Space Survival

The year is 2072. Soon a volcanic eruption will trigger catastrophic devastation, and the only way out is up. While the world's leaders, scientists, and engineers oversee the frantic production of a space fleet meant to save humankind, their children are brought in for a weekend of touring the Lazarus|a high-tech prototype spaceship. But when the apocalypse arrives months ahead of schedule, First Daughter Leigh Chen and a handful of teens from the tour are the only ones to escape the planet.

Clive Cussler returns with a new novel in his New York Times best-selling Oregon Files, as Captain Juan Cabrillo and the motley crew of his high-tech spy ship take on their most extraordinary - and lethal - mission yet. Captain Juan Cabrillo finds a derelict cruise ship full of hundreds of corpses - the victims of the Responsivists, a group attempting to control the world's population by means of a deadly virus.

When a human team is sent to scout a few hundred light-years in front of the death wave, it encounters a civilization far in advance of our own, a civilization of machine intelligences.These sentient, intelligent machines have existed for eons and have survived earlier "death waves" - gamma-ray bursts from the core of the galaxy. They are totally self-sufficient, completely certain that the death wave cannot harm them, and utterly uninterested in helping to save other civilizations.

After her attempt to strike at the heart of Coruscant with a deadly virus, the sinister Ysanne Isard sets her sights on destabilizing the New Republic by seizing its medicinal bacta production. Under the guise of a mere power struggle between corporations on the planet Thyferra, the imperial mastermind has taken control of one of the galaxy's most precious resources. The heroes of Rogue Squadron are desperate to liberate the planet, and free prisoners trapped by Isard, only to find their plans foiled by the politics of the New Republic, which is set on assigning the squadron elsewhere.

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, a moment forever ingrained in history. Perhaps the world's greatest technological achievement - and a triumph of American spirit and ingenuity - the Apollo 11 mission, and the entire Apollo program, was a mammoth undertaking involving more than 410,000 men and women dedicated to putting a man on the Moon and winning the Space Race against the Soviets.

Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, 300 years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end 50 years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.

In a world covered in water, secrets abound—from corrupt rich nobles to secret organizations with deadly motives. The Nereus Underwater Championship Races promised Adam Rossu fame and a ticket off this aquatic world. Yet, in the complex TriadVerse, life is never that straightforward. Framed for a crime by a powerful Noble and hunted by Knights, Adam dives into an underworld of pirates, smugglers, and refugees. Enter Stephana, a captivating woman with diverse talents on a quest to find her missing clan members. Together, they embark on an underwater adventure to rescue her people from ...

He’s a condescending alien jerk, and probably a criminal, so why do I keep ending up in his bed? Uli From the moment I heard Caroline’s voice on a distress beacon, I’ve wanted her, but I know I can’t have her. She is a beautiful, broken woman; a weak-minded human who could never survive life on a Tholkon smuggling ship. My only choice is to ignore our intense sexual chemistry while we transport Caroline and her people to safety. But a man can only be so strong. And when our people are threatened by a dangerous force, Caroline may hold the answer to saving us all. Caroline I’d lost...

What if the blood that binds us is the same that will tear us apart? Desperate for refuge from a dying Earth, humanity sought survival on an inhabited planet named Vencus. But when Solace awakens on its surface, he discovers that Vencus is anything but paradise. Now determined to find the only other survivor from Earth, Solace must survive the unknown terrain. When a mysterious enemy hunts him down, he realizes his mission may be over before it begins.

"It's going to be Woestynn, Pilgrim. I'm sorry." Rho always knew they'd send him to Woestynn—the hellhole for the rebels, the loudmouths, the ones who wouldn’t kneel. He was a problem. And problems get buried. But Rho isn’t ready to disappear. With a ragtag team and a clock ticking down, he’s got one shot: survive the first brutal days on the Ruben system’s deadliest prison planet—and rise. Because Rho doesn’t just plan to make it out alive. He plans to take Woestynn for himself.

