Alien Contact Fiction

Arcurus Gate ist ein besonderes Sternentor. Es ermöglicht Verbindungen zwischen den Welten und katapultiert die Erde aus dem Jahr 2020 in eine unbekannte Zukunft. Die Geschichte, die mit Adam begann, endet nun ... mit einem Adam, der immer noch nichts versteht und nichts lieber tun würde, als wieder Plätzchen auf der Erde auszuliefern. Aber das Schicksal sucht sich den Helden aus, nicht andersherum. Eine Regel, die leider auch im All gilt.

When Teagan Ward donates her eggs to science, she never imagines that the consequences will ripple across the cosmos. As Earth crumbles under the weight of conflict and climate disaster, Teagan discovers that seven children, born from her donated eggs, are the centerpieces of a daring experiment to populate the stars. Determined to reunite with her children, she finds herself entangled in a web of greed, betrayal, and cosmic ambition. By the year 2068, humanity's hope for survival lies beyond the confines of Earth.

Cat in an Alien X-Ray takes the Las Vegas gang on a science-fictional roller-coaster ride, as Midnight Louie, feline PI, and company encounter UFO enthusiasts, conspiracy nuts who are too bizarre even for tin foil hat therapy. An Area 51 attraction on the Strip threatens to bring more than starry-eyed enthusiasts to town. Once again it is up to that furballed PI Midnight Louie to keep his crew in line and save them from the attack of the creatures from the beyond...or common criminals that prey on the innocent.

"This is it, folks. We've arrived at our base camp for the next six months." The team cheered as they disembarked from the chopper, helmets on and goggles firmly in place against any glare aside from the wind chill too. Dr. Carter led them across the frozen tundra to a large metal structure that would serve as their base of operations, towering above them like a sentinel guarding them against that great blinding white beyond it.

Suspected of kidnapping. Broke. Dumped. Katie thought things couldn’t get any worse. Then, she was abducted by aliens. Sure, they were hot warrior aliens, and the space station she was taken to was the coolest place she’d ever seen. Holographic fantasy suites? Over-the-top weddings complete with over-the-top alien wedding planners? Katie knew the tabloids back home would pay a boatload for a scoop like the one she was sitting on. If only she could find a way off the station and tell everyone on Earth.

Today was the Erodicilee's happiest day-until it wasn't. A cruel monster interrupted his trip, stole his mother and fled, but thankfully, he was born for such an occasion. For him, eating creatures will allow him to evolve new abilities to grow strong enough and find the one he loves!

Die ferne Zukunft: Die Galaxis wird von intelligenten außerirdischen Zivilisationen regiert - und die Menschheit steht kurz vor dem Aussterben. Einer der letzten Menschen, ein Mann, der sich schon seit Jahrhunderten selbst immer wieder geklont hat, ist inzwischen zum Berater der galaktischen Regierung aufgestiegen. Als auf der alten Erde ein seltsames Artefakt gefunden wird, soll er ermitteln, was es damit auf sich hat. Es birgt, das wird bald klar, das Geheimnis der Zukunft des Universums.

Have you ever wondered what a UFO abduction is like from the alien’s viewpoint? Can a machine provide comfort to a dying woman? What would it be like to fall into the hands of a get-rich-quick scheming extraterrestrial? All these questions and more are answered in this book of wonderfully crafted short stories by breakout author J.J. Harlan.

Oliver Tarsul is a mostly average 14-year-old kid; aside from being the unwilling roommate to an interdimensional space clown his step-father solicited to rebuild a portal designed by his recently deceased mother. Things are more than a little complicated. The first entry in a planned series of riveting interdimensional shennaniganery, with a heartbreaking emotional core that will leave anyone on the brink of tears, if not sobbing outright.

Joran, Crown Prince of Pyros, needs to claim his mate in order to ascend to the throne one day. The problem? His destined mate isn’t on Pyros. When a galaxy-wide search uncovers a backwater world full of potential mates for Joran and the other unmated males on his planet, plans are set in motion and Star-Crossed Dating is created. Now, the first wave of men are on their way to claim their unsuspecting brides. Joran’s mission: Go to Earth, claim his mate, and bring her back to Pyros. How hard could it be?

