Space Opera First Contact

2187. Earth is cold, dead and divided. The rich hide away while the rest will do anything to survive. Humanity have only one hope: crossing hostile alien territory to reach a habitable planet. Jinnifer Blue is on the run. An expert pilot, she apprehends criminals on behalf of the government and keeps her illegal genetic modifications a closely guarded secret. But when a particularly dangerous job goes south, Jinn is left stranded on a prison ship with one of the most ruthless criminals in the galaxy.

It was an easy job—until the pirates showed up—but ultimately, Dahkal and Ryan completed their contract on the planet Ruul and ended up with the mining rights to the entire planet. But when their new Emerald Dragons mercenary company returned to the Salvage System, they found Dahkal’s sister, Reuan, waiting for them. As only the heir of Shein is ever allowed to leave the Sheinrah System, the question was…why was she there?

When Sarah Long gets the message that her sister is alive and needs rescuing, she packs a bag with survival gear, loads a coat with six kinds of weapons, and hopes her pregnancy won't slow her down. It's been three years since the ancient, city-sized ship was discovered. And three years since it turned half the planet into deserts of black dust. Sarah's treacherous journey will cross continents and an ocean, as well as the lines between Earther and Alien, friend and foe. The dangers, though, go beyond the brutal reality of the lawless world she travels.

A.D. 41.832. Jael akzeptiert inzwischen wer sie ist. Sie nutzt ihren Namen wie ein Schwert und verfolgt nur ein Ziel. Sie will den Ort finden, an dem 1000 Meere friedlich zusammenfinden. Mit den Händen voller Hoffnung zieht sie, ungeachtet wer an ihrer Seite steht, in den Kampf. Freund, Feind, Wahrheit, Lüge, Worte spielen in diesem Gefecht keine Rolle. Mit dem Rücken an der Wand trifft sie eine verhängnisvolle Entscheidung. Nach Jahren der Expansion gilt die Milchstraße als vollständig kartographiert.

Jinnifer Blue opens her eyes to find herself in a nightmare. Her plan to expose the horrific truth behind the government's secret Second Species programme has failed, and now she's being turned into a weapon by her worst enemy...her mother. At the other end of the galaxy Caspian Dax, ferocious space pirate and Jinn's sometime lover, is facing an even more terrifying fate. He's being forced to fight in the arena on Sittan, a pitiless, ruthless alien landscape where blood is the only prize that matters. They will use him, destroy him, change him.

Die galaktische Hauptstadt Irvina ist ein Ort komplexer Politik und alter, verkrusteter Machtstrukturen. John kann weder Ungerechtigkeit noch Bürokratie ausstehen. Als er in der Hauptstadt ankommt, findet John eine Welt, die ihre eigenen Bürger so ungerecht behandelt, wie sie das bei den Menschen getan hat. Jetzt muss der ehemalige Abenteurer entscheiden, ob er für jene kämpfen soll, die das nicht selbst können, oder ob er ruhig und friedlich seiner Systemquest folgen will. Auf jeden Fall werden Menschen leiden.

Das Geheimnis zur Herrschaft über die Galaxie ist auf einem weit entfernten Planeten versteckt, und interplanetare Mächte würden alles tun, um es zu entschlüsseln. Der zweite Band, nach Zerbrochene Leere, der epischen Space Opera im Universum des beliebten Brettspiels Twilight Imperium. Bianca Xing hat ihr Leben auf einem Provinzplaneten damit verbracht, davon zu träumen, die Sterne zu bereisen.

The global war is over, but a new threat to human civilization has emerged. What the threat is exactly no one knows, yet the Britannic Alliance is doing all it can to protect Earth. A new starship capable of interstellar travel, the Dauntless, is under construction. Meanwhile, Taylan Ellis’ search for her children continues. She must get to Australia to help in the hunt for the Crusader child traffickers, but she can’t even afford the ticket. Will the Dauntless save Earth? Will Taylan be reunited with her kids? What is the connection?

Die Erde - nur noch eine Legende. Die Kommunität - das letzte Refugium der Menschheit. Das Ziel - zu überleben. Die Planetengemeinschaft der Kommunität erstreckt sich über Hunderte besiedelter Sonnensysteme und Tausende von Lichtjahren - und sie befindet sich im Krieg mit den insektoiden Claws. 1st Lieutenant Tyler Harris von den Royal Space Marines und vier seiner Freunde geraten zwischen die Fronten von Verrätern und Aliens, skrupellosen Politikern und mächtigen Wirtschaftsbossen.