Stranded at Hellix Station on the fringes of the Carmine Nebula, Crix and eleven-year-old Izzy find themselves taking on increasingly perilous courier jobs through unpredictable ion storms after a catastrophic engine failure. Their routine stopover transforms into something more complex when Izzy's explorations with a local mechanic's daughter uncover an underground racing scene, earning her the respect of daredevil pilots—and unwanted attention from station authorities. When Crix embarks on a dangerous three-week salvage mission to settle their mounting debts, disaster strikes as a ...

They say the darkest hour is just before dawn. Sergeant Pace Nix is all alone, in the dark. He’s not dead, but he might as well be. Unarmed, exhausted, on the verge of debilitating dehydration; when he sees a light, he isn’t sure if it is real or imagined. He’s drawn to the light, as all humans are. And what he finds there will change everything. NERO, the rogue AI system on Rastamus III is too big, too vast to stop. Yet, that is the task set before Sergeant Pace Nix and the survivors of The Philadelphia, after crashing on the forbidden planet. Is it truly a lost world, ...

In a future where humanity has conquered mortality, Dr. Isabella Moretti, a renowned exo-archaeologist dedicated to deciphering the secrets of extinct civilizations, faces an unwelcome "Second Life" of compulsory service. Thrust into the Aegis Legion, the Concord's shield against frontier perils, she's deployed to the desolate Erebus System at galaxy's far edge —a place besieged by the Phantoms, an unseen, merciless alien force whose motives are unknown. With colonial outposts systematically obliterated by devastating kinetic strikes from orbit, Isa and her newly formed platoon, Void ...

In the aftermath of World War II, the United States accelerated the development of technologies that would give it an advantage over the Soviet Union. Airpower, combined with nuclear weapons, offered a formidable check on Soviet aggression. In 1947, the United States Air Force was established. Meanwhile, scientists and engineers were pioneering a revolutionary new type of aircraft which could do what no other machine had ever done: reach mach 1 - a speed faster than the movement of sound - which pilots called "the demon."

The highly anticipated event of the century was the impending collision of an asteroid with Earth. Efforts were made to unite humanity in order to avert the catastrophe, but the consequences of destroying the asteroid were unforeseen. As casualties began to mount, questions arose about whether this was a deliberate attack or simply nature taking its course. The survival of the human race and the means by which it would endure became the focal point.

A member of the first astronaut class to include women, NASA chose her for the seventh shuttle mission, inspiring several generations of women. After a second flight, Ride served on the panels investigating the Challenger explosion and the Columbia disintegration that killed all aboard. In both instances, she faulted NASA's rush to meet mission deadlines and its organizational failures. She also cofounded a company promoting science and education for children, especially girls.

A Gripping Science Fiction Adventure Set in the Far Reaches of SpaceStranded is a planetary exploration book set on a distant meteor orbiting Saturn during an unspecified future. Follow the thrilling journey of Nemo, a man with no memory of his past, as he navigates the challenges of an alien environment and encounters mysterious beings along the way. Nemo awakens on a tiny meteor, orbiting the majestic rings of Saturn, with no recollection of his origins. The low-gravity world, filled with strange landscapes and celestial wonders, becomes both his sanctuary and prison. In this barren ...

Travel the Universe as you explore the wonders of outer space like never before! I combined all three exciting volumes into one incredible fact book for space lovers, students, and the curious.

They lowered the cost of opening a wormhole. Now every power in the galaxy wants the secret—and the team that discovered it. Brilliant maintenance‑tech‑turned‑physicist Casey and the five‑person Wormhole Initiative crack the formula that could turn interstellar travel from a billionaire’s fantasy into next‑week’s commute. Overnight they become household names, scientific darlings…and prime targets. A trillion‑credit conglomerate—Helios Dynamics—launches drones, smear campaigns, even black‑ops raids to seize the research. Rival scientists, military contractors, and ...

If someone could go ahead and explain to me what a bear is, that would be great. Orze Becoming stranded on a strange planet is just another on a long list of things that have gone wrong in my life. The one bright spot? Trina. I’ll do anything to protect her from the murderous drones that are hunting us, and anything to protect her from me. If only she’d stop running straight into danger to try and save us. Trina The problem with doing something brilliant is that everyone expects you to be able to replicate that brilliance, even when the things they’re asking are impossible. And the ...