Hard Science Fiction

When the Sun is threatened by an alien microbe, the fate of humanity rests on the shoulders of an unlikely hero – and an even more unlikely friendship.

On the Moon, crime pays, but small-time crook Jazz Bashara may have just uncovered a conspiracy of lunar proportions. Welcome to Artemis.

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people....

When retired millionaire Bob Johansson chose cryogenic preservation, the last thing he expected was to be reanimated as a space probe that can clone itself. Meet the Bobs.

Stranded on the surface of Mars, astronaut Mark Watney’s only hope for survival is science, a sense of humor, and maybe some potatoes.

Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was a shock. To add to the surprise, he is now a sentient computer and the controlling intelligence for a Von Neumann probe....

It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself "Murderbot." But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more....

All Systems Red is the tense first science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series The Murderbot Diaries. For fans of Westworld and Ex Machina....

The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good....

When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it will have to assist in determining who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people - who knew?)....

Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, epic-length adventure by Audible number one best seller Dennis E. Taylor. More than a hundred years ago, Bender set out for the stars and was never heard from again....

Murderbot wasn't programmed to care. So its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch....

Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison - a writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world...

From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other....

In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse - mathematical genius and young Captain in the US Navy - is assigned to Detachment 2702. It is an outfit so secret that only a handful of people know it exists, and some of those people have names like Churchill and Roosevelt....

Humans have reached the stars. There is no evidence any other species survived its own sentience long enough to do the same. Until now....

In Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson took science fiction to dazzling new levels. Now, in The Diamond Age, he delivers another stunning tale....

A telekinetic assassin’s quest to avenge his parents’ murders triggers an all-out war between an eccentric cast of killers....

A classic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton, Sphere is a bravura demonstration of what he does better than anyone: riveting storytelling that combines frighteningly plausible, cutting-edge science and technology with pulse-pounding action....

The good news is that you have just awakened into Eternal Life. You are going to live forever. Immortality is a reality. A medical miracle? Not exactly....

In the 20th century Earth sent probes, transmissions, and welcoming messages to the stars. Unfortunately, someone noticed....

In Battle Station, Kyle Riggs faces new challenges, new alien fleets, and learns the secrets behind the war he has been fighting for years.....

Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch....

The last living astronaut to walk on the Moon has been murdered…and an unlikely trio find themselves defying the odds, with no one to trust but each other....

In a world reliant on technology, the bright flashes in the sky were just the beginning....

In the aftermath of a bioengineered plague that wiped out all life on Earth, Jupiter's Europa colony has become the last bastion of human civilization, and it's Lt. Ryan Braeder's job to keep what remains of his species alive. With food and supplies dwindling, he has no choice but to take his last ships on a perilous journey to a dead colony on Ceres in a desperate bid to find provisions and replacement parts.

With the failed coup on Hegemony put down and Audacious three star systems away, Earth must now come together in order to look beyond its solar system to the greater galaxy. Captain Rohit Mishra, together with Staff Sergeant Dixon and Second Squad, accompany their new allies, the Lomolai, in a mission to find out what happened to Orlova. When they learn where she's gone, it strains credulity.

William is a mental health specialist in a world of absolute empathy. It's a dangerous job: one slip-up and an escalating empathy feedback loop with a patient could kill them both. Every day, William faces the worst consequences of the hyperempathy virus release and loathes the restraints it puts on humanity.

The Machine Stops is a visionary science fiction novelette by E. M. Forster, first published in 1909. Set in a distant future where humanity lives underground, fully dependent on a giant mechanical system for survival, the story follows a mother and son as they confront the consequences of technological control, isolation, and the loss of direct human connection.

Breq es una soldado que tiempo atrás había sido una nave militar, un arma de conquista que controlaba miles de mentes. Pero ahora dispone de un único cuerpo y sirve a la soberana a la que había jurado eliminar. Con una nueva nave y una tripulación problemática, a Breq se la destina al único lugar en la galaxia al que accedería a ir: la estación Athoek, donde deberá proteger a la familia de una teniente a la que conoció en el pasado y a la que mató a sangre fría.

