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In Teaching Machines How to Cry, Paula Hidalgo-Sanchis explores the story of Alba, a young woman seeking answers for a feeling of longing she can’t explain, and M, an AI prototype. Alba was a child when she first spent time with M, until they were unexpectedly driven apart. As an adult, Alba slowly realises that M might hold the answers to her life-long yearning when she remembers that the last time she felt whole was as a child when she taught M how to cry.

Orenda is a First Nations Iroquois belief that all natural objects and people possess a mystical energy. It is the force that allows us to effect change in the world and manifest transformation. In this gripping sequel to The 45th Parallel, Caitlin and her husband Gio travel to Canada to take on new roles as ambassadors for the ACC. Inclusive, intelligent, and aware, Caitlin proves herself a natural leader. Respected by her people, she endeavors to bridge the gap between the communities, offering them new opportunities that will benefit generations to come.

In Norse mythology, Sessrúmnir is the goddess Freyja's hall where her chosen ones live in their afterlife. For the residents of Lewis, it is no different. Six years after the end of Caim, life in the sustainable community has settled into a sense of routine. But when children are attacked by an unknown enemy, Cam and Freyja must reunite to save their family and protect their children.

Some cultures say the ouroboros symbolizes infinity. Others claim the snake or dragon depicted eating its own tail represents the cyclic nature of life and death. But just as Cam Mackintosh and Freyja Jorgensen's lives are experiencing their own rebirth, their sustainable community is threatened. The ex-lovers are unexpectedly thrust together again to defend those they care about.

For once, Freyja and Cam are blissfully happy. Living with their family and friends in their isolated and sustainable community on Lewis, they finally feel safe and content. Going back to their Gaelic roots, the group calls on the circle of protection and safety the Caim provides as their new normal lives resume. But when old acquaintances arrive with shocking news, Freyja, Cam, and a few trusted friends must leave their homes behind yet again.

Survival hangs in the balance for Renton Hicks and his fellow colonists at Moon Base Delta. With a tight blockade being imposed by the Xilinex Corporation, their supplies are running dangerously low. Hope emerges in the form of a Martian evacuation ship carrying genetic engineering technology that could potentially secure their future. However, getting their hands on it demands not just outwitting Xilinex but also securing assistance from the last vestiges of the SINO power block.

Aus den Tiefen des Alls, aus interstellaren Fernen, taucht ein Objekt auf, das zunächst für einen Asteroiden gehalten wird. Doch dann steuert es eine Umlaufbahn um den Saturn an und beginnt, ein regelmäßiges Signal auszusenden. Man tauft es auf den Namen Zeta. Eine auf dem Saturnmond Titan stationierte Forschungsgruppe, eine vom Mars entsandte Expedition und ein Forschungsschiff der Erde machen sich auf den Weg, um die Geheimnisse des Objektes zu erkunden. Noch ahnt niemand, dass Zeta die Menschheit vor ihre größte Herausforderung stellen wird.

Kyle Griffin and his Infinity team made sure of that. After the assault on Aeron’s palace, the galaxy suddenly seems turned upside down. The Splinter revolution is no longer an afterthought. Poised to make their first true push toward overthrowing the established order, Commander Griffin takes the reigns of an eager and burgeoning army, leading them into a new age in the galaxy, one where the Dominion doesn’t appear invincible.

Fact ignites fiction in this first-of-its-kind anthology of speculative tales by Caltech and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientists, engineers, technologists, and students.

Glenn Armstrong Shepard had his sights set on going to Mars as a flight surgeon, but a training accident on the Moon left him crippled. Now he has a new plan: to be fitted with bionic prosthetics and come back even stronger. Fate and the Space Force have other plans, and Glenn is grounded. Another doctor—his ex-fiancee—takes his place, and Glenn will have to fight to prove he can be an astronaut once more. . .

Mit eingezogenem Kopf windet sich Tim durchs Leben. Selbstzweifel nagen an ihm und Snacks sind die Endgegner seiner persönlichen Kettenquest. Dann jedoch erhält er eine Gabe, die alles verändert. Nach der Fehlfunktion von Lenas VR-Pod erscheint ihm sein eigener Charakterbogen. Die pinke Drohne Starlet weicht ihm nicht mehr von der Seite und eine fremde Entität kommuniziert mit ihm. Tim beschließt, lange genug ein Feigling gewesen zu sein. Er will Lena nicht nur retten, sondern auch rächen.

