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Mothersound is the first anthology of stories set in this fictional shared world based on a blend of African cultural worldviews. Edited by Locus Award-nominated editor Wole Talabi with contributions from around the African continent and diaspora, Sauúti is filled with wonder, mystery, and magic.

When the Equal Grasp and other unsavory aliens launch their plot to open humanity up to the stars—in the name of profit, of course—Van and his crew spring into action, fearing the fallout of a world gone mad. With each passing event in his career, Van continues to unravel locked memories, held by Perry, that explain a family history far more violent than he ever imagined.

The Tyr stand on the brink of extinction. The Clay family has one last desperate plan to save the Tyr. Sarah leads an infiltration team of Tyr deep behind the invader's lines, but can she trust the Hidden caste operatives with her? David carries the device that could sever the planet from the threat of Director Zike, while Tyr traitors are on his trail and will stop at nothing to obey their new masters and to exact revenge against General Fastal. As the Tyr fight for survival, secrets will be revealed with implications for the galaxy far beyond what happens on their world.

Lux finds traveling outside Earth's magnetic fields is possible with the gravity drive, but the military from the US and other nations begins to push hard for the tech. Could they use it to help mine the moon, asteroids, and the moons of other planets? Who controls the areas away from Earth when humans establish bases on different planets? Lux becomes known around Earth, and the fame may be too much. He finds he is a target for governments and corporations that want to control him and his knowledge.

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.

When Ishmael takes a crew of academy cadets into the Toe Holds, he's unprepared for the level of trouble green hands can get into. Meanwhile, their academy liaison discovers what can go wrong when you learn the wrong lessons and try to teach the wrong students. Will they all make it back to the academy before somebody accidentally takes a short walk out the airlock without a suit?

Siamo nel 2046, in un'America totalitaria nella quale lo Stato controlla le azioni, le parole e perfino i pensieri dei suoi cittadini, così come avviene ormai in tutto il mondo. Joe Fernwright è un guaritore di vasi, in grado di far tornare come nuovi i manufatti di ceramica che restaura. In un mondo dove tutto è fatto di plastica, però, Joe si ritrova disoccupato e depresso. Con un matrimonio fallito alle spalle, e senza prospettive, il suo unico divertimento è quello di dedicarsi, con alcuni amici sparsi in tutto il mondo, a quel che Joe chiama semplicemente il Gioco.

Większa część ludzkości mieszka przez całe życie w specjalnie wybudowanych wieżach, zapewniających im mieszkania, pracę i rozrywki. Reszta, pozostająca na poziomie wspólnot plemiennych, zamieszkuje zdziczałe tereny całej planety zamienionej w wyniku zmian klimatycznych w dżunglę. Nawet nie mają pojęcia, że stanowią jedynie świeżą pulę genetyczną dla mieszkańców wież. W tej apoteozie ekologicznego absolutu ludzie jednak nie zmienili się. Dalej nienawidzą wszystkiego, co ich przerasta i reagują na to tak samo: gwałtem.

Imperium pod władzą Błogosławionych – Ranów, a kontrolowane przez cyfrowy byt ImBu, rozbudowuje się i udoskonala. Po tym, jak bezpowrotnie zakończyła się Druga Wojna z Thirami, wydaje się, że już nic nie zmąci Czasów Szczęśliwości. To pozór. Na jednej z planet WayEmpire wybucha epidemia. Silniki pancerników otaczających Łzę Cheronei przestają działać, a na obrzeżach Galaktyki pojawia się obca flota. Na domiar złego anarchiści pragnąc zbadać granice Wolnej Woli, planują zamach.

Четверо отважных космонавтов на специально оборудованном корабле «Пегас» отправляются в научную экспедицию изучать дзета-пространство. Герои оказываются в мире, где неприменимы законы физики. В нем формы становятся зыбкими, а тела превращаются в силуэты, но к счастью, общечеловеческие ценности и чувства остаются неизменными.

Angela Wynter reads this novelisation of the first full adventure for the Fifteenth Doctor, as played on TV by Ncuti Gatwa, and Ruby Sunday as played on TV by Millie Gibson. “I’ve been waiting, all this time, for my life to begin. Maybe it’s time to stop waiting. Maybe it’s time to start...

