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On Earth, political tensions boil over between the United Americas, Union of Progressive Peoples, and Three World Empire. Conflict spreads to the outer fringes, and the UK colony of New Albion breaks with the Three World empire. This could lead to a Colony War. Trapped in the middle are journalist Cher Hunt, scientist Chad McLaren, and the synthetic Davis. Cher, seeking to discover who caused the death of her sister, Shy Hunt, uncovers a far bigger story. McLaren’s mission, fought alongside his wife, is to stop the militarization of the deadliest weapon of all—the Xenomorph.

Governor Antony Lemkin has done the unthinkable as a politician--voluntarily stepping down from his post in protest of Earth's escalating war with the Aryshans. With war drums beating and the machinery of government going full force, there's little he can do to but voice his dissent, until mega-industrialist Fabio DePino presents him with a plan: build a new Earth, far away from humanity's conflicts.

Fleeing Earth after an alien invasion, the human race stands on the threshold of evolution. Their new home is Luna, a moon colony blessed with creature comforts, prolonged lifespans, digital memories, and instant sex changes. But the people of Luna are bored, restless, suicidal - and so is the computer that monitors their existence.

Complete Space Opera Series boxed set. A young explorer finds an alien space pod in the frozen tundra, which leads to an interplanetary chase and space battle. Plenty of action, epic original worldbuilding, and enjoyable moments with colorful characters. This series has all the right elements for a terrific alien contact space opera. And the ending is both surprising and satisfying!

The McCormacks are finally going to start an Earth Colony and the Paraxeans are finally getting a home. Catie is going to the Academy and Marc is going to Artemis. What will it take for both of them to survive their new challenges? Will Catie’s cover hold? Will Marc be able to get the colony moving to self-sufficiency? Will the aliens who are heading to Artemis give him the time he needs. What will happen on Earth as people start leaving.

It’s been eight years since an alien invasion drove a small surviving group of settlers to seek refuge in an underground shelter. Cut off from the rest of humanity, the ragtag band has maintained a narrowly functioning colony due to communal effort and salvage runs. Alex Archer has her own duties as a dog handler. While this off-world colony may be harsh, Ash, Alex’s black shepherd raised to sense threats, makes living in it a little nicer.

In the far reaches of space, at a time when Earth is but a vague memory, the survivors of a crashed colony ship must find a way to live on a harsh planet they are ill-equipped to handle. Hidden on this world are other intelligences whose goals and ambitions put them at odds with the 200 rag-tag humans. Kyrah Oaks, a young woman with extraordinary talents, must help her people figure out a way to work with their new and hostile surroundings if any of them are to survive....

Pyre's humans suffer multiple cultural shocks. They discovered the Messinants dome, an ancient construction that houses a quantum-coupled gate. More shocking, they find that sentient alien races utilize a network of these domes to journey between their far distant worlds in pursuit of alliance matters. If humans wish to join this elite collection of sentients, they must contribute significantly in trade, tech, or something of equal value.

Vakov Fukasawa is a Reaper. An elite soldier injected with a dangerous drug called stormtech: the DNA of a genocidal alien race, the Shenoi. It makes him stronger, faster, more aggressive. At a price. A price that, if the House of Suns cult isn't stopped, all of humanity will have to pay. Vakov saved his estranged brother from the cult and killed their leader. Now they want his head on a spike, and they're hunting him and his friends down to get it, while continuing their mission to awaken the Shenoi and plunge the galaxy into mindless violence and chaos.

The Orion has fallen. After barely escaping with their lives, the crew of the Orion has scattered across an unknown world. With a diminishing hope of returning home, they have no choice but to band together. But between the local wildlife, lack of supplies, a missing crew, and a strange, ominous door that can't be opened, Dean and his new friends will need everything at their disposal to survive. This isn't the home they expected, but they didn't come this far to give up and die.

Eight years after their ship crash-landed, the colonists from Earth have learned to survive on another world. Despite the relative harmony of the colony, Galena remains a treacherous place. The oceans are ruled by massive aquatic beasts that restrict the survivors to their farms and the lands beyond...where other dangers lurk. A chance recovery of multipurpose space suits in a salvage crate and an unnatural tunnel leading away from the colony unlock a pathway to exploring the forbidden oceans, where an amazing discovery awaits.

In this final book of the Colony Ship Conestoga series, the crippled ship flees away from the dying planet Zalia. However, the greatest threat the survivors have ever faced is pursuing them. Will the Apex Predators catch them? The survivors are hoping to escape, but the ship is not working well, machinery is failing, and something strange has kidnapped some of the children. They plan to reach an anomaly in space, but are unsure what will happen if and when they reach it.

In book 5 of the Colony Ship Warren series, Beth and Allen find themselves trapped in a vacant place surrounded by deserts. Yet they soon realize that they cannot sit idly by while the Colony Ship Warren is threatened. They risk a dangerous trek to escape and find some assistance. Yet in the vast recesses of the Warren, there awaits horrors which Beth and Allen cannot imagine. What will happen if Beth and Allen encounter one of those horrors?

A super-secret government program, Project Eve, is ready to open its Earth-based Colony Eden and needs its first recruits. The Colony only accepts women who have the "Eve" gene, and only some women of African descent possess it. Aliens from a distant galaxy have signed an agreement with humans, making Project Eve also tasked with pairing an alien with one of its recruits. New couples, despite the challenges, are required to build lives together in the colony.

On the distant edge of humanity, Far Post Colony suddenly loses contact with civilization. The lives of thousands hang in the balance as one small crew takes a stand against an alien menace.

Die Menschheit hat sich über die gesamte Galaxis ausgebreitet, doch Frieden gibt es nur aufgrund des fragilen Gleichgewichts der miteinander konkurrierenden Fraktionen. Für dieses Gleichgewicht sorgen die ‚Anima‘, mächtige, als unbesiegbar geltende Kriegsschiffe, die von ihren Kommandanten Kraft ihrer Gedanken gesteuert werden. Eines Tages stößt der Pilot Matthew River während einer unfreiwilligen Expedition auf das einzige Anima, das jemals verloren gegangen ist: Es taucht wie aus dem Nichts in einer entlegenen Region des Alls auf – und birgt ein schreckliches Geheimnis.

Max is completing a survey in the barren, frozen north of planet Grailliyn, when he makes a startling discovery. There's a high-tech pod buried beneath the ice, and inside the pod is a young woman. She speaks his language, but with a strange accent. The two are barely past awkward introductions when they are attacked. Max and his new friend are forced to flee. The worst part? They don't even know who is trying to kill them, or why.

In book six of the Colony Ship Warren series, Beth and Allen are pursued by the apex predators of the galaxy. They encounter some new people, but are they friends or foes? And are the apex predators the only threats they face? Or are some nefarious forces working within the Colony Ship Warren?

Aboard the ancient space ship, Max and Snow flee the parties hunting for them, and continue their quest to uncover the truth about their people. The chase continues across space and multiple planets.

When a fascist-like government comes to power, it decides to rid society of the disabled, the crippled and the sick by shipping them all to a new Martian colony that is doomed and expected to fail. Yet Mars is not the empty, barren world the government expected.