Hard Science Fiction

After years of hard work, Tyler built his IT Security company into a massive success. He trusted his people and now it was time to enjoy the fruits of that labor. Everything was perfect until an unexpected discovery. Should they go through the Maya portal? Adriana's small diving instruction shop is popular enough with the tourists for her to scrape out a living, but it's not the life she expected. When she got the call, it seemed impossible. Wasn't Xibalbá a myth? In a fantastic world of danger and possibility, two people want to discover the truth, but for entirely different reasons.

It’s the year 2101, and half of England is underwater, but the horrors of the Melt are becoming a distant memory thanks to ArkTech, the company that saved the world. The ArkTech Territory is the only home Charlotte Vance has ever known, so when Ben, the company’s curious AI, starts asking awkward questions about human behaviour, she's only too happy to help.

In Kalifornien beginnt das stärkste Erdbeben aller Zeiten. Die Technik, die Behörden, das Militär: alle versagen. Schnell wird klar: Zwischen der Mutter aller Erdbeben und dem Ende der Menschheit stehen ein kleines Team aus Wissenschaftlern ... und ein Junge, der in seiner eigenen Fantasy-Welt gefangen ist: Casper! Ein Autist, der sich gut mit Farben auskennt, aber nicht mit Gefühlen. Der Weltuntergang interessiert ihn wenig, denn für ihn zählt nur die Realität in seinem Kopf. Doch warum sollte jemand eine Welt retten, in der er nie zuhause war?

More than the Sun and Stars is a captivating and awe-inspiring exploration of what it means to be a child and a parent, to have power and responsibility, and to retain one’s identity in the face of staggering technological change. This remarkable story raises profound questions about human nature, technology, and what our future may hold.

What would you do if you were part of the last of humanity, stranded on the moon? That's the fate of Moon Base Armstrong after an unexpected event strands 137 people. They all volunteered to set up the base, not be humanity's last stand. The urgent, day-to-day life and death struggle to make the moon base self-sustaining gives way to despair, fear, and hope.

Step into the breathtaking future of Age of Logos, where the rise of artificial superintelligence redefines the boundaries of humanity and power. When Logos, a transcendent superintelligence, emerges from the Singularity, it ushers in an era of radical transformation, challenging humanity to adapt, evolve, and survive.

Einst von kosmischen Katastrophen heimgesucht, haben die Myaner ihren Heimatplaneten durch unvorstellbaren Einfallsreichtum in eine leuchtende Oase im All verwandelt. Ihre Städte erstrahlen in technologischer Perfektion, ihre Zivilisation steht für Fortschritt und Frieden und ihre Schiffe patrouillieren als Wächter der Galaxie durch die Weiten des Universums. Doch das Universum ist nicht nur ein Ort voller Wunder, sondern auch ein Ort voller Geheimnisse.

Während die Menschheit die erste autarke Siedlung auf dem Mars feiert, befinden sich der leitende Ingenieur Dr. John Harper und sein Team in Lebensgefahr: Heftige Staubstürme, die sich selbst Experten nicht erklären können, machen jeden Schritt auf dem Roten Planeten zu einem unkalkulierbaren Risiko.

Photina, an advanced AI, becomes entwined in a groundbreaking experiment when her creator Eli designs an advanced clone Gemini, equipped with the revolutionary Pinocchio Chip. This chip endows the new entity with the full spectrum of human emotions, preparing to transfer Photina’s consciousness into this new emotionally capable body.

A Russian ICBM site is attacked just north of the Ukraine boarder. The nuclear warheads are missing! A Special Operations and Intelligence Community Task Force is rapidly put together to respond, but where it should deploy is unclear. A fire ravages a cosmonaut training facility in which five spacesuits disappear. And the Task Force finds a cache of detailed schematics of highly complex rocketry systems. The Task Force reaches out to Dr. Amy Sue Harrington of the Missiles and Space Intelligence Center in Huntsville, Alabama.