Space Opera First Contact

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.

When Steve Drake, Space Trader, agreed to take on a trade with the Szuiltans, the only truly alien race ever discovered in man's expansion across the galaxy, he had no idea it would land him in the middle of murder, intrigue, and an interplanetary war!

Tina and her crew finally arrive on Olympus, the world that holds the Federacy Assembly. Her initial plan was to go there to present the data left in a locker on Kelso Station 15 years earlier, but many things have changed. For one, rather than wait for someone else to do it, she and the scientists collected at Aurora Station have been working on a cure for the infection that turns people into gray-skinned mutant pirates. Secondly, they're bringing a stricken war ship and a few of its remaining crew members who were rescued from pirate captivity. Little has gone to plan.

Eine tapfere Raumschiffbesatzung wird in die Machenschaften interplanetarer Mächte hineingezogen, die um galaktische Vorherrschaft streiten. Ein grandioses Weltraumepos zu dem Strategie-Brettspiel "Twilight Imperium". Captain Felix Duval und die Crew der Temerarious sind gerade auf Patrouille in einem abgelegenen Kolonialsystem der Mentak-Koalition unterwegs, als ein Notruf von einem Mond, der unter Beschuss steht, der beschaulichen Ruhe ein Ende setzt. Sie retten einen Wissenschaftler namens Thales, der eine revolutionäre Technologie zur Erschaffung neuer Wurmlöcher entwickelt hat.

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?

After the cataclysmic events on Manticore Four, Star Scavengers Hudson and Tory return to Earth to plan their next move. The alien superbeing known as Goliath has returned, and the only way to stop its murderous rampage is to find the crystals of power before it does.

Immunity should have been a good thing. But to escape the captors holding me and my family hostage for immunity testing, I didn’t just jump out of the facility, but off the planet. Now I'm light-years from Earth and escaping aliens, but getting back home means ending an intergalactic trafficking ring. Can I do it before everyone I love is gone? They're immune from the virus that's left Earth a wasteland. Unfortunately, that means their bodies are just what the government wants to find a cure. But Karana and her brother Morren aren't having it.