Hard Science Fiction Space

"A mix of Star Wars, Titan A.E., and a fun RPG vibe. A fast and entertaining read." – Amazon "An engaging and fast-paced story, with everything you’d expect from the genre... and a brilliant twist at the end." – Goodreads A MERCENARY. A HUNTED WOMAN. A MISSION THAT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING. Seven centuries ago, humanity lost its home—and became a scattered race, despised across the stars. Vhan, a former elite pilot turned mercenary, lives by his own rules until he crosses paths with Ges—a fugitive escaping slavers with a secret powerful enough to shake the entire galaxy. Hunted by ...

The Borwyn remain undeterred as they gather hardware and rally their allies. It’s best not to fight from within a vacuum, unless that vacuum is space, and the fight is between starships. The crew of Chrysalis are challenged afresh when their goal is changed in light of new revelations. Jaq, Crip, Max, and the rest continue their fight against the Malibor in this fast-paced continuation of the Starship series.

For astronaut David Dixon, sneaking aboard a Russian space station and stealing a nuclear bomb was the easy part - now he has to survive re-entry on an untested inflatable heat shield and then deal with the aftermath of being the most wanted man on Earth. When a clandestine intelligence agency offers David the chance to return to space and probably not get killed - he finds himself in a world of intrigue when a secret mission takes an unexpected turn.

It doesn’t matter that Ray Garcia-Strickland’s father was one of the first men on Mars. The now overdeveloped planet has lost its hip factor, its luxurious hotels - like the one Ray’s father manages - overrun with gravity-dependent tourists from Earth. Ray is over the Red Planet. Soon he gets his own chance at interplanetary adventure when an unknown object hits Earth and causes a massive tsunami. Ray heads back to Florida to help family and friends who’ve survived the devastation - and soon learns the so-called natural disaster could have unnatural consequences.

Adrift in the divide between galaxies and surrounded by the vast emptiness of the intergalactic void, the Tantalus Cluster is the only home humanity has ever known. Desperate and facing starvation, humanity’s only hope is a strange nebula that has suddenly appeared beyond the edge of the cluster. Its shifting clouds may hide a source of salvation for the people of Tantalus, but time is running out.

In a world renowned even within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one brother it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one - maybe two - people who could clear his name. For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder. And for their sister, even without knowing the full truth, it means returning to a place she'd thought abandoned forever.

Patrick Fahy-Connor wanted the easiest possible mission when he joined the Coalition. He didn't want to see any fighting. He didn't want any sort of action. He wanted to be left alone. But that's never how life works. Instead, he is surrounded by people and will soon be the center of attention for the whole of the Coalition. As it turns out, sounding the alarm about alien invaders from outside of the Milky Way has a way of attracting attention. It doesn't take long before Fahy puts together that those same aliens are heading for his homeworld. However, that isn't his only problem. His space...

A woman having a psychotic episode, talking with her oldest friend from college who’s calming her, sees Earth devoid of humans is populated with monsters and discovers two secrets, he’s her “father” and…

The science vessel Hermes has been urgently recalled from its mission to survey the moons of Saturn, just as First Officer Miranda Lee receives bad news from home - her mother is dying so she must leave the ship and return to Earth - for good. Commander Scott McNabb is so distraught by her sudden decision to leave that he pays little or no attention to the parameters of the new mission being requested by the Council of Europa. Big mistake. Powerful forces on Earth are now moving to resume inter-AI communications, risking the development of an all-out war.

With the Federation losing ground in its war against the Dominion, the galaxy's greatest smugglers, including the beautiful and enigmatic Vash, rendezvous on Deep Space 9. Their objective: a fabled lost orb of the Prophets unlike any other, rumored to be the key to unlocking a second wormhole in Bajoran Space, a second Celestial Temple.

