Space Opera

8 HOURS TO STOP AN EXPLOSION ... 8 HOURS TO FALL IN LOVE.<BR><BR>From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Illuminae and Aurora Rising comes a high-octane, high-chemistry, sci-fi adventure about a stowaway girl and the richest boy in the galaxy, racing against the clock to outwit a gang of mercenaries.<BR><BR>It's 2067, and the Graves family has transformed Mars from a lifeless rock into a chaotic patch of settlements - equal parts national pride, and corporate power grab.<BR><BR>Enter Hunter Graves: handsome, ambitious, and with spectacularly bad timing. He shows up unannounced at the United Nations base just in time for a toxin alert to set off every alarm they've got. Then the evac pods leave without him. <BR><BR>Also stranded: Cleo, a sharp-tongued stowaway with no intention of dying today, and even less patience for overconfident trust fund boys. But the enemy of your enemy is the jerk who might just help you survive.<BR><BR>There is no toxin. There is a team of invading mercenaries planning to blow up the base - and every trace of their crime - in eight hours.<BR><BR>Now, Hunter and Cleo have one shot to stop the explosion, escape alive, and deal with the inconvenient fact that they're falling for each other.<BR><BR>The clock is ticking.

The New York Times best-selling series is coming to an epic conclusion—witness the beginning of the end!<BR><BR>Written by one of the original High Republic story architects and the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark, Star Wars: Lost Stars, and the upcoming original X-Files novel, Perihelion. This sci-fi mystery is, at its heart, about the importance of found families and overcoming great odds.<BR><BR>As several crises all hurtle toward their thrilling and shocking conclusions, fan-favorite Jedi Knights and Padawans must band together to save the galaxy from the Nihil, the Nameless, and perhaps worst of all, a mysterious blight that turns everything in its path to dust and is seemingly impossible to stop.

An exciting adventure starring fan-favorite Jedi Padawans Jecki and Yord from the Disney+ live-action series, Star Wars: The Acolyte.<BR><BR>While their Jedi Masters clean up a political mess left behind by one of their own, Jedi Padawan Jecki and her least favorite fellow Padawan Yord are drawn into a planet-wide coming-of-age ritual as featured guests. But when things unexpectedly turn deadly, Jecki and Yord will have to use all of their abilities and work together to keep each other—and their new friends—safe.<BR><BR>This young adult novel is Star Wars meets The Hunger Games and offers fans of The Acolyte a chance to spend more time with two of their favorite characters from the show.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Ahsoka comes a fast-paced queer space opera that combines Arthurian myth and the history of North Atlantic fisheries to create a one-of-a-kind world.<BR><BR>“Full of heart and hope, this book invites you to join a found family you’ll never want to leave.”—Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling author of Aurora Rising<BR><BR>“This short space opera covers a surprising amount of lore and worldbuilding in a queer-normative society accepting of Morgan’s asexual identity.”—BCCB<BR><BR>Morgan Enni has things to do. A science prodigy in a university full of mage-scientists, she’s notable for having no magical ability, which only increases her ambition and drive to prove herself. Her research has the potential to devastate every aetherworker in the galaxy and shake the crumbled foundations of the Stavenger Empire. It’s no wonder she can’t find anyone who wants to listen to her, much less fund her expedition. <BR><BR>But Morgan is stubborn, and eventually her work catches the attention of a group of rebels, who hope it might turn the tide in their favor. When they try to recruit the young scientist, they get much more than they bargained for. Morgan Enni has secrets of her own.

