Genetic Fiction

Seb Varden is starting to get used to life as a World Walker. With a body full of alien nanotechnology, the ability to travel anywhere instantly and - most surprising of all - a steady relationship with Meera Patel, things are finally looking up. Until Seb has his first blackout, starts meeting aliens and discovers a plan that threatens the entire human race. And, of course, Mason, the most dangerous Manna user, picks this particular moment to come after him and Meera.

Unzählige Menschen verlassen Hyperion und suchen Schutz auf anderen Welten im besiedelten Teil der Galaxis. Doch eine kleine Gruppe von Pilgern reist zu diesem Planeten, um dort das Geheimnis um die Zeitgräber zu lösen, die sich scheinbar aus der Zukunft kommend rückwärts in der Zeit bewegen. In ihre Geschichten werden langsam aber sicher die Hintergründe klar - Dinge, die unter der Oberfläche des "Netzes" geschehen. Im Tal der Zeitgräber treffen sie auf das Shrike - und wo sich die Zukunft der menschlichen Zivilisation entscheidet...

Dr. Ingrid Seastrom was once a respected American physician. Whispr, whose body has been transformed to preternatural thinness, was once a streetwise thief. Now, in a world on the edge of catastrophe from centuries of environmental exploitation, they are allies—thrust together by fate to unravel an impossible mystery—even as they are stalked by a relentless killer.

Der Exoplanet Ross 128 b birgt ein wertvolles Geheimnis: Das Ökosystem des Planeten besteht aus halb maschinellen, halb organischen Lebensformen–ein völlig neuer Zweig der Evolution. Der Biologe Dr. Adrian Walker soll herausfinden, wie diese einzigartige Synthese funktioniert. Gelingt ihm das, könnten seine Forschungen die Kolonisation neuer Planeten revolutionieren. Allerdings bleiben größere Erfolge selbst nach Monaten aus. Ross 128 b ist für Menschen extrem lebensfeindlich und die lokale Fauna hochaggressiv.

Miriam Tanner is in shock. After finding the severed arm of the woman she rejected despite her growing feelings, the Special Operations Group combat medic spirals while genetically engineered Altered refugees flood her human city. As tensions between the two groups escalate, her world shifts again with the nightmare news that the Apostates, Altered terrorists, have overthrown their government.

Ученые нашли способ, как улучшить ДНК человека, делая его сильнее, выносливее, здоровее, и сказки стали былью. Обычным людям приходится сосуществовать и как-то уживаться с модифицированными. За ними будущее, они в приоритете, у них выше зарплаты и всегда найдется работа. Все больше людей решаются изменить себя. Я о таком даже думать не хотела, но мне не оставили выбора. Взгляд одного из оборотней остановился на мне, и он объявил меня своей парой, а для второго я стала чем-то вроде дичи. Нельзя отказаться, некуда бежать, и помощи ждать неоткуда.

Da saß ich nun, mutterseelenallein auf meinem Floß, um mich herum die Weite des Ozeans. Hinter mir loderten die Flammen noch immer über der Insel der Freiheit. Vor mir erstreckte das Wasser sich bis zum Horizont. Ich wusste nicht, ob jemand von den anderen Insassen überlebt hatte. Ich hatte keine Ahnung, ob man mich suchen würde – und wenn ja, wer. Meine einzige Option lag darin, weiterzumachen und mich einem unbekannten Schicksal anzuvertrauen.

Two graduate students decide to solve their financial problems by becoming egg donors at an exclusive, highly profitable fertility clinic on Boston's North Shore. But second thoughts and curiosity prompt the two women to find out more about their donated eggs. Obtaining employment at the clinic under aliases, they soon discover the horrifying aims of its research, immediately putting their lives, and their sanity, irrevocably at risk.

Dinosaurs. Majestic giants. They’ve captured our imagination for generations. On planet Mintari, they live again. Mintari is far from Earth. Wild. Pristine. A world where triceratops herd across grasslands, pterosaurs soar over golden mountains, and T-rexes prowl the misty forests. But these magnificent beasts might soon disappear. And only one man can save them. They call him Jurassic Joe; a semi-mythical figure, a ranger who lives in the wilderness of Mintari. He is the defender of dinosaurs and the bane of poachers. A folk hero...but is he real?

