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"Cosmic Chronicles: Tales of Mysteries and Dimensions" is a collection of interconnected science fiction and fantasy stories that explore the mysteries of the universe and the boundaries of reality. Each chapter delves into a different dimension, period, or cosmic phenomenon, revealing hidden secrets, ancient civilizations, and the enigmatic forces that shape our reality.Here, we find ourselves on the threshold of the extraordinary, the unimaginable, and the unexplored. The Astral Gateway serves as our guiding star, our elusive muse, and our eternal mystery¿an emblem of cosmic wonder that will accompany us on our journey.As we step through this luminous portal and into the cosmic adventures that await, let the transcendent aura of the mystery and intrigue envelop you. Their presence is a constant reminder that the universe is far more wondrous and mysterious than we can fathom. With each turn of the page, we shall traverse the cosmos, unlock the secrets of the multiverse, and dance among the stars.Our cosmic odyssey begins here, at the heart of the enigma, where the known meets the unknown, and where the mysteries of the cosmos await our eager exploration. As this phenomenon unfolds, it evokes a profound sense of wonder and curiosity. Astronomers, scientists, and explorers from across the galaxy turn their telescopes and sensors toward this cosmic display, seeking to unravel its mysteries.Like the opening strains of a symphony, the prologue of "Cosmic Chronicles: Tales of Mysteries and Dimensions" sets the stage for a grand cosmic journey. It conveys the sense that the universe is a canvas of endless possibilities, where the mysteries of existence beckon to those who dare to venture forth. It leaves readers with a sense of anticipation and curiosity, eager to turn the page and delve deeper into the cosmic adventures that await in the chapters to come.

Pirates, megafauna and natural disasters...When the settlement on Blunder becomes too dangerous for them to remain, Tucker looks for alternatives. A surprise offer gives them a new chance at homesteading but will take them on another hazardous adventure. Tucker, Carol, Gary and the crew try to get past the disappointments and betrayals of the past, but trusting their new corporate partner is difficult. Especially when it hinges on their hopes and dreams for their future.

New manga from the creator of Emanon and Wandering Island! Moshi-Moshi Momo works from home like many people--in a den crowded with books and papers, shared with a cat that's got its own agenda. Except Momo truly does possess office space--because she lives inside a starship, and relativity means Zoom meetings need half an hour just to ask a question! In the year 3019 AD, humanity has gotten even more work casual: most of the time, Momo doesn't bother to wear her captain's uniform--or anything at all--onboard the cargo vessel Blue Chateau, as she struggles against interstellar tedium, company directives, low battery strength, and her ever-underfoot cat John. But fear not, for equipped with plenty of reading material and a crate of peach liqueur, in the long haul past Proxima Centauri space slacker Captain Momo will at last prove Newton correct--a body at rest will remain at rest! Presented shrink-wrapped with Mature Audiences advisory notice.

Under Tattered Banners is book 5 of the Forgotten Gods Tales. Faced with desperate choices, a ragtag army spreads across the stars to prevent the enemy from domination. The future of humanity is the prize.

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?

The Pigeon is an old Mercator-class mail delivery transport ship, now turned shabby but well-loved home for its six crew members (and the cat!). Together, they face troubles, make mistakes, learn, grow, bicker, make more mistakes, and usually even save the day. Everything you'd expect from six misfits (and their cat!) aboard a spaceship.Need something transported from one station to another? Looking for something that's hard to find and you're not sure what channels to ask through? Just need a lift? Call us on the holo today! When you need something you're willing to pay for, think Pigeon! (Ask for Weir!)

In a celestial realm of five planets orbiting four suns, echoes of a bygone civilization wait to be unearthed. The revelation comes when archaeologists stumble upon an enigmatic probe amidst ancient ruins. As they pry open this time capsule, they unveil the chilling tale of a civilization vanished, its demise tied to a rogue blue star mentioned in the ancient texts. As astronomers cast their gaze towards the cosmos, they are startled to find the same blue star, now drawing closer, heralding changes both mysterious and ominous. The celestial menace, with its destructive energies, threatens to rewrite the destiny of this multi-sunned system. Faced with a cosmic threat, the realm's brightest minds rally together to conceive a grand design: a force field monumental in its making, envisioned to shield their world from the star's ruinous touch. This colossal endeavour births... The Web.

