Space Travel Fiction

After surviving a harrowing accident that stranded them on an unknown planet, three astronauts, with the unexpected help of benevolent aliens, finally make their way back to Earth. However, their return is far from the joyful homecoming they had imagined. Instead of the familiar world they left behind, they arrive in the future—a time when everything they once knew and cherished has been turned upside down. What greets them is a world consumed by separation, division, and hatred. The values that once held nations and communities together seem to have crumbled into dust. The astronauts are...

Thomas Baldwin transfers to Ridele, the capital of Nolix, and the center of the Concord political arena. He must navigate the new role, while his former crew sets off on an important mission without him. Captain Treena Starling deals with her new reality, while finding herself on a journey to the fabled planet Earth. Are humans really descendants from the mysterious world?

A space adventure with intrigue, romance, royalty, and pirates who want to be royalty. The Princess of the Zenith Empire and her handmaid are captured by the Aeon Dynasty, a pirate organization looking for any way to legitimize their claims. Forced into an arranged engagement with the ruffian Prince Dax, Shandra and Jayna fight to escape while learning about the galaxy, about love and loyalty, and what it means to be a royal in a vast galactic empire.

A prodigy. A prison ship. A destiny rewritten among the stars. Jason King was once Earth’s brightest young mind, until he defied the United Earth Government and paid the price. Sentenced to life aboard the Equinox, a decommissioned mining ship turned orbiting prison, Jason awakens paralyzed inside his cryogenic pod. Alone. Forgotten, but aware. But Jason is no ordinary prisoner. Armed with a brilliant mind and mysterious new abilities, he escapes confinement and discovers the Equinox still holds power, and purpose. Assembling a crew from its frozen inmates, Jason dares to attempt the ...

A watch commander at the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Operational Center finds himself at the heart of a first contact situation with an alien species and desperately working to prevent a war between humans and the aliens over the same benign assumption about one another.

Imagine going to sleep and waking up 3,000 years later on another planet. That’s what happens to Adam O’Shea, a brilliant late 21st century scientist and inventor. All he wants to do is go off to Mars for some peace and quiet until humanity works out its issues. Instead, he ends up struggling for his very existence in the ruins of a failed Martian colony where he confronts the limits of technology and his own vision. Along the way he meets Clara Xhang, another castaway in space and time, and together they plot their escape from the death trap that is the Red Planet.

Volume 5 of the Half-a-Rat Short Story Science Fiction series. Earth has been abandoned by humans for over 4600 years until a single astronaut crash lands near The City populated by genetically engineered animals. They have survived on a post apocalyptic earth with the aid of an enigmatic AI. Dark Days Ahead follows Half-a-Rat and a team from The City to retrieve another group of humans and attempt to stop an ancient threat from destroying all remaining life on earth.

Jon Hunter has made it home. But a lot of things have happened to him over the last year. Some of them made no sense at all to those with him, but they accepted the really weird as if it was part of him. Jon himself didn't understand a lot of it, but accepted he wasn't allowed to know yet. But what really happened, and why? For 600 odd years, Hunter's have traveled space. Where did it all start? What were the events which shaped the galaxy Jon Hunter finds himself in? And what of the previous Jon Hunter's, mentioned in prophecy?

After the cradle was lost, humankind expanded across the Orion Arm of the Milky Way. Centuries of conflict followed, but peace returned under the rule of the Commonwealth. Now, the enormous world settling starships of the past have been recommissioned, and the Astraeus has set sail to find new worlds at the centre of the galaxy. Not long into the journey, Lizabeth Denning witnesses a horrific murder and sees the wrong man framed. And to make matters worse, the ship begins to experience violent tremors. In a race against time, the passengers must find the killer and repair the ship before ...

The Xortaags are back, and they’ve conquered the Akakie homeworld. If they have enough time to reverse-engineer all the advanced technology they can find on Kanoor, they’ll be undefeatable, and they won’t stop until they’ll have colonized the rest of the galaxy, starting with Earth. To make matters worse, an even more sinister threat is looming in the darkness. Unknown to our heroes, a time-travelling alien fleet is on its way to our neck of the galactic woods.

Dr. Xandria Trebelin, graduating her studies as the galaxy's most skilled physician for both humans and aliens, can't find work despite her impeccable credentials. Dubbed "Dr. Trouble," Xandria's reputation for attracting bizarre medical cases leaves her shunned by colleagues. Desperate, she applies for a position on a distant, remote planet, hoping to escape her undeserved reputation. However, her journey takes an unexpected turn when she literally collides with an unknown-to-her species. This encounter leaves her with a debilitating condition that prevents her from physically touching ...

