Science Fiction Space Survival

THEIR ARENA. HIS RULES. An action-packed space opera from Amazon All-Star author Daniel Young! When Captain Joel Richmond is shot down during humanity's war against the invading Brath, he crashes on a planet where combat isn't just a means of war - it's entertainment. Sentenced to the Necrodrome, a deadly arena where prisoners pilot starships in lethal aerial battles for the masses, Richmond faces a stark choice: kill his fellow inmates or die trying. But Richmond isn't playing by their rules. In a world where alliances mean death, he's building them. Where survival means destroying others,...

One last mission. It's a promise familiar to Captain John Duggan. Each final battle has another following it, with another after that. They come to him with the inevitability of death. His latest task seems no different to the others before it. As events progress, Duggan begins to believe - he starts to see how his life might change at the end of it and how the lives of billions in the Confederation may be saved if he succeeds. This time, his superiors plan no less than the destruction of the Helius Blackstar itself.

The year is 2072. Soon a volcanic eruption will trigger catastrophic devastation, and the only way out is up. While the world's leaders, scientists, and engineers oversee the frantic production of a space fleet meant to save humankind, their children are brought in for a weekend of touring the Lazarus|a high-tech prototype spaceship. But when the apocalypse arrives months ahead of schedule, First Daughter Leigh Chen and a handful of teens from the tour are the only ones to escape the planet.

Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza - but who knows what they'll find seven months after the invasion? Meanwhile Kady's cousin, Asha, survived the initial BeiTech assault and has joined Kerenza's ragtag underground resistance.

The vicious, evolving blues are sweeping the land like a plague, driving humanity toward extinction. Calvin Herschel might be the only one who can stop it—but first, he must face the teenage girl he orphaned a year ago. She holds the key to his mission, whether she’ll give it to him or not. Together with his old rival Nicholas and a mysterious newcomer, Neoma, Cal heads north to seek the Artifact—a hope that might save them all. But the blues are growing deadlier, and the real monsters may not be the ones lurking outside. Meanwhile, another desperate group fights for survival, hunted ...

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...

Michael Prasad knows he shouldn’t go out on the Mars surface alone. It’s dangerous. His parents have forbidden it. And the anxiety he feels almost every time he puts on a spacesuit makes it nearly impossible for him to leave the safety of the colony. But when his best friend, Lilith, suggests they sneak out one night, he can’t resist the chance to prove everyone - including himself - wrong.

Desperate to return home to Earth and claim the reward Babel promised, Emmett and the Genesis team join forces with the Imago. Babel's initial attack left their home city in ruins, but that was just part of the Imago's plan. They knew one thing Babel didn't. This world is coming to an end. Eden's two moons are on a collision course no one can prevent. After building eight secret launch stations, the Imago hoped to lure Babel down to their doomed planet as they left it behind. A perfect plan until the Genesis team's escape route was destroyed.

It is Earth year 2256 - but the fate of the few who even remember Earth is perilously in doubt. Mina Saunders-Chang and many of the surviving humans are stranded in the Centauri system, having barely survived their confrontation with the Telphon refugees. Now everyone - human and Telphon alike - is caught in the blast zone of the Centauri supernova. And yet there's only one question Mina is asking: Where are Liam and Phoebe?

It's been more than 40 years since NASA sent the first men to the moon, and to grab some much-needed funding and attention, they decide to launch an historic international lottery in which three lucky teenagers can win a week-long trip to moon base DARLAH 2 - a place that no one but top government officials even knew existed until now. The three winners, Antoine, Midori, and Mia, come from all over the world, and they have only one thing in common: They aren't especially interested in space travel.

In a future where humanity has cured death, Orpheus is a heretic. He has chosen to be a "disposable", a man living a single, finite life on a forgotten wilderness world, believing that a story without an end has no meaning. His quiet, self-reliant existence is shattered by the arrival of Kassandra, a fierce, intelligent woman who shares his disdain for the Synarchy’s comfortable lies and his passion for a life with real stakes. For the first time in years, Orpheus is no longer alone. But his sanctuary is a cage, and his soulmate is a lie. The planet is haunted by Eidolon, a rogue AI ...

