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It has been five years since the Revelation, and Earth is now a member of the Intergalactic Confederation of Planets. Peace has broken out. Climate change has been reversed. Life expectancy has increased. Poverty has just about been wiped out. The Institute is up and running at the Embassy. Students from around the world have transferred, researchers from major universities are doing sabbaticals, and Confederation technology is being adapted for human use.

Le cruel président de la Hanse, Basil Wenceslas, s'efforce d'écraser la nouvelle Confédération menée par le jeune roi rebelle, Peter. Des robots klikiss continuent leurs ravages sur des planètes sans défense. Et leurs créateurs, les Klikiss eux-mêmes, qu'on avait cru éteints depuis longtemps, sont réapparus avec l'intention de reconquérir leurs mondes.

Durch die Gänge der Kampfschiffe gellte der Alarm und gelbe Leuchtbänder an den Wänden signalisierten Teilalarm. In der Geronimo wuchtete sich Laura in den Sitz des Captains. In schneller Folge kamen ihre Befehle. Kurz daraufhin bewegte sich die Nase des Raumschiffes in Richtung Sektor 3-5-8. Sämtliche Kraftwerke wurden hochgefahren, die Kampfstationen besetzt und die Schotte gesichert. Dann nahm die Geronimo Warteposition ein. Ähnlich verliefen die Ereignisse auf der Cochise und der Red Cloud. Die computergesteuerte Bodenverteidigung auf Agua zeigte Sack Carter Grünwerte. Er schaltete auf Bereitschaftsmodus.

Wayne dreamed of piloting a thirty-foot-tall walking robot that was closer to a battle tank than anything else. They were called Walkers. They were armed with laser cannons, rockets, missiles, and heavy kinetic weapons more similar to artillery pieces than guns, and everything that went with that. Unfortunately, he had been declined military service. His only avenue left to become a Walker Pilot was to make it happen all on his own. And he did just that. He became a true Cavalier, was wounded, gained squad mates, and founded the House of Hesh.

Laura Stone wollte gerade ihren Bericht abliefern, als es in den Lautsprechern des Besprechungsraumes knackte und eine harte Stimme ertönte: "Captain auf die Brücke – sofort!" Thomas war für seine schnellen Reaktionen bekannt, aber dieses Mal übertraf er sich selbst. Die angespannte Tonart des Sprechers ließ nichts Gutes erahnen. Gefolgt von seiner überraschten Crew zwängte sich Raven durch die sich für ihn zu langsam öffnende Tür zur Brücke.

If Earth is going to stand against the Elder's retaliation, she cannot do so alone. One place holds out hope for humanity. Unexplored space. Outside the borders of the Elder Empire, the possibilities are endless. Advanced races, new allies, technologies to overcome the Elder’s vast numerical advantage, all are opportunities humanity can’t ignore.

Thomas drückte an der Seitenwand auf den Öffnungsknopf der Bodenluke und zischend öffnete sich ein zwei Meter durchmessendes Loch im Boden. Sofort zogen gelb-bräunliche Schwaden eines entsetzlich stinkenden Gasgemisches in den Raum. Thomas trat an den Rand der Öffnung und sah nach unten. Durch die Wolkendecke war nichts zu sehen, außer diffuser Dämmerung. Beherzt holte Thomas noch einmal Luft und sprang dann mit den Füßen zuerst durch die Luke. Zwei Jahre später haben es die Siedler noch immer nicht geschafft einen Weg zurück zur Erde zu finden.

Ein untrügliches Gefühl für Gefahr erfasste ihn. In dem Augenblick, als er ein Zischen hörte sprang er los auf einen Gang zu. Die Deckung, hinter der er eben noch Schutz gesucht hatte, begann rot zu leuchten und explodierte. Durch die Druckwelle der Explosion wurde Thomas noch weiter auf den Gang geschleudert. Captain Thomas Raven und seine Rumpfcrew werden vor eine schwierige Aufgabe gestellt: Als erste Auswanderer der Erde sollen 50.000 Siedler in den Weiten des Kosmos eine neue Heimat finden.

Lina Daniels a l’habitude de combattre le feu par le feu. Elle n’a pas peur de mourir mais être capturée la terrifie. En tant que membre combattante de la résistance sur

Terre, elle connaissait les dangers. Ces menaces semblent minuscules comparées à celles sur le monde extraterrestre où elle se trouve à présent.

