Exploration Adventure Fiction

It’s more than just a career - it’s a sacred calling…but it comes with a very short life expectancy. Lord Kreon, Warden of the First Circle, has a problem: he’s been forced to kill another apprentice, and he’s rapidly running out of candidates. In fact, there is precisely one left….

Deep inside DeCorp, the planet's largest civilian and military spacecraft factory, an industrial accident has set off a catastrophic chain of events. Unaware of the disaster, Taft Gaurdia eagerly agrees to help fellow pilot Kaytha Morrow investigate a cryptic message from her past. War erupts as DeCorp's ruthless leader attempts to exploit the chaos and seize control. Meanwhile, Taft and Kaytha discover what may be the only hope of saving Earth's evacuees from annihilation. If they can survive the apocalypse first.

Scorpia Kaiser has always stood in Corvus's shadow until the day her older brother abandons their family to participate in a profitless war. However, becoming the heir to her mother's smuggling operation is not an easy transition for the always rebellious, usually reckless, and occasionally drunk pilot of the Fortuna, an aging cargo ship and the only home Scorpia has ever known. But when a deal turns deadly and Corvus returns from the war, Scorpia's plans to take over the family business are interrupted, and the Kaiser siblings are forced to make a choice....

When four modern-day teenagers, Lincoln, Willow, Jaxon, and Ezra, are mysteriously transported to the year 1866, they find themselves standing on the shores of the Arrow River, where history is not just something you read about, it is something you survive. Guided by Shihou, an ancient time dragon, these reluctant time travelers become the founding members of the Time Detectives Club. During a roaring gold rush, they must crack age-old mysteries, hunt for hidden treasures, and navigate the dangers of a world where every decision could alter the course of history, or prevent them from ever ...

She's ready to escape with a terrifyingly hot purple alien. Life on Ixilta is better than alien slavery. Barely. But Andie longs for escape. And when dashingly intimidating Xandr smashes his way into her life everything changes. He's a prison escapee and a convicted murderer. There's no way she can trust him, no matter how much he makes her body yearn. But Xandr's checkered past is more complicated than it seems. He has secrets of his own and hidden depths. But Andie won't discover them unless they escape the planet alive. She's put her life in the hands of a dangerous alien. But protecting...

Audible donne vie au script d'Alien III, écrit par William Gibson. Ce projet de film avait été abandonné, puis (re)découvert, à l'occasion du 40e anniversaire de la naissance de la franchise Alien. A découvrir désormais en audio ! En 1987, William Gibson, père du cyberpunk, termine l'écriture d'un scénario original pour Alien III.

A suspicious accident, a prized asteroid, and a game of politics to decide who rules the galaxy. Someone’s making a power play, but who? Captain Greg Daniels of the DSM Boone is a handful of asteroids away from retiring when his plans are threatened by an explosion on his ship. With the risk of another more lethal attack, Greg must locate the source of the explosion, or he’ll lose more than the priceless rock he just obtained - he’ll lose his life.

In the title story, a man's newfound ability to walk in the past allows him to dwell among dinosaurs, saber-toothed tigers . . . and something even more timeless. In "Construction Shack," the first manned expedition to Pluto reveals that no matter how advanced aliens may be, even they don't always get everything right. And in "Univac 2200," the thin line between humans creating technology and humans becoming technology is about to be crossed-and there may be no going back.

Finn’s best robot bud, Foggy, comes down with a weird virus while exploring a planet full of dancing robots. But he won’t let Finn help him. Foggy only wants to dance the Hokey Pokey with his new robot friends! Now Finn and Explorers Troop 301 have to find a cure before the robots attack. But can Finn also fix his friendship with Foggy? Or will his robot BFF stay on the two-stepping planet forever?

A supernatural thriller set in Dublin, Ireland during the late 19th to early 20th century. In "Ghost Hunter Chronicles," journey through the shadowy corridors of Victorian-era Dublin and beyond, where every corner might conceal a spectral visitor or uncanny mystery. This captivating ghost story delves deep into the life of a man whose extraordinary encounters with the supernatural lead him from curious fascination to relentless ghost hunter. From his mystical roots tied to ancient Celtic forebears, the protagonist unfolds his tale, beginning with his initial eerie experience in a haunted ...

