Títulos em Ficção Científica

Punktown is considered by many critics and readers to be one of the new classics of SF short story collections. In the nightmarish city they call Punktown, on a planet where countless sentient species collide, you can become a creator of clones. You can become a piece of performance art. You might even become a library of sorrows...

When the InVader ships arrived, they seeded the atmosphere with Double V, a lethal virus that killed over ninety-nine percent of the global population within days, leaving fewer than ten million survivors worldwide. Most of those had proven to be immune to the InVader Virus, but there were a few, a very few, who contracted the virus but survived. After two days of delirium, they awoke – able to do magic!

Author Henry Elder came to Alta Novis to learn more about the fabled battle lord and his lady. But rather than re-tell the tales of their already well-known exploits, he wants to hear about the couple from the people who really know them. The people who live, love, interact, and fight alongside with them. He wants to hear those personal anecdotes in order to discover a side of Yulen and Atty D'Jacques that few people know.

When Lainie Lanahan’s daughters discover a hidden journal from 1994, they uncover a secret their mother never intended to reveal. Confronted with the truth, Lainie is forced to revisit the extraordinary events that changed her life forever. It began at a new age party, when Lainie was chosen to be hypnotized. Instead of relaxation, she is transported back to 1941 Hollywood, where she awakens in the body of Lorraine Larue, a beautiful singer and rising movie star.

Elliot’s marriage is failing. As a neurodivergent woman diagnosed with endometriosis, she is consistently battling to survive in a society that caters to men. At 31, she’s reached her breaking point. She’s tired of her life and exhausted by the constant animosity she feels for her partner, Oliver, after his unimaginable betrayal. But Oliver, forever the loving partner, isn’t ready to give up after all they’ve been through. On the verge of signing divorce papers, he begs her to try a new experimental therapy that promises to solve marital troubles in just one day.

Zodiac Station, a beacon of interstellar innovation, has fallen. Amidst searing heat and crumbling steel, Kim must navigate a labyrinth of war-torn corridors, dodging rogue androids and uncovering a sinister conspiracy orchestrated by the enigmatic Black Sun. Her only mission: protect Sakura, no matter the cost.

From boardrooms to befuddled aliens, what if the high-tech absurdities of modern life accelerated to warp speed? The stories in Neil Rackham's debut science fiction collection, Elliptical Billiard Balls, explore the worlds of business and tech - not to mention English-speaking dogs and aliens who communicate via smells - to create strange new futures.

Karla Arkourian wakes from emergency cryosleep on a failing space station at the edge of the solar system. The last person she expects to see is Margo Noor, new head of NOOR industries, who has taken the reins when her brother, Benedict, failed to return home after all contact was lost with Nether Station.

In his previous life, Liam played by the rules and lost--this time, he'll rise to the top on the side of evil! After protecting Prince Cleo from Prince Linus's assassination attempts, another prince's actions are leading to something much worse: the Empire being invaded! Liam is caught in this brewing conflict and racks up enemies inside and outside the Empire, but two individuals step up to the plate to challenge him personally...while claiming to be fellow disciples of the Way of the Flash! Can Liam cut through these conflicts and still take care of his domain?

Earth is crowded, polluted, and dismal. Like millions of others, Jonos and Liina scrape by on her poorly paying job and what little money he gets selling items scavenged from rich people’s trash. Like millions of others, Jonos and Liina dream of Paradise. On the run after a criminal act, Jonos and Liina finally escape to Paradise. It’s everything they hoped for. Until tragedy strikes.

Im Jahr 2082 kämpft Benjamin Fink nur noch ums Überleben. Einst war er mächtiger CEO eines Ölkonzerns – heute haust er einsam und verbittert in einer Berghütte, verfolgt von Schuldgefühlen wegen seiner Vergangenheit. Als marodierende Plünderer seine Unterkunft niederbrennen und seinen lebensnotwendigen Wasserfilter zerstören, bleibt ihm nur ein Weg: Rache. Begleitet von dem mehr oder weniger hilfreichen AI-Tamagotchi seines Sohnes, das ihn mit vorlauten Sprüchen auf Trab hält, folgt Ben einer gefährlichen Spur in die abgeschottete Kuppelstadt München.

