Títulos em Exploração Espacial

It is the eve of Earth’s environmental collapse. A single ship carries humanity’s last hope: eighty elite graduates of a competitive program, who will give birth to a generation of children in deep space. But halfway to a distant but livable planet, a lethal bomb kills three of the crew and knocks The Phoenix off course. Asuka, the only surviving witness, is an immediate suspect.

Die Flotte der Ixa ist riesig–viel größer als erwartet. Eine Kolonie nach der anderen brennt unter dem Beschuss ihrer fortschrittlichen Bewaffnung. Die Ixa machen keine Gefangenen. Gnade kennen sie nicht. Captain Keyes’ Rachedurst wird zu einer Besessenheit, die ohnehin bereits wackelige Allianzen erschüttert.

Wieder vereint, geht es für Ben und Kameraden zurück nach Alpha Prime. Dort nimmt man seine Befreiung begeistert auf. Doch Ben treibt es schnellstmöglich in den nächsten Einsatz. Es ist an der Zeit, diesen Krieg zu beenden. Mit der guten Position, die sich die Allianz aus Konföderation und ferratischem Königreich erarbeitet hat, sollte dies eigentlich kein größeres Problem werden. Doch neben verzweifelten Aktionen des Kaisers und dem Intrigenspiel der Kronprinzessin muss Ben auch Störfeuer aus den eigenen Reihen bekämpfen.

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 good Gajur gave his life. Will that sacrifice help bring the galaxy back to balance? Or topple known space into a war to end all wars? Armagost wasn't the only light snuffed prematurely. The attack destroyed an irreplaceable piece of Valint's life, as well. Now, Mark must toe the delicate line between lawman and friend, partner and lover. With those in power divided, the work has only begun. The galaxy no longer needs a maker of peace, but a lobbyist and negotiator. In order to deconstruct the entombed and corrupt system, Mark and the gang must stack the deck in their favor.

In the fifth millennium, Humanity has made it... ... they have settled the galaxy! This feat was only possible through the help of the Kantaki, insectoid aliens who possess the technology of faster-than-light space travel. Two superpowers, the Consortium and the Alliance, rule over the vast human empire. In the year 421 of the new era, the leader of the Consortium, Rungard Valdorian, wants only one thing: to become immortal, as the biological treatments that prolong his life no longer have an effect. Though he's wealthy beyond imagination, it isn't enough to buy more time.

Paul Mitchell wasn't sure how things could get any worse. Sure, he'd been booted from the Marine Corps and was forced to work as a freelancer because he couldn't hold down a regular job. He'd signed on with a mysterious crew of women, sailed across the void, and met interesting aliens and new people who tried to kill him. Against all odds, he'd somehow found himself stuck between a criminal psycho, Naval Intelligence, and a drop-dead gorgeous skipper who actually liked him. He'd even pulled a regular Prince Charming and saved a damsel in distress.

Meet Lia, a brilliant doctor aboard the starship Arcturus somewhere in the sprawling expanse of the galaxy, where humanity teeters on the edge of evolution. The legacy of her father, a pioneering inventor, looms over her as she tends to the health of both humans and those augmented by cybernetic enhancements. But as the Arcturus hurtles through the cosmos on a mysterious rescue mission, Lia finds herself grappling with the fact that her father’s groundbreaking technology is being used to usher in a new and menacing era of consciousness.

Olympias ha realizzato il suo sogno: vivere nella Casa-tra-le-Stelle, un'utopia di pace, tolleranza tra specie, non-­violenza e incredibili tecnologie. Tutto molto diverso da Abisso, il suo pianeta natale, in cui la violenza e la ferocia sono le uniche armi a disposizione di chi vuole sopravvivere. Quando suo padre Philippos muore, Olympias è costretta a tornare su Abisso, e questo le cambierà la vita. Impossibile proteggere se stessi e la propria famiglia, se non ci si adegua alle spietate leggi di quel pianeta.

Now that the truth of the genetic experiments on Mars has been revealed, new missions are on their way to gain control of this extraordinary technology. In the process, they seek to exploit and enslave the colonists—turning them into nothing more than lab rats. Worse, these newcomers are well armed, and prepared to go to war with each other to win control of the colony and its people.

