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There is a milestone in the evolution of every sentient race, a Tech Singularity Event, when the species achieves transcendence through its technological advances. Now the creatures known as humans are near this momentous turning point. But an armed threat is approaching from deepest space, determined to prevent humankind from crossing over that boundary - by total annihilation if necessary.

In the first novel in New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas’ Solar Warden series, government conspiracy theories, UFO history, and thrilling space combat come together in an unforgettable interstellar military science fiction adventure. THE TRUTH HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE In the final days...

The Year is 2040. The Marines have landed on Mars to guard the unearthed secrets of an ancient and dangerous alien race: Ourselves. Scientists have discovered something astonishing in the subterranean ruins of a sprawling Martian city: startling evidence of an alternative history that threatens to split humanity into opposing factions and plunge the Earth into chaos and war.

Center of Gravity is the second book in the explosive Star Carrier series by Ian Douglas—and a breathtaking new high in military sf, the strongest of the science fiction subgenres. Battlestar Galactica fans will adore this saga of ultimate war in deep space, as humankind risks its very future...

The last installment in the Star Carrier series, where first contact, space opera, and military adventure combine, from New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas! Will this be the end? Or a new beginning… Having battled aliens to prove humanity’s worth as a star-faring species, Admiral...

Once he was the gaijin champion of a cruel and oppressive empire. Now Dev Cameron is a military commander for the rebellious newborn Confederation and at tentative peace with the galaxy's all-powerful rulers. But treachery has shattered the uneasy truce, as the imperial lords prepare to rain destruction down upon the outpost of New America, delivering the final death blow to the still young revolution.

Lord Commander Grayson St. Clair has guided the Tellus Ad Astra to a part of the universe no human - and possibly no race known to man - has ever seen. Far from the worlds they know, the colony ship is on its own facing...something that seems to have no weakness. Something whose sole purpose seems to be devouring civilizations. With both time and space as enemies, St. Clair must figure out a way to explore this new corner of space, maintain military order on a mission that was supposed to be civilian, and - somehow - bring the Tellus Ad Astra back to the Milky Way.

Chaos has erupted throughout the known galaxy, threatening countless colonies and orbital habitats - as the Associative struggles vainly to keep the peace. Extreme measures are called for in these times of dire crisis, and the Star Marines are awakened from their voluntary 850-year cybe-hibe sleep. But General Trevor Garroway and his warriors are about to discover that the old rules of engagement have drastically changed.

The Web, a vast machine intelligence of unbelievable power, is steadily consuming the galaxy, indifferent to any species that stands in its way. Fighting the Web brings together an alliance between disparate societies and alien civilizations that must stand against it in battle. And overcoming the Web means learning where it came from, what goals drive its single-minded advance, and, ultimately, what the future holds for intelligent life in the universe.

Over 20 years have passed since the events of Warstrider: Symbionts. Contact with the DalRiss and Naga, and their technology, has radically altered human society - as has the constant struggle between the Hegemony and the rebel Confederation for control over the dozens of human-inhabited planets. But the Hegemony has a new technology that could suppress any resistance to Earth's rule.

New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas's virtuosic Star Corpsman series proves one thing: The Marines are still the toughest sons of guns in the galaxy. As Bravo Company defuses a hostage crisis on an orbiting mining station, Navy Corpsman Elliot ""Doc"" Carlyle not only saves the lives...

Dev Cameron helped the rebel Confederation defeat the Hegemony forces at Herakles, but his experience merging with an alien Naga consciousness has changed him irrevocably, and the rebellion rages on. After the passive DalRiss unexpectedly attack the Hegemony, Dev and Katya Alessandro are sent to meet with the aliens to determine if they have a common enemy.

The thrilling second installment in New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas’s Galaxy Raiders series. As war rages on against the formidable Galactic Authority, Admiral Alexandra Morrigan leads a daring expeditionary fleet into the galactic frontier, searching for unlikely allies in the...

From the world's leading experts on geopolitical risk, a guide to the major global issues and policies sure to dominate headlines in the next few years. In the last four years, the world has suffered a financial market meltdown and subsequent global recession. The eurozone crisis looms, the Middle East is in turmoil, and a shifting power balance between emerging markets and developed economies is reordering the global economy as a whole.

Douglas kontynuuje swoja fascynujaca opowiesc o kosmicznej armadzie, która atakuje terytorium poteznego wroga, i która jest wykleta przez dowództwo na Ziemi. Koenig zdaje sobie sprawe, ze bedac w defensywie Ziemia nie przetrwa, tym bardziej, ze wróg zaatakowal juz Uklad Sloneczny. W trzecim tomie glówne skrzypce po raz kolejny graja Koenig i Trevor Gray. Polityka miesza sie tutaj z wojna, a heroizm nie jest niczym wyjatkowym, lecz staje sie sposobem zycia.

Czy to koniec? Czy nowy początek…? Admirał Trevor Gray stoczył wiele bitew z obcymi, wielokrotnie pokazując im, że nie warto zadzierać z ludzkością. Teraz jego samego i dowodzony przez niego lotniskowiec gwiezdny „Ameryka” czeka nowe zadanie: z pomocą Konstantina, zaawansowanej sztucznej inteligencji, przemierzyć czas i przestrzeń, by dowiedzieć się, czy ludzkość rzeczywiście może osiągnąć osobliwość i jednocześnie uniknąć zagrożeń, z którymi zmagały się inne napotkane przez Ziemian międzygwiezdne cywilizacje.

Rok 2425. Wojna między Stanami Zjednoczonymi a Unią Europejską zakończyła się. Jednak zanim na Ziemi rozpocznie się era pokoju, ludzkość musi połączyć swe siły i stworzyć wspólną flotę kosmiczną do walki z nieznanym zagrożeniem przy Gwieździe Kapteyna. Bez ostrzeżenia obca potęga zniszczyła tam ludzką placówkę naukową. Zagrożenie musi zostać zneutralizowane, zanim obcy zainteresują się Ziemią. Admirał Trevor "Piachu" Gray, dowódca lotniskowca „Ameryka”, ma własną misję. Konstantin, sztuczna inteligencja o niezwykłych możliwościach, przekonał go, że jedyną szansą na przetrwanie ludzkości jest technologia, którą można znaleźć w pewnym odległym układzie.

Dwadziescia lat po wizycie Grupy Bojowej "Ameryka" w Chmurze N'gai ludzkosc znowu zetknie sie z nieznanym. Na ziemi konca dobiega wojna domowa miedzy Stanami Zjednoczonymi Ameryki Pólnocnej a Konfederacja Terranska. Przy udziale mysliwców z "Ameryki" zniszczone zostaja ostatnie ogniska oporu, a przywódcy pojmani.

Hugh Gorman is returning to Ireland after a 15-year absence. In his mind, he is going "home", which strikes him as strange, given that he has been living in Australia for two-thirds of his life. Yet, going home for him is not just about reliving childhood experiences and the pleasures of youth. It is also mixed up with feelings of guilt and anger.

Lord Alfred receives a letter from Dr. Albert Frankenstein, the grandson of the notorious Victor Frankenstein, who asks Alfred if he would look into the origin of some giant footprints. However, on arrival in Grindwald, the remote mountain hamlet where Frankenstein and his family live, Alfred and his entourage are told it was just a hoax. Slowly, it becomes apparent that Albert Frankenstein is involved in something very suspicious.