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Jendua is an extraterrestrial who arrives on Earth in search of a companion, Zendor, who came voluntarily to the planet many centuries ago. Over time and after several lifetimes, Zendor has lost his memory of his stellar origin. Jendua has the remote support of the mission commander and his spirit guide to find and awaken him, but none of them will be able to prevent him from having difficulties on his mission.

Silvia secretly planned to divorce George when they reached Arcturus. But a space journey can alter a careful plan - or hatch a worse one. The trouble started when the Arcturus Queen was four billion miles out of Earth, heading for the star after which it was named. It pulled clear of the solar system using conventional drive, then switched into subspace. A few minutes later, the ship shuddered perceptibly, and an authoritative voice came reassuringly from the public address system.

Über vierhundert Jahre in der Zukunft bricht Raumschiffpilot Reid Malenfant, frisch aus dem Kälteschlaf geholt, zum Marsmond Phobos auf, nachdem die Erde einen Notruf von seiner Frau Ema erhalten hat. Was Reid, Deidre und die restliche Besatzung des Raumschiffes Last Small Step dort vorgefunden haben, ist atemberaubend: ein abgestürztes russisches Raumschiff und eine englische Forschungscrew.

On their golden wedding anniversary, Lorraine Green and her husband made an unbreakable pact. As the surviving partner, her life insurance payout will fund a one-way ticket to the solar system's most exclusive retirement community: Sunset Stays. Her children say she is too old. Too vulnerable. Too frail to face the many risks of space travel. But Lorraine Green is nothing of the sort. Though the real reason for the pact can never cross Lorraine's lips, she leaves no doubt that her mind is made up. The adventure of a lifetime calls...but so does a burning thirst for justice.

Jim Cartwright, commander of Cartwright’s Cavaliers and Minister of War for the Terran Federation, has been struggling with all the hats he has to wear. Merc commander, minister, and leader of Earth’s Raknar forces for their allies, the Dusman. The strain’s causing him…issues, and he decides to visit the surviving human colonies to get away for a bit.

Einige Menschen haben die Eroberung der Erde überlebt. Sie brechen zu Atithis Welt auf. Es gibt ein Wiedersehen der Menschheit mit der nackten Alien-Frau. Mündet das in einen neuen Konflikt oder in eine friedliche Einigung. Wie sieht die Zukunft der Menschheit aus? Und welche Rolle spielen die Raptoren dabei?

Zwei große Science-Fiction-Romane von Ursula K. Le Guin - in vollständiger Neuübersetzung. Ursula K. Le Guins visionäre Hainish-Romane, die davon erzählen, wie die Menschheit ferne Planeten besiedelt, haben die Landkarte der modernen Science Fiction neu entworfen. In "Das Wort für Welt ist Wald", gelesen von Oliver Siebeck, versklaven Kolonisten einen ganzen Planeten, um sich seiner Ressourcen zu bemächtigen - doch die Waldbewohner wissen sich zu wehren. "Die Überlieferung", gelesen von Ann Vielhaben, ist die erschütternde Geschichte einer Gesellschaft, die ihr kulturelles Erbe unterdrückt hat.

Following a horrific accident, NASA's lead astronaut, Jane “Summit” Lipton, awakens from a coma to an alien world: life in a wheelchair here on Earth. A year later, China is winning the new space race, due to launch the first manned mission to Mars ahead of the United States. Tracked down by a passionate group of misfits, Jane is offered an astonishing proposition. Facing unprecedented challenges, she must train harder than ever before and prove to herself that she still possesses the right stuff. Will she reach the red planet first?

Deehabta’s Song is the story of a woman’s struggle to find herself and return home. A captive who does not consciously know she is a captive, she is forced to fight external and internal foes. With the help of others, she is set free and learns to accept the person she always was, a reality that was hidden in the dark world of her own subconscious mind. A warrior from start to finish, she acts without hesitation to fight against any powerful force, be it a tyrant or the empire itself, to protect the people of her world.