The silence on Mars wasn't peace. It was an architecture of fear. In the meticulously engineered Martian colony, five hundred of humanity’s brightest minds have built a perfect, sterile world, a world terrified of the chaos that once brought Earth to its knees. Social architect Sofia Serrano sees this silence not as safety, but as a sickness. To save their fledgling society from its own soul-crushing perfection, she initiates a radical experiment: a "Structured Partnership" designed to force connection through high-stakes collaboration. Her first test case is the colony's biggest ...

Take a extraordinary journey with Emma Sinclair in "Stowaway to the Stars," a thrilling tale of courage, innovation, and the boundless possibilities of space exploration. Initially a genius yet isolated girl on Mars, Emma stows away on the Celestial Pioneer, bound for the uncharted realms of Pluto. What begins as a desperate escape transforms into an inspiring saga of Emma's evolution from a hidden passenger to a pivotal leader in establishing the first human outpost on Pluto. Through trials, triumphs, and the unwavering bonds of a newfound family, Emma and her crew face the daunting ...

They were only supposed to tour the rocket. Then the countdown started. Now they’re stranded on the Moon—fighting to survive. Zeke Stanton thought his dream job at NASA would be routine. Instead, he and a small group of new hires are suddenly trapped aboard a rocket as it launches—no warning, no explanation, and only seconds to react. Disbelief turns to panic when the ship crash-lands on the lunar surface. Oxygen is limited. Communications are dead. No one knows they’re alive…or so they believe. While searching for a way home, the crew uncovers something buried in a crater—an ...

In "Firebase Alpha," the zombie apocalypse has plunged the world into chaos, leaving seasoned veterans John Mcgammon and Ethan Bennett to defend their sanctuary against the relentless undead. Firebase Alpha stands as a last bastion of hope, fortified and prepared for the horrors that now roam the outside world. However, the true terror emerges from within the horde: Raisa, a cunning and intelligent zombie who commands the infected, turning them into a cohesive and deadly force. As Raisa’s influence grows, she becomes a formidable adversary, exploiting the weaknesses of those trying to ...

Liam and Phoebe, having barely escaped our exploding sun with their lives, are in stasis for the decade-long journey to the rogue planet Delphi, where they hope to meet up with the rest of the human refugees, find help for their injured parents, and pass along the devastating things they discovered on Mars: that someone destroyed their world intentionally, and that that someone might still be after them, trying to finish the job. Phoebe is carrying her own dark secret. One that finds her waking up secretly at various points in their journey, changing their path through space.

We are entering another ice age. In less than a year, my brother and I will freeze to death, unless we starve first. Experts have created biodomes, built tunnels, and rationed food and fuel to make the end more tolerable, for a bit. When Lon of planet Kaipra contacts me, claiming he has the key to our survival, I have to listen. He’ll help humans survive the ice age, but at the ultimate cost—I must agree to leave my brother, my friends, and the entire planet I call home to travel across the galaxy with him. Can I trust him? What are his plans with me? And do I even have a choice? ...

I thought dying in prison was my only option… …then I was given a choice. I can either board an alien spaceship with 400 fellow criminals or rot in prison on a freezing Earth. The spacecraft's captain, a handsome alien who looks remarkably human, has been visiting me in my dreams for over a year. He has given me the companionship I need during my time locked up in solitary confinement, and the way he holds me in my mind makes me forget the Earth is on the brink of extinction. But was that nothing but my imagination? The alien in question doesn’t seem to know anything about the hours ...

Liam Saunders-Chang is one of the last humans left on Mars. The son of two scientists who have been racing against time to create technology vital to humanity's survival, Liam, along with his friend Phoebe, will be on the last starliner to depart before Mars, like Earth before it, is destroyed. Or so he thinks. Because before this day is over, Liam and Phoebe will make a series of profound discoveries about the nature of time and space and find out that the human race is just one of many in our universe locked in a dangerous struggle for survival.

The world’s most destructive spacecraft is about to get hijacked.Virago is the codename for a top secret project between ACE Corp and the US Space Force. Its goal is to deploy the first fusion-powered battleship to ensure American domination of any potential conflict in space. There’s only one problem. Virago has been stolen. The world is now at the brink of war as the hijacked spacecraft forges a path of destruction across known space. The task to intercept and retake this dangerous adversary falls on corporate fixer Stilicho Jones and NASA Special Agent Darian Arante. This time the ...