Space Opera

When the Sun is threatened by an alien microbe, the fate of humanity rests on the shoulders of an unlikely hero – and an even more unlikely friendship.

Paul Atreides avenges the traitorous plot against his noble family - and brings to fruition humankind's most ancient, unattainable dream.

The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! Frank Herbert's second installment explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and its strange threatening environment. Dune Messiah picks up the story of the man known as Maud'dib, heir to...

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....

The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered, and fertile....

More than 3,000 years have passed since the first events recorded in Dune. Only one link survives with those tumultuous times: the grotesque figure of Leto Atreides....

Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was a shock. To add to the surprise, he is now a sentient computer and the controlling intelligence for a Von Neumann probe....

On Arrakis, now called Rakis, known to legend as Dune, 10 times 10 centuries have passed. The children of Dune's children awaken as from a dream, wielding the new power of a heresy called love....

On the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secrets they contain mean that nothing - nothing anywhere in the universe - will ever be the same....

The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now, the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's power, have colonized a green world—and are tuning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile....

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....

On the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secrets they contain mean that nothing - nothing anywhere in the universe - will ever be the same....

Disaster. There was no other word to describe how Operation Olympic had changed in a flash from a triumph to the worst failure the Merry Band of Pirates had ever experienced. A failure that meant the fight was over. Unless the Pirates could perform a miracle, without Skippy.

Galaxy Outlaws is a collection of all 16 Black Ocean missions chronicling the adventures of the starship Mobius and her crew, along with six short stories.

Colonel Joe Bishop risks all to retrieve the alien starship Flying Dutchman, unaware of the team's uncertain ability to safeguard Earth.

The Merry Band of Pirates stopped the enemy from stealing a Sentinel, and destroyed its Elder starship, so why weren’t the Pirates planning a victory party?

He was the most powerful Sith lord who ever lived. But could he be the only one who never died? “Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? It’s a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise that he could use the Force to influence the...

This audiobook brings together 13 uproarious short stories and one novella, focused on Ciaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium. His stories are celebrated as heroic propaganda pieces, but he’s simply trying to stay alive in a hostile galaxy....

When Earthman Arthur Dent learns that first his house and then his planet are about to be bulldozed, it’s the beginning of an interplanetary adventure for him and his friend, Ford Prefect....

While the crew of the starship Flying Dutchman have been trying to assure that hostile aliens do not have access to Earth, the UN Expeditionary Force has been stranded on the planet they nicknamed "Paradise". The Flying Dutchman is headed back out on another mission....

The elite crew of the pirate ship UNS Flying Dutchman had a simple mission: determining whether the Thuranin are sending another starship to Earth....

It all comes down to this final confrontation – the Emperor versus the Warmaster. The father versus the son. After 63 novels and a slew of short stories, omnibuses, audio dramas, and more – this is the End and the Death....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The origin story of one of the greatest Star Wars villains . . . a book that fans have wanted for decades.”—The Verge One of the most cunning and ruthless warriors in the history of the Galactic Empire, Grand Admiral Thrawn is also one of the most captivating...

The Aftermath of a stunning victory—especially an unexpected, complete, and final victory—should be high-fives all around, listening to politicians give boring congratulatory speeches, and a well-deserved rest for the Merry Band of Pirates....

Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap out of the audio, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy....

Dieses Mal wird Sherlock Holmes von der Union dafür eingesetzt, einen Saboteur auf Alpha Mensae b aufzuspüren. Den dort angesiedelten Menschen wurde nämlich die elektrische Energie geraubt, was sie naturgemäß wütend macht. Mit der Hilfe von Dr. Watson kann der Meisterdetektiv den Schuldigen rasch ermitteln.

Sherlock Holmes wird von der Galaktischen Union zum Kunstkritiker ernannt. Vor allem, um den Künstler Pelwin Pokussa zu unterstützen, der ein Günstling des Präsidenten ist. Doch bei der Kunstausstellung entdeckt er eine Leiche.

В настоящую книгу входит три произведения — Старк и звездные короли, Звездный охотник, Татуированный человек, действия которых происходят во вселенной Звездных королей.

В настоящую книгу входит роман «Возвращение к звездам», действие которого происходит во вселенной «Звездных королей».

Бывший военный летчик Джон Гордон обменивается телами с Зартом Арном, наследным принцем королевства Фомальгаута, чтобы из своего родного двадцатого века перенестись на двести тысяч лет в будущее. И узнает, что космос, разделенный между империями и королевствами, пронизанный интригами и истерзанный войнами, балансирует на грани катастрофы. Шорр Кан, предводитель Лиги Темных Миров, замыслил убить Зарта Арна и разрушить союз звездных королей. С великой неохотой Гордон берет на себя роль принца, чтобы сорвать планы заговорщиков и не допустить низвержения Вселенной в пучину анархии.