Bob kann es nicht fassen. Eben hat er noch seine Software-Firma verkauft und einen Vertrag über das Einfrieren seines Körpers nach seinem Tod unterschrieben, da ist es auch schon vorbei mit ihm. Er wird beim Überqueren der Straße überfahren. Hundert Jahre später wacht Bob wieder auf, allerdings nicht als Mensch, sondern als Künstliche Intelligenz, die noch dazu Staatseigentum ist. Prompt bekommt er auch gleich seinen ersten Auftrag: Er soll neue bewohnbare Planeten finden. Versagt er, wird er abgeschaltet. Für Bob beginnt ein grandioses Abenteuer zwischen den Sternen - und ein gnadenloser Wettlauf gegen die Zeit.

Wormhole technology has revealed that our sun will die in 5,000,000 years. A race of superbeings, the fabulous Xeelee, owners of the universe, are thought to be responsible. The bizarre and wealthy cult, the Superet, funds two projects aimed at combatting the force that will murder the sun.

On the primitive world Cull, a knight errant called Anderson hunts a dragon, not knowing that elsewhere is a resurrected brass killing machine, Mr Crane, assisting in a similar hunt. Learning that this old enemy still lives, agent Cormac pursues while scientist Mika begins discovering the horrifying truth about an ancient alien technology. Each day is a survival struggle for the people of Cull. Ferocious insectile monsters roam their planet as they try to escape to their forefathers' starship, still orbiting far above them.

Are you ready for a thrilling journey through the depths of space? Then look no further than "Shackled in Space" by Alexander Hawthorne. In this pulse-pounding science fiction adventure, you'll be transported to a distant galaxy where a group of prisoners have been exiled to an inhospitable planet. With no hope of escape and a hostile environment to contend with, they must band together if they have any chance of survival. But as tensions rise and alliances are tested, the prisoners quickly realize that the greatest threat to their survival may come from within. Will they be able to ...

Two worlds preparing their defenses.... A ship struggling to get back in the fight.... An enemy continuing its relentless attack.... A former enemy that could hold the answer.... With the fate of billions in his hands, Captain Scott is offered a way to save them all and end the bloodshed, but if it backfires, he could lose everything. Sometimes, there is no good choice.

The laws of magic can't be broken, but on the third moon of a gas giant, enigmatic forces have a will of their own. Journey to the mystical moon of Rhakaia, where Mackenzie Rivera and his crew of spacefarers must find a way to survive. Navigating the complex world of the ahkorrka and ahkathal, while facing the existential threat posed by the native inhabitants of the gas giant Kaia, will take all of their grit and know-how. As they uncover the secrets of the precious resource sanrha, Mack and his companions must unite the locals and harness the power of magic to prevent the Kaians from ...

In the year 2103, humanity ventures deeper into the cosmos, driven by the insatiable thirst for discovery and the promise of unimaginable wealth from outer space mining. Among them is Wren, a solitary scout aboard the semi-sentient spacecraft Lone Star, exploring the outer reaches for anomalies and opportunities. What begins as a routine mission turns into an extraordinary encounter when a mysterious planet materializes where no planet should exist. The world is pristine yet eerily silent, its cities untouched by time, its secrets buried beneath its surface. As Wren delves deeper into the ...

The Galactic Star Alliance has been alive and well for millions of Earth years. Hundreds of thousands of worlds and trillions of beings move across the many home worlds of the Alliance. This revelation invites many questions: How is faster-than-light speed travel possible, and could cohesive, interstellar civilizations exist without it? Is it conceivable to govern a coalition not of different countries but of different species?

Lee's parents and their business partner, Gordon, found a class A habitable planet. They thought their quest as explorers was over and they'd live a life of ease. But before they could return and register their claim, Lee's parents died doing a survey of the surface. That left Lee two-thirds owner of the claim and their partner Gordon obligated by his word with her parents to raise Lee. She had grown up aboard the ship with her uncle Gordon and he was the only family she'd ever known. Him adopting her was an obvious arrangement to them.

It is 2076: Lancer, Earth’s first starship, is on a mission to find interstellar civilizations. Although astronaut Nigel Walmsley’s experiences with alien encounters make him the expert, no one believes Nigel’s theory that machines are the dominant intelligent beings left in the galaxy and that their purpose is to annihilate all organic life. Then the explorers discover once-living planets where only machines remain – and ruined worlds where fugitive survivors must evade omnipresent and lethally advanced A.I. warships.