Future Space Fantasy

It’s not easy being 16, especially when everyone expects great things from Tilly. It’s even harder when her mother and father are Federation luminaries, not to mention pressing her to attend one of the best schools that the Federation has to offer. Tilly wants to achieve great things - even though she hasn’t quite worked out how to do that or what it is she wants to do. But this year, everything will change for Tilly, as she about to embark upon the adventure of a lifetime - an adventure that will take her ever closer to the stars....

Full of friendship and revenge, each story and setting is more strange and wonderful than the last, brimming with new technologies and beings. And yet, in these futuristic lands, the people must still confront deeply human emotions and dilemmas. Veronica Roth reaches into the unknown and immerses listeners into six short stories that feel startlingly familiar and profoundly beautiful. With two new stories from the Carve the Mark universe, this collection has something for everyone.

Alan is a citizen of Earth, with a corporate job, a girlfriend, and an expensive apartment located in one of the tall glass towers of New York, Manhattan. When he breaks into a big corporation's servers and steals 1,250,000 Galactic Credits, he's judged and confined to live in a penal colony, 4,300 light-years away from Earth, for the rest of his life. It was the year 4210, and the Colony was a tiny part of the capital of Kalara IV, Alandra. At first, the Colony is a strange thing to Alan, but he starts going to a local board game club where he makes new friends to fill up his time.

The final epic battle for the galaxy has begun. With Dee lost and FTL disabled, only Hira, Eleni, and the sentient AI, Izzy, stand between Earth and Anum’s demon hordes. But cut off from the Galactic Protectorate, they are on their own. As the team scrambles for a solution, Anum takes the only Blink-capable ship across the galaxy to find an ancient weapon that will secure victory over humanity. Yet doubt plagues the Emperor. To save his people he must sacrifice millions, but is any life worth such loss? Erish, Anum’s second-in-command, still has faith in her Emperor and his grand vision...

Best friends have become enemies. Lovers have become strangers. And deciding whose side you're on is a matter of life and death. For Eve and Lemon, discovering the truth about themselves - and each other - was too much for their friendship to take. As a new world war looms, they must navigate strained loyalties, unlikely alliances, and betrayals. Heartbreaking choices will reveal the true heroes...and they may not be who you think they are.

Henrik Harlacker, an unassuming Earthling, discovers a startling truth—he's the rightful heir to the fabled Andromeda galaxy. But this coveted throne has fallen into the clutches of a malevolent usurper, determined to maintain his iron grip on power. Venture into boundless space as Henrik rallies diverse allies against unimaginable odds. Struggling with self-doubt and inexperience, he embarks on a profound journey of self-discovery, embracing his cosmic legacy to become the leader the galaxy needs.

By the time Jo is finished with her, the Vampire Queen is going to wish she was never reborn! Hot on the heels of the Vampire she holds responsible for the disappearance of her mom, Jo McReynolds will stop at nothing to find the Vampire Queen and make her pay. Her mission might be to bring her in alive for questioning, but Jo has other ideas. In order to find Holland, Jo's going to have to enlist the help of some formerly unfriendly foes. Can she harnass the power of the Unsouled Vampires, as well as a Guardian turncoat to help unlock the secret of where the Vampire Queen is hiding? And ...

Van Childs’ accidental discovery of an alien cache of advanced technologies thrusts him into the role of reluctant hero. Learning of an extra-terrestrial race, the Host, who visited Earth some 200 years before, Van is forewarned of an impending invasion by the Arkon, an expansionist race. Van’s quest to prepare Earth meets with opposition by a powerful human adversary with conflicting goals.

2386. Der Abenteurer und Ex-Weltraumpirat Garlyn ist der Letzte der Crondar, einer uralten, außerirdischen Spezies. Von ihnen hat er die Schattenhelix geerbt, den Schlüssel zum Schattenraum, einem düsteren Paralleluniversum. Doch so mächtig das Artefakt auch ist, Garlyn weiß nicht, wie er es benutzen kann. In seinem Bemühen, die Schattenhelix zu meistern, macht sich Garlyn auf den Weg quer durch die Galaxis. Sein Ziel ist der geheimnisvolle Planet Viridis, auf dem er hofft, Antworten zu finden. Es wird eine Reise voller Gefahren, auf der er alten und neuen Feinden begegnet. Denn auch andere wissen von der Schattenhelix - und sie werden alles tun, um sie in ihre Hände zu bekommen.

Welcome to future-shock. Hold on tight and buckle yourselves in, because the future is on a relentless onslaught, for better or worse. This is a collection of the short speculative fiction of Gabriel Walker Land. Most stories are flash fiction, meaning less than 1000 words. Each contains a story of mystery, action, romance, and suspense.

