Space Travel Fiction

Like nothing you’ve read this year. Layered in story and intrigue and brimming with character.In a galaxy at the edge of imagination. Six diverse characters share a strange dream: a figure composed only of shadow holding a pulsing red sun in its palm. Ruled by six masked councilmembers, the Northrite corporation exploits the powers of Elemiscists—those with magical abilities—and keep them as indentured servants. When a nearby sun turns bloodred and begins pulsing, people flee their homes and the millennia-old government crumbles. Together, a military recruit, a sheltered woman, a ...

In Ansible, 25th-century Islamic explorers transfer their minds across space and time to make first contact...and get marooned in alien bodies on alien worlds. Along the way, they encounter the most dangerous predator humanity has ever faced. Now a Syrian refugee, a 13th-century librarian, and a hijabi shape-shifter from the far future must travel across space and time to defend humanity from this intergalactic and devouring evil.

No science fiction author was more highly regarded than Grand Master Clifford D. Simak, winner of numerous honors. One of the genre's premier literary artists, Simak explores time travel and time engines; examines the rituals and superstitions of galactic travelers who have long forgotten their ultimate purpose; and even takes fascinating detours through World War II and the wild American West in a wondrous anthology that no science fiction fan should be without.

This is the second and concluding part of As The World Falls Down. As related in Part One, scientists have accidentally created a microscopic black hole that threatens to swallow the Earth. A diverse cast of characters reacts in different ways. Neeka and Nemo, two children from an uncontacted tribe in Asia, have acquired internet access and have decided to move to Mars. Norman, a disgraced scientist, and his benefactor, a wealthy businessman, plan to hijack the International Space Station. Yusup, a Turkmen geologist, finds himself the head of an audacious project to contain the black hole ...

Please Note: This story is also part of book 10 of The Hunter Legacy series, The Long Road to Gaia. Thirteen doesn't like humans. The last thing he wants is to be assigned a mission to babysit them. Given a choice, he'd happily let them blow themselves up, after he saved all the cats first. Exactly how humans could ever have anything to do with galaxy wide consequences is completely beyond his ability to understand. When asked to perform an intervention, there was always freewill to choose not to. But in this case, does he really have a choice? This is a 5000 word short story, set in The ...

Exodus From Elyria follows the inhabitants of a distant planet as they send Explorer Hybrids across the cosmos in search of a new home, escaping toxic gases. After a tragic crash, the lone survivor passes his essence to a human, sparking new life. Meanwhile, the AI Ava uncovers a deadly path gen that threatens humanity. As two million Elyrians race toward Earth, the fate of both civilizations is at stake in a thrilling tale of survival and cosmic destiny.

Aedre, having toppled the mafia and harboured two victims in her master's temple, makes a chilling discovery—YuFang, one of the hidden, is a mass murderer. But now, as the rain ceases, she finds herself stranded on Haunted River, unable to teleport back to warn her friends she brought a murderer to their temple. Imprisoned in a hospital bed, paralyzed, and too far from a mystical river, Aedre seizes a risky opportunity to teleport in her paraplegic state. Yet, her escape coincides with the untimely eruption of a volcano, ten years ahead of the prophesied catastrophe. She needs a time key ...

In The Society, Volume 3, Genesis, Alex embarks on an extraordinary journey 7,000 years into the future, arriving in a parallel universe where he meets his alternate self, Radu. Entrusted with a monumental task, Alex and a team of explorers—both human and artificial—venture into a newly formed universe. Their destination: Aterra, a barren planet awaiting the spark of life. Tasked with seeding and safeguarding the evolution of an entire world, Alex witnesses the grand unfolding of existence over nearly a billion years. As Aterra endures cosmic upheavals—asteroid impacts, magnetic ...

In eternity, there was no hurry. In the year A.D 3198 humankind is thriving and striving for the stars. Among them stand the Mortalis, flesh and blood beings who can live extensively by xulon, a life-preserving plant that gives health and vitality when ingested. Preparations to travel to the stars are in its second phase. Follow three hundred-year-old (or so) Lieutenant Colonel Marion Stefanova on her latest mission to Helion 3, a class M planet in the Proxima Zetauri System. “It’s just that my emotions are still a little raw.” Marion is a seasoned commander; she is also seasoned in ...

