First Contact

Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed stand-alone novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet....

When retired millionaire Bob Johansson chose cryogenic preservation, the last thing he expected was to be reanimated as a space probe that can clone itself. Meet the Bobs.

Russian billionaire Nikolai Shostakovitch makes an offer to the former crew of the spaceship ILSE. He will finance a return voyage to the icy...

When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food-delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization”....

The epic and highly anticipated conclusion to the listener-favorite series that had countless Audible listeners (and employees) hooked from the very first Bob - featuring, as always, a flawless performance from the inimitable Ray Porter....

In the heart of the South Pacific lies Point Nemo, the most desolate and remote place on Earth. When the International Space Station suffers a catastrophic failure and plummets through the atmosphere, it's here that Mission Specialist Julie Rohr, an astrobiologist, finds herself marooned....

Twenty-three intelligent species. One ancient mystery. And two humans thrust into the middle....

In the year AD 3000, Earth is a dystopian wasteland, plundered of its natural resources by alien conquerors known as Psychlos. Fewer than 35,000 humans survive in a handful of communities scattered across the face of a post-apocalyptic Earth....

After traversing the dangerous Dead Zone, Zac has finally managed to save his sister and bring her back to Port Atwood. But Zac knows he can't relax. Not if he wants to keep her safe. The foreign factions keep spreading their influence....

Jupiter's moon Io has an extremely hostile environment. There are hot lava streams, seas of boiling sulfur, and frequent volcanic eruptions...

Zac has managed to secure his island for the time being, growing into a true powerhouse through his endless struggles. However, becoming the strongest man in the world does not come without complications. A target has been placed on his back....

Tragedy had reduced James to a nobody. Washed up and homeless in NYC, he thought his life was over. Then a message appeared in his vision: [60,000-year countdown has ended] [Nemesis 1 released] [Please acknowledge]....

The planet Jupiter, thrown off orbit, will destroy Earth in less than a century. Jon Ryan, cocky fighter pilot turned astronaut, volunteers for the most ambitious, desperate mission ever conceived....

Frederik Pohl was on a streak when this Hugo Award-finalist novel was published in 1980. Now back in print after an absence of nearly a decade, this unique science fiction novel is as fresh and entertaining as ever....

Was auch immer Du über Vampire und Werwölfe zu wissen glaubtes,. ist komplett falsch–sooo dermaßen falsch....

What will become of our self-destructed planet? The answer shatters all expectations in this subversive speculation from the Hugo Award - winning author of the Broken Earth trilogy....

In the aftermath of the events of Predator 2, US Marine Scott Devlin is assigned to the clean-up operation in Los Angeles. He is soon thrust into a world of secretive government agents, highly-advanced technology, and an unstoppable juggernaut lone agent, Alan "Dutch" Schaefer....

In the year 2031, a robot probe detects traces of biological activity on Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons. This sensational discovery shows that...

Professor Kilmer, a renowned historian of war and diplomacy, is collected from his home and whisked off to Washington. Thrust into the highest levels of government as an adviser to the President, the young historian must come to terms with the seemingly impossible....

A freak accident locks two ships together in space—and a distress call brings the Doctor, Romana and the faithful K9 onto the scene. There, they discover traces of the highly addictive drug Vraxoin and the presence of the ferocious Mandrels....

A government special agent known as the Signalman gets off a train on a stunningly hot morning in Arizona. Later that day he meets a woman in a diner to exchange information about an event that happened a week earlier for which neither has an explanation but which haunts the Signalman....

The best-selling series, complete in a single volume. Star-spanning action and intrigue. A Nation at War: After aliens attack without warning and slaughter half the human race, a new country emerges....

An AI overseer and a human crew arrive on a distant planet to salvage an ancient UN starship. The overseer is unhappy. The crew, well, they're certainly no A-team. Not even a C-team on the best of days. And worse? Urmahon Beta, the planet, is at the ass-end of nowhere....

The travelers on the ship Peerless have completed a generations-long struggle to develop advanced technology in a desperate attempt to save their home world....

Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456....

Dacan und die Verbündeten wollen die Erde vor dem Zugriff der Konföderation schützen und eine neue Heimat für die Kraya finden. Um ihre Ziele zu erreichen, müssen sie Bündnisse schließen, nicht nur mit den gefährlichen A'Scharaks. Mari, Airas Schwester, ist Anwältin und arbeitet als Beraterin für den finnischen Präsidenten. Ihr diplomatisches Geschick ist gefragt.

Das außerirdische Raumschiff Majestätische Dracht ist endlich auf dem Weg zur Erde. Wie werden die Menschen auf das gigantische Schiff reagieren, dessen Technologie der irdischen überlegen ist? Aber kaum hat die Crew die Saturnbahn erreicht, stoppen die Maschinen. Das Allwissen, die KI, die sie steuert, und die schon immer ein merkwürdiges Interesse am Sonnensystem hatte, ist verschwunden. Während die Besatzung nach der KI sucht, versagt auch noch der Dunkle-Materie-Antrieb – und die Dracht läuft Gefahr, auf den nahen Saturnmond Enceladus zu stürzen und dabei das geheimnisvolle Wesen am Grund des Enceladus-Ozeans zu verletzen.

His name is Taylor McFadden, survivor of eighty-three trips into the ZOO. Now, he's retired, and yet his country needs his skills to save people in the country he calls home.

