Robot Wars

Set in 2040, the Mars Diaries feature 14-year-old Tyce Sanders, the only child ever born on Mars. He lives under a dome on the red planet with 200 scientists and techies, including his mother, Kristy Sanders, a biologist and a believer. Tyce is confined to a wheelchair, but virtual reality and robotics allow him to experience life beyond his physical boundaries.

When the cultivators came to Earth, they destroyed our entire civilization in a matter of hours. Armies fell, cities burned, and that was before the moon turned red and filled our world with monsters. Now, over a decade later, what's left of humanity slaves under the heels of our Qi-infused masters. The luckiest of us might even become one of them, they say—if we serve the Dynasty well enough and harness the power of Qi. But I want none of that. I'm sick of serving, and I want nothing to do with their world. Instead, I want them to pay for what they did to mine.

ONE SHIP. ONE DISCOVERY. NO GOING BACK. Overseeing a mining operation in the middle of nowhere on a warship with more bark than bite, Captain Frank Olsen has a problem. A chance discovery has suddenly thrown his dig into the galactic spotlight and every power in the region, both friend and foe, is descending on Olsen's location. It's soon clear that what they've found isn't just a curiosity. It's something far more sinister. As Olsen struggles to hold the line, a new alien race appears and the balance of power in the galaxy begins to shift. With time running out and help light-years away, ...

Master Lecture Series: History of the Third Robot War is a future history lecture so epic it will knock your digital socks off! In this satirical Audible Original that turns The Great Courses on its head, Professor Tirannous Rexavier Shepard guides you through the multiverse-shattering events of the war, from the opening "pyew pyews" through Le Battle Finale. Master Lecture Series pays homage to the Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres with gut-busting (and circuit-bending) whimsy.

It’s just a garrison job. What could go wrong? Xander Cain is one of the most infamous mercenaries in known space. Kicked out of his family’s company, he’s now a freelancer, the bottom rung of the mercenary ladder. All he has to his name is a few credits, his guild licence, and a battle-ready mech. Forced to take the jobs no one wants, Xander heads to the planet Hades to act as a garrison. It’s low paying, but low risk. A nice easy payday. Of course, things are never so simple in the Iron Belt. Xander finds himself under attack, forced to work with a rag-tag team of other ...

Superweapon stud? That's what the doctor ordered. The Beastmasters are dwindling. The Mekanics are growing bolder. Everyone's desperate for the next magic bullet. With no more Chimerics arriving, there's only one way to make more Beastmasters. Me. I'm not against making baby Beastmasters with the hotties on my squad. The problem is that they're not telling me everything. The last time they tried this, things got pretty ugly... All hell's breaking loose. Secrets are spilling left and right. Even my alien cat Zoe can't keep all the facts straight. And everyone wants a piece of me. There's ...

Captured by a warlord, seduction is my only chance. Can I capture the heart of the beast? Naomi Stranded on an alien planet sucks, but it’s worse when you can’t even walk. I’m a sitting duck, and when scary Naga capture me, there’s only so much I can do. That doesn’t mean I won’t go down without a fight. When their Warlord personally comes to interrogate me, I’m ready for him. Maybe he’s the one who’s not ready for me. Krashe I was not ready for the captive I meant to interrogate. This tiny, pale, scaleless creature is supposed to be my mate? But I can’t deny the ...

From TheReadingCafe.com: "the characters are diverse, distinctive and unconventional but such are the personalities of every entertaining story of science fiction. CORVUS ASCENDING begins slowly but accelerates at 'warp speed'." Wisecracking star-sailor Gus Johansson’s beach bum retirement suddenly goes from boring to blazing when he pulls a 1400-year-old robot and a sentient spaceship from the sea. Soon, Gus and his crew of misfits are in the fight of their lives against an old enemy. The vengeful Captain Harrison “Hazy” Grey is convinced he can finally get his Admiral’s flag by ...

For fans of Jack Campbell, David Weber, and John Scalzi, a galaxy-spanning space opera where one man’s fight to save his wife becomes a war for the future of humanity. Luke Blackburn only needed to cast one vote. As Commander of the Milky Way Alliance, his final duty was to travel to a distant planet and vote for the next king of the First Family. Instead, through a political ambush orchestrated by his own royal siblings, Luke is crowned monarch of the entire galaxy, a title he never wanted and has no intention of keeping. Then Annie, his pregnant bride, is kidnapped by forces wielding ...

An evil robot bent on eradicating all sentient life on Earth has arrived. Earth’s only hope for survival lies with a team of scientists and engineers stationed at Area 51 and a sentient space traveling robot from a star system forty light years distance from Earth. This sets up an epic clash that will determine the fate of mankind.

