Space Opera

The Merry Band of Pirates stopped the enemy from stealing a Sentinel, and destroyed its Elder starship, so why weren’t the Pirates planning a victory party?

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 you are old enough to finally become an Earth Mars citizen, everything should be perfect. Right? Not for Liam Hoffen. He's stuck on a mining asteroid called Colony 40....

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about to end.

Paul Atreides avenges the traitorous plot against his noble family - and brings to fruition humankind's most ancient, unattainable dream.

The sci-fi series continues! The second Dune volume journeys through the changes of planet Arrakis's social order and surreal environment.

Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed stand-alone novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet....

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....

The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps its prison colony, and for inmates the journey there is always a one-way trip. One such prisoner is Professor Arton Daghdev, xeno-ecologist and political dissident. Soon after arrival he discovers that Kiln has a secret....

The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered, and fertile....

On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it....

As the Indomitus Crusade rages on, Inquisitor Rostov discovers vital intelligence that could reveal the plan of the notorious Hand of Abaddon, and hastily gathers together those loyal to his cause.

Colonel Joe Bishop risks all to retrieve the alien starship Flying Dutchman, unaware of the team's uncertain ability to safeguard Earth.

The Aftermath of a stunning victory—especially an unexpected, complete, and final victory—should be high-fives all around, listening to politicians give boring congratulatory speeches, and a well-deserved rest for the Merry Band of Pirates....

Aran awakens in chains with no memory. He’s conscripted into the Confederate Marines as a Tech Mage, given a spellrifle, then hurled into the war with the draconic Krox and their Void Wyrm masters....

Raised fatherless in a galactic Brinktown, Joe Pikeman only ever wanted to escape. The Galactic Guard offered that escape, with the promise of regular meals to boot. Now Joe is a full Guardsman, with his own ship and a snide partner bot who hates humans....

The elite crew of the pirate ship UNS Flying Dutchman had a simple mission: determining whether the Thuranin are sending another starship to Earth....

More than 3,000 years have passed since the first events recorded in Dune. Only one link survives with those tumultuous times: the grotesque figure of Leto Atreides....

The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Enter Andrew "Ender" Wiggin....

The Blood Angels Chapter of Space Marines is under threat. Having obliterated all human life in the Red Scar region of space, the largest tendril of Hivefleet Leviathan ever seen in the Imperium has converged and is making relentlessly for Baal....

For Van and his crew, danger is no longer just among the stars. On earth, the Fafnir has drawn the attention of the most dangerous predator known to humanity—Bureaucrats. Between human enemies and alien allies, Van finds himself on the edge of a powerful change in his career.

Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life - but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity's great empire fell, and the program's decisions were lost to 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....

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Captain Axel Finn has spent his life running salvage missions with an alien crew and their war bot. This motley group has found refuge on his ship from their own tumultuous pasts.

Forty thousand years ago, humanity fled a dying Earth. Traveling in massive arkships, these brave pioneers spread out across the galaxy to find a new home. After traveling thousands of light-years, one fleet of arkships arrived at Centauri, a dense cluster of stars with a vast array of potentially habitable planets. The survivors of Earth signaled to the remaining arkships that humanity had finally found its new home among the stars.

The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps its prison colony, and for inmates, the journey there is always a one-way trip. One such prisoner is Professor Arton Daghdev, xeno-ecologist and political dissident. Soon after arrival, he discovers that Kiln has a secret. Humanity is not the first intelligent life to set foot there. In the midst of a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem are the ruins of a civilization, but who were the vanished builders and where did they go?

Wayne dreamed of piloting a thirty-foot-tall walking robot that was closer to a battle-tank than anything else. They were called Walkers. They were armed with laser cannons, rockets, missiles, and heavy kinetic weapons more similar to artillery pieces than guns, and everything that went with that. Unfortunately, he had been declined military service. His only avenue left to become a Walker Pilot was to make it happen all on his own. Under his own power. With his own hands. Literally. Working his fingers to the bone, saving all he could, and digging through junkyards and salvage pits,

Humanity is on the brink of annihilation. Only one man can turn the tide. For centuries, we explored the stars and settled new worlds. But a mysterious alien threat emerged, launching devastating attacks and seizing entire star systems. Every fifty years they come, silent and relentless, before disappearing again into the dark. And as they close in on humanity’s home worlds, one more defeat could mean total extinction.

When the over-driven hyperdrive on their mobile shipyard burned out, the Chhrt'ktk't abandoned it in an inhabited system along their path, hoping it would work as a decoy to buy them more time to escape the Khreetan fleet pursuing them. They didn't anticipate how far the pre-spacefaring species they turned over their broken-down maintenance facility to would subvert their plan.

