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The last survivors of the Ibecci race escape their doomed planet in the Barnard System after a violent flare eruption of their host star. They set for Earth, which they had visited 12,000 years earlier, arriving in the year 2062 to a near-future Earth that is in decline. The Ibecci plead with Earth to grant them shelter after 13 years of living in space. Earth fails to respond and the battle ensues pitting nations of Earth against an enlightened space faring civilization that is prepared to fight for its survival.

During his research on Near-Death Experiences, Dr. Prasad Vedurmudi, a genius neurologist at the prestigious University of Chicago, made a mind-bending discovery. A specific region of the brain acts as a gateway, transporting the departed to the next dimension. But there's more—a tantalizing possibility nobody has ever explored…Until now. Prasad believes that if he repairs that crucial part of the brain before death, he could unlock a profound secret—the key to controlling the afterlife experience itself. The implications are staggering.

The beings—the mysterious entities that warp time and space—are growing stronger. What began in the isolated woods of Arnold has now spilled into the world at large. Time loops trap people in endless cycles, familiar places warp into nightmarish versions of themselves, and strange disappearances plague the town. Reality itself is unraveling, and the Dunn family is caught at the center.

In Seeds, Iain Davie crafts a rare literary work that resonates with the concerns of our age. More than a novel, it is a contemplative journey into humanity’s relationship with the Earth and cosmos—intertwining scientific exploration, ecological urgency, and philosophical introspection.

Vicki becomes fearful when she learns of a conspiracy involving advanced alien technology, genetic manipulation, and a plan to take control of the lives of everyone on Earth. And that’s just the humans. The aliens have their own agenda.

Ein Artefakt, das nie geborgen werden sollte. Auf der erdabgewandten Seite des Mondes entsteht ein riesiges Teleskop. Roboter bauen es – gerade einmal zwei Menschen kontrollieren seine Fertigstellung. Doch dann werden diese Forscher auf ein Hindernis im Mondboden aufmerksam. Es befindet sich außerhalb des für das Hyperteleskop reservierten Gebietes und geht die beiden deshalb eigentlich gar nichts an. Eigentlich, denn ihre Neugier ist zu groß, scheint das Artefakt doch Eigenschaften zu besitzen, die unsere Physik sprengen.

Die Giftplage breitet sich weiter auf der ganzen Welt aus. Überall haben sich die Adligen in ihren Städten abgeschottet und tun so, als gäbe es nichts außerhalb. Dallion wurde von einem Mitglied der Familie des Erzherzogs Lanitol in die Provinzhauptstadt gerufen, um einen Auftrag von großer Bedeutung zu erledigen. Gleichzeitig ist der Grüne Mond in Dallions Träumen aufgetaucht, um seine Forderungen zu stellen.

Humanity’s war with the Coven is going badly. Fleet simply doesn’t have the ships or the manpower to counter the alien’s vast reserves, so Cole Jackson is hauled out of his self-imposed exile and ordered back to the front. The Admirals are gambling on a miracle; that he and his crew can repeat the success of his First Command by repairing vessels and sending them into battle. And maybe snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

The year is 2072. At the lunar farside radio observatory, an old school radio broadcast is detected, similar to those broadcast on Earth in the 1940s and early 1950s, but in an unknown language, coming from an impossible source, and originating at an equally impossible location—Proxima Centauri. While the nations of Earth debate making First Contact, they learn that the Proximans are facing an extinction-level disaster, forcing a decision: Will Earth send a ship on a multiyear trip to provide aid?

The lost battle of Terra Nova has shown even the biggest skeptics how serious the alien threat really is. The power blocs of the solar system unite for one last cataclysmic showdown. Meanwhile, an unlikely trio races against time to prevent the conflict from reaching Earth. Tsai Yini, the tachyon chronicler, is hoping for help from her father, who has survived a hundred-year journey and seems to have a special relationship with the attackers.