The Tyr stand on the brink of extinction. The Clay family has one last desperate plan to save the Tyr. Sarah leads an infiltration team of Tyr deep behind the invader's lines, but can she trust the Hidden caste operatives with her? David carries the device that could sever the planet from the threat of Director Zike, while Tyr traitors are on his trail and will stop at nothing to obey their new masters and to exact revenge against General Fastal. As the Tyr fight for survival, secrets will be revealed with implications for the galaxy far beyond what happens on their world.

Piper fled Olympus Station with a broken heart, finding solace in the far reaches of the galaxy as an exobotanist breeding rare plants. She left behind an unspoken love and a cruel sister, who enjoyed making her suffer. Eight years later, the last person she expects to hear from is her sister’s husband, Weston Templeton—especially bearing the news her estranged sister is near death, and her baby needs a womb to continue developing after Pippa’s passing.

The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It was written between 1895 and 1897. The invasion of an alien race that is in a great scientific and logical advance comparing to people of Earth is described in the novel. The aliens are inhumanly cruel. It seems the destruction of the whole Earth civilisation is inevitable. Dark and horrible pictures of destroyed London and other cities of Great Britain are depicted so realistically that it frightens the imagination. Is the mankind doomed?

Nachdem die Mission der Zora ein unvermitteltes Ende gefunden hat, beschließt Dominic Porter, der Flotte den Rücken zu kehren und ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Zusammen mit Ellena Green und Monica Simmons macht er sich auf den Heimweg, zurück zu seiner Familie. Doch die Reise birgt unzählige Gefahren, mit denen weder er, noch seine beiden Begleiterinnen rechnen konnten.

Nach dem fehlgeschlagenen Angriff auf die Welt Barathan, flüchten sich Zurak und seine Gefolgsleute auf einen entlegenen Stützpunkt, inmitten eines riesigen Ozeans. Schon bald finden Dominic Porter und seine Kameraden heraus, dass die scheinbar so wohlgesonnenen Akkato dort ein schreckliches Geheimnis hüten.

Lucie survived four hellish years in prison, being sucked through a wormhole and crashing onto an alien planet. All she wants is to go home. Passion and rage burn in her. She wants her life back, and nothing will stop her: not prison, not an alien planet, and not three powerful aliens determined to claim her. They won't distract her with their smoldering embrace or fiery kisses.

In the heart of the South Pacific lies Point Nemo, the most desolate and remote place on Earth. At its core is a dead zone, devoid of life, where government agencies crash their obsolete satellites and space stations, confident they won't harm a soul. When the International Space Station suffers a catastrophic failure and plummets through the atmosphere, it's here that Mission Specialist Julie Rohr, an astrobiologist studying living space dust called xylem, finds herself marooned. Julie's only hope for rescue lies in the hands of her estranged father, Dr. Finn Maddern, a renowned mycologist.

Cenes é um planeta que desperta para a revolução industrial quando a espaçonave Harim, vinda do distante planeta Climar, aterrissa em uma de suas cidades. Os climarianos passaram a conviver com os cenenses, influenciando-os com sua tecnologia e cultura. Duas décadas depois, os invasores desapareceram de Cenes tão misteriosamente quanto chegaram. A nave Harim, contudo, ficou suspensa sobre a cidade de Azúlea, e há quarenta anos ela emite raios que causam uma terrível doença entre os cidadãos abaixo dela.

For generations, we colonized worlds, and the human race spread throughout the galaxy. One discovery could end it all. They called the ship Lady Vengence, and her Captain, Gavin Andal, was young, a bit arrogant, and the perfect fit for a bunch of misfits more interested in shore leave than work. Nobody was interested in being a hero. Sometimes there's no choice.

Ein fremder Planet und eine dunkle Wahrheit... Die Fortsetzung der fesselnden Science Fiction-Dilogie jetzt auch als Hörbuch! Die menschliche Zivilisation ist vernichtet, ausgelöscht von einer unbekannten Macht. Der Ursprung des Angriffs: Das Sternsystem Epsilon Eridani, Ziel von Erebus und Terror. Nach 374 Jahren im interstellaren Nichts und einem Konflikt, der beinahe zur Katastrophe geführt hätte, erreichen die beiden Raumschiffe ihr Ziel. Sie haben keine Heimat mehr, keine Rückzugsmöglichkeit. Doch beide Crews sind fest entschlossen herauszufinden, wer oder was hinter der Vernichtung der Menschheit steckt.

Ex-Army paratrooper Griffin “Fin” Brooks thought he left danger behind when his battlefield injuries forced him to pursue a new career in marine biology. But one fateful night off the coast of South Africa, a ship nearly crashes into him and his loyal golden retriever, Jacques. Not just any ship. A starship. Though its alien pilot is dead, the rare extraterrestrial animal inside is not. Fin learns the creature is being smuggled across the galaxy when a pair of interstellar visitors respond to the crash. But those same investigators accuse Fin and his dog of crimes he didn’t even know existed.

The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps its prison colony, and for inmates the journey there is always a one-way trip. One such prisoner is Professor Arton Daghdev, xeno-ecologist and political dissident. Soon after arrival he discovers that Kiln has a secret. Humanity is not the first intelligent life to set foot there. In the midst a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem are the ruins of a civilization, but who were the vanished builders and where did they go?