Space Fantasy Adult

Engagement season is in the air. Eighteen-year-old Princess Leonie "Leo" Kolburg, heir to a faded European spaceship, has only one thing on her mind: which lucky bachelor can save her family from financial ruin? But when Leo’s childhood friend and first love, Elliot, returns as the captain of a successful whiskey ship, everything changes. Elliot was the one who got away, the boy Leo’s family deemed to be unsuitable for marriage. Now he’s the biggest catch of the season, and he seems determined to make Leo’s life miserable.

General Maada leads his fleet to the White Republic universe, where the Xenoakakies rule with an iron fist. There, he’s surprised to meet a few old friends as well as some new foes, including the Death Angel, the legendary enemy pilot who’s killed the general’s doppelganger. While Maada has been through his fair share of hopeless battles, this particular conflict is on another level altogether, even for him. The insects’ hold on this universe seems unshakable, and their fleet dwarfs the general’s in both numbers and power by no small margin.

Starwing engineer Skye is used to taking on dangerous engineering missions that others turn away, but when she's assigned a rescue mission on a remote research colony following an alien attack, her engineering abilities are put to the ultimate test. As the only Starwing presence in the sector, it's up to Skye to use her engineering abilities to face the unknown alien threat and solve the mysteries at Fori Research Facility.

With a diverse selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and guest editor Rebecca Roanhorse, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 explores the ever-expanding and changing world of contemporary science fiction and fantasy.

Three months after discovering her supernatural heritage and thwarting her uncle's dark ritual, eighteen-year-old Briar Worthington receives an urgent summons that will test her newfound abilities like never before. Dr. James Burton of Ravenscroft Hall writes with alarming news: the boundaries between worlds are deteriorating at an unprecedented rate, and he believes Briar's unique dual heritage may be the key to preventing catastrophic collapse. Accompanied by her loyal companions Catherine Winters and Mrs. Winters, Briar embarks on a treacherous journey across boundary-fractured moorlands...

When a lonely human woman is abducted to become a surrogate mother for the alien race she meets a doctor who will change her life as well as the shape of her body A chance encounter between an invisible alien doctor and an abducted beautiful human woman turns into a tantalizing promiscuous and scandalously uncensored and thrilling sleazy sexual affair that drives the lonely woman to try out new sexual experiences with the handsome husky alien doctor, after she finds out he is endowed with two rather large beautiful dicks that are slightly larger then her sugar daddy's. And she loves the ...

When a lonely human woman is abducted to become a surrogate mother for the alien race she meets a doctor who will change her life as well as the shape of her body A chance encounter between an invisible alien doctor and an abducted beautiful human woman turns into a tantalizing promiscuous and scandalously uncensored and thrilling sleazy sexual affair that drives the lonely woman to try out new sexual experiences with the handsome husky alien doctor, after she finds out he is endowed with two rather large beautiful dicks that are slightly larger then her sugar daddy's. And she loves the ...

Science fiction is a portal that opens doors onto futures too rich and strange to imagine. Fantasy takes us through doorways of magic and wonder. For more than a decade award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has sifted through tens of thousands of stories to select the best, the most interesting, the most engaging science fiction and fantasy to thrill and delight readers.

As Corporal Goshawk is adjusting to his new normal, Fate throws him a curve ball. The Marines are stuck on the alien planet as they search for missing Marines and clues to the goals of the SEALS. While they push to not leave any Marines behind, new challenges are presented as more Marines bonded with Leneshal are identified and join Goshawk’s team. To accommodate, Corporal Goshawk is promoted, but many members of his team don’t agree with his promotion or leadership. With the help of his core team, Goshawk has to learn to deal with hardened warfighters while unravelling the mysteries of...

It’s been three months since the Patriarche was beheaded, leaving behind no known heir. Now, the planet of Laterre is unrecognizable. General Bonnefaçon has cleaned up the streets, fed the hungry, and restored peace while the next leader is decided upon. From the outside, Laterre seems to be flourishing. But dangerous rifts threaten to shatter the planet from within.

Alien Angel Major Malfunction Guardian Angel has accepted a mission to find a missing ship with five Fremi on board. They journey across the galaxy in search of the missing crew. Hermes becomes trapped in a nebula which damages the light drive. Guardian Angel is marooned on a planet with no way out. Guardian Angel saves the Fremi and escapes the nebula only to find they have been gone two and a half years. When he returns to earth, Guardian Angel finds the galaxy has been invaded by the Mo-noc. His next mission is to save the planet from the galactic tyranny of the Mo-noc lizards.

After so many successful missions of Major and Bon-too on Earth and by alien hostiles. These fights brought them the highest civilian honors by the US government. They have taken charge to stand against the evil progressions until the day they land on a very different but adventurous task. The CIA has given them a mission in Afghanistan which had an unpleasant ending. Major had difficulties dealing with the killing of terrorist and did some soul searching. Bon-too urged Major not to retire and encouraged him to get back in the game. Bon-too knows that Major is a hero inside and cannot sit ...

Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature. Found as a child drifting through space with a sentient android called D09, Ana was saved by a fearsome space captain and the grizzled crew she now calls family. But D09 - one of the last remaining illegal Metals - has been glitching, and Ana will stop at nothing to find a way to fix him.

Year 2522. Oh. My. Stars. Junior Officer Ara Lawrence here, reporting for duty. Again. It's situation critical for the security team and everyone in the base - including my parents - with a new attack from the looters imminent, a possible galaxy-wide crime conspiracy and an unstoppable alien threat. But this all pales in the face of my mind-blowing discovery about the Q-net. Of course, no one believes me.

Dane finds himself caught up in the midst of this ultimate quest to unlock the secrets of universal continuation. Enter a rich world and encounter what you least expect on this epic adventure.

Thanks to Jim and his allies' efforts, there's finally peace in the galaxy...but all good things must come to an end. The Black Fleet, hellbent on revenge, will indiscriminately ravage every planet on their way to Earth. This is the very definition of an extinction-level event, and nobody seems to able to stop the enemy ships in their tracks. To make matters worse, the Akakies are willing to sacrifice Earth to save their own species.

After escaping with the information they needed, Kyle and his team must plan their next move. While working hard to discover many things about himself, his shipmates, and his denti body, Kyle finds not one...but three stowaways. An exotic female Kiain who helps him unlock his Kenosi potential, and a deadly Sitha mother protecting her young son. He doesn’t throw them out of the airlock, but pirate and monster infested space isn’t exactly the safest place to be raising a child.

Today’s fans of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to hear about spaceships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. With a diverse selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and Diana Gabaldon, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 explores the ever-expanding and changing world of SFF today.

She felt like her future had gotten out of control. It was far too soon for her to captain a ship and yet that was exactly what she was about to be doing. This wouldn't be an easy mission either because they were going to the edge of their known galaxy. Razar wanted her to find out what was happening in the Narubu system. There was activity and Razar feared it would soon affect them.

Rule one on the Intergalactic Dragon’s Highway: never tell anyone your name. Rule two: if anyone learns your name—run. This has been thirteen-year-old Judah Starweaver’s rule for as long as he can remember. When a group of Luminary guards question his identity, he’s forced to escape, leaving his mom—the last of his family—behind. After the guards shoot down his magically flying RV, he hides in the wreckage where he discovers a mysterious map. One problem: Judah’s mom hid it for good reason. The map could lead to treasure, to the truth about his past, or something else entirely...