Science fiction: rumrejser og universet

They won the battle, but victory comes with a price.After the triumph at Lunesco, Tony spreads plans for the rebellion throughout the Federation, while Quinn helps distribute resources and weapons. But when a mysterious data card connects her to an old enemy, she must gather friends to protect her children then venture out on her own to find answers.Avoiding Federation officers and bounty hunters is difficult, but staying one step ahead of the Russosken-the Federation's hired thugs-requires assistance from dubious allies. Quinn helps devise a plan to loosen the death grip on the Federation's outlying planets. But if she takes down the Russosken, what rise from the ashes?Freedom comes at a price. The final bill might be more than Quinn is willing to pay.

Spacefaring explorer Rod Gallowglass discovers a lost colony planet with a bizarre pseudo-medieval culture, witches and warlocks, and monsters out of myth and legend. How can a place like this even exist?

In this thrilling dystopian space-opera, escapees flee a ravaged Earth?but what's more dangerous: the wasteland of their past or the one that lies ahead?Having obliterated entire civilizations, the Torth Majority is now threatening humanity itself. Barreling through deep space?and hunted every dark mile by armadas, saboteurs, and kamikaze armies?the passengers of a refugee streamship must outrun everything they left behind if they hope to stay alive.Instilled with illegal superpowers, Ariock is a literal giant among gladiators. It's in his blood: his legendary great-grandfather outwitted the Torth, and Ariock himself dared to betray them. Thomas, on the other hand, is a supergenius. Sure, he's physically disadvantaged, but his mind is a brainwashing, telepathic, terrifying wonder to behold. What he's done to outlast the abuses of his youth is something of a mystery . . . and possibly malevolent. Not even Vy, his caretaker and foster sister, knows all of Thomas's secrets.What all three share is a fear of the unknown. Their ship on the last dregs of fuel, they crash-land on a distant planet still under the toxic, storm-filled fallout of an ancient nuclear war. Turns out this hell-scape is the ancestral homeworld of the Torth. And while that savage empire couldn't withstand this poisoned sludge of a planet, it doesn't mean they're not still guarding it.On a predatory world of mutant monstrosities and relentless galactic enemies, Thomas foresees nothing but death and defeat. But it's do-or-die for Ariock and the streamship exiles who are fighting to survive?and somehow find light in a dead city of eternal night.

Jedi Master Mace Windu travels to a dangerous, remote planet on a mission that challenges even his deadly prowess—all to fulfill Qui-Gon’s last request.The Jedi are reeling from Qui-Gon Jinn’s sudden death at the hands of a Sith. Jedi Master Mace Windu’s feelings about Qui-Gon have always been complicated—and have not been made any simpler by death. While they often disagreed, Mace valued Qui-Gon’s unique perspective, and their shared dedication to the Force made them allies. Without Qui-Gon and his unorthodox views, Mace feels out of balance.  While considering his fallen friend’s legacy, Mace is surprised to receive a final message from Qui-Gon, marked to be delivered to Mace in the event of Qui-Gon’s death. The message contains a last request: a plea to help the Outer Rim planet Metagos. Many years ago, a violent solar flare transformed the surface of the desert planet into a landscape of irradiated glass—as beautiful as it is dangerous. Now most of the surviving inhabitants live underground, where rival clans fight to control the planet’s limited resources. As a young Jedi, Qui-Gon protected the Sa’ad farming clan from the planet’s less-scrupulous factions. The Sa’ad practice the art of dream-weaving, retaining their waking minds upon sleep in order to communicate and coexist with the wild creatures around them. Qui-Gon vowed to return if they ever required his aid, but now it falls to Mace to fulfill that promise. The Sa’ad’s leader, KinShan Nightbird, has begged for the Jedi’s help in freeing Metagos from the crime lords who threaten to eradicate her people’s way of life. Intent on carrying out Qui-Gon’s final wishes, Mace travels to Metagos and infiltrates the enemies of the Sa’ad. But as the Jedi Master investigates the intricate web of adversaries and allies, Mace finds himself pushed to the boundaries of the Jedi code, with his beliefs and his relationship to the Force itself challenged.

