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Jessica O'Neil prayed for a miracle that would allow her to pass her Spanish exam. Little did she know that it would come in the form of Earth's annihilation and her capture by mammoth-sized alien cats. Kept in isolation, can she remain sane, escape her captivity, and prove her sentience before it's too late? Or will she and the rest of humanity become nothing more than glorified house pets, or worse?

Conclave warships fended off four enemy fleets intent on attacking the Malia system. No one believes the fighting is finished. As anticipated, a fifth fleet of more sophisticated warships arrives. The commanders are armed with information from the previously defeated races, making it more difficult for the conclave to defend Cercia, the inhabited planet. In an effort to diminish Messinant power over mercenary races, Vice Admiral Mila Pappas leads the first wave to gain a new ally, the Ondas. However, Mila’s arrival at the Kega military base ignites a mutiny headed by two commanding officers.

A new entry in the wildly successful Children of Time series from award-winning master of science fiction Adrian Tchaikovsky. After Earth fell, ark ships hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in Earth’s forgotten past. A ship crewed by maverick humans, spiders and a...

Niemand durchschaut Gins Pläne, und genau das hat ihn zu einem der erfolgreichsten Killer gemacht, den die Erde je hervorgebracht hat. Jetzt wird Kaiden herausfinden, ob seine Freunde, Lehrer und das Hilfspersonal in der Lage sind, den Killer zu stoppen und zu verhindern, dass dieser ihn hirntot zurücklässt. Manchmal kommt man nicht lebend aus dem Animus heraus.

Es ist die Geschichte eines entscheidenden Moments. Dieser Moment ebnete den Weg für ein besseres Ende der kompromisslosen Auseinandersetzung zwischen den beiden Welten als ein schwieriger und blutiger Sieg auf dem Schlachtfeld. Diese Geschichte schildert die Ereignisse aus der Sicht unserer unerbittlichen Feinde, der magokratischen Herrscher des Paralleluniversums.

Der Krieg gegen den Dunklen Bruch wurde für beendet erklärt, doch die Probleme der Menschheit sind noch lange nicht gelöst. Sie haben gerade mit dem Bau eines der zwölf Planetenschildgeneratoren begonnen, die die Erde zur Abwehr eines Angriffs benötigt. Sollen sie die magokratische Parallelwelt um Hilfe bitten? Das Einzige, worauf er sich wirklich verlassen kann, sind seine Stärke und seine persönliche Fraktion, die Reliktiker. Könnten die Technologien alter, längst untergegangener Rassen die Menschheit stark genug machen, um eine Invasion abzuwenden, bevor es zu spät ist?

Der Niedergang der Menschheit scheint unausweichlich. Während um sie herum die Fundamente der Zivilisation zusammenbrechen, müssen Jack und Mia sich beeilen, um die Antworten auf die vielleicht wichtigsten Fragen aller Zeiten zu finden. Um dieses Rätsel aufzudecken, müssen die beiden eine Reise tief ins Herz einer gefährlichen außerirdischen Welt antreten und sich den Wesen stellen, die uns erschaffen haben.

Step right up for the most sensational cruise in the galaxy! The TARDIS lands on board a luxury space liner owned by the interstellar shipping magnate Marilyn Moon. But there is a sinister side to life on board. What is the secret of the smiling, blonde-haired mannequins? What happens to the cruise ship workers when they go off shift?

In Der Krieg der Welten von H. G. Wells trifft das viktorianische England auf eine gnadenlose Mars-Invasion. Was als rätselhaftes Himmelsphänomen beginnt, wird schnell zu einem Albtraum aus Hitzestrahlen, dreibeinigen Kampfmaschinen und der völligen Überlegenheit einer außerirdischen Spezies. Benjamin Werner liest diesen Meilenstein der Zukunftsliteratur mit Gespür für Tempo und Atmosphäre.

Mysterious alien entities have emerged to enslave humanity. They draw their identities and their immense powers from the gods of ancient myth and legend. Only David Montague, billionaire inventor, stands in their way. With the ability to read auras, he’s amassed for himself wealth and power, but now his ability will be turned toward more noble ends: defending humanity.

The survival of our universe depends on a music-loving librarian and a thousand-year-old alien. He’s got wings, she’s got a flute. What could go wrong?

Old Rambling House by Frank Herbert is a gripping science fiction short story first published in the late 1950s. What begins as a simple house trade spirals into a mind-bending journey for Ted and Martha Graham, a couple looking to settle down.

It just got awkward... With the Va'Shen villagers home safe, Army Ranger Captain Ben Gibson is ready to settle in for an easy deployment overseeing a sleepy refueling base on the occupied enemy homeworld and its small contingent of soldiers and sailors. That is until he returns from his shower and finds the alien priestess, Alacea, sitting on the floor of his room and his interpreter frantically banging on his door with something urgent to tell him.

Un hombre. La gata de su ex. Un concurso de corte sádico único en el universo, donde habrá que matar enemigos de la forma más televisiva posible para escapar de la mazmorra. En un abrir y cerrar de ojos, todas las construcciones que ha levantado el ser humano sobre la faz de la Tierra, desde el palacio de Buckinham hasta la más humilde de las chozas, se desploman y se las traga el suelo.

“Keep Your Shape” by Robert Sheckley is a thought-provoking science fiction short story from the early 1950s that blends satire, social commentary, and classic sci-fi themes. The tale follows Pid, a shape-shifting alien from the Grom species, on a mission to Earth using advanced Displacer technology. As the Grom crew confronts both the alien terrain and their own internal conflicts, the story dives into questions of conformity, identity, and rebellion against rigid societal roles.

Two students are fascinated by outer space, but when their new teacher seems to know more about Mars than anyone could possibly know, they start to suspect that something is unusual. As they encounter inexplicable events, they become convinced their teacher is actually from Mars. How can they prove it and who will believe them? They may be the only ones who can discover the truth!

Accidents can lead to crazy circumstances, great discoveries, dangerous enemies, and maybe some new friends. What are the consequences of a scientist that opens a hole through space time? Or an exploration starship that is crippled as it dives into the gravity well of an unknown star system? It is the year 2293. An engineer, Tom Brown, opens a gateway through time. Another researcher in the Mesozoic, a Troödon dinosaur, opens a similar gateway. A stable link between them forms. That’s when things get interesting in both good and very bad ways.

I never imagined I’d see them fall. After attempting to negotiate peace only to be betrayed by the one woman who promised me everything, Asha, myself, and Commander Dubois’ daughter Mary-Anne are on the run. With nowhere to go but the outskirts of Austin, we flee to the wilds of Lago Vista, Texas in the hopes to find safety, but find only carnage in their wake. A full-scale assault on the planet Earth is beginning. Now in the middle of it all, we have only one choice: to join the revolution and fight for our planet’s safety.

Stanley and Peters expected the next attack wave from space... But they were looking in the wrong direction... Humanity on Euphra has begun preparations for the inevitable battle looming ahead of them. But the Rukpli aliens have other insidious plans that no one had ever imagined. Can Stanley and Peters stop a bigger assault on everything they hold dear? Or will the aliens be successful in their mission? Remnant Ambush, book two of Trebium Wars, is an action-packed space opera thrill ride that will leave fans of science-fiction adventure wanting more.

A trans-siberian odyssey through political, criminal, scientific, philosophical and amorous intrigues, and into an endless winter to confront something utterly alien. The catalyst for this frosty metamorphosis of 20th century history is the impact of the Tunguska asteroid, deep in Siberia, in 1908. As the land freezes, so does history: the Tsar still rules Russia; the Belle Époque endures; and the First World War never happened. But out there, on the ice, a new world is being forged.