Space Exploration Science Fiction

On the 300th anniversary of Earth’s first expedition to another solar system, the original colony ship miraculously appears near Saturn. But the crew of Excursion One is nowhere to be found. All that’s left is a broken android, and a string of clues. Captain Calvin Brooks, a hero from the Solar Wars, spends his days trying to forget the past on Link Station, until he’s thrust into danger when he’s asked to pilot the decayed ship back through the wormhole to search for the Ethos colony.

Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, travelling the globe to study ancient organisms. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic ocean, Leigh joins the exploration team, hoping to find evidence of the earth's first life forms—what she instead finds calls into question everything we know about our own beginnings.

The interstellar bridges provide a lifeline for billions. To save humanity, the Darkspace Renegades must tear them all down. Unjustly kicked out of the Consortium Security Force, Hallam Knight has been reduced to working as a gunner, defending the precious Randenite fuel tankers from notorious extremists, the Darkspace Renegades. Then, he discovers that everything he thought he knew was a lie. Far from being the enemy, the Darkspace Renegades are humanity’s only hope.... They just don’t know it yet.

Stephanie Harrington didn’t discover treecats—they were indigenous to the planet Sphinx, a colony of the tiny Star Kingdom of Manticore. But at age ten she was the first human to bond with one. Now, almost 17, she is the species greatest champion. To the rest of the human galaxy, if they are known at all, they are recognized as tool using, socially organized, fuzzy little creatures, with no known method of communication—who also happen to be fierce hunters. But are they sapient?

Capt. Ben Dailey's Nova Rangers rush into situations in which angels fear to tread. Soldiers without peer, combat ready at all times, they achieve victories on behalf of the Federation at any cost. That makes them the perfect team to investigate Teras, a toxic world in the far reaches of the galaxy that's been devastated by an unknown force. It appears they were sent there by accident—but maybe not.

Collected in one volume is all three books in C. J. Cherryh's epic The Faded Sun trilogy: Kesrith, Shon'jir, and Kutath.

Mary Robinette Kowal continues the grand sweep of alternate history begun in The Calculating Stars. The Fated Sky looks forward to 1961, when mankind is well established on the moon and looking forward to its next step: journeying to, and eventually colonizing, Mars. Of course the noted Lady Astronaut Elma York would like to go, but there’s a lot riding on whoever the International Aerospace Coalition decides to send on this historic - but potentially very dangerous - mission. Could Elma really leave behind her husband and the chance to start a family to spend several years traveling to Mars?

2034 : Rose Fuller et son jumeau Archimedes sont les premiers êtres humains à naître sur Mars. Enfants du génie qui a permis de coloniser la planète rouge, ils grandissent sous les feux des médias, enfants chéris et symboles vivants de la réussite humaine et d'un avenir radieux pour tous sur Mars. 2103 : la liberté n'est plus qu'un souvenir sur Mars, tombée presque entièrement sous la coupe de la corporation Fuller. Rose a disparu, et son nom n'est plus prononcé qu'à voix basse, pour évoquer le souvenir d'une terroriste martyre.

Three years after humanity's Final Stand against the Korilian Empire, the Colonial Defense Forces have largely reclaimed the lost colonies. However, as the tide of war shifts against the Colonies again, Admiral Jon McCarthy and Lara Anderson discover a message from a long-dead prescient Nexus Ten amid the ruins of Darian 3. This startling discovery creates the potential to alter the course of the war with the Korilians, tilting the outcome toward humanity's favor.

After being court-martialed by the Space Legion for ordering the strafing of a treaty-signing ceremony, multimillionaire Willard Phule receives his punishment: He must command the misfit Omega Company on Haskin's Planet, a mining settlement on the edge of settled space. At his duty station, he leverages his personal money and a knack for managing people to get the company to come together as a unit.

Le plus beau des rêves : Bâtir ailleurs une nouvelle humanité qui ne fasse plus les mêmes erreurs. Le plus beau des projets : Construire un vaisseau spatial de 32 km de long propulsé par la lumière et capable de faire voyager cette humanité pendant plus de 1000 ans dans les étoiles. La plus folle des ambitions : Réunir des pionniers idéalistes qui arrivent enfin à vivre ensemble en harmonie. Et au final la plus grande des surprises.

Afin de relancer les recherches autour de la planète Solaris, Kris Kelvin, docteur spécialiste de son environnement, rejoint la station spatiale gravitant autour de l’astre aux deux soleils. En arrivant, il apprend que son ami Gibarian, l’un de ses confrères habitant la station, s’est donné la mort, et que des visiteurs, venus des méandres du passé, peuplent également les lieux.

Aliens ripped a hole above Earth, arriving with a massive space station. I sorta figured we'd be enslaved to fight in their wars or exterminated for our resources. Nope. The hip-high Iglax were merchants with ugly squished faces and thick blue fur. While they weren't much to look at, they sure did have some wonderous technology.

Months after Inara leaves Serenity, Mal and the crew finally learn the reason for her sudden departure: She is dying of a terminal illness. Expert Esau Weng is said to have developed a means to treat Inara’s condition, but he has been disgraced and incarcerated for life on a notorious Alliance prison planet. On Atata planet, inmates are abandoned with no guards and left to survive as best they can. What’s more, terraforming the planet did not take properly, so the world is a frozen wasteland. To save Inara, the Serenity crew must infiltrate the prison....

When Cordoba fell and his officer was murdered, Jacob T. Grimm vowed the fight wasn't over. With the help of DesRon 12 and the stalwart spacers of the USS Interceptor, he's going to bring the Guild to their corporate knees. On Cordoba, things aren't going well for the Marines. Local infantry are eager to attack, while refugees are forced out of the capital city on the verge of winter. The Spanish planet is in trouble. However, not all is as it seems.

Lucas Trask had a beautiful bride, a powerful position, and a bright future. Yet now, he's a man obsessed with revenge, willing to cross the galaxy in search of the man who stole his happiness. The galaxy is a dangerous place, full of dangers, allies and enemies, civilizations and barbarians. As Trask pursues his quarry, he will discover new friends and foes, new planets and cultures, new challenges and opportunities. He will also find a new purpose: to build a civilization out of chaos, to create a new home for his people, and to forge a new destiny for himself.

From the master of the space opera comes a dark, mind-bending adventure spread across time and space, where Doctor Silas Coade is tasked with keeping his crew safe as they adventure across the galaxy in search of a mysterious artifact. In the 1800s, a sailing ship crashes off the coast of Norway...

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.

Chief Katherine “Kit” Carson, of the elite Pathfinder Corps, joins the mission as a last-minute replacement, hoping to put a spotty past behind her and build a new life on a brave new world. The expedition arrives on Terra Nova, expecting to join the first wave of colonists, instead they find abandoned cities and are soon faced with a new, terrifying enemy humanity has never encountered before. This publisher pack includes Terra Nova and Bloodlines.

Des millions de pèlerins s'embarquent pour un long voyage vers le Vide, au cœur de la Voie lactée. Cette migration massive sonne le glas de notre galaxie. Ceux qui souhaitent empêcher ce pèlerinage n'ont plus beaucoup de temps... Poursuivie par les factions du Commonwealth, la Rêveuse Araminta ne peut échapper à son destin. Elle devra affronter le Rêve vivant, un combat dont elle ne sortira pas indemne.