Showing titles in First Contact

Dorcas knew what she was doing when she volunteered to join the Forward Hope: getting as far away from her past as possible. What she found on board was a purpose and community far beyond anything she'd dreamed of since her escape. Off the planet and surrounded by aliens, she's safe from the machinations of the creature who abducted her years before...or so she thought. When a nightmare from her past threatens to come after her family, Dorcas does the only thing she knows how to do: confront the monster in his lair and pray for a rescue.

Brought to us by the Drabs, it was the last thing we expected. But the Drabs knew. They even fought a war over whether or not they should save us. In the end, it was decided that we were diseased insects who were unfit to breathe their air. So they left the human race to die a miserable death of agonizing pain in a matter of months. Left us with no doctors or medicine. Their plan was to rid the earth of us and to take our home as their own. What they never expected was the change that would come after the plague. We didn't all die off as they'd planned.

Shorty führt ein unauffälliges Leben und findet das auch gut so. Er jobbt gerade als Elektriker, als ihn eine Stimme kontaktiert: Er soll eine kleine Reparatur durchführen - und dadurch die Welt retten. Wie bitte? Die Stimme kommt von einem hochintelligenten Alien. Ungläubig und geschmeichelt zugleich will Shorty den Auftrag ausführen. Doch damit löst er ein riesiges Durcheinander auf der Erde aus. Jetzt muss er fliehen: vor der Polizei, vor Geheimdiensten und vor unbekannten Spezies.

Nova ist ein einsamer Planet, seit ewigen Zeiten unterwegs zur Andromeda-Galaxie. Und doch ist er bewohnt – von Menschen, die nie etwas anderes kennengelernt haben als die Höhlen unter der Oberfläche, die sie vor dem Vakuum und der kosmischen Strahlung schützen. Eine überraschende Begegnung ändert alles. Der Planet bekommt Besucher, die ihre eigenen Pläne zu haben scheinen und dabei so fremdartig sind, dass Kommunikation aussichtslos erscheint.

Die beiden Weltraum-Schürfer Bera Sansa und Edian Tarkin stehen kurz davor, ihr Geschäft aufzugeben: Zu wenig einträglich ist die Suche nach Rohstoffen am Rande der bekannten Galaxis. Da entdecken sie ein herrenloses Schiff. An Bord wecken sie vier gelartige, formlose Wesen aus dem Kryo-Schlaf. Diese verwandeln sich - in perfekte Kopien von Bera und Edian! Eine Generation später: Minarel Tarkin, Tochter von Edian und Bera, leitet ein einträgliches und sehr verschwiegenes Unternehmen.

Folge 9: "Andrew": Die Space Troopers schalten auf der Erde weitere Hüter aus. Doch der Feind ist übermächtig und die Mission scheint zum Scheitern verurteilt, als Carl sich - allen Widrigkeiten und Verdächtigungen zum Trotz - in den Kampf einschaltet und auch Andrew seine Bestimmung findet. Zur gleichen Zeit greifen die Insektoiden die Kolonie auf Neu Terra an. Vollkommen unerwartet taucht ein Verschollener auf, der Rettung verspricht... Über die Serie: Das Jahr 2138: Der Krieg gegen die Insekten-Aliens ist verloren. Die Menschheit so gut wie ausgelöscht.

All Vanessa Williams wanted for the holidays was to escape the demands of her parents’ social schedules and find a comfortable place to work on her book. Having the opportunity to do so while enjoying the comforts of a cabin on an alien world seemed like the perfect way to pass the season. Plans change, however, when her shuttle crashes in the inhospitable mountains and she finds herself waiting out the storm in an alien castle with a male whose burning gold eyes promise forbidden pleasures.

Dak Korasa believed he was a galaxy-exploring archaeologist and expert in alien antiquities. But his body is merely a vessel, grown in a laboratory to find and play host to an alien parasite species known as the chok’tal. Possessed by this entity, Dak was granted superhuman abilities as well as the consciousness of the chok’tal’s previous host: special forces soldier Jekra Modri. Now, he’s a Purifier, one of the deadliest predators in the universe. But to survive, Dak must earn “kill points” in combat—or the chok’tal within his body will kill him.

I signed up for a research mission with five other women. Instead, we crashed on an alien planet with too many dangers to count. Separated from the other women, I’m on my own until a huge alien with color-changing skin and a massive sword gets me out of a bad spot. I don’t understand Savair’s language, but I think he’s under the impression that I’m his. I am NOT his. I’m a 34-year old divorced scientist with no time for such nonsense. But if he can help me find the others in my group then perhaps I can play at being “his” for a while.

