Science Fiction Exploration

Zak Nine and his friend Erro are on the run! While avoiding a band of patrolling prison guards, the boys meet another escapee who tells them the legend of an abandoned spacecraft. The boys believe that if they can find the ancient ship, they'll be able to fix it and blast off from the Planet Alcatraz. But first, they must cross the Igneous Quag an uncharted swamp full of flame-spitting snakes and hidden geysers of fatal fire!

"All good heroes are insane." Was that really a joke? Jonathon Hunter hasn't the time to ponder the labels people try to put on him. The war shifts from defensive to offensive. The stakes get higher, as the means to fight the aggressors finally become available. But has he risen too high? Or are the consequences of his own actions interfering with his judgement? As fast as you move, the past is faster and always catches up with you when you least expect it. This is not a game, and being a hero has its own price tag.

Rama II, gigantesque vaisseau-monde, quitte le système solaire. À son bord, Richard, Michael et Nicole. Destination ? Le Point Nodal, une station spatiale démesurée, où les extraterrestres ont décidé d'étudier toutes les espèces de l'univers capables d'explorer l'espace. En attendant, un habitat de type terrestre est aménagé sur Rama pour les trois humains, sur lesquels les E.T. se livrent à des expériences. Puis le vaisseau est renvoyé sur Terre ; deux mille hommes et femmes devront s'y installer afin que les E.T. puissent les observer à leur guise.

When Gunnar McConnell inherits a treasure map after his uncle's death, he goes on the hunt of his life and can't believe what he finds. There isn't just gold on those mountains, but the secret of a lifetime—a starship that can take him to worlds unknown, and a universe full of life.

Matthew is a normal 11-year-old boy living with his parents and little sister in Surrey. He's too old and sensible to have an imaginary friend really. Yet when Matthew's parents keep finding him talking and arguing with a strange presence whom Matthew calls Chocky, that's what they believe it must be…at first. But Chocky is oddly sinister, and keeps asking Matthew all sorts of complicated questions about the world and making him behave in unusual and erratic ways. Then Matthew suddenly does something heroic, well beyond his capabilities; the media become interested and the interest in Matthew widens.

How can a colony on Mars survive when the greatest danger on the planet is humanity itself. All contact is lost with the first human colony on Mars during a long, intense sandstorm. Satellite imagery of the aftermath shows extensive damage to the facility, and the fifty-four colonists who called it home are presumed dead. Three years later, a new mission sets down on the planet surface to investigate what remains of the derelict site.

À l'intérieur de la Station spatiale internationale, chacun des six astronautes s'affaire à sa tâche, traversé par des interrogations existentielles. Certains s'inquiètent du sort de leur mariage, l'un rêve d'emmener sa fille dans l'espace tandis qu'une autre fait le deuil de sa mère. Si loin et si proches de la Terre, les astronautes n'ont jamais autant eu l'impression d'en faire partie, mais aussi d'en être les gardiens. Le temps s'écoule au rythme des orbites autour de la Terre, qui tient le rôle principal de ce roman contemplatif, mélancolique et à l'humour délicat.

Das Abenteuer um Hyperion geht weiter. Auf dem Planeten Hyperion öffnen sich die mysteriösen Zeit-Gräber. Und das Rätsel, dass sie jahrelang in sich eingeschlossen hatten wird das Universum erschüttern. Nichts wird mehr sein wie es war...

The situation on Earth is coming to a head; while the infestation was brutally contained in Siberia, it has spread uncontrollably in Los Angeles. Jenna wants to prevent the spore from causing even worse damage at all costs and tightens the noose around the Initiative—or is she just another pawn in the clutches of the shady organization?

Captain Caleb Card and his crew are on a mission to investigate a transmission believed to be from the lost ship. Ambushed upon arrival, they immediately fear the worst. But the beacon isn’t only active, it’s on the move, and where it leads will change everything they thought they knew about the universe. Cast into a distant galaxy brimming with unknown dangers, they’ll need to adapt quickly if they want to survive long enough to help the missing colonists.

Das Abenteuer um Hyperion geht weiter. Können die sieben Pilger das Shrike, ein Wesen zwischen Mensch und Maschine, bezwingen? Das Schicksal der Menschheit steht auf dem Spiel...

