Space Opera First Contact

Ashton Chayton was born with a powerful gift, a unique inhuman telepathic ability. Orphaned and raised by the hyper-intelligent Red Wolves of Opan, he is pursued by merciless and powerful enemies. Ashton only wants one thing: Revenge against those that destroyed his family. If you had unique powers, wouldn't you use them to get what you want?

Adrian Cole's acclaimed Star Requiem series welcomes listeners to Innasmorn, a planet where the elements are worshipped as gods...and where mankind is considered the enemy. In the impenetrable West of Innasmorn lies the forbidden city of Shung Hang - a mystical place shrouded in legend...and guarded by the winged warriors of the last goddess, the Aviatrix. Pursued by the relentless death machine of the corrupt prime consul Zellorian, the last remnants of an exterminated mortal race make their way across a perilous, devastated land.

Peter Cochrane and his wife, Karina, have been married less than a year. And although things have been quiet in relation to the old Empire during that time, they're about to get a lot hotter. They find themselves on a diplomatic mission to Korivar, an old ally of Pendax, a new member of the Union. But during their mission, the government of Korivar attacks Peter's new command, Defiant, and tries to assassinate him and his wife.

It is on this planet, where only the Windmasters can summon the devastating power of rain, gale, thunder, and lightning, that the last surviving remnants of humankind have come, fleeing the destruction of their empire at the hands of the alien Csendook. And it is here the human race will be resurrected...or exterminated. The sorcerers of this barbaric, inhospitable world have vowed to cleanse Innasmorn of the uninvited "abomination".

W piatej czesci opowiesci o zmaganiach ludzkosci z potezna prastara cywilizacja pewne sprawy zostaja wyjasnione, ale nowe wydarzenia przynosza równiez wiele pytan. Ludzie wciaz musza walczyc - zmagac sie ze smiertelnym zagrozeniem w bezlitosnej pustce kosmosu, na obcych globach, nie rozumiejac do konca sposobu rozumowania wroga, nie majac pojecia o jego rzeczywistych zamiarach.

It had been ten years since Roy came to New Terra. At the conclusion of the great interstellar war against the Serpent People, Roy went from being an ace fighter pilot to a simple farmer, married to his beloved wife Katreena and father to their three beautiful children. He had discovered a happiness that he had long given up on having again in his lifetime. However, their lives were overshadowed by a dark prophesy.

In the 24th century, Josué Valdés’ rise from an orphan in the slums of Rubble City, Cuba, to one of the galaxy’s most accomplished explorers was nothing short of meteoric. Josué used to race cockroaches for cash on the streets until he discovered his true-calling: as a sexual ambassador for humanity and the Nu Barsa colony.

After rescuing the survivors of an attack, and revealing their enemy was as human as the rest of the fleet, Pen expected an interesting new challenge. Talking to school kids about the mission, wasn’t at all what she had in mind. Tempted to join the civilian intelligence force, she struggles to find purpose as the fleet comes together. Then, hidden in a list of mundane communications, Pen finds a message that will threaten their survival.

Sasha Kelty joins the Intergalactic Guard to get into space where she’s always wanted to be. Her off-the-charts military testing gets her placed on an experimental ship bound for the outer reaches of known space. Once in the void, her willingness to question authority, uninhibited behavior, love of ancient rock and roll music, and absolute sense of right and wrong, put her in disfavor with the ship’s crew. After rescuing an enormous alien war-dog, then blowing an alien slaver camp sky-high with her own brand of energy magic, Sasha is considered a freak of nature and disavowed.

When the Borche invaded the seven worlds of the Andromeda Galaxy, the people fought hard to defend their colonies, but they were confronted by a disciplined and unwavering foe. The Borche proved overwhelming and without mercy, killing indiscriminately. Their goal: extermination and slavery. When it was realized that the war was lost, seven fleets were quickly launched to seven points in the universe identified as having habitable worlds.

The crew of the Seraphim learned the hard way that saving humanity comes with getting blamed for all the collateral damage. The Alliance is bleeding but not yet dead in the aftermath of the war with the genocidal Children. With entire star systems in ruins and others cut off from accessing the Cascade for faster-than-light travel, there's no shortage of damage to go around.

Al Clark is going home. His wife of 32 years has passed away, and the kids have moved on. There is no longer a reason to stay in the village they founded. After an absence of 74 years, he returns to an Earth he does not recognize in search of his past. Amnesia has robbed him of the first 42 years of his life, which he hopes to recover. It was supposed to be an easy trip, where he would sleep through the long journey and be awakened upon arrival. That is not the way it works out.

The gods of the Accord of Souls return to judge humanity itself, and they intend on simply eradicating the species to make the galaxy a safer place. Gareth finally confronts his old enemy again, as well as the very gods of the Accord itself. Nothing will ever be the same for anyone. Trial of the Star Dragon is the fifth and final Star Dragon story - science fiction written with a 1950s pulp flair - and completes the adventures of the Star Dragon and the Accord constabulary in the galaxy where the gods are real, and angry.

In the past 24 hours, stoner Charlie Hong has been promoted from fugitive pot-grower to captain of the Starseed. Whether he likes it or not, the massive, living, interstellar spaceship - and its five hundred billion inhabitants - are now his responsibility. As his suspicious crew gives him a tour of the ship, a quiet invasion unfolds. When the rest of his team is disabled by the buggy invaders, Charlie is left with a decision: to try to save the ship armed with only his stoned wit and a plump red hen, or to hightail it back to his old life on Earth.

Light years from Earth, an alien planet forced their queen from power and cast her into space. For millions of years, the queen's ship wandered the cosmos, until it crashed on Earth. As a child, Michael Hems first lost his mother to cancer, and then his father to the bottom of a bottle. Growing up in a small town, Michael's friends became his life. The only one he knew. The only one he wanted. But the night he found the ship, everything he loved was thrown into jeopardy.

The cast of cosmic characters: A prodigal worm, a telepathic, egotistical, totally unscrupulous little alien running away from his father becomes the biggest prize in the universe. Capture the slimy brat and win an entire planet! A cosmic hustler, an effete snob who ekes out a comfortable living as the president's son-in-law and perfects his reflexes with endless contests of cosmic pool, becomes the most important element in a delicate game of interspatial espionage - and the galaxy's prime target for assassination.

Part H. P. Lovecraft and part Alien, Ironheart is the story of what happens when the mining ship Canary comes across a strange derelict on the edge of the galaxy - a derelict occupied by a strange woman, a woman who cannot possibly exist but does.

Jake McGraw, independent space trucker, has been shanghaied. He and his crew, fresh off their adventures in Starrigger and Red Limit Freeway, are plucked off the Skyway by a creature of unknown power. Now on an alien planet where most of the rules of the regular universe do not seem to apply, Jake confronts the builders of the Skyway once and for all. Will he and his crew make it out alive?

Captain Thomas Baldwin has made a name for himself in a short period of time. The Statu have finally been defeated, and the Concord has Tom and his crew to thank for the victory. With the construction of more sophisticated cruise ships, offers are being extended to capable leaders. Commander Treena Starling must decide if she is happy staying on Constantine or if she'll captain her own. Ven Ittix is humbled to escort his people to their new home, the Ugna now full-fledged Concord partners, but a revelation is waiting for them when they arrive.

The battles never end for Admiral James Henry. After months of negotiations, galactic alliance talks between the Independent Systems Federation and the Terran Coalition have stalled. There’s no urgency to strike a deal since the antidote nullified the Jalm’tar Empire’s Curall threat. But Jim suspects the usurper on the Jalm’tar throne still has a decisive hand to play in war games.