Are you ready for a thrilling journey through the depths of space? Then look no further than "Shackled in Space" by Alexander Hawthorne. In this pulse-pounding science fiction adventure, you'll be transported to a distant galaxy where a group of prisoners have been exiled to an inhospitable planet. With no hope of escape and a hostile environment to contend with, they must band together if they have any chance of survival. But as tensions rise and alliances are tested, the prisoners quickly realize that the greatest threat to their survival may come from within. Will they be able to ...

"The Others" is a side story of the gripping sci-fi series, "The Alien Artifact." Andrew's grandson, who was named after him, was tasked with finding out what happened to the eight members of his crew who decided to return to their timeline in the future. In his quest to uncover what had happened to his grandfather’s crew, Andrew encountered unimaginable obstacles. Yet, he held on to hope, driven by an unwavering belief that this search was something he had to complete. After reading his grandfather's diary, he realized that the mission was not only vital for honoring his grandfather’s ...

The Watcher is the 3rd part of The Keeper Trilogy The Grand Master 3, or GM3 as he is known, makes his escape from Earth. He has with him, The Keeper. He is unsure of exactly what powers The Keeper might have, so he secures him safely in one of the travel pods, for the journey back across space. Once on the journey, he decides to dispose of Algreb and the others who accompanied him on the journey to Earth. When that is done, he changes course and makes for his own secret escape bolt hole. Back on Earth, Ricardo has been injured and is taken to hospital, where he is kept under guard. He ...

In 1890s Cardiff, reporter James MacFarlane is intrigued by rumours of ‘anaesthesia frolics’, at which gatherings the latest frontier in pain relief is demonstrated to influential guests. After he speaks to someone who attended several such ‘frolics’—and left with a hand and two fingers missing—James realises that the events have a dark side. Contriving an invitation, he is astounded to find another guest also investigating—it’s his old friend the Doctor! Reunited in mystery, the Doctor and James enter the murky underbelly of polite Cardiff society.

The distant future. Earth’s Alliance forces have emerged victorious from a brutal nine-year war with the mysterious Kastazi - a vicious, highly advanced alien race. In the dawn of a new peace, the Alliance Devastation Class starship California embarks on a mission of science and learning with a skeleton crew of seasoned officers, civilian students, and inexperienced military cadets in tow. For JD Marshall and Viv Nixon, gifted cadets and best friends, the mission holds special meaning: It offers an opportunity to prove themselves.

A mysterious planet. A deadly expedition. And a powerful technology that could shape the future of the galaxy... When the Empire serves Key with an ultimatum, he’s forced into a dangerous expedition to explore an uncharted planet. But his superiors are hiding no shortage of secrets... and even if Key manages to escape the dangers on the surface of this unforgiving world, he’ll be faced with a shocking discovery with consequences that could ripple through the whole galaxy. Books included: The Redress Job: Losing this trial will cost him everything. But winning could mean sacrificing his ...

Commander John Craig is a new kind of science-fiction hero: worldly, daring, incredibly ingenious. Beyond The Black Enigma presents him with one of his most devilish challenges: to pierce and destroy an insidiously growing menace to the future of Earth itself. Even the most jaded science-fiction reader will thrill to Commander Craig's dangerous exploits as he risks his life in strange worlds never before invaded by men from earth! The black Enigma could be anything from a mere vibration to the gaping maw of a hideous space beast. Whatever it was, special agent John Craig of the Alert ...

To Mars! A groundbreaking planetary exploration book set in the early 20th century, primarily focused on the journey from Earth to Mars. The world is captivated by the McNally-Dobson controversy, sparked by Professor Richard McNally's revolutionary theories about life on Mars. This scientific exploration novel delves into the mysteries of the red planet and the incredible technological advancements of the time. An Unlikely Partnership When young inventor Thomas Fairbanks reveals his father's perfected anti-gravity device to Professor McNally, the two visionaries join forces. McNally's ...

Joe Johnstone wrote science fiction until he grew too old to hold a pen. He never did make it to space. He had to die to do that. In 2092, the line has blurred between the living and the dead. Between organic intelligence and manufactured. Humanity’s first interstellar ships soar into the cosmos for exploration and colonization, leaving a tired and battered Earth behind. They are crewed by artificial intelligences and ghosts like Joe. Will the mission of one such ship, the Excelsior, succeed?