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The first in the Inter-Planetary Alliance novels, cozy space operas set in a world where the rules are strict to keep people safe, but leave little room for individuality and case-by-case needs. Follow an adorable found family of space travellers as they try to navigate bureaucracy and budding relationships.-Basti needs 3 things to make his brand new– well, new to him –ship run:Firstly, He needs enough of a crew to get them safely spacebourne....
2) Blastoff!
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3…2…1…Blastoff! Join the ultimate voyage into the great unknown, one that will race you to the farthest stars and most distant worlds where only the strangest and most exciting adventures will be found. This collection of 18 stories by Star Trek and Doctor Who author Robert Jeschonek will dazzle you, thrill you, and make you think. The universe in all its brightest and darkest glories will unfold before you, changing the way you see the final...
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En la vastedad del universo, donde la oscuridad cósmica se mezcla con la danza de las estrellas, existe un rincón misterioso que desafía la lógica y estira los límites de nuestra comprensión: el agujero negro. Este fenómeno gravitacional, donde la gravedad se vuelve implacable y la luz se desvanece en la insondable negrura, ha sido el tema de especulación, asombro y fascinación a lo largo de la historia de la astronomía.En este viaje intergaláctico,...
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When Commander Tauran's young son, Lausus, is diagnosed as one of the despised changeling mutants, Tauran believes the government assurances that his boy will be treated well. His less trusting wife, Beatra, however, flees with Lausus to a changeling planet.
After years of leading troops into battles against the mutants, while tirelessly searching for signs of Beatra and Lausus, Tauran seizes on an offer from a trusted, yet rogue, scientist with...
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What happens when the future invades the present? Tom was only 13 years old when he vanished without a trace, so it is not surprising that the stranger who shows up 36 years later claiming to be Tom is thought to be an imposter. But what if he is the boy grown to be a young man, returned not from the past but from the future-a future with faster-than-light spacecraft, death-dealing ray guns, humanoid robots, menacing aliens, bug-eyed monsters, heroic...
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Im Hochsommer 2036 ist Terrania ein Zukunftstraum für Millionen von Menschen: Auf diesem öden Fleck mitten in der Wüste Gobi verwirklicht Perry Rhodan mit einer Handvoll Gefährten seine Vision. Roboter erbauen eine Stadt, die einmal das Zentrum der geeinten Menschheit werden soll. Geschützt wird die Stadt durch eine Energiekuppel.
Doch dann droht das Inferno: Die chinesische Armee zündet eine Atombombe in direkter Nähe der Stadt. Zehntausende...
7) Firstborn
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In Brandon Sanderson's riveting "Firstborn," a Tor.com Original short story, much glory is expected of the son of a High Duke of the interstellar Empire.
And expected. And still expected, despite endless proof that young Dennison Crestmar has no talent whatsoever for war. But the life Dennison is forced to live will have its surprising lessons to impart.
8) Yiwu
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Can dreams come true? They can if you win the lottery, which promises to provide what your heart desires. For a humble shopkeeper in Yiwu, it's a living, selling lottery tickets. Until a winning ticket opens up mysteries he'd never imagined.
Lavie Tidha's Yiwu is a Tor.com Original short story.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Das Jahr 2036: Seit ihrer Landung mit dem Raumschiff STARDUST sitzen Perry Rhodan und Reginald Bull in der Wüste Gobi fest. Die beiden Astronauten werden durch eine Energiekuppel vor den Angriffen der chinesischen Armee geschützt. Aber langfristig scheinen die Belagerten keine Chance zu haben.
Doch Perry Rhodan hält an seiner Vision fest. Er will die Menschheit einigen, will den drohenden Weltkrieg verhindern. Und er hofft, einen Teil der Technik...
10) Obedience
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CLEANSING THE GALAXY OF THE EIJEN FILTH IS A SACRED DUTY. For three hundred years, the Republic has outlawed genetic engineering and its associated technologies. Nearly a decade ago, Oryelle (Ori) Tey, an engineered, enhanced super soldier, was found in the remains of a warship, drifting at the edge of Republic space. From the webs and tunnels of Xia, Ori is sent to the Republic, a humanoid civilisation still wracked by the aftershocks of the Great...
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Neon Yang's space opera "Waiting on a Bright Moon" is a Tor.com Original short story
Xin is an ansible, using her song magic to connect the origin world of the Imperial Authority and its far-flung colonies- a role that is forced upon magically-gifted women "of a certain closeness". When a dead body comes through her portal at a time of growing rebellion, Xin is drawn deep into a station-wide conspiracy along with Ouyang Suqing, one of the station's...
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The Necessary Arthur, a Tor.com Original, is a delightful science fantasy novelette from international bestselling author Garth Nix.
Some days you find out that the world is nothing like what you think it is.
An archaeologist named Tamara working near Hadrian's Wall is approached by a very annoyed-looking, silver-haired woman with an incomprehensible message: The game is moving on, the time has come to play a hand, and Tamra is on point. Time to...
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P-47 fliegt wieder durch die Weiten des Weltraums!
Captain Aki Baku startet zu einer neuen Mission. Zusammen mit der tapferen Besatzung des Patrouillenschiffs P-47 sucht er nach dem Ur-Stamm der Menschheit, den sagenhaften Colloniden.
Während ihrer Reise zwischen den Sternen begegnen Aki und seine Freunde einem alten Feind, finden unerwartete Verbündete und kommen einem lange gehüteten Geheimnis auf die Spur.
Acht aufregende Abenteuer in einem...
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It's a big Spiral Arm, and the scarred man, Donavan buigh, has gone missing in it, upsetting the harper Mearana's plans for a reconciliation between her parents. Bridget ban, a Hound of the League, doubts that reconciliation is possible or desirable; but nonetheless has dispatched agents to investigate the disappearance.
The powerful Ravn Olafsdottr, a Shadow of the Names, slips into Clanthompson Hall to tell mother and daughter of the fate of Donovan...
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From the award-winning author Greg Egan comes a Tor.com Original sci-fi short story, "Zeitgeber"
For millions of years, life on Earth has taken its cues from the rising and setting of the sun, and for most of human history, we've followed the same rhythm. But, if that shared connection was broken, and we each fell under the sway of our own private clock, could we still hold our lives together? One family is about to find out.
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A group of friends, a pair of lovers, and the tussle between love, addiction, and what comes next. Otto, a former addict, grateful and indebted to his lover Trevor, is faced with temptation and the threat of disaster, but he's fighting it. Fighting it in a future where matter can be reprogrammed and anything could happen, good or bad, in Sam J. Miller's The Future of Hunger. A Tor.com Original.
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"Patrouillenschiff P-47" ist eine "Space Opera" im Stil klassischer Heftromane, aufgeteilt in sechs Episoden: Der Angriff, Gegen die Zeit, Meuterei, Zwischen den Fronten, Dämonen und Akis Kampf.
Dieses E-Book enthält die Episoden 1 "Der Angriff" und 2 "Gegen die Zeit".
Klimatische Katastrophen haben die Natur des Planeten Yama zerstört. Ein Bürgerkrieg tobt um die letzten Wasserreserven. Der blutjunge Soldat Aki Baku sehnt sich nach Frieden....
20) Alien Minds
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The ability to read minds isn't an unmixed blessing, so learns George Hanlon, Secret Operative of the Inter-Stellar Corps. His unique gift helps him with his assignments, of course - except that he has a lot of trouble with alien minds. He encounters a whole planet full of alien minds on Estrella when the semi-human inhabitants of this Earth-like world of another sun decide that they want nothing to do with the Federation Planets. Hanlon's investigation's...
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