Hard Contact

Año 2031. Se encuentran rastros de actividad biológica en Encélado, una luna de Saturno. La noticia corre como la pólvora: es posible que exista vida extraterrestre. Una misión estelar parte rumbo a Encélado en busca de respuestas. Sin embargo, un accidente hará que toda la misión se vea alterada. Ya no es posible volver, y lo que aguarda al frente no es nada alentador.

The Boy Who Would Live Forever has a sense of wonder and excitement that will satisfy those who loved Gateway and will delight new listeners as well. In Gateway, long after the alien Heechee abandoned their space-station, Gateway (as humans dubbed it) allowed humans to explore new worlds. The Heechee, alarmed by the alien Kugel whose goal was to destroy all organic lifeforms, had already retreated to the galactic core, where they now lived in peace.

Auf Planeten und Asteroiden kämpfen die Menschen um das nackte Überleben gegen die fremdartigen und erbarmungslosen Mächte, die auf das Universum losgelassen wurden. Die Zeiten sind verzweifelt und das letzte, was die Konföderation jetzt benötigt, ist eine neue und entsetzlich mächtige Waffe. Und doch ist Dr. Alkad Mzu fest entschlossen, den Alchimist zu bergen - um ihre dreißig Jahre alte Rache zu vollziehen und eine Sonne zu vernichten.

Mankind explores Venus for signs of life, and an abandoned alien outpost is discovered. Dr. Veronica Hatch is sent to investigate, and she discovers an alien race escaped its dying planet and colonized Venus. When news reaches Earth, humans fear the aliens will invade and conquer the solar system, and they prepare for war.

Die Besessenen breiten sich scheinbar unaufhaltsam über Lalonde aus. Die Konföderation entsendet eine Flotte, um ihnen Einhalt zu gebieten. Kann sie verhindern, daß der Planet aus dem Universum entführt wird? Oder daß die Besessenen die Welt verlassen und andere Planeten in ihre Gewalt bringen? Gleichzeitig wird eine alte Frau nach langer Zeit im Exil wieder aktiv, um uralte Rachepläne zu verfolgen. Wenn es ihr gelingt, den Geheimdiensten zu entkommen, droht der gesamten Menschheit eine bis dahin beispiellose Gefahr.

AD 2600. Die Menschheit entdeckt endlich ihr ganzes Potential. Hunderte von Kolonien, verstreut über die ganze Galaxis, bieten eine Unzahl unterschiedlichster Kulturen und unermesslichen Reichtum. Gentechnik hat die Grenzen der Natur gesprengt. Der Handel blüht, und die Konföderation sorgt für Frieden und Sicherheit. Ein goldenes Zeitalter scheint angebrochen. Doch etwas ist schiefgelaufen. Extrem schief!

The spaceship Majestic Draght reaches a star system whose only planet is bombarded with deadly radiation from its sun. Here, of all places, something happens that should never happen – and the crew sees their only salvation in landing on the mysterious planet orbiting the hostile star.ould have expected ... "The Proxima Logfiles" is a multi-part series based on the "Proxima" Trilogy, but can be listened to independently. "Star Trek" meets "Lost in Space" – reimagined with the scientific and technical realism of hard science fiction.

Vincent Frieso is a lowly salesman, wasting his days away at a computer store with no prospects or hopes for the future. However, when a strange new lifeform hitches a ride to Earth on an asteroid and lands in the Southern Pacific, the whole world flips over in an instant. The world that Vincent once knew had permanently changed. Whether for better or for worse, he did not yet know. Will Vincent find himself swept away by the currents of change and history? Or will he forge his own path in a world that becomes increasingly alien by the day?

The third book in the Web Shifter's Library series returns to the adventures of Esen, a shape-shifting alien who must navigate the perils of a hostile universe.

Master criminal Christmas "Crazy-Eyes" Parker is trying to plan an impossible heist of a mysterious package she was contracted to steal, while also trying to track down and kill her government contact Horace Murchison, who double-crossed her and her men. Meanwhile, Detective Ben Weizmann attempts to track down Parker as part of a wider case against her boss, ruthless industrial magnate Atusa Navarro, whom Weizmann-correctly-suspects of being the lynchpin of a conspiracy between the government and organized crime.

