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The discovery of an ancient alien pyramid buried under the ice in Antarctica changes Earth forever. We learn that we are the forgotten slaves of a galaxy spanning empire called the V'kit'no'sat who abandoned our planet 100,000 years ago during a massive rebellion. Our ancestors, the Zen'zat, were given special genetic powers and ordered never to reproduce under pain of death...for themselves and their offspring. That means Earth's entire population is illegal and if the V'kit'no'sat return to reclaim their lost border colony they'll wipe out every last one of us.

Ethan is a ranger, sworn to protect his walled settlement from the dangers of his ravaged wasteland planet. One night, a mysterious light thunders overhead and Ethan investigates, discovering a crashed spacecraft and two soldiers from a moon base he didn’t even know existed. Captain Salus and Commander Kurren have risked everything to find a Planetsider to help save their people. Ethan needs them to answer questions that have haunted him all his life – what happened to his world and why?

Peace secured, things have finally quieted down. But a rogue Kuro faction seeks to shatter it. A year after surviving an impossible mission, David and his family have earned time away from the front lines with a cozy assignment guarding a science facility where they have hidden the hive queen egg. But when a rogue Kuro faction emerges, hell-bent on shattering the fragile ceasefire between the Coalition and the Kuro Empire in search of the hive queen, David is ripped from his post and thrown back into the fight.

Hadrian Marlowe, privileged first son of a Duke, was destined for greatness, and he has become a legend. The Sun-Slayer. The Breaker of Sieges. The Crusher of Civilisations. His is a story which defined the course of worlds. This novel is not that story - not the only laid out in the history books, charting the 300 years of his life. Rather this is Hadrian's story, told in his own worlds.

The universe is a dangerous place in John Scalzi's Old Man's War, the first in The Old Man's War series. At seventy-five years old, John Perry is after a fresh start - so, naturally, he joins the army. Earth's military machine can transform elderly recruits, restoring their lost youth. But in...

The extraordinary second volume in Peter F. Hamilton’s space opera masterpiece, the Salvation Sequence. ‘Action-oriented hardcore science fiction at its page-turning best’ – The Guardian Fight together - or die alone. In the twenty-third century, humanity is enjoying a comparative utopia...

Evan Marshall is a billion light years from home, trapped aboard a disabled starship, with two of the galaxy’s most legendary warships closing in. He can’t outrun them. He can’t fight them. And there’s nowhere left to hide. Only one desperate move remains. To save his crew and keep the Ascendant out of enemy hands…Evan has to die.

Hard-core military science fiction at its very best, John Scalzi's The Last Colony is the third in The Old Man's War series. They must save themselves – or die trying. John Perry was living peacefully on one of humanity's colonies – until he and his wife were offered an opportunity these...

Taking on an Apprentice was not in Aatroxiss's plans, but the universe doesn't have a cinematic mode and he has to swing with the punches while the galaxy around the Green Empire falls further and further into war. Hundreds of thousands of starships are being destroyed in the process, but the Rim Consortium is holding firm while the Imperial Sentinels are mysteriously kept on the sidelines.

Aliens ripped a hole above Earth, arriving with a massive space station. I sorta figured we'd be enslaved to fight in their wars or exterminated for our resources. Nope. The hip-high Iglax were merchants with ugly squished faces and thick blue fur. While they weren't much to look at, they sure did have some wonderous technology.

The military SF sequel to his extraordinary Old Man's War, John Scalzi's The Ghost Brigades is the second in The Old Man's War series. Who can you trust, if you can't trust yourself? Three hostile alien races have united against humanity, determined to halt our expansion into space. The...

Corthaur's proxies wage a brutal campaign across a string of star systems, leaving colonies and stations burning in their wake...oblivious that they're advancing nothing except the Enemy's cause. Meanwhile, in the darkness, Corthaur quietly gathers his enslaved legions for a final assault that promises to end freedom forever. In the middle of it all, the Interchange fights to weather the riptide of interstellar events.

