Science fiction: rumrejser og universet

Årlige Uploads er Forlaget Ildanachs science-fiction antologi, og indeholder vinderne af science-fiction novellekonkurrencen i 2022.

Life became a drag after the First Contact War for two seasoned veterans. Then an SOS signal flipped everything upside down. They thought they knew everything, but it turned out not all life was accounted for in the universe. New, strange creatures are flooding in from the edges of the galaxy and they have an endless hunger. They've also decided to help a mysterious creature that calls itself Fenris the World Eater who's on a great mission to wipe these monsters called soul eaters out completely. The problem is, Fenris needs a ride to a hellish planet filled with these monsters. Can this World Eater be trusted or is it taking advantage of the generosity of humans desperate for a heroic tale?

Hur skulle du reagera på uppmaningen att rädda ett intergalaktiskt imperium? När den vanligtvis så lugna och samlade Henrik Harlacker får veta om sitt sanna främmande arv, upptäcker han också att han är den rättmätige arvtagaren till tronen i Andromedagalaxen... men galaxen styrs av en obeveklig härskare som inte känner några gränser när det gäller att upprätthålla sitt totalitära styre.Med hela galaxens öde vilande på hans axlar måste Henrik anta utmaningen och leda ett team av allierade mot omöjliga odds. tyngd av tvivel på sig själv och brist på erfarenhet, måste han gräva djupt och konfrontera sitt förflutna för att bli den ledare som alliansen behöver... Kan han vinna striden inom sig själv och förbli stark nog att kämpa för ett sätt att leva som han knappt känner till, eller kommer galaxen att ge efter för ondskan?

Book 3The crew of the Shadow Puppet returns to Earth after a thousand years. But why now? What changed? The crew gets enough information to want to go to Earth despite the rumors that have kept humanity away for a thousand years. What they find isn't what any of them expected. Will they survive the threats that await them?

Vengeance is a dish best served cold.On the far side of the galaxy, in the distant future, is the Cluster-a collection of stars and worlds where life flourishes. Humans, refugees from their lost Ancient Earth, coexist with other peoples like the tribal Feles, the elite Kavki, and the distant Ekri.A human woman arrives on a remote asteroid prison. Unlike the other convicts, she is fascinating, defiant, and unbowed, earning the respect and hatred of guards and prisoners alike. Her name, hidden from all, is Mercedes Solari, Duchess of the planet New Dubai. Forced from her throne and banished for life, the galaxy now thinks her dead. But Mercedes has no intention of going quietly into that good night.When a chance encounter frees Mercedes from her prison, it sets her on a path of revenge. Changed by a decade of wear and backed by the money and influence of her new patron, she bends all her wits to a single task-the destruction of her enemies and the reclamation of her home and title.Whatever the cost.Filled with spine-tingling action, vicious political intrigue, and a starcruiser full of petty and beguiling characters alike, Starborn Vendetta is a triumph of galactic proportions. Buckle your harness and prepare for launch-the Cluster awaits.

Lew Drake is living a mundane life until a visitor from Venus shakes up his world. The Venusian informs Lew that he and his family have been chosen to carry out a crucial mission-transporting the dying inhabitants from Venus living on Earth to a new home in an alternate universe. The catch? This is only a one-way ticket to Venus-2. What follows is an intergalactic adventure full of danger, tough choices, and unexpected discoveries. Will Lew and his family reach Venus-2 and complete their mission? Find out in this thrilling sci-fi novel that explores the lengths people will go for the greater good.

Aleshia just wants to finish her honeymoon.But first the Earth must be safe from Celloid remnants.But with a new deadly menace on the horizon, can they survive?Silicon Strike proves nothing is as it first appears

Sur le conseil d'Abir Gandy, le représentant des Symbiosiens, Sandrila Robatiny et Bartol sont de retour dans le système solaire. Dans leur référentiel, le voyage jusqu'à Biose avait duré quarante jours seulement, mais à cause de la vitesse relativiste de Symbiose, leur absence aura duré trente-trois années. Durant ces décennies, bien des choses ont changé autour du Soleil.Abir a été très énigmatique : « Je sais que votre empire a changé de mains en même temps que les pouvoirs qu'il vous donnait, Sandrila. Pourtant, vous êtes encore la personne la plus à même de régler la crise majeure qui sévit dans le système solaire. Soyez sûre que votre influence sera déterminante sur la cause de tout cela. À vous de la découvrir, cette cause. »

Wir schreiben das Jahr 2176. Fast dreißig Monate liegt es zurück, dass die beiden Interstellarraumschiffe Antares und Independence im Rahmen der ersten Reise von Menschen über den Rand des Sonnensystems hinaus ins Siriussystem gelangten. Das Ziel ihres langen Fluges bildete ein extrasolarer Planet namens Tarnas B300433-A. Nur eines der beiden Schiffe, die Independence, erreichte den Himmelskörper schließlich auch und erkundete ihn. Nach der glücklichen Rückkehr des Raumfahrzeugs zur Erde erfuhr die Menschheit, dass der Gesteinsplanet zwar von monströsen Kreaturen bewohnt wird, sich aber tatsächlich für eine Kolonisierung eignet. Und so schickte sie zwei neue Raumeinheiten auf die lange Reise. Mit insgesamt fast sechzigtausend Menschen an Bord stehen die Iberia und die Pacifica nun kurz vor ihrer Ankunft beim dritten Planeten des Siriussystems. Zu den Passagieren zählt auch ein junger Deutscher namens Dominic Schwertner. Er sieht in dem Himmelskörper nicht nur eine neue Heimat für sich. Als Baumaschinist in den Diensten eines großen Konzerns will er vielmehr auch mithelfen, eine neue menschliche Siedlung auf der Oberfläche von Tarnas B300433-A zu errichten. Doch schon kurz nach der Ankunft der beiden Raumschiffe im Orbit des Zielplaneten ändern sich die Pläne überraschend. Anstatt sich mit tausenden anderen Kolonisten sofort daran zu machen, in einem großen Asteroidenkrater eine neue Stadt zu bauen, wird Dominic Schwertner eine besondere Aufgabe bei einer ebenso besonderen Mission auf dem Boden angeboten. Viele Dinge bleiben dabei im Dunkeln. Während der Deutsche den Geheimnissen der Mission auf die Spur zu kommen versucht, mehren sich die Gefahren. Schließlich überschlagen sich die Ereignisse, und der Einsatz erweist sich als ein absoluter Albtraum.

The Monster Maker, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Across the galaxy, mysteries deepen and threats increase.On Utopia, home of the peacekeeping Rashani, anti-neutrality protests teeter on the brink of riots. On the outskirts of the galaxy, the Sun God finds a derelict spaceship that somehow crossed the supposedly-impenetrable Firmament, its purpose still unknown. And on a storm-wracked jungle world, the first battle of a war between the main galactic powers approaches.Marissa Rhapsody, half-Deus gladiator, has recovered from battle only to be targeted by mysterious assassins. She accompanies a diplomatic mission to escape from her pursuers, but a potential war zone is a poor place to find safety.The Bythos Empire is fast approaching to conquer the primitive world of Tashwa. The diplomats desperately trying to sway the fearsome and secretive Kunalim are about to get caught in the middle of the biggest firefight in the galaxy in centuries.

Basti needs 3 things to make his brand new- well, new to him -ship run:Firstly, He needs enough of a crew to get them safely spacebourne. Luckily, with a medical officer for a husband, an engineer bestie from his uni days, and a half-sib who is one of the best pilot's in the galaxy, it seems he has all he needs there.Secondly, A Deep Space Travel License - unless he wants to cart crap cargo for pitiful prices inside a single cluster for the rest of his life. Unfortunately, his pilot is a jokester, his engineer just got out of a long-term relationship, and his assessor is very particular about how he thinks Basti should run his ship.And, finally, There needs to be enough jobs to keep the ship spacebourne... which he can't get without a license. Which he can't get without a job.Nobody said IPA rules made sense

In a galaxy of strange aliens and hostile humans, danger casts its shadow on every wall. Friendships are forged, lost, and tested. And the lies that keep the galaxy running just might be about to come crashing down.

The exciting sequel to Traitor's RunWho can a traitor trust?Earth's Hegemony has one aim: dominate the galaxy to protect humanity.When Earth forces invade Homeworld, they sever Udun's empathic hood almost sending him insane. Unable to find help in the Lenticular, Udun hatches a desperate plan to uncover the Hegemony's weakness. Meanwhile, Rhees is offered up as sacrifice by Volmar to the aggressive Maagba in order to seal a deal. She escapes and encounters a powerful alien species determined to stop the Hegemony. But can she trust them? And will she be able to prevent humanity's destruction?

Mars hasn't had a murder in 70 years. Until today.For nearly a century, humanity's first colony has stood as a shining example of peace and scientific advancement. Now, as the centennial approaches, rumors of a terrorist threat have put Captain Loretta Ryder on high alert.Courage, honesty, and compassion are a peacekeeper's greatest tools. Yet when words fail, and when all promises have been irrevocably broken, Loretta will reach for her family's ancestral weapon and seek help from her childhood friend and renegade pilot, Kacey Holt.Experience the beginning of an epic space opera adventure from bestselling author Cheri Baker.

"After her grandmother is murdered in a home invasion, Tamsin Culver leaves her cushy programming job in San Francisco and returns to her Midwestern hometown to settle the estate. What she doesn't expect is to find out her grandmother's life-changing secret: She's not an Earth native, but an exile from another level of the Nigh-Space continuum, an adjacent reality with technology far more advanced than ours. What's more, her grandmother ruled there as an oligarch, meaning Tamsin is the heir to vast wealth only accessible by someone from her bloodline... but the enemies who tried to exterminate her family won't be happy to see her return. Back in the Bay Area, grad student Glenn makes a startling discovery about his girlfriend Vivy. She's a secret agent for the Interventionists: an interdimensional organisation devoted to protecting the inhabitants of Nigh-Space from those trying to take advantage of less-developed worlds. When she lands in trouble, Glenn finds himself on a sapient starship in a distant level of the continuum, racing to save her. But when Glenn and Vivy's plans clash with Tamsin's, and secret connections among them all are revealed, their situation becomes catastrophically complicated. It's a princess of Nigh-Space versus a champion of Nigh-Space in a reality-spanning adventure that ranges from alien planets to mysterious space stations to Bay Area bars, with starship battles, cyborg augmentation, abductions, snark, betrayal, and fallout both nuclear and emotional"--

When duty calls, wedded Military Intelligence Science Agents Jules Santros and 'Manda Mooney have no choice but to accept knowing that they may be the only ones standing between the Terran Consortium and its total destruction. At least those were the stakes in previous missions. This time, however, they face a different kind of challenge. A sociological/political threat promoted by a madman intent on reviving a deadly ideology from the past, one so toxic, that it cost the lives of millions in centuries past. To prevent a repetition of such a tragedy, of the total breakdown of Terran society, Jules and 'Manda risk their lives as they follow twin trails from Earth to the edge of known space to stop the new plague from engulfing mankind.

Ann Leckie / Becky Chambers / Alastair Reynolds / T. Kingfisher / Charlie Jane Anders / Anya Johanna DeNiro / Yoon Ha Lee / Lavie Tidhar / Tobias S. Buckell / Arkady Martine / Aliette de Bodard / Seth Dickinson / Karin Tidbeck The 2024 World Fantasy Award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan (The Best Science Fiction of the Year series) presents the quintessential guide to the exciting New Space Opera. This skillfully curated, must-read volume gathers fifteen dramatic, newly classic interstellar adventures from some of the most highly acclaimed and popular speculative-fiction authors. "There is no better or more expert editor working in SF; impeccable taste, great range, excellent choices. Anyone interested in space opera will want to buy New Adventures in Space Opera."--Adam Roberts, author of The This In "Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance," a cloud-based contractor finds a human war criminal clinging to the hull of the ship. The clones of "All the Colors You Thought Were Kings," about to attend their coming-of-age ceremony, are also plotting treason. During "A Temporary Embarrassment in Spacetime," two outlaws go on the run after stealing a device from a space cult. Take a faster-than-light trip to the future. Discover where memes rise and fall in moments. Here are the new and adventurous takes on interplanetary battles, sentient starships, and galactic intrigue. This must-read volume gathers fifteen dramatic, newly classic stories from some of the most highly acclaimed speculative authors.

Battle to save a doomed planetWhen the Concordian colonists finally reached Earth after years lost in space they expected a short visit. All they needed was bio-material to reseed their world.What they hadn't anticipated was the arrival of the Scythians.They learn the deadly aliens attacked the planet once before, devastating the burgeoning civilization. Now they're here to stay.Earth is weak. Humanity has barely begun to climb back to its previous level of development. The Concordians face a terrible choice: stick around and help in the effort to repel the invasion, or return home and save Concordia.Each option carries its own risks, but with or without the Concordians' help, Earth seems doomed.Redeemer is book eight in the epic space colonization adventure, Space Colony One.

Book 3 in Leslie Gadallah's trilogy of interstellar intrigue, The Empire of KazThe Kazi Empire, once beaten back, is inexorably returning to the offensive. With a small group of Oriani scientists, Ehreh, an elderly academic, is developing a new weapon he hopes will put an end to the Kaz for good-but to deploy it, he must overcome the politics, rivalries, and special interests rife in the Strategic Conference and the hesitation and doubts of his own people, contend with spies and downright crooks, and find the means to take action.And so, it falls to Lauren Fox, an ordinary human in extraordinary circumstances, to find the way.

"Book 2 in Leslie Gadallah's trilogy of interstellar intrigue, The Empire of KazThe world of Orian has been overrun by the Kaz, who are bent on exterminating the Oriani. Only a few Oriani have escaped and struggle to eke out an existence on alien planets.One of them, Ayyah, thinks she has found the key to defeating the Kaz and returning her people to their homeworld, the only place they can thrive. Through sheer stubborness and determination, she manages to overcome all the daunting obstacles in her path, even recruiting a couple of human pirates and a few Lleveci warriors to aid her in the task.But no one involved suspects just how much her scheme will cost them all . . ."