Darien and Syteria have been to hell and back. Their wounds and scars remain a part of them and who they are as they fight to stay together and prevent civil war. But when an old enemy is found alive he threatens their most precious secret as well as the future of both humans and donai. Will they be able to forge the new alliances needed to keep the Imperium from rising from the ashes? Or will the Imperium's old guard carry out a genocide that will doom the donai to extinction?Ravages of Honor: Lineage picks up right after the end of Ravages of Honor: Ascension. While it can be read as a standalone (it is a complete story with its own beginning, middle, and end), it was meant to be read in sequence. The Ravages of Honor series is a galactic empire space opera with romantic elements, genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and swords.Book 3 in the series. Completes Trilogy 1.

His ship is lost and his crew is missing...Oberon is a world at war, torn apart by open rebellion. Hayden Kaine and his ship's human/AI hybrid, Cora, find themselves caught up in the planetary conflict when their ship, Scimitar, is destroyed, and they are marooned on the planet.But, is the ship really destroyed?Damaged in the crash of their escape pod, Cora claims to hear Scimitar calling to her across interdimensional space. Fearing that she is going mad, Kaine must cross rebel held territory to reach the government forces who can give him access to the technology he needs to save his only surviving friend.But he is conflicted when he learns the unsettling truth about the Confederation his family has served for generations.Torn between saving Cora and righting a wrong perpetrated on countless worlds, Hayden Kaine must make the most difficult decision of his life.Kaine's Rebellion is the fourth book in the Shattered Empire Series.

Renn! Sonst kommen sie dich holen ... PSYCHS OF NEW PRETORIA erforscht in fünf Kurzgeschichten die Abgründe der Menschheit. Mit seiner ersten großen Veröffentlichung entführt euch T. W. Scipio in die Welt von PSYCH und präsentiert psychologischen Horror vom Feinsten. Die Kurzgeschichtensammlung umfasst: DIE SCHÖNE UND DER DIEB, NACHTS IN DER BIBLIOTHEK, PSYCH, ANNA und STIMMEN IM KOPF.Wir schreiben das Jahr 2400 und die Menschheit bevölkert seit knapp 100 Jahren die erste menschliche Kolonie auf dem Planeten ELON. Konzerne haben das Sagen und setzen sich mithilfe von privaten Militärunternehmen durch. Wer nichts hat, wird auch nichts bekommen. Es ist eine Welt der Schönen und Reichen und einfaches Gesindel hat dort keinen Platz. Ein Menschenleben ist nichts wert. Doch die Konzerne haben Angst, denn eine unerklärliche Mutation verleiht einzelnen Menschen psionische Kräfte, gegen die nicht einmal Spezialeinheiten ankommen. Doch wer ist der Feind? Sind es die ausbeuterischen Firmen? Die mutierten Psychs? Oder sind es doch die einfachen Bürger, die tagtäglich um ihr Leben fürchten und alles tun werden, um ihre Lage zu verbessern?PSYCHS OF NEW PRETORIA ist die passende Kurzgeschichtensammlung für Esoteriker, Okkultisten und Science-Fiction Fans. Hinterfragt die menschliche Moral, hinterfragt die bestehenden Systeme und die falsche Ordnung, bevor es zu spät ist.Die Kurzgeschichtensammlung begleitet eine Vielzahl an unterschiedlichen Personen. Wo sonst findet man einen Junkie, der vor dem Gesetz flieht und die Liebe seines Lebens trifft? Wo sonst wütet eine soziopathische Mörderin in einer Schule? Trefft einen Kommissar, dessen Moral und Prinzipien durch einen PSYCH auf den Kopf gestellt wird. Lernt Anna, die Tochter reicher Unternehmer, kennen. Oder fiebert beim Einsatz des gefürchteten Infiltrationskommandos mit.Taucht ein in eine Welt voller Psychopathen, Egoisten und Mördern.PSYCHS OF NEW PRETORIA ist die perfekte Einführung in das PSYCH-Universum von T. W. Scipio. Es verfolgt keine Helden, keine Ritter in weißer Rüstung. Die Geschichten konfrontieren auch den gutgläubigsten Menschen mit der bitteren Realität unserer Zeit. Ihr glaubt, die Szenerien und Vorstellungen sind frei erfunden? Dann schaut doch mal in unsere Welt, schaut euch das wahre Leben an und lasst die gruseligen Kurzgeschichten auf euch wirken.Die Realität holt uns alle ein.