Artis und Felice, Geschwister aus dem stolzen Jin-Clan, stehen an einem Wendepunkt ihres Lebens. Felice muss sich den brutalen Herausforderungen stellen, die ihren Körper und ihre Seele brechen sollen. Felice kämpft nicht nur ums Überleben, sondern auch darum, ihre Menschlichkeit zu bewahren. Als Artis seine Schwester nach Jahren zurückbekommt, erkennt er sie kaum wieder. Die Geschichte erzählt vom unerschütterlichen Willen, vom Durchhalten und von der tiefen Verbundenheit zwischen den Geschwistern, die selbst die dunkelsten Zeiten überdauert.

The Empire demands order. AEON ensures it. Vice Admiral Helena Ashcombe is a paragon of Imperial discipline. Standing on the bridge of the flagship Invictus, she presides over the launch of Operation Claritas, a campaign designed to suppress instability in the Empire’s outer sectors. Guided by the supreme logic of AEON, the Empire’s central intelligence, the fleet moves with ceremonial precision. The mission is clear. The hierarchy is absolute. But as the fleet pushes deeper into the Periphery, the perfect logic of AEON begins to fracture.

As the Butcher of the Brumal mafia, Berga spends his days between the university and his lab, constantly caught up in one experiment or another. Everyone knows his name, and everyone fears him, but very few get close enough to learn who he really is. Even fewer actually want to. He's spent his entire life trying to make up for a mistake made as a child and is haunted by literal ghosts of the past dressed in pink tulle. Locking himself away periodically to protect himself and those around him has become second nature, that is until one mix-up with a Royal changes everything.

In 1990s Harrow Ridge, the brightest place in a dying town was the arcade. The brightest thing inside it wanted your life. Years after watching his little brother vanish in front of a prototype cabinet called Neon Labyrinth, Cade Morrow returns to the condemned arcade that should have stayed dark. The machine is still there—unplugged, humming, waiting. When Cade drops their childhood “bound forever” coin into the slot, the game boots a maze built from his own memories: back roads, hospital corridors, rooftops, regrets. Soon the levels start bleeding into real life.

Simon Byrne thought he understood the game. Level up. Master his Wildkin abilities. Become a deadly rogue. Survive alongside Elsa, Tana, and his wise sena-girl, Cierra, who lives in his forehead crystal. But the Shrine of Amurta will test everything he's made of.

In the far future, humanity thrives in space. But the human race is not alone. Some aliens are friendly while others are more hostile. Among them is one who possesses incredible power. The military will need to expand their horizon if humanity wishes to avoid extinction.

Wer hätte geahnt, wie unerwartet sich die Ereignisse im Leben unseres Helden überschlagen würden–wer gestern noch ein Feind war, ist heute ein Verbündeter. Diese Veränderung fällt Varg nicht leicht, aber er hat sich für den Weg des Wachstums entschieden–nicht nur in Bezug auf seine körperliche, sondern auch auf seine mentale Stärke. Nun bemüht er sich, Entscheidungen nicht zu überstürzen und stets im Interesse seines Clans zu handeln.

Nach den Verwüstungen von Isstvan kniet ein Krieger der Legiones Astartes in grauer Rüstung vor dem Regenten von Terra und akzeptiert feierlich seine neue Pflicht – Captain Nathaniel Garro, einst Kommandant der Eisenstein, jetzt der Agentia Primus von Malcador dem Sigiliten. Als Inbegriff der Treue und Beschützer der Unschuldigen steht er bereit, gegen die verräterischen Verbündeten des Kriegsherrn zurückzuschlagen. Aber Garro beschreitet dunkle Pfade, die ihn an seinem Platz im Imperium zweifeln lassen.

Can Ani and Taryn stop Treyder’s experiments? And will they find the Stones of Teramar? As Taryn struggles to understand who he is and who he is to become, he and Ani must lead the way in thwarting Treyder’s experiments before they result in unimaginable harm. As if that were not enough, Taryn must not only find the Stone destined for him, he is driven to find the other two Stones of Teramar and their Singers. The Song of Teaching cannot be sung until all three Teramaran Stones and their Singers have been located.