Showing results for "Black" in First Contact

Fähnrich Marca Nbaro hatte immer davon geträumt, an Bord der gewaltigen Großraumschiffe zu dienen. Sie sind der Lebensnerv des von Menschen besetzten Weltraums und transportieren unermessliche Warenmengen von City, dem größten menschlichen Orbital, bis zum Tradepoint am anderen Ende, um sie dort mit einer unbekannten außerirdischen Spezies gegen Xenoglas zu tauschen. Doch es lauern Feinde draußen in der Dunkelheit des Weltraums, die die Zukunft der gesamten Menschheit bedrohen.

Nnedi Okorafor's Binti is the w inner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novella! "Robin Miles’s terrific narration creates a stellar audiobook. (Pun intended.)"—Modern Mrs. Darcy on Binti Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at...

The Empire and its allies struggle to find a way to strike back at the Enlightened, who are employing raiding tactics to set the galaxy on fire. And with their new ability to travel through access points, the job of the galactic alliance is that much harder. Meanwhile Adrian, unable to force a confrontation with the three Enlightened turns his eyes to the Custodian, the ancient AI that had until recently kept the Enlightened contained. Now the AI had joined the Enlightened side, allowing them the use of access points.

"...narrators John Pirhalla and Sophie Amoss skillfully let the protagonists’ voices cycle through emotions like exhaustion, despair, and even hope." -Library Journal A character-driven science fiction/horror blend, KC Jones's Black Tide is Stephen King's Cujo meets A Quiet Place. It was just...

The universe isn’t always as it appears, something that Salchar and the Free Fleet know only too well. When the black’s own creatures come tearing out from children’s nightmares, the Free Fleet will be there. Some might call those that make up the Free Fleet insane, might call them lunatics. But in this universe, it’s good to have some lunatics on your side.

Former Marine Will Hawthorne has revealed himself to the alien world of Taitala as the Makalang, a legendary creature who is expected to reverse the world's decline into senescence and extinction. With his first wives already pregnant, tensions between the city's clans begin stretching to the breaking point as the demand for new children intensifies. But Will's attempts to mediate the dispute are upended by a campaign of bombings by the shadowy Black Sky group and suspicions that the mysterious nocturnal panikang are behind it.

Captain Tom Thrush is patrolling the Octagon Rift when his ship is attacked by a black destroyer that seems to predict his every move. Outgunned and outmaneuvered, he flees in a crippled ship to the only sanctuary he can reach—a den of thieves and spies called Lotus Station. His ship will be broken up for scrap. Half the crew are casualties. The rest are scattering, leaving Tom stuck on Lotus. As the black destroyer hunts down local freighters, Tom becomes obsessed with tracking it down and taking revenge.

The Queen's fist never fades. Beware the shadows, for they might be Masks. Beneath the reign of the Galatian Queens lies a secret army, veiled in mystery and dread. These assassins, known as the Black Masks, serve a singular, unyielding purpose: to hunt down and annihilate Galatian hybrids—as well as the mothers who bring them into existence. Their ruthlessness is matched only by their anonymity.

Fifteen years into a 20-year voyage, war veteran Captain Throttle Reyne is looking forward to taking a break from dealing with malfunctions, glitches, and the hassles of monitoring 1,000 colonists in cryo-sleep. But when her colony ship breaks down in the middle of nowhere, Throttle and her crew must leave the colonists behind to search for help. They find a ship that's not only missing a crew...it's clearly not from their star system.

Titan: The largest moon of Saturn. A deadly enigma harboring the greatest secret in the history of humankind. In the wake of the first mission, two companies with very different goals plot a return to that distant moon. Their ships are safer, their technology has improved…and they want answers. The competition triggers a new space race that will push the crews to the very edge of survival. Yet Titan does not hold all the secrets. On Earth, a startling ocean discovery reveals that whatever created the alien artifacts has been to our planet before…and it’s coming back.

Aeson Kassiopei, Imperial Crown Prince, survived his fiery death at Ae-Leiterra, saved the Fleet, and became the man we know today. Filled with alien knowledge he cannot understand and prescient memories of the blue-eyed girl who would change his life and save everything, he must make the most important decision of his life. Aeson has lived and died doing what's best for Atlantis, but now he burns for Gwen Lark. Learn his feelings from the inside out—from their first meeting to the moment he must decide Gwen's fate.

Phoebe ist voller Geheimnisse - ihr Alien-Beschützer ist entschlossen, sie zu enthüllen. Phoebe kommt mit einem Koffer voller Geheimnisse und vorgefasster Meinungen über das Leben an der Grenze auf dem Mond Clotho an. Sie ist mehr als bereit, für ihr eigenes Stück Ackerland und eine Zukunft für das kleine Kind, das sie adoptiert hat, zu kämpfen. Als sich ihr neues Zuhause jedoch als Unterwasserfarm entpuppt und das Baby in den Armen eines Invicta-Drachenwächters auftaucht, muss sich Phoebe ganz neuen Herausforderungen stellen.

Die Alien-Adoptions-Agentur wird alle Träume wahr werden lassen. Zumindest glaubt Luna das, als sie ein klappriges Raumschiff besteigt, um auf einem Grenzmond das außerirdische Kind zu treffen, das sie im Tausch gegen 100 Hektar Land und ein bescheidenes Gehalt aufziehen wird. Aber sie rechnet nicht mit den gefährlichen Tieren des Mondes, den kurzen, aber einsamen Nächten und dem großen blauen Krieger, der für die ständige Bewachung des Babys zuständig ist. Noxx ist ein stolzer Drachenkrieger der Invicta, der seine Stärke, Strategie und Ausdauer zum Schutz seines Heimatlandes einsetzt.

Parker never understood the concept of Earth love until he met Ruby. Now he's head over heels for his brother's curvy wedding planner. His heart aches, his pulse throbs, and all the love songs and chick flicks of Earth suddenly make perfect sense to the sexy alien. Ruby is planning an amazing reality show wedding for her best friend, but can't help getting weak-kneed every time the groom's brother is around.

Aliens haben mich von der Erde entführt – oder zumindest vermute ich das. Da Menschen für die Außerirdischen lediglich Waren zu sein scheinen, haben sie sicherlich keine Verwendung für jemanden wie mich. Also muss ich mein Geheimnis für mich behalten. Solange ich vorgebe, dass ich sehen kann, bin ich wenigstens nicht allein.

Sie ist das Ziel einer intergalaktischen Kopfgeldjagd. Aber er wird ihr Herz erobern. Aurora Day ist auf der Flucht. Das Verbrechen, das man ihr vorwirft, hat sie nicht begangen - oder zumindest nicht begehen wollen. Aber die intergalaktischen Soldaten, die auf der Jagd nach der als Füchsin bekannten Frau sind, interessieren sich nicht für Details. Das Versteck auf dem abgelegenen Grenzmond Clotho ist ihre einzige Hoffnung zu überleben.

Margot Lane thought she had an exciting life-plenty of fans, lots of money, and even her dream role on a hit TV show. But when she busts out of the most expensive and exclusive celebrity fat camp on the east coast, things really get interesting. Pursued by personal trainers, Margot takes an opportunity to duck out of sight. But she realizes she may have gone from the frying pan into the fire when she finds out that she's "hiding" on the set of the hot new reality show that's captured the imagination of the entire planet.