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128 past books matching First Contact
On a remote space station orbiting the enigmatic planet Solaris, reality bends and memories come alive.
Solaris
Sci-Fi · First Contact
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On a remote space station orbiting the enigmatic planet Solaris, reality bends and memories come alive. As psychologist Kris Kelvin confronts the haunting manifestations of his past, the planet’s alien intelligence forces humanity to question everything it knows about love, loss, and understanding. A masterpiece that blurs the line between science and soul.
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What if first contact with alien intelligence revealed more about us than them?
Psychologist Kris Kelvin arrives at a space station orbiting the mysterious planet Solaris, determined to uncover its secrets. But what he finds is chaos—crewmembers haunted by apparitions, their fears and desires brought to life by the planet itself.
As Solaris forces each person to confront their deepest truths, Kris grapples with a painful memory given an impossible second chance. Is this a chance for redemption, or just another illusion?
The longer he stays, the more Solaris challenges the boundaries of human understanding. Can Kris solve its riddle, or will the planet’s eerie consciousness break him first?
What will you discover when faced with a mirror to your soul?
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Years after her sister Naomi’s sudden disappearance, Mika is haunted by questions.
In Daylight
Sci-Fi · First Contact
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Years after her sister Naomi’s sudden disappearance, Mika is haunted by questions. When a family crisis leads her to confront Naomi, she’s drawn into a surreal mystery that defies reason. As Mika’s grip on reality slips, she realizes that uncovering her sister’s secrets might come at an impossible cost.
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Mika has yearned for a reunion with her sister, Naomi, ever since Naomi left with a cryptic, terrifying warning for the Crane family.
Years later, after a career-shattering panic attack, Mika finds herself back home, haunted by questions. When her ailing father locates Naomi in New York, Mika seizes her chance to confront the sister who abandoned her.
But as they reconnect, Naomi reveals a dark, otherworldly secret that leaves Mika questioning everything. Determined to help, Mika follows Naomi down a shadowed path that threatens her grip on reality itself—a path where each step pulls her further from the life she once knew.
Will Mika find the answers she seeks—or lose herself forever?
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Just when returning to Earth seemed within reach, an urgent mission thrusts the crew toward a tense first contact with a volatile alien race.
The Second Artifact
Sci-Fi · First Contact
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Just when returning to Earth seemed within reach, an urgent mission thrusts the crew toward a tense first contact with a volatile alien race. Along the way, they discover an ancient artifact—one with the power to reshape the galaxy. Now, they must protect it before chaos reigns.
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Returning to Earth was supposed to be simple. But for these space adventurers, trouble is always just one jump away.
Fresh from their first journey, our crew now boasts a powerful new ship and a wedding to plan. But their smooth return to Earth is interrupted by a mission to meet a mysterious alien species—one whose first contact with other civilizations didn’t go well.
As they navigate the unknown, they uncover an ancient artifact, pulsing with mysterious power. It’s a find that could shift the galaxy’s balance, but wielding it might mean risking everything.
With alliances tested and danger closing in, the crew faces a harrowing question: can they safeguard this discovery, or will it bring chaos across the stars?
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When the Starship Rhea uncovers a mysterious cluster of planets brimming with quantum energy, Lieutenant T’Ryssa Chen encounters alien life unlike any seen before.
Greater Than the Sum (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Sci-Fi · First Contact · Space Exploration
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When the Starship Rhea uncovers a mysterious cluster of planets brimming with quantum energy, Lieutenant T’Ryssa Chen encounters alien life unlike any seen before. But as the Borg close in, desperate to seize control of this advanced technology, humanity’s survival hinges on one mission: stop them at any cost.
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The Starship Rhea’s crew has just made a groundbreaking discovery: a cluster of carbon planets radiating powerful quantum energies. Lieutenant T’Ryssa Chen, a half-Vulcan with a rare talent for interspecies connection, encounters strange life-forms there, sparking hopes of a new understanding.
But chaos erupts when the Rhea comes under sudden attack by the Einstein, a Starfleet vessel overtaken by the Borg. Stranded on the planet, Chen and her team listen in horror as their comrades are assimilated above. Just as all seems lost, she’s transported two thousand light-years away—by the beings themselves.
These beings control a quantum slipstream that the Borg are desperate to possess. With Captain Picard’s mission clear, will Starfleet stop the Borg before they access the ultimate weapon?
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When a deadly Borg plague strikes Earth, Admiral Janeway and her crew face accusations and a ticking clock.
The Farther Shore (Star Trek: Voyager Book 2)
Sci-Fi · First Contact
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When a deadly Borg plague strikes Earth, Admiral Janeway and her crew face accusations and a ticking clock. Joined by the U.S.S. Enterprise, Janeway must find the source of the infection before humanity falls to a ruthless new Collective. The cost of failure? Earth’s total assimilation.