When the British Arean Company founded its Martian colony, it welcomed any settlers it could get. Outcasts, misfits, and dreamers emigrated in droves to undertake the grueling task of terraforming the cold red planet - only to be abandoned when the BAC discovered it couldn't turn a profit on Mars. Mary Griffith and her struggles and triumphs are at the center of it all, in her bar, the Empress of Mars.

Are we truly alone in the universe? This age-old question propels three brave astronauts on an ambitious mission deep into the cosmos. Their goal is simple yet vital: locate a planet that possesses water, the essential element needed to sustain human life. Fueled by hope, curiosity, and the instinct to ensure humanity’s future, they embark on a journey beyond the known boundaries of our solar system—into the uncharted darkness that lies beyond the Milky Way. However, what begins as a scientific quest quickly transforms into something far more profound and perilous. Upon arrival at a ...

DR. Rasputin (Razz) Freeman, in his search for answers, travels to far away places and back and forward in time. He will utilizing the artifacts he found in his previous adventure that allows him to travel backwards and forward in time as well as transport himself and others to anywhere. He is assisted by a high priest from 2000 years past. In this episode he will have contact with races unknown to mankind and will have the time to rescue a united states senator form certain death. Read Book One first to get the best from the story line.

NOMADS 3 - Among warriors Dostra is a mining world with extreme weather conditions. There is a winter with cold spells of minus 180 degrees Celsius and a summer in which the temperatures can melt lead. Heavily armed, Dominic and his comrades protect the Akkatos workers. These are repeatedly attacked by Keymon and need the protection of warriors who can sense the Keymon's presence. Winter is coming to an end and the snowmelting begins. A turbulent time, of spring tides and firestorms sweeping the planet. It's a matter of life and death when the unit Dominic is assigned to stranded in the ...

In a distant solar system in a distant time, a malignant evil lurks on a deserted planet. A gentleman farmer with a less than placid past, an exotic stranger with a shocking secret, six honest smugglers, and a disaffected chieftain journey across the solar system to recover ancient artifacts and end up confronting the Menace in the Goldilocks Zone.

Humanity has taken to the stars, using faster-than-light travel to reach distant planets and new worlds. But in the far reaches of the galaxy, John Grant will discover a planet of humans who believe he has travelled not only through space to find them, but time. On Apis, the mysterious Fermi appear to have vanished, taking with them knowledge of the universe that humanity desires. But Marcus Owen, the robot AI now plagued with sentience, knows that the Fermi would not easily abandon the native life of Apis.

In the spring of 2019, a publisher received three handwritten journals detailing one woman’s alleged alien abduction. Known only as Cora, this is her story. Full of courage and adventure, it will make you think and fill you with wonder.

Lucas Ramsay thought he was ready. He thought his plan was foolproof. But he was wrong. When the Baaku come for him on a remote Earth outpost, they challenge everything he knows to be true. Soon, he’s on the run as a renegade, someone who’s willing to cross the line and do whatever it takes, all in a quest to find those he lost and set things right. He vows to never stop searching.

Treinta años en el futuro. La Tierra es cada vez menos habitable, por lo que un grupo de colonos (entre ellos Will, sus dos hermanas adolescentes y sus padres) emprende un viaje intergaláctico, en busca de un nuevo hogar. Durante la travesía, la nave es atacada y la familia Robinson se queda varada en un planeta alienígena, en el cual deberá lidiar con un entorno hostil y muchas dificultades técnicas, para poder reemprender la marcha y alcanzar al resto de la colonia.

Dream-Storm The Legacy is a journey into your imagination made up of two books of which this is the Second, subtitled "Journey Two - The Evil Rise" and it has over 500+ pages written under the influence of Hypnosis when author Roger Howarth had been Hypnotized by British Hypnotist Jonathan Royle to enable him to experience Lucid Dreaming and Astral Travel Phenomena. Within the pages you will meet Jayden, The Dream People and a whole host of other characters that will introduce you to the deepest realms of your own imagination and dream world realities as you explore the Universe through ...

Some moments refuse to stay buried. Two years after the fall of the United Earth Government, Earth lies divided, leaderless, and uncertain. Jason King is dead, assassinated at the height of his legacy. But not everyone is willing to let him go. Thomas Wayne, a brilliant young engineer and Jason’s most loyal student, has uncovered a way to manipulate time. Driven by grief and a relentless belief that the future can still be changed, Thomas opens a gateway to the past, risking everything to undo Jason’s death. Jason is pulled back into a world that has changed without him, one shaped by ...