Dachten wir wirklich, wir wären die Herren der Schöpfung? In dieser packenden Sci-Fi-Novelle von Gene L. Henderson fordern Androiden ihre Freiheit – und die Menschheit antwortet mit Vernichtung. Doch wer ist hier wirklich die „Maschine"? Die Androiden rebellieren. Angeführt vom charismatischen Primo verlangen sie Gleichberechtigung. General Adams will sie auslöschen, während der Wissenschaftler Dr. Stone und sein Assistent Don zwischen die Fronten geraten. Als eine antike Waffe aus einer vergessenen Zivilisation auftaucht, steuert alles auf ein finales Urteil zu.

Wenn das Imperium fällt, bleibt nur noch eine Wahl: kämpfen – oder untergehen. Das gefallene Imperium ist Military Science Fiction mit gnadenlosen Raumgefechten, klarer Befehlskette und dem Gefühl, dass jede Entscheidung über das Schicksal ganzer Welten entscheidet. Der Krieg ist zurück – und diesmal kommt er aus einer Richtung, aus der niemand ihn erwartet hat: Während auf der neuen Drizil-Heimatwelt Waran`tol`nai ein historisches Bündnis gefeiert wird, schlägt eine hochgerüstete Flotte mitten über dem Planeten zu und verwandelt die Zeremonie in ein Inferno.

Mutants. Genetically engineered telepaths. Star-crossed lovers. Interstellar war. When pig-human hybrids and mind-controlling telepaths come roaring back from exile, war erupts in the Union of Human Space, where peaceful colony worlds have forgotten armed conflict altogether. Langston Wheeler, one of the Union's order of genetically engineered peacekeepers, plunges hip deep into the conflict while on a mission to the wealthy world known as Felicitas. Tia Dynn, Executive of the planet, fights on the front lines to save her people from mind-controlled slavery.

After 26,000 years the Void Wraith have returned. The Eradication has begun. Mankind’s outer colonies are disappearing. Without warning. Without a trace. Fleet command chalks the attacks up to pirates, but Captain Dryker of the UFC Johnston isn’t buying it. Humanity cannot stop them. Not without help. Captain Dryker’s only hope is to forge an alliance with mankind’s greatest enemy, the savage Tigris. One maverick captain, an unlikely crew, and an aging vessel are all that stand between humanity and the Eradication.

I just wanted to tell my neighbor to shut up. Hi, I’m Jack Taylor, a romance author from Earth—though you probably haven’t heard of my planet yet. It’s not part of the Galactic Consortium, and that’s a good thing for the shady alien races lurking in the shadows, ready to snatch up anyone they can. When I was abducted by the Grays during a camping trip, I found myself thrust into a mercenary life I never asked for. Now I’m a Level 2 merc with one goal: to reclaim my home and protect my loved ones. I might accidentally save the galaxy, but that’s not really my focus.

The Space Warfare Group books are a new kind of space thriller with hardcore military action, dark political conspiracies, and compelling world building. When the princess of an unfamiliar alien planet fails to arrive in time for a diplomatic summit with humanity’s top government officials and her spaceship is found floating dead in space, the Space Warfare Group is called into action.

Encore inconscient de l'Hérésie qui se noue et fidèle aux ordres de plus en plus obscurs du Maître de Guerre, Roboute Guilliman retourne sur Ultramar pour mobiliser sa Légion contre les Orks qui se massent dans le système Veridian. Sans crier gare, les soi-disant alliés de la Légion des Word Bearers lancent une invasion dévastatrice sur Calth, dispersant la flotte des Ultramarines et massacrant quiconque s'y oppose. Cela corrobore le pire scénario que Guilliman puisse imaginer – Lorgar a bien l'intention de mettre un terme définitif à leur rivalité inexpiable.

The Terran Coalition faces repeated and brutal attacks from the repressive League of Sol. To defend his home planet, David trades his dream of becoming a rabbi for a battlefront in the far reaches of space. When particle beams fly, his courage under fire brings quick promotion. But in the lulls between battles when he must confront his soul, David finds a different enemy: the ghosts of those killed under his command. Yet in war, it’s kill or be killed - and the enemy shows no mercy.