Space Science Exploration

When Space Cadet Star Girl is sent to investigate with three other cadets, she knows they are in for a hairy ride. Can the cadets work together as a team to find the missing savanasaurs and stop the destruction of this planet?

Planet Megamarsh is being destroyed by toxic waste, and the megamons are not happy. When SC Star Girl is sent to investigate with SC Red Giant, she finds out that it's not only deadly waste that can be toxic. Can she survive the toxic dumping long enough to save the planet and its alien megamons?

An evil force has arrived on Planet Oceanella, and the seadons' wings are disappearing. When Space Agent Star Girl is sent to investigate with her two best buddies, they find that it's not only the seadons that must face this evil. Can the agents put a stop to the GDC mission and rescue the alien seadons before it's too late?

An underwater world is being poisoned, and the aquamantas are getting sick. Star Girl is eager to help, but she soon discovers that looks can be deceiving. Can the space cadets find the source of the poison and stop it in time to save the planet and its inhabitants?

Seku III / Erde – Dezember 2026. Zusammen mit einer Eskorte brechen die gewaltigen Archivschiffe Arca III und Arca IV auf, um in der Milchstraße nach dem Rechten zu sehen. Auf ihrem Weg besuchen sie Planeten und treffen auf viele einflussreiche Nekori. Doch je mehr Antworten die Terraguards auf ihre offenen Fragen finden, desto mehr neue und noch komplexere Fragen tauchen auf. Trotzdem verdichten sich die Hinweise, wer für die vielen Toten in der Galaxie der Menschen verantwortlich ist. Und dieser Gegner erweist sich als mächtiger und gefährlicher, als ursprünglich angenommen.

When Space Captains Star Girl, Galactic 6 and Star Cluster are sent to investigate, they find there's more than just hot springs letting off steam. Planet Molteyser's springs are losing their minerals, and the brontoneysers are getting sick.

It’s time for the humans to strike back! Vile, ant-like aliens have already consumed the colonies of the Faustian Chain. Known as the Skaintz, these creatures destroy all living things and carry them back to their nests to be devoured. Now, they’ve begun to invade the stars of the Conclave. Captain Bill Gorman, a smuggler from the Fringe, is called upon by the Conclave rulers to scout the enemy. Fleets and armies are launched in a desperate attempt to annihilate the Skaintz before they consume humanity. Find out what happens next in Androids and Aliens.

When Tyce's best friend, Director Rawling McTigre, and three other scientists are buried alive on Mars, Tyce doesn't think things can get any worse. But he is sorely mistaken. Just when he thinks his life is over, help shows up in unexpected forms - from the God he's getting to know personally, as well as a new friend.

Nearly two decades prior, generation ship Kap’s Needle left Earth to start a new colony on what was believed to be a life-sustaining planet. The mission came with promises of generational wealth, fame, and glory for all ninety thousand passengers aboard. But after arriving on what was to be their new home, those promises quickly evaporated. The mission had become a spectacular failure and the crew a maligned disgrace.

Scorpia Kaiser has always stood in Corvus's shadow until the day her older brother abandons their family to participate in a profitless war. However, becoming the heir to her mother's smuggling operation is not an easy transition for the always rebellious, usually reckless, and occasionally drunk pilot of the Fortuna, an aging cargo ship and the only home Scorpia has ever known. But when a deal turns deadly and Corvus returns from the war, Scorpia's plans to take over the family business are interrupted, and the Kaiser siblings are forced to make a choice....

Paul Atreides, der Retter des Wüstenplaneten, ist verschwunden. In seiner Abwesenheit regiert seine Schwester Alia mit immer grausamerer Hand, bis sich schließlich die anderen Kinder von Paul Atreides gegen sie erheben. Doch der Machtkampf hat ungeahnte Folgen für den Planeten und das ganze Sternenimperium... Frank Herberts Wüstenplanet-Romane, das erfolgreichste Science-Fiction-Epos aller Zeiten, in der neuen Übersetzung von Jakob Schmidt.

