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War has been declared. The Indian Star Republic has landed ground troops on the newly discovered colony of Haven as they seek to seize access to the alien worlds of Vestar and Kulthar. The British Star Kingdom has reacted. A battle fleet has been formed with orders to drive off the Indians and retake Haven. Cleared from a highly-politicized court martial and now newly married, Captain James Somerville leads Endeavour to join up with the fleet going to liberate Haven. Yet he is not entirely welcome for not everyone is happy with the outcome of the court martial. Meanwhile, Major Johnston ...

This bestselling book, the triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, is the unchallenged contemporary reference on the history of New Zealand. New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to...

The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West’s colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever. Now however, with...

Two years after first contact, Astral forces have established their fragile kingdom around the globe. Motherships occupy the cities. Shuttles patrol the lawless outlands. The pacifist class of Astrals known as Titans assist humans in running their alien empire while bloodthirsty Reptar peacekeepers ensure that order is kept. And unseen in the ships above, a third class of visitor calls the shots - the unseen Divinity, worshipped and feared by citizens in equal measure.

Pandora's Star is the first part of Peter F. Hamilton's epic Commonwealth Saga duology – a fantastic galaxy-spanning novel from the master of space opera. For fans of Iain M. Banks and Alastair Reynolds. At the edge of the galaxy something awakens – and it's coming for us . . . Earth AD 2329...

This book, a bestseller in Morocco since its release, goes against all the received ideas about the resident marshal. With a fresh perspective, the author presents facts still unknown or misinterpreted about Hubert Lyautey and the thirty years of his Moroccan dream, thus bringing an original vision of Franco-Moroccan relations. General resident in Morocco for twelve years, Lyautey shaped the country he led as no leader has ever been able to do. He certainly restored the splendor of the Cherifian monarchy, but above all he was able to skillfully smooth Moroccan Islam and thus win peace in ...

The 'First Colony' series by popular sci-fi writer A J Marshall, is a near future pentalogy about humankind colonising the Moon. As our neighbour and partner in the vastness of space, the Moon’s close proximity dictates much more than just the rising and ebbing of our ocean tides. Since time began, the Moon has influenced the very fabric of our existence. Indeed, without the presence of this apparently inert body, the Earth would not have become an oasis for any species, least of all ours. The predictable and eternal passage of the Moon through the night sky has etched its form into the ...

[100% Human Authored. No AI generation was used in the writing of this novel.] Revised Edition. Book 1 of the Architects Universe. “A rich SF epic blending archaeological mystery with sharp military action.” — BookLife & Publishers Weekly. In the ruins of a forgotten world, dead men do tell tales. When Dr Julian Voss, xenoarchaeologist and reluctant public figure, is dispatched to a scorched, ultraviolet-seared planet, his team uncovers more than dust and decay. Beneath the arid escarpments lies the legacy of a vanished race: known only as 'The Architects'. Towering cities of ...

The Flex-aor have returned, putting in motion a chain of events that will thrust humanity into a galactic war, the scale of which no human has seen before. Banished in all but name, James’ political enemies have assigned him to the protection of humanity’s colonial frontier as a ploy to rid themselves of the hero of the Siege of Earth. Though meant to keep him out of the way, they have unwittingly plunged James into the midst of events that may shape humanity’s’ future for centuries to come. For behind the Flex-aor, emerging from the shadows, is a new enemy with a strength no one on...

The Flex-aor invasion fleets have been stopped, but at great cost. Human colonies lie in ruins, fleets have been decimated and the economies of the major space powers have been stretched to breaking point. Yet one nation stands unaffected. Hidden behind their borders, the Russian Space Federation is stronger than ever. Still enraged by the harsh peace terms forced upon them more than thirty years ago, the Federation sees its chance for revenge. Led by an Admiral with the tactical capabilities to rival any from the Allied space powers, the Russians have only one goal in mind; humanity’s ...

À peine remis de sa résurrection, Al Capone entreprend d'organiser les Possédés, qui ont commencé d'envahir la Galaxie à partir de la planète Lalonde. Il en fait une force plus redoutable encore pour les vivants.

Depuis Douve, ça ne va pas fort du côté d'Hugo Boloren. Sans la petite bille qui fait « ding » pour lui dévoiler une piste, il erre dans le commissariat, limite neurasthénique, au grand dam de Lulu la nouvelle stagiaire. Même ses carrés de chocolat échouent à le remettre d'aplomb...

'ASTONISHING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING' Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time From the million-copy-bestselling Claire North - one of the most original and dazzling voices in speculative fiction - comes an intergalactic tale of conspiracy, war and the fall of empires. ***Winner of the...

Earth has stopped speaking. Mars has begun to answer. Saint Iris has won its independence. Now engineer Mara Vale faces the harder task of keeping it alive. With fragile oxygen systems and the Martian winter approaching, freedom means little without enough air to breathe. Then Earth misses a transmission. One silent channel becomes hundreds. Governments, families, scientific stations: nobody answers. The world that sent them has vanished behind a wall of silence. Searching for an explanation, Mara is drawn towards a rival colony, a buried intelligence and secrets that should never have left...

Bloomsbury presents Cage of Souls, read by David Thorpe and written and introduced by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Humanity clings to life on a dying Earth in an epic, far-future science fiction novel from an award-winning author. The sun is bloated, diseased, dying perhaps. Beneath its baneful light...

It has been waiting through the ages. Now it's time . . . A scout ship discovers a human outpost lying derelict in space – and a planet better left unexplored. Thousands of years ago, Earth’s terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien...

**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'Prescient, dark, and ultimately hopeful' PIERCE BROWN 'Tense and atmospheric' JAMES ISLINGTON 'Excellent' PETER F. HAMILTON 'A menacing experience' FONDA LEE 'Science fiction at its finest' SUNYI DEAN In this brand-new blistering science fiction epic...

In this incredible sequel to Pandora's Star, the Commonwealth Saga goes out with a bang. Judas Unchained is a stunning, expansive space opera from one of the world's bestselling science fiction writers, Peter F. Hamilton. Our worlds are under invasion – and only the impossible can save us now...

A one-way mission. A dying Earth. A secret buried beneath the red dust. When engineer Mara Vale leaves Earth for Mars, she believes she is helping to build humanity’s first permanent colony. The settlement of Saint Iris is meant to be the beginning of a new future: domes beneath a crimson sky, crops grown in alien soil, and a fragile society determined to survive where no human has survived before. But Mars is not the empty world they were promised. As the colony’s systems begin to fail, Mara uncovers evidence that the mission’s leaders have hidden the truth from the settlers. Saint ...

They dreamed of a new home. They woke to a nightmare. A far-reaching space opera spanning generations, species and galaxies by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky. On Imir, Captain Holt founded a hopeful new colony on an empty world. But generations later, his descendants...