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On the fifteenth anniversary of his brother’s death, twenty-three-year-old Edwin Dorset spends his last day on Earth wondering if there’s anything more for him than the life he’s been given. An artist who has toiled all his life for his craft, only to enter an age where human-derived works are nearly obsolete and artificial intelligence can create what he can in the span of a second. But as the sun sets over the horizon, a tear in the sky rips open, and Edwin is quickly forced to reassess everything he knows about the universe and his place in it.

C'è una buona ragione se nel 2016 "Noi Siamo Infinito (Noi Siamo Bob)" è stato nominato miglior titolo di fantascienza di Audible, ed è per la sua irresistibile sagacia e i toni irriverenti. Bob Johansson ha appena guadagnato una piccola fortuna dalla vendita della sua azienda di software e non vede l'ora di godersi la sua nuova vita all'insegna dell'agio. E il primo punto della sua lista di cose da fare è proprio iniziare a sperperare quel bendidio. Trascinato dal desiderio di spendere e spandere, acconsente a far conservare criogenicamente la sua testa in caso di morte.

There is a huge, bold black streak in the sky. Branches appear out of nowhere over North America, Southern Europe, and Central Africa. People who live beneath The Rift can see it. But scientists worldwide are distressed - their equipment cannot pick up any type of signal from it. The rift appears to consist of nothing. Literally. Nothing. Nada. Niente. Most people are curious but not overly concerned. The phenomenon seems to pose no danger. It is just there. Then something jolts the most hardened naysayers, and surpasses the worst nightmares of the world's greatest scientists.

Die Hyperion-Mission zum Saturnmond Titan gilt als Meilenstein der modernen Raumfahrt. Colonel John Coel, ein erfahrener NASA-Astronaut, soll die Mission anführen. Er wird jedoch im letzten Moment abberufen. Doch kurz bevor die Hyperion den Uranus erreicht, reißt der Kontakt zum Schiff plötzlich ab - und mit einem Mal sind Coel und seine Crew, die eine Versorgungsmission auf dem Mars durchführen, die Einzigen, die den Uranus schnell genug erreichen können, um Schiff und Besatzung zu retten.

The Terran Republic is falling apart. Former colonies declare their independence, plunging the galaxy into chaos. Captain Zadiya Ark faces the greatest challenge of her career.

Die Fortsetzung des spannenden Weltraum Thrillers stellt die Crew der Aquarius vor neue Herausforderungen, eine Bedrohung des gesamten Sonnensystems und vielleicht noch viel mehr. Nach der Entdeckung eines riesigen, außerirdischen Kubus - dem Marker - konnte die Aquarius Crew den Ursprung des Uranus Leuchten identifizieren, doch stellen sich ihnen nun mehr Fragen als vorher. Zu welchem Zweck existiert dieses Objekt und wer hat es erbaut? Nachdem die Crew einen Zugang zum Marker gefunden hat und zum Kern vordringen konnte, wird ihnen bewusst, wie viel mehr hinter dem mysteriösen Marker steckt.

First contact with the seemingly impossible human civilization at Proxima Centauri is not going well. The Earth ships sent to render aid have not been able to reverse the contagion ravaging their population and, worse, many Proximans are now wondering if the humans from Earth are there for other, not so charitable, reasons. Can the extinction-level disaster faced at Proxima be reversed by the combined ingenuity of scientists from both worlds working together?

Captain Graciela is where she wants to be, far from her controlling mother, in a rented solar sail cargo ship, trading and gambling throughout the heliosphere. It can be lonely in the void, but the crew on the H2LiftShip, the LunaCola, is all the help she needs: Jack, a talking dog with a nose for Earth jerky, Tang, a poker-obsessed orangutan, and Octopus, in his watery navigation station, are her constant companions on her journey.

When a wormhole failure sends geneticist Dr. Osric Rhendall one billion years into Earth’s past, he becomes the sole survivor of humanity’s most ambitious spacefaring mission. Trapped aboard the terraforming ship Daedalus One with a stubborn AI, Osric faces an impossible question: what to do when you’re the only soul in the solar system? Driven by a desire to give meaning to his isolation, Osric begins to remake Earth from scratch. One ecosystem at a time. One species at a time. From engineered algae to bioluminescent canines.

Anders Jensen is having a bad month. His roommate is a data thief, his girlfriend picks fights in bars, and his best friend is a cyborg…and a lousy tipper. When everything is spiraling out of control, though, maybe those are exactly the kind of friends you need. In a world divided between the genetically engineered elite and the unmodified masses, Anders is an anomaly: engineered, but still broke and living next to a crack house.

