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The Lumari Collective stands on the verge of chaos. After a prominent member of their society aided a violent mob, security personnel work to undo his efforts. They turn to the humans caught in the middle, Carson Flint and Nell Brooks, outsiders who might provide an edge against the terrorists. But time is running out, and plans are in motion that may bring the entire civilization to its knees before it can be saved.

Contains books three and four of the Acheron series: Hybrid and Exile.

With the Gral sent home, abandoning their posts around the colonies, humans are once again in charge of their own fate. Zane and Julia are determined to find the mysterious forty-fourth colony. They devise a plan and set into action while Lorna and Henry search the Forever World for evidence of the elusive alien race. Carl is sent into enemy territory with only a shred of hope as his guiding light. For both father and son, choice is synchronous with consequence, but how can you be sure you've made the right one?

The lost battle of Terra Nova has shown even the biggest skeptics how serious the alien threat really is. The power blocs of the solar system unite for one last cataclysmic showdown. Meanwhile, an unlikely trio races against time to prevent the conflict from reaching Earth. Tsai Yini, the tachyon chronicler, is hoping for help from her father, who has survived a hundred-year journey and seems to have a special relationship with the attackers.

When a salvage job on an old battlefield goes awry, Kril's left with no crew, no food, a suspiciously absent client, and far too many enemies. Fortunately, it's a big universe, and he's got a fast ship and the best pilot in twenty light-years to watch his back. His journey to keep 'er flying and get a crew back together will take him from rescue operations in collapsing freighters to fighting dinosaurs in the sewage canals of pirate paradises and to points beyond. The odds are stacked against him, but Kril keeps it simple.

The Galactic Legacy Federation thought the Cataclysm was over. The Starless Horrors, which decimated most sentient life, vanished over a century ago. Only, the retreat was a lie, and in a small system deep in the Dead Zone, the war against the eldritch threat has raged on, led by a group of sentient AI.

David Artan is a dock rat on a poor fringe world where he takes every job he can and prize-fights to earn enough money to get off world. When he's hired to guide a boat crewed by an interstellar mafia, he comes face to face with an ancient power—the Veil—that was pivotal to a civil war that ended decades ago.

Risen from the past, these beautiful animals inspire all who see them. Titanic sauropods roam the land, devouring forests. Ceratopsians herd across the plains like living tanks. Pterosaurs fill the skies, some as large as planes. Ruling them all, the mighty T. rex reigns as king. Powerful as they are, the dinosaurs are facing another extinction. An army of poachers sweeps across Mintari. Killing. Burning. Even the greatest dinosaurs cannot survive their modern weapons. Against this army stands Joe Triplehorn. A Mintari Ranger. A man broken and forged in the wilderness.

In the wake of her decisive victory against the corrupt Administrator, ferocious insurgent leader Jyn Sato plans to take her fight for emancipation all the way to the Administration's doorstep. But first she must find a way to liberate her home, the Mouth, from the foul clutches of the Glow Syndicate. Meanwhile, following her turbulent foray into the Novara's criminal underworld, Capt. Delilah Holloway is being hunted by ruthless kingpin Vidalia Drexen and his sinister agents. She had hoped to lay low for a while and settle back into the routine of salvage work.

What happens to the would-be peacemakers when they find themselves in the middle of something else? Something dangerous, something highly advanced...and something familiar? If humanity is wise, we will prepare for everything we can imagine. But we cannot prepare for what we cannot imagine. It might be benign, it might be malign, or it might be a sign. You just have to know where to look.

Contains all three books in the Waking Late trilogy: Sleeping Duty, Out of the Dell, and Like a Continental Soldier.

They had all—the artificial intelligences of Sol and the sailors of the Third Expeditionary Fleet alike—believed the Starless Horrors were mindless monsters: little more than beasts driven by eldritch desires, lashing out from their unknown depths to kill and destroy. But that naïve perception was thoroughly crushed after an encounter with a terrifying entity who called itself the Executor.

