"The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future. The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering...

Acorna, the "unicorn girl" has made peace with her Linyaari past, and aboard the interplanetary salvage vessel Condor she is finally free. But dread overtakes her when a distress signal summons Acorna and her companions to a nearby planet. For among the myraid wonders of this world of sentient plants and intoxicating perfumes are unmistakable signs that everythng Acorna holds dear is in peril. A promise of world-shattering devastation is in the celestial...

When Donavan Buigh goes missing, upsetting plans for reconciliation between her Mearana's parents, Bridget Ban dispatches agents to investigate. It's only after a struggle begins between Those of Name and the loyalists who support them that Donovan, once a Confederate agent, is recalled to take a key part, willing or no.

It began with Crossfire: a far-future novel of planetary colonization and alien first contact. Jake Holman, a man trying to escape a dark past, brought together a diverse group of thousands to settle on a new world. But instead the humans found themselves caught in the crossfire of a galaxy-spanning war between two disparate species: aggressive, militaristic humanoids known as Furs and passive, plantlike creatures known as Vines.

The first in the Inter-Planetary Alliance novels, cozy space operas set in a world where the rules are strict to keep people safe, but leave little room for individuality and case-by-case needs. Follow an adorable found family of space travellers as they try to navigate bureaucracy and budding relationships.-Basti needs 3 things to make his brand new– well, new to him –ship run:Firstly, He needs enough of a crew to get them safely spacebourne....

Even the best of us has a demon locked up deep inside. Sometimes, they get loose.In the constant war against her darker side, Esper was forced to win a daily battle for control. One loss was all it took for the roles of warden and prisoner to switch. Now, with her friends as hostages, this new Esper relies on advice from her better half to keep up the illusion that this is still the Esper they know and love.When their newly acquired base of operations...

P-47 fliegt wieder durch die Weiten des Weltraums! Captain Aki Baku startet zu einer neuen Mission. Zusammen mit der tapferen Besatzung des Patrouillenschiffs P-47 sucht er nach dem Ur-Stamm der Menschheit, den sagenhaften Colloniden. Während ihrer Reise zwischen den Sternen begegnen Aki und seine Freunde einem alten Feind, finden unerwartete Verbündete und kommen einem lange gehüteten Geheimnis auf die Spur. Acht aufregende Abenteuer in einem...

Im Hochsommer 2036 ist Terrania ein Zukunftstraum für Millionen von Menschen: Auf diesem öden Fleck mitten in der Wüste Gobi verwirklicht Perry Rhodan mit einer Handvoll Gefährten seine Vision. Roboter erbauen eine Stadt, die einmal das Zentrum der geeinten Menschheit werden soll. Geschützt wird die Stadt durch eine Energiekuppel. Doch dann droht das Inferno: Die chinesische Armee zündet eine Atombombe in direkter Nähe der Stadt. Zehntausende...

The Necessary Arthur, a Tor.com Original, is a delightful science fantasy novelette from international bestselling author Garth Nix. Some days you find out that the world is nothing like what you think it is. An archaeologist named Tamara working near Hadrian's Wall is approached by a very annoyed-looking, silver-haired woman with an incomprehensible message: The game is moving on, the time has come to play a hand, and Tamra is on point. Time to...

Neon Yang's space opera "Waiting on a Bright Moon" is a Tor.com Original short story Xin is an ansible, using her song magic to connect the origin world of the Imperial Authority and its far-flung colonies- a role that is forced upon magically-gifted women "of a certain closeness". When a dead body comes through her portal at a time of growing rebellion, Xin is drawn deep into a station-wide conspiracy along with Ouyang Suqing, one of the station's...