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Neste terceiro volume, meio século se passou desde a Batalha do Fim do Mundo, e a Terra conquistou um frágil acordo para manter os invasores trissolarianos encurralados. Com ele, uma nova era de paz e prosperidade tem início, e Luo Ji — o homem que elaborou o acordo, agora conhecido como Portador da Espada — tem que carregar nas costas a vida de duas civilizações. Enquanto isso, Cheng Xin, uma engenheira aeroespacial do início do século XXI, desperta da hibernação nessa nova época. Luo Ji está velho, e um novo Portador da Espada deve tomar seu lugar.

A batalha pelo Silo já foi vencida. A guerra pela humanidade só está começando. É um tempo em que, para sobreviver, os humanos precisam se manter em cidades subterrâneas, aprisionados, sem ligação com o mundo lá fora. Juliette, uma operária nascida nos subterrâneos, é a heroína da trama apocalíptica. Em Legado, ela se torna prefeita do Silo 18, que está se recuperando de uma rebelião.

Genly Ai foi enviado a Gethen com a missão de convencer seus governantes a se unirem a uma grande comunidade universal. Ao chegar no planeta Inverno, como é conhecido por aqueles que já vivenciaram seu clima gelado, o experiente emissário sente-se completamente despreparado para a situação que lhe aguardava. Os habitantes de Gethen fazem parte de uma cultura rica e quase medieval, estranhamente bela e mortalmente intrigante. Nessa sociedade complexa, homens e mulheres são um só e nenhum ao mesmo tempo.

The Galactic Empire has prospered for 12,000 years. Nobody suspects that the heart of the thriving Empire is rotten, until psychohistorian Hari Seldon uses his new science to foresee its terrible fate. Exiled to the desolate planet Terminus, Seldon establishes a colony of the greatest minds in the Empire, a Foundation which holds the key to changing the fate of the galaxy.

1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind. Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal of scientists after a spate of inexplicable suicides. Wang's investigation will lead him to a mysterious online game and immerse him in a virtual world ruled by the intractable and unpredictable interaction of its three suns.

Imagine the universe as a forest, patrolled by numberless and nameless predators. In this forest, stealth is survival – any civilisation that reveals its location is prey. Earth has. Now the predators are coming. Crossing light years, the Trisolarians will reach Earth in four centuries' time. But the sophons, their extra-dimensional agents and saboteurs, are already here. Only the individual human mind remains immune to their influence.

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

Na Alta República, a organização absoluta dos Jedi é colocada à prova diante de uma catástrofe que extrapola sua capacidade de controle e pode custar bilhões de vidas. Serão eles capazes de reverter os danos resultantes desse desastre e garantir a sobrevivência dos cidadãos livres da galáxia? Muito antes da Primeira Ordem, do Império, das Guerras Clônicas, os Jedi iluminavam os caminhos da galáxia na Alta República.

From a New York Times bestselling and Hugo award-winning author comes a modern masterwork of science fiction, introducing a captain, his crew, and a detective as they unravel a horrifying solar system wide conspiracy that begins with a single missing girl. Now a Prime Original series. ...

The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem! WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Over 1 million copies sold in North America “A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times • “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Fascinating.”—TIME •...

Juliette, now mayor of Silo 18, doesn’t trust Silo 1, especially its leader, Donald. But in the world of the Silos, there is no black and white—everything is shades of gray. Donald may not be the monster Juliette thinks he is, and may in fact be key to humanity’s continued survival. But can they work together long enough to succeed?

Após a ascensão dos Jedi, os heróis da Alta República retornam para proteger uma paz fragmentada por um inimigo terrível, na sequência dos eventos dramáticos de Luz dos Jedi. Na esteira do Grande Desastre do Hiperespaço e do heroísmo dos Jedi, a República continua a crescer, reunindo mais mundos em uma única bandeira unificada. Sob a liderança da Chanceler Lina Soh, o espírito de unidade se estende por toda a galáxia, com a ajuda dos Jedi e da recém-inaugurada estação do Farol da Luz Estelar.

Ahsoka Tano, leal aprendiz Jedi de Anakin Skywalker, planejou passar o resto de sua vida servindo à Ordem Jedi. Mas, após uma dolorosa traição, deixou a Ordem e seguiu seu próprio caminho; imaginando que Anakin e os outros Jedi ainda estariam lá sempre que precisasse deles–ou eles precisassem dela. Então o Imperador assumiu a galáxia, e os Jedi foram cruelmente assassinados. Agora Ahsoka está realmente sozinha, sentindo-se incapaz de fazer parte de algo maior novamente.

The First Foundation survived two centuries of barbarism as the once-mighty Galactic Empire descended into chaos. Now it must prepare for war against the remnants of the Empire as the Imperial fleet advances on their planet, Terminus. Hari Seldon predicted this war; he even prepared his Foundation for it. But he couldn’t foresee the birth of the mutant Mule. In possession of a power which reduces fearsome opposition to devoted slaves, the Mule poses a terrible threat to Seldon’s Foundation.

It has been 40 years since the publication of this classic science-fiction novel that changed the way we look at the stars and ourselves. From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other.

At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is, incredibly, an interstellar spacecraft. Space explorers and planet-bound scientists alike prepare for mankind's first encounter with alien intelligence.

The First Foundation has been defeated, crushed by the formidable mental powers of the Mule. But whispers of the mysterious Second Foundation, the only hope of defeating the Mule, are beginning to spread. Surviving members of the First Foundation also fear the secret powers of the Second Foundation, vowing to find and destroy it. However, the location of the Second Foundation remains shrouded in mystery. Finding it will lead the Foundation to the opposite end of the Galaxy, where the fate of Seldon’s two Foundations awaits.

The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life -- but it was their mission to...

All Systems Red is the tense first science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series The Murderbot Diaries. For fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between contemplative self-discovery and an idle instinct to kill all humans.

Aos dezesseis anos, Princesa Leia Organa está prestes a encarar a missão mais desafiadora de sua vida até o momento: provar-se nas áreas do corpo, da mente e do coração para ser formalmente nomeada herdeira do trono de Alderaan.