Primera y aclamada entrega de la tetralogía «Los cantos de Hyperion», una saga fundamental de la ciencia ficción moderna que fue galardonada con tres premios Locus y el Hugo de 1990 por el presente título. La publicación de la serie a lo largo de la década de 1990 coronó a Dan Simmons como un referente indiscutible del género, capaz de construir un mundo al estilo de los Cuentos de Canterbury, y al mismo tiempo hacer un claro homenaje a John Keats.

Lieutenant Bannon and his phalanx of Corvanite warriors have already seen some of the worst that the irregular war between the reptilian otuchans and the human latecomers can offer. Or so they think. First Sergeant Draven, trying to hold his company of Zolarian citizen soldiers together, has been on the desolate planet of Zhogalgan longer than Bannon. He's seen even more. Yet while they are both there as peacekeepers, they are not there to help each other.

After years of searching, Nathan Briggs is finally on the verge of making an incredible discovery. Unfortunately, the aliens have other plans. When Nathan stops a brutal attack on an unsuspecting victim, he gets more than he bargained for and sets into motion events that will change his life forever. They told him he should've run away, and maybe they were right. Nathan is about to embark on an adventure of a lifetime.

Twenty-five years after our universe nearly succumbed to the very Incarnation of Destruction, and three years after Doctor Damien Howard asked Charlotte Omandi to assemble a crew for Earth’s first starship, Bladerunner, a new adventure has begun. William Thorne, first born son to the Sentinel and Soulborn of Order, has been offered a critical mission from the unlikeliest of angelic sources. He is to join Captain Omandi as a member of Bladerunner’s crew, and open a portal to the void that separates our universe from others.

Virika Sameroo lives in colonized space under the Æerbot Empire, much like her ancestors before her in the British West Indies. After years of working hard to rise through the ranks of the empire’s merchant marine, she’s finally become first lieutenant on an interstellar cargo vessel. When her captain dies under suspicious circumstances, Virika is arrested for murder and charged with treason despite her lifelong loyalty to the empire. Her conviction and subsequent imprisonment set her on a path of revenge, determined to take down the evil empire that wronged her.

While victorious on the battlefield, can he survive the cutthroat world of galactic nobility? Having won the Davao Campaign, Neo is hailed as House Mordant’s newest Abraxan Knight, and is quickly adopted into the upper class. Will he turn away from his humble beginnings and embrace its sheer decadence, or will he remain true to his own self? Meanwhile, trouble is brewing from within. Schemes and conspiracies abound as rivals launch their own bid for power, and the entire galaxy once again stands on the brink of total war.

After a long mission, came a long break. For two years Rex Vahl and his crew have settled into domestic life, enjoying their reprieve from the dangers of the Chaos Quarter. But all good things come to an end, and a new mission has come before them: Rescue a Commonwealth spy on the run from the despotic Europan Empire. But things are never so simple, and Rex and Lucius learn they both have personal connections to this clandestine agent, and face family tragedy if they fail. Operating under the guise of diplomats, they’re headed for a world that has modeled their whole society after ...

Ottant’anni prima, la Terra venne distrutta da un nemico alieno. Molti fuggirono mentre altri, in milioni, morirono. L’umanità creò dei nuovi esseri umani potenziandoli come Idris, in modo che potessero comunicare tramite la mente con i loro aggressori. Poi questi “architetti” scomparvero improvvisamente, senza una ragione apparente, e Idris e la sua specie divennero obsoleti. Da quando hanno ricondizionato la sua mente durante la guerra, Idris non è né invecchiato né stanco.

"Salut Sébastian, qu'est-ce qui te ramène au parc de VR de Cedar Key ?" demande Tom. "Je suppose que vous aimeriez le même site que celui que vous aviez visité la dernière fois que vous êtes venu ici." "Oui, Tom, s'il est disponible." — Bien sûr, Sébastian. Je ne l'ai fait nettoyer qu'hier. -- Aurez-vous besoin de quelqu'un pour vous guider dans le camping, ou pouvez-vous vous en occuper vous-même ? "Merci pour l'offre, Tom. Mais je me souviens où il se trouve, et je peux garer cet autocar au centimètre près s'il faut. J'aimerais aussi pêcher. Où le sébaste mord-il à cette...

“Hi Sébastian, what brings you back to the Cedar Key RV park?” Tom asks. “I suspect you would like the same site you visited last time you were here.” “Yes, Tom, if it is available.” “Sure, Sébastian. I only had the site washed down yesterday. -- Will you need someone to guide you into the campsite, or can you handle it by yourself?” “Thanks for the offer, Tom. But I remember where it is, and I can park this coach on a dime if I must.” – “It is good to be back at Cedar Key for some rest and relaxation. I would also like to get some fishing in. Where are the redfish...

