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Ross, a psyborg war veteran turned privateer whose very existence is illegal, is hired to retrieve stolen tech from one of the most secure research sites in the Sol system. When everything goes sideways, he finds himself faced with a dilemma: risk exposure or place himself at the center of a conspiracy spanning the length and breadth of Hinterspace.

In this first installment of The Connectorate Series, Hughes leads us through a thought-provoking, vastly evolved society where people in power are "fully connected" to a sentient quantum network. Peter O'Neil, a veteran Unlawful Intent Investigator, is assigned to the initial homicide report. His typical work involves the more mundane aspects of crime prevention in a culture where direct-to-brain interfacing provides a reliable snapshot of a person's future intent. As Pete learns the circumstances of the crime, everything starts pointing to the use of a remote avatar.

“OLTRE” non è solo una storia di fantascienza, ma un viaggio profondo nella natura dell'esistenza, della sofferenza e della libertà. Attraverso i personaggi di Alex e Lisa, il lettore è guidato in una riflessione sull'equilibrio tra vita e morte, tra bene e male, e su cosa significhi realmente avere il controllo del proprio destino. Il mondo creato dal Dottor Edward, in cui le malattie e la sofferenza sono sfruttate per generare profitto, rispecchia le complessità e le contraddizioni del mondo reale.

The Kurdish Republic, equipped with revolutionary GOG armored combat suits, has survived invasion and avoided nuclear annihilation. But now the wider world is taking notice, and international forces conspire to not only crush the Kurdish military, but to eradicate the GOGs themselves. One young infantry soldier arrives at a quiet border post, only to find herself fighting a massive mercenary army. Two GOGs executing a deep reconnaissance discover the Republic faces overwhelming odds. A staff officer finds himself in command of a collapsing defense.

In 2035, an AI-driven disinformation campaign turned us on ourselves. We became the enemy's first strike weapons, and as we set fire to our own country, the People's Liberation Army seized half of the Pacific. From the first combat jump on Mars to the climate change-ravaged jungles of Southeast Asia, Ex Supra blends the bleeding edge of technology and the bloody reality of combat. In Ex Supra, the super soldiers are only as strong as their own wills, reality is malleable, and hope only arrives with hellfire.

Since the dawn of mankind, immortality has been the ultimate reward. But by the year 2148, it requires no act of faith to believe in an afterlife. Forever Center promises to bring people back to a life beyond death. Now everyone spends their lives in poverty, giving all their money to Forever Center to ensure their happiness and comfort in the next eternal life.

Humans and Asterians construct a huge starship, Andromeda, and set out on a voyage of discovery to the Cold Spot in the Cosmic Microwave Background—first stop, the star Ran in the constellation Eridanus. They discover an incipient space-faring saurian civilization that has deliberately hidden itself from the rest of the galaxy, fearing the military might of the civilizations they have observed through their electronic transmissions.

The fourth novel in the Quantum Evolution series, focusing on the Homo quantus exploration of the permanent wormhole network that humanity has discovered, and Belisarius’ quest to resurrect the Hortus quantus.

Dr. Katherine Shepard and her team have made a groundbreaking discovery: a piece of ancient Endarian technology, hidden for eons, capable of turning the tide against the sinister Drax. As they embark on a perilous quest to harness its power, they must navigate through a web of deceit, ancient mysteries, and relentless enemies. Meanwhile, FBI Special Agent Dwight Douglas is facing his toughest challenge: a shocking conspiracy that threatens to plunge the world into chaos.

Growing up on a Wyoming cattle ranch, Sandy Thompson doesn't consider her life exceptional; until the mysterious visitors arrive, and the watching world descends on their once isolated homestead. These visitors hold a secret which could change the shape of human history.

Спустя три года после прощания с друзьями и возвращения в родной мир Капон редко вспоминает, что был когда-то сталкером. Он вновь стал программистом Андреем Кожуховым, или, как назвал его когда-то сочинитель Васюта, "хакером в хорошем смысле этого слова". Но бывших сталкеров не бывает. Тем более нынешняя работа Капона напрямую связана с подаренным кибером Заном логическим блоком, благодаря которому хакер с коллегами создали суперкомпьютер с искусственным разумом — ИРу.

