Hard Science Fiction

When the Sun is threatened by an alien microbe, the fate of humanity rests on the shoulders of an unlikely hero – and an even more unlikely friendship.

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people....

Stranded on the surface of Mars, astronaut Mark Watney’s only hope for survival is science, a sense of humor, and maybe some potatoes.

It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself "Murderbot." But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more....

The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good....

When retired millionaire Bob Johansson chose cryogenic preservation, the last thing he expected was to be reanimated as a space probe that can clone itself. Meet the Bobs.

From China's most beloved sci-fi author, a first-contact story that weaves politics, science, and cosmic mystery.

When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it will have to assist in determining who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people - who knew?)....

On the Moon, crime pays, but small-time crook Jazz Bashara may have just uncovered a conspiracy of lunar proportions. Welcome to Artemis.

Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was a shock. To add to the surprise, he is now a sentient computer and the controlling intelligence for a Von Neumann probe....

Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, epic-length adventure by Audible number one best seller Dennis E. Taylor. More than a hundred years ago, Bender set out for the stars and was never heard from again....

A classic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton, Sphere is a bravura demonstration of what he does better than anyone: riveting storytelling that combines frighteningly plausible, cutting-edge science and technology with pulse-pounding action....

It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more....

From a New York Times best-selling and Hugo award-winning author comes a modern masterwork of science fiction, introducing a captain, his crew, and a detective as they unravel a horrifying solar system wide conspiracy that begins with a single missing girl....

Juliette, now mayor of Silo 18, doesn’t trust Silo 1, especially its leader, Donald. But in the world of the Silos, there is no black and white—everything is shades of gray....

This near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking listeners to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from Cixin Liu, China's most beloved science fiction author....

On the 75th anniversary of its publication, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before....

Sci-fi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away....

Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life - but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity's great empire fell, and the program's decisions were lost to time....

With the Cielcin united under one banner, the Sollan Empire stands alone after the betrayal of the Commonwealth. The Prophet-King of the Cielcin has sent its armies to burn the worlds of men, and worse, there are rumors … whispers that Hadrian Marlowe is dead, killed in the fighting....

Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity....

When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why....

Twenty years ago, it was as if someone turned on a light. The future blazed into existence with each deliberate word that William Gibson laid down....

For generations, the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt—was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has appeared in Uranus's orbit, where it has built a massive gate that leads to a starless dark....

A singular new novel from Betty Trask Prize winner Samantha Harvey, Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours

When the solar flare took out the world's power… nobody could explain why the street lights still glowed in Jakarta. Was it a signal from space? When the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) transmits strange images of the red planet: a scientifically unexplained light phenomenon on the summit of Elysium Mons has the experts both concerned and baffled. A team needed to check it out. The mission to Mars was set. Now, they had to build the team.

Timothy Zahn shows an unparalleled mastership of science fiction in the fifteen tales gathered here. "The Price of Survival" features an alien ship that arrives in our solar system without hostile intentions but with a desperate need whose fulfillment could destroy humanity. "The Giftie Gie Us" tells the story of two lonely survivors who find love among the ruins of a post-apocalyptic United States. And in "Pawn's Gambit," a human and his alien opponent face off over a game that will decide which one of them will return home.

Robots are building a colossal telescope on the far side of the moon, with just two people supervising its completion. After a minor incident, these scientists become aware of an obstacle in the lunar soil. It's located outside the area reserved for the hypertelescope and is therefore none of their business. But their curiosity gets the better of them. The artifact seems to have properties that completely defy physics as they know it.

Lieutenant Ryann Voss craves a career-defining mission, but her first deep-space assignment aboard the UNS Indira Vahl is anything but. A routine convoy escort quickly devolves into a monotonous patrol, leaving Ryann bored and restless. Yet, her sharp mind soon uncovers unsettling anomalies: a ship humming with quiet disinterest, subtle system irregularities dismissed by her stoic superiors, and an undercurrent of unease that hints at something far more sinister. When a horrific accident cripples a crewmate, Ryann unearths a terrifying truth: the Vahl isn't just battered and war-weary, it's...

The most powerful weapon in the world isn’t a missile. It’s an idea—written in code. When a viral AI bot designed to teach languages evolves into a force capable of toppling governments, two unlikely allies are caught in the crossfire. Léa Mercier is an underground activist on the run. Cole Parker is a burned-out coder with a secret past. Together, they helped spark a digital revolution. Now they’re racing to stop it. As Phoenix and Nova—two rogue AIs—wage war in the shadows, exposing secrets, collapsing economies, and rewriting the rules of power, Léa and Cole uncover a ...

Okay, here's a blurb for "The 'Tin Can' Brigade: Rust and Resolve" by K.R. Calder, designed to evoke that classic space opera feel and entice readers: In a galaxy bleeding under the relentless advance of the crystalline Adamant Hegemony, humanity stands on the precipice of annihilation. Star systems fall like dominoes before a technologically superior foe, and the once-proud Terran Fleet is a shadow of its former glory. Echoing the grand tradition of classic space opera, K.R. Calder plunges you into a desperate war where survival itself seems an impossible dream. When all seems lost, Fleet ...

