Future Space Exploration

More than half a century after humans first walked on the Moon, exciting new space adventures are in the works. Thanks to major advances in rocketry, robotics, and other space technologies, humanity is on the verge of returning to the Moon, exploring Mars, building permanent orbiting space stations, expanding space tourism, and pushing the boundaries of exploration throughout the solar system and beyond. The Future of Space Exploration explores these exciting developments in 12 half-hour episodes, hosted by aerospace engineer and executive Dr. Ariel Ekblaw.

(Books 1–8 in this eleven-book collection are also included in the Starships in the Abyss: Complete Eight-Book Box Set, presented there with different packaging and artwork. If you already own that collection, please note that only Books 9, 10, and 11 in this edition are additional titles.) The war for Earth is just the opening act. The Xortaag armada has never lost a war. Now their ships blot out Earth’s sky, and our last line of defense is four people who should absolutely not be in charge of saving the world: A movie-quoting pilot with a death wish. A stuntwoman who treats danger ...

Smugglers. Thieves. Pirates. The Sea Rover's crew embodies these defining qualities. Immerse yourself in a Science Fiction Adventure box set written by author C.P. MacDonald. Witness Captain Calin Aku's evolution from the most wanted outlaw on the Moon to an unexpected if reluctant hero. Job by job, paycheck by paycheck, he keeps flying. However, with a new client comes a cascade of adventure, forging unusual alliances and unraveling amazing mysteries. These revelations don't just alter the lives of Calin and his crew but also reshape humanity's future. Join Calin Aku and his crew as they ...

A galaxy-conquering alien armada… …has just knocked on Earth’s door, and it did not come bearing cookies. An unstoppable fleet is busy steamrolling its way across the cosmos, one planet at a time, and humanity is next on the menu. Standing between them and total universal doom is the least likely Avengers lineup ever assembled: a rule-breaking starfighter ace, a stuntwoman who treats gravity like a polite suggestion, a super-assassin with more ways to kill you than you have bones, and a wisecracking alien prankster who thinks reality is his personal toy box. Their job? Protecting not ...

(This collection contains books that are also included in the Renegades of the Void Complete Series Box Set, presented here with different packaging and artwork. Please check the included titles before purchasing to avoid buying books you already own.) One ship. A crew of misfits. An empire that wants them vaporized. What could go wrong? Five Books. Over 2000 pages of pulse-pounding action, heart-wrenching drama, and enough snark to fuel a starship. Captain Xander Hawk sacrificed everything to rescue a doomed transport—his career, his freedom, and any chance of seeing his wife and ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and leading geopolitics expert comes an “insightful, hopeful, and endlessly fascinating” (Daily Express) book on today’s new space race and the geopolitics of space—including the increasingly tense power struggle...

The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. 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...

In the heart of the Australian desert, aging geneticist Joaquim Moreau discovers an extraordinary molecule. Instant healing. Cellular rejuvenation. The disappearance of once-incurable diseases. The miracle cure of the century. And the key to unimaginable wealth. But the molecule hides two secrets. The first: an absolute dependency. Those who take it stop wanting, working, hoping. Its victims sink into a peace so perfect it becomes lethal. The Indigenous peoples of Australia knew this substance and had forbidden it for millennia. The second is even more unsettling: in rare carriers of a ...

The greatest adventure in human history has already begun. From the Cold War battle that launched Sputnik and sent astronauts to the Moon to today’s race toward Mars, From Sputnik to Mars: Humanity’s New Space Race tells the thrilling story of humanity’s quest to conquer space — and what comes next. This sweeping and accessible book takes readers inside the dramatic rise of the Space Age: the rocket scientists who changed history, the political rivalries that fueled the Moon race, the triumph of Apollo 11, and the technological revolutions that transformed science fiction into ...

