Adult Space Opera

IGIST follows the challenges and triumphs of Emi, a 14 year-old Earthling girl that dreams of getting into the renowned Intergalactic Institute of Science and Technology, or IGIST. The odds are stacked against her however. As humanity has spread across the galaxy they have grown to look down on the Bygones left on the brain-drained backwater of planet Earth and have no interest in stopping the Plague that ravages the people left there.

How can the destruction of a world be part of God's plan? Twelve-year-old Eleena is forced to flee during the last evacuation before the Hatana's fleet arrives, leaving her parents behind. Eighteen-year-old Amiran is the Hatana's heir, but he's vowed to stop his father's brutal march across the galaxy. Shortly after putting Eleena on the ship captained by his best friend, Amiran is captured by his father's scouts. Separated by space and years, the refugee and the prince must both come to a new understanding of what it means to be in Atua's hands.

Twelve years after his mother's disappearance, Zahn makes his annual hike up to Zikhara Peak to sleep above the clouds - only to be awoken by a monstrous roar. He watches as an extraordinary object thunders down from the sky and impacts onto the silvery beach below, changing the course of his young life forever.

Everything is riding on the races. As planned, I have entered the races to get back the map to Sanshli. Everything is riding on this and I cannot lose. Torn between my brother, Nygard, and Jack, I didn’t know who to trust. The more I thought about it, the more I wondered if Nygard had it right - maybe we were more powerful and deserved to rule. Only time would tell, and the winner of the races would be able to find Sanshli and end this once and for all.

Richard Drumm might still look like a normal 15-year-old kid from Ohio, but over the last few months, he’s become much, much more. The heir apparent of a galaxy-spanning kingdom, he’s survived assassination attacks, been evolved by the energies of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, and been given powers far beyond the abilities of other humans.

Roslyn Walsh tends bar in the tranquil town of Trinity Bay, Canada. Her dreams to become a cartoonist are overshadowed by clouds of loneliness and grief due to the loss of her mother. She is reaching a breaking point. Then the unthinkable happens - Julia Rockford, Roslyn's closest friend, disappears. Despite a frantic search, neither the police nor Roslyn find a single clue. Just as despair threatens to consume her, an inexplicable force whisked Roslyn away. Roslyn wakes up in a completely different reality, with no recollection of her past. She's a thriving cartoonist who also works as a ...

Hwa Young and her pilot comrades have betrayed the Empire to save it from its own destruction—but what comes next? It’s been just two months since the lancer squad stopped imperial forces from deploying a devastating singularity bomb and taken shelter with the rebel clanners, who have kept them busy with raids against their ex-leaders. Their mission have helped numb the shock of recent battles… for now.

Life aboard an orbital can be tough for a young man growing up. Making things harder on himself, Levi is determined to follow in his mother's footsteps. From a young age, he takes to studying energy sources the future is unfolding. With the help of a friend, he propels himself and the Jec system into the galactic spotlight. Not all attention is good, and suddenly, Levi faces new challenges he never expected.

In una galassia percorsa da una forza vitale chiamata "corrente", ogni uomo possiede un dono, un potere unico e particolare, in grado di influenzarne il futuro. CYRA è la sorella del brutale tiranno che regna sul popolo shotet. Il suo dono, che le conferisce potere provocandole allo stesso tempo dolore, viene utilizzato dal fratello per torturare i nemici. Ma Cyra non è soltanto un'arma nelle mani del tiranno. Lei è molto più di questo. Molto più di quanto lui possa immaginare.

There is darkness sweeping across the stars. Most know Androma Racella as the Bloody Baroness: a powerful mercenary whose reign of terror stretches across the Mirabel Galaxy. To those aboard her fearsome glass starship, the Marauder, she's just Andi, their captain and protector. When a routine mission goes awry, the all-girl crew's resilience is tested as they find themselves in a most unfamiliar place: at the mercy of a powerful bounty hunter connected to Andi's past and a harrowing betrayal.

The people of Stephen's Point have put years into rebuilding the Chimera, their last hope for a return to Earth. As preparations continue, the ancient ship sleeps, bound by her strict protocols. Theo Puck finds himself drawn to the mysterious girl from the rim, Selena Samuelson, convinced that she holds the secret to waking the Chimera. Marcus, too, wants the Chimera woken. But his leadership has nothing to do with saving Stephen's Point - his hatred for Selena nearly equals his desire to control Theo.