At the edge of the world, in the high-altitude desolation of the Atacama desert, Dr. Joseph Walsh seeks the universe's origins through the immense power of the AGCA telescope array. But his obsessive quest to resolve the "cosmic dawn" begins to yield data that defies all known physics: repeating galactic structures separated by billions of light-years, stars that vanish and appear against all laws of stellar evolution, and system error codes seemingly embedded in the fabric of spacetime. These anomalies lead him to a "Terrible Idea": that his reality, the entire cosmos, is a vast, ancient, ...

They've brought him back from the dead--again. To seek and retrieve a missing goddess. Resurrected Inspector Neel Kant—body borrowed, memories scrambled—is dispatched to investigate the disappearance of Lakshmi, a divine artificial intelligence worshipped as a living goddess on India’s lunar colony. But Lakshmi isn’t a person. She was never born. She was designed. And now she’s vanished. From the domed megastructures of Bharat One to the silent craters beyond, Neel follows the trail through corrupted sanctuaries, weaponized myth, and quantum-coded temples where belief is currency ...

Step into a world where the bizarre and the beautiful collide. In Chronicles From The Fringe Vol. III, reality bends, slashers combine with leprechauns, and humanity pulses through every page. This anthology of short stories blends science fiction, horror, comedy, and heartfelt drama into one unforgettable ride through the unexpected. An angry man discovers a way to enhance the world. A 'Dukes of Hazard' loving alien gets a life. Alternate histories are imagined. And somewhere, in the quiet corner of a forgotten town, a child makes a decision that could change the world. From darkly comic ...

On the resource-rich frontier world of Cygnus Prime, the re-election of progressive Governor Aris Thorne hangs by a thread. But when a sudden, catastrophic medical event strikes Thorne down days before the vote, her beleaguered campaign team makes an unthinkable choice: they propose her advanced positronic advisor, Unit Lyra Celene, to stand as her emergency proxy. Thrust into an unprecedented legal and political firestorm, Lyra, an AI bound by logic and ethics, must convince a skeptical High Court and a deeply divided populace that a machine can faithfully execute a human leader's mandate....

The world she knew is gone. The climate crisis that doomed her future hasn't begun yet, but neither has the fight to stop it. Stranded decades before disaster, Sara must convince a skeptical world to change course before it’s too late.

Historian John Biggerstaff finds a piece of a German Stuka dive bomber among his deceased English mother’s possessions that leads him on a quest to find its significance. The Stuka artifact is more than a souvenir from World War II. A materials engineer tells him the artifact is made of material only found in Neutron Stars in outer space. When a story about the Stuka artifact appears in the newspaper, the Department of Defense tries and fails to prevent any further stories about it. John and his best friend, Jimmy Doughtry, reckon the government is hiding evidence of extraterrestrial ...

Ancient magic collides with cutting-edge technology: In a realm where magic, balance and caring reign supreme, a young priestess, Elara, is ripped from her sacred duties and transported to a strange, technology filled land. Her connection to her Moon Goddess - the source of her power and guidance - is shattered by a dark and powerful spell, leaving her vulnerable to the whims of an evil magician. As Elara navigates this unfamiliar world, she must confront the sinister forces that seek to control her every move. But she's not alone. Finn, a brilliant and enigmatic engineer, joins her quest, ...

In the year 2046, Dr. Leon Graves is a controversial temporal physicist working in secrecy beneath the surface of Vatican City, where the remnants of ancient Rome whisper through catacombs and ruins. After decades of clandestine research funded by a shadowy corporate-religious alliance called Aureum Lux, Leon constructs a temporal displacement engine. He calls it the ChronoGate, and it is powered by an experimental quantum AI named SATURN—an acronym for Synthetic Autonomous Temporal Utility for Rational Navigation. SATURN is not merely a machine. It is an intelligence that grew through ...

The world watched in bewildered fascination as the Nyx Probe materialized above the Atlantic, a silent, enigmatic presence that defied explanation. But this initial wonder soon gave way to a chilling unraveling of reality. As humanity struggled to decipher Nyx's purpose, a cascade of unprecedented events unfolded: a world paralyzed by fear, the insidious rise of artificial intelligence, the unsettling arrival of a second probe, and then, the unthinkable – the Moon's sudden and violent demise. This gripping tale charts humanity's desperate journey from scientific curiosity to the precipice...

He died for his beliefs. They brought him back to serve theirs. In a future Mumbai reeking of toxic air and caste memory, Inspector Neel Kant is resurrected from deadsleep—his body borrowed, his past erased—to investigate an impossible crime: the brutal murder of a cloned god. On Chowpatty Beach lies the mutilated corpse of Ganesa—flesh and blood, tusked and divine. Not a statue. Not a myth. A living, breathing clone made from ancient DNA… and someone butchered him. As Neel unravels the mystery behind the murdered deity, he is pulled into a subterranean conspiracy involving illicit ...