FINALIST FOR THE NEBULA AND LODESTAR AWARDS • LOCUS AWARD WINNING AUTHOR • "MASTERFULLY CRAFTED."—Axie Oh, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea<BR> <BR> * "THRILLING." —Booklist, starred review <BR> <BR> EVEN GRAVITY COMES AT A PRICE. <BR> <BR>In a society where conformity is valued above all else, a teen girl training to become an Imperial pilot is forced to return to her rebel roots to save her world in this adrenaline-fueled sci-fi adventure—perfect for fans of Iron Widow and Skyward!<BR><BR>Hwa Young was just ten years old when Imperial forces destroyed her rebel moon home. Now, six years later, she is a citizen of the very empire that made her an orphan. <BR><BR>Desperate to shake off her past, Hwa Young dreams of becoming a lancer pilot, one of an elite group of warriors who fly into battle using the empire’s most advanced tech—giant martial robots. When an attack on their boarding school leaves Hwa Young and her classmates stranded on an Imperial space fleet in dire need of pilot candidates, she is quick to volunteer. <BR><BR>But training is nothing like she expected, and secrets—like the ominous fate of the fleet’s previous lancer squad—are stacking up. And when Hwa Young uncovers a conspiracy that puts their entire world at risk, she’s forced to make a choice between her rebel roots and an empire she’s no longer sure she can trust.

Named one of the Best Books of 2024 by the Chicago Public Library!In this sequel to The Darkness Outside Us, a Stonewall Honor Book, New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer delivers another ambitious, genre-bending novel and epic love story that spans thousands of years and the far reaches of the galaxy.Seventeen years have gone by since the Coordinated Endeavor crashed on a distant exoplanet. Ambrose Cusk and Kodiak Celius are now the devoted parents of two teenage children, Owl and Yarrow, in a hardscrabble frontier home. Though life on Minerva is full of danger, the family’s bond is enough to make it all worth it—until they learn that the biggest threat to their survival might come from within.More than thirty thousand years in the past, Ambrose wakes on Earth to find that his mission to save his sister was a ruse. His mother betrayed him, and the cruelty of her true plans sets Ambrose spiraling. When he discovers that another spacefarer is suffering his same fate, he will have to decide whether to risk crossing a world at war to reach him. Separated by time and space, a young family and two strangers learn that their lives are intimately intertwined. They race to uncover the unexpected connections that might save them all . . . and perhaps humanity as well.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes the final book in the Skyward series--an epic story about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction, now in paperback!<BR><BR>Spensa has made it out of the Nowhere, but what she saw in the space between the stars has changed her forever. She came face to face with the Delvers, and finally got answers to the questions she’s had about her own strange Cytonic gifts. <BR><BR>The Superiority didn’t stop in its fight for galactic dominance while she was gone, though. Spensa’s team, Skyward Flight, was able to hold Winzik off, and even collect allies to help with the cause, but it’s only a matter of time until humanity—and the rest of the galaxy—falls. <BR><BR>Defeating them will require all the knowledge Spensa gathered while in the Nowhere. But being Cytonic is more complicated than she ever could have imagined. Now, Spensa must ask herself: How far is she willing to go for victory, if it means losing herself—and her friends—in the process?<BR><BR>The final book in the Skyward series will free humanity, or see it fall forever.

Das fulminante Finale der grandiosen Space Opera und Bestseller-Trilogie!Was passiert, wenn man einen Haufen Loser und Außenseiter bittet, die Galaxie vor einem uralten, übermächtigen Feind zu retten? Der uralte Feind gewinnt natürlich.Moment mal ...  Nicht. So. Schnell.Als wir Tyler Jones und sein Squad 312 das letzte Mal erlebten, arbeiteten sie perfekt zusammen (oder rasteten aus), während eine intergalaktische Schlacht tobte und eine uralte Superwaffe das Universum zu vernichten drohte. Natürlich ging alles total schief. Aber wie sich herausstellt, ist nicht jedes Ende ein Ende, und das Team hat noch eine Chance, sein eigenes umzuschreiben. Vielleicht auch zwei. Es ist kompliziert. Und die Zeit läuft davon.Der Auftrag für Zila, Fin und Scarlett (und MAGELLAN!): Freunde finden, Feinde finden und Geschichte schreiben? Klar, kein Problem.Der Auftrag für Tyler, Kal und Auri: sich mit zwei der meist gehassten Schurken der Galaxis zusammentun? Ähm, okay. Das auch.Aber können sie die Galaxie wirklich retten? Dazu bedarf es schon eines Wunders ...Alle Bände der Aurora-Trilogie:Band 1: Aurora erwachtBand 2: Aurora entflammtBand 3: Aurora erleuchtet 

