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Scott St. Andrew has managed to escaped the hellish mining colony that was his homeworld, joining the Corps and fighting to save the Seventeen Worlds. Aided by an alien technology that makes him the best of the best-and simultaneously destroys him-Scott has dedicated his life to saving the free worlds. Now one of the enigmatic Wardens-a covert group that may hold the key to the saving the government-Major St. Andrew is sent back to the harsh moon...
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Scott St. Andrew is a first year cadet at South Point Academy on Exeter, a rocky moon circling a distant colony planet. All he has to do is survive the toughest, most grueling training program in the military. Then he'll be qualified to become an officer in the Guard Corps and be on his way off his filthy, poisonous planet and into the Terran Alliance elite.
But Scott's chance of being the one in a thousand to escape the colonist destiny is rapidly...
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"Patrouillenschiff P-47" ist eine "Space Opera" im Stil klassischer Heftromane, aufgeteilt in sechs Episoden: Der Angriff, Gegen die Zeit, Meuterei, Zwischen den Fronten, Dämonen und Akis Kampf.
Dieses E-Book enthält die Episoden 1 "Der Angriff" und 2 "Gegen die Zeit".
Klimatische Katastrophen haben die Natur des Planeten Yama zerstört. Ein Bürgerkrieg tobt um die letzten Wasserreserven. Der blutjunge Soldat Aki Baku sehnt sich nach Frieden....
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On a normal day of mace-wielding duels and interplanetary sabotage, young Jei Bereens has things under control. He's plagued by night-terrors and an arch-enemy as slippery as the grime on his gun, but freedom fighters all around the galaxy look to him for help. He's got the favor of a mystical energy being and a best friend who'd die for him. On a normal day, Jei is legend.
Today is not a normal day.
Today, Jei broke an enemy soldier's mask and...
5) Alien Minds
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The ability to read minds isn't an unmixed blessing, so learns George Hanlon, Secret Operative of the Inter-Stellar Corps. His unique gift helps him with his assignments, of course - except that he has a lot of trouble with alien minds. He encounters a whole planet full of alien minds on Estrella when the semi-human inhabitants of this Earth-like world of another sun decide that they want nothing to do with the Federation Planets. Hanlon's investigation's...
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2091-The Year the Earth Changed
As Yellowstone erupts, sending humankind into an extinction-level event, countries, cities, and enclaves of the elites create desperate, innovative ways to survive the coming ice age.
Some scientists uplift entire cities into the sky above the disaster, others build undersea colonies, while some look to space. A few delve into the darkness of genetic modification and try to evolve a new species of humanity.
Now,...
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Im Jahr 2030 ist das öffentliche Leben in der Union durch zahlreiche Restriktionen eingeschränkt und die Städte gleichen streng kontrollierten Sicherheitszonen. Als der Schriftsteller Fabian Grünberg von einem libertären Projekt erfährt, das sich auf der Mittelmeerinsel Kalanos etabliert hat, beschließt er, diese vielleicht letzte Chance zu nutzen und auszuwandern.
Nach einer abenteuerlichen Überfahrt erreicht Fabian zusammen mit einer Handvoll...
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Man schreibt das Jahr 1312 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung: Ein geheimnisvoller Notruf bringt Perry Rhodan dazu, mit dem kleinen Raumschiff JOURNEE nach Andromeda aufzubrechen. In der Nachbargalaxis herrscht ein verheerender Konflikt.
Eine dunkle Macht überzieht die Zivilisationen in Andromeda mit Terror und Verwüstung. Nur eine Handvoll von Gefährten steht Perry Rhodan bei seinem verzweifelten Kampf gegen die Angreifer zur Seite.
Die Gefahr,...
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Life at Descansar - Heart-warming science fiction!Ever since Maya's parents died in a freak accident, she lives alone with her little sister, Sophie.Most of the time, Maya acts like a responsible adult despite being only fifteen.But on her sister's birthday, a prank gets out of hand.Sophie disappears in the belly of space station Descansar.Can Maya find Sophie before it's too late?A story about two grieving sisters and their struggle in the Descansar...
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Ca-Daan. Ein Gigant mit blonder Mähne und Muskeln wie Stahlseilen. Er wächst auf einem Dschungelplaneten auf, unter der Obhut panthergleicher Raubtiere.
Als junger Mann erfährt er, dass er der Sohn eines Königs ist, dazu auserkoren, Frieden und Gerechtigkeit in die Welten seiner Galaxis zu bringen.
