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Failure Mode by Craig Alanson, R.C. Bray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a mission ends in disaster and there is no way to achieve the objective, no way to regroup and try again, no plan B, no hope, all you can do is fall back into FAILURE MODE: try to salvage what you can.If it is even possible to save anything. Or anyone.The galaxy is doomed... -
![Adverse Possession by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle]()
Adverse Possession by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA planet in dispute. Farmers vs miners, and no one knows the full story.The Federation sends Rivka and her team to resolve a case of settlers squatting on a remote planet when the owners finally came calling.Not what it seems. Three generations of settlers and more. A planet that isn’t as welcoming as it appears. Crops coming ripe. Miners ready to dig. Tempers flare as the sides face off... -
![Deception by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle]()
Deception by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLies & deceit leading to a domino of crimes.The Trans-Pacific Task Force is getting ready to deploy but they don’t have what they need. Someone’s been skimming. A contract won through mistruths. Incomplete payments limiting the army’s readiness.Colonel Marcie Walton is angry and calling anyone who will answer.Magistrate Rivka Anoa is on the job and thrown into the middle of two shooting wars... -
![Space Team: The Time Titan of Tomorrow by Barry J. Hutchison]()
Space Team: The Time Titan of Tomorrow by Barry J. Hutchison
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCal Carver's time is about to run out. He and his Space Team are broke. Forced to take low-paying gun-for-hire jobs just to keep the food replicator working, their prospects are not looking good. When they pick up a distress signal from a luxury space cruiser, they think their luck might be about to change. And it does. Sadly, not in the way they'd hoped... -
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![Convergence by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien]()
Convergence by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaving survived Atlantis, the town of Indian Hill beckons. As Mike and Trip make their way toward Indian Hill and are in search of some much needed answers, Jack is fast on their heels. It is a dangerous journey fraught with all manner of creatures. Zombies, Night Runners and the Alien Whistlers do their best to prevent the trio from ever going home again... -
![The Rings of Grissom by Julia Huni]()
The Rings of Grissom by Julia Huni
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe thought being a space janitor was chaotic. Now she’s really in for a cleanup.Triana Moore lost her job as a maintenance technician when her boss discovered her true identity. But decluttering the galaxy isn’t just for janitors. When she visits the ringed planet Grissom with security agent Ty O’Neill for his sister’s wedding, Triana discovers just how messy life can get... -
![Alien Avenged by Julie K. Cohen]()
Alien Avenged by Julie K. Cohen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo way back to Earth. No ability to speak. Just one warrior who loves her for who she is…Lucy (Chloe)After being sold to slavers and getting caught up in a planet’s invasion, Lucy just wants to be left alone. She’s come to Affinia to heal, to find that part of herself she lost since leaving Earth as a mail order bride. But she’s trapped within herself... -
![Dead in the Water by Barry J. Hutchison]()
Dead in the Water by Barry J. Hutchison
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDan Deadman's afterlife just hit an all new low. When a suspect explodes mid-interrogation and his office is taken over by an intergalactic despot, undead detective, Dan Deadman, reckons he's finally hit rock bottom. Banished to a dangerous underground hostel network, Dan becomes embroiled in a mass-murder investigation that will take him from the bowels of Down Here to the depths of the ocean... -
![Alien Collective by Gini Koch]()
Alien Collective by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDespite not having run for office, nor wanting to remain in office, Representative Jeff Martini is being wooed as the vice presidential running mate for a charismatic senator who seems likely to win the campaign... -
![Doctor Who: Nothing O'Clock by Neil Gaiman]()
Doctor Who: Nothing O'Clock by Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThousands of years ago, Time Lords built a Prison for the Kin. They made it utterly impregnable and unreachable. As long as Time Lords existed, the Kin would be trapped forever and the universe would be safe. They had planned for everything… everything, that is, other than the Time War and the fall of Gallifrey... -
![The Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn]()
The Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsSmuggler Jordan McKell has partner Ixil, an alien whose two "ferrets" ride his shoulders and telepathically exchange simple messages. They take a job on the odd-shaped ship Icarus. But the ragtag crew was found at taverns, the secret cargo sealed tight, the employer missing, and a saboteur is aboard... -
![The Incredible Adventures of Professor Shonku by Satyajit Ray]()
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Shonku by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings... -
![Brekk by Alana Khan]()
Brekk by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrekk waited a lifetime to find his fated mate. When Isabella discovers his monstrous secret, will Halloween fun turn into her worst nightmare?IsabellaI love living on Hallion, but I miss my favorite Earth holiday—Halloween... -
