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Paolo Bacigalupi's debut collection demonstrates the power and reach of the science-fiction short story. Social criticism, political parable, and environmental advocacy lie at the center of Paolo's work. Each of the stories herein is at once a warning and a celebration of the tragic comedy of the human experience.

The Posleen are coming and the models all say the same thing: Without the Panama Canal, the US is doomed to starvation and defeat. Despite being overstretched preparing to defend the US, the military sends everything it has left: A handful of advanced Armored Combat Suits, rejuvenated veterans from the many decades that Panama was a virtual colony and three antiquated warships. Other than that, the Panamanians are on their own.

The invaders are coming; the Posleen, a seemingly unstoppable horde who have conquered one star system after another, literally feeding on their conquests. Earth's dubious allies, the Darhel, have given the humans a number of highly-advanced technological devices, including a process for rejuvenating the aged, including trained and proven soldiers who otherwise would be too old to fight. Rejuvenation may give a critical edge, since to survive, the Earth must use every resource at hand.

Crimefighting is illegal, punishable by life in prison at the bottom of the ocean. It sucks. But that won't stop me from doing what I was born to do: uphold justice and stop good people from being hurt. Even if everyone I once called a friend is against me, I'm not bowing down to the Counter Vigilante Taskforce.

Flinx is the only one with even the tiniest chance of stopping the evil colossus barreling in to destroy the Humanx Commonwealth (and everything else in the Milky Way). With time running out, Flinx is a man in search of a solution and in search of himself. His efforts take him to the land of his mortal enemies, the bloodthirsty AAnn, where chances are excellent that Flinx's discovery - and summary execution - will eliminate all his demons and doubts in one masterstroke.

In Patrimony, fans will learn more about their favorite redhead - with emerald eyes, uncanny powers, and a poisonous minidrag - than they ever dreamed possible. "I know who your father is . . . Gestalt." A shocked Flinx hears these dying words from one of the renegade eugenicists whose experiments with humans 20-odd years ago shocked the galaxy . . . and spawned Flinx.

Jon Moore wanted only to relax on the pristine planet of Macken - but Macken was the secret battleground of two megacorporations, both determined to control the local jump gate and the riches of an undeveloped world. Moore was too valuable a tool not to be used, whether or not he was willing. What the corporations didn't realize was that Moore had a mind of his own and a conscience that wouldn't let him quit until he'd righted their wrong. And Moore had Lobo - or just possibly, Lobo had Jon Moore, because this Assault Vehicle had a mind of its own,

The job looks simple enough: Jon Moore, the nanotech-enhanced, world-weary, soldier of fortune, agrees to help a con man, a friend from a part of his past he’d rather forget, protect a very special young boy. The deal doesn’t stay simple, as each move Jon and Lobo make results in more danger and more enemies. The situation grows even more complicated when a beautiful woman with an unclear agenda joins them in their quest.

Jon Moore grew up in a prison laboratory. When he escaped with nothing but his body's nanotech enhancements and more anger than even a long lifetime could wash away, an entire planet died behind him. Memories of the things he’d done still haunted him; because of them, he often ended up helping those in need. His kindnesses frequently didn't work out well. This one really didn't work out well. This one really didn't work out well. It hurled Jon and Lobo, the intelligent assault vehicle and Jon's only friend, down an accelerating, ever more dangerous spiral.

Readers and listeners can't get enough of Honor Harrington and her world, and here David Weber is again, accompanied by some of the top science fiction writers in the field - including John Ringo, Eric Flint, Timothy Zahn and Weber himself - with new adventures of the best starship commander in the galaxy, and explorations of previously uncharted corners of her universe. It's a party - and you're invited!

Sergeant Samuel Morgan Campbell had been in plenty of tight spots before, but nothing like this. It had happened in a few terrifying seconds: the starship he and his crew travelled on, the Outward Initiative, shattered to pieces before their eyes and disappeared, leaving them stranded in the endless night of deep space on Lifeboat LS-88 - all systems dead, light-years from any known colony.

