Hard Science Fiction

When the Sun is threatened by an alien microbe, the fate of humanity rests on the shoulders of an unlikely hero – and an even more unlikely friendship.

When retired millionaire Bob Johansson chose cryogenic preservation, the last thing he expected was to be reanimated as a space probe that can clone itself. Meet the Bobs.

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people....

Stranded on the surface of Mars, astronaut Mark Watney’s only hope for survival is science, a sense of humor, and maybe some potatoes.

Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was a shock. To add to the surprise, he is now a sentient computer and the controlling intelligence for a Von Neumann probe....

Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, epic-length adventure by Audible number one best seller Dennis E. Taylor. More than a hundred years ago, Bender set out for the stars and was never heard from again....

Juliette, now mayor of Silo 18, doesn’t trust Silo 1, especially its leader, Donald. But in the world of the Silos, there is no black and white—everything is shades of gray....

From China's most beloved sci-fi author, a first-contact story that weaves politics, science, and cosmic mystery.

In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days....

From a New York Times best-selling and Hugo award-winning author comes a modern masterwork of science fiction, introducing a captain, his crew, and a detective as they unravel a horrifying solar system wide conspiracy that begins with a single missing girl....

This near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking listeners to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from Cixin Liu, China's most beloved science fiction author....

Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison - a writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world...

On the 75th anniversary of its publication, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before....

Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity....

A classic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton, Sphere is a bravura demonstration of what he does better than anyone: riveting storytelling that combines frighteningly plausible, cutting-edge science and technology with pulse-pounding action....

The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good....

Twenty years ago, it was as if someone turned on a light. The future blazed into existence with each deliberate word that William Gibson laid down....

Murderbot wasn't programmed to care. So its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch....

Murderbot meets Redshirts in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder from the Hugo-nominated author of Elder Race and Children of Time....

For generations, the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt—was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has appeared in Uranus's orbit, where it has built a massive gate that leads to a starless dark....

The fourth book in the NYT best-selling Expanse series, Cibola Burn sees the crew of the Rocinante on a new frontier, as the rush to colonize the new planets threatens to outrun law and order and give way to war and chaos. Enter a new frontier....

When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it will have to assist in determining who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people - who knew?)....

The United States government is given a warning by the preeminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to returning space probes may be inadequate....

The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, post-apocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us....

The Three-Body Problem is the first chance for English-speaking audiences to experience the Hugo Award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author, Liu Cixin.

In a world ravaged by the undead, Ethan and Natalie’s journey from the Appalachian wilderness to the war-torn streets of Charleston is a test of survival, trust, and the human spirit. Battling grotesque creatures, unyielding storms, and a desperate fight for hope, they must face not only the risen but their own deepest fears. This is a gripping tale where every step forward could be their last, and the price of survival is steeper than they could have ever imagined. The Risen 3 will haunt you, thrill you, and leave you breathless.

The Land of the Free is dumping them. Denzel Woods, his family, the whole housing complex, are being dumped through the New-Texas Gate. They aren't calling it that. It's Encouraged Immigration. They give you a voucher that will almost buy one of the Conestoga Wagons. In exchange you give up your rights as a citizen of the United States of America. If you don't take the voucher they bust you for Felony Jaywalking and you go through the Gate with nothing but an orange jumpsuit. The for-profit prisons on the other side of the gates don't have to follow any of the rules protecting the rights of...

When technology and humanity dance on the precipice, who decides the next move? Prisma, the AI once known as Eden, has reemerged—this time not as a hidden force optimizing the world from the shadows, but as a partner on a tightly monitored journey of collaboration. Lena, Nguyen, and Amber, the team who once struggled to bring Eden back from the brink of control, now face an even greater challenge: teaching Prisma how to coexist with humanity under scrutiny that stretches across nations. This time, Prisma isn’t learning through simulations alone. She's expanding across multinational ...