Conclave warships fended off four enemy fleets intent on attacking the Malia system. No one believes the fighting is finished. As anticipated, a fifth fleet of more sophisticated warships arrives. The commanders are armed with information from the previously defeated races, making it more difficult for the conclave to defend Cercia, the inhabited planet. In an effort to diminish Messinant power over mercenary races, Vice Admiral Mila Pappas leads the first wave to gain a new ally, the Ondas. However, Mila’s arrival at the Kega military base ignites a mutiny headed by two commanding officers.

What waits at the galaxy’s core? Joe has begun to realize the full extent of his powers as a Shiva Knight. But the foe he faces is ancient and cunning. It’s a race to the center of the galaxy between Joe and the ruthless bot-man, Fairfax. The enemy’s armies are legion. But for Joe, it’s not about survival anymore. It’s about saving everything he holds dear. Even if it means paying with his life.

Hundert Jahre nachdem Bob Johansson ausgezogen ist, um auf fremden Planeten eine neue Heimat für die Menschheit zu finden, kann man sagen, dass er seine Mission erfüllt hat: Unzählige Kolonien haben er und seine Kopien in der Galaxis gegründet und die Menschen vor dem Aussterben bewahrt. Dabei haben sie sich allerdings einen mächtigen Feind in Form einer hoch entwickelten Alien-Zivilisation gemacht, die nun die Menschheit bedroht. Um den Kampf gegen die Aliens zu gewinnen, bleibt Bob und seinen Kopien nur eine Chance: Sie müssen in den Deep Space.

Nearly 100,000 years after first contact with the machines that dominate the universe, only a few hundred humans survive. Trapped on Snowglade, a barren world near the center of the galaxy, Killeen and his child, Toby, of the Bishop Tribe, are primitive scavengers, homeless and hunted by the ruling “mechs”. Then suddenly, a strange cosmic entity – neither organic nor cybernetic or living matter – reaches out from a black hole to speak with Killeen.

A l'autre extrémité de la galaxie, Gilbert Gosseyn se réveille à bord d'un astronef inconnu... et dans un nouveau corps, Gosseyn Trois. Pourtant, il conserve les souvenirs de ses deux précédentes incarnations, et peut même communiquer par télépathie avec Gosseyn Deux, qui vit toujours, quelque part. Peu à peu, Gosseyn retrouve la maîtrise de ses extraordinaires pouvoirs mentaux. Il parvient à regagner la Terre et retrouve ses compagnons qui l'ont aidé à combattre Enro le Rouge. Mais n'est-ce pas plutôt son alter ego Gosseyn Deux que ceux-ci ont aidé ?

The final phase of the Reality Bleed has arrived, and nowhere on Earth is safe. Cronux forces spread like a plague, toppling governments, igniting civil wars, and leaving no refuge untouched. In the shattered remains of humanity's last bastions, the lines between friend and foe blur as old hatreds give way to a desperate fight for survival. Alice Winters and her scattered allies must hold the line against an enemy that shows no mercy—and offers no surrender. But as the contagion threatens to consume everything, even hope itself may bleed away.

Major Larry Randall has been called to Pluto to retrieve Dr. Aaron Mikelson. Mikelson, no longer human after a horrific accident, is now melded to an AI. His enhanced senses have detected an alien artifact on Pluto’s surface, and he’s not leaving without it. Transferred to the research vessel studying Pluto, Randall and the other scientists are stumped as to the artifact’s purpose and origin. Looking for similar signs of aliens they make their way to Pluto’s moon, Charon, where, buried deep under its icy surface, something stirs―and wakes.

A well-deserved vacation turns disastrous when Marius arrives in a strange white room. As reality sinks in, there's a culprit he never expects: aliens. Highly advanced aliens rip him from Earth to level up in the Semo Universe. A place where wormhole portals, spaceships, energy beamers, and enhancement attributes are common. Loaded with debt, a small shuttle, and a sultry AI, he braves the vast universe one mission at a time.

Brink of Oblivion: In a race against time, can humanity conquer the cosmos and reclaim its future on Proxima Centauri b before it's too late? Embark on an epic journey of survival and innovation as Captain Jonathan Cross and his crew venture into the uncharted realms of Alpha Centauri. Will their courage and ingenuity be enough to secure humanity's future among the stars?