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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.

The Starship Atlantis takes you on an unforgettable journey through the extraordinary. From alien civilizations and rogue AI to desperate missions on the brink of collapse, these stories will transport you across the stars into the heart of the unknown. This anthology features six never-before-published novellas and short stories, plus two exclusive bonus tales.

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?

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...

A superb new noir/science fiction fusion from the 'mastersinger of space opera' (The Times) and the creator of the beloved Revelation Space universe, strap in for a gripping murder mystery. Yuri Gagarin is a private investigator, who picks up small cases from his local community, runs into...

The greatest of Sylvas’ nightmares has been conquered, yet even so, he is hollower than ever. How much more will he need to sacrifice to live up to the legacy that the Aion have shackled him with? What could he possibly do to stop the cataclysm that has been set loose? The answer lies in the advancing fleet of the Obsidian Dominion as he and the others race to meet it, hopefully before it tears through what’s left of the core worlds.

'Prescient, dark, and ultimately hopeful' PIERCE BROWN 'Excellent' PETER F. HAMILTON 'A menacing experience' FONDA LEE 'Science fiction at its finest' SUNYI DEAN In this brand-new blistering science fiction epic, Sunday Times bestselling author Richard Swan presents a thrilling tale of survival...

The last Isaac Asimov science fiction collection which contains all of his previously uncollected stories. Gold is Isaac Asimov's last science fiction collection‚ one containing all of his uncollected SF stories that had never before appeared in book form. Gold is the final and crowning...

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.

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.

They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . Alien Clay is a thrilling tale of alien encounter – from the acclaimed Arthur C. Clarke Award-winner Adrian Tchaikovsky. ‘Unputdownable’ – Stephen Baxter, author of Proxima Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study...

Once a weapon of conquest. Now a fugitive drowning in guilt. Bloodstorm—renegade warrior of the Saluki Inu—descends into the ashes of a forgotten stronghold on Mars, only to uncover a truth more terrifying than war itself: The Maw is real. And it’s been devouring the universe unnoticed for millennia. Alone, hunted, and haunted by the sins of his past, Bloodstorm must fight his way through a nightmare of twisted flesh and psychic rot. But as he delves deeper, the question isn't just how to stop the Maw... it's whether he deserves to survive at all.

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.