Lieutenant Dee Terganon will wipe out the last bastions of demons on Laconia even if it kills her--and it might. The strange, dark power that's replaced her Hunter Fire comes with new patches of yellow, scaly skin and black nails ripping through the quick… just like the beasts she hunts. On the other side of the galaxy, the planet Shiva lays cracked open like an egg, ripe for mining. Ceriat and Eleni, searching for a new home far from the turmoil, make the last faster-than-light jump across the galaxy. But instead of arriving at Earth as planned, they drop out of FTL to find Laconia in ...

Говорят, будущее туманно, но только не для меня. Я перепрыгнула из двадцать первого века сразу в тридцатый и точно могу сказать – ничего хорошего нас там не ждёт. Я попала в преступный синдикат, но искренне надеялась, что после оговоренного срока смогу начать новую, честную жизнь. Однако на последнем задании меня угораздило нарваться на главу миротворцев. Кто он, этот инопланетянин с безумно красивым лицом и телом? Враг или друг, которым хочет казаться? Я обязательно разберусь и больше ни в какие авантюры не вляпаюсь.

Подобрать находку – легко. Избавиться от последствий – сложно. Мне, к примеру, придется оказаться в будущем, стать опекуном принцессы и обмануть бдительность ее главного телохранителя. И как было бы проще справиться с этой задачей, если бы этот телохранитель не был таким привлекательным!

Future Tense, the sequel to Time Will Tell, picks up the story 20 years later in 2022. The blue-collar world of Vito, the youngest son of Clem Rizzoli, is turned upside down when he learns of his father's top-secret, heroic past. The revelations lead him to meet and team up with Victoria, a CIA operative with a pair of extraordinarily gifted teenage twins. Vito impulsively adopts siblings with terminal cancer. These children are granted special powers, too, by the Defender when he returns to Earth to correct his mistake of years earlier. Together, they all fight a corrupted Russia....

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.

Decades after the devastating Catastrophe, Earth has become a radioactive wasteland sparsely populated by bands of genetically modified humans struggling to survive on limited resources. An expedition of 10 explorers from the Aurora planet returns to this desolate landscape to investigate the mysterious causes of its destruction. But when an unexpected guest breaks into their base, the team needs to wield all of its brain power not only to make sense of the helpless planet but also to stay together as a community.

Sie können ihn nicht kontrollieren, also versuchen sie mit allen Mitteln, ihn zu töten. Daniel Hunt ist der tödlichste Söldner der Galaxis–wenn er sich nur daran erinnern könnte! Fünf Jahre nachdem er ohne Erinnerungen aufwachte, befindet sich seine Gegenwart auf Kollisionskurs mit seiner Vergangenheit und der Zukunft der gesamten Galaxie. Der Ort, an den er gehen muss, ist die Erde. Doch die Erde ist tot. Die Menschheit ist auf Mond und Mars geflüchtet, um nicht mit ihrer Heimat unterzugehen. Auf dem, was von ihr übrig geblieben ist, kämpfen wilde Banden um die Vorherrschaft.

Krieg bahnt sich am Horizont an. Er hat kein Interesse daran, die erste Koalition von Unternehmen zu führen, die die Galaxie je gekannt hat. Genau aus diesem Grund ist Daniel Hunt perfekt für diese Aufgabe geeignet. Angesichts der größten Bedrohung der Menschheit werden die alten Feinde Rettung finden, und neue Verbündete werden dem Ruf folgen. Noch mehr Geheimnisse werden gelüftet, als Daniel endlich Antworten auf das Schicksal der Frau findet, die er liebt. Wird es das sein, was ihn schließlich zerstört?

Daniel Hunt ist noch immer auf der Suche nach Antworten, die Licht in seine Vergangenheit bringen. Dabei stößt er auf den Orden–eine alte Geheimorganisation, die vermutlich für den Untergang der Erde verantwortlich ist. Seine Mission führt ihn in die Badlands des Mars, wo eine ehemalige Kampfgefährtin eine neue Heimat gefunden hat. Leider ist in der kleinen Stadt nicht alles so ist, wie es scheint ...

In einem Universum der Narben entscheidet sich Garlyns Schicksal... "Auf der Suche nach Heilung für die sterbende Welt Skaya geraten Garlyn und seine Freunde in eine völlig unbekannte Region des Schattenraums, aus der es kein Entkommen gibt: den Narbenraum. Sie sind nicht allein: Hunderte Wesen aus anderen Zeiten und Universen sind mit ihnen hier gestrandet und kämpfen um ihr Überleben. Denn in der Finsternis gibt es eine fremde Lebensform, die Jagd auf die Gestrandeten macht und sie einen nach dem anderen vernichtet."