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Earth is under attack by an unrelenting Borg plague—and Starfleet blames the newly returned crew of the U.S.S. Voyager.
Admiral Kathryn Janeway barely has time to celebrate Voyager’s return before suspicions fall on her crew. Did they unknowingly bring back a Borg contagion capable of consuming Earth itself? Among the accused, former Borg drone Seven of Nine faces scrutiny that stirs dark memories and deep-seated fears.
With the U.S.S. Enterprise by her side, Janeway races to reunite her crew and unravel the mystery behind the infection. But each passing moment brings Earth closer to assimilation, and a deadly new Collective looms on the horizon.
Will Janeway’s journey home mark humanity’s end—or its salvation?
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Edmund Gunderson returns to a transformed Holman’s World, seeking to witness the nildoror’s sacred rebirth.
Downward to the Earth
Sci-Fi · First Contact · Space Exploration
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Edmund Gunderson returns to a transformed Holman’s World, seeking to witness the nildoror’s sacred rebirth. As he travels deeper into the alien jungles, the journey forces him to confront not just the planet’s mysteries but the darkness within himself. What he uncovers will challenge everything he thought he knew.
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Edmund Gunderson returns to Holman’s World after eight years, but the planet has changed. Once exploited by Earth, it’s now ruled by the native nildoror and their mysterious sulidoror companions. Officially, Gunderson seeks old acquaintances, but his true aim is witnessing the nildoror’s sacred rebirth ceremony. As he ventures into the misty northern jungles, alien wonders surround him, but so do deeper, personal fears. What begins as a journey to relive his past becomes a confrontation with the darkest parts of his soul—and the planet’s hidden truths.
What will he find in the heart of this alien world, and can he survive what it reveals about himself?
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Ideal for readers looking for epic science fiction about alien societies, human conflict, evolutionary inheritance, and morally difficult choices.
An Alien Light
Sci-Fi · First Contact
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Called “an attractively complex portrayal of an alien species” by The Washington Post, An Alien Light follows two warring tribes brought together as subjects in an alien experiment that could determine humanity’s fate on Earth and across its galactic colonies, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 170 Amazon reviewers. Ideal for readers looking for epic science fiction about alien societies, human conflict, evolutionary inheritance, and morally difficult choices.
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In this epic science fiction tale by an award-winning author, two warring tribes are the subjects of a strange alien experiment.
Epic in scope, peopled by characters from every strata of profoundly different societies, An Alien Light is an unflinching look at the strengths and weaknesses of the genetic, evolutionary, and historical inheritance that all of us share.
Arys, a glassblower and outcast.
Jehane, a skilled female warrior.
Dahar, with a deeply inquisitive mind.
Grax, an alien with profound doubts.
These four and hundreds of others are thrown together in an experiment to determine the fate of humanity, both on Earth and in her galactic colonies. For the Ged, the stakes are nothing less than the outcome of a war. For the humans, ignorant of the larger situation, the rewards for participating are incredible riches. But no one except the alien Ged understands the criteria for being chosen.
When that knowledge comes, there is no agreement about if, how, or when to use it. Some will betray others. Some will sacrifice. Some will die. And some must succeed, no matter the price.
Praise for An Alien Light
"This heady mix of fantasy and sf explores humanity's infinite capacity for change. Highly recommended." —Library Journal
"An attractively complex portrayal of an alien species." —The Washington Post
"Nancy Kress has the true storyteller's gift—the ability to make her characters and what happens to them so vital that the reader's heart aches." —Stephen R. Donaldson
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A familiar face becomes the most frightening thing in the world when something inhuman begins taking over a quiet California town.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Horror · Sci-Fi · Alien Invasion · First Contact
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A familiar face becomes the most frightening thing in the world when something inhuman begins taking over a quiet California town. Dr. Miles Bennell uncovers an alien invasion that spreads through neighbors, friends, and loved ones, turning intimacy into paranoia. Invasion of the Body Snatchers is classic sci-fi horror built on dread, suspicion, and the fear that the people you know are already gone.
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Celebrate one of the earliest science fiction horror novels by rediscovering Jack Finney’s internationally acclaimed Invasion of the Body Snatchers—which Stephen King calls a story “to be read and savored for its own satisfactions,” now repackaged with a foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.
On a quiet fall evening in the peaceful town of Mill Valley, California, Dr. Miles Bennell discovers an insidious, horrifying plot. Subtly, almost imperceptibly, alien life-forms are taking over the bodies and minds of his neighbors, friends, family, the woman he loves, and the entire world as he knows it.
First published in 1955, this classic alien invasion novel and science fiction thriller about the triumph of the human spirit over an invisible enemy has inspired multiple film adaptations and entertained readers for decades. This repackaged edition features a new cover by Hugo award–winning illustrator, John Picacio and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author, Dean Koontz.