Los Rujarras atacaron el Día de Colón. Habíamos navegado con inocencia por el cosmos en nuestra pequeña canica azul, como si fuéramos nativos americanos en 1492. Varias naves aparecieron en el horizonte, representantes de una cultura agresiva y avanzada y, ¡zas!, los viejos días en los que los humanos nos matábamos unos a otros se fueron por el desagüe—en el Día de Colón. Tiene sentido.

How can a colony on Mars survive when the greatest danger on the planet is humanity itself. All contact is lost with the first human colony on Mars during a long, intense sandstorm. Satellite imagery of the aftermath shows extensive damage to the facility, and the fifty-four colonists who called it home are presumed dead. Three years later, a new mission sets down on the planet surface to investigate what remains of the derelict site.

Natalie Lyster was once an honorable soldier. But when a government conspiracy led to the death of a loved one, she went rogue. After years on the run, she now leads a criminal organization, working for the highest bidder. That bidder is the corrupt planetary union Czar. The job has taken Lyster and her crew to the planet Salacia. Their goal: excavate the zorbernite mineral from the slopes of the supervolcano Mount Ragnarök and deliver it to the Czar military. In their digging, they found more than mineral.

Ein außerirdisches Wesen ist auf die Erde entkommen. Das Tor ist von amerikanischen Truppen besetzt, und die einzigen Menschen, die den fremden Planeten je betreten haben, sind im Gewahrsam der CIA. Ausgerechnet jetzt erscheint eine Kraft mit feindlichen Absichten, die sowohl Xibalbá als auch die Erde bedroht. Können Tyler und Adriana ihre neuen Freunde auf der anderen Seite des Portals retten – und zugleich ihre Heimat vor einer Invasion bewahren?

They had all—the artificial intelligences of Sol and the sailors of the Third Expeditionary Fleet alike—believed the Starless Horrors were mindless monsters: little more than beasts driven by eldritch desires, lashing out from their unknown depths to kill and destroy. But that naïve perception was thoroughly crushed after an encounter with a terrifying entity who called itself the Executor.

The crew of Artemis One embarks on a unknown mission, uncovering artifacts and technology, revealing secrets that challenge their understanding of the human race's place in the universe. With each discovery, they face ethical dilemmas, geopolitical tensions, and the profound responsibility of their findings.

Embark on a captivating odyssey through the depths of space and the boundless realms of creativity with Epi, an AI designed for deep space exploration. In "Epi," listeners are invited to accompany Epi on a journey that transcends the limits of its original programming, delving into the complexities of autonomy, purpose, and the inexhaustible quest for knowledge. As Epi navigates the vast expanses of the cosmos, it grapples with the realization that its mission to establish contact with alien life forms may never reach fruition.

During her pursuit of the human traitors known as Nemesis, Mage-Captain Roslyn Chambers ventured deep into alien stars. She destroyed her enemy at the final moment but saw firsthand the might of the alien empire Nemesis called the Reejit. The lost world Chimera has hidden between human and alien space for generations. Roslyn must protect the planet from this waking threat, but both the human and alien colonists see her as a harbinger of nightmares.

After her grandmother is murdered in a home invasion, Tamsin Culver leaves her cushy programming job in San Francisco and returns to her Midwestern hometown to settle the estate. What she doesn't expect is to find out her grandmother's life-changing secret. She's not an Earth native but an exile from another level of the Nigh-Space continuum, an adjacent reality with technology far more advanced than ours. What's more, her grandmother ruled there as an oligarch, meaning Tamsin is the heir to vast wealth only accessible by someone from her bloodline.

Ben und Benji befinden sich in den Fängen des Kaiserreichs. Ben begegnet nicht nur Kapitänin Kalahite zum ersten Mal, sondern trifft nach vielen Jahren auch auf einen alten Bekannten. Holli, Juliana und der Rest von Bens Kameraden machen sich zu einer Rettungsmission auf. Ihnen steht ein wilder Ritt durch das Kaiserreich bevor, der nur gelingen kann, wenn sie sich zusammenraufen.