Showing results for "Blues" in Science Fiction

As the Project enters its final phase, air force majors Carson and Ourecky are dispatched on an urgent mission to intercept and investigate a massive orbiting object suspected of harboring nuclear weapons. Emotionally exhausted, with his marriage teetering on the brink, Ourecky reluctantly accepts the assignment; in return for his sacrifice, he is promised an opportunity to go to MIT to pursue the PhD he has long desired.

In the second book of the Blue Gemini trilogy, air force majors Scott Ourecky and Drew Carson continue to fly highly classified missions to intercept and destroy suspect Soviet satellites. But after experiencing numerous close calls in orbit, the astronauts soon discover that not all perils reside in the sky. With his marriage already at risk because he cannot explain his frequent absences and strange activities to his wife, Ourecky learns that his unborn child may be in grave danger as a radiation consequence of his flights into space.

Father John has lived his whole life without knowing a woman's touch. Hard at first, his self-denial grew easier over time, as he learned to master his urges with a regimen of prayer, cold showers, and jigsaw puzzles. That changes the day that Debra Rocks enters his confessional. A rough-talking adult film actress, she has come to ask him to pray for a murdered costar.

Nach ihren Abenteuern in der fernen Galaxis Andromeda treten Perry Rhodan und die Besatzung der MAGELLAN den großen Sprung in die heimatliche Milchstraße an. Sie stoßen auf die fremdartigen Außerirdischen, die diesen Sternensektor besiedeln. Die Blues, wie man sie rasch nennt, haben verschiedene Sternenreiche errichtet – schnell kommt es zu Konflikten mit den Menschen. Doch Perry Rhodan muss sich mit den Blues und ihren fremdartigen Sitten arrangieren.

In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality-bending, time-slipping sequel to The Tatami Galaxy. During a scorching August in Kyoto, our protagonist and his worst friend, Ozu, are locked in a glaring contest in a...

Blue Rose Protocol is a narrated sci-fi thriller fiction podcast set in 2055, where the city is immaculate, automated… and empty. When Celeste Ward—a confessional political commentator devoted to the betterment of the people—time-slips into this flawless future, she expects collapse. Instead, she finds a world that runs like a performance: trains arrive, lights glow, systems soothe—and every message insists on “wellness,” “stability,” and “voluntary” compliance.But beneath the calm is a buried layer: unpublished footage, denied corrections, manufactured consent, and a ...

When a plan to uplift Earth draws the attention of warring alien civilizations, humanity’s greatest leap forward becomes a fight for survival. A handful of fighter pilots stand between extinction and a new dawn for mankind. If you love fast-paced military sci-fi, alien warfare, and explosive action, strap in for the Sector 64 Trilogy—a full-throttle ride from the skies of Earth to the far reaches of space.

For dinosaurs, it was a big rock. For humans: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). When the Earth is hit by the greatest CME in recorded history (several times larger than the Carrington Event of 1859), the combined societies of the planet's most developed nations struggle to adapt to a life thrust back into the Dark Ages. In the United States, the military scrambles to speed the nation's recovery on multiple fronts including putting down riots, establishing relief camps, delivering medical aid, and bringing communication and travel back on line. Just as a real foothold is established in retaking the skies (utilizing existing commercial aircraft supplemented by military resources and ground control systems), a mysterious virus takes hold of the population, spreading globally over the very flight routes that the survivors fought so hard to rebuild.

The once red and barren terrain of Mars is now green and rich with life - plant, animal, and human. But idyllic Mars is in a state of political upheaval, plagued by violent conflict between those who would keep the planet green and those who want to return it to a desert world.

Powerful war machines of the far-future collide across a barren desert world in this post-apocalyptic debut novel from award-winning Australian author Cat Sparks. Seventeen-year-old Star and her sister Nene are orphans, part of a 13-wagon caravan of nomadic traders living hard lives travelling the Sand Road. Their route cuts through a particularly dangerous and unforgiving section of the Dead Red Heart, a war-ravaged desert landscape plagued by rogue semi-sentient machinery and other monsters from a bygone age.

Two dudes. One mic. Endless respawns.From late-night Warthog drives to last-second buzzer beaters, we talk sports, video games, life, and the latest news—with the energy of a Halo lobby and the honesty of a post-game chat.Pull up a seat at Blue Base. It’s time to banter.

When Van gains rank as a Peacemaker, he becomes a bigger target for the criminals scattered among the stars. And he wouldn’t have it any other way. On a distant world under an alien sun, hunters and their companions—the Rovan—bond in a ritual as old as their civilization. But one of the hunters is missing, and Van, along with his growing crew, knows where to look. Climbing up into the rarified air of the super-rich, Van uncovers a new enemy: The Fade. And they are as cruel as the stars are many.

Russia, 1946, the Nazis recently defeated. Stalin gathers half a dozen of the top Soviet science fiction authors in a dacha in the countryside somewhere. Convinced that the defeat of America is only a few years away, and equally convinced that the Soviet Union needs a massive external threat to...

In 1965, a mysterious beam of blue light descended from space, illuminating Northern California. This extraterrestrial beam possessed strange powers, causing those it touched to either die, go mad, or gain a unique, extraordinary ability. This newfound power represented the full actualization of human potential, bestowing strengths, understandings, and communication abilities far beyond normal human capacities. Those affected by the light were soon dubbed "Blues" and were segregated from society due to their superhuman abilities.

Three factions vie for control of the galaxy. Rig, a gunslinging, thieving rebel-with-a-cause, doesn’t give a damn about them, and she hasn’t looked back since abandoning them three years ago. That is, until her former faction sends her a message: Return what she stole from them, or her twin sister will die. Rig embarks on a journey across the galaxy to save her - but for once, she’s not alone. She has help from her network of resistance contacts, her taser-wielding librarian girlfriend, and a mysterious bounty hunter.

The appearance of the warp drive from the long lost Fenrir spaceship triggers an epic quest for Captain Mikhail Volkov. According to the drive's computers, Fenrir had been lost to hypothetical "nowhere" of subspace, but with the drive's housing covered with coral and sea life, obviously Fenrir has gone somewhere. Faced with genocide at the hands of the alien Nefrim, humans need a miracle to survive. On the chance that Fenrir's mysterious location holds such a miracle, Mikhail jumps into the unknown and crashes into the endless blue of the Sargasso Sea.

In a captivating parallel world where psychic powers have transformed witchcraft into a respected science, the physical sciences have taken a backseat, creating a culture reminiscent of our eighteenth century. Follow the intertwined fates of Lalette Asterhax, a hereditary witch, and Rodvard Bergelin, an ordinary government clerk drawn into the radical conspiracy of the Sons of the New Day. Though Rodvard is commanded to seduce Lalette to exploit her powerful blue star for revolutionary purposes, neither feels genuine affection for the other. As they navigate their complex motivations and the ...

Dom has been living in digital paradise for as long as he can remember. He's lucky enough to be one of the gogglers of the Trop. However, having all that he can imagine has been less than blissful. He thinks too much, consumes too little, and it's stressing out his manager.

Sola de la Vega is on a mission to save the galaxy, and nothing will sway her. Not even the pleas of her beloved husband, Captain Javan Rhodes, to keep herself and their unborn child safe. Fitted with a series of technological "enhancements" entwined with her central nervous system, Sola is not fully human. Her father is the undisputed leader of Earth, and Sola is driven to put an end to his genocidal rule - before he can follow through with his plans to consolidate power over the universe into the hands of the aristocracy. Despite Javan's fears for her safety, Sola's quest has become an obsession she cannot control.

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