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What the Universe Learned is a speculative love story about two people whose connection destabilizes the systems meant to protect reality. As unseen forces attempt to separate them, the universe itself is forced to confront a radical question: can love be integrated rather than erased? Quiet, intimate, and philosophical, this novel explores consequence, choice, and what remains when control gives way to trust.

Five long years have passed since Drysten was thrown into a cell. All hope of his escape or release left him with the realization that his people had no idea he was alive. He was once a great warrior who fought proudly and ferociously for the very same king who cast him aside. He didn’t know how, but he knew he would find his revenge. One man placed into the cell beside him gave him the knowledge needed to wage war across the kingdom of Ebrauc.

The Romans have abandoned Britannia. It is now 425 CE, and the islands have been brutally invaded by barbarian tribes coming from all directions. These lands are now a series of lawless, squabbling kingdoms that haven’t been united since the death of High King Coel Hen roughly a decade before. Roman rule failed the Britons, and a former Roman auxiliary, Hall, has been asked to return and provide a safer future for the people of Britannia’s northmost kingdom, Ebrauc. Word has it that a Saxon warlord has united many tribesmen from Germania and Gaul.

Human Francis Sandow is amused when the alien Pei'ans mistake him for Shimbo of Darktree, God of Thunder, but the Shimbo's enemy, Belion—a true supreme being—arrives for a showdown.

This is the tale of an undead man dragged through a prophecy as the world around him falls. What seems like a quick and easy messenger job quickly descends into a race to change the very fabric of existence. In a world that makes increasingly little sense, he must try to stay alive to bring a new balance to existence.

Die acht ins Leben zurückgekehrten "Altmutanten" sehen nur eine Möglichkeit zu ihrer Rettung: die Landung auf Asporc beim PEW-Meteoriten. Dort erleben sie als Kollektivmutant fast einen Weltuntergang mit. Der Riesenmeteorit startet aus der Erdkruste von Asporc ins All und lässt millionenfachen Tod und Verwüstung zurück. Perry Rhodan lässt das riesige Gebilde verfolgen, in dem die Mutanten eine phantastische Welt für sich entdecken und halbwegs zu beherrschen lernen. Der Kurs des Meteoriten führt ins Zentrum der Galaxis, ins Trümmersystem der Paramags.

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Im Herbst des Jahres 3583 erwacht in einer verlassenen Relaisstation des ehemaligen Solaren Imperiums ein geheimnisvoller Mann. Das besondere an ihm: In seinem Körper leben sieben menschliche Bewusstseine. Der "Mensch aus dem Nichts", der auch als "Mehrheitsmensch" bezeichnet wird, ist das erste der so genannten Konzepte... Wie es scheint, leben in den Konzepten die Bewusstseine jener zwanzig Milliarden Menschen, die verschwanden, als die Erde und der Mond durch den mysteriösen Schlund in eine andere Galaxis versetzt wurden.

Francis Stein, a determined woman driven by a singular, chilling vision: to engineer the perfect man. Her ambition fuels the establishment of a state-of-the-art lab, a sanctuary of science where she believes she can defy the very laws of nature. But her audacious scientific pursuits are dangerously entangled with the notorious Gualtieris crime family. From the shadows, the Gualtieris watch, their influence stretching like a dark web across the city. They've heard whispers of Francis's experiments, whispers of creations that could shift the balance of power in their favor and profit trillions.

The original Buck Rogers story—a man awakens five centuries in the future and becomes the spark of humanity’s last resistance.

Pollen is a visitor from the far reaches of space, and his mission is to save the Earth from human destruction with the power of his mysterious, living ring. Accompanied by a ragtag group of friends, he journeys across the United States to deliver a message to the president and the world.

Step back in time to 1638 with one of the earliest known sci-fi novels in English, as we explore the whimsical tale of Domingo Gonsales. In this abridged edition from 1768, Gonsales embarks on an extraordinary journey to the moon, aboard a curious machine pulled by a flock of geese—yes, you read that right! There, he encounters the enigmatic Lunars, the inhabitants of the moon. After a brief adventure, his feathered friends return him to Earth, landing him in China. This captivating account also chronicles several other thrilling escapades of Gonsales, reminding us that when President ...

In the book of Revelation, the Apostle John wrote about a great religious system and organization that would be present and influential during the so-called Seven Years Tribulation Period, in which the Anti-Christ will be revealed and reign supreme. With his own divinely inspired words, he described this religion as, "mystery Babylon the great," and, judging by his statement, it's interesting that this mystical religion can be traced all the way back to the times recorded in the book of Genesis.

Saving Christ is a love story between Jesus and a modern-day woman sent back in time. Time travel sends the woman to the last seven days of Jesus’ life from a modern viewpoint. This tale is a new telling of the greatest story ever told, in religious science fiction, the first of its kind. We invite you to read along to discover the human side of Jesus.

"A truth we all know...but agree not to talk about..." was how the Clapping Lady from the secretive Consilience Foundation described it to a teenage Methuen Pryce in 2012 as they discussed his Segmented World model. But it was also a "truth" that Nick O’Grady, ambitious young CEO of the high-tech Allied Answers, had not "talked about" - that was until he invited Methuen to his plush New York office in the summer of ’23.

From the author of the literary pulp phenomenon Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past (such as the human slave trade). Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery.

Andrew Lyle is on the brink of adulthood, navigating the turbulent waters of school, friendships, and family expectations while carrying a weight he struggles to understand. When academic pressure and self-doubt begin to suffocate him, Andrew discovers an unexpected ally: an advanced AI assistant named William. As his grades improve and his life becomes more organized, Andrew finds himself questioning the balance between relying on technology (machine wonderland) and truly living.

The story continues where Bloody Eventide, the first book in the Ember series, left off. Ember is still searching for Sandra, hunting the elusive Ashe, and plotting revenge and justice for her lost loved ones. She is far from the place that she once called home, but the apocalyptic world full of Fallen (dead that have risen, becoming something else) that she has known from birth is still the same, wherever she goes.

I saw the human race fall and monsters arise in their place. Millions of these creatures attacked those humans who remained, devouring flesh with an insatiable hunger. They tore flesh from the bone, drenching their rage with blood. They had no remorse, no guilt, and served no purpose except bringing death wherever they went. I had nightmares for more than five years every night after it all began. I would wake up screaming, which, as you can imagine, is an extremely bad thing with Fallen around every corner.

Auf der Erde und den anderen Welten, die von Menschen besiedelt sind, schreibt man das Jahr 427 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung. Nach wie vor operiert Perry Rhodan mit seiner Galaktischen Flotte in der Galaxis M 82. Mittlerweile ist die Flotte wieder vereint - steht aber weiterhin im Konflikt mit der Endlosen Armada. Dieser gigantische Heerwurm aus Millionen Raumschiffen unterschiedlichster Völker birgt uralte kosmische Geheimnisse.