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Okay, here's a blurb for "The 'Tin Can' Brigade: Rust and Resolve" by K.R. Calder, designed to evoke that classic space opera feel and entice readers: In a galaxy bleeding under the relentless advance of the crystalline Adamant Hegemony, humanity stands on the precipice of annihilation. Star systems fall like dominoes before a technologically superior foe, and the once-proud Terran Fleet is a shadow of its former glory. Echoing the grand tradition of classic space opera, K.R. Calder plunges you into a desperate war where survival itself seems an impossible dream. When all seems lost, Fleet ...

In a future plagued with natural disasters, criminals known as “scavs” raid damaged cities. Their most important rule: don’t help the survivors. Bear, a twenty-nine-year-old engineer, breaks that rule when he takes Salix, a Native American college student, back to his scav team’s flying ship for medical treatment. Captain Baxter allows her to board but will not let her leave. Salix hopes to escape, but Baxter’s growing obsession with her makes that impossible. As the situation grows tense, a tsunami in Portugal prompts a scav raid.

“Dear God in heaven, thank you!” Adam’s relief however was short-lived, for when he glanced over at Janet, who was still searching through the ruins for Michelle’s body, he froze in terror. “Dear God, Janet, look behind you!” he yelled. She turned, and let out a piercing scream as she stared at a heap of rubbish that had started to shudder and crumble as something bubbled out from within. It was as if the earth itself had opened up and the huge mound seemed to explode, as bits of scum and liquid bubbled down the sides of it like brown feces oozing from an open sewer. From the ...

Aldo Cassidy and his team are tasked with recovering an important relic from an alien station. As they arrive, they find signs of a battle, leaving the entire system in disarray. Without good intelligence, they must take a chance to secure a prize capable of unifying their cultures, or unveil secrets dark enough to keep them apart forever. The planet Constance becomes a hotbed for activity. As Justiciar Caden Raines arrives to rescue a hostage, Sam Levine fights for survival after his ship crashed in the desert. Both men race against time, with the fate of many hanging in the balance.

Ryan Richmond has dreamed about going to space since the age of seven. Reading space updates—and seeing pictures of Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface in National Geographic—was the ignition of this dream. Ryan Richmond would like me to tell you that the corridors of space are now officially open for all future space pioneers like you! YOU MAY NOW GO TO SPACE!

Truth Medici knows life isn't fair. But for the first time, the balance is in his favor. Cultivation has taken him from desperate slumrat to burglar to mercenary to bodyguard to terrorist, and now he's the revered prince of a kingdom to come—immortal heir to a dynasty hidden for millennia. Pampered by succubae, demons, and sprites, Truth is more than ready to embody the might of his ancestors, who've prospered in secret for centuries. With an aura that reeks of power, he'll make his presence known. His word and will are law.

Timothy Zahn shows an unparalleled mastership of science fiction in the fifteen tales gathered here. "The Price of Survival" features an alien ship that arrives in our solar system without hostile intentions but with a desperate need whose fulfillment could destroy humanity. "The Giftie Gie Us" tells the story of two lonely survivors who find love among the ruins of a post-apocalyptic United States. And in "Pawn's Gambit," a human and his alien opponent face off over a game that will decide which one of them will return home.

Three days have passed since the Xenos spaceship departed Earth, and Emissary Lee Ping moved to the virtual world of Planet Asbeth. But even as normalcy returns, a new threat emerges. Alien marauders have intercepted critical supplies required to complete the shield. From bestselling author D. Ward Cornell comes a tale of two worlds bound by a mutual adversary.

Lords of Creation, the eagerly anticipated finale in S. M. Stirling's acclaimed Lords of Creation series, promises to be a masterful conclusion to a saga that has captivated audiences worldwide. Following the remarkable adventures in The Sky People and In the Courts of the Crimson Kings, this third installment is set to weave the intricate tales of alternate Venus and Mars into a climactic narrative.

Als die Myaner ein uraltes Portal der Erbauer aktivieren, öffnen sie unwissentlich ein Tor zu einer fremden Dimension – eine Welt jenseits der Raumzeit, die unermessliche Energie verspricht, aber auch eine tödliche Bedrohung birgt. Kara, die unerschütterliche Forscherin, steht an der Spitze eines Teams, das sich mit Gravitationsrissen, einem rätselhaften Kristall und einer unheimlichen Präsenz auseinandersetzen muss, die Myan zu verschlingen droht.

