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Brought to you by Penguin. **WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** Six astronauts rotate in their spacecraft contemplating the world below A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But...

You know you really made someone raging mad—when they try to kill you with a nuke. Michael and those who follow him had reached a temporary safe base, but now those in power know his identity. His people are in a race against time, and it's no longer a question of if they are going to be discovered—but when. Opposing them are modern-day pirates, slavers, genocidal terrorists, drug cartels, and those who rule the Earth from the shadows. And every single one of them wants to see Michael dead.

À l'intérieur de la Station spatiale internationale, chacun des six astronautes s'affaire à sa tâche, traversé par des interrogations existentielles. Certains s'inquiètent du sort de leur mariage, l'un rêve d'emmener sa fille dans l'espace tandis qu'une autre fait le deuil de sa mère. Si loin et si proches de la Terre, les astronautes n'ont jamais autant eu l'impression d'en faire partie, mais aussi d'en être les gardiens. Le temps s'écoule au rythme des orbites autour de la Terre, qui tient le rôle principal de ce roman contemplatif, mélancolique et à l'humour délicat.

In the near future, as humanity grapples with the devastating effects of climate change, a groundbreaking project offers a glimmer of hope. Orbital Ascender takes listeners on a thrilling journey into the heart of a revolutionary endeavor: the World’s first Orbital Magnetic Ascender.

Jake tries hard, but spying is a tough job. When a botched pickup and a drunken indiscretion drop him in jail, he's sent to serve his sentence in the Milita. His new commander wants Jake's next tour to be out an airlock without a suit. At least his fellow conscript is friendly, and has a sexy single sister! But an accidental shooting and a boarding by his old friend Nadine complicate his life. Now the girls don't trust him, Mr. Dashi won't answer his calls, and there are armed ships chasing him through the rings. Is he in trouble? Or was this Dashi's plan all along?

The award-winning, bestselling author's first novel. The beamjacks work in zero-gravity constructing satellites in the vacuum of deepest space. And they're not going to let the military control them anymore.

Meet Gray Gaynes: a brilliant investigator, but also a man deeply wounded by his own personal tragedy... An NYPD homicide detective willing to go to great lengths to hide the truth of the irrevocable changes he is undergoing.

A book review podcast looking at books in the SciFi & Fantasy Genres

Jake Hemlock was bounced out of the Bureau of Investigations on Earth so hard he ended up in orbit. Now aboard space station Orbital 4 he makes his living as a private investigator finding lost things and helping those who have nowhere else to turn. A beautiful woman hired Jake and his side kick Maud a centuries old digital construct to find her little sister, an easy case. But before he knows it Jake is in trouble with the mob, the cops and is chasing down the bad guys through the guts of the largest space station man has ever built.

Glide along the corridors of an Independent Alliance training station Nobel with Chief Engineer Henry as he rescues a class of cadets from their own misfortune while teaching them a few life lessons.

Months have passed since Nachton, Amélie, Cécilie, and Ewan found themselves trapped in a magical, in-between world ruled by an evil tyrant called the Vizier: OVERTWIXT Encouraged by the enigmatic Guide, the four siblings have pursued their individual quests with mixed success. And despite...

An Actual Play podcast using the Orbital Blues system. Join the crew of the Telluride on their interstellar journey through a capitalist hellscape that spans the galaxy! One part laughs, one part heart, and one part crispy action.