Science fiction: rumrejser og universet

There's something out there:a juggernaut of evil bearing down to crush the Republicunless one lone Jedi, shunned and reviled, can stop it.Revan: hero, traitor, conqueror, villain, savior. A Jedi who left Coruscant to defeat Mandaloriansand returned a disciple of the dark side, bent on destroying the Republic. The Jedi Council gave Revan his life back, but the price of redemption was high. His memories have been erased. All that's left are nightmaresand deep, abiding fear.What exactly happened beyond the Outer Rim? Revan can't quite remember, yet can't entirely forget. Somehow he stumbled across a terrible secret that threatens the very existence of the Republic. With no idea what it is, or how to stop it, Revan may very well fail, for he's never faced a more powerful and diabolic enemy. But only death can stop him from trying.Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

De døde flød i gaderne.Det var en helt almindelig onsdag i marts.Og så alligevel ikke. Det var dén onsdag, det hele begyndte. Dér, det hele endte. Afhængig af ens personlige filosofi selvfølgelig. Du kan mene, hvad du vil – se glasset som halvfuldt eller halvtomt. I hvert fald var det dén dag, alt forandrede sig for mig og resten af menneskeheden. Det af den, der var tilbage, vel at mærke.Mit navn er SW-9935-9830. Du kan også kalde mig Grace Halley, hvis du vil. Jeg reagerer på begge.Dette er min historie. Nej, stryg det. Det er hele menneskehedens historie. For hvis jeg ikke kan være helten i min egen historie, kan jeg i det mindste være skurken i andres …I en dystopisk fremtid har de himmelske Stjerner levet iblandt os i snart ti år. De har testet vores værdi, vores evne til at overleve og, om vi overhovedet fortjener at blive flyttet til en ny planet med en ny fremtid. I år er vores sidste håb. Vil det langt om længe blive året, hvor vi beviser vores værd? Eller er mennesket dømt til undergang?

In Dune: The Heir of Caladan, the climactic novel in the Caladan trilogy by New York Times bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, we step into the shoes of Paul Atreides. A not yet a man in years, he is about to enter a world he could never have imagined. The story that began with Duke Leto Atreides's rise to power, then continued with the consequences of Lady Jessica's betrayal, will now conclude with Paul becoming the leader that he needs to be on the way to his pivotal role as Muad'Dib. Any Dune fan will devour this tale of a legend coming into his own.

2040. The Long Earth is in chaos. . . .The cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption is shutting down civilization. Whole populations flee to the relative safety of myriad stepwise Earths. Sally Linsay, Joshua Valiente, and Lobsang have all been involved in the perilous post-eruption clean-up.But Joshua faces a crisis close to home. From a long childhood hidden deep in the Long Earth, a new breed of young, super-bright post-humans is emerging?but "normal" human society is turning against them, driven by ignorance and fear. For Joshua, caught up in the conflict, a dramatic showdown seems inevitable.Meanwhile, U.S. Navy Commander Maggie Kauffman embarks on an incredible journey, leading an expedition to the unexplored limits of the far Long Earth.And Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father, Willis Linsay, inventor of the original Stepper device. Ever the maverick, he is planning a fantastic voyage of his own?across the Long Mars. But what is his true motivation?For Joshua, for humankind, for the Long Earth itself?everything is different now.