A trip to the library prompts one woman to question her fate in this galvanizing short story. For a woman like Hadley, deemed not acceptable to procreate, there’s only one recourse. Unlicensed for motherhood, she can alleviate her grief and frustration at a “baby library,” where a curiously endless supply of infants is available for a two-week loan. But the borrowed life that serves as a temporary balm leads to a journey of self-discovery that will forever change the direction of Hadley’s future.

Risen from the past, these beautiful animals inspire all who see them. Titanic sauropods roam the land, devouring forests. Ceratopsians herd across the plains like living tanks. Pterosaurs fill the skies, some as large as planes. Ruling them all, the mighty T. rex reigns as king. Powerful as they are, the dinosaurs are facing another extinction. An army of poachers sweeps across Mintari. Killing. Burning. Even the greatest dinosaurs cannot survive their modern weapons. Against this army stands Joe Triplehorn. A Mintari Ranger. A man broken and forged in the wilderness.

C'è una buona ragione se nel 2016 "Noi Siamo Infinito (Noi Siamo Bob)" è stato nominato miglior titolo di fantascienza di Audible, ed è per la sua irresistibile sagacia e i toni irriverenti. Bob Johansson ha appena guadagnato una piccola fortuna dalla vendita della sua azienda di software e non vede l'ora di godersi la sua nuova vita all'insegna dell'agio. E il primo punto della sua lista di cose da fare è proprio iniziare a sperperare quel bendidio. Trascinato dal desiderio di spendere e spandere, acconsente a far conservare criogenicamente la sua testa in caso di morte.

In their Noon Universe novels, they imagined twenty-second-century Earth as a space-faring communist utopia, devoted to guiding the progress of civilization on alien worlds. But as the authors became increasingly disillusioned with life in the Soviet Union, their Noon Universe stories grew darker and more complex as well. The Waves Extinguish the Wind provides the epic conclusion to the Noon Universe saga, as eighty-nine-year-old Maxim Kammerer looks back at his most earth-shattering investigation, which brought an entire era of human civilization to an end.

In the distant future, somewhere in the galaxy, a world has evolved where each person has multiple bodies, cybernetics has abolished privacy, and individual and family success are reliant upon instantaneous evaluations of how well each member conforms to the rigid social system.

Life in the year 2134 is nearly perfect, with nanotechnology and medical science granting people near-immortality. But when Sam Harger is flagged as a terrorist, his powerful wife dies in a plane crash, and his daughter's cryogenically frozen head becomes a sought-after prize, Sam must fight to save the human race from a secret cabal.

Veterinarian Darcy Jackson and her family run a small but lucrative hobby farm, raising alpacas and sheltering abused animals in Harmony Valley, a coastal ranching and agricultural community. One foggy night while Darcy is returning home after a call, she veers off the road to avoid hitting a strange creature in the road and crashes her truck. Leroy Malek and his son, Dylan have been harboring a well-kept secret for years raising and caring for hybrids.

Nach den schockierenden Enthüllungen der ersten genetischen Experimente steht die Welt vor einer neuen Realität. Dr. Santiago Sánchez kämpft gegen die Konsequenzen seiner Entdeckung, während Dragica Kovaćević versucht, die Wahrheit über eine Organisation aufzudecken, die das Schicksal der Menschheit in den Händen hält.

Ecological disaster strikes the rolling hills of west central Kentucky after a corrupt landowner, blinded by greed and power, releases a monstrous menace upon an unsuspecting public. Can Jake Jessup and April Flowers stop the creatures before they cause a catastrophe of cataclysmic proportions?

A twisted quest involving transgenic and transhuman experiments is taking people from their homes. One girl sees what others can’t, and it will be up to paranormal investigators Iris and DJ Camden to once again stop a global threat. But this time the enemy may be closer than they think.

David knows all about working in a dead-end job. At least he thinks he does. After a freak accident in the barren wilderness of the Australian outback, he finds himself confronted with the true meaning of the term. David is now a dungeon core, charged with producing armies of minions and ensuring his domain is a place where the unworthy go to die. But the accident not only transformed David, it fractured him. Part of his psyche still remains with his broken body.