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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.

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.

Captain Rask ist pleite, wird gejagt und hat fast keinen Sauerstoff mehr. Als ein vermasselter Raubzug ihn mit einem legendären Schiff samt beschädigter KI zurücklässt – und einer Crew von Außenseitern, die sich nicht einmal auf das Frühstück einigen kann, geschweige denn aufs Überleben – tut er, was jeder halbwegs brauchbare Pirat tun würde: Er flieht.

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 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...

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?

The arrival of the Iglax introduced Humanity to the wider Galaxy of Astroba, as the hip-high, blue-furred aliens hired humans as miners, workers, and in one case, Earth's first-ever starfighter. Through brains, brawn, and guts, Darius Rutledge became more than just a mercenary pilot: He became a legend. When war broke out with the Iglax, Darius outwitted them and forced the treacherous aliens into ceding a stretch of untapped star systems known as Fringe Space.

Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, July 2023. 'A GENUINE TREAT FOR SF FANS: AN EPIC MULTIVERSE TALE THAT MOVES LIKE A THRILLER' Kirkus 'A FASCINATING WINDOW ONTO A DANGEROUS AND MULTIFACETED UNIVERSE' Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time From the international bestselling M. R. Carey...

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...

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...

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...

THE FUTURE IS FOR THE TAKING. One rogue AI threatens to unravel reality across a thousand possible futures. Captain Blite and Agent Cormac are running out of options. Yossander's Hold is under siege from the prador ship, Kinghammer, a kamikaze weapon streaks towards the planet, and Sheen Brice...

Hard-core, fast paced science fiction, John Scalzi's Zoe's Tale is the fourth in The Old Man's War series. She won't go down without a fight. It's not every day you up sticks and move to another world. But then, Zoë Boutin-Perry's life has never been ordinary. She's the adopted teenage daughter...

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...

Im Jahr 2482: Das kleine Sternenreich der Menschen gedeiht. Neue Welten werden besiedelt, mit vielen galaktischen Zivilisationen besteht ein freundschaftlicher Austausch. Am Rand der Milchstraße jedoch wurde vor einiger Zeit M 13, das Kerngebiet der Republik Arkon, von einer sogenannten Proto-Negasphäre verschluckt. Bedrohliche Raum-Zeit-Phänomene breiten sich von dort aus und erreichen sogar das Solsystem. Perry Rhodan und seine Frau, die Arkonidin Thora, wollen die Lage in dieser chaotischen Zone erkunden. Währenddessen sieht sich die Bevölkerung der Erde mit einer Invasion konfrontiert.

Die Scheibenwelt auf Kollisionskurs – das Schicksal der Superintelligenz entscheidet sich

Gut 4000 Jahre in der Zukunft bildet die Erde das Zentrum eines Sternenreiches, das Tausende von Welten umfasst. Überall leben die Menschen in ­Frieden und Freiheit. Zu den anderen Völkern der Milchstraße und ihren Angehörigen besteht ein freundschaftlicher Austausch. Mit dem Elysion bauen die Völker der Lokalen Gruppe derzeit an einer Organisation, die völker- und galaxienverbindend Frieden und Wohlstand schaffen und nachhaltig sichern soll.

Hundreds of years in the future, on a stagnating and almost empty Earth, a space shuttle pilot from the early days of the 21st century is awoken from the cryogenic sleep he entered after a devastating accident. As he comes to terms with this new world, he begins to realise that their history...

After journeying across the stars, a man from Earth finds himself lost among the scarlet deserts, black cliffs and semi-sentient oceans of Tormance, a world lit by the star Arcturus. Pulled northward by the sound of drums, and undergoing strange physical transformations, the Earthman's adventures with the planet's inhabitants begin to shine with arcane significance - ending finally in startling and unforgettable revelations. 

The science vessel Hermes has been urgently recalled from its mission to survey the moons of Saturn, just as First Officer Miranda Lee receives bad news from home - her mother is dying so she must leave the ship and return to Earth - for good. Commander Scott McNabb is so distraught by her sudden decision to leave that he pays little or no attention to the parameters of the new mission being requested by the Council of Europa. Big mistake. Powerful forces on Earth are now moving to resume inter-AI communications, risking the development of an all-out war.

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.