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Civil War veteran John Carter is transported to a dying planet, where he must elude capture by giant green barbarians to rescue a Martian princess from certain doom. In this landmark of science fiction, the myths and mystery of the red planet supply a vibrant backdrop for a swashbuckling epic.

Now that she's retrieved the Staff of Lore, Captain Alisa Marchenko can finally dedicate herself and her ship to finding her kidnapped daughter. Her scant clues lead her to Cleon Moon. Unfortunately, since the fall of the empire, mafia clans have taken over the domed cities on the harsh moon...

Twenty-five-year-old Zoe Eferhild was supposed to live a life full of adventure. Climbing mountains and day-dreaming of the magic in books was all she needed to fuel her unabashed spirit. That all changed the night her sister was murdered in front of her. Now, she’s in therapy, questioning her...

Als die Astronomin Celia Baron in einer rätselhaften Dunkelwolke ein Phänomen entdeckt, das allen bekannten Naturgesetzen widerspricht, glaubt ihr niemand – zu schwer wiegt ein Fehler aus ihrer Vergangenheit. Doch ihre Entdeckung führt die Menschheit auf ihre erste interstellare Mission. Tief im All stößt die Crew auf Spuren einer unfassbar mächtigen außerirdischen Technologie und gerät in einen Konflikt, der über das Schicksal der Erde und der gesamten Galaxis entscheiden könnte.

It's business as usual for Ship Leader Parnell Shi-Sawahla and the crew of the corvette Sassafras. Ride a Massif to a new system, fight the enemy, repeat. For more than 200 years humans have been hitching rides on these sentient, star-faring mountain ranges, colonising planets and exporting an on-again, off-again war between Earth and Mars. But the big questions are always there, behind every battle, every new colony, every new star system discovery. Why do the Massifs carry humans to the stars? Why do they help us export our wars? What's in it for the Massifs?

Es ist das ambitionierteste Vorhaben der bemannten Raumfahrt: eine Reise zum Mars, geplant ohne Wiederkehr – doch an Bord des Raumschiffes befindet sich ein Saboteur Noch zwei Tage, dann wird die Crew bekannt gegeben, die sich auf die spektakulärste Weltraummission begibt, die die Welt je...

Space opera's sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone from award-winning author Ann Leckie. The Temporal Location of the Radiant Star has always been a source of both conflict and hope for the people of Ooioiaa. However, the imperial Radch see it...

In 2203 anyone can become the ruler of the solar system. There are no elections, no interviews, no prerequisites whatsoever—it all comes down to the random turns of a giant wheel. But when a new Quizmaster takes over, the old one still keeps some rights, namely the right to hire an unending...

Stranded on a dead planet with her mortal enemy, a spy must survive and uncover a conspiracy in the first book of an epic space opera trilogy by an award-winning author of The Protectorate series. "A body-hopping, zombie-popping rock licking good time." —Emily Skrutskie, author of Bonds of...

When an army of giant robot AIs threatens to devastate Earth, a virtuoso pianist becomes humanity's last hope in this bold, lightning-paced, technicolor space opera series from the author of A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe. Jazz pianist Gus Kitko expected to spend his final moments on...

Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020!"A terrifying tour de force." --James Rollins"Readers will be riveted." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Sally Jansen was NASA's leading astronaut, until a mission to Mars ended in disaster. Haunted by her failure, she lives in quiet anonymity...

The universe is under threat and an ancient alien intelligence threatens to bring humanity down unless Major Sanda Greeve and her crew can stop it in the final book of this explosive Philip K. Dick award nominated space opera. The code has been cracked. The secrets of the Casimir gates have been...

The thrilling follow-up to Mickey7, soon to be a major motion picture by Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon-Ho. Surviving isn't living, even for an Expendable. Mickey7's antimatter gambit paid off. He's out of the Expendable game and doing whatever else he can to help support the...

The scattered worlds of the Elara's Veil nebula were once protected by the oath of unity sworn by three mighty Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes. The Star Scorpions were undone by flaws in their genetic coding. The Celestial Lions were ravaged by the Inquisition for sins they did not commit. Now, after hundreds of years, only the Emperor's Spears still keep their vigil. They are barbarian watchmen against the Outer Dark, bloodied but unbroken in their long duty.

Months after Inara leaves Serenity, Mal and the crew finally learn the reason for her sudden departure: She is dying of a terminal illness. Expert Esau Weng is said to have developed a means to treat Inara’s condition, but he has been disgraced and incarcerated for life on a notorious Alliance prison planet. On Atata planet, inmates are abandoned with no guards and left to survive as best they can. What’s more, terraforming the planet did not take properly, so the world is a frozen wasteland. To save Inara, the Serenity crew must infiltrate the prison....

A ruthless usurper. A growing rebellion. One final chance to reclaim the stars. As Chancellor Rostov consolidates power alongside the Syndicate, the sparks of revolution spread from Aethos across the settled worlds. Evan, Anya, and an uneasy coalition of mercenaries launch daring raids to...

If you like your space adventures with a side of sarcasm and a cargo hold full of questionable life choices, Ray Guns and Late Fees delivers. Ride shotgun with a pair of blue-collar spacers as they sail through the stars, patching together jobs with duct tape and stubborn optimism. Out here, pirates aren’t legends, they’re coworkers you haven’t shot at yet. Every deal comes with fine print written in plasma fire, every port hides someone looking to cheat you, and every “simple haul” has a nasty habit of turning into a running gunfight before the coffee gets cold.

Reissued after seventy-five years out of print—and in hardcover for the first time in a generation—Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter is the fifth book in the Lucky Starr series written by the legendary Isaac Asimov, author of Foundation, the Galactic Empire series, and I, Robot. The Lucky...

The Amazon rainforest holds a world-changing secret—a ship lost to time from another world. College student Will Kaufman unearthed the biggest archaeological discovery in human history… he just needs to find a way back to Earth to tell people about it. Four thousand years ago, a Federation bounty hunter Void ship crashed on a remote and primitive planet. There it remained until Will found it and accidentally reactivated it, launching him light-years away.

A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space-horror novel from S.A. Barnes, acclaimed author of Dead Silence. An abandoned plant. A hidden past. A deadly danger. Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray has dedicated her life to the study and prevention of ERS—the most...