Pip is living a quiet life as an excavation leader in Scottish archaeology. He is a trusted friend and a talented professional who has been digging through the soil in the pursuit of knowledge for over twenty years. And while there are no major problems in Pip’s life, he’s just a tad bored…Then enters Jacki – a woman who represents an extraordinary alien race capable of interstellar travel. She is proposing a job that would take Pip and his select few to a distant planet, thousands of light-years from Earth. A planet that is inhospitable to humans. A planet that is desolate and that has been void of life for millennia as its old inhabitants took to the stars and never looked back – until now!The obstacles are monolithic, and while Pip and his crew have the know-how and the alien technology to match the challenges of the dig, they may fall short of other perils that this dead world has to offer. Digging in Space is written by professional field-archaeologist, and lifelong sci-fi enthusiast, Fredrik Gustavsson. It is science-fiction with strong elements of realism. And while it takes a professional archaeologist to write this book it does not take one to enjoy it!Reviews:“… it was a worthy read. I’m an avid reader and have been since my childhood; I can confidently say that there was nowhere in Digging in Space that I would consider a waste of my time. Well done.” – Richard Odey, Author.

"Mayday! Mayday! We're in trouble up here!" came a desparate voice from space. One million two hundred thousand miles from Earth the MARTIAN THREE rocket to Mars began to break up and fall apart. No one knows why one of the finest rockets ever built began to shake and fall apart, only that the Martian landing is out of the question. Suddenly, the only thought is to devise a plan to get the three brave men safely back to Earth!

"Soy Lor-Em, el último superviviente del pacífico planeta Daxam, aniquilado por el emperador Truvok en su insaciable búsqueda de dominación galáctica. Ante la destrucción de mi hogar y mi gente, elegí convertirme en un guerrero impulsado por una sed de justicia. , enfrentando a Truvok a través de las fronteras del universo.Truvok, a su vez, manipula el tiempo con tecnología avanzada, asegurando su futuro como gobernante supremo. Con variantes de sí mismo de distintas épocas, construye un imperio prácticamente invencible.Al descubrir que todas las batallas que peleé eran meras piezas del juego temporal de Truvok, me doy cuenta de la necesidad de enfrentarme al original. Mi misión es destruir las máquinas temporales, liberando al universo de su amenaza.Ante mis propias variantes a través del tiempo y el espacio, necesito superar el miedo a fracasar en la venganza para la que me he preparado toda mi vida. En un duelo final épico, medimos la fuerza, dos titanes en una batalla que podría reescribir la realidad misma.Comprender la profecía que comparto con Truvok se vuelve crucial. Sólo así podré desterrar para siempre al tirano o perecer en el intento. Cualquiera que sea el resultado, nada será igual para nosotros, los protagonistas, ni para el destino del universo."

A Star Of Hope,When the news came on the TV about Dolly the Sheep in 1996, I said that it won't be long before they engineer humans the same way. I quickly wrote a page about how this could be possible. Then I expanded it to three, then.... Life got hectic and A Star of Hope got buried with a lot of other unfinished works.I finished the Book during the Covid 19 Lockdown.A Star of Hope (Book One) focuses on the loss of Star Dust Space Ship and the heroic attempts they make to try and rescue it.The last-ditch attempt is made by the brilliant young Cadets to try and bring it back before the onboard astronauts' demise.The book also dwells on the controversial outcome of a begotten baby and the fundamental principles of the main characters and the decisions they make.It is also a saga of love found and lost due to circumstance and duty.Book one is a stand-alone book. I am writing Book Two as I feel the need to tie up some loose ends for personal satisfaction....My take on the future is positive, no matter how badly the people in power mismanage the human race and the World in general.We must have hope and leniency and always be ready to forgive.

