Títulos em Ficção Científica

This audiobook is a collection of five science fiction stories, the first is a South American "monster in the house" classic jungle survival creature-feature. The second story is, "Last Place On Earth," a contemporary arctic Pliestocene Cold War Halloween contemplation. The third, "Sirens of Celebes" is an eerie SCUBA dive into psychodrama, a study of descent into mental illness. The fourth story, "Green Hell," is a dark humor view of lawn care in South Florida. The fifth and last story is a hard science spaceship crash and lunar survival adventure.

When DARPA builds the ultimate tactical weapon—a portal capable of instant travel across any distance—they recruit Marine Raider Captain Jackson Glover and his elite team to test it. But this isn’t just a new form of transport: it’s Pandora’s Box. Every time the portal opens, the team must pass through Other Earths—alternate realities filled with hostile environments, alien ecosystems, and threats that defy human comprehension. What should be a shortcut through space becomes a gauntlet of survival, where each “layover” could unleash horrors capable of annihilating our world.

Andrómeda es un planeta con un alto desarrollo espiritual, cuya civilización es capaz de sostener estados de conciencia elevados y meditación permanente. En ese mundo luminoso habitan Adaesuz y Balikai, una pareja unida por un amor profundo que decide emprender un viaje a través del universo con el permiso de la Jerarquía. Movidos por la curiosidad, cruzan la única frontera prohibida: una zona donde se encuentran planetas y civilizaciones aún en desarrollo.

When Sun-born mage Zal is called to a remote village after an explosion on a nearby mountaintop, he’s stunned at what he finds in the gaol under the town hall—the last Moon-born on the planet, apparently a rogue mage, and someone Zal is duty-bound to haul to the capital to face judgment. But although nonbinary Torian is Moon-born, they’re no mage. Rescued as an infant from the plague that wiped out the rest of their race, Torian is as much cybertronic as human, and desperate to escape their former Star-born overseers.

En esta formidable novela de ciencia ficción, Grinberg imagina la existencia de unos cristales capaces de alterar la percepción de la realidad y abrir la puerta hacia un estado de conciencia expansiva. Quienes los poseen pueden emplear su poder para iluminar y transformar a la humanidad o para controlarla y someterla bajo un solo mando.

One fleet. Three ships. Many destinies. An unidentified alien entity has free run of the starship, Bres, but that’s the least of Waylis’s worries. She left behind her family, her friends, and her entire species on her home planet, the first world to be visited by the Interstellar Fleet. Her decision has grown to be the greatest regret of her life. As a shapeshifter and a relic of humanity’s evolutionary past, among the humans she’s a freak, and they take every opportunity to remind her. To the ship’s scientists she’s little better than a lab rat.

In the heart of the Solvonus system, the peace of a hundred years sits on a precipice. Shielded by a barrier with mysterious origins, Solvonus has long stood resilient against the ancient threat. But danger now festers within. Shadows stir among the elite, where treacherous lords conspire and covert agents weave a web of deceit. The assassination of the beloved Empress shattered the unity that once held the system together.

Sun, Moon, and Stars marries magic and science, featuring a road trip, deepening friendship, and a world where choice is the most sacred value. The books feature the continuing adventures of asexual Sun mage Zal and nonbinary cyborg Torian. In this second story, Zal and Torian finally make it to the capital, but things don't go exactly as planned...

Con motivo de la muerte de la emperatriz de Cetaganda, Miles Vorkosigan y su sobrino Ivan son enviados al funeral como represantes diplomáticos de Barrayar. Nada más llegar, ambos son inexplicablemente atacados por un sirviente de la recién fallecida emperatriz. Cuando el mismo sirvinete es encontrado muerto al día siguiente, Miles e Ivan se ven envueltos en mitad de un misterio sin resolver. Miles intentará solventar la situación lidiando con una extraña, complicada y engañosa cultura alienígena, mientras Ivan se centra en crear relaciones con la parte femenina de la nobleza.

On the untamed planet of Terra Nova, humanity's last hope for a fresh start is under siege. The Hive, a terrifying alien race, launches a devastating attack, shattering the fragile peace and abducting Mira, the beloved wife of Orion Steele. In the aftermath, Orion is left with a burning determination to rescue her and protect their new home. Barely escaping a Hive ambush, Orion finds refuge aboard the Valkyrie, a versatile frigate captained by the fearless Elias "Hawk" Maddox.

