Space Travel Fiction

When the British Arean Company founded its Martian colony, it welcomed any settlers it could get. Outcasts, misfits, and dreamers emigrated in droves to undertake the grueling task of terraforming the cold red planet - only to be abandoned when the BAC discovered it couldn't turn a profit on Mars. Mary Griffith and her struggles and triumphs are at the center of it all, in her bar, the Empress of Mars.

The struggle for survival sharpens as resources dwindle, technology fails, and the grim reality of life on Donovan unfolds. Supervisor Kalico Aguila has bet everything on a fragile settlement far south of Port Authority. There, she has carved a farm and mine out of wilderness. But Donovan is closing in. When conditions couldn't get worse, a murderous peril descends out of Donovan's sky - one that will leave Kalico bleeding and shattered.

In the middle of climate-change crises, there is no mood for space-exploration stunts - but Reid Malenfant, elderly, once a shuttle pilot and frustrated would-be asteroid miner, decides to go take a look anyway. Nothing more is heard of him. But his ex-wife, Emma Stoney, sets up a trust fund to search for him the next time the Kernel returns...By 2570 Earth is transformed. A mere billion people are supported by advanced technology on a world that is almost indistinguishable from the natural, with recovered forests, oceans, ice caps.

Thomas Baldwin transfers to Ridele, the capital of Nolix, and the center of the Concord political arena. He must navigate the new role, while his former crew sets off on an important mission without him. Captain Treena Starling deals with her new reality, while finding herself on a journey to the fabled planet Earth. Are humans really descendants from the mysterious world?

On the planet of Lobos, the Doctor halts a violent war between the native Loba and human colonists. The TARDIS crew departs - only for Ryan to discover he’s left his phone behind. Again. Upon returning, the Doctor finds that the TARDIS has slipped hundreds of years into the future - and something has gone badly wrong. The Loba are now slaves, serving human zealots who worship a figure known as The Good Doctor. It’s time for the Doctor to face up to the consequences of her last visit. With Lobos on the brink of catastrophe, will she be able to make things right?

In 1890s Cardiff, reporter James MacFarlane is intrigued by rumours of ‘anaesthesia frolics’, at which gatherings the latest frontier in pain relief is demonstrated to influential guests. After he speaks to someone who attended several such ‘frolics’—and left with a hand and two fingers missing—James realises that the events have a dark side. Contriving an invitation, he is astounded to find another guest also investigating—it’s his old friend the Doctor! Reunited in mystery, the Doctor and James enter the murky underbelly of polite Cardiff society.

He dreamed of reaching the stars, but everythig has a price… Ethan develops the first warp bubble technology to break the light speed barrier. Excited by his achievement, he builds the first spaceship size warp bubble drive. But blood drains from his face when he discovers the project sabotaged. It must be someone on the project team. Who can he trust? As they begin the ship’s maiden voyage, his worst fears are realised when someone murders his best friend and they detect another spaceship headed to their destination. Despairing, he sees his life-long dream slipping from his grip. Can ...

A science fiction fantasy story of a family of intergalactic explorers that are telepathic and endowed with supernatural powers. Wayne, the paranoid leader, leads a mixed species family and sentient computers on an adventure through the galaxy in search of lost planets of an ancient civilization.

How would you feel - the you who believed you were the child of earthborn parents – if the stranger who rescued you from the sea told you to “pretend to be human…”? What would you do if you were entirely alone and he promised to save you from the darkness that was, and is, Anstey – if you would only bind your life to his? Would you trust him enough to share his mind and his bed? Forgive his anger? Risk your life to save his when you discover that the destructive alien power of your mind is far greater than his will ever be? Fleeing from war in the Auriga Constellation, alien ...

The continued adventures of Jake. Jake, along with his forever-increasing alien family. They run a busy family business that transports food and goods between alliance worlds, encountering various situations in the process. The human race would not have been considered ready for first contact if it were not for one overriding reason. The most deadly alien foe known to the alliance has its sights on Earth and is set on a path to invade, not to conquer but to annihilate all the planet’s human inhabitants. Earth’s primitive weapons will not save them; this is where Jake can help. Jake has ...

Experience The Force Awakens as a Shakespeare play, complete with Elizabethan verse, Shakespearian monologues, and theatrical stage directions! As the noble Resistance clashes with the vile First Order, Rey, Finn, Poe Damaron, Kylo Ren, and BB-8 are pulled into a galaxy-wide drama - in iambic pentameter! Star Wars fans and Shakespeare enthusiasts alike will enjoy the authentic meter, reimagined movie scenes and dialogue, and hidden Easter eggs throughout.