Ten years after the last war, Melinda Scott discovers something in deep space and is dragged back into a world her family was banished from. Now with Necromancers to her left, Liches to her right and humanity in the middle it's up to her to figure out why someone is trying to kill her. Where Weavers Daire is the first book in a new rip-roaring space opera series in the same vein as Babylon 5, Firefly, Farscape and Star Wars!

Heather Texle launches with a thrilling, non-stop, action-packed novel that is a blend of space opera adventure and sci-fi murder mystery that won the 2023 Minnesota Author Project contest in Adult Fiction. If you enjoy books with a strong female lead, a sass-talking spaceship's computer, an annoyingly hot detective who won't give up, and more action scenes that you can shoot a blaster at, then this book is for you!When the Department trained me to catch criminals, I never dreamed I'd become one.Agent. Suspect. Intergalactic fugitive.I was one of them until I shot my partner in self-defense. Even though the Department cleared me of wrongdoing, my co-workers didn't agree. They turned their backs on me, so I turned my back on them.My partner's actions never made sense. After ignoring my gut for a year, I asked my tech-genius best friend to dig into it. Now Jarrett's gone dark, and I soon discover he'd been brutally murdered. An officer finds me standing over the body, blaster in hand. Even I admit it looks bad.There's no way I can trust the Department to investigate further-not if I'm already the prime suspect. My only option is to run. Is it impulsive? Sure. Will having law enforcement dog me across the galaxy make life difficult? Most certainly. I'll have to stay one step ahead of them if I want to solve Jarrett's murder and clear my name.Doing that will require every trick the Department taught me-and a few I learned on my own.Grab your copy to find out what mystery Jarrett uncovered and what to what extreme Reliance will go to in order to bring her friend's killer to justice.

Spinning directly out of the Star Trek ongoing comic series, Defiant, Volume 2 continues this bold new storytelling future!Arc two of the acclaimed Star Trek: Defiant series is collected here!Still reeling from the battle on Qo’noS, Worf and the Defiant crew have been ordered to return to Starfleet headquarters. Despite their heroic actions, the Federation can’t celebrate the crew’s involvement in the fight against Kahless and the Red Path. In fact, the Federation is cornered by their tenuous relationship with the Klingon Empire. To save the alliance, they’re forced to discharge Worf and his crew! With the unspoken, unwritten agreement that they’ll operate with full Starfleet authority...completely off the books.Disavowed from Starfleet, Worf and his crew set out in their new roles as secret bounty hunters for the Federation. Their targets: untouchable criminals protected by treaties and alliances. They’ll take on villains from across Star Trek’s history such as an individualized ex-member of the Borg Collective, a time-traveling con man from The Next Generation, and an alien gangster from Sigma Iotia II. This volume collects issues #8–11 and the Defiant: Annual.

Embark on an exciting journey to futuristic Mars with Randy The Robot and his trusty B.U.G., where young readers discover thrilling science facts and essential life lessons, unlocking superpowers within, and learning the joy of helping others.