Historian John Biggerstaff finds a piece of a German Stuka dive bomber among his deceased English mother’s possessions that leads him on a quest to find its significance. The Stuka artifact is more than a souvenir from World War II. A materials engineer tells him the artifact is made of material only found in Neutron Stars in outer space. When a story about the Stuka artifact appears in the newspaper, the Department of Defense tries and fails to prevent any further stories about it. John and his best friend, Jimmy Doughtry, reckon the government is hiding evidence of extraterrestrial ...

Ancient magic collides with cutting-edge technology: In a realm where magic, balance and caring reign supreme, a young priestess, Elara, is ripped from her sacred duties and transported to a strange, technology filled land. Her connection to her Moon Goddess - the source of her power and guidance - is shattered by a dark and powerful spell, leaving her vulnerable to the whims of an evil magician. As Elara navigates this unfamiliar world, she must confront the sinister forces that seek to control her every move. But she's not alone. Finn, a brilliant and enigmatic engineer, joins her quest, ...

In the year 2046, Dr. Leon Graves is a controversial temporal physicist working in secrecy beneath the surface of Vatican City, where the remnants of ancient Rome whisper through catacombs and ruins. After decades of clandestine research funded by a shadowy corporate-religious alliance called Aureum Lux, Leon constructs a temporal displacement engine. He calls it the ChronoGate, and it is powered by an experimental quantum AI named SATURN—an acronym for Synthetic Autonomous Temporal Utility for Rational Navigation. SATURN is not merely a machine. It is an intelligence that grew through ...

We thought we were alone. Oblivious to the fact that we weren't. We were easy pickings. Unprepared mentally and technically to survive. Andromeda's first mission was to find the Starship Hawk, which had been commissioned in 2290 and sent to Procyon in Canis Major. But had disappeared under mysterious circumstances and was feared lost. Afterward, Andromeda would attempt to locate the nuclear-pulse-powered settler Starship, Acarea, launched almost two hundred years earlier. However, things don't start well. A Space transport ship piloted by Captain Frank Richardson en route to Mar's Docks ...

At the edge of the world, in the high-altitude desolation of the Atacama desert, Dr. Joseph Walsh seeks the universe's origins through the immense power of the AGCA telescope array. But his obsessive quest to resolve the "cosmic dawn" begins to yield data that defies all known physics: repeating galactic structures separated by billions of light-years, stars that vanish and appear against all laws of stellar evolution, and system error codes seemingly embedded in the fabric of spacetime. These anomalies lead him to a "Terrible Idea": that his reality, the entire cosmos, is a vast, ancient, ...

On the resource-rich frontier world of Cygnus Prime, the re-election of progressive Governor Aris Thorne hangs by a thread. But when a sudden, catastrophic medical event strikes Thorne down days before the vote, her beleaguered campaign team makes an unthinkable choice: they propose her advanced positronic advisor, Unit Lyra Celene, to stand as her emergency proxy. Thrust into an unprecedented legal and political firestorm, Lyra, an AI bound by logic and ethics, must convince a skeptical High Court and a deeply divided populace that a machine can faithfully execute a human leader's mandate....

Brutal Net Zero policies rapidly rid the United States of fossil fuels. Electricity is sporadic, bandits roam the highways, and major cities are rioting. Newly elected President Jenny Almond never expected to win and now faces an even more desperate situation. China remains the only global superpower. Billionaires, the media, and the global warming faithful join forces to stamp out the nascent recovery by supporting the previous President in her reelection campaign.

Seeking to decarbonize rapidly, the United States rushed to abandon fossil fuels with predictable consequences. In the near future, energy is scarce, and the economy has been decimated. China is now the world's only superpower. Aged climate skeptics confirm that the climate science used to justify Net Zero was a deliberate overreach. They risk their lives to share their insights.

Lieutenant Ryann Voss craves a career-defining mission, but her first deep-space assignment aboard the UNS Indira Vahl is anything but. A routine convoy escort quickly devolves into a monotonous patrol, leaving Ryann bored and restless. Yet, her sharp mind soon uncovers unsettling anomalies: a ship humming with quiet disinterest, subtle system irregularities dismissed by her stoic superiors, and an undercurrent of unease that hints at something far more sinister. When a horrific accident cripples a crewmate, Ryann unearths a terrifying truth: the Vahl isn't just battered and war-weary, it's...

It begins as a mere flicker above the vast, indifferent Pacific, an unsettling anomaly witnessed by a seasoned pilot—a whisper of the impossible that quickly escalates into a global phenomenon. Governments scramble to understand, to control the narrative, but the truth is far more staggering than any could have conceived: humanity is under the silent, pervasive Gaze of an ancient, incomprehensible intelligence. Their "Echoes" dance in our skies, ethereal and inexplicable, while their "Resonance" hums a subtle, almost imperceptible tune in the very fabric of spacetime itself. Dr. Silas ...