Showing results for "Red" in Science Fiction

Fleeing a life of abuse, Sheri climbs aboard a mail-order-mate spaceship bound for a distant station but never arrives.... Fate intervenes, and her trip takes a quick, deadly turn when she crashes on the planet Atera. She's surrounded by endless sand dunes, dangerous creatures, and alien beings that remind her of Earth lizards. But one particular lizard hardly leaves her thoughts - a sexy, two-legged, muscular male bent on protecting and caring for her at all costs. 

There were certain truths everyone knew. Never wear red or any other bright color. Make as little sound as possible if one had to be outside the protection of the sanctuary settlements. And never, ever, go out in the wild places alone. The Ragoru, an alien species set down to live among them, dwell within the forests and everyone knows that they crave all things red. Arie’s life has always been one of playing by the rules. She doesn’t draw attention to herself. She doesn’t leave her home without her hood that conceals her bright red hair.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Disaster—soon to be a major motion picture! When the world ends, can love survive? For Scarlet, raising her two daughters alone means fighting for tomorrow is an everyday battle. Nathan has a wife, but can’t remember what it’s like...

Ten years of war have taught Captain Evelyn Blackthorn two truths: family is chosen, and tomorrow is never promised. Back with Obsidian Directive, the off-book unit that goes where governments refuse, Evelyn is partnered with Commander James Reaves, the quiet force who has kept her alive and dangerously close for a decade. A routine infiltration in southern Ukraine exposes a weapons program that behaves more like tissue than metal. It learns, adapts, and hungers. As Obsidian hunts the source, enemies close in, reputations are targeted, and the team’s hard-won sanctuary begins to fracture.

In deepest space the ruthless Federation lays waste to one rebel colony after another, leaving comrades-in-arms Van Orskey and Tayn Kassik without family, without a home, and without hope. With nothing left but each other, they run contraband and smuggle fugitives from the safety of their ship, the Cormorant - with the occasional clandestine mission for the rival Coalition thrown in. Their heists have not gone unnoticed, though even the bounty on their heads doesn’t prevent them from being a thorn in the enemy’s side at every opportunity. Pissing them off? Big mistake.

Vivian Bowen left Earth for Mars, seeking safety and a fresh start after seven long years trapped in a climate refugee camp. She's determined to fulfill her contract as a Red Mother by selecting a Martian partner and bearing genetically modified children to fund her family's survival back on...

The white room had a red door and a purple door. Everyone knew where the purple door went, it went to Utopia, the most technologically advanced planet in the galaxy. To enter the purple door, you had to be a committed atheist, and Utopia was proud of the fact that not a single person there believed in God, and they all wanted it that way.

A moment in time… insignificant and fleeting for most, but for Nicole, Mark, and Eric, it is life-altering. Three strangers meet in a town they don't know in a place they hadn't expected to end up only to find that they are exactly where they were supposed to be… again.

After adventures in 16th-century Scotland and 1980s Hollywood, Jennifer Cloud has become something of a seasoned time traveler. Her family’s amazing abilities have allowed her to take a job with a time-traveling agency, the World Travel Federation, and stop “brigands,” criminals dedicated to destroying history for their own selfish gain.

It was in a very tiny village that the omega Ebby had grown up, surrounded by women who knew what she would become, as well as a few men to whom she was unattractive, all of whom participated in training her to defend herself. They had also all vowed to protect her with their lives. And in the end, because of him, that was exactly what they had done.

Someone abandons a pedigree hellcat right where Shax can conveniently claim her and sets off a cataclysmic domino line of events. It's time for the other shoe to drop since the Brimstone has a shadow cabal after them - partly due to Shax's own, er, interesting decisions and partly due to the presence of Agent Julian Parallax onboard.

Sarah Randolph believes she's just an ordinary woman, at least until the day she meets Ramsey - a mysterious man who tells her that not only is she not ordinary…she's not even human. John Sherlock Ramsey, an Earth-born Eudoran, is a Protector. He's assigned to help Sarah complete her Shift, a period of intense transformation experienced by those of his species. But her Shift is different and risky, because she's a Red-Line, a member of his kind not seen in over 60 years. They must confront an assailant who shares Sarah's unique origins....

In the bustling fishing town of Aeolis Port on terraformed Mars, humans and engineered creatures coexist, unaware of the alien presences among them. When the enigmatic pirate captain Zara betrays her crew, Rylia, a shape-shifting alien, narrowly escapes with her life and assumes the identity of a local human to evade capture.

Twenty-one-year-old Megan's worst problem is a night at the club with her friends. She's just not that into it. When a mysterious blond guy buys her a drink, she's not that into him, either. When she wakes up in a sterile, white room with a locked door, she realizes her problems are only just beginning. Megan has been kidnapped by some kind of vampire cult.