Als die Myaner ein uraltes Portal der Erbauer aktivieren, öffnen sie unwissentlich ein Tor zu einer fremden Dimension – eine Welt jenseits der Raumzeit, die unermessliche Energie verspricht, aber auch eine tödliche Bedrohung birgt. Kara, die unerschütterliche Forscherin, steht an der Spitze eines Teams, das sich mit Gravitationsrissen, einem rätselhaften Kristall und einer unheimlichen Präsenz auseinandersetzen muss, die Myan zu verschlingen droht.

Detectives Col and Danee are sent to Jubilee on a hastily organised mission to recover the body of a leading conservative politician (someone it seems, has been a naughty boy). But the corpse has been switched, and the imperilled partners are drawn together. They might be falling in love, or they might be saving the galaxy–either way, the authorities will not be pleased.

In this epic adventure, we visit a far-future after earth fell, where ark ships had hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in earth’s forgotten past. We follow a ship crewed by maverick humans, spiders and a spectacularly punchy mantis shrimp captain as they rediscover one such world, and an ark. Then human crewmate Alis wakes to discover that she, her captain and the ship’s intelligence are the only ones left on their ship. But what happened to those who left to explore the ark . . . and the world below?

Andrew Akka's science fiction novel, The Fermi Paradox, follows Dr. Sarah Chen and her team as they activate a quantum engine, unintentionally contacting an advanced alien civilization. This contact reveals a vast cosmic network of interconnected consciousnesses, and humanity's unique path toward achieving both individual and universal consciousness.

When Carson Flint traded his Commonwealth military badge for the quiet life, he thought he'd left his battles behind. Two years of running a saloon called the Bulwark, a volatile hub for refugees, smugglers, and the occasional war-weary soldier, was the peace he'd been looking for. He's never had it easier, or been so bored. But when a fugitive Commonwealth operative arrives with dangerous secrets and a war criminal on his tail, Carson's sanctuary quickly becomes a target.

Das epische Finale der fünfbändigen Reihe um Lena Minz und Tim Sandhofen wartet auf dich! Lena und ihre Verbündeten steuern auf einen einzigen, alles verändernden Showdown zu: Während Kharak Thulu seine Armeen entfesselt und die Ursuppen mit Gift verseucht, greift Tim in München verzweifelt nach den letzten Fragmenten seiner Quantenkräfte. Kann Lena zur Weltenbauerin aufsteigen und den Fluch des Schicksals brechen, bevor sowohl das Computerspiel »Heirs of the Phoenix« als auch die Realität im Chaos versinkt?

A corporation controls the portal that leads from Earth to the land of Lost Eden. They intend to exploit the incredible richness of that world. But there is a small team on the other side, fighting to survive against incredible odds. Nearly everything they meet tries to kill them. The members of that team have different ideas about what should happen with Lost Eden. But there is a seemingly ancient monk named Tokin who holds the secret to everything. With the portal to Earth seemingly closed, will the team be able to find a way home, or will they truly be stranded, marooned—exiled?

Elodie and Markus Black seem like an ordinary couple, but when Markus dies in a tragic accident, their lives take an extraordinary turn. Driven by love and desperation, Elodie hopes that Markus's groundbreaking research can bring him back to life. Instead, Elodie herself becomes the first to benefit from his work, launching her on a journey that transcends time, love, and even death.

In a future plagued with natural disasters, criminals known as “scavs” raid damaged cities. Their most important rule: don’t help the survivors. Bear, a twenty-nine-year-old engineer, breaks that rule when he takes Salix, a Native American college student, back to his scav team’s flying ship for medical treatment. Captain Baxter allows her to board but will not let her leave. Salix hopes to escape, but Baxter’s growing obsession with her makes that impossible. As the situation grows tense, a tsunami in Portugal prompts a scav raid.

Nach einer jahrhundertelangen Reise durchs All erwacht Dr. James Mayfield aus dem Kälteschlaf. Doch ein katastrophales Systemversagen hat das Kolonieschiff, mit dem er und hunderte andere von der untergehenden Erde aufgebrochen sind, tausende Lichtjahre vom Kurs abgebracht. Die Besatzung findet sich in einem unbekannten System wieder und das riesige Schiff steht nach so langer Zeit kurz vor der Zerstörung. Nur eine Notlandung auf dem unbekannten Planeten verspricht Rettung. Dr. Mayfield und seine Partnerin brechen auf, um eine passende Landezone zu finden.