Nearly 100,000 years after first contact with the machines that dominate the universe, only a few hundred humans survive. Trapped on Snowglade, a barren world near the center of the galaxy, Killeen and his child, Toby, of the Bishop Tribe, are primitive scavengers, homeless and hunted by the ruling “mechs”. Then suddenly, a strange cosmic entity – neither organic nor cybernetic or living matter – reaches out from a black hole to speak with Killeen.

Onboard an ancient starship, Killeen and the Bishop tribe escape the mech-ruled world of Snowglade. Seeking refuge on a faraway planet, they discover vast wonders: an organic life-form as large as a world, a planet-coring cosmic string, a community of humans ruled by a brutal tyrant, and ultimately an alien race more awesome than any they have encountered. As they battle for survival against these myriad dangers, Killeen and his crew will gain an unforeseen ally - one that may determine humanity’s true destiny.

Il y a cent cinquante ans, soit un siècle avant que le premier homme n'effectue un "petit pas pour un homme et un grand pour l'humanité", en 1869, Jules Verne emmène ses héros dans un nouveau voyage extraordinaire "Autour de la Lune". Tiré par un gigantesque canon, l'obus imaginé par l'ingénieur Barbicane se dirige maintenant vers la Lune, et les trois passagers qui y ont pris place vont être les témoins d'extraordinaires événements.

In 1957 Sputnik launched toward the stars. President Kennedy then announced that the United States would send men to the Moon and then return them to Earth.These pivotal moments sparked an unequaled bound forward in human innovation and scientific exploration. At the heart of this momentous time were the men and women working behind the scenes. Scientists, historians, and astronomers share their memories and contributions from this unparalleled era in essays told in their own words.

Autistic scientist Yasira Shien has developed a radical new energy drive that could change the future of humanity. But when she activates it, reality warps, destroying the space station and everyone aboard. The AI gods who rule the galaxy declare her work heretical, and Yasira is abducted by their agents. Instead of simply executing her, they offer mercy - if she'll help them hunt down a bigger target: her own mysterious, vanished mentor. With her homeworld's fate in the balance, Yasira must choose who to trust: the gods and their ruthless post-human angels, or a rebel scientist....

Dreieinhalb Jahrtausende sind auf Arrakis vergangen, und die Welt hat sich gewandelt: Der ehemalige Wüstenplanet ist dank technischer Mittel eine grüne Oase geworden. Die einst so stolzen Fremen sind nur noch ein Schatten ihrer selbst, eine Touristenattraktion. Doch es gibt noch ein Stück Vergangenheit auf Arrakis, sorgfältig vor Feuchtigkeit geschützt: die Wüste Sareer. Dort lebt Leto II., der Sohn von Paul Muad’dib. Seit Jahrtausenden vollzieht sein Körper eine Wandlung, geht eine Symbiose mit dem Shai-Hulud ein.

Less than three months have passed since Captain Charlotte Omandi and the crew of Earth’s first starship, the TSS Bladerunner, narrowly prevented an extinction-level event from wiping out humanity. Omandi knows Earth remains on borrowed time, until she meets with leaders of the Galactic Confederation to convince them that our planet no longer represents a threat. As she and her crew prepare to become the first humans to travel outside our solar system, a string of assassination attempts lead them to an unlikely mystery.

Keeping up-to-date with the most buzzworthy and cutting-edge science fiction requires sifting through countless magazines, e-zines, websites, blogs, original anthologies, single-author collections, and more - a task accomplishable by only the most determined and voracious readers. For everyone else, Night Shade Books is proud to introduce the latest volume of The Best Science Fiction of the Year, collecting the finest that the genre has to offer, from the biggest names in the field to the most exciting new writers.

Still searching for the Emperor’s Seat, Zelia, Talen and Mekki arrive on the jungle planet of Weald. Accompanied by the ingenious alien ape Fleapit and the dashing Rogue Trader Amity, Zelia and her friends become embroiled in a war between two brutish tribes of green-skinned orks! Only by using their wits can they hope to survive this savage encounter....