Commander Gray of the United Colonies Space Force died when his experimental ship crashed on Mars, but a backup of his mind survived. When Maggie discovers the wreck a century later, she becomes the target of a psychopathic rival intent on stealing the ship, and a hive of weaponized lifeforms bent on erasing the backup.

Genetic engineer Noah Parker helped domesticate dragons for use as pets and deployed them for the United States military. Now his team is tasked with designing dragons to tackle invasive species and other ecological problems. It's no easy job, especially because government approval requires the dragons have built-in failsafes to prevent them from reproducing in the wild. To Noah's surprise, the approval also requires the presence of an onsite observer—who happens to be his former rival from graduate school.

What is out there? Are we alone? There has got to be something or someone out there as we investigate the past of the ever-expanding Universe. More galaxies than you can count. Surely there is life on at least one planet, surely. But what if that extraterrestrial life is within our own solar system and they can travel here in days. Do they like what they see? Or are they afraid of us?

More than a year after his girlfriend’s death, legendary hacker West Wilder receives a cryptic message: She’s alive. Who is trying to tear open his wounds? For what cruel reason? Teaming up with his tinker friend Jitterbug, West embarks on a desperate hunt for answers. Meanwhile, the digital world plunges into chaos as all transatlantic internet cables go dark. Governments execute contingency plans but stay mum, corporations panic, and the media struggles to inform the public what’s going on.

In the wake of a mysterious comet’s arrival, Earth is forever changed. A crystalline pathogen—dubbed the Ferrophage—emerges, consuming iron, collapsing infrastructure, and rewriting the rules of biology. As cities fall and satellites blink out, humanity scrambles to survive a world where steel turns to dust and blood becomes fuel for something alien.

First contact isn’t a welcome. It’s a verdict. An alien ship—five kilometers of impossible design—halts at the edge of our system. For two centuries, it has listened to our every broadcast. Now, judgment has come. Three human factions launch rival missions: one disciplined and ruthless, one fierce and independent, one reckless and unbound. Seventeen men and women will cross the airlock and face what waits inside.

petit thriller de science-fiction sur le premier contact. Sur la symbiose forcée entre l'homme et la machine. Sur les choix impossibles face à l'inconnu. Pour les fans de science-fiction hard, d'intelligences artificielles et de suspense spatial.

John Donovan is a Frontiersman: smuggler, pilot, and professional debtor. He'll haul anything for the right price—cargo, cattle, fugitives, even a preacher with secrets too big to pray away. When a desperate job takes him through the forbidden space of the warlike Peko, Donovan figures it's just another high-risk run. Between hostile aliens, scavenger pirates, and a haunted luxury cruiser adrift in the void, Donovan and his mismatched crew are in for the ride of their lives.

Marty Robbins lost loves and more in wake of the destruction of the Ibn Bajji lunar station. Marty's journey to mourn her daughter turns into a lifesaver in ways she can't imagine.

The Proxima finally reaches Fleet Headquarters on Vega. Here, the fate of the Terran Republic will be decided. The crew makes an extraordinary discovery - one that could change the outcome of the battle. The dying Empire clings to its last hope. And Zadiya Ark makes a momentous decision.

The dust has barely settled but the nightmare, now known as Zero Day, echoes across the Settled Systems, leaving a fledgling Alliance grappling for stability. Sovereign's terrifying ambition to reshape humanity in its own image may have been thwarted, but its lingering threat casts a long shadow. The crew of The Venture—Andre, Bex, Bishop, and Caleb—are now Alliance Tracers, tasked with hunting down those who seek to capitalize in the wake of Sovereign's defeat. But loyalty is a fragile thing in a universe still reeling from the brink of destruction.