In the search to understand the origins of the universe, we enter an enigmatic realm, where science and philosophy intertwine in dense shadows and mythological resonances. Genesis, in its primordial description of darkness and emptiness before light, echoes the very whisper of the Big Bang, where the universe lay in a state of infinite density, awaiting the explosion that would give it life.These stories transcend borders and delve into mysteries that echo in every atom of our existence. Science and philosophy converge, eager to uncover the deepest secrets of the cosmos.As we delve deeper into these convergences, we are called to reflect on the implications that echo through the corridors of time. Not just about the birth of the universe, but about the broad meaning of our existence in its intricate web.We move forward, revealing the secrets of creation and the roots of the cosmos. Invited to explore, to understand, the mysteries that permeate the human journey in the starry vastness.Philosophical interpretations of light and darkness have transcended the domain of science, entering the metaphysical and cosmological realm. They invite us to contemplate not only creation, but the duality that permeates the very essence of the universe.In exploring these interpretations, we find a fascinating convergence between cosmological and contemporary scientific traditions. Genesis and the Big Bang theory both narrate a beginning shrouded in emptiness and potentiality, awaiting the manifestation and emergence of light.In creationism, emptiness and initial darkness are the cradle of creation. The Earth, according to Genesis, rested "formless and empty, and darkness spread over the face of the deep." A description that echoes a pre-luminous state, where darkness preceded light.The Big Bang theory, in turn, faces a cosmic singularity of infinite density. A primordial scenario that differs from the creationist account, but shares the idea of ¿¿an initial state of maximum potential, waiting for its manifestation.These interpretations invite us to reflect on the nature of reality and the primordial state that gave birth to the universe we know. They remind us of the intimate relationship between science and philosophy, and how the human journey seeks to understand the mysteries of our existence and creation.As we consider these interpretations, we are led to question, to explore the frontiers of human knowledge, to delve into the mysteries of the origin and purpose of the universe.These philosophical interpretations of light and darkness urge us to contemplate the reflections that echo in cosmic and existential duality. As we delve into the mysteries of creation and origins, we find a suggestive convergence between scientific and cosmological views.Both describe the pre-creation, pre-Big Bang state as a void of potentiality, as if the universe and the earth already existed in some form, but not manifested. This is reminiscent of philosophical views such as the Eleusinian Mysteries, where existence itself is placed in duality with non-existence. Furthermore, these mystical and scientific narratives resonate with Hindu and Buddhist creationist models of samsara.Understanding this convergence between science, faith and philosophy is essential to deepen the foundations of reality and existence, presence and absence. Although we have advanced in the physical and empirical domain, on a philosophical level, this suggests to us that there is still much to explore about our origins and our destiny as a thinking species in this vast universe.

"The First Men in the Moon" is a classic science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells. It was first published in 1901 and is known for its imaginative portrayal of a journey to the moon and encounters with alien life forms. H. G. Wells was a prominent figure in early science fiction literature, and this novel is one of his notable works.

Remembrance chronicles the journey of 108 humans who travel across the galaxy to colonize a new planet called Airon. Upon arriving, the colonists, known as The 108, discover a world filled with wonders beyond imagination. The planet is inhabited by two indigenous species, the gentle, burrowing Narsis and the graceful, flying Eglans, who have lived in harmony for eons.As The 108 establish themselves in this new home, their very presence tilts the natural balance between the native inhabitants. Cultural misunderstandings lead to rising tensions, culminating in a crisis that threatens the very fabric of life on Airon.Despite their advanced technology, The 108 find themselves powerless in the face of this alien culture. Led by courage and insight, the Earthens come to realize that their usual strategy of exerting control is futile. Survival on Airon requires surrendering to the mystery and choosing cooperation over domination.Through trust and openness, Earthen and Aironian learn from each other, blending their disparate worldviews into a broader understanding. Bonds form as all gain insight into their shared essence. What began in confusion, moves through turmoil, and concludes in tranquility, with the promise of a new society built on cooperation, forged from the union of two worlds.Remembrance is a thoughtful exploration of humanity's eternal quest for place and purpose. It reminds us that wisdom is found by seeking unity rather than supremacy. This character-driven tale manages to be both profoundly moving and light-hearted, leaving the reader awestruck at the power of love to heal division.

Teenage astronaut Michael Teller embarks on a space expedition to settle a new planet, but the journey is fraught with challenges and dangers. Claustrophobia and panic attacks set in. Artificial-gravity tethers rupture. A solar storm strikes. And when a micrometeoroid breaches the hull, Michael and his friends are forced to abandon ship. Their sister ship is their only hope for survival, but to reach it they must cross a vast void.

Go back to academy days with one of Starfleet’s most celebrated officers: Jean-Luc Picard! A new collected series by New York Times best-selling author, Sam Maggs.Before becoming the Federation’s finest, Jean-Luc was an ordinary student at Starfleet Academy with sights on the stars. His path forward was charted: blow his classmates out of the water on the infamous Evasive Maneuvers exam and graduate early. But there’s a detail Cadet Picard hadn’t factored into his plan: the exam was a group project and he’d need to make friends with, ugh, people if he stood a chance at passing.Federation starships aren’t run by a party of one, after all. During the training exercise, Picard accidentally puts the lives of himself and two of his classmates—Doq and Marty—in danger!