The galaxy is burning. And Jack is the one who struck the match. Jack wanted to destroy the Hegemony and free the countless worlds trapped beneath its rule. Instead, he shattered the empire into warring factions. Now admirals slaughter one another for power, entire planets are reduced to glass, and billions of innocent people are caught in the crossfire. The Hegemony may be dying, but it’s taking the galaxy with it—and Jack’s brilliant plan is responsible. For once, the sarcastic combat android has no joke, no clever explanation, and no one else to blame. But Jack isn’t ready to ...

Artificial Intelligence is the bedrock of the future economy and the new global operating system that will quietly power every industry, process, and decision. In The Future After AI, top-ranked economist and world-renowned futurist Jason Schenker explores how AI will underpin finance, technology, energy, healthcare, education, and business. AI is transforming the global economy in ways as profound as the internet and computers once did. But just as we no longer marvel at using the internet, AI's impact is likely to become so deeply embedded in technology and society that we might soon stop...

I'm not built to lead an invasion. I'm not built to feel guilty about one either, but that's optional equipment I installed myself. Six months ago, I was Hegemony hardware with a targeting computer and zero feelings. Now I've got a stolen dreadnought, twenty-three underqualified rebels who think they can win a ground war against half a galaxy, and a plan so audacious even I'm not entirely sure it counts as a plan rather than a really elaborate way to die. The target: the most heavily defended palace in four hundred years of organized cruelty, and the man sitting inside it who's responsible ...

Sometimes, getting what you want is the worst thing that can happen. Dell Eckhart lives on the wrong side of the portal. The side where the ruin and devastation left behind by the war makes everyday life harder than it’s ever been. More than anything, he wants to win a ticket for passage through the portal. He’s running out of chances, but he’s not going to let that stop him. He needs that ticket. It’s the only way to save the one person he truly cares about. There’s just one problem. That person is actually an android. And androids aren’t allowed through the portal. Doesn’t ...

The complete series box set. Nearly 2,000 pages. One unforgettable war for humanity’s survival. Mark Calder was a New Orleans paramedic, a husband, and a father. Then Earth began to starve. When an advanced alien civilization offered humanity salvation, Mark accepted the price: surrender his body, transfer his consciousness into a towering chrome war machine, and fight the Republic’s enemies among the stars. Survive long enough, and he might earn his way home to his wife and daughter. At least, that was the promise. Thrown onto brutal alien battlefields alongside a small squad of human ...

"It started out with a bang and just got better." -Goodreads reviewer Over 1,000 pages of nonstop action! If there's one thing Adam Eckhart knows, it's that humans are trouble. After all, he is one. As captain of the Marathon, a cobbled-together ship crewed by aliens and androids scraping by on odd jobs at the outskirts of settled space, Adam has plenty to worry about without adding his own species to the mix. But when a pair of mortally wounded humans cross his path during a heist gone wrong, he finds himself compelled to save them. Big mistake. Because if there's one more thing Adam knows...

Lieutenant Vesper Krell has pink hair, purple eyes, and a kill record she's proud of. She also has a voice in her skull: **Auntie**, the sentient System that runs her mobile suit, calls her *kitten*, and has kept her alive through three years of war. Then a Spacer test-weapon fires — and Auntie goes dark. **Sync rate to zero.** The sharpest, snidest machine in Vesper's life wakes up a stranger, half her skill-tree missing. And the only person who saw the strike coming is Captain Aldric Faye: Spacer-born, soft-handed, a coward Vesper would rather hate than trust. Stranded beneath a drowned...

AN INVASION. A CONSPIRACY. ONE SHOT AT REDEMPTION. Three never-before-published books bundled together! The Lost Galaxy series follows the adventures of a lone lawman, his aging and possibly insane spaceship, and a trio of mercenaries, new recruits, and hardened criminals who are all swept together behind an alien invasion that could wipe out humanity. As Provincial Sergeant Jack Bowman and his ragtag group race to save themselves and warn humanity of the invasion force, they learn that there is more at stake than anyone—human or alien—could have guessed. A conspiracy could bring down ...

The Hegemony built Jack to crush rebellions. So naturally, he joined one. Six months after joining the rebellion on Diesl’Haal, Jack is no longer just a Series-9 autonomous combat unit with too many weapons and not enough social skills. He has comrades. A cause. A family. And the rebels are winning. Convoys burn. Supply lines collapse. Occupied cities fall. The Hegemony is losing its grip on Diesl’Haal, and Jack is becoming the rebellion’s most dangerous symbol. Then the empire reminds everyone why victory isn't the same thing as survival. The Judicator is a six-kilometer dreadnought ...

It's competition time at Hyperspace High as the students build robots to compete in the annual Robot Warriors contest. John and Kaal are in with a chance of winning, but will competition get in the way of friendship?