Three generations of people have been raised on Astra, a colony established by people escaping from the tyrannical government of Terra. Dalgard is embarking on his coming-of-age exploration of the unknown northern lands. In his canoe with a friendly merman native he travels north and discovers proof that Those Others, the evil master race that formerly ruled the planet, are still a danger.

Contrary to the odds, he was a survivor. But it wasn't over, no matter what anyone said. The deadly, shadowy entity he was up against was doing everything to execute its evil scheme and take out anything in its way. It had at its disposal the latest technology, professional killers, and high-ranking patrons. And Clem Denisov, inveterate angel of retribution, wasn't going to put up with it. Clem's one saving grace was his ability to send sinners to hell—a place he knew only too well. And he wouldn't rest until the last of the killers targeting the players received his just dues.

A troubled young woman is recruited by a race of ancient alien explorers to be their emissary to save the human race from extinction. The problem is that not everyone believes the world is doomed, and not everyone trusts the aliens' motives. Holly Burton will have to overcome opposition from world leaders, attacks by religious zealots, assassination attempts, intractable bureaucracies, and her own fears and doubts if she is to save the human race, not just from the coming apocalypse, but from itself.

Having only recently ascended from your average nobody to what many would consider the pinnacle of humanity, the inexperienced Cat is overwhelmed, to say the least. She’s worried about how her girlfriend, Lucy, will react to the changes, and wonders whether she can use her newfound power and growing influence to care for her “kittens,” a group of orphans in her charge. Meanwhile, as if black-ops assassins and their corporate masters weren’t dangerous enough, the alien Antithesis have infiltrated the mining town of Black Bear.

Der letzte Mensch auf seiner gefährlichsten Mission: Das neue Science-Fiction-Hörbuch von Bestseller-Autor Andreas Brandhorst. Als letzter, unsterblicher Mensch in der Milchstraße steht Aron in den Diensten der Moy, einer alten Superzivilisation, die seit unvordenklichen Zeiten über den Kosmos wacht. Sein Auftrag: der Schutz des Kulturguts unterentwickelter Lebensformen vor den Blendern, die überall Zwietracht säen. Die neue Mission führt ihn auf den Planeten Mulkain, wo einige Abgesandte der Moy verschwunden sind.

Tyler Harris und seine Freunde werden als Verräter und Terroristen gejagt. Wenn es eine Chance geben soll, den Tyrannen Kaito Tanaka zu stürzen, brauchen sie unbedingt schlagkräftige Verbündete. Doch es gibt nur noch einen Ort, wo sie diese vielleicht finden könnten: auf der anderen Seite der Milchstraße, in der ehemaligen Heimat der Menschheit. Doch seit dem letzten Kontakt sind rund eintausend Jahre vergangen, und was sie nach einer langen und gefahrvollen Reise vorfinden, entspricht nicht ihren Erwartungen.

В далеком будущем Земля оказывается захвачена Сингами – пришельцами, которые контролируют земную цивилизацию. Синги не дают людям развиваться и объединяться, вынуждая их жить в варварских условиях, в маленьких поселениях, разбросанных по всей планете.

The world has changed. A killer is on the loose in the metaworld, and the still fragile resistance is in danger of crumbling. The resistance is desperately battling the influence of the Forum and the implant carriers. As humanity spends more and more time in the artificially created metaworld, Steve Työpaikkaa stumbles upon a horrifying truth that shakes the foundations of the future. Meanwhile, his daughter June embarks on a dangerous journey after the Resistance finds the source of a new signal.

The Dusman have accepted the Humans as allies but have given no indications as to what their long-term intentions are. Their goals have to be large, though, as they continue to spread their influence across the Human colonies…and beyond. Fighting continues to rage between the guilds, both in the shadows and out in the open for all to see. Although one of the Synthetic Intelligences has been killed, the others are now restive, acting from the shadows to affect events galaxy-wide. As the end of The Guild Wars draws near, one thing is certain—the tempest will rage until the very end.

2187. Earth is cold, dead and divided. The rich hide away while the rest will do anything to survive. Humanity have only one hope: crossing hostile alien territory to reach a habitable planet. Jinnifer Blue is on the run. An expert pilot, she apprehends criminals on behalf of the government and keeps her illegal genetic modifications a closely guarded secret. But when a particularly dangerous job goes south, Jinn is left stranded on a prison ship with one of the most ruthless criminals in the galaxy.

There is fortune to be made across the stars. If it doesn't kill him first. When Deadeye, a hotshot space jockey, is captured by pirates, he decides to join the motley group called the Redshift Runners. Maybe they can help him get rich. These Runners aren’t typical interstellar bandits, however. They risk their lives delivering food and supplies to starving colonies in the outer rim.