When called to do battle many light years from home, the 1st Marine Interstellar Expeditionary Unit rose to the challenge – and now thousands of enslaved humans have been freed, but the earth has moved on…Earth is twenty-one years older than the home planet they originally left, and the Marines need time to retrain and readjust – time they do not have, due to the bizarre disappearance of a detachm…
The third book in the epic saga of humankind's war of transcendenceThere is an unseen power in the universe—a terrible force that was dominating the galaxy tens of thousands of years before the warlike Sh'daar were even aware of the existence of Sol and its planets.As humankind approaches the Singularity, when transcendence will be achieved through technology, contact will be made.In the wake of t…
Following on from the 1950s collection, this is the second collection of Brian Aldiss’ short stories, taken from the 1960s. A must-have for collectors. Part one of four.This collection gathers together, for the very first time, Brian Aldiss’ complete catalogue of short stories from the 1960s, in four parts.Taken from diverse and often rare sources, the works in this collection chart the blossoming…
Following on from the 1950s collection, this is the second collection of Brian Aldiss’ short stories, taken from the 1960s. A must-have for collectors. Part two of four.This collection gathers together, for the very first time, Brian Aldiss’ complete catalogue of short stories from the 1960s, in four parts.Taken from diverse and often rare sources, the works in this collection chart the blossoming…
The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R. R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and FireFor decades, George R.R. Martin – bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire – has collaborated with an ever-shifting ensemble of science fiction and fantasy icons to create the amazing Wild Cards universe.In the aftermath of World War II, the Earth’s population was de…
The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R.R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and FireFor decades, George R.R. Martin – bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire – has collaborated with an ever-shifting ensemble of science fiction and fantasy icons to create the amazing Wild Cards universe.In the aftermath of World War II, the Earth’s population was dev…
One day not too far from now there will be too many people on this planet. When that day comes, what will we do? Jerry, Michael, Emily, Amelia, Abigail and David receive their answer in the form of a letter. Proxima B is waiting for them and is going to expose their differences and their fears, which will let them make unexpected choices. Sometimes, a more obvious answer is not more predictable. C…
The earth-shattering sequel to Laura Liddell Nolen’s THE ARK.As she stands before a jury about to sentence her to death for betraying the Remnant to the High Commander, it’s easy to say that stuff didn’t go to plan for Char. But as she prepares for the promise she made herself of reuniting her family to dissolve into space with her, an unexpected help gives her a second chance to make everything r…
Галактика видела, как рождаются и гибнут великие империи, как разрушаются и переделываются планеты. От ее процветающих миров человечество унаследовало лишь руины, и теперь оно вынуждено строить собственную цивилизацию из обломков чужих. Капитан Ракамор и его команда знают, где искать самые ценные обломки. Они добираются до загадочных космических объектов, спрятанных от чужих глаз, снабженных ловуш…
There’s a meteor headed for Earth, and there is only one way to survive.It’s the final days of earth, and sixteen-year-old Char is right where she belongs: in prison. With her criminal record, she doesn’t qualify for a place on an Ark, one of the five massive bioships designed to protect earth’s survivors during the meteor strike that looks set to destroy the planet. Only a select few will be save…
In a domed city on a planet orbiting Barnard's Star, a recently hired maintenance man named Kane has just committed murder.Minutes later, the airlocks on the neighbourhood block are opened and the murderer is asphyxiated along with thirty-one innocent residents.Jax, the lowly dome operator on duty at the time, is accused of mass homicide and faced with a mound of impossible evidence against him.Hi…
До встречи с Хантером Лукас не подозревал о существовании временного подполья – вольно организованной сети дезертиров из корпуса времени. Большинство из них предпочли остаться в том периоде времени, в которым они дезертировали, но некоторые, как тот же Хантер, располагали украденными хроноплатами с отключенной функцией отслеживания. Вот у кого была неограниченная свобода. Все время было к их услуг…
Игра со смертью - это фантастическая история, в которой время постоянно перемещается из настоящего в прошлое. Повествование в книге идет с точки зрения одного лица. Произведение рассказывает историю анестезиолога, проснувшегося после комы. Вернувшись к повседневной жизни, он обнаруживает, что люди, которых он встретил во сне, будучи в коме, реальны. Более того, они испытывали похожие явления во вр…
Подразделение Седьмой кавалерии находится на задании над Афганистаном, когда их самолет чем-то сбит. Солдаты выпрыгивают из искалеченного самолета, но когда тринадцать мужчин и женщин достигают Земли, они уже не в Афганистане. Они не только находятся в четырех тысячах миль от своего первоначального места назначения, но и, похоже, спустились на две тысячи лет в прошлое, где первобытные силы сражают…
The judge fell asleep and, some three hours later, when he woke up rested and with his mind clear of the heaviness of the day, he established visual contact with a scene that he wasn’t familiar with. As if he was transferred to some other place, where he could see and hear everything that was happening. The kind of presence, where he could observe all the assistants in detail, whilst not physicall…