Reeve has come out on top of his enemies: the gods themselves. The Mage has finally created the first iteration of the System, and although it falls silent, he knows it's still there—planning, plotting, doing who knows what. He has found answers that have led him to far more questions than he had before. Who is pulling the strings behind the scenes? Why are the gods going along so compliantly with his conquest? Where in the nine hells is Jax? Is the Entity still around?

On a giant artificial world surrounding an artificial sun, one man - a lucidor, a keeper of the peace, a policeman - is on the hunt. His target was responsible for an atrocity, but is too valuable to the government to be truly punished. Instead he has been sent to the frontlines of the war, to use his unique talents on the enemy. So the lucidor has ignored orders, deserted from his job, left his home, and thrown his life away, in order to finally claim justice.

A rocket ship explores the galaxy with a child being an astronaut. The child engages in many explorations as the rocket takes him around the Universe. This audiobook celebrates exploration. It supports the ability to dream big and set out to achieve great adventures in life.

I'm so excited! I'm going on an adventure with my cousins! It's going to be so fun having them with me this time. We're going to India, and I'm kind of nervous about it. Barbara told us that the water isn't safe to drink, and the air is polluted too. That won't be fun, we have to wear masks and only drink bottled water. That also meant that we have to watch out for food that was washed in the tap water as well. It will definitely be an adventure. I'll be careful, but I wasn't going to let it ruin our fun. At least Henry will be considered a real service dog there, that was a huge relief. ...

Change can be really hard sometimes. But we learned that it can also be a wonderful thing. I seriously enjoyed the changes we had to make to our group. Double date nights are awesome, and I really loved our core group gathering. I'm not going to fear changes anymore. I'm just going to roll with them and find the joy hidden inside. I'm excited to see what's in store for our group in Finland. I have a feeling I'm going to love it there. Norway was incredible and Finland is right next door. I'm really looking forward to seeing it through Barbara's plans this time. She always plans the best ...

The excitement continues ... Following their discoveries in the volcano, Molly and Michael decide to collect a water sample from the cave inside the mine. But fate, it seems, has other plans for them. Join their incredible journey through the jungle where they stumble through an invisible shield around a top-secret research laboratory. Inside, they find something mysterious that will lead them on an even stranger journey, riding the mycelium network under the ground. See the plants and animals through their eyes, hear the curious sounds and discover what it feels like to be in the presence ...

Escaping conflict on Earth, an idealistic group of settlers arrive on a distant planet - Pax - with plans for a perfect society. The world they discover is rich with life, but this is not the Eden they were hoping for. The plants on Pax are smart - smart enough to domesticate, and even slaughter, its many extraordinary animals. To survive, the colonists realise that they must strike bargains of their own. But if they are to make Pax their home, they must go further, searching for a way to communicate and coexist with these utterly alien intelligences.

In this last book in the trilogy about Gabrielle Allan, the listener finds Gay and her great-aunt, Belle, about to start a new life in a setting far different from their much-loved Drovers Road. The sheep station of Cape Lost is now Gay’s responsibility, and regardless of her three years’ study at the Massey Agricultural College, both the isolation and tasks ahead seem alarming. Despite its remote and nearly inaccessible location, a surprising cast of new and old characters converge on the station’s windswept, sea-edged expanse.

Could you survive? ..........In the 22nd Century? ....................After an apocalypse? Youngblood was a computer whiz. Kira was a kickass huntress. Could they make a difference? Youngblood was an eighteen-year-old when his father placed him in hibernation to await a cure for his disease. But when he woke a century later, he was gasping for breath in a deserted underground bunker. The post-apocalyptic world he found was divided between the valley settlers who lived a subsistence existence and their mountain dwelling overlords who reaped all the benefits of a 22nd Century lifestyle. ...

Orphaned when her parents vanished in deep space, Petrina dreamed of one day piloting a ship to explore the stars for the Intergalactic Coalition of Planets. But when she learns that her four-times-great grandfather has been trapped at the edge of a black hole for a century, she knows she has to rescue him. Family is the one missing element in her life, and her grandpa is the only family she has left. For the rescue, she will need to steal a starship. The one she chooses is home to Selka, an AI who isn’t thrilled with being stolen. In journeys of adventure, danger and amazement, the ...