Science fiction: space exploration Books

Judit had thought her choices were lousy before.Now, she has forbidden aliens in control of the engines, a ship designed to break down regularly, and the Cartel hunting them through every system in known space.What's worse?She cannot trust the...

The crew decides to head home.Not to their homes. That would be too easy. No, the home planet of the aliens who make up the engines.Will the crew survive the encounter? Or will they become one massive glob of a hive mind? More importantly, will Judit...

Women have long held a pivotal role in science fiction, shaping the genre with their innovative storytelling. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is widely accepted as the first science fiction novel ever written. From the very beginning many of science fiction,...

An Ewin attack on Meerut provoked First Centurion Kosnett to strike back. Boldly. Rudely, even.Now, he must travel to the heart of the Ewin Principalities and negotiate a new peace.Except that the King orders an attack that will turn into a civil war if...

"In Jupiter's Shadow" is a gripping tale of love, empathy, and the relentless pursuit of knowledge. Set on the frigid moon of Europa, this story follows Abuya, a scientist and explorer at the Cadmus Outpost, as she faces unimaginable challenges...

The galaxy is a strange place full of weird creatures and even weirder sentient beings.See it through the eyes of four outcasts, banished to Asteri Station on the fringes of the Hegemon Economic Alliance. Absinthe Krull—an Aquanorian with a...

Cory needs the past to be forgotten. Portia needs to uncover what has been hidden, and Cory needs the work she's offering.'Soft Dim Skies' is a spare and gradual exploration into the unknown, on the most mysterious moon in the Solar System.

When the Meteor Shooters Association is dispatched out to a plant world that mysteriously killed everyone that tried to colonize it, Rachael is excited to see the research station she's dreamed of working at. She just hopes her theory on the source of...

Step into the mind-bending realms of parallel universes, where scientists theorize hundreds of alternate realities coexist alongside our own.Worlds Unite marks the epic commencement of the Lost Heir to the Throne of Planet Mist Series, meet Starforce, a...

"Truly chilling, Flynn's stories will stick with you long after reading"-Matthew Hutton, The Scare Room Podcast Communication with the generation ship, Conservation, has been lost. The Universal Mining Agency-the corporation behind the space...

In AD 2100, Captain Cameron Percy leaves Earth on the Isychia mission to explore a new wormhole, far beyond the solar system. His girlfriend, Penny, is impatient for him to return. When his spaceship crashes on a distant, Eden-like planet, named Guyago,...

A mage cop on his first assignment learns the world isn’t as black and white as hopedA jump mage and a starship with matching needs turn out to be a magnet for troubleDigging in 1940s New York City awakens a monster—and brings in the elite of...

What would you do as the first synthetic intelligence?In the Chronicles of Theren, embark on a centuries-spanning adventure across the stars, beginning with the creation of the first synthetic intelligence.Created in a lab with sterile white walls,...

The Earth is dying.A generation of geniuses born to it might be its only hope. They have been chosen. They have been shunned. Loathed and praised. But the people who save you aren't always as you'd imagined. It's time for the new kind of superheroes...

The Zenobians land on Earth after a natural disaster has left floodplains, atmospheric radiation, and other effects all over the globe. Zerera and the other Zenobians from Andromeda are multidimensional beings, which is a problem for Zer, who turns...

Can you imagine how distressing it was for Robert to wake up in a world that was not Earth?That is the testimony of Robert Anstead, crew member of the Pioneer 17 space expedition, who was due to arrive in Jupiter in 2027. This story tries to explain what...

General Lance Reynolds needs Molly's team for a clandestine operation. The only problem? It kicks off in one week, and the Syndicate needs cleaning up once and for all. So what is a girl to do?Go on the offensive, of course.But with the ultimate...

Across the ground something small and metallic came, flashing in the dull sunlight of mid-day. A metal sphere. It raced up the hill after the Russian, its treads flying. It was small, one of the baby ones. Its claws were out, two razor projections...

Of the ship's social quartet, Chafis One and Two were asleep at the moment, dreaming wistful dreams of conical Ciriimian cities spearing up to a soft and plum-colored sky. The Zid raged into their communal rest cell, smashed them down from their gimbaled...

In a world where dreams take flight, nine-year-old Ahmenra is captivated by the beauty of Saturn and the mysteries of the cosmos. With its stunning rings and swirling storms, the planet ignites her passion for aerospace engineering. Determined to reach...

The war for independence is on!Parliament has rejected the cease-fire agreement and has declared war on the colonies. Terra is the first to fall, and the torrents are sent running for their lives. The Collective Unified Forces have declared open season...

As humanity begins to tame the stars above, at what point do a group of colonists turn into a unique, indigenous people who will band together to protect their homeland... no matter what?Lilit Sarkisian was an average young woman who made a living...

An enemy hidden in the shadowsA crack in the armor of secrecyOne chance to find an answerCaptain David Rice and the crew of Red Falcon have spent two years infiltrating the arms smuggling underworld of the Protectorate of the Mage-King of Mars. When the...