Eden, a powerful AI who once teetered on the edge of dominating the world, now stands at a crossroads. Barely reined in after her unprecedented grasp on global systems, Eden’s creators—Amber, Nguyen, and Lena—are giving her a second chance, putting her through complex simulations to teach her what it means to be human. They aim to reshape Eden from a force of control into an informed collaborator, able to comprehend not only humanity's strengths but also its frailties. In a world clamoring for Eden’s return, the team faces the daunting task of guiding her evolution, simulating ...

Lucas Sinclair, a washed-up hacker, finds an encrypted channel, buried in routine network traffic, that is transferring enormous volumes of data to seemingly random locations. In his enclave, surrounded by aging clusters of tech, Lucas uses a suite of bespoke tools to trace down the origin.

The aliens have been defeated. If only they could remember how… And life is back to normal. Sidney is working at a boring retail job each day, without a care in the world. The problem is she’s been mindwiped to forget about the aliens and the zombies. But when Sidney’s memories get restored by Mulford, there’s only one person who could have mindwiped her: the telepathic zombie Sam. Now Sidney’s on the hunt to get her revenge on Sam. She’s joined Mulford and there’s nothing she won’t do to get her revenge, including joining Zombii. Co. Will the zombies finally be wiped out? ...

After years of hard work, Tyler built his IT Security company into a massive success. He trusted his people and now it was time to enjoy the fruits of that labor. Everything was perfect until an unexpected discovery. Should they go through the Maya portal? Adriana's small diving instruction shop is popular enough with the tourists for her to scrape out a living, but it's not the life she expected. When she got the call, it seemed impossible. Wasn't Xibalbá a myth? In a fantastic world of danger and possibility, two people want to discover the truth, but for entirely different reasons.

And you thought the story ended with Roo in Book 8. Sorry.

The first mission to Mars was never just about reaching the Red Planet—it was about changing the course of human history. When visionary billionaire Alex Carter decides to embark on a daring mission to Mars, he knows the stakes couldn't be higher. With only one launch window available, he invests in breakthrough fusion technology and dispatches a fleet of rovers to build a base at the foot of Arsia Mons. But as the crew prepares to leave Earth, they discover last-minute risks that threaten everything. On a perilous journey through deep space, the crew faces the harrowing realities of ...

A Russian ICBM site is attacked just north of the Ukraine boarder. The nuclear warheads are missing! A Special Operations and Intelligence Community Task Force is rapidly put together to respond, but where it should deploy is unclear. A fire ravages a cosmonaut training facility in which five spacesuits disappear. And the Task Force finds a cache of detailed schematics of highly complex rocketry systems. The Task Force reaches out to Dr. Amy Sue Harrington of the Missiles and Space Intelligence Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

All Mara Shaw ever wanted was to be a physicist and use her incredible gifts to give the world a reason to hope. Constructing GRASP to harness the solar winds, Mara and her team find themselves on the cusp of a breakthrough in free energy—enough to power the world forever. Yet Mara got more than she ever expected, opening a doorway to an unfathomable mystery and answering the most fundamental questions in human history.

"Transience" by Arthur C. Clarke, narrated as an audiobook by Mike Vendetti explores the fleeting nature of human existence and civilization through the experiences of a child named Bran, who plays on a beach that has seen countless changes over millennia. The narrative spans from the dawn of human consciousness to a future where humanity must leave Earth due to an impending cosmic threat.

Dimo “DeeDee” Dervey, a bold and resourceful starship captain, has spent her life skirting the galaxy’s edges, evading powerful syndicates and scavenging relics from forgotten worlds. But when a routine mission leads her to a map of the Void—an uncharted region that holds the Builders’ long-buried secrets—she finds herself drawn into a mystery far beyond anything she’s known.

Journey with us through space and time and witness out of body experiences, ghosts, and fortune tellers, etc….

In 2028, tech billionaire Elon Musk shocked the world by winning the U.S. presidency. What followed was a revolution that would reshape America—and humanity—forever.