Warlord Iven has one foot in the grave, days away from a ceremonial execution to save his honor—and the galaxy—from his untamed beast. But when a desperate plea lands a mission in his lap, everything changes. A royal child is in hiding. Assassins are on Earth. And his last chance at redemption lies in a sleepy little town in Washington … in the form of a fiercely protective, infuriatingly sexy fourth-grade teacher named Krystal.

The day America fell, Zeek was just a high school kid 500 miles from home. Stranded in southern Utah when America collapses, Zeek sets out with his best friends, determined to survive and find a way home. Every night on the road is a test, keeping his injured teammates safe, dodging ruthless gangs, and holding on to hope that his family is still alive.

This compulsive novel wrestles with vital questions of our time: sentience, purpose, life, death, and how to make a really good commercial. Told entirely through questionably obtained company emails, chat transcripts, TED Talks, training sessions, and more, this all-too-probable future pits emotionally intelligent AI against emotionally stunted humans.

Espionage-trained scientist, Cole Manderson, launches a daring rescue of his missing wife, an mRNA expert virologist caught in the clutches of an international bioweapons spy ring. When the family homestead comes under attack, some of Cole's clan fall into the villains' hands. Will his untested Teen Beret warriors survive the desperate plan to free the captives? This first book of the apocalyptic sci-fi action End Times Navigation series features the emergence of the First Horseman of the Apocalypse and his tie to a pandemic.

Die Dezimierung neigt sich dem Ende–doch die Gefahr ist noch lange nicht gebannt. Eine Horde verstrahlter Zombies stürzt auf die Stadt zu, und die Überlebenden müssen alles riskieren, um nicht unterzugehen. Mitten im Chaos begegnet Sam einem ungewöhnlichen Verbündeten, der sein Schicksal auf unerwartete Weise verändern wird. In einer Welt voller Verrat, Gewalt und gnadenloser Kämpfe gilt nur eines: Wer überlebt, bestimmt das Spiel.

As the world's thousands of believers gather in Jerusalem for a stadium rally, the Tribulation Force struggles with their own personal crises. Newspaper reporter Buck Williams and his wife, Chloe, question whether or not they should have a child when the future of the world is so uncertain.

As warriors, seafarers, diplomats and traders of the Isles of southern Armorica, the Veneti conducted trade freely from Albion to Byzantium, unhindered for eons. But persuaded and later blackmailed into Roman governorship, their livelihood comes under threat, and some of their kin make the grave error of taking Roman soldiers hostage. Their druid decrees that a great sacrifice is needed to secure the favour of the Gods – and defeat the Romans, who are sure to retaliate.

Ähm... Sollte sie diesen wilden Glanz in den Augen haben? Jay Morgan ist es gelungen, seine beste Freundin Molly O'Brian aus dem Portalschlaf zu wecken, der sie gefangen hielt. Doch Molly hat sich durch ihre Erfahrung in diesem verzauberten Traumschlaf verändert. Ihre süße, fröhliche Natur wird manchmal von einer wilden Kriegerin ersetzt, die Jay kaum wiedererkennt. Und diese Kriegerin hat unerwartete Gelüste... Es ist ziemlich heiß. Aber Jay will nicht lügen. Es ist auch irgendwie beängstigend.

Los cuentos de Alberto Chimal tratan de las proyecciones y los demonios de una «inteligencia» que desplaza y suplanta lo humano hasta su extinción, del poder absoluto de una tecnología adictiva, propiedad de unos pocos, de la ingenuidad de creer en sus buenas intenciones y de las horribles fantasías de poder absoluto y saqueo de este mundo (y hasta de otros mundos). Porque incluso aunque esas máquinas «enfermaran», nuestra fe en ellas podría ser suficiente para que triunfasen sobre nosotros.

In the bustling port of Alvarado, fortunes are made, smuggled, and stolen every day. For John Donovan and his crew, it's supposed to be a quick-and-dirty job: deliver a load of cloned cattle, collect the credits, and move on to the next job. But Alvarado doesn't do "quick." Not when two rival families are locked in a blood feud over control of the port. Not when every barfight could turn into a gunfight. And definitely not when Donovan finds himself caught between loyalty, business—and the wrong woman.