Die Gegner des Helden sind zahlreich. Ca-Daan kämpft gegen Hexen, Kannibalen, Seeschlangen—und seinen intriganten Halbbruder, Prinz Fra.
11) Atlas Station
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Welcome to Atlas Station. We hope you'll stay a while.
Earth-born Doctor Faye Heson has always believed in freedom. When hers is taken from her after she is kidnapped and forced to the isolated space habitat of Atlas Station, she's ready to fight anyone who gets in her way. When she learns she can't return to Earth, she grudgingly accepts the position at the understaffed clinic, where she throws herself into her work and struggles to understand...
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With the Eldritch civil war over, a castle to renovate, and a wedding to prepare for, the last thing Reese is thinking about is taking a break. But the new year is coming and the Eldritch take their holidays very seriously, so Reese decides it can't hurt to observe the local proprieties. Who knows? Maybe it'll make good practice for what Felith is calling the wedding of the century. Of course, that was before Reese realized it was going to involve...
13) The Black Map
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On the outer edge of the galaxy, some salvage jobs are easy and some you don't come back from. Working for the mob can be like that. For Booker Ward and the crew of the salvage ship Kristi, this new job they've just been handed will end up being more than they bargained for.
The crew's employer found what it thinks is a Centurion class battleship from the fall of the Realm. Nothing like the ship has been seen in the galaxy for centuries. Images...
14) Death on Taurus
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On Taurus, there's only one good way to die.On the bullfighting planet of Taurus, in the far distant future, a genetically-engineered race of half-man, half-bull stages ritual blood sacrifices to the gods-human viewers light-years away. Vizzer, the high priest who presides over the daily slaughter, loathes the fights and wants to end them.When news arrives that the humans have destroyed themselves in an interstellar civil war, he deposes the king...
15) Warped State
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Star Trek meets Leverage in Warped State, a space opera that's "refreshingly hopeful and heaps of fun" (Megan E. O'Keefe). Jasper Wilder is an activist, not a spy, but he'll become one if that's what it takes to stop Ravel Corporation from reviving the research project that devastated his home planet. His plan is simple enough: break into the secure facility. Steal the research data. Find a weakness and sabotage the project. But all that goes out...
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P-47 fliegt wieder durch die Weiten des Weltraums!
Captain Aki Baku startet zu einer neuen Mission. Zusammen mit der tapferen Besatzung des Patrouillenschiffs P-47 sucht er nach dem Ur-Stamm der Menschheit, den sagenhaften Colloniden.
Während ihrer Reise zwischen den Sternen begegnen Aki und seine Freunde einem alten Feind, finden unerwartete Verbündete und kommen einem lange gehüteten Geheimnis auf die Spur.
Acht aufregende Abenteuer in einem...
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What happens when the future invades the present? Tom was only 13 years old when he vanished without a trace, so it is not surprising that the stranger who shows up 36 years later claiming to be Tom is thought to be an imposter. But what if he is the boy grown to be a young man, returned not from the past but from the future-a future with faster-than-light spacecraft, death-dealing ray guns, humanoid robots, menacing aliens, bug-eyed monsters, heroic...
18) Obedience
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CLEANSING THE GALAXY OF THE EIJEN FILTH IS A SACRED DUTY. For three hundred years, the Republic has outlawed genetic engineering and its associated technologies. Nearly a decade ago, Oryelle (Ori) Tey, an engineered, enhanced super soldier, was found in the remains of a warship, drifting at the edge of Republic space. From the webs and tunnels of Xia, Ori is sent to the Republic, a humanoid civilisation still wracked by the aftershocks of the Great...
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Im Hochsommer 2036 ist Terrania ein Zukunftstraum für Millionen von Menschen: Auf diesem öden Fleck mitten in der Wüste Gobi verwirklicht Perry Rhodan mit einer Handvoll Gefährten seine Vision. Roboter erbauen eine Stadt, die einmal das Zentrum der geeinten Menschheit werden soll. Geschützt wird die Stadt durch eine Energiekuppel.
Doch dann droht das Inferno: Die chinesische Armee zündet eine Atombombe in direkter Nähe der Stadt. Zehntausende...
20) Dissonant State
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A unique, compelling, and hopeful space opera, Dissonant State is sure to delight fans of Ann Leckie, Becky Chambers, and Martha Wells. Kay Wilder despises Ravel Corporation, whose occupation of her home planet left Kay with a useful but debilitating power to hear others' emotions. Unlike her brother Jasper, an activist who fights corporate injustice, Kay has always stayed as far away from the corporate states as possible. Until now. Because Ravel...
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