2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day, a new society continues to evolve in the Long Earth. Now, a message has been received: ?Join us.?The Next?the hyper-intelligent post-humans?realize that the missive contains instructions for kick-starting the development of an immense artificial intelligence known as The Machine. But to build this computer, the size of an Earth continent, they must obtain help from the more populous and still industrious worlds of mankind.Meanwhile, on a trek in the High Meggers, Joshua Valienté, now nearing seventy, is saved from death when a troll band discovers him. Living among the trolls as he recovers, Joshua develops a deeper understanding of this collective-intelligence species and its society. He discovers that some older trolls, with capacious memories, act as communal libraries and live on a very strange Long Earth world, in caverns under the root systems of trees as tall as mountains. He also learns something much more profound about life and its purpose in the Long Earth: We cultivate the cosmos to maximize the opportunities for life and joy in this universe, and to prepare for new universes to come.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Lauded Star Wars author James Luceno returns to pen an intense tale of ambition and betrayal that sets the stage for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. War is tearing the galaxy apart. For years the Republic and the Separatists have battled across the stars, each building more and more deadly technology in an attempt to win the war. As a member of Chancellor Palpatine's top secret Death Star project, Orson Krennic is determined to develop a superweapon before the Republic's enemies can. And an old friend of Krennic's, the brilliant scientist Galen Erso, could be the key. Galen's energy-focused research has captured the attention of both Krennic and his foes, making the scientist a crucial pawn in the galactic conflict. But after Krennic rescues Galen, his wife, Lyra, and their young daughter, Jyn, from Separatist kidnappers, the Erso family is deeply in Krennic's debt. Krennic then offers Galen an extraordinary opportunity: to continue his scientific studies with every resource put utterly at his disposal. While Galen and Lyra believe that his energy research will be used purely in altruistic ways, Krennic has other plans that will finally make the Death Star a reality. Trapped in their benefactor's tightening grasp, the Ersos must untangle Krennic's web of deception to save themselves and the galaxy itself.

46 lysår fra Jorden har astronomer opdaget en, formodet, beboelig måne – Coyote – i kredsløb om en gaskæmpe. Amerikas Forenede Republiks totalitære regering ser en mulighed for at skabe sig et historisk monument ved at kolonisere Coyote og sætter nationens økonomi over styr for at konstruere menneskehedens første stjerneskib. Besætningen og kolonisterne er udvalgt blandt Frihedspartiets mest trofaste medlemmer, dog har skibets kaptajn andre planer. Men er det overhovedet muligt at kapre et stærkt bevogtet rumskib? Og kan utrænede kolonister overleve i en ukendt vildmark, så langt fra resten af menneskeheden, at den lige så godt kunne være ikkeeksisterende? Den Hugo Award-vindende forfatter Allen M. Steele fortæller med serien om Coyote en medrivende og fascinerende historie om menneskehedens første store spring ud i universet. Coyote er første bind i trilogien.

Rumkrydseren Gateway er på vej til en jordlignende planet, som jordens folk har givet arbejdstitlen ’New Earth One’. I begyndelsen troede man det var en ubeboet verden (ud over eventuelt dyreliv) som jordens milliarder af mennesker kunne overtage. Man begynder derfor at planlægge en ekspedition, som skal afgøre om denne planet egner sig til kolonisation. Men under studiet af kloden er man blevet klar over, at der findes intelligent liv og endda en moderne civilisation.Formålet med ekspeditionen ændres fra at være ren overtagelse, til at skulle skabe kontakt med de indfødte og indlede et handelssamarbejde.Jack Lee er en lettere fordrukken psykolog og antropolog på ekspeditionen, og han sættes til at analysere de sociale og samfundsmæssige forhold i dette samfund.Hvad Jack finder, er en nærmest paradisisk verden befolket af unge, sunde og smukke mennesker, og et samfund hvor kriminalitet, grådighed og egoisme ikke eksisterer.Men efterhånden som Jacks undersøgelser afdækker mere og mere af systemets virkemåde, opdager han at sandheden er en helt anden: Nogen forsøger tydeligvis at slå hele planetens befolkning ihjel, gennem et fantastisk svindelnummer der indtil videre har kørt i århundreder.Men hvorfor?Jack og hans ven, IT-eksperten Boris, kommer på en opgave som ikke er af de helt små. Og det bliver ikke nemmere af at det efterhånden går op for dem, at ekspeditionens virkelige formål ikke helt er hvad de tror ...