Edge ne se souvient pas vraiment de sa capture et rien de ce qu’il s’est passé depuis. Il sent son esprit se briser, mais une voix douce dans les ténèbres le pousse à résister...et à se battre.

From bestselling author D. Ward Cornell comes the next installment in the stunning Echoes of Extinction saga. Following the destruction of the Dominion's hyperspace conduits in Alliance space, the stranded remnant bands together to attack Earth. President Kyle Wimberly, in collaboration with his daughters in Alliance Intelligence, discovers the Dominion's plans. As they prepare, an idea comes from an unexpected source—a means to enslave the spiders.

Et si la solution pour imposer la paix se trouvait dans une autre dimension ? Alors que la civilisation humaine s'écroule sous les assauts de l'armada de Marbre, le Chien à Problèmes, malgré de nombreuses avaries, et son équipage, non moins épuisé, ont fait le vœu de sauver ce qui peut encore l'être. Ils sont en route vers l'Intrusion, une région de l'espace où la réalité elle-même semble mise à mal.

A UFO appears on Earth's orbit. Ignoring all contact attempts, it showers the planet with priceless artifacts. Choose: perfect health, $10 million, or seven years in prison, per the new amendment. The night of the meteor shower, Paul and his friends run around the city, engaging in quick fights with citizens gone crazy, trying to obtain one of the artifacts.

Tanis is looking forward to a long journey in stasis before arriving at the newly terraformed world of New Eden. New Life. New Start. Getting a berth on the Intrepid is her ticket out of the Sol System. But nothing proves easy for Major Tanis Richards. Nothing is at it seems. What should be a simple trip is fraught with danger and filled with adventure. An array of forces seek to stop the Intrepid - no matter the cost, or lives lost. From competing corporations, to stellar eco-terrorists, no one wants the Intrepid to arrive at New Eden.

Tanis Richards has spent half her life on the Intrepid, guiding the great colony ship, and its two million passengers, across hundreds of light-years. She has risked life, limb, and those dearest to her to get this far. Now she's within reach of her goal; the New Canaan System, and a normal, stable life. The kind she's only dreamed about. The only remaining hurdle is to strike a deal with the Transcend Alliance and trade the Intrepid's advanced technology for the star system. If only things were so easy.

A nuclear terror plot is thwarted just outside Washington, D.C. And it's an election year. Mandisa "Mandi" Nkosi is a young reporter who, while on a trip to Johannesburg to connect with her roots, is contacted by an anonymous source with evidence that material seized from a nuclear terror plot will point squarely at one of humanity's most important companies as the supplier.

Sera leads a simple life. A little smuggling, some drinking contests, and captaining her star freighter, Sabrina. But when she picks up a mysterious shipping container on Coburn Station, things begin to go wrong. She finds herself at odds with The Mark, a dangerous pirate organization that wants the cargo on her ship. Inside the container she not only finds a woman, but a secret thought lost millennia ago.

The colony ship Intrepid is falling into a star. The ship's AI has lost control of the engines and core systems. Battling a saboteur who strives to isolate him, his last act is to wake Colonel Tanis Richards from stasis. Tanis finds herself alone on a dying ship, unable to contact the AI. She must discover what has happened and save the Intrepid from burning up in the star's angry red light. Even if she is successful, the journey to the colony world of New Eden is just beginning.

Indrajit Twang is the 427th epic poet of his people, the only person alive to carry their entire epic history and mythology in his head. His people are dwindling in number, and if he can't find a successor in the great city of Kish, their story will disappear with them. Fix grew up a foundling on the ancient streets of Kish and is making his living as a mercenary. The woman he loves married someone else, and Fix has turned to buying and selling risk on the black market - but is he trying to impress her, or prove something to himself?

Exiled from Unity core space and bent to get back to Earth, Zade starts his journey in the derelict ship provided by the chancellor. After a lucky bout of clumsiness, he learns that the ship he was given is much more than meets the eye. The ancient ship, crafted with poorly understood technology, gives Zade hope that he can help mankind meet the challenges of their inclusion in the interstellar community. All he has to do is make it home with minimal delays....

Jax and the crew of the Lightning Runner have narrowly escaped Sinclair and her DSA fleet, but their troubles are far from over. The flight from Iydra Station has depleted their antimatter reserves. Without resupply, they’ll have limited options should they run into trouble again - which they fully intend to do. With numerous parties hunting for their ship, Jax must choose their haven carefully.