A pristine planet near Alpha Centauri offers an escape for Earth’s elite from the damage they’ve done. But running from your problems never works. Even at light speed. Young Adam Proctor has dreamed of leaving the Earth too, it runs in the family. Searching for answers behind his mother’s death as an astronaut and his own place in space he charts a path to the prestigious Astronaut Academy run by the mysterious Arseo Chapman. Graduation earns Adam a ticket to Mars for a grueling training regimen in preparation for Arseo’s secret interplanetary mission. Once there, Adam meets his ...

With shells burst over his head, the Time God Trevor ducked down into the narrow-slit trench. He could see hundreds of indistinct shapes coming towards his position. The men in the trenches next to him stood up and fired at the incoming enemy. Trevor followed suit. What are you doing to me, Aladar? A new enemy has arisen, far more sinister than any the Time Gods have faced before. With the ability to find and kill them no matter where they are, the Time Gods band together for protection. When one of their own goes missing, they go on a rescue attempt with no regard to their own safety. This...

SFS1 is a collection of riveting science fiction short stories. What role does science play? From contacting celebrities from beyond the grave to teleportation to recording dreams, SFS1 tells the stories of the lucky and sometimes unlucky individuals who invent or come across these technologies. Filled with twists and turns, SFS1 is a collection you simply cannot pass up. SUMMARY Rejected Patent: a scientist develops a way to look into your past lives, but some groups decide use this beyond simple research. Will his legacy be one of scientific achievement, or only destruction? Robography: ...

EARTH-LIKE DOESN’T MEAN EARTH At last, the battered interstellar ship Excelsior finally reaches its destination. The ghosts aboard have another shot at life, some to breathe once more and others for the first time. But this doesn’t mean anything will come easy for the “lucky” settlers on the rocky, sub-optimum ball of ice and rock orbiting Trappist Prime. Can our space travelers overcome the obstacles lurking on the planet below? Can the war-weary among them find peace at last? These are good questions; an even better question is if they can meet their basic needs. After all, the ...

Discover a world beyond what you can imagine in P.S. Power's thrilling new adventure. Jacob Hines is thrust into a mysterious and strange walled community where secrets are kept and dangers lurk around every corner. Accused of the murder of his parents, Jake is taken in by his grandparents, or so it seems. With a mysterious power living inside of him, Jake must fight to protect the secrets of the world and his own mind. Will he be able to escape this impossible world before it's too late? If you enjoyed Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, then you'll love P.S. Power's new novel. Buy now ...

Reviewer: "What an amazing, beautifully crafted series. Toama the monkey is very cute, but Onua the dolphin is my favourite!" The continued adventures of Anu as she begins to explore the universe, whilst the human community decide about what sort of society they wish to build – can Emrys and Jen keep the community together…? Sonri enters a new relationship, but her thoughts are full of Anu… Phoos wants to build a hotel spar under the sea near Anu’s beach, whilst the young human makes friends with more beings on the Afluca continent.

Petrus Jagan's simple life is about to be thrown into utter turmoil ... Petrus Jagan is just an ordinary pilot on the Aeturn Seven Space Station hoping to have an ordinary day. His hopes are shattered when a passing refugee ship crashes into the station and he is given a mysterious stone by a dying alien. Suddenly Petrus finds himself thrown into a series of strange adventures, alongside his best friend Graden and the station's glamorous bar owner, Rici. Can Petrus uncover the stone’s secret mission and, even if he does, can he ever return to the space station he left behind? Perfect for ...

Deep below the surface of the planet Adamantine lies a crystalline wonder world of lava seas and volcanic islands, home to living rock-people. But when the Doctor and her friends arrive they find Adamantine under threat. The seas are shrinking, the magma is cooling, and mysterious, fatal Seething Pools are spreading fast. Something has come to Adamantine - but what does it want? Fearing an invasion is underway, the Doctor must lead an expedition to the surface of the world to save its molten heart....

For the Tenth Doctor, the festive season always brought adventure. In fact, he's saved Christmas across space and time more times than we ever knew. Join the Doctor (and Donna and Martha and Rose, and other friends old and new) for incredible tales of daring and danger. From Daleks plotting to save humanity to Sycorax working to exploit it...from star-narwhals massing on the Moon to a toy factory in space. Because even in the jolliest of seasons there's a world or two to save.