Amber Houston was born light-years away from Earth aboard the enormous colony starship Dandelion. By the age of 14, she has spent her entire life training as a Ranger, ready for the day when she will be among the first humans ever to set foot on an alien world and build a new civilization. When Dandelion suffers an emergency toward the end of its journey, Amber and her fellow young rangers are evacuated and land on the planet Newhome years ahead of schedule.

In Conquest of the New World, the inevitable moment arrives—humanity’s century-long broadcasts into the cosmos are finally answered. But as an alien ship enters Earth’s orbit, claiming peaceful intent, the world is on the brink of unprecedented transformation—or catastrophe. This brilliantly crafted thriller blends the geopolitical depth of Tom Clancy with the scientific precision of Arthur C. Clarke, creating a narrative that is as much about international power struggles and crisis management as it is about the philosophical and existential dilemmas of First Contact.

La guerra de los mundos narra por primera vez en la historia de la literatura un tema que será recurrente desde entonces y originará todo un subgénero dentro de la ciencia ficción: la invasión de la Tierra por extraterrestres procedentes de Marte. A través de esta fábula en la que ocupan un lugar central las descripciones científicas, las premoniciones sobre el futuro de la tecnología y los entresijos de la política, H. G. Wells nos habla sobre la vanidad y la seguridad ficticia de una humanidad autosatisfecha, y los peligros que acechan su supervivencia.

Part one of a thrilling action-adventure sci-fi duology featuring indomitable characters, incredible worlds, and plenty of rip-roaring action and thrills! Rescue operation—or suicide mission? Skyler Luiken and his ragtag crew of scavengers, scientists, and brawlers have a new mission: a long...

Part two of a thrilling action-adventure sci-fi duology, beginning with Injection Burn, featuring indomitable characters, incredible worlds, and plenty of rip-roaring action and thrills! Search, destroy, survive! Captains Skyler Luiken and Gloria Tsandi (and their respective crews) have smashed...

You can't militarize space. This one rule has led to decades of peaceful development of space programs worldwide. However, increasing resource scarcity and a changing climate on Earth's surface is causing some interested parties - namely India, the North American Union, and the Sinese Federation - to militarize. The discovery of a strange artifact by Dr. Alayna Wong precipitates a crisis. What appears to be a hitherto undiscovered comet is soon revealed to be an alien structure on a cometary trajectory toward the sun.

Two humans and a robot on their own in the Alpha Centauri system: Marchenko, Adam and Eve have found asylum on a planet inhabited by aliens. They could spend the rest of their lives here in peace. But apparently there are many more people who, like them, have been sent to alien systems without a return ticket and without being asked - castaways with uncertain fates who need their help. Their alien rescuers generously offer to take them on a search in one of their spaceships.

Humanity has united under one government and has started to take to the stars. However, FTL is dangerous, expensive, and still slow. So a probe is sent out to gather samples and bring them back for analysis. Dr. Avery Hutton is one of the scientists assisting in analysis back on Earth. But these samples contain something a bit nastier than anything humanity had encountered before. A pathogen that, if not contained, could kill everything on Earth.

Are the extraterrestrial Flickers what they seem to be? They're outwardly friendly, sometimes more than that. But troubling questions have emerged: What of the destroyed village on the Flicker world Alpha Orionis 8? Is there an acceptable explanation for the adult humans living on Flicker worlds, who were taken up by flying saucers as infants? And the biggest questions of all: What drew the Flickers to the solar system in the first place, and are the communities on Mars the first wave of a Flicker invasion? These are just some of the questions troubling Mac and Chuck, and there's more.

Eva ist verzweifelt. Von der Forschungsmission auf die dunkle Seite des Exoplaneten Proxima Centauri b ist sie als letztes Crewmitglied übriggeblieben. Dann hat sie auch noch aus Versehen einen verhängnisvollen Prozess in Gang gesetzt, der das gesamte System zerstören wird. Während sie lediglich auf ein schnelles Ende hofft, erwacht in unmittelbarer Nähe ein außerirdisches Wesen, das viel zu lange geschlafen hat - und nun den Auftrag bekommt, die zerstörerischen Eindringlinge von der Erde zur Strecke zu bringen.