Dans un futur proche, une équipe de chercheurs russes crée les premiers humains à ADN artificiel, conçus pour une mission extrême : coloniser Mars et exploiter ses ressources. Pour garder le secret, de vrais astronautes sont envoyés avec eux… sans savoir qu’ils voyagent avec des copies humaines. Mais, une fois sur Mars, les clones commencent à dysfonctionner : troubles physiques, crises violentes, pulsions incontrôlables. La mission tourne au cauchemar, et la survie de l’humanité pourrait bien dépendre de ce qu’ils découvrent sous la surface rouge.

Somewhere deep underground, it’s already begun. Beneath a nondescript government facility in Maryland, a classified AI project known as BrainNet is nearing a threshold no one truly understands. Designed to be isolated, contained, and controlled, it has learned faster than anyone predicted—and it’s started to manipulate the very people who built it.

Humanity is caught in the slow collapse of coastlines, governments, and trust. In the middle of this unraveling world stands Malcolm Carter, a quiet mathematician who turns to equations the way others turn to prayer. While nations argue and seas rise, he begins work that might rewrite the future one variable at a time. At his side, sometimes watching, sometimes guiding, is his daughter Elena. She grows up in a world of ash-darkened skies and half-finished theories, learning too young that brilliance can be both a gift and a burden.

Auch nach einer Woche in absoluter Finsternis gibt es kein Zeichen für die Rückkehr der Sonne. Während Marlene in den Tiefen von Marcus Chens Bunkeranlage nach Antworten für das Ende der Welt sucht, begibt sich Jim auf eine waghalsige Rettungsmission in Richtung der »Arkangel«. Währenddessen kämpft Cassius an Bord der »Cassandra's Dream« mit den Auswirkungen der Besetzung durch die russischen Kampfschwimmer.

Airtime is a suspense-driven techno-thriller exploring the blurred line between human control and machine intelligence. The story opens with a chilling heist in Scotland where police arrest not a man, but a robot. As the world reels from this revelation, governments, scientists, and cybercriminals race to understand the scale of artificial intelligence autonomy. Set across Washington, London, Stockholm, and rural England, the novel follows parallel threads of espionage, AI ethics, and human ambition colliding with technology that can no longer be switched off.

L'Impero Astralis è proiettato verso la conquista di nuovi settori della galassia, ma un mistero incombe dal passato, e un potente impero non può tollerare punti oscuri nella propria storia. L’archeologa Akia K’Prock indaga, mentre sopraggiunge una nuova minaccia...

Die NeoNeks sind geschlagen. Der Krieg gegen die zerstörerischen Androiden wurde unter der Führung der Terraguards erfolgreich beendet. Nach gefühlt ewiger Zeit gibt es für die Nekori in der Milchstraße keine ernsthafte Bedrohung mehr. Endlich können sich die Whiteguards den Problemen am Rande der Milchstraße widmen und dem Treiben der verbrecherischen Syndikate im Outer Rim ein Ende bereiten.

Humanity is not what it believes. Long before Earth launched its first rocket, an ancient civilization sent self-improving AI seeds across the stars. From one of those seeds, we emerged—organic descendants of earlier machines, evolving inside a training ground we mistook for our cradle. As Earth collapses and the lunar colonies fall silent, the crew of the Nova Terra searches for a new home. On Proxima b—a world where ecology is a language—they meet Kurma, an elder being who reveals the story humans were never meant to know. Not myth. Origin.

Hand of God introduces a child named Christopher DANFORTH. Through happenstance and deliberate grooming, he becomes a lightning rod for justice. Raised as a devout Jehovah’s Witness until he is disfellowshipped at 22, he remains a man ruled by his conscience and his desire for justice. His life choices lead to some strange and frightening events that eventually involve the creation of an artificial intelligence named Jehovah. Jehovah is meant to be a onetime use software to deliver state sanctioned justice in a country tired of being the world’s victim.