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In the future, venturing out into the stars is more than a way for humanity to chart the cosmos—it's big business. Every time a new planet is discovered, the highest bidder gets first dibs with exclusive property rights for a year. Anything they can find, they can keep. The planet Limbo was considered a waste of rock to most, which is the only reason apprentice cargo master Dane Thorson and the rest of the crew of the Solar Queen could afford to bid on it. But they soon discover that Limbo is far from uninhabited, the Solar Queen is far from the first ship to explore it.

Caught behind enemy lines, Captain Jaxon Steele fought his way out and saved the Union fleet from a devastating ambush. Now, as the Hegemony attacks on all fronts, Steele prepares to fight back. Enemy forces are gathering in the independent Santana system. Santana is lawless and desolate—but...

Der berühmte Sternenreisende Ijon Tichy erzählt in seinen Reiseaufzeichnungen von seinen unzähligen und aberwitzigen Abenteuern an den entferntesten Orten des Kosmos. Ob in geheimer Mission auf einem Planeten voll feindseliger Roboter, als Weltraumtourist oder als Zeitreisender in der Verantwortung für die Entstehung der gesamten Welt: Tichys Abenteuer sind immer phantastisch, überraschend und mitreißend komisch – Intergalaktisches Seemannsgarn.

Jonah of the Jove-Run by Ray Bradbury is a poignant, thought-provoking science fiction novella that explores the fragile boundary between human intuition and machine precision in the age of space exploration. Set in a future where humanity has colonized Mars and pushes onward toward Jupiter, the story centers on Nibley—an aging, underestimated navigator whose instinctive grasp of cosmic movement defies the cold logic of computers.

Als die Besatzung der Ares-9 Marsmission mit dem Ziel aufbricht, eine ständig bewohnte Basis zu errichten, ahnt sie nicht, was sich unter dem roten Staub des Nachbarplaneten verbirgt. Zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte wird klar, dass die Menschheit nicht allein im Weltraum ist. Das Artefakt, das sie im Staub des toten Planeten entdecken, verändert nicht nur das Verständnis der Menschen über ihren Platz im Universum, es birgt in seinem Innersten auch ein todbringendes Geheimnis.

"ALWAYS REMEMBER, LIES CAN BE JUST AS POWERFUL AS THE TRUTH." As the door slid open to the high-security section of the Royal Library, Professor Yor Vanderlord recalled how his great-grandfather Yorlik's words led him to this moment. Over a century and a half ago, planetary scientists predicted...

The war was finally over, or so Admiral Jon McCarthy thought. But the emergence of a new enemy—the mysterious Synthecs—leads to an uneasy alliance between humans and Korilians. McCarthy finds himself navigating a dangerous landscape both in space and in the halls of diplomacy to keep the coalition from falling apart before the real battle even begins.

Mage-Captain Roslyn Chambers is trapped behind enemy lines on the allied world the Royal Martian Navy failed to save from the alien Reezh. Her official mission is to wait because her Mage-Queen has given her word: Chimera will be free.

Формула контакта — повесть о том, как даже самая прочная связь между двумя людьми может быть разрушена невысказанными словами и накопленными обидами.

Die Raumschiffpilotin Hannah Riley bestreitet zusammen mit ihrem Roboterfreund Andy einen Lebensunterhalt durch illegale Frachtflüge im äußeren Sonnensystem. Von einem geheimnisvollen Auftraggeber erhalten die beiden eine schier unmögliche Mission. Sie sollen zur zerstörten Erde reisen, um eine Bibliothek voller medizinischem Wissen zu bergen, das angeblich den Untergang der menschlichen Rasse aufhalten kann. Unterwegs müssen sich die beiden dem Wahnsinn stellen, der ihnen in Form von gefakten Vampiren, verrückten KIs und mörderischen Robotern begegnet.

After two decades of learning at the Nexus, the children of Van and his crew are ready to take their first steps out in the big black. Aboard their new ship, the AnaDarko, the young officers begin unraveling a mystery that goes beyond the depths of time—where did Gabby's people come from, and why does life, scattered across the gas giants, all sound so familiar to her? Under the capable guidance of Rab, a seasoned Peacemaker, the young crew pursues science and knowledge—even as Van and Torina push back against a threat that originates on earth itself.

Rama II, gigantesque vaisseau-monde, quitte le système solaire. À son bord, Richard, Michael et Nicole. Destination? Le Point Nodal, une station spatiale démesurée, où les extraterrestres ont décidé d'étudier toutes les espèces de l'univers capables d'explorer l'espace. En attendant, un habitat de type terrestre est aménagé sur Rama pour les trois humains, sur lesquels les E.T. se livrent à des expériences. Puis le vaisseau est renvoyé sur Terre; deux mille hommes et femmes devront s'y installer afin que les E.T. puissent les observer à leur guise.

After years of crisscrossing the galaxy as an emergency medic, Melanie Mooney is learning this in a personal way. Each run to a far-flung star system takes Melanie ever farther from her former life, and the incomprehensible distances are the least of her problems.

Calvin Brooks returns to Ethos, determined to learn the truth. As an admiral of their fleet, he struggles to conform to Black’s commands, but vows to preserve humanity if it kills him. Luke Dalton is in enemy territory, seeking his captured family. His reunion is short lived as everyone is thrust into battle. Jane, once content to watch history from the pages of a book, must take action to save Ethos… and in turn, Earth.

David Troughton reads a brand new tale featuring the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe. The Doctor makes a hasty landing on a satellite, only to discover that it's a one-man prison in space. Markan is in exile from his own people, banished to live out his remaining days with only his robot for...

Jon Culshaw reads a thrilling novelisation of the 1976 audio adventure in which the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane face an aquatic menace. A scientific expedition has disappeared from the bed of the Thames Estuary, where a giant meteorite had previously landed. Nearby, the Doctor and Sarah Jane...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A space shuttle flight crew discovers that the Earth they’ve returned to is not the home they left behind in the first book of this emotional, mind-bending thriller series from the creator of the hit Netflix show Manifest and the bestselling author of The Warehouse...

A BBC Radio 4 sequel to Charles Chilton's iconic radio sci-fi series. Between 1953 and 1958, Journey into Space attracted millions of listeners, gripped by the mystery and promise of space exploration in weekly cliffhanging instalments. In this thrilling episode, the spaceship Ares has been...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Nyxia by Scott Reintgen, read by Sullivan Jones with Dominic Hoffman. Every life has a price in Scott Reintgen pulse-pounding new sci-fi adventure, Nyxia, as a group of teens are taken to the far reaches of the universe and forced to decide what they're...

Un elenco suggestivo di tanti Mari Immaginari che escono fuori dalla fantasia di Ekaterina Sedia come solo dalla mente delle grandi autrici.