This is the ninth book in the Future of Humanity (FOH) series. After a long journey, it's time to set the ship down on the new human home world, which General Amanda Lowrey has named, appropriately, Terra 2. There is Landing Site Eden, where she will attempt to set down a ship that was never meant to land. There are the satellite sites, each 50 miles from Eden, to the north, east, south and west. There are the advance teams, whose only job is to...

Ten years after John Carter was transported back to Earth against his will, he returns to Mars. Having been sent back to Earth before the birth of his child, Carter is desperate to reunite with his wife, Dejah, and meet their child. However, the reunion is forced to be postponed when Carter realizes that he materialized in an unfamiliar part of the planet. Known as the Valley Dor, Carter has landed in the Barsoomian afterlife, where no one is allowed...

Tara and Gahan are each Barsoomian royalty, residing in two prominent cities, Helium, and Gathol. Hoping to align the cities and enjoy the advantages of a romantic union, Gahan wishes to marry Tara. However, Tara does not reciprocate this love. After rejecting the engagement, Tara sets out in her flying ship. When she flies into a turbulent storm, Tara crashes her ship in an unknown territory. Unharmed but still in danger, Tara is forced to run from...

Daniel Hankerson never wanted to be the Emperor.He was perfectly happy as a normal intelligence officer, analyst and poker player. But fate never asks what you want.Now, after the biggest defeat in the history of the Central Imperium, Daniel is isolated aboard the communications ship, and for months he can only broadcast to his Imperium and listen to the news of mounting losses.His enemies continue to chase him and they have their own plans for controlling...

Plongez dans les premiers chapitres de ce chef-d'œuvre de la science-fiction et vous comprendrez immédiatement comment cette étoile montante est devenue un auteur pionnier dans le mélange de nouveaux concepts d'exploration interstellaire, de thrillers à suspense et d'un nouveau virage vers le concept de fouille de tombes.L'humanité s'est aventurée dans le vaste univers avec une histoire centrée sur Daniel, un explorateur doté d'une capacité...

This is a classic science fiction novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley. This work tells the story of the Terran Empire and their quest to maintain a peaceful rule. However, on the planet Wolf something is afoot. They enlist the services of Race Cargill of the Terran Secret Service, and he goes undercover on Wolf to find the source of the problem. His mission doesn't go as planned and he becomes involved in a blood feud, but this leads him to the secret...

Two aliens are sent to an unknown planet to study its inhabitants. Their mission did not begin as they expected. Getting into funny situations, the aliens learn a lot about the alien planet and its inhabitants. Follow the adventures of funny aliens, as well as visit distant planets and find out where the Gods are hiding, you can read the stories that are included in this collection.

Keith Stoner, ex-astronaut turned physicist, knows the signal that his research station is receiving from space is not random. Whatever it is, it's real. And it's headed straight for Earth. He'll do anything to be the first man to go out to confront this enigma. Even lose the only woman he's ever really loved. And maybe start a world war. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied....

Tuk-Palteia Liam has survived the front lines of a civil war and a return visit to his home planet, but now he has to face the ultimate obstacle. Stubborn lovers. As long as Liam and Ondry have the same goals-the pursuit of profits and status-they are the perfect partnership. But now Ondry wants to protect his palteia at any cost, even if it costs him his newly won rank. Liam hates the idea of Ondry sacrificing for him, and he is not going to allow...

An alternate-history reimagining of the Faust legend from the Nebula Award–winning author of Stations of the Tide
 
Taking as his canvas the classic tale of the temptation of Faust—made famous by such literary luminaries as Goethe, Marlowe, and Mann—author Michael Swanwick paints a fresh vision of the dangers posed by the pursuit of knowledge. Set in Old World Germany, this tale of science and damnation...