Resultado Editorial "Audible Studios" em Ficção Científica Hard

Sur Hypérion, 274 ans après la rupture entre la civilisation humaine et les Intelligences Artificielles, une petite fille, Énée, surgit du labyrinthe du Sphinx. Elle est porteuse d'une prophétie qui en fait un enjeu de pouvoir. Fille de Keats, le cybride issu des Machines, et de l'humaine Brawne Lamia, elle serait, aux yeux de l'Église devenue toute-puissante, une créature des machines, et doit être neutralisée.

Une centaine d'années se sont écoulées, Élisabeth et Nil se réveillent à bord de l'Esperanza 64. Qu'est devenue Lumière ? Les gens ont-ils respecté le Code de Développement, si cher au cœur de la Guide, ou ont-ils, au contraire, suivi l'exemple de Terra ?

The operation aboard the Daedalus was a success, but the aftermath threatens to undo everything the Jax and his team have achieved. Separated from his ship, he is forced to work with Penny, the agent of a notorious black-market arms dealer. Their lifeboat has taken serious damage, and the only way they can survive the maelstrom is to journey to its center. Safety lies aboard an ancient ship. However, Jax immediately finds himself facing a new challenge at the behest of a new master - all the while avoiding the prior ones who want their pound flesh...and credit.

Herself a biologist, Julie E. Czerneda has earned a reputation in science fiction circles for her ability to create beautifully crafted, imaginative, yet believably realized alien races. In Survival, the first novel in her new series, Species Imperative, she draws upon this talent to build races, characters, and a universe which will draw listeners into a magnificent tale of interstellar intrigue, as an Earth scientist is caught up in a terrifying interspecies conflict.

Senior co-administrator of the Norcoast Salmon Research Facility, Dr. Mackenzie Connor was a biologist who studied the spawning habits of salmon. Then, last season, just as she and Dr. Emily Mamani were starting their research, they were interrupted by the arrival of Brymm, the first Dhryn to set foot on Earth. And suddenly everything changed for Mac, Emily, Brymn, the human race, and all the member races of the Interspecies Union. Base was attacked, Em was kidnapped by the mysterious Ro, and Mac and brymn had to flee for their lives to the Dhryn home world.

This prequel to the Trade Pact Universe series begins in a time before the Clan had learned how to manipulate the M'hir to travel between worlds. Aliens have begun to explore the world of Cersi, upsetting the delicate balance between the Clan and the two other powerful races who coexist by set rules. And one young woman is on the verge of finding the forbidden secret of the M'hir - a discovery that could prove the salvation or ruin of her entire species.

With the alien Dhryn cutting a pathway through the inhabited spaceways - bringing about the annihilation of many of the races who have the misfortune to lie along the star trail they are following - time is running out for all sentient life-forms. Can biologists Mackenzie Connor and Emily Mamami solve the riddle of the Dhryn before their part of the galaxy becomes as dead as the mysterious region known as the Chasm?

Earth’s first colony ship finally reaches the target world. The excitement of planetfall is indescribable, but quickly transforms into sick disappointment when they find the atmosphere is a roiling mass of hydrochloric acid, carbon dioxide, and other deadly poisons. They fly onward, seeking better planets. They find them, but none are ideal. The search goes on for a century, then longer still. As they move farther from Earth, aliens discover the intruding ship, and they begin to investigate humanity. They find our species unacceptable.

LA detective Anna Abbott can see brief, cryptic visions of the future. She just doesn't know it yet. But others do. Others who will stop at nothing to ensure that her abilities never see the light of day. Soon Anna is fighting for her life against an array of powerful adversaries, and not all of them are human. Because a small group of aliens hiding on Earth believe that she can single-handedly alter the course of an interstellar war. One that has raged for thousands of years, but which is completely unknown to humankind. Until now.

On the planet Brink, calcium is cash. The element's scarcity led the world's government to declare it the official currency. Taryn Dare is a Collections Agent, a specialized detective tasked with finding black-market calcium and recovering it, so that the Commerce Board can recycle it and distribute it as currency. Taryn is fueled by one goal: to save up enough currency units for a one-way ticket to a better world. But when a job recovering a human corpse uncovers a deadly conspiracy in the system, Taryn is drawn into an investigation that may threaten her life - and her society.

20 ans après l'arrivée de l'"Esperanza 64" en orbite de Terra, tous les colons, qui dormaient dans ses soutes, vivent désormais sur la planète. Chacun possède un logement, un travail et mange à sa faim. La mission, confiée par Exodus à l'équipage du grand vaisseau, peut donc être considérée comme accomplie. Cependant, ce succès se doit d'être relativisé, car la grande majorité des colons abhorrent le système en place. Ils voudraient retrouver les fondements, si adaptés au genre humain, que sont la démocratie, la propriété privée et la liberté d'entreprendre.