The day after the winter solstice, Samantha Hunter is found naked and bleeding in a remote cabin in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico. As Sam works to understand what’s happened to her, she is whisked into the Underground - a secret community of scientists, civilians, and aliens that are connected to her story and to Lucien - the alien boy she’s in love with. This is where the fight begins, and Sam must decide what price she’s willing to pay for life and love.

Grand Master Brian W. Aldiss wrote his wonderfully strange and gripping novella The Saliva Tree, as a tribute to H. G. Wells, the immortal author of The Time Machine and War of the Worlds, and it was honored with a Nebula Award. Included alongside this classic tale of creeping alien terror are nine other sparkling gems of short fiction—from the grisly baby steps of a novice serial killer, to the travels of a history professor through alternate worlds, to the journey of a young widow who has both a murderer and a monster vying for her attention.

Decades ago, the Visitors descended on Earth. They claimed to bring peace and prosperity. Their real goal was the total subjugation of humankind. But humanity did not give up its only home without a fight. After a devastating war, the Visitors were driven back to Mars. Their millions of willing human collaborators were left behind. The task of hunting down these former alien collaborators and bringing them to justice falls to Federal Recovery Agents like Nathan Foster.

Auf der antarktischen Halbinsel kommt es zu einem mysteriösen Vorfall: Nachdem an der Oberfläche seismische Aktivitäten gemessen wurden, machen sich zwei skandinavische Forscher von ihrer Basis auf, um der Anomalie nachzugehen. Sie finden einen riesigen Krater, in dessen Mitte eine schwarze Kugel aus fremdartigem Material schwebt. Die beiden Männer werden nie wieder gesehen. Jahre später geschehen merkwürdige Dinge rund um den Globus.

The problem is, we didn't come home alone. No one has ever seen anything like this. What they're calling it sends shivers down my spine: a parasitic alien pathogen. It could be a virus, a toxin, or maybe something even worse. And believe me: what we don't know definitely can hurt us. It's too late for me—I've been exposed. But this has never been about me. It's going to take some incredible risks and another long-shot space mission to get to the bottom of this, but I'll fight until my last breath to undo the damage I've done.

The Klimnu. With those two words, the world around the Denynso shatters and suddenly, nothing is what it seemed. Now that Maxim has revealed the change of his skin and Ciyrs has administered his own vicious test, the warriors are convinced that they are witnessing the second coming of these grotesque enemies, and Pyra knows that he has to take control. His methods, however, prove destructive, and soon Maxim and Ivy have to make decisions that will determine the course of the rest of their lives.

Shattered by an alien invasion and the war to defeat them, the nations of Earth look to the future. A new space race begins. Can David Osage and his unique friends launch humanity to the stars before a new threat destroys everything they’ve worked for? Changed by his voyage to a mysterious planet, David returns to Earth only to discover that yet another race of aliens has decided to make Earth their next pit stop. Earth’s governments scramble to respond while Departure Day looms on the horizon.

An alien game show. A deadly challenge. The fate of the world is on Astra's shoulders when a mysterious black orb appears with a challenge for Earth and selects her to compete in its strange - and very public - game. The rules are bewildering, and there are no second chances for losers. Yet, while Astra fights to stay alive and save the world from imminent destruction, the people of Earth are more interested in tabloids and gossip, like whether or not she's engaging in a scandalous love affair with a fellow contestant.

When the first astronauts of the Mars Colony returned to Earth, they brought a mysterious, metal box they had found half-buried in the red dirt, called the Mars Cube. The scientists assigned to uncover its secrets tested it, scanned it, tried to blow it up, and everything in between. Then they accidentally opened it. Biosafety level-4 laboratories, BSL4, hold the most deadly viruses on the Earth, and Juliet handled them daily. Her research at the CDC landed her a position on the Mars Cube Investigative Team in the world’s only BSL-5 lab.

For two years in deep space, the freighter Demeter and a small crew have collected botanical life from other planets. It's a lesson in patience and hell. Mechanics Ensign Raina is ready to jump ship, if only because her abusive ex is also aboard, as well as her overbearing boss. It's only after a foreign biological creature sneaks aboard and wreaks havoc on the ship and crew that Raina must find her grit - and maybe create a gadget or two - to survive...that is, if the crew members don't lose their sanity and turn on each other in the process.