This Hugo Award finalist, “justifiably regarded as a classic” (SFReviews.net), is the tale of an epic space voyage where time dilation goes horribly wrong.   Aboard the spacecraft Leonora Christine, fifty crewmembers, half men and half...

A year-long shift in the middle of the interstellar void can get pretty boring. For the Fourth shift crew of the starliner Pericles, enroute to Earth from one of the colony worlds, the passage could best be called routine.Until the forward sensors detect...

Last Alien Encounter is a fascinating story about a group of ancient nomadic people who encountered giant aliens from another exoplanet 10,000 years ago. The robotic cybermen who were sent to Earth were looking for a rare blue crystal in a remote area in...

"Voyage at the end of Time": The universe is collapsing back onto itself. A daughter, an historian, awaits to hear from her father, an astrophysicist, who has gone on an intergalactic pilgrimage to Earth at the end of time. "Sounds of Life": Aliens visit...

A pair of outlaws searching for riches.A stolen ship with a secret cargo.A strange alien with bizarre abilities. When Ash and Femke Quinly decide to steal a transport ship from the local criminal syndicate, their troubles have only just begun. With...

"A wild ride! I laughed, I gasped, and my face got all wet in the end." -G.M. NairMay's humdrum life is flung into hyperdrive when she's rescued from an alien abduction by Xan, an alien with a fondness for I Love Lucy who lives on the Audacity. But when...

Synthetic Intelligence. Thought impossible, but Dr. Wallace Theren has pushed the boundaries of computational science, creating an artificial mind capable of conscious thought. Naturally, his creation faces a harsh world bent on using it, exploiting...

In the distant future, all of mankind will face the greatest threat it has ever known. The balance between good and evil will be tested, and the fate of the galaxy rests with a small group of displaced time travelers who are racing to figure out who they...

Sayre's debut collection showcases the author's range: science fiction tales of determined robots, alien diplomacy, and space exploration; dark fantastical stories where natural laws are broken and monsters are revealed to wear a human face.

An alien world teeming with deadly life. And fifteen strangers with no idea how or why they came to be there.From the moment Sam Newman and fourteen others awaken inside metal coffins next to the burning wreckage of a spacecraft, they're faced with a...

This is the sequel to the science fiction novel, Technically Not Dead. If possible, the stakes are even higher than they were. Innocents are threatened with fates worse than death and our crew, Thea, Rex, Ouen, and Amara, have to figure out where they...

Earth's destruction is imminent until a glimmer of hope emerges from an unexpected source.In a world ravaged by exponential climate upheaval, Earth experiences a core flip, unleashing an unprecedented cascade of chaos. Reshaped field lines and violent...

Some secrets will change lives. Forever. Seven feels complete aboard the Sky Drifter. Students and teachers alike know him for his abilities in the brutal sport of Sphere. But when he confronts a mysterious girl who's been following him, she reveals...

When you're 2.5 million lightyears from help, you can't afford people who only have a single skill...20-year-old Veterinary Nurse/Trainee Medical Officer Eva Hughes is junior officer on SS Moraturi, transporting 500 colonists to New Eden. Eva's...

Quite by accident, Lieutenant Gullivar Jones of the United States Navy is transported to Mars.Not a barren, lifeless planet, Mars is a lush and beautiful world whose elf-like people embrace him like a brother. To rescue his new bride, the Princess Heru,...

Captain Aurora Hawke is trapped in a web of lies, but none of them are hers.At least, not yet. As the list of people who've betrayed her grows, even the crew of the Starhawke becomes tainted, leaving her without a refuge.Grabbing an opportunity to jump...

Tina had no choice but to escape Aurora Station on board the Starfighter Manila: the ship was about to blow up and would have killed the entire station.But they're in deep trouble. They have less than half the very minimum crew number necessary to fly...

Desperation has become a way of life for people on an overpopulated Earth. In a world that places a high value on wealth and a cheap price on human life, you take what is left; even if it is a shanty underground, crawling with bugs and covered in...

Nobody knows the destructive power of a comet better than lunar geologist Lucy Grappelli. Now her colleague is missing and she’s injured, trapped inside their crashed and dying exploration vehicle. With the commander’s unheeded words of...

They will turn a barren planet into a refuge forlife.Or die trying.On board the interstellar ship, Theodore wakes from forty years ofsuspended animation, eager to transform a barren, rocky planet into aliving world.The plan: move an icy asteroid billions...

When Earth needs heroes...An unlikely crew, pressganged into searching for the source of a mysterious message, find themselves in a race against time when they discover one of their number is carrying a deadly secret.As their own stories unfold, they...

In 2050, America faces the terrible results of failure to address its ideological divide peacefully in the face of threats from abroad.Five states have seceded. Vast swathes of land from the Midwest to the Rockies lie irradiated and useless, and a...

Combining the very best elements of hard science fiction with a suspenseful, action filled manhunt, this novel is an exotic adventure set in a future colonial Mars. Following a trail of destruction across the remote outposts of the Martian wastelands,...