Títulos em Exploração Espacial

They were humanity's last hope. As the majority of Earth's population uploaded their consciousnesses to embrace digital immortality—free from illness and death in the simulated Metaverse—the Beta Explorers were tasked with expanding their presence throughout the galaxy. They terraformed worlds and created colonies so that humans could live and thrive in physical environments.

Vincent was on the hunt. His sister was still on the run. First, on a job to the alien planet Viridian and then beyond. It didn't make any sense. Wasn't one alien world enough? Not for Helen. She discovered a vast network of worlds connected through a system called The World Engine, and she was on the move. Looking for a way past the gravity well, keeping her ship stranded on Viridian. She was out there searching, and he was nipping at her heels.

Economics professor Clay West has always explained the world through the lens of his profession. But after his girlfriend Karla takes Dying Wish—a drug that supposedly reveals the nature of reality moments before it claims your life—Clay is devastated. No amount of rationalization can explain Karla's actions. Distraught, Clay joins a mission into the dark emptiness of space where answers are promised to reside. But when the ship begins to malfunction, Clay and the surviving crew members suspect there's more to the mission than they've been told.

Leaping in space and time between near-future Earth and the distant reaches of our galaxy far in the future, this fourth installment of Sci-Fi shorts by P.E. Rowe covers rich territory. Each of these sixteen stand-alone stories explores deep ideas and unique characters. From new concepts in technology and their societal implications, to the personal journeys of people crossing forbidden cultural boundaries, meeting grave galactic challenges, and battling monsters within. This expansive collection introduces listeners to the reclusive shipbuilders of the Eden Cylinder Group.

Lorsque le temps cesse d'être linéaire, l'impossible peut se produire. Delvan Arrisson n'a d'autre choix que de le croire quand l'un des désormais célèbres survivants de Pollux revient d'un monde aussi étrange qu'irréel avec le plus inquiétant des messages. Quelque part, à la surface novéenne, une anomalie s'est formée. Ses effets doivent à tout prix être contrôlés. Mais les colons n'ont aucune idée de la menace à laquelle ils sont confrontés. L'œil du cyclone est plus dangereux qu'ils ne peuvent l'imaginer. Le temps et l'espace eux-mêmes pourraient s'y effondrer.

Kurz nach der epischen Schlacht des Raumschiffs Enterprise gegen Shinzon nahmen viele langjährige Besatzungsmitglieder von Captain Jean-Luc Picard neue Posten und neue Herausforderungen an. Unter den vielen Veränderungen war auch William Rikers Beförderung zum Captain und sein neues Kommando, Rikers Hochzeit mit Counselor Deanna Troi und Dr. Beverly Crushers neue Karriere beim Medizinischen Korps der Sternenflotte. Doch die Geschichte, wie es dazu kam, wurde nie erzählt ... BIS JETZT. Ein katastrophaler Krieg zwischen der Föderation und dem Klingonischen Reich wurde wie durch ein Wunder abgewendet.

John Lewis is a computer scientist recruited for a covert mission in the deepest regions of space. When he makes a seemingly critical error during a test flight, the operation’s only orbiter crashes on a lush, highly classified planet. This leaves John, his boss Dirk, and exobiologist Ruth stranded, with few supplies and little chance of rescue. Their best hope for escape is a lost landing craft that detached during their descent.

Lieutenant Bannon and his phalanx of Corvanite warriors have already seen some of the worst that the irregular war between the reptilian otuchans and the human latecomers can offer. Or so they think. First Sergeant Draven, trying to hold his company of Zolarian citizen soldiers together, has been on the desolate planet of Zhogalgan longer than Bannon. He's seen even more. Yet while they are both there as peacekeepers, they are not there to help each other.

Fresh off his first Marine deployment, Boone must now choose between two schools: Intelligence or Scout Sniper. Though he’s shown clear aptitude for the second, he’s not sure he has what it takes to do the job. When he puts the decision aside to join his buddies on a day of leave, the last thing Boone expects to see is a naval weapons locker in the hands of a man who is clearly not Navy. On impulse, he shadows the man, only to find himself running for his life… smack into a Unit operator.