What if... the toughest guy in the galaxy, just happened to... look like a teddy bear?This is the situation Kodee a.k.a. Brute finds himself in. The roughest, toughest bad boy on his home world, when he accidentally gets abducted by aliens, he discovers his native gravity is six times the galactic median making him incredibly strong, durable, fast, dense and... short. With no means to ever return home, he somehow has to make the best of his bad situation.Enter Rose: A young human who is stranded in space, desperate to get to the home she's never known - Earth. Abandoned at fourteen years of age on an alien space station, she has to learn how to survive on her own in a completely alien environment, with only her wits and her feline companion Caesar to rely on.Kindred spirits, Brute and Rose form a fast friendship, but if pirates, bounty hunters or irate slavers don't ruin them, Brute's anger and Rose's trust issues just might.Rated PG for alien swear words, violence.

As the architect of IGMC's AI VELMA, CeCe Pain stumbled onto a secret so dangerous, she knew she had to act, even though it would trigger rippling consequences throughout the universe. Plagued by guilt over the lives her decisions have affected, she yearns for freedom, only to be overtaken by an incomprehensible horror that could break her forever. Now her life hangs by the thinnest thread--one woven with both love and hatred. If she makes it out alive, she'll face the hardest choice any human could make: to become a monster at the price of her own humanity, or to let a cunning evil overrun everyone she holds dear. Raxthezana knows the missing human is not his fated heart mate and yet ... he feels an irrestistible connection from across the sister planets. Unlike most of his kind, he believes the only power that can save her before she becomes a fragmented memory lies with him. To achieve his ends, he makes an unthinkable choice that may haunt him forever. But if it means the clever and untouchable woman lives, he will die content. Forced down paths of impossible sacrifice, they will be hunted to the ends of Certain Death by vicious and merciless enemies. Only love has the potential to save them from a bloody finale, but on a place called Predator Planet, will it be enough to overcome the monsters that surround them? In a universe where only the strong survive, love is a weakness that leaves you vulnerable--but could it be the power that overcomes everything--even death?

Nachdem alle Hoffnungen auf die Rückkehr in die Heimatgalaxie zerstört wurden, macht sich die 'Weltensucher' auf, den Alternativplan umzusetzen und einen Verbund aller Himmelskörper des Triangulum-Nebels aufzubauen, deren Bewohner sich im Biologiezeitalter befinden.Obwohl sie neben dem frisch besiedelten Planeten 'Neuperia' und der Wasserwelt 'Sahruhd' weitere weit fortgeschrittenen Zivilisationen entdecken, gestaltet sich die Aufgabe als äußerst schwierig. Die entdeckten Gesellschaften entsprechen in mancherlei Hinsicht nicht den Grundsätzen der 'Republik', in deren Namen, das Bündnis geschmiedet werden soll. Trotz aller gebotenen Zurückhaltung wird die verbliebene Mannschaft der 'Weltensucher' in verschiedene Kriege hineingezogen.Hinzukommt ein Problem auf dem Schiff. Ausgerechnet die Maschineningenieurin Trixi, von der die Funktion der 'Weltensucher' abhängt, verhält sich zunehmend undurchschaubar ...'Weltensucher' ist eine Science-Fiction-Serie. Einerseits ist sie als Nachfolge der Serie 'Lucy' konzipiert. So werden Lucy-Fans viele ihrer Lieblingscharaktere wiederfinden und an ihrer weiteren Entwicklung teilhaben können. Andererseits ist sie so aufgebaut, dass auch 'Neueinsteiger' mit Band 1 beginnen können. Die Kenntnisse der Vorgeschichte aus der Lucy-Serie sind zwar nützlich, aber zum Verständnis der Handlung nicht notwendig.Anders als die Serie 'Lucy' ist sie nicht als explizites Jugendbuch geschrieben worden. Sie enthält aber keine Elemente, die eine Altersbeschränkung notwendig machen würden, sodass sie auch jugendlichen Sience-Fiction-Fans ans Herz gelegt werden kann.

