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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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A shattered planet.
Nophek Gloss
Sci-Fi · Space Exploration · Space Opera
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A shattered planet. A crew of outcasts. And Caiden, caught between survival and vengeance. With only a sentient ship and a few alien misfits by his side, Caiden must destroy the slavers who stole everything from him—even if it means risking everything he has left. One wrong move, and he’s history.
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The planet he called home? Obliterated. Caiden’s family? Gone. His only shot at survival? A patched-up ship with a life of its own and a ragtag crew of aliens who aren’t exactly winning any popularity contests. Caiden’s about to learn that this universe is far bigger—and a whole lot stranger—than he ever bargained for. But the wonders of space have their darker corners, and Caiden has one goal: take down the slavers who wiped out his people. To do that, he’ll have to infiltrate their ranks, play the long game, and pray they don’t see through his plans. Because if he fails? He risks losing the one chance he has to get even. Can he succeed—or is he doomed to die trying?
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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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Stranded on a wrecked space station with 11 hours of life support and no way to contact Earth, he discovers the destruction was no accident.
Last Man Standing
Sci-Fi · Space Exploration
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Stranded on a wrecked space station with 11 hours of life support and no way to contact Earth, he discovers the destruction was no accident. Someone’s out to finish the job, but they left the wrong man alive. Now, he must fight for survival—and for his family—against impossible odds.
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The space station is in ruins, everyone around him is dead, and he has only 11 hours of life support. Survival shouldn't be possible—but he's still breathing.
Alone and stranded, he starts to explore the wreckage, realizing this was no accident. Someone sabotaged the station, and they aren’t done yet.
With time running out, making it home seems impossible, but he's not just fighting for his own life. His family’s safety depends on him.
As the mystery deepens, so does the danger. The saboteurs nearly succeeded—except for one mistake: they left him alive.
And he’s not going down without a fight.
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In a future devastated by the Nanocaust, archaeologist Verity Auger is thrust into a dangerous mission when a wormhole reveals an alternate 1950s Earth.
Century Rain
Sci-Fi · Space Exploration
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In a future devastated by the Nanocaust, archaeologist Verity Auger is thrust into a dangerous mission when a wormhole reveals an alternate 1950s Earth. Somewhere on this preserved world, a device capable of destroying both planets waits to be unleashed. Verity must find it before time—and two worlds—run out.
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Earth, 300 years from now, lies in ruins after the Nanocaust. Archaeologist Verity Auger, an expert in exploring its desolate remains, is pulled into a mission unlike any she’s faced before. A wormhole has revealed an alternate 20th-century Earth, frozen in time.
On this alternate world, a deadly device threatens the destruction of both Earths. Verity must navigate this strange version of the past, racing to find the weapon—and the man who intends to use it—before the future of both planets is wiped out.
With time running out and two worlds at risk, how far will Verity go to stop the impending catastrophe?
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Jack van der Veerden flees his powerful family, seeking freedom aboard a mining ship chasing the biggest asteroid bounty in history.
Gallowglass
Sci-Fi · Space Exploration
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Jack van der Veerden flees his powerful family, seeking freedom aboard a mining ship chasing the biggest asteroid bounty in history. But surrounded by mercenaries and facing deadly risks, Jack soon learns the riches they seek could tear them apart—or worse, leave them stranded in the dark depths of space.
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Jack van der Veerden is running—from his billionaire parents’ twisted ambitions, from a ruthless bodyguard, and from a planet on the edge of collapse.
Determined to escape, Jack finds work on a mining ship bound for an asteroid with a crew of misfits and mercenaries, each desperate for a massive payday. But one wrong move in space could cost him everything, long before they even reach the asteroid.
As tensions rise and the stakes skyrocket, Jack realizes the reward could save entire nations—or doom them all. Betrayal and greed threaten the mission, and the darkness of space offers no second chances.
Will Jack survive long enough to claim the prize, or will he be lost to the void?
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Cachalot was meant to be a sanctuary—a water world where Earth's whales thrived in peace.
Cachalot
Sci-Fi · First Contact · Space Exploration
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Cachalot was meant to be a sanctuary—a water world where Earth's whales thrived in peace. But when floating human settlements spark unrest and mysterious deaths, a team of marine biologists races to uncover the truth. As tensions mount, the whales grow larger, smarter—and possibly vengeful. Beneath the waves, something deadly stirs. Is it too late to stop paradise from becoming a graveyard?
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Cachalot—a water-covered planet where Earth’s marine mammals were saved from extinction—was meant to be a safe haven, a perfect refuge.
Marine biologists are sent to investigate when humans establish floating towns, disrupting the peace, and people start mysteriously dying. The team, led by determined scientists, must uncover the truth behind the attacks before it's too late.
With each passing day, tensions rise between humans and whales as the once-peaceful creatures grow in both size and intelligence. As the biologists dig deeper, they realize they may have underestimated the true threat lurking beneath the surface.
Can they solve the mystery and save themselves, or has Cachalot’s paradise turned into a deadly trap?
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Discovery demands a price measured in centuries.
Starfarers
Sci-Fi · First Contact · Space Exploration
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Discovery demands a price measured in centuries. In Starfarers, a crew of explorers leaves Earth to pursue first contact with distant alien civilizations, knowing their home will age thousands of years in their absence. As the Envoy travels into deep space, scientific wonder collides with sacrifice in a far-reaching science fiction epic shaped by time, change, and human ambition.