![Obsidian Detective by Michael Anderle]()
Obsidian Detective by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo Rebels whose Worlds Collide on a Planetary Level. On the fringes of human space, a murder will light a fuse and send two different people colliding together. She lives on Earth, where peace among the population is a given. He is on the fringe of society where authority is how much firepower you wield. She is from the powerful, the elite. He is with the military... -
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![Alien Research by Gini Koch]()
Alien Research by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen rumors of a new super-drug surface, the FBI comes to Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini for help. It becomes quickly apparent that the drug is merely the tip of a deadly iceberg and a much more insidious plan is underway involving Titan Security, Gaultier Enterprises, and YatesCorp... -
![The Human Son by Adrian J. Walker]()
The Human Son by Adrian J. Walker
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSolaris Spring 2020 Lead Title from critically acclaimed author, Adrian J. Walker A startling, emotional, beautiful (and at times funny) book – one that feels like the best sort of science fiction, a book that should be enjoyed widely, a book that speaks of what it is to be human, a parent, and a child.It is 500 years in the future and Earth is no longer populated by humans... -
![Dial D for Deadman by Barry J. Hutchison]()
Dial D for Deadman by Barry J. Hutchison
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Space Team Universe just got a whole lot darker. In an alien city torn apart by crooked cops and ruthless criminals, private detective, Dan Deadman, specializes in cases unusual and bizarre... -
![Alien vs. Alien by Gini Koch]()
Alien vs. Alien by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJeff and Kitty Katt-Martini and the rest of the American Centaurion Diplomatic Corps are still recovering from their introduction to Washington D.C. politics, parties, and conspiracies. So when compromising pictures arrive, no one’s too surprised. They’re also the least of anyone’s worries... -
![Alien Diplomacy by Gini Koch]()
Alien Diplomacy by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeing newlyweds and new parents is challenging enough. But Jeff and Kitty Martini are also giving up their roles as super-being exterminators and Commanders in Centaurion Division while mastering the political landscape as the new heads of Centaurion's Diplomatic Corps. Enter a shadowy assassination plot and a new set of anti-alien conspirators, and nothing will ever be the same.. -
![A Gift of Time by Jerry Merritt]()
A Gift of Time by Jerry Merritt
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Micajah Fenton discovers a crater in his front yard with a broken time glider in the bottom and a naked, virtual woman on his lawn, he delays his plans to kill himself. While helping repair the marooned time traveler’s glider, Cager realizes it can return him to his past to correct a mistake that had haunted him his entire life... -
![K-Pax by Gene Brewer]()
K-Pax by Gene Brewer
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsImagine a time and space traveler from another planet. One that looks human and exemplifies the ideal world he comes from, a world free from human nature's greed and cruelty. That creature would be "prot", as he calls himself, the newest patient at the Manhattan Psychiatric Institute.Prot seems to know more than he should about faster-than-the-speed-of-light-travel... -
![Demon by John Varley]()
Demon by John Varley
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsISBN moved from less recent editionThe satellite-sized alien Gaea has gone completely insane. She has transformed her love of old movies into monstrous realities. She is Marilyn Monroe. She is King Kong. And now she must be destroyed... -
![Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman]()
Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis humorous tale describes how aliens, rather than visiting Earth to take over the planet, really visit to steal your pants... -
![Alien Proliferation by Gini Koch]()
Alien Proliferation by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAlien Super-Being Exterminator Kitty Katt is expecting her first baby. But the alien attacks are getting more dangerous, and now Kitty and her Alpha Centaurion husband, Jeff, have to find out who's behind the conspiracy to kill Kitty's secret agent mom and what caused Kitty's transformation into a superhuman-and they've got to do it all before the baby shower.. -
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![Mission Inadvisable by J.S. Morin]()
Mission Inadvisable by J.S. Morin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPart-time heroes. Full-time outlaws. Carl Ramsey has done the unthinkable: he turned down a lucrative job. When the deed is too despicable even for outlaws like the Mobius crew, someone nasty had to be behind it. Carl and his friends decide to hunt down their potential employer and turn him over to the authorities... -
![Trespassers by Todd Wynn, Tim Wynn]()
Trespassers by Todd Wynn, Tim Wynn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsB.R.A.G. Medallion Winner 2015When four alien visitors arrive on Earth and disappear into the cornfields of Indiana, it is Stewart Faulkner’s job to find them. Who they are, where they’re headed, and what’s important enough to make them jump from a moving spaceship are all questions that Stewart must uncover... -
![Stowaway to Heaven by J.S. Morin]()