Ringverdenen er en skelsættende teknisk bedrift, et fladt bånd tre millioner gange større end Jorden, som omkranser en fjern stjerne. Med sine billioner af beboere, som ikke alle er menneskelignende, og sine enestående teknologiske vidundere er Ringverdenen uden sidestykke i universet.Den opdagelsesrejsende Louis Wu, et menneske født på Jorden, som var med på tidligere ekspeditioner til Ringverdenen, bliver viklet ind i en række intriger mellem forskellige planeter og arter, da en interstellar krig og et kraftfuldt nyt våben truer med at destruere Ringen for altid.Nu afhænger Ringverdenens fremtid af dens børn: ligædervogteren Tonesmed; Akolyt, den landsforviste søn af Chmeee og Wembleth, en ringverdensindfødt med en mystisk fortid. Alle må de spille et farligt spil for at redde Ringverdenens befolkning – og selve Ringverdenens stabilitet.

Velkommen tilbage til Ringverdenen: alle tiders mest imponerende tekniske bedrift!Mennesket Louis Wu; dukkeføreren kendt som Den Bageste; Akolyt, søn af kzinnen Chmeee … denne gruppe af usandsynlige allierede samles endnu en gang for at forsvare Ringverdenen.Noget er i gære blandt vogterne. Indkommende rumskibe bliver tilintetgjort, før de når Ringverdenen. Vampyrerne spreder sig og vokser i antal. Og ligæderne har deres egen dagsorden – som man måske kan blive klogere på, hvis nogen vover at nærme sig dem.Hver race på Ringverdenen har altid haft sin egen vogter. Nu ser det ud til, at Ringverdenen selv har brug for en vogter. Men hvem skal sidde på Ringverdens trone?

Det er 20 år siden, at den garvede og eventyrlystne Louis Wu opdagede Ringverdenen. Nu er han og Taler-til-dyr på vej tilbage, taget til fange af Den Bageste, en afsat dukkeførerleder.Med Louis’ hjælp har Den Bageste tænkt sig at finde nogle af Ringverdenens skatte og bringe dem med tilbage til sit hjem for at imponere sit folk og derved genvinde sin status. Men da gruppen ankommer, opdager Louis, at Ringverdenen ikke længere er stabil – og at den vil tilintetgøre sig selv inden for få måneder. For at overleve må han finde hovedsædet for de legendariske ringbyggere, der i sin tid konstruerede den kunstige verden.Hans mission bliver en kamp mod tiden, og mod Den Bageste, som er Louis’ eneste vej væk fra Ringverdenen, og som er dybt uenig i hans prioriteter.

Artefaktet er en gigantisk, cirkelrund struktur, næsten 300 millioner kilometer i diameter, med en sol i midten. Piersons-dukkeførere – bemærkelsesværdige trebenede, tohovedede rumvæsner – har opdaget denne ’Ringverden’ i en hidtil uudforsket del af galaksen. Nysgerrige på den enorme konstruktion, men ængstelige ved at møde konstruktørerne, samler dukkeførerne et hold for at udforske den:Louis Wu – en 200-årig mand, der keder sig bravt og søger nye eventyr.Nessus – en frygtsom dukkefører, hvis arts overlevelsesinstinkt bygger på ikkevold. Lige denne dukkefører er dog utilregnelig.Taler-til-dyr – en kæmpestor, kattelignende kzin-kriger.Teela Brown – en kvinde født under en heldig stjerne.Men ekspeditionen går grueligt galt, da deres skib styrter ned, og den brogede besætning står over for en skræmmende rejse gennem mange tusinde kilometer af Ringverdenens ukendte land.

