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1) Hyperthought
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Hyperthought recounts the adventures of a young man who trusts an unscrupulous doctor to enhance his brain function, and of a young woman who tries to save him. The year is 2125, and the Earth has undergone drastic climate change due to global warming. People crowd in sealed underground habitats to avoid the stormy, toxic surface. Feisty little Jolie Sauvage leads extreme surface adventure tours for rich executives. Jolie's friend, Dr. Judith Merida,...
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Serafina Glutt ist Pilotin und unterwegs zu einer großen Werft nahe des Saturn, als ihr Schiff in Schwierigkeiten gerät. Sie kann sich gerade noch auf dem kleinen Jupitermond Eukelade retten. Dort wird sie einigermaßen unfreundlich von Tadius Uriel empfangen, der diesen Mond bewohnt. Schnell bekommt sie heraus, dass Tadius ein Geheimnis verbirgt. Schließlich erfährt sie, dass Tadius Kybertium abbaut, den begehrtesten Stoff im Sonnensystem - und...
3) The Square
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"You are hereby banished from the North American continent. Should you reenter it, you will be executed upon recognition. Within this facility, you have the right to life and to defend that life, unto your death."
These are the last words spoken to the exiles banished to the Square, a massive penal colony encompassing the western triangle of what was once the state of Texas. Paxton Stephens, a disgraced and exiled scientist, gave the authoritarian...
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The stunning conclusion to the saga of a doomed civilization and the heroes who fight to save it. In an empire on the brink of implosion, the Society of the Phoenix is the only alternative to catastrophe, yet it is regarded by the rulers of the Concord as treasonable and a greater threat than the ominous rumblings of a Bond uprising. The Phoenix is led by Alex Ransom, once the first born of the House of DeKoven Woolf, but Commander Ransom now lies...
5) Alien Child
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Alone on Earth, a young girl searches for a new beginning Nita is a child of the Institute. Ever since she can remember, she has roamed its sterile halls, living out her youth in the care of a fur-covered guardian from another world. The Institute's computers give her everything she could want-except another human to share her life with. Long ago there were people at the Institute, but something happened that wiped them out. As she matures, Nita slowly...
6) Prodigals
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If they're coming for us, who's coming for them? A first contact novel from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Relic.
The galaxy is vast, and not everything is what it seems. The invasion we always feared is here.
Which begs the question: what do the invaders fear? If not us, then what . . . or who?
And what happens to the would-be peacemakers when they find themselves in the middle of something else? Something dangerous,...
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A #1 international bestselling author offers up sixteen science fiction tales featuring aliens, magic, robots, time travelers, cyborgs, nanotech, and more.
These sixteen stories, ranging from flash fiction to novella length, extend from the far corners of space to the edge of time and back to cutting-edge explorations inspired by today's headlines. Read about clones and combat cyborgs, nanotechnology experiments and giant robots, super-sentient...
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The orbiting tachyon detector was designed by physicist Juan Obrion to identify life in other star systems, but even though he expected to find some signs of life, he certainly didn't expect to find any life on earth. Juan discovers that a culture has been concealed for many years far below Antarctica, and Obrion ventures out as part of a four-man team to explore the unknown. Juan, Lena, Malachi and Magnus are awestruck when they discover a myriad...
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In the distant galaxy of Arkania, tensions between humans and the native alien species escalate over a powerful new energy source. Captain Sarah Carter leads the human forces, Elder Xanor seeks peaceful solutions, and Dr. Kaela Patel uncovers a conspiracy to seize control of the planet's resources. As war looms, they must set aside differences and work together to prevent further bloodshed and forge a new path for their people.
11) Jovian
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Like all human colonists born into the crushing gravity of Jupiter, Jarls Anders commands tremendous physical strength and survival ability. And, like his fellow Jovians, Jarls has grown up innocent, easy to exploit. Shipped between Jupiter, Venus, and Earth in indentured servitude, Jarls finds his life in constant danger--not just from the harsh landscapes of distant planets, but also from the treacherous politics of human aristocracy. Navigating...
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"there's a difference between being a loner and being alone"A 3.5 year mission from which they'll never return, a 2.5 million lightyear journey to another galaxy, a 1.5 member crew comprising a solitary captain and a half-baked AI...Captain Sideris is a loner and knows LETO ships like nobody else, having risen to command the Lunar-Earth construction fleet, as they build ships to mine asteroids and colonize Mars. Suddenly he finds the colonization...
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For SFWA Grand Master Poul Anderson, humanity's expansion into space exploration was the logical extension of the principle of individual liberty and a natural response to profound existential curiosity. Here are three of Anderson's most memorable tales of time and space travel. There Will Be Time: Born with a strange genetic mutation, Jack Havig can travel backward and forward in time at will. He's journeyed to ancient Rome and the Wild West-and...
15) Orbit Unlimited
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Seeking freedom from their oppressive government on Earth, a ragtag group of idealists embark on a perilous journey to found a new world light-years from home On a future Earth, gone are the halcyon days of the early space program, when the universe held endless promise and excitement. Overcrowded, ruled by a corrupt autocracy, and plagued by vast economic inequalities, life on Earth has become nightmarish, and the promise of a world beyond the planet...
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CYBERPUNK XXX-ROTIC AT YOUR DISPOSAL OF PLEASURE, HARCORE LUST WITH CYBERPUNK ACTION!Plus a little horror... The Death-Heads cyberpunk killers... ...A night of sex, violence and action with a side dish of psychological horror. A trinity of enemies hunt them and things are about to heat up. Cyberpunk couple Devermando and Molly XXX are targeted by mercenaries and Ninja's along with a Red Beast who joins an assassin to take them down. A battle of survival...
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SHADOW WARRIORLove that breaks all the rules…Every culture has its secrets, some surprising and some horrifying, and Delroi is no different. When Sergei Trace, half Delroi half Earthling, arrived on his father's home planet he expected some culture shock. He's used to living in the shadows, on the fringes of life. On Delroi he's thrust into the light.Kayna Idis has a serious problem. She's in love with the wrong man. Razor Deriq is everything she...
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À l'instar de la plupart des adolescents, Rouge cherche à comprendre qui elle est et ce qu'elle veut devenir. Avec peu d'informations sur son passé, elle a des questions auxquelles elle n'a jamais tenté de répondre. Tout bascule lorsqu'elle se lie d'amitié avec une famille étrangement captivante. Les frères et sœurs, Grace et Michael, semblent détenir des secrets liés à Rouge, une intuition confirmée par un incident tragique lors d'une...
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