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Three strangers survive impossible strokes after a meteor lights the Edinburgh sky.
The Space Between Us
Sci-Fi · First Contact
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Three strangers survive impossible strokes after a meteor lights the Edinburgh sky. When an alien creature appears, they are forced together in a desperate flight from authority and fear. This humane first-contact thriller blends suspense with empathy and hope. Rated 4.2 stars on Amazon and selected for BBC Two’s Between the Covers.
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When three people suffer strokes after seeing dazzling lights over Edinburgh, then awake completely recovered, they're convinced their ordeal is connected to the alien creature discovered on a nearby beach … an adrenaline-soaked, deeply humane, life-affirming first-contact novel from one of Scotland's most revered authors…
**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers 2023**
'All the drive, curiosity and wonder of his crime and mystery novels … science fiction gains a new author' Derek B Miller
If you read one life-affirming book this year, make sure it's this one' Nina Pottell, Prima
'The main characters, their lives and their struggles, are portrayed very vividly. I was straight into this, just like a thriller' Ivo Graham on Between the Covers
Connecting will change everything…
Lennox is a troubled teenager with no family. Ava is eight months pregnant and fleeing her abusive husband. Heather is a grieving mother and cancer sufferer. They don't know each other, but when a meteor streaks over Edinburgh, all three suffer instant, catastrophic strokes...
...only to wake up the following day in hospital, miraculously recovered.
When news reaches them of an octopus-like creature washed up on the shore near where the meteor came to earth, Lennox senses that some extra-terrestrial force is at play. With the help of Ava, Heather and a journalist, Ewan, he rescues the creature they call 'Sandy' and goes on the run.
But they aren't the only ones with an interest in the alien … close behind are Ava's husband, the police and a government unit who wants to capture the creature, at all costs. And Sandy's arrival may have implications beyond anything anyone could imagine…
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Song’s wreck-diving crew stumbles upon an ancient alien ship, battle-scarred and unlike anything humanity has ever seen.
Falling Dark
Sci-Fi · First Contact
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Song’s wreck-diving crew stumbles upon an ancient alien ship, battle-scarred and unlike anything humanity has ever seen. Struggling with a crumbling marriage and debts, Song hopes this discovery will change her fate. But when the ship shows signs of life, her find becomes far more dangerous than she imagined.
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An ancient alien spaceship. A discovery that changes everything.
Song’s wreck-diving career has always been risky, but this find—a massive alien ship lost in deep space—could solve all her problems. Struggling with a failing marriage and mounting debts, Song needs a win, and one piece of alien tech could change her life.
The ship is colossal, ancient, and battle-worn, unlike anything in human records. It's a graveyard from a long-forgotten species. But when the ship suddenly blinks, it becomes clear: something inside is still alive.
Can Song and her crew survive long enough to uncover the ship’s secrets, or are they already too late?
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Good for readers who like classic sci-fi about strategy, power, and uneasy alien diplomacy.
The Man Who Used the Universe
Sci-Fi · First Contact
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Kees vaan Loo-Macklin leaves the criminal underworld for legitimacy, only to reach out to the alien Nuel and negotiate a peace agreement that may hide darker ambitions. In The Man Who Used the Universe, alien secrets, growing power, and gathering enemy starships raise questions about his real motives, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 200 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like classic sci-fi about strategy, power, and uneasy alien diplomacy.
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A notorious criminal pursues peace—and power—with alien enemies in this sci-fi novel from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Damned Trilogy.
No one knows the true motives of Kees vaan Loo-Macklin. He's a mastermind criminal who gave up his place at the head of the dark underworld to become a legitimate member of Evenwaith's cities. But soon he was reaching out to powerful enemies—-the slimy aliens called the Nuel. Loo-Macklin negotiates an illusory peace agreement and gains precious alien secrets in the process. Is he after peace, power or pure evil? With enemy starships beginning to amass, we won't have to wait long to find out.
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Ben Murdock’s life changes when he’s offered a starship for sale.
Starship For Sale
Sci-Fi · First Contact
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Ben Murdock’s life changes when he’s offered a starship for sale. Joined by his best friend and an odd tenant, he soon discovers that space is as treacherous as it is thrilling—and staying alive might just be the hardest part of his new adventure.
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Ben Murdock never imagined a text message could change his life—until he receives one offering a fully operational starship for sale. Certain it's a joke, he decides to play along. But when the ship turns out to be real, Ben's ordinary life takes a wild turn.
Desperate for an escape from his worst day ever, he seizes the opportunity. With his street-smart best friend and a strange tenant along for the ride, Ben soon learns that space is far more dangerous—and thrilling—than he could have imagined.
Owning a starship comes with challenges, and survival is the toughest one yet. Can Ben navigate the perils of the universe, or will he crash before his adventure even begins?
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