Captain Teri Cambell on the Starship Bumblebee explores space where no other human has been. The crew discover a plant where men and women have been marooned for years. The men and women chose to stay on the only home they have ever known. Later the Bumblebee will respond to a distress call where a ship is disabled. It will be attacked as the crew of the Bumblebee is assisting. The ship is from a world the Marooned people who are stranded. Captain Cambell will have no choice than to deal with the aggressive people attacking the disabled ship who take pride in raiding. The crew will encounter a race of giants who are frendly. It will be on the planet they discover a crew member has a secret talent. A world in another dimension will be found but it is not possible to travel to the world. However, members of the crew will be transported to the parallel dimension. Their adventures in the new world and getting home will test the crew.

A bold journey into a future where humanity and its children travel to a new star where they must overcome the unexpected challenges on the exoplanets that await them—or die trying.Traveling to the stars will be difficult, but not, perhaps, the most difficult part. What about when we get to another star? What then? Will the planets be immediately habitable? Not likely. Will those who undertook the journey be able to easily turn around and come home if they don’t find “Earth 2.0”? Almost certainly not. Therein the lies the challenge: Finding worlds that are potentially habitable and then taking the time, perhaps centuries, to make them compatible with Earth life. The settlers at the nearby red dwarf star, Ross 248, will encounter mysteries and unexpected challenges, but the human spirit will endure. Join this diverse group of science fiction writers and scientists as they take up the challenge of The Ross 248 Project. Stories and speculative nonfiction about life under a crimson sun, contributions by . . . Contributors: USAF Lt General (Ret) Steven Kwast Patrick Chiles Stephanie Osborn Brent Ziarnick Laura Montgomery Daniel M. Hoyt & E. Marshall Hoyt Matthew Williams D.J. Butler Robert E. Hampson Monalisa Foster J.L. Curtis K.S. Daniels Les Johnson & Ken RoyPraise for A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars by Les Johnson: “We effortlessly travel round and round our sun, and we wonder: How hard would it be, really, to travel to another star? Les Johnson shows us the rocket science we’d need; that’s easy enough. But then he describes with wonderful detail the Starshot nanocrafts, chipsats, Starwisps, worldships, and metamaterial LightSails that we might use. It’s a flight of imagination backed up with real out-of-this-world science.” —Bill Nye “Les Johnson is that rare breed of writer who can make rocket science comprehensible even to the layperson. He has more than paid his dues in the field, and his enthusiasm for the cause of interstellar exploration shines through. But so does his sense of humor, his humanity, and his zest for life. This is highly recommended stuff.” —David Weber “Is humanity ready to take on the immensities outside our solar system? This traveler’s guide lays out methods and means that may enable our first steps into the great unknown beyond the sun’s familiar campfire.” —David Brin Praise for Mission to Methone: “The spirit of Arthur C. Clarke and his contemporaries is alive and well in Johnson’s old-fashioned first-contact novel, set in 2068. . . . There’s a great deal here for fans of early hard SF.” —Publishers Weekly Praise for The Spacetime War: “Johnson, a NASA physicist, brings verisimilitude and scientific accuracy to this adventure, and his passion for the details of space travel will undoubtedly please readers looking for old-school hard science fiction. His narrative enjoys a slow-building sense of development as he gradually unravels multiple mysteries . . . Johnson’s fans will find plenty to enjoy.” —Publishers Weekly

Ruth Johnson and her sister Jules have been small-time hustlers on the interstellar cruise lines for years. But when target Esteban Mendez-Yuki leaves Jules heartbroken, Ruth steps up her game. Now Ruth is set on revenge: disguised as provincial debutante Evelyn Ojukwu and set for the swanky satellite New Monte, she’s going to make Esteban fall in love with her, then break his heart and take half his fortune. But Ruth hadn't accounted for his older sister, Sol, who is hot on her trail. To close the deal on her last con, Ruth must decide between going after the money and going after her heart.