"Vi er her ikke frivilligt. Vi er her ikke mod vores vilje. Valg er ligesom ikke en del af konceptet.""Det er ikke antallet af døde, der skaber vores værdi. Det er måden, vi gør det på."En mission til en afsidesliggende måne går galt, og dronen B3 bliver taget til fange af fjenden. Men alt er ikke, som han forventer. Hans fangevogtere er næsten... venlige?For B3, som er vant til et liv opfyldt af hensynsløs vold, hvor ethvert antræk til ulydighed straffes omgående, er det rent ud sagt forvirrende.Snart må B3 træffe et valg. Er han et monster - eller et menneske?MØD B3-NJ1: DRÆBERDRONE FOR DEN INTERSTELLARE UNION"Drone" er første bind i Scifi YA serien af samme navn, i fire bind.Bind 2, "Inferno", forventes at udkomme foråret 2025.

Om aftenen den 10. september 1984 forsvinder den 33-årige danske maskiningeniør Martin Damgaard. Dagen efter bliver hans bil fundet efterladt i vejsiden med nøglen i tændingen. Martin bliver bortført af fremmede væsener og bragt til en slags zoologisk have på planeten Tignitee. Her lever et lille samfund af mennesker fra Jorden, som deler skæbne på godt og ondt. Martin bruger sin uddannelse til at opnå status og bliver centrum i en lille vennekreds, som beslutter sig for at flygte fra Kolonien på Tignitee. Beslutningen bliver skæbnesvanger, da de afslører et uhyggeligt anslag imod menneskeheden. Men er det overhovedet realistisk at finde hjem til Jorden igen og afværge en apokalyptisk katastrofe?Kolonien på Tignitee er science fiction for voksne læsere med en chokerende slutning.

Panoply is a small, efficient police force, dedicated to maintaining the rule of democracy among the ten thousand disparate city states orbiting the planet Yellowstone.Ingvar Tench was one of Panoply's most experienced operatives. So why did she walk alone and virtually unarmed into a habitat with a vicious grudge against her organisation?As his colleagues pick up the pieces, Dreyfus must face his conscience. Four years ago, when an investigation linked to one of his most dangerous adversaries got a little too personal, Dreyfus arranged for Tench to continue the enquiry by proxy.In using her - even though he had his reasons - did Dreyfus also put her in the line of fire?And what does Tench's misadventure tell him about an enemy he had hoped was dormant?Praise for Alastair Reynolds:'A leading light of the new British space opera' Los Angeles Review of Books on Alastair Reynolds'One of the giants of the new British space opera' io9 on Alastair Reynolds'[Reynolds is] a mastersinger of the space opera' The Times (UK) on Blue Remembered Earth'[Reynolds] is the most gifted hard SF writers working today' Publishers Weekly on Beyond the Aquila Rift

'My favourite kind of grand space opera' BEN AARONOVITCHShe's searching for the emperor who stole her sister.He's searching for the prince who stole his heart.The entire universe is at stake.The Principle of Moments is a centuries-spanning adventure unmissable for fans of the spacefaring found family of Becky Chambers, the magical London of V. E. Schwab, and the epic climate-craft of N. K. Jemisin.WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:'This book! OMG this book was everything I could hope for! A queer love story, a space story, a rebel story and so well written' 5-star reader review'An absolute stonker of a debut... I was hooked the whole way through' 5-star reader review'I absolutely devoured this book! Everything I could possibly want with Star Wars / Doctor Who vibes mixed in with Pride and Prejudice' 5-star reader review'THIS is how you write a "chosen one" story! Jikiemi-Pearson is going straight on my "instant read" list of authors' 5-star reader review'I have read quite a few debuts this year and this was easily my top of the year' 5-star reader review'OMG, this book was amazing... Fantastic if you like N.K. Jemisin and Doctor Who... Well worth five stars' 5-star reader review'Hang on and enjoy the ride!' 5-star reader review

Hydorgol - InquisitionDie letzte große und alles entscheidende Schlacht des Krieges zwischen den Aufständischen und den Truppen der Wächter wurde vor Jahren geschlagen. Die siegreichen Quin-Ho haben sich in der Welt, die nun alleine ihnen gehört, eingelebt.Aber kein Krieg, keine Schlacht bleibt ohne Verlierer. Besonders hart hat es das Volk der Hünen getroffen, ihre ganze Welt wurde von den Menschen in Schutt und Asche gelegt. Den Hünen steht als Mitglied der Kontinuität besonderer Schutz zu und so wird von der Kontinuität die Flotte der Ankläger entsandt. Die Schiffe sind voller Wesen, die mehr als nur bereit sind, ein schweres Amt auf sich zu nehmen, das Amt des Inquisitors. Der Menschheit stehen schwere Zeiten bevor, denn die Inquisition kann dieses schwerwiegende Sakrileg nicht ungesühnt lassen!