From Hugo Award-winning author Tim Pratt comes a new, high-concept space opera exploring technology, family, and the price we pay to follow our destiny, perfect for fans of Peter F. Hamilton and Adrian Tchaikovsky. After her grandmother is murdered in a home invasion, Tamsin Culver leaves her...

Po tym, jak Zbuntowanej Gwieździe ledwo udaje się uciec ze szponów Unii, statek wyrusza w kompletnie nieznane rejony. Wszyscy członkowie załogi są ścigani listami gończymi za ucieczkę. Żaden nie może wrócić do domu. Ale nie wszystko stracone. Dzięki Lex, dziwnej dziewczynce z niezwykłym darem, odkryta zostaje ścieżka ku Ziemi. Według pradawnego mitu, to właśnie ta planeta skrywa w sobie drogocenne skarby, zaginione technologie i niezliczoną liczbę sekretów. Jace i jego nowi przyjaciele mają szansę odkryć to wszystko pod warunkiem, że nie dopuszczą do wpadnięcia Lex w łapska Unii.

Zbuntowana Gwiazda jest pozostawiona własnemu losowi, jej silniki nie działają, a otoczenie jest nieznane. Podczas dryfowania w przestrzeni załoga otrzymuje dziwny przekaz z pobliskiej planety – ktoś ostrzega ich, że mają trzymać się na dystans, w przeciwnym razie będą musieli się zmierzyć z konsekwencjami. Kiedy w przekazie pojawia się wzmianka o tym, że ten świat należy do Ziemi, zaginionej kolebki ludzkości, kapitan Jace Hughes wie, że musi to zbadać.

Jace Hughes jest Renegatem. Oznacza to, że przyjmuje każde zlecenie, jakie wpada mu w ręce, bez względu na sytuację. Dopóki więc jest w stanie utrzymywać swój statek, może żyć tak, jak chce. Wszystko się jednak zmienia, kiedy poznaje Abigail Pryar, mniszkę pragnącą wydostać się bezpiecznie z układu. Wkrótce okazuje się, że z ładunkiem, który zabrała na pokład, coś jest nie tak. Jace wie, że nie powinien zadawać zbyt wielu pytań, jednak kiedy z dużej, metalowej skrzyni zaczynają dobiegać dziwne odgłosy, nie może się powstrzymać, aby nie sprawdzić co się w niej kryje.

After a galaxy-destroying cataclysm, a devastated Earth cut free from its universe and fell into the Spiral, an endless twist of thousands of orphaned planets, stars, and alien civilizations, fueled by both advanced technology and magic. Among the planet's refugees is Miles Asher, a soft-spoken tutor with a checkered, secret past. Miles needs to find his way in this world—and quickly. When he's hired onto the Starlit Kipper as ship's healer, Miles quickly realizes his Harmonizer-class magic isn't up to the challenge . . . yet.

Kril Granger has gathered a good crew and managed to finish a profitable job. But things are a little too hot in their usual regions, so it's time to pick up stakes and head coreward. Along the way, they'll be passing through the dark spaces of the galaxy and turning up threats ranging from overprotective AIs to invasive nano-using overlords. All this while dealing with a mixed, quarrelsome crew that would rather die than give up their secrets. It's a hard life being a scrapper. It's a harder death if they get it wrong...

A new recruit is dispatched to an atmosphere-less moon to eliminate a den of space pirates. Things get a little interesting when the pirates prove to have some unexpected gear—military-grade combat mechs!

Zane's robot is in possession of a famous explorer's memories, and Julia Rossi won't let it go. They hastily depart the comforts of Earth to learn of Edward Boone's fate from two centuries earlier. The Colonies narrowly avoided a second Gral invasion, but there is no time for celebration when danger is looming. At the helm, Calista and Audrey must reestablish a military presence that's unprecedented in strength and honor. Liam Lucas has been given a second chance at life and begins searching for his sister after she vanishes from The Forever World.