Space Survival

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

With a frontier as dangerous as space, you can’t save everyone… Tomi Ryan is a girl with her life all laid out neatly before her. Smart, attractive, and genetically engineered, her parents expected her to go to college, get married, and have children. But where’s the adventure in that? Instead, she enlists with the Rangers of the Federation. Rigorous daily training instills in her the importance of discipline and improvisation. In the frontier, failure is always one step away. Equipped with her Ranger cloaking armor, rifle, and hunting knife, Tomi is soon thrown into the fire where ...

"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.

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 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.

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.

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 ...

Although it is widely understood that energy and water are the world’s two most critical resources, their vital interconnections and vulnerabilities are less often recognized. This farsighted audiobook offers a new, holistic way of thinking about energy and water - a big picture approach that reveals the interdependence of the two resources, identifies the seriousness of the challenges, and lays out an optimistic approach with an array of solutions to ensure continuing sustainability.

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...

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 ...

The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout best seller Illuminae continues onboard the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault. Hanna is the station captain's pampered daughter, Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy's most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion.