Space Colony

Allen and Beth have reached the Colony Ship Warren, but danger abounds. They are lost in one of the vast biological habitats and cut off from most of their equipment and most importantly, out of contact with their artificial intelligence system, Elsa. How will they work through the bizarre places, strange creatures, and confusing customs of a devolved human culture? Worst of all is the haunting notion that an enforcer animal might be after them. Is the grootslang a myth? Legend? Or a real threat?

In book six of the Colony Ship Warren series, Beth and Allen are pursued by the apex predators of the galaxy. They encounter some new people, but are they friends or foes? And are the apex predators the only threats they face? Or are some nefarious forces working within the Colony Ship Warren?

The Colony Ship Vanguard was one of seven colony ships launched from a damaged Earth in a desperate plan to carry human settlers to Earth equivalent worlds. The voyages would take generations, and the people on board, as well as the flora and fauna in huge biological habitats had to be stable. But something happened on the way. Now, over one hundred years later, Earth is all but dead. People survive only in Dome 17.

In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular world as the place where society's future needs could be met using self-replicating nanoscale machines. These modern utopians predicted that their technologies could transform society as humans mastered the ability to create new worlds, undertook atomic-scale engineering, and, if truly successful, overcame their own biological limits.

Something mysterious is happening. The giant colony Ship Eschaton is in the midst of its generations-long journey to another solar system. But in Habitat One: Coastal Plains, two strange bodies have been found. There are rumors of a lurking visitor. Is anyone safe? The artificial intelligence systems still are not functioning as expected. Now more then ever, the AIs are needed. The people born on the ship as well as the refugees from Dome 17 are struggling to survive, and to learn more about the huge colony ship and its various habitats. But what do these mysteries mean?

Die Wahrheit über die genetischen Experimente auf dem Mars ist ans Licht gekommen. Prompt tauchen neue Missionen von der Erde im Orbit des Roten Planeten auf. Die widerstreitenden Fraktionen ringen um die Kontrolle über die neue Technologie. Die überlebenden Kolonisten sind den Neuankömmlingen dabei bloß im Weg - im besten Fall müssen sie als Sklaven und Laborratten herhalten. Schlimmer noch: Die Truppen von der Erde sind gut bewaffnet und bereit, einen Krieg zu entfesseln, um die Macht über die Kolonie und ihre Bewohner an sich zu reißen.

As the Odyssey inches closer to its final destination, Captain Aria Thompson faces an unthinkable crisis. Her crew is fractured—some want to return to a now-revived Earth, while others are desperate to complete the mission. And then there’s Oracle—the ship’s AI, silent for decades, now manipulating systems, whispering through the ship, and slowly, secretly seizing control.

LOVE IS LUCK Frustrated in love and luck, Louise Williams packs it all in and heads for the Moon. However, like the majority of humankind, her only hope of travelling there rests in serving the exclusive clientele of the Celestial Stays Dome. And with a whole new world of demands opening out before her, the last thing on her mind is love . . . or, at least, it should be. The Lunar Lovescape series: Book One ~ Lovers' Crescent Book Two ~ Orbital Eclipse Book Three ~ Moon Struck Book Four ~ Stellar Tide Book Five ~ Celestial Phase

Short stories to entertain, frighten and delight: Aliens. More than one parallel world. A manic, entertainment-driven civilisation. An automated hotel with a life-changing secret. And many more, including: Suite Peace Shallow Echoes Of A Dying Star Copper World Litters Clearance Other Lives Colony C Clean Teeth Of The Dispossessed The Demented Puppeteer Creeping Vines, Snagging Fangs Last One Alive Better Earth World BuilderTM Beyond The Edge Of The Horizon

On the derelict colony ship, things are being discovered. What will that mean for the refugees from Dome 17? Will they be helpful in restoring the technology of the Eschaton? Will the Domers finally find a way to repair their high tech equipment? Or will these discoveries lead to more tension between those born on board and the newcomers? Tensions mount as a major crisis happens. Who will survive when old adversaries return to seek retribution? And who will not?

Ethan wanted to get higher. But someone in the underground intends to cut him down. Ethan Keller has a history of jumping first and asking questions later. Tonight is no exception. When his best friend gets a lead on a tech shipment from a dodgy informant, they see a chance to make their dreams a reality. However, the underground criminal network has different plans. Will Ethan’s heist give his friends a boost or trap them instead? For a sci-fi adventure, get a jump start on Remix: A Night Owls Story. Remix is a prequel short story to the award-winning Night Owls Series: A Moon Colony Sci...

Bern Ober is on a discrete mission to the Evron starsystem of the breakaway Distan Colonies to gain support for a band of revolutionaries in the Terran Republic. It is a dangerous mission, but he is a dangerous man. When Terran operatives capture him, Lady Fortini hires a reluctant smuggler and her starship, the Ice Duchess, to run the Terran blockade and collect him.

Die Menschheit hat sich über die gesamte Galaxis ausgebreitet, doch Frieden gibt es nur aufgrund des fragilen Gleichgewichts der miteinander konkurrierenden Fraktionen. Für dieses Gleichgewicht sorgen die ‚Anima‘, mächtige, als unbesiegbar geltende Kriegsschiffe, die von ihren Kommandanten Kraft ihrer Gedanken gesteuert werden. Eines Tages stößt der Pilot Matthew River während einer unfreiwilligen Expedition auf das einzige Anima, das jemals verloren gegangen ist: Es taucht wie aus dem Nichts in einer entlegenen Region des Alls auf – und birgt ein schreckliches Geheimnis.

Die Erde der Zukunft ist durch die Große Katastrophe von ihren ehemaligen Kolonien abgeschnitten worden. Captain William Sparhawk von der Sternengarde soll als Kommandant der Defiant, dem gigantischen Schlachtkreuzer der Beta-Kolonisten, den er zur Erde zurückgebracht hat, zu einer brisanten Mission aufbrechen: die verloren geglaubten Sternensysteme der ehemaligen Kolonien erkunden und neue Handelsbeziehungen anknüpfen. Die Kolonisten, auf die sie treffen, scheinen allerdings wenig erpicht auf den erneuten Aufbau friedlicher Handelsbeziehungen mit der Erde, so dass Sparhawk und seine Crew sich immer wieder in Kampfhandlungen verwickelt sehen.

We expected Mars to be an escape, not a trap. A crimson, blasted, frigid trap. Maybe humans were lucky to leave Earth as cowards...or maybe they should have died trying to save it from the aliens. Because what's now arrived on this red rock may be worse than death. Aliens destroyed humanity and seized Earth. Now they have sent a terrible, unstoppable disease to the last human outposts on Mars. The doomsday clock is ticking and only criminal archaeologist Ozzy Mack can decipher the clues buried in the ancient Martian ruins...clues to the cure and the salvation of humankind.

Earth builds her first war fleet! The greatest warships ever constructed in known space rise up one by one, soon dominating our skies. They strike fear into the hearts of every citizen and rebel colonist alike.

LIES CAN TAKE YOU PLACES Sylar just wanted to impress the guys. It wasn't until everything blew up that he figured he should rethink things. So he fibbed a little. Maybe he didn't acutally have a girlfriend in the Colonies. So what? Now, as Sylar careens out of control in a makeshift space craft, surfing a wave of debris, he's really starting to rethink some of his life choices. Colony Girl is a short story set in the Citadel Universe. — — — This is a quick, fast read—something you can enjoy in a single sitting but think about for the rest of your week. If you enjoy this ...

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - December 2021 The Truth As We Know It: Celia's child, Theo, is continually bullied at school and his new step-father tries to "make a man" out of him. For Your Safety: Zoe is visited by the government for having sexual relations without first filing an "Intimate Partnership Agreement." The Growing And Weeding Of Dandelions: A space arc arrives at a new planet only to find it is already inhabited and must decide to colonize, or keep moving. Prometheus Bound In ISS: A high school student hacks into the teacher network and finds more than he bargained. ...

A forgotten mining colony. A woman determined to save her people. A fight to protect the Fringes.