The Three-Body Problem. V te vremena, kogda Kitaj perezhival posledstvija zhestokoj "kul'turnoj revoljucii", v hode sekretnogo voennogo proekta v kosmos byli poslany signaly, chtoby ustanovit' kontakt s inoplanetnym razumom. Odin iz signalov podhvatila civilizacija, nahodjashhajasja na kraju gibeli, i teper' prishel'cy gotovjatsja vtorgnut'sja na Zemlju. Uznav ob etom, ljudi razdelilis' na teh, kto gotov otdat' nash porochnyj mir pod upravlenie vysshego razuma, i teh, kto do poslednego budet borot'sja protiv etogo vtorzhenija. Blestjashhij nauchno-fantasticheskij roman "Zadacha treh tel" samogo populjarnogo kitajskogo pisatelja Lju Cysinja obrel shirokoe mirovoe priznanie i stal pervoj perevodnoj knigoj, nominirovannoj na samye prestizhnye literaturnye premii v oblasti fantastiki: "h'jugo", "Neb'julu", "Lokus", "Prometej" i drugie.

The instant New York Times bestseller!<BR><BR>Nowhere is safe within the eye of the storm. . . .<BR><BR>The Galactic Republic is in chaos following the Nihil’s shocking destruction of the gleaming space station Starlight Beacon. Capitalizing on their victory, the Nihil have erected a barrier called the Stormwall around a section of Republic space and claimed it for themselves. Within this Occlusion Zone, people live at the mercy of the Nihil—and the Nihil are not known for mercy. <BR><BR>Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh, believing her Padawan, Imri Cantaros, to be among the casualties of Starlight Beacon, has retreated to a peaceful planet where she hopes to nurse her wounds and regain some sense of equilibrium. But her old friend Avon Starros has other plans. Avon knows that Imri is alive inside the Occlusion Zone—and she and Vernestra must be the ones to find him. <BR><BR>With the help of former frontier deputy Jordanna Sparkburn and the extremely untrustworthy Xylan Graf, Avon and Vernestra set out to breach the Stormwall and enter the Occlusion Zone in search of Imri. But within Nihil territory, danger lurks around every corner . . . as do terrifying creatures known as the Nameless.<BR><BR>How can Vernestra find her lost Padawan when her very strength in the Force becomes her ultimate weakness? And what are Avon’s true motivations behind enemy lines?

Exciting news: The United States Naval Academy will teach chapters from Children of the Stars in an introductory literature class!It wasn't supposed to be this way...Sixteen-year-old Flight Officer Dayton Murdoch was born and raised on a spaceship. It's all he knows. His dream to be the youngest Recon pilot in history is shattered when his ship crash lands on Earth and Dayton plunges from orbit into a Los Angeles mega mall. It's a strange beginning to a new chapter in his life, seemingly filled with the wonders of civilization and an environment-suit-free atmosphere. But as he acclimates to his new surroundings, he and the other "children of the stars" find themselves treated like outsiders by the principal, teachers, and students. Dayton finds himself surrounded by cliques, peer pressure, Earth fashion, and every kind of teenage angst imaginable. He must brave this new existence with his heavyworlder friend, the hulking but gentle Trenton, and his sarcastic, overly emotional sidekick Zara.Dayton isn't prepared for high school. But is high school ready for Dayton?See it all at www.neilvyoung.com

Aurelia Peri betrayed her adoptive father and Federation to seek out the horrific truths of her shadowed past. Now a member of the misbegotten crew aboard F.T.S. Kestrel, Auri feels as if she's found a home, and maybe something more, in the vengeful Captain Malachi.But the more truths Auri uncovers, the more loss she and the crew endure at the hands of the ravenous Bleeders. A devastating visit to Roanleigh sets Auri and the crew on a dangerous journey to the Federation's mysterious origin world, Earth-a planet no one has heard from in almost fifty years.What they discover there could be the key to saving their galaxy or the catalyst to even more destruction of all they hold dear.