Sur la 2ème terre, l’avenir ne se joue plus dans les hautes sphères mais dans l’ombre, où montent les murmures d’une révolte. Ils n’ont pas choisi d’être des héros, seulement de ne plus se taire. Quand l’ordre que l’on croyait immuable se fissure, alliances fragiles, secrets enfouis et promesses de liberté s’entrechoquent. Chaque pas coûte, chaque loyauté se teste.

After two decades of learning at the Nexus, the children of Van and his crew are ready to take their first steps out in the big black. Aboard their new ship, the AnaDarko, the young officers begin unraveling a mystery that goes beyond the depths of time—where did Gabby's people come from, and why does life, scattered across the gas giants, all sound so familiar to her? Under the capable guidance of Rab, a seasoned Peacemaker, the young crew pursues science and knowledge—even as Van and Torina push back against a threat that originates on earth itself.

Jockeying navigator clans guide spaceships through the Hollows: an area of space populated by the mysterious but deadly creatures known as Tanglers. When a Tangler escapes the Hollows for the first time in living memory, each clan must send a representative to help capture it—but the mission may be doomed and the hearts of two clan juniors may be in danger too.

The Emperor's Twin is a haunting exploration of power, identity, and the terrifying intersections between the human body and the divine—the grotesque and the sublime—that questions the nature of control, survival, and the price of unrelenting ambition.

Getting out from under the Commonwealth's thumb should be a good thing. Of course, there are a lot of people who think that means the Earth is fair game. BSR has to keep them from exploiting the folks back home. Of course, the fellow Bob outsmarted on Tantrum isn't taking it well, either. Come see what the fleet has to do to keep Earth safe.

C'est l'acte final : l'alliance de la Confédération humaine du roi Peter avec l'Empire ildiran, les verdanis et les wentals, a tenu bon face aux hydrogues et aux robots renégats commandés par Sirix. Mais deux terribles ennemis continuent à menacer le Bras spiral : les faeros, dont le feu vivant détruit tout sur son passage, et les Klikiss, des monstres insectoïdes qui sont sur le point de former un essaim imbattable.

When ordinary potter Efim Hawkins accidentally revives Honest John Barlow—a slick, sharp-witted man preserved from centuries past—Barlow awakens to a society in catastrophic decline. Overpopulation has exploded. Education has collapsed. The average intelligence has plummeted. And the masses, countless and unquestioning, march forward under a system that rewards ignorance and conformity. Where others see chaos, Barlow sees opportunity.

Sie erreichen einen Ort ohne Beispiel – die Welt im Technogewölk Gut 4000 Jahre in der Zukunft bildet die Erde das Zentrum eines Sternenreiches, das Tausende von Welten umfasst. Überall leben die Menschen in Frieden und Freiheit. Zu den anderen Völkern der Milchstraße und ihren Angehörigen besteht ein freundschaftlicher Austausch. Der Raumfahrer Perry Rhodan hat darüber hinaus eine Vision: Er will die Verbindungen zu anderen Galaxien ausbauen. Raumschiffe des Typs PHOENIX sollen als schnelle Kuriere dienen.

Gut 4000 Jahre in der Zukunft bildet die Erde das Zentrum eines Sternenreiches, das Tausende von Welten umfasst. Perry Rhodan hat darüber hinaus eine Vision: Der Raumfahrer, der einst die Menschheit zu den Sternen führte, will die Verbindungen zu anderen Galaxien ausbauen. Raumschiffe des Typs PHOENIX sollen als Kurierschiffe dienen. Der ursprüngliche PHOENIX ist derzeit aber unter dem Kommando von Reginald Bull auf der Suche nach dem Mausbibber Gucky. Diese Absichten stoßen nicht auf ungeteilte Zustimmung.

Gut 4000 Jahre in der Zukunft bildet die Erde das Zentrum eines Sternenreiches, das Tausende von Welten umfasst. Auf der Erde wird durch ein Versehen ein hypermagnetischer Puls ausgelöst, der überall, wo er eintrifft, Reproiden aktiviert – Metallkonstruktionen, die Materie zu Kopien ihrer selbst umwandeln. Nachdem die Gefahr im Solsystem vorläufig eingedämmt worden ist, machen sich Einsatzteams daran, weitere Planeten zu retten. Auf dem Planeten Shoyn gelingt das einem Team um Perry Rhodan.