Stranded humans must adapt alien technology to survive on a dangerous planet. Lost in the dark, half a year into their journey to the colony world of Tantalus, Sakura Kimei, her family, and her best friend, the alien "Bemmie" nicknamed Whips, are torn from the safety of their colony ship. In a crippled lifeboat, they have one chance to find a habitable world. But even then they will find that their apparent salvation is a world of a thousand secrets.

The Academy is a galaxy-class school, created to train the next generation of Gatekeepers. Jules Parker is attending the Academy, alongside her best friend Patty. When the Kold threaten everything her father and his friends have spent years building, she must reveal that her Iskios abilities are stronger than ever. With Magnus and Slate away on the Horizon, and Mary working on the board of the Alliance of Worlds, Dean finds himself out of the action for the first time.

A mutiny on the moon places Sgt. Ethan Stark in command of the U.S. military forces there - and turns a dream for independence into a reality.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway blickt einem Tribunal entgegen, das dazu entschlossen ist, sie für Verbrechen hinzurichten, denen sie sich auf dem Jungfernflug der Voyager durch den Delta-Quadranten angeblich schuldig gemacht hat. Captain Chakotay ist davon überzeugt, dass mehr hinter der Kinara - einer Allianz verschiedener Spezies, die sich gegen die Full-Circle-Flotte verbündet hat - steckt, als es den Anschein hat. Die Konföderation der Welten des Ersten Quadranten - ein Bündnis, dem er nicht vertrauen kann - stellt seine einzige Hoffnung dar, die wahren Ziele der Kinara aufzudecken und Admiral Janeway zu retten.

Die Voyager-Flotte setzt ihre Erforschung des Delta-Quadranten fort und untersucht den derzeitigen Zustand der Sektoren, die früher in den Händen der Borg waren. Vor Beginn der überaus wichtigen Mission wirft eine gründliche Analyse des Genoms der Flottenkommandantin Afsarah Eden neue Fragen über ihre Herkunft auf.

Trois mille ans se sont écoulés depuis l'extermination des Doryphores, et les hommes se croient désormais seuls dans l'univers. Or, on découvre sur la planète Lusitania l'existence des Piggies, bipèdes mi-hommes, mi-cochons doués d'intelligence. Des scientifiques sont détachés pour les étudier mais, sans mobile apparent, ils sont assassinés.

Deutschland, 2057: Als die Systemkritikerin Lila im Gefängnis aus einem künstlichen Koma erwacht, stellt sie fest, dass ihr schlimmster Albtraum wahr geworden ist: Deutschland wird von einer KI regiert. Samson Freitag wird als eine Art Gottkönig verehrt und erpresst von den Bürgern optimalkonformes Verhalten. Für Lila steht fest, dass sie die Herrschaft der Roboter und die Entmündigung der Menschen beenden muss. Ihr gelingt die Flucht aus dem Hochsicherheitsgefängnis, doch Samson spürt sie auf und bietet ihr einen Deal an, den Lila nicht ausschlagen kann.

Ed und seine Crew brachten von ihrer letzten Mission ein Wurmloch in ein neues Universum mit. Doch die Menschen lehnen das kosmische Geschenk ab und greifen die außerirdische Intelligenz im äußeren Sonnensystem an. Während sich zwischen Menschen und Außerirdischen ein unbarmherziger Krieg entwickelt, reisen Ed und seine Freunde mit der Helios an einen fernen Ort, um das ungewöhnlichste Artefakt unseres Universums zu untersuchen.

Ils ont le talent. Ils ont la capacité de pénétrer dans notre esprit pour nous transformer en marionnettes au service de leurs perversions et de leur appétit de pouvoir. Ils tirent les ficelles de l'histoire. Sans eux le nazisme n'aurait peut-être jamais existé, et nombre de flambées de violence, tueries, accidents inexpliqués n'auraient peut-être pas ensanglanté notre époque. Car ils se livrent aussi entre eux une guerre sans merci, selon des règles empruntées à celles des échecs. Ce sont des vampires psychiques. Cette édition sonore suit la version Folio Science-Fiction publiée aux Éditions Denoël.