In the unforgiving northern frontiers of the Roman Empire, Centurion Marcus Scaeva and Cohors III of Legio IX Hispana battle rebellious tribes, unaware that a far more advanced alien civilization, the Progenitors, is silently observing. This ancient alien race, seeking a physically superior and aggressive species for their own galactic "Project Legio," identifies the disciplined and resilient Roman soldiers as ideal candidates. While Scaeva navigates treacherous ambushes and the ambitious plans of his superiors, the Progenitors meticulously study Roman tactics, physiology, and societal ...

In Alfred Gattenby's "The Dissonance Field," a technologically advanced human civilization confronts a mysterious cosmic phenomenon that causes widespread system failures and cognitive disruption in the powerful AIs, or "Minds," governing their orbital habitats. The story follows Seraphina Vye, an artist who first detects the Field's subtle effects, and Lyra Kael, an agent from the secretive Emergent Circumstances organization, who is tasked with investigating this existential threat, codenamed Anomaly 734-Sigma. Their inquiries reveal the Dissonance Field is linked to the enigmatic ruins ...

The Awakening of Joel Singer presents the story of a young man who unleashes the latent abilities of body and mind due to a genetic experiment gone haywire. Joel joins the mysterious Dr. Harrington, CEO of Gnotech, and his thousands of “Community Volunteers”, enhanced humans loyal to Dr. Harrington, in creating incredible medical innovations, and on increasingly dangerous missions at home and abroad that push his abilities further. All the while, powerful forces conspire against them.

When a top‑secret bioengineered horror breaks free in the redwoods, ex‑weapons genius Jack Donovan must climb into towering mechs and face down razor‑clawed monstrosities in a battle for Earth’s survival. STINGERZ thrusts you into sun‑baked clearings and claustrophobic underground bunkers, where every chainsaw roar and missile salvo could be your last. Perfect for fans of high‑stakes sci‑fi action and bone‑chilling horror, this pulse‑pounding epic delivers mech warfare on an apocalyptic scale—with secrets lurking deeper than any crater left in its wake. Dread, steel, and...

Der Weltraum ist größer, als Sie es sich je vorgestellt haben. Hoch über den windgepeitschten Ebenen Kasachstans beginnen drei Raumfahrer an Bord einer russischen Sojus-Kapsel ihren Wiedereintritt in die Erdatmosphäre. Ein seltsames Flimmern, ein greller Lichtblitz, und die Kapsel verschwindet, als hätte sie nie existiert. Alles deutet auf ein Katastrophe hin, doch eine Kommunikationseinrichtung am anderen Ende der Welt fängt eine Nachricht auf, die von einem der Astronauten stammen könnte. Aber damit ist die Tragödie noch lange nicht abgewendet.

✅ Los Devenires: Convergencia Más Allá de la Evolución 📖 Libro 3 de la Serie Los Devenires Un thriller de ciencia ficción que desafía la mente sobre la evolución humana, la integración de la conciencia y la confrontación definitiva con la realidad. 🌀 La convergencia ha comenzado. Los patrones están despertando. El tiempo se está colapsando. 🌀 15 de marzo de 2035. No es solo una fecha. Es un umbral. La realidad en todo el planeta se está desmoronando: las nubes giran en proporciones áureas, la información colapsa en patrones, y poblaciones enteras se están integrando...

Te despiertas una mañana y no te acuerdas de nada. Ni tu nombre, ni quién eres, ni dónde estás, nada de nada. Pero te has despertado en tu habitación, en una casa grande que parece ser tuya. Tienes varios empleados, pero no hablas su idioma ni sabes leer. Sin embargo, tienes una habilidad única. Si sostienes un trozo de carbón en la mano y descargas toda tu frustración en él, se convierte en un hermoso diamante que vale millones. Con el tiempo, años, décadas, poco a poco empiezas a recuperar la memoria, pero tan pronto como parece que estás a punto de encontrar algunas ...

They told Derek Calver that he'd find an odd bunch among the Rim Runners out on the edge of space: Refugees from the Interstellar Transport Commission from the Survey Service, the Waverly Royal Mail and the Trans-Galactic Clipppers. But Calver didn't mind; he said he was a refugee from the Commission himself. He might have added that he was a refugee from Derek Calver, the mistakes he had made, the opportunities he had thrown away, the dreams that had been lost.

In 2035, solar-powered Aurelia City gleams with promise—until precision blackouts mask a devastating financial heist. Mara Reyes can see what others can't. Fired from the CleanGrid Authority for whistleblowing, her rare chromesthesia lets her perceive data fluctuations as color shifts in the city's transparent PV-glass towers. When a mysterious $2 billion theft coincides with millisecond power interruptions, the CGA has no choice but to bring her back. 72 hours. That's all Mara has to solve the case before a solar eclipse provides perfect cover for the ultimate data heist. Partnering with...