"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.

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.

The Toxins Case: The Adventures of Constable Smith continues the story of Capella Smith from Grant Ross's previous book Read the Small Print. Having left her flesh and blood body on Earth, Capella is now in spirit form and has adopted a new spirit body. She has teamed up with Angelina Skyward, the Chief Detective Inspector of the Interstellar Police (ISP), to pursue criminals throughout the Milky Way. Their main challenge is the Interstellar Mafia (ISM), who plan to steal dangerous toxins and viruses for interplanetary blackmail. Their goal is to coerce other planets into surrendering valuable resources, including rare metals. Capella and Angelina quickly find themselves on the trail of the ISM, racing to stop their quarry's threatening scheme.

De skød ham for øjnene af mig.Bagefter tog de mig med til Menneskeheden.Den sidste menneskeby på Jorden.De siger, at de reddede mig. At jeg er sikker her. Men passer det? Eller er de også bare ude efter mit blod?Før ville jeg være flygtet. Det vil en del af mig stadigvæk. Men en kulde har taget rod i mig. Bremser min oprørske frihedstrang.Jeg er alene. Det har ikke været et problem tidligere. Ikke før jeg stak af fra Heliopolis med min første og eneste ven. Men nu? Nu har jeg ingenting.Så måske skal jeg blive …Menneskeheden er anden bog i serien Efter Krigen om Solen af den spirende forfatterstjerne, Elisabeth Hjartdal.

It's been difficult for Jax to fit back into the normal pace of life since Tranto abandoned him. His other friendships fail to fill the barren place left in his mind where he had felt truly understood.And then, what he had given up hope for happens. However, Jax finds an utter lack of everything he recognizes and a desolate wasteland swallowing him.He soon learns that the stars cannot constrain him-but neither are they limits for others. Surrounded by people who could be friends or foes, Jax plunges into chaos and uncertainty.But power, wielded with a malignant inconsideration for life, could be his undoing. Those he cannot trust could imprison him at any turn-if they don't kill him first.

Stone reluctantly accepts his promised last mission: assassinate the Imperium Queen. It should have been routine, a simple in-and-out operation-get close, pull the trigger, and disappear into the sprawling United Word Empire of thousands of worlds. But the evil powers of hate interfered. Stone's finger squeezed the trigger. The target lay lifeless, but it wasn't the Queen. It was the last Imperium Knight-the Queen's beloved husband.Stone becomes a wanted man, hunted by everyone. With no friends or allies remaining, he sinks into the only way of life he knows. He sought solace in the bottom of a glass, the warmth of nameless favors of despair and self-hate, he slips closer to a watery self-ending.What Stone did not understand was for a new Armsman to come forth, the last Knight must end. Inside his self-pity at the last second of life and death, he hears a voice call out in the fog. Is it the voice of his lost love, the one woman who saw good inside a man made of stone?Read Knights End to discover how the last Armsman was born from the sacrifice of a Queen's love. "Knights End" story is the last of the three Prequels. A full-length novel titled The Beginning picks up with Armsman Stone taking his place in the galactic war between hate and love.Are you ready to follow along with Stone as he takes on powers that seek to control humankind everywhere?

Refugee Saras Kaveri is the first chef from Earth—where they’re so incredibly primitive they still cook with fire—ever invited onto Interstellar MegaChef. Prodigy Serenity Ko has just been put on two weeks’ mandatory leave to fix her work-life balance. Food will never be the same again...