Hard Science Fiction
The Io Encounter
Jupiter’s moon Io has an extremely hostile environment. There are hot lava streams, seas of boiling sulfur, and frequent volcanic eruptions straight from Dante’s Inferno, in addition to constant radiation bombardment and a surface temperature hovering at minus 180 degrees Celsius.
More info →Ice Moon (Box Set)
All four bestselling books of the Ice Moon series are now offered as a set.
More info →Helium-3: Death from the Past
No sooner has one of the last surviving humans delivered this bad news to the representatives of the Mendraki and the Iks than he disappears. Kimi, Norok, Tolkut, and Kasfok find themselves alone in a spaceship controlled by technology they do not understand, and together they must avert a threat whose source they do not know.
They have only one clue: They must locate the hidden supercomputer that preserves information about a dark chapter in the history of the strange bipeds – information that may save their peoples...
Möbius – The Timeless Artifact
It is 2056. Mathematics professor Elisabeth Gabai is fascinated by multi-dimensional forms that have no equivalent in reality. Then, her boss sends her to the site of an artifact that might have come straight from her theories—or from the technology of an advanced civilization.
Twenty-eight years earlier, physicist Max Webber is hell-bent on improving Einstein’s theories of relativity. His latest concept seems flawless, except it predicts the end of humanity. The extinction of Earth can only be prevented if Max can locate a multi-dimensional object. He’s in a hurry; tomorrow will inevitably be too late.
But how is he supposed to accomplish this goal when physics tells us the artifact he seeks cannot possibly exist?
More info →Le Fanal
Peter Kraemer, un prof de physique passionné d’astronomie, fait une découverte qui le laisse pantois : des étoiles disparaissent du jour au lendemain, sans qu’il n’en reste rien. Les chercheurs qu’il contacte lui fournissent alors des explications rassurantes et logiques pour chaque cas.
Mais lorsque Peter arrive à la conclusion que le mystérieux processus s’approche de notre propre système, cela l’inquiète de plus en plus. Et il est le seul à se rendre compte que la catastrophe est imminente. Quand il croit avoir trouvé une manière d’éviter le désastre qui nous pend au nez, il décide de mettre tout en œuvre pour l’empêcher, même si ça risque de lui coûter son travail, son mariage, ses amis, et même sa vie.
More info →Return to Enceladus
Russian billionaire Nikolai Shostakovitch makes an offer to the former crew of the spaceship ILSE. He will finance a return voyage to the icy moon Enceladus. The offer is too good to refuse—the expedition would give them the unique opportunity to recover the body of their doctor, Dimitri Marchenko.
More info →Clouds of Venus
Where life as we know it is impossible, the real adventure begins.
Venus is a hostile planet, covered by active volcanoes. Nevertheless, NASA launches an expedition to search for life there, because the dense clouds of Earth's hot sister could offer good conditions for it. Their specially developed airship cruises in the clouds of Venus to serve as a research platform for its four astronauts.
When they discover dangerous activities on the glowing-hot surface, there can only be one explanation: A highly sophisticated life form must be at work.
More info →Retour sur Encelade
Le milliardaire russe, Nikolai Shostakovitch, fait une offre à l'ancien équipage du vaisseau spatial ILSE. Il financera un voyage de retour vers la lune glacée d'Encelade. L'offre est trop tentante pour être refusée. Cette expédition leur donnerait l’occasion unique de récupérer le corps de leur médecin, Dimitri Marchenko.
Tout le monde à bord sait que leur bienfaiteur agit pour des motivations purement personnelles… mais les véritables intérêts du magnat et les dangers qu'il évoque dépassent l'imagination de quiconque.
More info →Möbius 2
Max and Liz have escaped the mysterious time phenomenon by traveling to the Mars colony, which promises a whole new, exciting, and secure life. But they've left behind someone important to them.
Should they embark on a journey from which no one has ever returned? And why does everyone seem to put obstacles in their way even as they try?
The physicist and the mathematician must contend with forces that cannot be swayed by logical arguments while time, at an accelerating pace, is running out for their friend on Earth.
More info →The Wrath of God
The crew of the Truthseeker has managed to trigger the cosmic trap that was supposed to destroy the entire invasion fleet. But Celia, Jaron, Jürgen, Paul and their AI were not fast enough. While they are on their way to the solar system in a World Root, a huge spaceship with its own consciousness, a danger approachES that can alter the dimensions of the universe and is after the most valuable thing that mankind possesses: the water of the oceans, atmosphere and life.
More info →The Hole
The survival of humankind is at risk, but nobody takes the warning of young astrophysicist Maribel Pedreira seriously. At the same time, an exiled crew of outcasts mines for rare minerals on a lone asteroid.