Jax's sister is afraid Jax is going to ruin her wedding. Meanwhile, Jax just wants to be free from so many chores and expectations.When his friends on Teluthia warn him about a possible invasion, he feels only more weight added to his burden. However, according to most officials on the foreign world, the crashed starship full of dead soldiers in full fighting gear is nothing more than a well-prepared exploration party.Jax and his friends know better, but they may be too late.Together, Jax, the creature Tranto and the Teluthians make a desperate stand against the threat that seeks to destroy their world.But it is not the darkness of Teluthia's decimation that overshadows Tranto and, thereby, Jax. As victory appears within reach, a shadow falls, and nothing remains as it should.

The New York Times best-selling series continues in this heart-wrenching sequel to Defy the Storm where fans will reunite with fan-favorite Jedi Knight Reath Silas.<BR><BR>Written by the author of The High Republic: Eye of Darkness, The High Republic: Quest for the Hidden City, Dark Legends, and Myths & Fables, this next High Republic installment is perfect for fans of investigative mysteries, mythology, monster-hunting, and apocalyptic sci-fi.<BR><BR>It’s been over a year since the fall of the Starlight Beacon space station, and both heroes and villains alike must face the consequences of their decisions. When Jedi Knight Reath and Padawan Amadeo Azzazzo are sent on a mission to test their theories about the Nameless, they’ll come face-to-face with the terrifying creatures once thought to be myth—and learn the true meaning of fear . . . fear that fallen Jedi Azlin Rell advised them to embrace if they have any hope of defeating the monsters . . .

Trillions of years past human civilization, I-Armarus am a former military satellite left behind that is awakened from a long deactivated slumber, to detect the approaching Teazel ship with a single entity alien aboard that enters this solar system to explore the remains of a solar system whose sun has began to super nova. With no humans to answer to anymore, I team up with Teazel on fascinating adventures to explore the remains of worlds that still exist in this dying solar system

Nachdem Carl die Höhle der Aliens entdeckt hat, verhängt der Statthalter des Mars eine Nachrichtensperre. Gleichzeitig widmen sich die Wissenschaftler auf dem Mars intensiv der Erforschung des Fensters - oder ist es ein Tor? - zu einem anderen Planeten, das sich bei einem der geheimnisvollen Türme geöffnet hat. Doch den Schlüssel dazu halten allein die Marskinder in der Hand: Es sind die Artefakte, die ihre Namen tragen. Als Elinn dem Ruf der Marsianer folgt, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse: Zuerst gelangt sie durch das Tor auf den fremden Planeten, dann folgen ihr Carl und Urs. Als sie schließlich entdecken, dass der Planet gar nicht so fremd und verlassen ist, wie sie dachten, stecken sie auch schon mittendrin in politischen Intrigen.

Charlie Bimmy dreamed of a life among the stars. He never expected to find a family, fall in love, or change the course of human history."...a fully original sci-fi mythology...vividly rendered and suspenseful...tonally similar to the Hunger Games and Divergent series...enjoyably akin to works like the Ender's Game novels and Valerian comic series..." - Launchpad Prose CompetitionA thought-provoking adventure for Young Adult and Adult readers alike, who love adventure, technology, and deep questions of self and family.Charlie never meant to change the future. He only wanted to survive.Set in a fractured 24th-century America struggling to rebuild after devastating wars, Beyond Tomorrow's Sun follows thirteen-year-old Charlie Bimmy as he escapes an abusive home and follows an abandoned highway toward the distant ocean. Accompanied only by a stray dog named Katie, Charlie fights to survive across the wastelands of a broken world.At the end of the road, he discovers Arcadia - a thriving technological city built upon hope, innovation, and humanity's uneasy reach across the Sol system.When Charlie rescues the brilliant and impulsive Becca Kiel after her unauthorized journey through a wormhole nearly kills her, the two form an unlikely friendship that will alter the course of human history. As Charlie finds a new home and a new family, he and Becca become drawn into a future far larger than either of them imagined: humanity's first attempt to reach another star system.Blending adventure, survival, friendship, and speculative wonder, Beyond Tomorrow's Sun is the beginning of an epic science-fiction saga about what it means to be human - and what lies waiting for us beyond the horizon.