Showing results for "James" in Hard Science Fiction

The Outer Layer is an enigma to its residents. Representatives from countless races and civilizations wander the many territories, hoping to unlock the secrets and progress further into its depths. An anomaly has been detected in space by an artefact from an extinct civilization. Ciqalo, a machine intelligence from the Wanderer civilization, is tasked with investigating and weaponizing the anomaly for a galactic war.

Carpenter Lowell is a disgraced Marine assigned to a remote US research station on Saturn's moon Enceladus, where scientists have made an extraordinary discovery in the ocean below. A special forces team, led by Lowell’s murderous former commanding officer, shows up to investigate. Almost immediately, everything begins to unravel. Something beneath the surface has been activated.

Breathable air on Earth is running out and no one knows why. A mysterious discovery nearly 30 million years old may hold the answer. To find it, a glaciologist and the inventor of a cutting-edge brain implant will need to work together. But can they unlock its shocking secrets in time to save humankind? Filled with stunning twists and turns, Augmented is a technothriller that will leave you breathless!

Geology instructor Alex Cave receives the urgent message from a friend in Northern Canada. "The polar ice sheet is mysteriously expanding by thousands of square miles in a matter of minutes!" He begins a desperate race to find the cause, and joins the crew on board the high-tech research ship Mystic, but Captain Dieter has other plans for the stealthy craft and changes course to an unknown island in the Bering Sea.

A little over twenty months have passed since the cataclysm of October 1962. It is Independence Day in Philadelphia, the temporary capital of the United States. Metaphorically and soon, it will be a minute before midnight in Philadelphia on 4th July 1964 in a World stumbling inexorably towards a second, even more catastrophic nuclear war.

It is April 1964 in a world in which the "swinging '60s" never happened. Two Soviet tank armies have fallen on Iran and are pouring down from the Zagros Mountains onto the Iraqi floodplains of the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers like wolves upon the fold. In the United States, the overwhelming popular mood is one of "America first". The "victory" of the October War has never seemed more pyrrhic, or all the death, destruction, and grief more futile, than it does in the second week of April 1964. Only one thing is certain: The world is about to be turned upside down again.

Adrian Silva is a young neuroscientist joining the team at Crestwood Research Institute, where they attempt to engineer revolutionary medical technology. A promising path appears until setbacks pile up, including a critical article poisoning public opinion, the loss of funding, and the director’s questionable motivations. A breakthrough arrives in the form of Alex Moor, a comatose brain injury patient who undergoes Adrian’s revolutionary treatment melding genetics, AI, and nano technology.

When something strikes the Moon hard enough to crack it, humanity doesn't die all at once. It just stops having a future. Chance Monroe was already done with the world before it started ending. After too much loss and a civilization fraying at every edge, he retreated to a cabin in the northern woods with the last friend he had left. Then three impacts tore through the Moon in a single instant — in one side and out the other — and what they left behind wasn't just damage. It was a countdown.

It is January 1965 in a World in which the Cuban Missiles Crisis went horribly wrong and the ‘swinging sixties’ never happened. In the United States a new President has entered the White House; in Britain the country will shortly be going to the polls for the first time since the October War. But with the return of ‘normal’ politics there is no return to the ‘normality’ of the old, now lost World order.

A mother that is supposed to be dead, but isn’t. A sister he didn’t know existed, kidnapped by aliens. Dragons, extinct aliens, historic figure found, lost in time and in the mind. These are just some of the things that will happen to James in this book. Just when you think it can get any worse, new problems appear for James. His family grows, and so do the problems.

With everyone dead, James jumps back in time. Can he fix the timeline? Can he save everyone he loves? What does this new future hold, and how is it possible? James must find his way around and redo his space life, he must learn how his presence and knowledge changes the future he is now changing. Can he fix it, or will it all go wrong AGAIN?

Siouca is a member of the advanced Wanderer civilization. What does Siouca want? The quest to unlock the secrets of interstellar travel leads a Roranian crew on an epic journey across space. Saved by a dying machine-lect, stranded in a failing ship, faced with an ultimate choice. Were they too eager in their attempts to reach the stars? The fractious Primals are the ancient, all-powerful rulers of the Creatites. Their origins are shrouded in mystery although Storytellers recite their legends.

James Hamill has dealt with your standard issues, from bullying to love problems, but he soon meets Adlinca, an alien scientist in search of data. Thanks to her, James learns abilities he could only have dreamed of, but this new turn to his life may not be all happiness. It just may bring pain, danger, and death. James finds love, loses love, and then goes on a journey across the galaxy, traveling from world to world, meeting many different aliens. With all that is out there, who knows what he'll find? Justice? Peace? Love? Or will it all go wrong again?

Blending hard science fiction with suspenseful military action, this novel is an exotic adventure set in a future colony in the Alpha Centauri star system. Finding the crew of a remote space station wiped out by a killer virus, the captain of a patrol vessel imposes a quarantine lockdown. But a fearful crew attempts a mutiny to flee with the ship, threatening to spread a pandemic across the nearby planets. Courage and duty clash with panic and desperation in a perilous struggle to survive.

Combining the very best elements of hard science fiction with a suspenseful, action filled manhunt, this novel is an exotic adventure set in a future colonial Mars. Following a trail of destruction across the remote outposts of the Martian wastelands, police vigilantes are eager to exact revenge on a gang of hardened criminals who are desperate to flee justice or fight to the death if cornered. Explore an alien world of breathtaking beauty where death is only a mistake away and love may be found in the most unexpected places.

A-Game tells the intricate story of John Kooling, a material transporter from the future who is living on the new West Coast. As a result of experiencing life loss caused by a natural disaster, John is introduced to time travel. In order to satisfy his ambitions he must use this newly discovered technology to save lives, correct mistakes and try to bring an end to a dreadful family feud.

Maxwell Ardis is a rocket mechanic. As far as he knows, he is the only one of his kind. He is the man you call when your spaceship breaks down in mid-flight. Need a lift from low Earth orbit? Call Max. Communications satellite craps out? Give Max a ring. There is no job too far-out, given adequate fuel and appropriate thrust.

In 2030, human civilization is faced with almost certain extermination. Weather patterns have become more extreme. Super storm after super storm pops up without warning. Some cities and even some smaller nations have become uninhabitable. Some say it is a man-made issue, others claim it is natural. To those losing family members, to those whose lives are destroyed, it doesn't matter what caused it, they only care about how to make it stop.

This book contains factual information pertaining to natural systems of phenominon in telepathy. Religion says there is a 'Heaven'. Science says 'there are many world and realities.' There is a possibility in my interpretation where this is all true. This is a multi-faceted story of the good in people, the bad in people and the hope that can persist throughout time and space.

Odditales is a science fiction collection of short stories designed to be direct and intense. There are twists and turns, relatable characters, and plenty of science facts to reinforce the plot.