"From the cover to the opening pages, Price of Vengeance grabs the reader and takes them on a wild ride. Fasten your seat belts for this book." -S. J. Francis, author of Shattered LiesWhat is the Price of Vengeance? One could understand why Liam was angry. He was orphaned at the age of two by a group of giant carnivorous insects called the chitin. Taken in by High Councilor Marcus and his wife, Lidia, Liam was raised with their older son, Randolf in New Olympia, the last remaining city on the planet Etrusci.As an adult, Liam becomes a soldier. After being cut off from the city, Liam finds that there is an alien intelligence behind the chitin. To defeat it, he must discover who he is and how to use his powers. Then, Liam discovers that a traitor, responsible for his birth parents' deaths, had murdered his beloved foster parents. Will the price he has to pay in his quest for vengeance prove to be an even more unbeatable foe?

Still haunted by the horrors she faced on Hell Moon, Janice struggles to build a new life with her makeshift family aboard Fathomscape Space Station, raising the reptilian children they risked their lives to save. But when a moth-like alien queen foolishly unleashes age-old evils, Janice watches in horror as vicious metal beasts-the very monsters that still stalk her dreams-begin consuming their space station from the inside out.With time running out and station-dwellers turning on each other, Janice must gather her courage to battle the stuff of her worst nightmares made real. Accompanied by a headstrong canine, a loyal feline, a sentient spaceship, and a new friend, Janice risks everything to fight the sinister scarabs infesting their home. To save the family she fought so hard to build, Janice must confront horrors old and new before the dark vacuum of space swallows them all.Don't miss this dark, action-packed sequel to Hell Moon. Perfect for fans of sci-fi thrillers and horror, from Alien to Jurassic Park.

Come face to face with the breakaway science that spreads humanity throughout the solar system in record time, from its humble beginnings as a means to rescue one man from locked-in syndrome, so he could pursue his lady love. The Printed People technology rapidly finds many other applications, all alarming. But none so much as the birth of a solar system empire and war machine-as much the greatest purveyor of peace and enlightenment ever, as of wanton death and destruction. Meet Elektra, a product of CRISPR engineering with a four-digit IQ, the general in command of the space fleet that goes toe-to-toe with far more evolved alien empires-even as the solar system infrastructure is still being set up. Meet the Printed People and androids who will hold both the Athenian, peace-loving, and the Spartan, war-loving factions together. And meet the detectives who unravel the mysteries whose hidden truths neither side wants found out. Get your copy today. Elektra: "Printed People" is a stand-alone novel with a full story arc. *** "A pageant of poignant characters painted on a canvas of epic scope-not unlike those Napoleonic paintings that fill an entire wall in a museum, with just one chair in the room from which to sit a while and take it all in." -anonymous reviewer Note: Due to the limitations of print-on-demand, at this time, Elektra 1, Book 1, "Printed People," has been divided into three parts, and labeled accordingly.

The preparation for war has begun, but it will take them places they never expected...Saul Harris' truth has now been set free, but he is not yet a free man. Closely watched by the UNF, everyone wants to know who he is and what he can do. Is he the hero they didn't know they needed? Or is his connection to the enemy a ticking time bomb?Meanwhile, Carrie Welles finds her life in a sudden state of flux. After a tragic accident reveals a startling truth, she must find her new place in the world and in the upcoming war.Just when they thought they were past the worst of things, a universal incident takes place, and everything they thought they knew is called into question.From their military command post on Centralis Island, to the colonies of Mars and the new superstation Atlas, to the wilds of Siberia and the Carlsbad Caverns, the Aurizun team traverse the galaxy in a desperate bid to maintain stability before everything blows out of control.AURORA: ATLAS is the stunning continuation and penultimate episode of the AURORA series.

Grecken Slade's devious plan has thrown the galaxy into war. With the three major spacefaring civilizations at each other's throats, the Justice Keepers are hard pressed to maintain order.The recent election of an authoritarian to the office of Prime Council only makes matters worse. When the government begins rounding up immigrants and throwing them into detention centres, Jack Hunter must choose between his career and his conscience.R.S. Penney's action-packed science fiction adventure continues in No Shelter Here, the 11th book in the Justice Keepers Saga.This is the large print edition of No Shelter Here, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.