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Courageous space explorers embark on a mission to make contact with alien races light years away, while the Earth they leave behind ages twelve hundred centuries
It's the most exciting discovery since humankind first began watching the skies: SETI scientists detect starship "trails" in a galaxy many light years from Earth, and at long last the dream of human-to-alien contact is attainable. But the courageous crew of starfarers assembled to take on the monumental endeavor must sacrifice the only lives they've ever known and the people they love; the Earth will have aged many thousands of years when—and if—they are finally able to return. Still, their hunger for knowledge of the universe and the extraterrestrial races that inhabit it is too great to deny, and the Envoy rockets off into the vast unknown. It's a perilous mission that will profoundly change everyone it touches—even as the passing millennia transform the Earth in ways no one could ever have imagined.
Of all the science fiction extrapolators to emerge in the twentieth century, none were more visionary and few as prolific as the great Poul Anderson. Starfarers, his ingeniously imagined space exploration adventure, still stands tall among the most intelligent, enthralling, and unforgettable science fiction novels ever written.
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When a rebellious translator, a reluctant diplomat, and a curious mechanic cross paths, their choices will decide the fate of a fragile galactic peace.
Translation State
LGBTQIA+ · Sci-Fi · Space Exploration · Space Opera
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When a rebellious translator, a reluctant diplomat, and a curious mechanic cross paths, their choices will decide the fate of a fragile galactic peace. In a universe where language is power, identity can be the ultimate rebellion. Ann Leckie’s Translation State is a masterful standalone sci-fi about connection and consequence.
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Three lives. One missing translator. A choice that could alter the fate of the galaxy.
Qven was created to serve as a Presger translator, a bridge between humans and one of the most dangerous alien species in existence. But when they defy their programming, their rebellion sets them on a collision course with two others: Enae, a weary diplomat tasked with finding a fugitive lost for centuries, and Reet, a mechanic desperate to uncover his origins.
As political tensions rise and the treaty between species begins to fracture, their paths converge in a revelation that could reshape the stars.
Ann Leckie’s Translation State is a profound and thrilling space opera about identity, belonging, and the cost of defying expectation.
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A good pick for fans of science fiction built around problem-solving, space survival, and humor.
Project Hail Mary
Sci-Fi · First Contact · Space Exploration
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A #1 New York Times bestseller called “propulsive” by Entertainment Weekly, this novel follows Ryland Grace, who wakes aboard a spacecraft with no memory of his mission. As his memories return, he must solve a scientific mystery to save humanity. A good pick for fans of science fiction built around problem-solving, space survival, and humor.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a screenplay by Drew Goddard
A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science—from the author of The Martian.
HUGO AWARD FINALIST • NEW YORK TIMES READER PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY • ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS: Parade, Newsweek, New York Public Library, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.
Or does he?
Hailed by USA Today as “an epic story of redemption, discovery, and cool speculative sci-fi,” Project Hail Mary is an irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver.
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When her uncle massacres the royal line, Commander Lorraine Adamant escapes with a stolen starship and enemies on her trail.
The Exodus Gambit
Sci-Fi · Military Sci-Fi · Space Exploration
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When her uncle massacres the royal line, Commander Lorraine Adamant escapes with a stolen starship and enemies on her trail. Hunted by the man who trained her, she must rely on every hard won skill to survive and reclaim her birthright. A relentless space opera of betrayal, survival, and ambition from Glynn Stewart.
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Her family, gone, destroyed from within
Her kingdom, doomed, tainted by blood
Unless a scion rises to become something… more
In a single ruthless blow, Commander Lorraine Adamant’s favorite uncle murders everyone ahead of him in the succession for the Star Kingdom of Adamant. Only luck and the paranoia of her bodyguard, Vigo Jarret, saves Lorraine’s life.
On the run in a single starship Lorraine should never have commanded, with a crew she can not trust, she swiftly learns her uncle’s hounds are hot on her heels. She must gather every skill, every trick, she has ever learned if she is to survive—and pray the uncle who taught her those tricks is a step behind.
Because one thing is certain: Lorraine Adamant will save her Kingdom—or die.
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In Red Thunder by John Varley (4.4 out of 5 stars), a disgraced astronaut and four Florida teens race NASA and China to Mars in a homemade ship.
Red Thunder
Sci-Fi · Hard Sci-Fi · Space Exploration
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In Red Thunder by John Varley (4.4 out of 5 stars), a disgraced astronaut and four Florida teens race NASA and China to Mars in a homemade ship. Clever, funny, and full of heart, this Hugo Award–winning author delivers a modern sci-fi classic about guts, friendship, and reaching for the impossible. Buckle up for lift-off.
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The race to Mars is heating up. As the United States and China battle for the glory of being first to the Red Planet, one washed-up astronaut, his resourceful cousin, and four Florida teens hatch a wild plan: build their own spaceship from junkyard scraps and beat them all to it.
Armed with duct tape, dreams, and a mysterious new power source that could change everything, this ragtag crew takes on governments, odds, and gravity itself. What begins as a reckless fantasy turns into a daring mission that tests courage, friendship, and the limits of human ingenuity.
John Varley’s Red Thunder is a fast-paced, character-driven space adventure packed with humor, heart, and the thrill of impossible ambition made real.
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