Stowaway to Heaven by J.S. Morin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you can't beat 'em, hijack 'em. Push a man hard enough and long enough and he's going to push back. Carl Ramsey finally has a plan to deal with transgalactic megacorp Harmony Bay. With the aid of a new ace up his sleeve, the Mobius crew finally have a heist that can put an end to the company's harassment. They're going to steal the ship responsible for Harmony Bay's black ops... -
![সায়েন্স ফিকশান সমগ্র ৪ by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal]()
সায়েন্স ফিকশান সমগ্র ৪ by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsবাংলাদেশ ও বাংলা ভাষার কিংবদন্তী বৈজ্ঞানিক কল্পকাহিনী লেখক মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল- এর আরো ৮ টি বৈজ্ঞানিক কল্পকাহিনী গ্রন্থের সংকলন।*ত্রাতুলের জগৎ*বেজি*ফিনিক্স*সায়রা সায়েন্টিস্ট*সুহানের স্বপ্ন*অবনীল*নায়ীরা*বিজ্ঞানী অনিক... -
![House of Shards by Walter Jon Williams]()
House of Shards by Walter Jon Williams
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsDrake Maijstral, the most daring Allowed Burglar in the galaxy, is now setting his sights on the Eltdown Shard, a spectacular necklace embodying the flame of a dying star. Through the media vids, the audience watches him--in an intricate plot designed to both steal the necklace and foil his major rival... -
![Sweet Alien Savage by Sadie Carter]()
Sweet Alien Savage by Sadie Carter
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings* The last thing Koran Al’a desires is a human mate. They are illogical, emotional and show no respect for tradition and rules. His mate will be rational, sensible and obedient. Mila has always lived in the shadow of her successful, beautiful, older sister. But that’s okay with her, she likes being in the background. That is, until the day that Koran walks into her life... -
![Alien Wanted by Julie K. Cohen]()
Alien Wanted by Julie K. Cohen
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEscape Earth. Find an alien husband. Get dumped. Now what? EmilyEmily’s last husband returned her to the mail order bride agency because she’s defective. When the agency matches her to a second alien, he doesn’t show up to claim her. She has two choices: go to the local brothel to earn her keep or be sold off at random alien, a Zyanthan Warrior to be precise... -
![Festival of Death by Jonathan Morris]()
Festival of Death by Jonathan Morris
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Beautiful Death is the ultimate theme-park ride: a sightseeing tour of the afterlife. But something has gone wrong, and when the Fourth Doctor arrives in the aftermath of the disaster, he is congratulated for saving the population from destruction – something he hasn't actually done yet. He has no choice but to travel back in time and discover how he became a hero.And then he finds out... -
![Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick]()
Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt could be the mysterious bloodstained man who tries to stop their coach, or the fact no one seems to be around at the brand-new activity centre when Lance and the rest of his class arrive for the Year 6 school trip, but something is definitely not right at Crater Lake! What follows is a fight for survival that sees five pupils band together to save their classmates from an alien fate far worse... -
![Alien Commander's Reluctant Bride by Juno Wells]()
Alien Commander's Reluctant Bride by Juno Wells
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor the first time in my life I'm surrounded by attractive, eligible males. If only I could choose one. Kearney Draconian Warriors are not only drop dead gorgeous, they’re more accommodating than any other species. My younger sister and I have signed contracts with the Draconians and they’re waiting for us to choose a mate, but I can’t focus on that right now... -
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![Doctor Who: Prisoner of the Daleks by Trevor Baxendale]()
Doctor Who: Prisoner of the Daleks by Trevor Baxendale
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Daleks are advancing, their empire constantly expanding into Earth's space. The Earth forces are resisting the Daleks in every way they can. But the battles rage on across countless solar systems. And now the future of our galaxy hangs in the balance...The Doctor finds himself stranded on board a starship near the frontline with a group of ruthless bounty hunters... -
![The Spaceship Next Door by Gene Doucette]()
The Spaceship Next Door by Gene Doucette
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe world changed on a Tuesday.When a spaceship landed in an open field in the quiet mill town of Sorrow Falls, Massachusetts, everyone realized humankind was not alone in the universe. With that realization, everyone freaked out for a little while.Or, almost everyone. The residents of Sorrow Falls took the news pretty well... -
![Alien Awoken by Julie K. Cohen]()
Alien Awoken by Julie K. Cohen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBaby on Board. Blue, horned alien flying ship. Help! JadeJade will do anything to protect her daughter, even cooperate with the blue, horned alien who says a friend sent him to get her, to keep her safe. She’s heard that line before. Jade shouldn’t trust him, but she can’t stay on Earth either. She has to take her chances with Havok... -
![Planetary Spin Cycle by Julia Huni]()
Planetary Spin Cycle by Julia Huni
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStolen diamonds, purple goo, and a zero gravity baby......all in a day's work for a Triana Moore.The former space janitor returns to her mother's estate on Kaku to plan her wedding. Or, as she soon discovers, to be ignored while the SK'Corp public relations machine plans the event of the galaxy... -
![Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny]()
Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe most humorous – and arguably the finest – novel by the master of inventive science fiction. Humanity is not alone in the cosmos. The aliens have given a precious relic to the people of Earth: star-stone. But the harmony of the galaxy is endangered when they discover that the star-stone has disappeared. Likeable Fred Cassidy is an eternal undergraduate... -
![About Time: 12 Short Stories by Jack Finney]()
About Time: 12 Short Stories by Jack Finney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAbout Time offers a delightful return to the world of time travel and light comedy that distinguished Jack Finney's all-time classic Time and Again. The protagonists of these twelve stories are well-meaning but at odds with their surroundings and their lives... -
![The Forbidden Stars by Tim Pratt]()
The Forbidden Stars by Tim Pratt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe ancient alien gods are waking up, and there's only one spaceship crew ready to stop them, in this dazzling space opera sequel to The Wrong Stars and The Dreaming Stars.Aliens known as the Liars gave humanity access to the stars through twenty-nine wormholes. They didn’t mention that other aliens, the ancient, tyrannical – but thankfully sleeping – Axiom occupied all the other systems... -
![Collusion Course by J.S. Morin]()
Collusion Course by J.S. Morin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe biggest problem with employing criminals is that they're criminals. What's a guy gotta do to get a little respect? As the head of an up-and-coming criminal empire, Carl Ramsey just can't seem to catch a break. Stranded in the middle of nowhere, he is forced to rely on loyalty, savvy, and the promise of a big payday to keep the rank and file in line... -
![A Chain Across the Dawn by Drew Williams]()
A Chain Across the Dawn by Drew Williams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDrew Williams continues the Universe After series with A Chain Across the Dawn, an epic space opera chase across the galaxy with witty banter, fantastical planets, and a seemingly unbeatable foe."The only thing more fun than a bonkers space battle is a whole book packed with bonkers space battles. Come for the exploding spaceships, stay for the intriguing universe... -
![Plugged by Jill Cooper]()
Plugged by Jill Cooper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLara Crane is stuck in her mind, in an indefinite stream of timelines where her life is perfect, just the way she wants it to be. But it's not real. It's all made up to give those who want to use time travel for their own personal ambitions. To give time to finish their experiments and turn Lara into a deadly time travel assassin... -
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![The Fifth Man by John B. Olson, Randy Ingermanson]()
The Fifth Man by John B. Olson, Randy Ingermanson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsValkerie Jansen is tough, beautiful, and being pursued by every man on the planet. Literally. The planet in question is Mars, with a total population of four.Days before a giant dust storm is projected to strike their camp, Valkerie is attacked by an unseen assailant.Fortunately, there are only three suspects.Unfortunately, all three of them . . . are innocent... -
![My Favorites: An Anthology by Ben Bova]()
My Favorites: An Anthology by Ben Bova
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this new anthology, Ben Bova has compiled fourteen of his favorite short stories. Each story includes an all-new introduction with compelling insight into the narrative... -
![Lost Solace by Karl Drinkwater]()
Lost Solace by Karl Drinkwater
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLost Solace is currently a Semi-Finalist in the international SPSFC science fiction competition. Finals take place in July 2022. Sometimes spaceships disappear with everyone on board – the Lost Ships. But sometimes they come back, strangely altered, derelict, and rumoured to be full of horrors.Opal is on a mission. She’s been seeking something her whole life. Something she is willing to die for... -
![Alien on a Rampage by Clete Barrett Smith, Christian Slade]()
Alien on a Rampage by Clete Barrett Smith, Christian Slade
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDavid is looking forward to spending another adventure-filled summer at his grandmother's Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast-a vacation hotspot for aliens. But as soon as he meets Grandma's new repairman, an alien named Scratchull, he becoms suspicious. The only problem is that it is difficult to be sneaky when you have a ravenous alien pet attached to you... -
![Tharn's Hunt by A.G. Wilde]()
Tharn's Hunt by A.G. Wilde
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe desert holds twenty-seven ways to die. Today, I discover number hallucination-induced cliff diving.When a golden-eyed alien hunter tracks me to my cave, I assume I’ve finally cracked—until he throws me to the ground and light erupts where our skin touches.He doesn’t speak. Doesn’t kill me.Instead, he drops a butterfly earring—my missing sister’s earring—between us like a challenge... -
![Doctor Who: Beautiful Chaos by Gary Russell]()
Doctor Who: Beautiful Chaos by Gary Russell
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Doctor and Donna battle an ancient force from the Dark Times - the latest in the bestselling Doctor Who fiction range from BBC Books. Donna Noble is back home in London, catching up with her family and generally giving them all the gossip about her journeys. Her grandfather is especially overjoyed - he's discovered a new star and had it named after him...
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