Die Milchstraße steht in Flammen und die Ra'hul hetzen immer mehr Völker gegeneinander auf. Es scheint kein Mittel gegen den verderblichen Einfluss ihrer Suggestoren zu geben. Die Liga der Unsterblichen steht auf verlorenem Posten und es gibt zudem den Verdacht, es könnten sich Agenten der Invasoren in ihre Reihen eingeschlichen haben. Alle Hoffnungen ruhen nun auf Michael Cordwainer Grand und seinen Freunden, die mit dem Schiff Rhelina in der Nachbargalaxis versuchen, eine Antwort auf die dringendste Frage zu finden.

It's been a year since the Enemy home world was destroyed. There have been no additional Enemy sightings, but the 3F Defensive Alliance continues to grow. The trade between worlds has sparked prosperity throughout the sector. But trouble brews in Andromeda. The Central Council holds a secret meeting, condemning Earth for continuing to hold the spy Ju-Ne. They authorize an armada to travel to Earth to collect the prisoner—by force if necessary.

He had only known obedience. He had only known conformity. Freedom seemed like a dream come true. But freedom, like all things, comes at a price. And he's not sure if he's willing to pay. He used to be called Citizen 625-726. He used to call himself Unbroken. When he left his dystopian city behind, he thought he had found paradise. What he found was uglier, and darker then he could have imagined. This is his story.

Blending hard science fiction with suspenseful military action, this novel is an exotic adventure set in a future colony in the Alpha Centauri star system. Finding the crew of a remote space station wiped out by a killer virus, the captain of a patrol vessel imposes a quarantine lockdown. But a fearful crew attempts a mutiny to flee with the ship, threatening to spread a pandemic across the nearby planets. Courage and duty clash with panic and desperation in a perilous struggle to survive.

The ability for easy travel throughout the solar system has created nations and organizations on Earth who want to control Mars and the rich resources of the solar system. Mars has started its own military and is building a fleet to survive the brutal attacks from Earth. Mars has set up embassies on Earth and is facing spies and saboteurs intent on disrupting a content populace that is growing rapidly. Lux has developed new weapons, and Prissy joins the colony military.

In the depths of an ancient Egyptian tomb, archaeologists make a baffling discovery: the mummified body of a man clad in a space suit. Halfway around the globe, exobiologist Dr. Katherine Shepard and intelligence officer Colonel Devon Peters are summoned to the site of a downed UFO. To their amazement, they find one of the occupants alive. Even more shocking, he appears to be human. As Shepard and Peters delve deeper into the enigma, they expose a chilling truth: aliens have inhabited Earth far longer than anyone could have imagined, and they are not alone.

Exploring the ancient asteroid Psyche, nuclear scientist Salaam Rahal finds himself in a dangerous situation while exploring for evidence of an advanced civilization. His commander and friend, Calager McGeen, and the base's engineer, Sara Lafeete, must risk their own lives to find Salaam. Can they reach him in time? Will they find what he is looking for?

Die einsamen Berge der alten Welt sind Livs Zuhause. Von hier aus kämpft sie mit einer kleinen Gruppe von Widerstandskämpfern gegen das sich immer rasanter ausbreitende Floatland, wo Menschen und künstliche Intelligenzen in scheinbarer Harmonie und Wohlstand miteinander leben. Als Liv den Kontakt zu ihren Mitstreitern verliert, beschließt sie, Floatland auf eigene Faust zu infiltrieren, um die Mörder ihrer Mutter zu finden und das Rätsel ihrer eigenen Existenz zu verstehen.

Im Jahr 2100 machen es neue Technologien möglich, sich mit speziellen Schiffen durch das Eis der Antarktis zu schmelzen. Aber die Menschheit interessiert sich mehr für den Weltraum als für den gewaltigen Eis-Kosmos, der einen ganzen Kontinent bedeckt. Nemo Baader wartet mit seinem "Eistaucher" vergeblich auf Kunden, aber dann kommt Aerith de Solana und mietet sein Schiff. Was sie sucht, verrät sie nicht, aber was sie unter dem ewigen Eis finden, ist schlimmer, als alle Befürchtungen. Vor 250 Millionen Jahren hat "es" den Tod über alles Leben der Erde gebracht – aber die Katastrophe könnte sich heute fortsetzen.