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Hi, I'm Eve Wakefield, twenty-five years old, professional caterer, recently abducted by aliens alongside my best friend. I'm also completely and utterly screwed. Lost on a jungle planet. Rooming in a downed spaceship with a dragon dude. Being hunted by a moth man with demon eyes and vampire teeth. Begging for help from a tentacle-tailed fox man who also happens to be… a space cowboy?

Nach dem Kontakt mit der außerirdischen Maschine im Beringmeer überschlagen sich die Ereignisse: Agent Eleanor Carter erkennt, dass sie zwischen die Fronten eines Krieges geraten ist, der seit Jahrtausenden tobt. Der Schlüssel, den sie aus der Maschine geborgen hat, besitzt die Macht, den Ausgang dieses Krieges zu bestimmen und das unbesiegbar erscheinende Alien wieder in Ketten zu legen. Doch bald wird sie vor eine Entscheidung gestellt, die ihr eigenes Schicksal und das der gesamten Menschheit unwiderruflich ändern wird.

Der finale Band der Portal-Trilogie von Bestsellerautor Joshua Tree. James hat gemeinsam mit Wolf den Sprung ins Ungewisse gewagt. Auf die andere Seite. Zu den Anderen. Fest entschlossen Agent Lucille Walker zu finden, und um jeden Preis zu retten, müssen sie schnell feststellen, dass das antarktische Portal anderen Regeln und Gesetzen folgt, als sie angenommen hatten. Lucilles Spur führt nicht bloß durch Raum und Zeit, sondern direkt ins Zentrum eines außerweltlichen Konflikts, der sich über mehrere Realitäten auszubreiten droht und alles vernichten könnte, was sie je kannten.

Francie is a reluctant Maid of Honor, for several reasons. The first is that her friend Serena has terrible taste in men. Previous fiancés have included a storm-chaser, a shaman and a kamikaze base-jumper. This is the closest a wedding has come to happening, and it's to a UFO-chaser. The second is that, as a result, the wedding is being held in New Mexico. In Roswell. During the UFO festival.

As merchandise heading to an intergalactic auction, Ashe’s future looks grim. So when a too-sexy-for-his-own-good alien outlaw solicits her help to break them out of lockup, she jumps on the chance. Ashe only needs to survive long enough with the known criminal to get her end of the bargain: freedom. She trusts the clawed and fanged Tallean warrior to keep her safe, but who will keep her safe from him?

The greatest threat humanity has ever faced lies beyond the frontier of its galactic civilization, but dangers closer to home have been overlooked and allowed to grow. As greed and personal ambition in the Terran Union push the common good aside, the Navy is forced to turn to unconventional means. Jack Samson is ordered to team up with former allies to uncover and destroy the rot eating the Union from the inside. Chasing down a trail of smuggled alien technology through the Union's underworld, they soon discover the web of treachery reaches farther than anyone could have expected.

The Val'ayash invasion of Earth had been defeated. New deals were reached with both the Qash'vo'tar and the Zhal Confederation. But Earth has one advantage that no one in their universe knows about. The portal to Ethorria.

Ja, wir sind im Jahre 2066 angekommen, und die Menschheit hat sich zu einer friedlichen und gleichberechtigten Gleichklang-Masse entwickelt, die "Political Correctness Now!" zum neuen Evangelium hochstilisiert hat. Um diesen Frieden nicht zu gefährden, ist Sex miteinander als Lustvergnügen gesetzlich verboten. In manchen Ländern drohen bei wiederholtem Vergehen die staatlich angeordnete Kastration oder Sterilisation.

In der endlosen Weite Alaskas stoßen Park Ranger auf ein Objekt, dessen Herkunft und Natur sie sich nicht erklären können. Kurz darauf reißt der Kontakt zu ihnen ab. Die Rettungsmannschaften finden nur einen verstörten Überlebenden, der von einer Begegnung mit einer außerirdischen Entität berichtet. CIA-Agentin Eleanor Carter wird damit beauftragt, der angeblichen Entdeckung nachzugehen, doch das Militär ist bereits vor Ort und wird nervös, als sich eine extraterrestrische Herkunft des Objekts zu bestätigen scheint.

