Space Opera First Contact

But their allies have their own plans, and when the inevitable conflict between the conflicting forces occurs in Earth's orbit, Janus must decide where his loyalties lie. The enemy has long planned for this war to unfold, and Fleet Admiral Marquandt's connections reach into the deepest recesses of the Human Empire.

Gavin and his crew of rebels have escaped the mysterious stealth ship and are stranded on an alien world, while Janus Darishma tries to figure out what happened on the edge of the Empire and what part Fleet Admiral Marquandt might have played.

Am 21. Februar des Jahres 4589 erfolgt der Kontakt mit den Außerirdischen. Doch statt Frieden und Freiheit zu bringen, führen die rivalisierenden Keymon und Akkato ihren eigenen Krieg auf dem Schlachtfeld Erde. Die Akkato jedoch wissen die Ausdauer und Zähigkeit der Menschen zu schätzen und für sich zu nutzen. So beginnt für Dominic Porter, der mit etwas Glück auf einem der Schiffe der Akkato anheuern kann, ein Abenteuer, das ihn auf fremde Welten führt.

The problem is, we didn't come home alone. No one has ever seen anything like this. What they're calling it sends shivers down my spine: a parasitic alien pathogen. It could be a virus, a toxin, or maybe something even worse. And believe me: what we don't know definitely can hurt us. It's too late for me—I've been exposed. But this has never been about me. It's going to take some incredible risks and another long-shot space mission to get to the bottom of this, but I'll fight until my last breath to undo the damage I've done.

The galaxy is still reeling from the recent incursion of the Destroyers, an all-too-real enemy that more than lives up to their name. With another strike looming on the horizon, humanity leads the charge to uncover the secrets of subspace—a technology in widespread use across the galaxy but truly understood by no one. The race is on for the scientific breakthrough that will save the Milky Way.

The Grand Mechanism is a machine the size of Saturn's rings that has lain dormant for all recorded history, watched over by the alien Jzat. Now, rogue elements in Jzat and human society conspire to activate it, hoping it will bring them power and opportunity. But the only person who knows the Mechanism's secrets is the Rav'nah Abelisk, a Jzat holy man on sabbatical aboard a vast alien megaship. Believing the Mechanism's activation will bring galactic devastation, Nic Mafalda has to seek out the Abelisk before his sacred knowledge falls into the wrong hands.

John Lee ist sehr weit gekommen, seit er die System-Apokalypse mühsam überlebte. Aber jetzt sind seine Aktionen zu weit gegangen und er hat den Zorn des Galaktischen Rats auf sich gezogen.

Ein atemberaubendes Zukunftsabenteuer in Cinemascope. Die Zukunft, unendliche Weiten ... Dies ist die Geschichte vom Aufbruch der Menschheit ins All. Die Geschichte der Besiedelung zahlloser faszinierender Welten. Und die Geschichte der Begegnung mit den Collectors, Außerirdischen, die noch überheblicher sind als wir – und weitaus gefährlicher... Mit "Collector" hat Markus Heitz, Autor des Bestsellers "Die Zwerge", das ultimative Zukunftsepos geschrieben - ein atemberaubendes Abenteuer in Cinemascope.

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?

Tensions amongst the six realms are running high as the galaxy witnesses the overwhelming might of the Sa’Nerra armada. The Quarr race are facing defeat, and no one wants to be next. Desperate to find a way to unite the realms against the Sa’Nerra, Commander Reeves and his team take the warship Invictus on a quest to learn about the mysterious and ancient Progenitors—the puppet masters manipulating the war. With threats from the Sa’Nerran Imperator and the New Earth Movement looming over him at every turn, Reeves is still struggling to embrace his legacy.

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.