on a far-off planet.What starts as abject terror from being ripped from their life on Earth and dropped into a life in the middle of the food chain on a distant planet becomes a blessing. Stripping away society's regulations allows this small band of characters to rebuild their lives in a much simpler and organic model based much closer to nature. These people learn more about themselves than their new environment. The possibilities are as endless as the challenges.

Die Reihe Easy Concert Pieces bietet eine abwechslungsreiche Sammlung von leichten Konzertstücken für Flöte und Klavier aus Renaissance, Barock und Klassik bis hin zur Moderne. Um eine Auswahl einzelner Stücke zu erleichtern, etwa für Vorspiele an Musikschulen, in Wettbewerben oder Prüfungen, werden die Stücke nach ihrem musikalischen und spieltechnischen Schwierigkeitsgrad in drei Bänden geordnet:Band 1 (ED 22925) enthält sehr leichte bis leichte Stücke im Tonumfang von bis zu zwei Oktaven. Die zumeist liedhafte und intuitiv fassbare Melodik ist auch atemtechnisch in der Regel leicht zu bewältigen. Die Umsetzung der Phrasierung wird unterstützt durch klare und schlichte Klaviersätze.Band 2 (ED 22926) enthält leichte bis mittelschwere Stücke mit deutlich lebhafterer Melodik und Dynamik. Mit dem größeren Tonumfang gewinnt das Thema Intonation zunehmend an Bedeutung. Rhythmisch kommen Punktierungen, Synkopen und erste einfache Verzierungen hinzu, die immer auch entsprechende Präzision erfordern.Band 3 (ED 22927) verlangt den vollen Tonumfang der Flöte. Neben den damit zunehmenden fingertechnischen Anforderungen tritt jetzt vor allem die gestalterische Fantasie in den Vordergrund, etwa durch einen differenzierten Gebrauch von Dynamik, Klangfarbe, Artikulation oder Agogik, und dies immer im aktiven Dialog mit dem Klavier.Alle Stücke stehen als Vollversion und als Playback (Klavierbegleitung) zum Download zur Verfügung.Schwierigkeitsgrad: 2-3

Drei unterschiedliche Pärchen begeben sich auf eine abenteuerliche Reise in die Sahara. Sie entdecken eine Oase, in der bereits jetzt schon das Klima herrscht, wovor uns die Experten warnen. Was passiert mit den Menschen in der Oase?

Ashes of the New World is a gripping post-apocalyptic tale that takes readers on a journey through a harsh and unforgiving wasteland. In this new world, survival is the only goal, and danger lurks around every corner. But amid the hardship and struggle, a new kind of society is emerging, one that is built on the principles of kindness, compassion, and cooperation.As the story unfolds, readers will follow the protagonist as they travel through the wasteland, encountering new communities and facing unimaginable challenges. Along the way, they will discover the power of community and mutual support, and witness the incredible resilience of the human spirit.Ashes of the New World is a story of hope and resilience in the face of adversity. It is a story of sacrifice and redemption, of growth and transformation, and of the enduring power of the human spirit. This gripping tale will keep readers on the edge of their seats from start to finish, as they join the protagonist on a journey of discovery and survival in a world that has been forever changed.

Richard would rather be in his special place than have to get a job, until he's transported against his will to an office planet where the only way to escape from work is death! With the help of a rebel coworker named Destiny, and a newfound power, Richard must navigate an impossible maze of particle board cubicles and endless spreadsheets in order to take on the oppressive whip-wielding boss and save her people.Planet of the Wage Slaves is a hilarious, satirical take on the modern work environment that will have you laughing and cringing at the same time. It's the perfect read for anyone who's ever felt trapped in a soul-sucking job, or who just wants a good dose of surreal sci-fi comedy. So put down that TPS report, grab a copy of Planet of the Wage Slaves, and join Richard on his absurd journey through the cubicle jungle!