Airina thinks the threat of a nuclear war that could destroy humanity is over, but new messages, similar to those before, are arriving again. This time, they know the messages are coming from Jupiter, and it is just one phrase repeated nonstop in regular intervals. “WE NEED HELP!” The messages keep coming unmercifully, contaminating all screen devices in the world like an unstoppable virus infecting humanity, but this one doesn’t cause illness and death; it causes insanity. Something has to be done.

Ousted by the Solar System Exchange in favor of an Artificial Intelligence, Greg Body has turned to space exploration. Hiring a team of highly talented personnel, he’s going to take on the Lloyd’s of London odds and colonize the star L98-59. Long-distance telescopes have rated the system as having a “medium probability” of containing an Earth-like world. Greg has decided to take his chances as a post-Singularity Earth has become overcrowded.

The UFS Phoenix is finally homeward bound. On the way is Tuki Station, in barabo space, hit just now by a force of sard ships, working in concert with a larger invasion from alo space. An alo and deepynine fleet has attacked, and humanity's forces are in turmoil despite all of Phoenix's efforts over the past three years to prepare them. Nia leads the assault, Styx's old AI queen nemesis from the Drysine/Deepynine War, the greatest armed conflict in Spiral history, 25,000 years ago. But what does Nia seek?

Fighting for freedom from galactic tyranny, General Cherry Lindstrom is responsible for the defense of the colony world, Concordia. This last outpost of human civilization lives under constant threat of attack from hostile aliens who claim the planet as their own. But decades have passed since the last assault, and the colonists have grown complacent. Thanks to the effects of time dilation, only Cherry and a handful of others remember the devastation wreaked on Concordia previously.

Magische Flammen wüten. Klingen schmelzen. Seelen werden im wilden Gefecht zu Asche. Das große Finale des Krieges um den Ersten Tempel steht unmittelbar bevor. Die letzten Trümpfe sind ausgespielt, die Reserven sind erschöpft und selbst die Götter haben sich auf den Kampf der Plebejer eingelassen. Das Universum steht kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch. Die Ketten, die die Welten zusammenhalten, sind gesprengt. Das eisige Wasser der Ostsee kühlt den glühenden Sand der Grenzlande.

Im 24. Jahrhundert beträgt die menschliche Lebenserwartung dank der Medizintechnologie Biocontrolling 220 Jahre. Die Ressourcen der übervölkerten Erde sind erschöpft, und der Schritt ins All ist die logische Konsequenz. Die Raumstation Helios im Orbit des Zwergplaneten Ceres gilt als Hoffnung der Menschheit: Ihre gewaltigen Biosphären bieten optimale Lebensbedingungen für eine halbe Millionen Bewohner.

The United States has fallen, but it is not the end for Charlotte Kensett. Reunited with Jenna Plural, the Mistress of Shadows returns with a new attitude, new resolve, and a new pair of patent leather stilettos. As Jenna struggles to unite a fractured community, Kensett starts to build the most powerful intelligence service in the history of the Solar System and eliminating all opposition to her mistress’ power.

Unlike her half sister Hannah was raised in luxury as the daughter of a multi billionaire industrialist. Genetically designed to be flawless, she is rich, beautiful and spoiled rotten. The most popular girl in school she is also an unrepentant bully who stamps her authority on everyone around her. She has expensive luxury cars, chauffer driven limousines and the captain of the football team as a boyfriend. She has the life most of us can only dream of and stands to inherit her mother's corporate empire.

Fresh off his first Marine deployment, Boone must now choose between two schools: Intelligence or Scout Sniper. Though he’s shown clear aptitude for the second, he’s not sure he has what it takes to do the job. When he puts the decision aside to join his buddies on a day of leave, the last thing Boone expects to see is a naval weapons locker in the hands of a man who is clearly not Navy. On impulse, he shadows the man, only to find himself running for his life… smack into a Unit operator.