Showing results for "The Leap" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Markus Wolfe has lost his parents, his girlfriend, and now, his job. Stripped of confidence and purpose, it seems he's at his lowest point. But when an apparition appears, offering him a mysterious inheritance, Markus is given something he urgently needs: direction. Transmigrated into a vast wilderness with no signs of civilization, Markus is stripped of everything he's known and forced to survive with limited tools, unfamiliar rules, and absolutely no margin for error. And as he takes his first steps to earn his place in this new reality, he quickly learns nothing will come easily.

Everything seems to be going hilariously wrong for bestselling author Amelia "Mills" Sutherland on her first trip to Scotland. When she's about to give up, she stumbles on Aven Valley's last cottage on the cove and meets the irresistibly charming sailor, Callum MacDowell. Just as things start spicing up, a mystical portal in Loch Ness zaps Mills and Cal back to Aven Valley, 1645! Soon, they're stuck navigating clan rivalries, baffling customs, and the awkward challenge of pretending to be a married couple.

Pursued by enemies, exiled Liaden clan Korval is settling into a new base on backworld Surebleak. Moving is expensive, as is war, and Korval is strapped for cash. Delm Korval has therefore instructed Master Trader Shan yos'Galan to design and implement new trade routes, quickly. But this is no easy task. Dutiful Passage is targeted by Korval's enemies, denied docking at respectable ports, and cheated by those less respectable. Struggling to recuperate from an attack on his life, while managing daughter Padi’s emerging psychic talents, Shan is running out of options - and time.

Jo Clayton, creator of the popular Diadem Saga, introduces a delightfully unforgettable new character - a tough, sexy, futuristic tomb raider Lara Croft with issues - and sets her loose in a wild and woolly galaxy of dastardly villains, alien shape-shifters, and all manner of strange sentient life-forms. Skeen is a bandit and a rogue, a master thief wanted throughout myriad solar systems for plundering the rare antiquities of countless alien civilizations while always keeping one rocket ship-length ahead of the intergalactic law.

The artifact we found on Vesta changed everything. Sure, we were able to patent the new technologies we managed to reverse engineer, and make a hefty sum. But we could never have anticipated where these discoveries would eventually lead. The board of directors still wants to see what we come back with, but those of us on the ship know that there's something far more significant than Hegemony credits out here. And we have to do it right by humanity.

In the near future, America is crumbling, bankrupt, and teetering on the edge of chaos. Following the Great Bailout, the multinational Lee-Pi corporation is the only institution that can hold the country together, providing basic services, security, and order. Leonard Cheung is Lee-Pi's most reliable field operative: a negotiator, assassin, and clean-up expert who does the behind-the-scenes dirty work to keep the corporation running.

It’s 2069, the city of Drogheda has prospered as the home of Ireland’s first spaceport and the world-renowned guild of polymer technologies. Destiny Corporations ‘BeInfinite’ life extension programme is in its infancy. Eleanor - Pioneer 001, the first transcendence candidate, has just completed phase one of her life extension journey. This immersive audio drama invites you to step into Eleanor’s world and experience her story through uploaded memory fragments. What has compelled Eleanor to take this giant leap of techno-faith and transcend the limitations of humanity?

On his first birthday, an infant was abandoned by the man he was named after. Now, 17 years later, Junior is a high school senior navigating life as he struggles with knowing something or someone is missing in his life. This is his truth until a surprising revelation by his mother changes everything for his yesterday, today, and tomorrow. This sci-fi family audio drama chronicles Junior’s journey to overcome fear, anxiety, and even time itself, all in an effort to reconnect with a stranger in an even stranger land and finally uncover the truth behind what happened to his father.

Podcast zur TV-Serie "Quantum Leap" / "Zurück in die Vergangenheit"

"Прыжок в ничто" - фантастический роман Александра Беляева, жанр научная фантастика, социальная фантастика. Посвящён Константину Эдуардовичу Циолковскому.

Sometimes the only way out is to fall further in…

As Earth's leaders gather to usher in a new era of interplanetary cooperation, a remarkable discovery in the skies above New Kerguelen threatens to destroy the peace on both worlds....