Die Dunkellicht-Technologie der Myaner – ein Wunderwerk, das Raum und Zeit überwindet und die Galaxis schützt. Doch was, wenn sie nicht das Ergebnis myanischer Genialität ist, sondern ein Vermächtnis aus einer längst vergangenen Ära? Als ein rätselhaftes Signal tief aus dem Dunkelraum empfangen wird, beginnt eine Reise, die die Galaktischen Hüter an die Grenzen ihrer Fähigkeiten führt.Commander Mike und Commander Nic folgen dem Ruf einer uralten Zivilisation, den Schöpfern des Dunkellichts, deren Technologie die Essenz des Universums beeinflusst hat.

Odditales is a science fiction collection of short stories designed to be direct and intense. There are twists and turns, relatable characters, and plenty of science facts to reinforce the plot.

Brock Rivers never wanted to be a repairman on Mars. Years ago, he failed to protect his family, and now he labors across a frontier planet to keep his children alive and escape CAUSE. But the spacefaring humanist regime is taking over Martian colonies, forcing all to join the secular state. Back in Brock’s homeworld, his people summon him to fulfill old hopes with a new dream. After decades of cultural isolation, they plan to restore missions for the 22nd century, voyaging beyond Earth to share the gospel in space. Brock must find a ship and recruit a team of misfit believers.

Astronaut Lee Rifkin's life is about to change. NASA has done the math. The space object named Cassandra 22007 is not behaving as expected. He will lead a team on a cutting-edge ship to get a closer look. But another group wants to get there first. Who is this shadow organization that seems to be one step ahead of them? Agent Jenna Haynes works to put together the pieces that will pull the veil off those who seem to have known about Cassandra's arrival since long before NASA spotted it. What is their goal?

Salante Fossi, inviato del Modern Times, si trova a Skagen durante il solstizio d’estate, per festeggiare il compleanno del Vecchio Cibernetico e, molto probabilmente, la sua vittoria al Nobel. Il Vecchio Cibernetico ha quasi cent’anni, è nato in Ungheria, è fuggito da Budapest con una donna mentre i carri armati sovietici invadevano la città, ha vissuto e studiato in tutta Europa e, da qualche anno, si è stabilito in Portogallo.

Science fiction masters Larry Niven (Ringworld) and Gregory Benford (Timescape) continue the thrilling adventure of a human expedition to another star system that is jeopardized by an encounter with an astonishingly immense artifact in interstellar space: a bowl-shaped structure cupping a star, with a habitable area equivalent to many millions of Earths. And which, tantalizingly, is on a direct path heading toward the same system the human ship is to colonize.

In Green Data Dominion, ambition, innovation, and ethics collide. Liam West, a visionary from Halifax, discovers a groundbreaking solution: clean, solar-powered, decentralized servers. Partnering with billionaire disruptor Nathaniel Ashcroft, he takes on the tech giants who’ve hidden their dirty “green” practices behind a façade of sustainability.

It’s July of 2065: twenty-one years into humanity’s quiet march toward extinction. The discovery of a potent, non-lethal, addictive wonder drug—extracted near the Wreck of the Titanic—has decimated the world’s productivity and birth rate. Delaney “Del” Martin is among the few who has elected to avoid it. Instead, he has committed himself to advancing America’s nuclear program. Unfortunately, the mega-corporation that produces the drug doesn’t care about energy. Only profits. And more addicts means a higher bottom line.

Audacious astronauts encounter bizarre, sometimes deadly life forms, and strange, exotic, cosmic phenomena, including miniature black holes, dense fields of interstellar plasma, powerful gravity-emitters, and spectacularly massive space-based, alien-built labyrinths. Tasked with exploring this brave new, highly dangerous world, they must also deal with their own personal triumphs and conflicts.

SEARCHING FOR EACH OTHER is the 4th and last book of the Airina Series. Although this is a continuation of the three previous books, it also stands by itself since, within the same story, a recount of what happened in the previous books is part of the plot. This book will make you think, laugh, and, hopefully, cry a little.