Hard Science Fiction

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

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....

All Systems Red is the tense first science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series The Murderbot Diaries. For fans of Westworld and Ex Machina....

What happens when a robot begins to question its creators? Find out....

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....

As Hari Seldon struggles to perfect his revolutionary theory of psychohistory and ensure a place for humanity among the stars, the once-mighty Galactic Empire totters on the brink of apocalyptic collapse....

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....

Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison - a writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world...

When Murderbot's human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action....

Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight....

I’m usually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are. When Murderbot's human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action....

City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring 'Perfection' and 'Correctness' to an imperfect world. But before these ruthless Tyrant Philosophers send in their legions, they despatch Outreach – the rain before the storm.

A lonely planet circles a star on the very border of Province 921. Critical resources produced there are claimed by both the Mogwa and the Skay. War between the Galactic giants becomes more likely every day....

Two centuries have passed since Elijah Baley’s actions on Aurora sent settlers from Earth to new worlds all over the galaxy. The Spacer planet of Solaria has been abandoned by humans, though countless robots remain. When settlers arrive to salvage them, something unthinkable happens....

Planet Nibiru wants them dead. All of them. Trapped by the destruction of their own satellites, the Marines on Nibiru suddenly find themselves without orbital or air superiority.

Lost Town is being rebuilt in the wake of tragedy. With no connection to Earth for three months, Caesar has the chance to regroup and determine the threat level from Lithos.

On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the East Coast of the US, including Washington, DC. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the Earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs....

Long before Earth began conquering her neighboring stars, Legion Varus was deployed on Tau Ceti. Valuable and highly illegal treasures were stolen during the campaign, but McGill never gave it a second thought....

An escape pod drifts through deep space—inside is a broken pilot with a warning from another dimension. He’s Keith Maker, a preman escaped from the master race. In his universe, the New Men conquered the Commonwealth, enslaving everyone.

The Earth lies shaken in the aftermath of a conspiracy. Some of the smartest minds on the planet have striven for and died in an effort to scour the skies of four vast alien satellites....

How could robots be used in a time of war? Could a robot be raised like a child? Could we allow them to have children of their own? Is there any human profession that could never be performed by a robotic replacement?

Breq - the soldier who used to be a spaceship - is serving the emperor she swore to destroy....

A world recovering from a devastating plague. A brutal enemy threatening invasion. A young man seeking to escape the shadow of his father....

Although the military career she hoped for never got off the ground, Ky Vatta ended up seeing combat when she took the helm of one of the commercial transport vessels in her family's fleet....

Childhood therapy cured Stephen Fisher of disturbing visions and the delusion of having come from another world....

Audacious astronauts encounter bizarre, sometimes deadly life forms, and strange, exotic, cosmic phenomena, including miniature black holes, dense fields of interstellar plasma, powerful gravity-emitters, and spectacularly massive space-based, alien-built labyrinths. Tasked with exploring this brave new, highly dangerous world, they must also deal with their own personal triumphs and conflicts.

Gideon, a young and gifted electromagnetics engineer, finds himself stationed at Green Bank Observatory, with the United States' most powerful radio telescope at his fingertips. Utilizing groundbreaking techniques, he stumbles upon an unexplainable radio signal emerging from just outside our solar system. Soon, he is thrust into a world of science and politics as humanity steps into the unknown. Trust morphs into fear as the dark shroud of the discovery is lifted, revealing the true intentions that will forever alter the course of the human race.

Planet GJ 1061 d ist kein Paradies. Die Majestätische Dracht stoppt trotzdem in dem System, denn der Planet hat eine Besonderheit: Ein mächtiger Riss verläuft vom Südpol fast bis zum Äquator, und dieser Canyon scheint keine geologischen Ursachen zu haben. Marchenko und seine Alien-Freunde glauben, die Frage schnell beantworten zu können, aber sie haben die Rechnung ohne die gemacht, die bereits vor ihnen hier angekommen sind.

For centuries, the people of Motus have tunneled through the rock in search of the resources they needed to survive. Until Corun, armed with his late father’s pickaxe, uncovers an unfamiliar ore in the underground city’s path. Far from the riches he hoped for, an appraiser identifies the ore as slag from the furnace, rock long ago stripped of its useful water and oxygen. It can only mean one thing. They’ve been moving in circles.

Tesla and the Pyramid is a propulsive, action-packed technothriller that reveals undisclosed frontier science and real-world hidden archaeology, blurring the line between fact and fiction like never before.

Something has been awakened high in lunar orbit. It doesn’t sleep or rest and won’t stop until it has total control. When the power fails on the Okami-13 asteroid mining vessel, it will be up to Dr. Ira Onyx and her team to figure out how to get home safely before it takes over. Run, hide, evade; it is inescapable; it has chosen you; fear is your only hope to survive, becoming its prey.

When Pennsylvania state trooper Calvin Morrison is swept into a parallel universe by a freak accident, he finds himself in a world where gunpowder is the key to power—and its production is tightly controlled by a ruthless theocracy known as Styphon’s House. While stranded in the Princedom of Hostigos, a small territory on the brink of obliteration, Calvin must use his understanding of modern chemistry and warfare to help the people of this new world fight for their freedom.

An Bord der Prospero, einem Forschungsschiff am Rande des bekannten Universums, entdeckt die Crew ein genetisches Wunder – und entfesselt damit das ultimative Grauen. Als ein transgenes Experiment außer Kontrolle gerät, wird das Schiff selbst zur lebendigen Bedrohung. In einer klaustrophobischen Atmosphäre aus technologischem Verfall, organischem Schrecken und psychologischem Terror kämpfen Aris, Elara und Kaelen gegen eine Kreatur, die mehr als nur Materie verschlingt – sie assimiliert Bewusstsein.

A team of brilliant minds, an ingenious scientist, two battle-hardened veterans, and a young prodigy unleashes a cold fusion discovery. Their revolutionary engine attracts the attention of an enigmatic interdimensional being but also puts them in the crosshairs of a ruthless corporation and government forces eager to seize control. As tensions escalate, one man must make the ultimate sacrifice to ensure their technology never falls into the wrong hands. Fifteen years later, haunted by guilt and armed with a daring new breakthrough, he sets out to rewrite history and save the people he loves.

A science fiction fantasy of a small town in America that has been taken over by robots. The book included annotations comparing the story to the current climate over AI in society.