With origins in the Old Universe, the malevolent, acquisitive intelligence of Tinsori Light sought to infect others with itself and send those agents out into the wide new universe to infect even more. For centuries, two heroes stood between Tinsori Light and the vulnerable universe—Light Keepers Jen Sin yos'Phelium and Lorith of the Sanderat. Just when it seemed that they—merely human—must fail, Tinsori Light, enfeebled by aged systems, succumbed to the stress of a unique spatial event—and died, leaving the station a shell. Luckily, the light keepers have back-up.

In the year 3152, humanity is at war with three species who suppress our existence. While one is more ruthless than the others, our species is viewed as an unstable threat to the galactic balance. Resources are finite, battle is ubiquitous, and the enemies of Earth are unrelenting. The average human is born to fight for the species’ survival, deprived of a normal life so that one day a future generation may know peace. The expansions of Alpha Centauri are under siege while the Wolf System is down to just a few outposts. Not all is lost, though.

Hugh Kellard stepped over his grandfather's home threshold with a weak smile and slumped shoulders as if the weight of all he'd been through had finally caught up to him. He had no plans to ever return to space, but he knew that Halfrich wouldn't accept this answer. When asked why he was leaving, Hugh refused to explain, an unspoken acknowledgment that there was something more than he was letting on. As pressure mounted, Kellard resigned himself to the inevitable: he would have to return and show Halfrich what he saw on Mercury.

In a bold and brazen act of treachery, the Royal Martian Navy exploratory cruiser Rose was stolen and is now in the hands of the conspiracy group known as Nemesis. Guilty of a thousand crimes, Nemesis and its leader, Kent Riley, are determined to find proof of the alien threat they have secretly been preparing humanity to face. Set in pursuit by the Mage-Queen of Mars herself, Mage-Captain Roslyn Chambers commands Rose's sister ship, Thorn, in a chase that brings her to the far reaches of the galaxy.

Dezember, 2098. Auf dem Jupitermond Europa ist eine Expedition unterwegs auf der Suche nach einem geheimnisvollen Sekret. Dieses soll ein Serum komplettieren, das geeignet scheint, eine außerirdische Spore zu vernichten, die das Leben auf der Erde bedroht. Als eine extreme Gezeitenbiegung die Forschungsstation Euro One in die Tiefe reißt, bricht Mike Kindler von der Raumstation ISLAND ONE zu einer Rettungsmission auf. Doch auf Europa gerät Mike in eine bizarre Welt voller Gefahren. Wird es ihm gelingen, die Vermissten und das Serum zu finden und so die Erde vor dem Untergang zu bewahren?

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.

Six months since the earth-shattering events of The Space Between Us, the revelatory hope of the aliens' visit has turned to dust and the creatures have disappeared into the water off Scotland's west coast. Teenager Lennox and grieving mother Heather are being held in New Broom, a makeshift US military base, the subject of experiments, alongside the Enceladons who have been captured by the authorities. Ava, who has given birth, is awaiting the jury verdict at her trial for the murder of her husband.

Auf einer Kabinettssitzung soll die Zukunft der Republik besprochen werden: Expansion nach außen, Kontrolle nach innen - ein autoritärer Polizei- und Militärstaat. Die als ihre Halbschwester getarnte Zadiya Ark enthüllt, dass große Teile des Kabinetts manipuliert wurden - auch wenn sie noch nicht weiß, von wem. Ein gewalttätiger Tumult bricht im Kabinett aus - Ark und ihr Erzfeind Bonet mittendrin... Währenddessen toben im Onyx-System noch die Kämpfe.

On a routine border patrol, pilot Zane Lucas encounters a mysterious cluster of drones. When he reports it to the Scorpius head office, they quickly sweep it under the intergalactic rug and place him on leave. That same night, Zane is contacted by an estate lawyer from the distant planet Earth and learns he's the sole beneficiary of a person he's never met. Determined to get answers, he finds himself thrust into a dead man's quest, along with a resourceful colleague, Julia Rossi. Zane's mission is tied to an old children's story based on The Forever World.