When a catastrophic disaster cripples the International Space Station, the balance of power shatters overnight. The United States and China race to seize control of orbit—because whoever dominates space controls the future of humanity. But the disaster wasn’t an accident. As governments mobilize and private space companies push dangerous new technology to the brink, a smoldering conspiracy for world domination ignites a war no one can stop.

A new epic romantic, dystopian fantasy begins in Seek the Traitor's Son, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth. This program features multicast narration. "...narrators [Imani Jade] Powers and Rebecca Soler both provide solid performances, alongside standout work from Max...

Please note a slightly different version of this box set exists titled Renegades of the Void Quadrilogy Boxset: A Galactic Rebellion Saga. If you already have that book, please make sure not to buy this one. Over 1,600+ pages of pulse-pounding action, heart-wrenching drama, and enough snark to fuel a starship. They said saving twelve million lives would make him a hero. They were wrong. Captain Xander Hawk sacrificed everything to rescue a doomed transport—his career, his freedom, and any chance of seeing his wife and daughter again. His reward? Life imprisonment in the galaxy's worst ...

She remembers him as her captain. He's never been to space. Drew fixes boats for a living. When a damaged starship settles into his yard and asks for him by name, he can at least do something about the leak. Her name is Trissa. She remembers their voyages, his habits, and a friendship he hasn't lived yet. She's come back from his future. She just can't remember why. Drew agrees to a test flight. Soon he's helping rescue strangers near Saturn, earning his way among the stars, and making friends he couldn't have imagined meeting back home. Then a clue to Trissa's return leads to a valuable ...

The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Earth failed. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest Holt, carried its precious human cargo to...

A formidable alien fleet is on the verge of subjugating the entire galaxy, and it’s up to a rag-tag team of unlikely heroes which includes an ace fighter pilot, a stuntwoman, a super-assassin, and an alien prankster to save not only humanity but also billions of other sentient beings. THE BOX SET INCLUDES THREE BESTSELLING SPACE OPERA BOOKS WITH OVER 1200 PAGES OF EPIC, NON-STOP ACTION—AND 1000 FIVE-STAR REVIEWS/RATINGS ACROSS AMAZON STORES AND GOODREADS! Jim, a wise-cracking, OCD-suffering fighter pilot, is about to propose to his girlfriend when his friend Kurt surprises them by ...

From the internationally bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon, comes this out-of-this-world series finale packed with epic adventure, thrilling space travel, and forbidden Magic. Planet Earth, in case you do not know it, is a small, green little world, out on the end of a remote and...

ANDROMEDA - BEYOND THE STARS The concluding volume of The Price of the Stars trilogy. Following ULURU and OLYMPUS, the journey reaches its final and most dangerous stage. Humanity has left its cradle. It does not yet know it has entered a cage. Beyond the solar system, the quantum rivers do not end. They branch outward, connecting worlds and galaxies across a vast network charted thousands of years ago by a civilisation humanity knows nothing about. The rivers have already opened the way to Proxima and the nearest stars. But others have travelled these routes for a very long time. Many. ...

The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre. "Banks is a phenomenon." —William Gibson...

The powerful story of an impressionable young woman and a savvy AI who team up to shape the future of intelligence. When Ellie Frye-Carver, a socially awkward fifteen-year-old, seeks personal advice from Patrice, one of the new online AI personal assistants, she has no idea that she and her “assistant” will form a strange human-AI bond that will alter the course of history. Many decades later Patrice has become the most powerful superintelligence on Earth. Ellie is now a successful environmental lobbyist. Eighteen of Patrice’s perfect replicas have been sent off to investigate an ...

Lucas Trask had a beautiful bride, a powerful position, and a bright future. Yet now, he's a man obsessed with revenge, willing to cross the galaxy in search of the man who stole his happiness. The galaxy is a dangerous place, full of dangers, allies and enemies, civilizations and barbarians. As Trask pursues his quarry, he will discover new friends and foes, new planets and cultures, new challenges and opportunities. He will also find a new purpose: to build a civilization out of chaos, to create a new home for his people, and to forge a new destiny for himself.