Sheriff Peggy-Ann Muller suddenly found herself hip-deep in strange events - even stranger than usual...and skinheads, too - did she mention the skinheads? Something had stirred in the darkness on the remote, usually idyllic Terran colony of Deanna - something Nazi...and it only seemed to be getting worse! Nobody could say when it started or how, but something had changed. Without being noticed, hate had come to Deanna and made a nest there...and a terrible plot was about to hatch! The quirky residents of the third-rate colony faced a challenge unlike any they had seen before.

Bianca Xing has spent a lifetime on a provincial planet, dreaming of travelling the stars. When her planet is annexed by the Barony of Letnev, Bianca finds herself being taken into custody, told that she's special - the secret daughter of a brilliant scientist, hidden away on a remote planet for her own safety. But the truth about Bianca is stranger.

They still talk of Braun, and the Fourth Intergalactic Survey. Other men before him had gone out into the far, dark places. Three previous expeditions had gone out and vanished completely. Then the Venture IV went out and out and out countless miles and light-years and whatever else it is - and out there in the lonely darkness, something happened. Nobody knew exactly what happened, but there was a lot of guessing. Only one man came back. Braun. And there was talk...

Tine desires beauty and freedom from his home. When called to find a missing ambassador to a society of artists, he risks everything for the pursuit of that desire, only to find illusion can be reality, and reality illusion. Sanity is subjective. And it is possible life, and even beauty, can be found in unexpected places and forms.

Times never seemed bleaker on the once lively planet of Duron. The merciless demons fought incessantly. All of them collectively wondered: how did it get to this point? How did they get from having the upper hand, to having their lives in the tight clenches of Emperor Thanatos’ hands? Inch by inch, moment by moment, they felt their lives slipping out of their control.

Salvage System is a beacon of hope, and a number of other races continue looking toward it as an inspiration for how to live and govern themselves, and - in some cases - for assistance in defending themselves and throwing off oppressive regimes. But the galaxy is a big place, and many of the races in it aren’t friendly. Would these forces like to take over Salvage System and acquire its resources? Absolutely.

The universe is darkening. Joy and happiness are being sucked out of everyone, everywhere, and nobody seems to know how or why it’s happening. Except a young woman who goes by the very name of Joy. Stealing a spacecraft and crash-landing on a frozen planet, Joy begins to use her mysterious sense to track down and experience the memories of a man named Lothar. Through Lothar’s various memories of an ancient tradition called Christmas, Joy witnesses the destruction of happiness and watches as a dreadful war claims the lives of many.

Mankind’s wanderlust will eventually carry our species to the stars. Earth’s pioneers have always risen to the challenge of exploring our planet’s remote rain forests, highest mountain peaks, deepest ocean abysses, and deadly frozen polar caps. Answering the wanderlust deep within us is exactly what motivated the colonists of Byanntia to brave the dangers of space travel. Their reward is the opportunity to test their mettle against an alien planet - to explore an unknown environment and attempt to survive on their own terms.

An ambitious bureaucrat has brought together an unusual team to help him rise to power in a world so dark that the only way to get ahead is by taking it. He has worked hard to gain the loyalty of the cunning and beautiful Raza. He has found Uthraith, the deadliest headhunter from the far, feral reaches of space. It took months of searching, but he finally caught Djaem, the best hive-master rogue in the inner sectors. And at last…he found it…his secret weapon. Scythia, a broken psychic from the Citadel.

Vor ihnen lag die lange Reise zu den Heimatgefilden Aristins, jenem Gebiet, wo die Machtentfaltung des Ikons und der Mentoren einst ihren Anfang genommen hatte. KIs, die immer noch die Völker der Galaxis bedrohten. Der Zufall wollte es, dass sich nahe ihrer Flugroute eine der alten Wartungs- und Sammelstationen aus jener Zeit befand.

After nearly two days of fierce fighting, the Battle of Turtle Island left the skies of the Corsair world darkened with their dead. For a while, the terror seemed to be over, but not just yet. Not all the great Corsair figures of legend had been killed or captured - a few had slipped through the net. Dead Beckoning is the tale of Adam, a former Corsair captain working to expunge his bloody past by doing good - starting with helping the imperial starship Antares to track down and capture one of the most powerful and feared Corsairs in legend: Sona Kilroy.