Pretending is all too easy for oddsbreaker Deja Ortega. As the daughter of a carnie troupe performer and a professional chef who traveled from planet to planet, Deja draws on a lifetime of skills to help her survive even the highest pressure situations. Whether it's sneaking into a fashion event, surviving a terrorist attack on the streets, or competing in a galactic food competition, she's ready for it all. But Deja isn't an oddsbreaker for the thrill. She wants nothing more than to save her papá from debtors' prison. This time, she'll have to sell the performance of a lifetime.

All the normal sounds usually reaching the lower decks of the USS Goodall during routine subspace flight have just been cut off. As if someone at the controls suddenly wants the crew isolated. No loudly arguing male voices, no deliberately mishandled supplies tumbling down the corridor, no nothing. Has the impossible happened? Is this the Goodall mutiny everyone expected? Or is it something even worse?

It’s just another day on the Scrap: lose the last of your credits at the WarDome, dodge the gangs and religious fanatics, discover you can destroy electronics with your mind, stumble upon the deadliest robot ever built. When Eve finds the ruins of an android boy named Ezekiel in the scrap pile she calls home, her entire world comes crashing down. With her best friend and her robotic sidekick in tow, she and Ezekiel will trek across deserts of irradiated glass, battle cyborg assassins and scour abandoned megacities to save the ones she loves and learn the dark secrets of her past.

Jump to the stars! Join the Solar Fleet! The Solar Fleet faces just two problems: one, the alien blockade that prevents any ship from leaving the solar system, and two, the United Monarchy of Europe, which is tying up most of the Solar Fleet's resources, thus preventing them from attacking the blockade.

Almek Manning is 18 and wishes to join the Solar Fleet as a midshipman and train at the Academy. However, Almek has a few problems of his own to overcome before he can go to the Academy, the first of which is to escape from a United Monarchy of Europe detention facility.

Soon to be a motion picture... It's the near future hell of global warming and the world is burning up. Nicole Sky can't take it anymore. The water rationing, the stifling heat, her frazzled parents arguing in the other room . . . . It's all too much for her, and she runs outside to escape her misery. It's no better outside. Smoke from uncontrollable fires billows in the air. Sirens wail in the distance. Lawns are dead from lack of water. Nicole finds a tree to take shelter from the blazing sun when a strange, nearly featherless bird scratches on the ground nearby, revealing a gold pocket ...

Creían estar a salvo. Soñaban con poder volver. Habían olvidado los defectos, pero también las virtudes, de la otra mitad del grupo. El reencuentro tumba todos los supuestos que los doce jóvenes traen de sus aventuras previas y los lleva, junto con el robot de la Calypso, a unir fuerzas ante un último desafío. Solo uno de ellos, sin embargo, podrá superarlo. Rompiendo las normas de la narrativa juvenil actual, Cénit cierra la saga Doce Soles con una valiente reflexión sobre el fracaso, la responsabilidad, el amor y la convivencia entre humanos y máquinas.

Billions of people, reduced to atoms. Everything within five miles of every major city on Earth crumbled to dust. Ninety-nine percent of humanity gone in an instant. The Neandraton have traveled light-years from their home planet of Eden to harvest the resources of Earth. Humanity is merely a pest that needs to be eradicated. Cameron is struggling to maintain her status as Warlord of a group of surviving humans. With every viable food source stolen by the Neandraton, she must make deadly choices to stay in power and keep her people from starving.

Seventeen-year-old Chan's ancestors left a dying Earth hundreds of years ago, in search of a new home. Generations later they are still searching. Every day aboard the Australia is a kind of hell where no one is safe, no one can hide. Indeed, the only life Chan's ever known is one of endless violence. A life of survival. Fiercely independent and entirely self-sufficient, she has learned to keep her head down as much as possible, careful not to draw attention to herself amid the mayhem.

When the old woman who raised him in a remote village is murdered, Kriss Lemarc finds himself alone on a planet where he’ll always be an outsider. His only link to his long-dead, unknown parents is the touchlyre they bequeathed him, a strange instrument that not only plays music but pours his innermost feelings into the minds of his listeners.