Alpha Grisham is used to authority. After years of being raised by an overbearing father, Tyler Grisham is now in command of his own vessel, The Mayflower. His life soon spirals out of control, however, when he crash-lands on an uninhabited planet—UP-117. It is here Alpha Grisham encounters a being that takes the shape of his most intimate and most powerful memories, including that of his estranged wife, his domineering father, and his dead childhood friend. But there is a memory that he does not want to encounter—a memory that begins to hunt him down.

Spoiled teenager Jenny Halpen's parents were against her going on a cruise, but her doting uncle thought it a fine graduation gift for his niece. Before Jenny has a chance to enjoy the voyage, the Cassandra collides with a meteor shower, and her escape pod is separated from the others. Landing on an uninhabited world might not be so bad if Jenny's pod-mates were human, but they're poodles—and not just your garden-variety poodles, either. They're the telepathic royal family of Canaris, and they're of the opinion that Jenny is now their servant, existing only to protect and serve them.

In book six of the Colony Ship Warren series, Beth and Allen are pursued by the apex predators of the galaxy. They encounter some new people, but are they friends or foes? And are the apex predators the only threats they face? Or are some nefarious forces working within the Colony Ship Warren?

One year on from the invasion of Earth and the Szuiltans are in control, effectively ruling both Earth and Aks. Martin Lichfield is leader of the largest rebel group on Earth. Steve Drake and Ursa Mirram are on the run on Aks. The traders of Sellit are preparing their navy for war and searching the galaxies for the legendary Miar Shrilor. Humanity is getting ready to fight back, but will it be too late as the Szuiltans show signs of evolving and their President instigates plans for the future survival of the Szuiltan race?

Spensa hat ihr ganzes Leben lang davon geträumt, Pilotin zu werden. Zu beweisen, dass sie so heldenhaft ist wie ihr Vater. Sie hat es bis in den Himmel geschafft, aber die Wahrheiten, die sie dort erfuhr, waren niederschmetternd. Die Gerüchte über die Feigheit ihres Vaters sind wahr - er hat während der Schlacht seinen Flug im Stich gelassen. Schlimmer noch, er wandte sich gegen sein eigenes Team. Spensa ist sich sicher, dass mehr an der Geschichte dran ist. Und sie ist sich sicher, dass das, was ihrem Vater passiert ist, auch ihr passieren könnte.

Sally’s search for Earth isn’t off to a good start: chased out of her hotel room and into the broom closet of a spaceship, she’s accidentally become a stowaway on the Alliance flagship, Traveler. But, when sabotage and murder show the crew’s true colors, Zander and Blayde are forced to stay and help them out of their mess.

Tara of Helium, daughter of John Carter, becomes lost in an unknown area of Mars when her single-seat flier is caught in a rare Martian hurricane. She is first captured by the bizarre and hideous Kaldanes, and then the brutal Manatorians, for whom she is the prize in a tournament of Martian chess, jetan, that is played by live game pieces, and to the death!

Само провидение ведет экипаж корабля "Атлас-Виктория" сквозь опасные радиоактивные города веганцев, секретные исследовательские центры беллатрианцев на пути в еще более зловещий рукотворный мир, созданный легендарным Трансмиром.

После долгих скитаний и странствий вдали от цивилизованных миров внутреннего кольца в пограничном секторе Язигов, Ингвар Грин добирается до далекой планеты Калипсо – представляющую собой роскошный курорт, а также культурный и финансовый центр могущественной Империи тысячи Солнц.

After the United Nations of Terra (UNT) Fleet Frigate Nelson reported an encounter with an alien spaceship, she disappeared without a trace. An alien race called the Maltaani have made their presence known by landing a mass of troops on Balfan-48, a desert planet located far too close to Terra Earth for comfort. Tensions are rising and tempers are growing short. The UNT responds by deploying ISMC’s Ninth Division aboard the flagship Atlas to the scene to investigate the Maltaani aggression.

Can Lauren successfully draw upon all her skills to fight off both threats from the Overseers and from beyond our world? Earth Howl is the sequel to Earth Shout, and is part of the Multiverse Chronicles, an epic series of interlinked stories that includes the Fractured Light trilogy, following humanity’s struggle to survive across parallel universes.