Still reeling from a former teammate's betrayal, Commonwealth operative Simon Kovalic and his band of misfit spies have no time to catch their breath before being sent on another impossible mission: to pull off the daring heist of a quasi-mythical alien artifact, right out from under the nose of the galaxy's most ruthless crime lord. But their cold war rivals, the Illyrican Empire, want the artifact for themselves. And Kovalic's newest recruit, Specialist Addy Sayers, is a volatile ex-con with a mean hair-trigger who might put the whole mission at risk.

Le troisième livre en français de la saga de hard science-fiction et d'anticipation, numéro 1 des ventes en France et qui a déjà séduit plus de 10.000 lecteurs aux États-Unis. Obsédée par son enquête, Baley perd pied. À la recherche d'une solution qui lui échappe à chaque fois un peu plus, elle se coupe de son mari, de sa fille et pour finir de Paul. Seule et hallucinée, elle décide de partir à la chasse aux cyclones et de s'y jeter dans une tentative désespérée de résoudre l'énigme. Paul, grâce à sa nouvelle perception du monde, comprend que le Problème est la lointaine et pourtant prévisible conséquence du Rêve des Anciens.

La Machine, dans sa Tour dominant la cité, gère la vie de chaque être humain. Grâce à Elle, l'Équilibre est maintenu, et tout est sous Son contrôle. Pourtant, échappant à Sa mainmise, des enfants se donnent la mort par dizaines. La Machine charge de l'enquête Baley, inspecteur du 1er cercle, et lui attribue de force un coéquipier, Paul. Celui-ci, chercheur au laboratoire de Sciences Anciennes, partage son temps entre son travail et les discussions philosophiques avec Edgard, le kandron. Baley se résigne à accepter ce partenaire improbable.

When humanity reaches for the stars, our probes are destroyed. They crash into an incredibly advanced piece of technology: a massive force-field. Unknown beings have placed a barrier around our star and planets, enclosing us within. We’re locked inside a Great Sphere. Was this invisible obstacle built to imprison us - or to protect us? No one knows the truth, but it soon becomes clear the barrier has leaks. Aliens infiltrate and try to sabotage our efforts to escape our cage.

It’s been five years since the end of the Hive Wars. Straker has handed over the burden of governing the Earthan Republic to civil authorities. This should be a happy time, as Straker and his most loyal soldiers retire to a planet and step off the galactic stage. Unfortunately, authoritarian forces within the Earthan Republic are still simmering with rage at his victory. Rumors reach Straker of a growing new Republic Fleet manned by state loyalists. Planets begin to fall under their influence and go dark. Even in retirement, they see Straker’s Breakers as a threat.

Le deuxième livre en français de la saga de hard science-fiction et d'anticipation, numéro 1 des ventes en France et qui a déjà séduit plus de 10 000 lecteurs aux Etats Unis. Baley et Paul mettent tout en œuvre pour résoudre le "Problème", et empêcher la disparition tragique d'autres enfants. Leur enquête les mène d'une secte souterraine à un cyclone surgi de nulle part, qui semble être la cause des suicides. Cauchemar prophétique, discours d'Egard annonçant le pire, le rêve des Anciens... Paul s'enfonce dans un abime de questions. Pourquoi des enfants, pourquoi maintenant ?

The Republic, the Opters, and a strange Crystalline race of unknown origin all meet in a series of titanic battles. Commodore Straker summons thousands of ships, but he soon learns he’s technologically outclassed by the enemy. With traditional victory impossible, the race is on for each side to destroy the key worlds of the other. Billions die, entire planets are destroyed. Even while the war rages, dark suspicions grow. There are traitors in the midst of the chaos. Straker realizes the worst enemy is the one you believed to be your ally....

Inception meets Black Mirror for the YouTube generation. The idea behind MindCast is simple. We insert a small chip into your skull and then every thought, every feeling, every memory is streamed live, 24 hours a day. Trust me - within a few months you'll be the most talked about person on the planet. When David Callow is offered the lead role in a revolutionary new online show, he snatches the opportunity. Rapidly becoming a viral sensation, David is propelled to stratospheric levels of celebrity. However, he soon realises the downside of sharing every secret with the world....

La Machine, dans sa Tour dominant la cité, gère la vie de chaque être humain. Grâce à Elle, l'Equilibre est maintenu, et tout est sous Son contrôle. Pourtant, échappant à Sa mainmise, des enfants se donnent la mort par dizaines. La Machine charge de l'enquête Baley, inspecteur du 1er cercle, et lui attribue de force un coéquipier, Paul. Celui-ci, chercheur au laboratoire de Sciences Anciennes, partage son temps entre son travail et les discussions philosophiques avec Edgard, le kandron. Baley se résigne à accepter ce partenaire improbable, parce qu'à ses yeux la Machine est parfaite et ne peut avoir tort...