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In AD 2125, humanity fell short of achieving the United Nations' sustainable development goals. Technological advancements in the past century led to the creation of nuclear defense systems and new types of nuclear weapons, including meteorological weapons. However, this technological competition and exploitation resulted in the depletion of natural resources and the destruction of the environment. A 180-year period of relative peace came to an end...
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The sweeping saga continues as Gabriel Ferro and Dr. Catherine Blake prepare to travel to the alien's planet to learn firsthand how the aliens successfully transformed their society to one that revels in peace harmony and balance. But the question remains… what are the alien's true motives? Is it their intention to transmute mankind forever? Together, Gabriel and Dr. Blake venture beyond Earth, beyond the Milky Way to a world they could not have...
44) Desperate hours
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"Aboard the Starship Shenzhou, Lieutenant Michael Burnham, a human woman raised and educated among Vulcans, is promoted to acting first officer. But if she wants to keep the job, she must prove to Captain Philippa Georgiou that she deserves to have it. She gets her chance when the Shenzhou must protect a Federation colony that is under attack by an ancient alien vessel that has surfaced from the deepest fathoms of the planet's dark, uncharted sea....
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Saida gives Livy permission to go to the village in search of materials to decipher the Vendae language, but just after they leave, a flood of refugees arrive and Daig is called back to the fortress to deal with them. When the refugees are moved to the village rioting breaks out because some groups feel that others are getting preferential treatment.
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When a gigantic damaged spaceship suddenly appears over Ottawa requesting assistance the world is thrown into confusion. Why are they really here? If they are having problems, what caused the damage?Then there is the Thorncroft family:Paul is feeling depressed and gets sucked up into a spaceship.Lucile and her ex-military girlfriends are bored and looking for a fight, romance, or something to break up the monotony.Their mother, Martha, is trying to...
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Ben Sandmor doesn't care about anything else except finding his dealer and snorting another line of glorious blow.When Ben's dealer doesn't show up at the usual time and place one night, he tries not to freak out and decides to go looking for him. But what he didn't plan on finding were aliens landing on the roof of his car trying to kill each other!This cold, bizarre night leads Ben into an adventure of, quite literally, galactic proportions. The...
50) Beamed Up
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Enter the strange, dark worlds of four science fiction authors in this anthology from Amphibian Press."The Stalk" - Ariele SielingJack is a Digger, dumping dirt into the massive, mysterious Hole day after day. When she is summoned to the Stalk, a looming space elevator, however, she fears the worst. After all, every Digger summoned to the Stalk leaps to their deaths.This short story is a chilling science fiction retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk."How...
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This stunning sequel to Who knew the storm whisks the characters from the previous book, loosely based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic novel for children, The Secret Garden, and their offspring, off on some new and quite surprising adventures.
It is a rip-roaring romp through a wacky world of pseudo-sci-fi fantasy, combining classic works of literature with film, music and art; all of which are close to the author's heart.
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Seekers of the Dogazoids is the story of wayward aliens who wind up on planet Earth by accident, a fuel crisis. They can change their appearance via shape-shifting and are quite intelligent. But they know nothing about this planet or the beings who live here, us humans. The one thing they do know is that they need fuel for their ship. So they set about seeking fuel while trying to fit into a small town atmosphere, not doing very well at first. But...
53) Century Run
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Losing his family to an alien invasion was the single most horrific thing in young Lex's life. Joining Omni Corps, an elite fighting force with technology that allows the soldiers to live indefinitely, gives Lex and his team the chance to kill the beasts that destroyed old Earth. But as hundreds of years pass, Lex questions the validity of their missions and begins to long for a normal life.
But Omni Corps is big business, and the bureaucrats want...
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Stolen from Earth, can Jennifer Samson survive on a new planet?
Alien Warrior Brides is a series of standalone stories with a connected universe. Each book can be read separately. Guaranteed HEA. No cliffhangers. No cheating. Expect lots of steam.
Jennifer Samson is young professional, working two jobs in order to afford rent, food, and student loan payments. She has no family, few friends, and zero romantic prospects.
Quy Vuong is seven feet tall,...
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These are the adventures of lovers traveling to numerous moons, advancing to travel spiritually to planets while being chased by flying dragons spitting fire. Both humans and dragons evolve as a large city is built. The end is a surprise leading to 12 Two. During the hundreds of years (a lifetime), families become extremely large. The evolution of all allows them to get along.
56) Listen
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A strange people have appeared out of nowhere. Their speech is impossible to understand for most human beings; their agenda, they say, is to colonize the "right place". The interpreter Mika accompanies one of their ambassadors to the little moon Kiruna. Here, celestial bodies play havoc with sound, and reality may not be what it appears. (A sequel to SING)
"Expertly crafted and features psychologically complex characters."-Locus
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Drawn from the leading pulp magazines of the 1950s - Galaxy, Amazing Science Fiction Stories, and Fantastic Universe - these eight groundbreaking selections offer spellbinding science-fiction tales of encounters with Martians and other extraterrestrials. "Youth," by Isaac Asimov, recounts two friends' discovery of a pair of strange little animals the morning after mysterious thunder without a storm. Philip José Farmer's "Rastignac the Devil" tells...
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While the alien Ikiinhituns had their own solutions on how to deal with earth's humans, Richard, a sci-fi writer, had to deal with everyday life, a college-aged daughter, an ex-wife, and friend Monica who suggested he take up yoga.
Through this short glimpse of daily life, we see Richard combat these forces while the hero of his story, Jack, confronts the final paradox.
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THE DOOMED WORLD SPLENDOR IS ONLY THE FIRST DESTINATION
Explorer Mike Christopher and the rest of the crew of the starcraft Asaph Hall must find a way to save not just one, but two intelligent species on the planet Splendor. Years later, Ambassador Chanda Kasmira finds herself coping with the unexpected results of Mike's decisions. Meanwhile, Mike's adventures continue as he works to solve a murder mystery aboard a far-flung space station, prevent...
60) Vanguard
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The third trilogy in the hit 'Ark Royal' series begins now!
HMS Vanguard is the most powerful battleship ever to be commissioned by the Royal Navy, but she is not a happy ship. Her commanding officer is eccentric, rarely seen on the bridge; her former XO has deserted his post and her first middy is resentful because he hasn't been promoted as he deserves ...
But when a first contact mission goes badly wrong, HMS Vanguard and her crew are plunged...
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