A science fiction retelling of the Book of Ruth, NEXT OF KIN is a thrilling exploration of the human spirit.War-weary veteran Ami Lehem loses her husband, her farm, and the life she built on the planet Dibon following a catastrophic meteor strike. Her journey across the galaxy to return her mother-in-law to her ancestral home on the moon Melas, is far more adventure than either woman wanted, but the web of intrigue waiting for them at the end of their odyssey threatens to drag Ami back to a life of war.NEXT OF KIN is author Melinda Mitchell's first novel.===¿¿¿Years after leaving war behind, Ami Lehem can't shake the shadow of death.When a meteor strike kills her husband and renders the planet Dibon uninhabitable, she vows to bring her mother-in-law Mara home to Melas. After a harrowing journey across the galaxy, Ami and Mara find hope in a new life. But even in a new place, they can't seem to bury their past.For when she finds work on Melas, Ami recognizes a familiar face, a mysterious man named Bo who shared their journey. As they become closer, Ami discovers nothing on Melas is what it seems ... including Bo. When her former commanding officer makes terrible accusations against her new love, Ami is torn between duty and hope. Ami must find truth within a web of lies, and one wrong move can send her back into the never-ending cycle of war she tried so hard to escape.

See how an Imperial planet venerates the Emperor during a lavish festival. As the celebrations continue around her, follow Sister Augusta as she tries to root out a threat at the edges of society that could consume the entire world.

Forged in fire, marked by fateThe xenos came to devour.Three worlds they invaded before the Solaran Fleet ground them to a halt.The aftermath spared no one in the Empire. Refugees flooded the core, trade routes crumbled, and economies collapsed.Homeworlds were lost, lives shattered.But from the ashes, three heroes emerged.Witness the origin stories of the Fleet's finest starfighter pilots, the trials that molded them, and the events that put them on a path to ultimately save humanity.In Starfighter Origins, M.G. Herron presents a captivating collection of three action-packed space opera novellas: Spare Parts, Raptor, and Operation Heartstrike.Fans of MG Herron's hit series, Relics of the Ancients, will enjoy familiar characters, while new readers get to savor three standalone space adventures that serve as the gateway to an epic and sprawling science fiction universe.

Der Weltraum - unendliche Möglichkeiten ... dass Dinge schief gehen. Dies sind die Abenteuer von Darian Vert, der auf der Flucht vor seiner Vergangenheit seit drei Jahren durch das Weltall vagabundiert.PiratenDarian heuert auf einem Ambulanzschiff an, das eine übel zugerichtete Geisel im Piratenterritorium übernehmen soll. Was kann dabei schon schief gehen?WanzenAufgrund einer Verkettung unglücklicher Umstände namens Willy findet sich Darian auf einem schrottreifen Frachter mitten im All wieder. Mit ihm an Bord: Ein Anubis, freundlich, ein Dr'ynn, unfreundlich, und sich rasant vermehrende, äußerst gefräßige Weltraumwanzen.

Six years after the Cathardi invaded Earth, claiming to be friends, Josh fulfilled his childhood dream of going into space. Now his friends were dead, and the Urlak had invaded Earth. The Cathardi refused to help Earth. He couldn't trust them. They betrayed his people, treating them like an early warning system against a known threat. Now he and fellow earthling, Kim, had fled from the Cathardi to the frontier to start a new life.Liria believed the Creator led her to the out-of-the-way planet, Earth, where she would find the one prophesied to save Cathardi. Had the Creator spoken to her? Was she really a prophet? Liria had been so certain the Earth pilot Josh would fulfill the ancient prophecy. Now he blamed her and her people for the Urlak attack on his world. Did her attraction to him cloud her judgment? Now her dreams warn of doom for her world. Would it survive if the Urlak discovered its location? Would the true chosen one come? She has no choice but to heed the warnings.Is Josh the chosen one? Is there any hope for either world?

In ""The Last Test,"" co-authored by H.P. Lovecraft and Adolphe de Castro, readers are drawn into a suspenseful tale set against the backdrop of a medical research environment. The story introduces us to Dr. Alfred Clarendon, who harbors a dark secret while making significant strides in the field of infectious diseases. As his success grows, so do the mysterious circumstances surrounding his experiments and his past. As the narrative unfolds, the weight of knowledge, ambition, and dark forces come to the forefront, resulting in chilling consequences.A lesser-known piece in Lovecraft's oeuvre, ""The Last Test"" brilliantly incorporates his hallmark cosmic horror into a more real-world setting, intertwining the scientific and the supernatural in a dance of suspense and intrigue.