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We've come a long way in the forty years since the Shongairi attacked Earth, killed half its people, and then were driven away by an alliance of humans with the other sentient bipeds who inhabit our planet. We took the technology they left behind, and rapidly built ourselves into a starfaring civilization. Because we haven't got a moment to lose. Because it's clear that there are even more powerful, more hostile aliens out there, and Earth needs allies. But it also transpires that the Shongairi expedition that nearly destroyed our home planet ... wasn't an official one.

Four classic TV novelisations in which the Doctor and friends are witnesses to alien invasion. In Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet, by Gerry Davis, the First Doctor, Ben and Polly help the crew of an Antarctic tracking station as they resist invasion by the Cybermen, intent on enslaving humanity...

David Banks reads this action-packed novelisation featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri. What links a diamond raid in 20th Century London, a secret base in the heart of the city's sewer system, a cold and desolate planet light years from Earth, and a daring plan to alter the entire course of...

2025 год. Наглый разбойничий набег, в ходе которого погибло около трёх миллионов землян и ещё четверть миллиона человек были увезены в неизвестном направлении. Война миров обязательно будет, но позже.

Josy überlebt eine unheimliche Begegnung mit einem Alien – doch niemand glaubt ihr. Ein paar Wochen danach bekommt sie Besuch von einem Vertreter der Interstellar Cooperation. Denn längst haben die führenden Völker der Galaxie die Erde im Visier und diese Vereinigung soll die Menschheit behutsam auf außerirdisches Leben vorbereiten. Merkwürdig nur, dass selbst dort niemand weiß, welcher Spezies Josy damals begegnet ist. Und sie ahnen auch nicht, dass Josy diesem Alien etwas Wertvolles gestohlen hat.

Man schreibt das Jahr 1815. Schon vor ein paar Jahren ist eine kleine Gruppe Aliens nach der Havarie ihres Raumschiffes auf der Erde gestrandet. Die Gestaltwandler leben versteckt unter den Menschen dieser Zeit, als über der Erde ein Raumschiff auftaucht und die Hoffnung auf eine mögliche Heimkehr schürt. Eine Kette von Ereignissen nimmt ihren dramatischen Verlauf, der in einer Katastrophe mündet.

Fourteen months after first contact, as the Sovereign Star Systems prepare for another alien attack, Captain Richard Morian and the Avenger are ordered to Beta Arietis in the constellation of Aries where they hope to find new resources and perhaps even new allies to help with the war effort.

On the run across federation space, Cherry has stuffed far too many dangerous secrets into her scout ship. Now, the Delphic Dame is the most hunted spaceship in the universe. It may also be the only force in the universe capable of saving humanity. Cherry just has to stay one step ahead of her enemies—and, maybe, of her allies.

Desol… Most Berserkers have never heard of the tiny planetoid, a barren and inhospitable wasteland on the edge of the outer rim. The platoon of tankers stationed there wished they'd never seen the place. Hostile miners resent the Berserkers' presence, and the bored troopers have nothing to do but drink and fight. Corporal Jake Murray is one of the best gravtank commanders in the Berserkers, but he's also an undisciplined, unrepentant troublemaker. Banished to Desol for insubordination, Murray finds himself surrounded by a host of similar malcontents and burnouts.

With the Confederation unable to project military power into the sector, neighboring allies press the Earth Alliance for protection and transportation services. Michael proposes a bold new initiative to secure the sector and promote its prosperity. Eugene and Kelly discover the secret to destroying the Enemy once and for all. And a new young species takes its first steps into interstellar space. Meanwhile, Confederation hardliners do everything in their power to stop Michael and the Earth Alliance from succeeding.

Ein atemberaubendes Zukunftsabenteuer in Cinemascope. Die Zukunft, unendliche Weiten ... Dies ist die Geschichte vom Aufbruch der Menschheit ins All. Die Geschichte der Besiedelung zahlloser faszinierender Welten. Und die Geschichte der Begegnung mit den Collectors, Außerirdischen, die noch überheblicher sind als wir – und weitaus gefährlicher... Mit "Collector" hat Markus Heitz, Autor des Bestsellers "Die Zwerge", das ultimative Zukunftsepos geschrieben - ein atemberaubendes Abenteuer in Cinemascope.

Через пятьдесят лет после первого контакта с древней теократической цивилизацией ссеан земляне безуспешно пытаются смириться с их менталитетом, ради невероятных мицелиальных технологий закрывая глаза на кровавые жертвоприношения, грибные споры, проникающие в вены, и ритуальные снадобья, способные полностью сломить человеческую волю. "ссенский религиозный фанатизм, их обычаи, язык, культура постепенно изменяют земное общество. Лукас Хильдебрандт, долгое время бывший послом на "ссе, понимает, что вскоре процесс станет необратимым и Земля полностью утеряет свою независимость.

Bonnie Langford reads this novelisation of the brand new adventure for Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary, featuring the Fourteenth Doctor and Donna Noble, as played by David Tennant and Catherine Tate. A ship at the edge of space. A robot with a secret. A sinister presence. The Doctor and Donna...

No science fiction author was more highly regarded than Grand Master Clifford D. Simak, winner of numerous honors. One of the genre's premier literary artists, Simak explores time travel and time engines; examines the rituals and superstitions of galactic travelers who have long forgotten their ultimate purpose; and even takes fascinating detours through World War II and the wild American West in a wondrous anthology that no science fiction fan should be without.

Agetha has survived many more battles than she anticipated when she first landed on her new home planet. She's older and wiser, has gained family and lost loved ones. And yet her reward for four decades of service is to be pushed to the colony's outer edges with the other aging Generationals. But that was only the beginning of her adventure.

Why did they come? When they appeared across the sky, speculation wheeled around the world—the aliens were from heaven, the invaders were from hell… or they were proof that neither existed. But when they landed, curiosity gave way to suspicion and the nations reacted with nuclear force, setting off a chain reaction that left the world in ruins. Twenty years later, instead of nearing her retirement, Dr. Elspeth Darrow struggles to forget the loss of her child and husband by plunging herself into the work of operating the last remaining hospital in San Francisco.

Wenn man im tobenden Krieg zwischen Bethany Annes Gruppe und den Verstoßenen zwischen die Fronten gerät, ist das Leben weit mehr als gefährlich. Sowohl Vampire als auch Menschen sind zu Opfern geworden, aber wenn es eine Sache gibt, die Bethany Annes Mitstreiter gelernt haben, dann ist es die...

Jacqueline King reads this brand-new adventure for Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary, based on a script by Russell T Davies and featuring the Fourteenth Doctor and Donna Noble, as played on TV by David Tennant and Catherine Tate. A life-changing encounter. A fugitive from the stars. Wrathful...

Auf der antarktischen Halbinsel kommt es zu einem mysteriösen Vorfall: Nachdem an der Oberfläche seismische Aktivitäten gemessen wurden, machen sich zwei skandinavische Forscher von ihrer Basis auf, um der Anomalie nachzugehen. Sie finden einen riesigen Krater, in dessen Mitte eine schwarze Kugel aus fremdartigem Material schwebt. Die beiden Männer werden nie wieder gesehen. Jahre später geschehen merkwürdige Dinge rund um den Globus.

Set in the heart of the Australian outback, Ellie is looking for answers. What she uncovers is not what she expected, and dark intentions shadow every new discovery in her investigation. Things get complicated as she uncovers the truth and suddenly, the world is not as it seems.