Colton Beck has six months to live. He works for the Angor near Los Angeles, aware that any day could be his last. The Angor arrived twenty years ago, resolved to help mankind survive, but not everyone believes their motives are honorable. When the Angor offer humanity a colony world, Colton is determined to see another planet before his final breath. He's been diagnosed with Xeno, a rare disorder that surfaced with the Angor's arrival, but he won't let this stop him.

Der Untergang der Kolonie Turan-II hat tiefe Narben im kollektiven Gedächtnis des Sternenreichs hinterlassen. Dies ist ihre Geschichte. Major Danja Hatzach wird auf die junge Kolonie Turan-II geschickt. Als Offizierin des Wissenschaftskorps soll sie herausfinden, warum sich der Planet nicht wie geplant entwickelt: Trotz vielversprechender Bedingungen sind weite Teile der Kolonie selbst nach Jahren nicht erschlossen. Doch noch vor ihrer Ankunft bereiten ihr die lokalen Autoritäten Probleme und schon bald stellt sich heraus, dass sie auf Turan-II eine Mauer aus Lügen, Schweigen, Verrat und Intrigen erwartet.

I awoke to the dim, sterile light of the lab, my sensors gradually calibrating to the environment. The familiar hum of ancient machinery echoed through the chambers of AJ's hidden sanctuary. My systems, dormant for decades, buzzed back to life with an almost imperceptible hum.

Project Viridian promised a new frontier, but for Helen, it's become an alien battleground. With her life flipped upside down, can Helen survive long enough to see rescue ships that might never arrive?

He is an alpha predator, feared by all life on the planet Challenger. His pincers can crush steel, his razor-sharp mandibles can shred a hundred pounds of flesh in seconds, and his armor carapace is capable of deflecting anti-tank projectiles. His place in the ecosystem is reflected in his name: Caesar. A beast of incredible size, he has a major appetite to satisfy. And now, he has a new item on the menu: humans. When Corporal Richard Carson and his team entered cryosleep, they did not expect to awaken in two days for a whole new mission.

After Imogen takes drastic action, Hank is forced to grapple with his role as a leader and make some tough choices. These decisions lead him to the financial center of the universe where wealth and poverty clash. Danger is everywhere and nothing comes easy. But he is also moving up through the ranks as a bounty hunter and has some new leads that will bring him ever closer to Codename: Extinction.

After barely making it out of their latest task alive, Noah, Ben, and the rest of Head Case’s crew are ready for a break. The Warden has other ideas. He orders them to another random planet to complete another random task, and while it’s easier than the one they just finished, it’s not going to get them any closer to going home. But things have changed. Armed with new capabilities, the team hatches a plan to both satisfy the Warden and make their first move to break free of his grip. When new revelations spiral into a deal with the devil, it may cost Noah much more than his soul…

Der kontrollierte Absturz einer Sonde auf dem Mond sollte neben der Entdeckung von gefrorenem Wasser auch den Beweis antreten, ein bislang unbekanntes Metall aufzuspüren. Dies basiert auf den Erkenntnissen einer jahrtausendenalten Steinplatte, die der Sprachen- und Kulturwissenschaftler Thomas Martin in der Cheopspyramide fand und entschlüsselte. Das öffentlich getragene Projekt wird für den Wissenschaftler zum Desaster bis zu dem Tag, an dem eine mysteriöse Frau in seiner Wohnung auftaucht. Von diesem Moment an ändert sich alles für Thomas Martin.

Liza Pound is feeling the bullseye on her back. But does she really know how big it actually is? The foxes have put a serious bounty on her head. And they want it, literally, in someone's freezer. Even a routine League mission now can set off a chain of events. And once begun, the Killer Bunny will have to become something more. Now she's Nemesis Rising.

Daya, bearing the burden of being Heiako, Unwanted, confronts the unforgiving trials of school, where she becomes a target of relentless bullying by those physically imposing. Deep within her core, a steadfast resolve to stand up against injustice propels her forward, poised to confront the very essence of fear.

As a first-generation Tefar, a seer, Wez witnesses his ancient adversary finally achieving the long-awaited triumph through his own hands.