Esta historia comienza en un parque de casas rodantes en las afueras de Cedar Key. Cuando está en medio de la noche, una casa rodante de aspecto inusual se detiene en el parque. Tom, el encargado del parque, le da al buzo de cara azul su tarea de estacionamiento # 94 y le pide que lo siga a su lugar de estacionamiento. #94 está al lado de DocWolf y Writer, que siempre están felices de ver a los recién llegados. Sin embargo, estos recién llegados provienen del espacio exterior, y su RV es una nave espacial camuflada para parecerse a una RV.

This Story starts in an RV park on the outskirts of Cedar Key. When in the middle of the night, an unusual-looking RV pulls into the park. Tom, the park attendant, gives the blue-faced diver his parking assignment #94 and has him follow him to his parking place. #94 is next to DocWolf and Writer, who are always happy to see new arrivals. However, these new arrivals are from outer space, and their RV is a camouflaged spaceship to look like an RV.

Dos mujeres jóvenes, una atractiva morena y la otra igual de hermosa rubia fresa, caminan por la pasarela del aeropuerto de Dallas cuando Sophie le dice a Alessia, la rubia fresa: "¿Dónde esperas estar dentro de diez años?" “No tengo ni idea, Sophie Jones; sin embargo, espero sinceramente no estar atrapado en la luna todo el tiempo. Me apunté a la aventura. No espero estar encerrado en la base lunar durante cuatro años. Quiero ver las estrellas de la galaxia. ¿Qué esperas de este viaje en el que te inscribiste? "Espero ser comandante de mi propia nave algún día. Eso es si ...

Verwandte Seelen entfesseln geheimnisvolle Magie! Vesper Quill arbeitet für den mächtigen Großkonzern Kent Corp. Als sie erkennt, dass dessen neu entwickelte Raumschiffserie erhebliche Sicherheitsrisiken aufweist, ist ihr Name plötzlich in aller Munde – und steht ganz oben auf der Eliminierungsliste von Kent Corp. Von Feinden umgeben, muss Vesper um ihr Leben kämpfen. Dabei kommt ihr der Elitesoldat Kyrion Caldaren gefährlich nahe, doch statt sie zu töten, beharrt er darauf, dass zwischen ihren Seelen ein magischer Bund besteht – einer, der ihnen beiden zum Verhängnis werden könnte.

Meet Lieutenant Natalie Vonn. She's the chief security officer on the starship Initiative and a very good dog, but that doesn't stop things from going wrong. Join her on two exciting, danger-filled missions! First, explore an alien jungle filled with savage gerbils and ruled by an ancient, arcane world-computer in “The Arsenal of Obsolescence.” Then wrestle with the nature of identity itself in “Crystal Fusion.” While studying a geode asteroid, a teleporter accident blends the canine security officer with the ship’s engineer — an orange tabby cat! — truly giving her the chance to go…

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.

Jordan Severson entra inesperadamente en su casa de Elm Street en pleno día, donde nota un extraño olor en el aire. "Hola, cariño, estoy en casa". Al no obtener respuesta, entra en el dormitorio y ve las sábanas, un desastre arrugado en medio del día y el vapor de la ducha que sale de la puerta del baño entreabierta. Al entrar en el baño donde Maggie se está arreglando el cabello, con el secador de pelo haciendo mucho ruido, ve el asiento del inodoro levantado y pregunta: "¿Hay alguien aquí?" "No, Jordi, ¿qué te hace pensar eso? Además, ¿qué te trae a casa a mitad del día? ...

Jonathan y su compañero Escritor. Que vive en una casa rodante en un resort de casas rodantes cerca de Cedar Key, Florida. Recibieron una llamada telefónica del almirante McGraf diciéndole que iba a escribir una historia sobre los emplazamientos de ovnis que estaban teniendo. Al día siguiente, una limusina negra se detiene frente a su entrenador para recogerlo y llevarlo a la Base Aérea Mac Dill para abordar un Gulfstream V que lo espera. Este avión lo llevará al noroeste. Para presenciar los OVNIs en acción.

Commander Darius Noble has escaped the overthrow of the Alliance. He carries crucial intel about the drow and Federation's plans for folding space/time to make war anywhere instantaneously across the galaxy. Lacking resources and pursued by bounty hunters, Darius and his companions find themselves adrift in a hostile galaxy. Their paths cross with diverse nonhumans, leading to the formation of an unlikely crew aboard a salvaged starship. As they navigate their personal struggles and limited options, Darius and his crew realize a horrifying truth: The Alliance's fall is just the beginning.

Em um planeta chamado Hula, na distante galáxia do girassol, onde a primavera ressurgia todos os anos com força, fazendo as árvores florescerem e colorirem as montanhas e campinas, havia um reino comandado pelo imperador Chrispo, casado com a bela rainha Shed. Os riachos mostravam toda sua beleza, por meio de águas cristalinas. Uma Space Opera recheada de elementos medievais e espaciais digna de uma franquia de séries!