The Resistance Pact's attack on the Supremacy's ally world, Jassem, has succeeded in taking the Jax out of the fight—for now—and as the newly appointed commander of the 15ths 1st Fighter Squadron, Ku makes preparing his pilots for the inevitable next battle his top priority. With its defensive forces scattered to protect its allies, though, the Resistance Pact's homeworld of Solienne has been left open to attack, and the Supremacy swoops in to capture it. Solienne's deployed units—including the 15th on Tobe—are left to fend for themselves.

The destructive power of the Artifact on Enceladus is now clear, but ultimately it is Earth that is most at risk. Can anything stop what has begun? It might already be too late ...

Captain Don Harr is being punished due to a mistake made by the military. He's basically "taking one for the team," even though he's doing so under protest. He has been physically altered, given a new identity, and placed in charge of the antiquated ship known as The SSMC Reluctant. His crew is full of misfits, including a by-the-book first-officer who dreams of one day becoming the captain of the ship, a surfer-type ensign who always has pervy thoughts on his mind, and an old-style engineering robot from the G33Z3R line who fittingly calls himself "Geezer."

On a serene night in 1953, Sally Mason, a dedicated wife and mother of two, drives a twisting road on her way home from night school. Suddenly, a mysterious bluish-white light descends over the road. Terrified, Sally slams on the brakes. After a flash of bright light nearly blinds her, she passes out, awakening to the persistent knock of a police officer on her car window. When she sees the officer and remembers her frightening experience, she screams and faints, and is rushed to the hospital.

In the serene backdrop of New Hampshire's Franconia Notch, Micah Taylor, an ex-Army Ranger, finds solace with his loyal golden retriever, Grover. Their peaceful existence is suddenly shattered when a first date with his old friend, Jess Bender, takes an unexpected turn. Bright lights descend from the sky, leading them into the dark woods and a shocking discovery: the Kylonari, an advanced alien species with a special connection to Micah, here on a quest to find "The Lost Tribe"—a colony that vanished millennia ago.

Aiden Walker barely survived the first alien Kaiju incursion in the U.S. where tens of thousands died. A fourth Kaiju has landed in Kiribati in the South Pacific. The aliens learned from their first defeat. Now, Major Walker and his constant side kick, Sergeant Costas, face an even greater challenge with Kaiju Kiribati. The rules have changed, and failure is not an option.

‘The sci-fi romance adventure you never knew you needed’ Jennifer L. Armentrout, author of Fall of Ruin and Wrath An action-packed supernatural road trip featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors. The Bones Beneath My Skin is a gripping, heartfelt story that...

Read by Sophie Aldred (Doctor Who). ‘Thrilling, terrifying and fascinating’ Tim Peake, British ESA astronaut They looked into darkness. The darkness looked back . . . An utterly gripping story of survival and first contact on a hostile planet from Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C...

A highly-advanced alien species, the Babekian race, faces extinction as their sun dies. Their only chance for survival is escape to a new solar system: ours. Thousands of years later, human astronomers discover an enormous, icy object rocketing toward Earth at remarkable speeds. Humans and Babekians, two complex intelligent species with violent pasts, must face their fears as their worlds collide.

Humanity fought and won its freedom by establishing a fragile peace with the two great powers-the Qash'vo'tar and the Zhal Confederation—by bringing them proof that their ancient enemy, the Val'ayash, survived the great war. But despite that, Earth is still a minor player in a wider galaxy, with only one advantage. Magic. Two years after Earth won its freedom, the tensions between the three star nations are rising. And United Terran Systems council knows that it is only a matter of time before the two great powers pressure humanity for the secrets of their magi-tech.

Nate is the hardworking CEO of SouthernCool, an AC company in Florida. After years of toiling to get rich, he finally takes a well-deserved vacation to Australia. A chance encounter ties him to a gorgeous gal named Senna. Right as things between the two are heating up on the Great Barrier Reef, pesky aliens intervene. Humanity is doomed, they tell him, destined to become extinct in the not-too-distant future. Nate and Senna are forced to compete for a spot on a human preserve.