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Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs. Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter has long warred with the Meduse, an alien race that has become the stuff of nightmares.

Zack Lightman has never much cared for reality. He vastly prefers the countless science-fiction movies, books, and videogames he's spent his life consuming. And too often, he catches himself wishing that some fantastic, impossible, world-altering event could arrive to whisk him off on a grand spacefaring adventure.

Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade his mind in the war. And one of humanity’s heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers. Eighty years ago, Earth was destroyed by an alien enemy. Many escaped, but millions more died. So mankind created enhanced humans ­such as Idris - who could communicate mind-to-mind with our aggressors. Then these ‘Architects’ simply disappeared, and Idris and his kind became obsolete.

Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to coexist peacefully as equals, without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But the peace has also made humanity complacent.

On the heels of discovering interstellar travel, humanity has stumbled upon the first signs of intelligent life in another system. Captain Adrian Kemper is selected to lead the expedition to Kyra-2B in order to make first contact with the Kyrans. He departs a world struggling to deal with overpopulation, knowing that the realities of space travel will mean the Earth he eventually returns to will no longer be home. Even the stone cottage he loves may not remain.

Die Menschheit hat sich über die gesamte Galaxis ausgebreitet, doch Frieden gibt es nur aufgrund des fragilen Gleichgewichts der miteinander konkurrierenden Fraktionen. Für dieses Gleichgewicht sorgen die ‚Anima‘, mächtige, als unbesiegbar geltende Kriegsschiffe, die von ihren Kommandanten Kraft ihrer Gedanken gesteuert werden. Eines Tages stößt der Pilot Matthew River während einer unfreiwilligen Expedition auf das einzige Anima, das jemals verloren gegangen ist: Es taucht wie aus dem Nichts in einer entlegenen Region des Alls auf – und birgt ein schreckliches Geheimnis.

5,000 years in the future, humanity faces total extermination. Our one defence: highly-trained soldiers who scour the metal-strewn blackness of space to hunt down a terrifying enemy: an insect life-form known only as 'Bugs.' This is the story of trooper Johnny Rico, from his idealistic enlistment in the infantry of the future through his rigorous training to the command of his own platoon. And his destiny is a war that will span the galaxy.

Waffenstillstände haben einen entscheidenden Nachteil: Irgendwann gehen sie zu Ende. Wenn es dazu kommt, werden wieder Spiel-Knoten in Brand gesteckt, und Zug um Zug Dunkler Soldaten drohen, die Welt, die wir kennen, zu zerstören. Der Feind ist stärker geworden, seine Truppen haben sich vergrößert. Außerdem haben sie noch tödlichere Waffen in die Hände bekommen. Sie haben aus früheren Kämpfen schmerzhafte Lehren gezogen und ihre Taktik entsprechend verändert.

Flint and his siblings have known for years that their father was an alien. It's pretty obvious since they have super powers, but they never expected that their dad was a super soldier who was being hunted by the enemy, or that they would have to defend earth to keep it from being destroyed. The Diophants are a terrifying enemy. They show no mercy. They expand their empire by incorporating planets under their control or destroying them. With their ability to manipulate space, they can open wormholes, destroy planets, and even alter gravity.

The final battle looms. Odium of the Dark and his swarm of Radaskim ravage the Red Wild, leaving destruction in its wake. It's up to Shanti to gather disparate factions to challenge the Xenomind's advance before it's too late. Vastly outnumbered, it's an impossible war. All will be lost unless she can stop the Radaskim at their source. Shanti must gamble everything for a small shot at success. But the price of victory will require the ultimate sacrifice, one that goes beyond mere death...

Today was the Erodicilee's happiest day-until it wasn't. A cruel monster interrupted his trip, stole his mother and fled, but thankfully, he was born for such an occasion. For him, eating creatures will allow him to evolve new abilities to grow strong enough and find the one he loves!

When alien warrior Kozien Lorrz left behind life as the heir to his planet's throne to run a team that hunts down missing things, his father swore he'd make him regret the decision. According to the king, leaving his duties behind was a mistake, and taking his brothers was an act of treason. Now, with business dwindling, Kozien is forced to send a message into the universe that his team is offering a pro-bono case—a move that could draw in new clients or alert their father to their whereabouts.

They stole my dreams, my hopes, my very identity, and I had no idea. Years went by and I did everything I was told, I was always the perfect specimen, and the perfect lab rat. I was dissected, even maimed all in the name of science. Then one day a strange smoky voice entered my head, and I knew things were not as they seemed. He promises me that he will never leave me, but my new memories tell me differently.

O Ovo de Cristal de H.G. Wells é um conto fascinante de ficção científica que narra a descoberta de um estranho objeto por um antiquário, o Sr. Cave. Este ovo de cristal, aparentemente comum, revela-se uma janela para outro mundo, mostrando visões de uma civilização alienígena em Marte. À medida que o Sr. Cave se torna obcecado pelas visões, sua vida pessoal começa a desmoronar, com ninguém acreditando em suas descobertas. O conto explora temas de isolamento, obsessão e os perigos da busca incessante por conhecimento.

“In einem Körper oder körperlos, tot oder lebendig, ungeachtet meiner momentanen Gestalt und Verkleidung schwöre ich hiermit, mich stets dem Bösen entgegenzustellen und der Furcht zu trotzen, um die Menschheit zu beschützen ...” Sobald Greys wahre Identität ans Licht kommt, breitet der gewaltige Schatten seiner Vergangenheit in seinem Rücken die Flügel aus und ruft die unsterblichen Truppen auf die Esplanade, um den uralten Eid der Ersten Legion zu erfüllen. Doch Macht wird nur ungern geteilt, und in dieser Hinsicht stellen die Archons der Stadt keine Ausnahme dar.

He needs me to play the role of fake fiancée to appease his family of tentacle-tailed cops. I'll keep up the charade as long as I need if it means being reunited with Abraxas and Rurik. It shouldn't be too hard, right? To play pretend…My life force is now inextricably tied to handsome, gun-totin' Officer Hyt. But do you know what happens if my new in-laws find out that I'm mated to three different males? Intergalactic war, that's what.

Contains all three books of the Seeding Eden series.

Aliens quietly inhabit the earth in the millions and they have a plan. But when they try to kill Deputy Marshal Shore, their plan starts to unravel. Come join Marshal Shore as he travels the world to uncover an 80 year old conspiracy and stop it from achieving its goal. Failure is not an option.

Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her. Since she was three years old, no one has been willing to listen. Now, with an alien signal from the stars being broadcast around the world, humanity is finally starting to realize that it's already been warned, and it may be too late.

Major General David Cohen must accept the truth. It’s only a matter of time before the nanite swarm obliterates all life in the galaxy. With irrefutable evidence of the swarm’s devastation, David convinces twin alien worlds to join the Terran Coalition in exchange for technology that might save them.