When other scientists finally acknowledge Pedreira’s alarming discovery, it becomes clear that these outcasts are the only ones who may be able to save our world, knowing that THE HOLE hurtles inexorably toward the sun.
More info →The Dark Spring
In 2014, the ESA spacecraft Rosetta lands a small probe named Philae on 67P, a Jupiter-family comet. The lander goes radio silent two years later. Suddenly, in 2026, scientists receive new transmissions from the comet. Motivated by findings that are initially sensational but soon turn frightening, NASA dispatches a crewed spacecraft to the comet. But as the ship approaches the mysterious celestial body, the connection to the astronauts soon breaks. Now it seems nothing can be done anymore to stop the looming dark danger that threatens Earth ...
More info →Into the Darkness
Luhman 16 is a binary system of brown dwarfs - stars that have failed to ignite the nuclear fusion process inside them. Therefore, the sun never rises on the planets orbiting them.
The crew of the spaceship "Majestic Draght", consisting of aliens and humans, must plunge deep into the darkness to help castaways fighting for their lives here, of all places. But then something happens that no one could have expected …
More info →L’Ascension de Proxima
À la fin du XXIe siècle, la Terre reçoit ce qui semble être un appel à l’aide urgent venant de la planète Proxima du Centaure b, située dans le système stellaire le plus proche du Soleil.
Les astrophysiciens soupçonnent qu’une éruption solaire massive est sur le point de détruire cette civilisation inconnue jusqu’alors. Les programmes spatiaux de la Terre ne sont pas équipés pour pouvoir les aider, mais un milliardaire russe sans scrupules lance un vaisseau spatial secret et hautement spécialisé vers Proxima b, à plus de quatre années-lumière.
L’équipage inhabituel est confronté à une tâche herculéenne, s’il survit au voyage. Personne ne sait à quoi s’attendre sur cette planète étrangère.
More info →The Last Fleet 4: Darkfield
In the year 2381, Peraia, oldest daughter of Emperor Haeron II, disappears from the human space sector with her research ship Persephone. What nobody suspects is that she has ventured into enemy territory, into the mysterious realm the Orb. There, Peraia is on the trail of a secret that could change the future of the universe.
But she is not the only one who wants to solve this mystery. Pyrik, a botanist from the Orb who is charged with the care of a very special plant, finds himself drawn into into perilous situations that will push him beyond his limits.
In the face of huge obstacles, Pyrik fights to unravel the threads and sets off on a journey to reach Peraia and Persephone. But even if he makes it, one question remains: will he arrive as friend or foe?
More info →Silent Sun
When an amateur astronomer discovers something strange on telescopic solar pictures, an explanation must be found. Is it merely artefact? Or has he found something totally unexpected? An expert international crew is hastily assembled, a spaceship is speedily repurposed, and the foursome is sent on the ride of their lives. What challenges will they face on this spur-of-the-moment mission to our central star?
More info →Mars Nation: The Complete Trilogy
NASA finally made it. The very first human has just set foot on the surface of our neighbor planet. This is the start of a long research expedition that sent four scientists into space.
But the four astronauts of the NASA crew are not the only ones with this destination. The privately financed ‘Mars for Everyone’ initiative has also targeted the Red Planet. Twenty men and women have been selected to live there and establish the first extraterrestrial settlement.
Challenges arise even before they reach Mars orbit. The MfE spaceship Santa Maria is damaged along the way. Only the four NASA astronauts can intervene and try to save their lives.
No one anticipates the impending catastrophe that threatens their very existence—not to speak of the daily hurdles that an extended stay on an alien planet sets before them. On Mars, a struggle begins for limited resources, human cooperation, and just plain survival.
More info →Marchenko’s Children
Two humans and a robot on their own in the Alpha Centauri system: Marchenko, Adam and Eve have found asylum on a planet inhabited by aliens. They could spend the rest of their lives here in peace. But apparently there are many more people who, like them, have been sent to alien systems without a return ticket and without being asked - castaways with uncertain fates who need their help.
Their alien rescuers generously offer to take them on a search in one of their spaceships. Although the trio doesn’t know whether their hosts are acting out of altruism, they embark on an odyssey with dangers so unpredictable that the saga is indeed written in the stars.
The Proxima Logfiles is a multi-part series based on the Proxima Trilogy, but can be read independently. Star Trek meets Lost in Space – reimagined with the scientific and technical realism of hard science fiction.
More info →Möbius 3
Three fugitives on a mission in which death would be a happy ending.
A client who is amazed at the sheer size of his own plan.
A destination where few humans have ever set foot.
A retiree who holds the salvation of the world in her hands.
Möbius 3 is the culmination of the trilogy that began deep in an Icelandic volcano and in a Princeton University basement...or is it? When the past swiftly becomes the future, the future no longer offers a safe haven.
More info →The Krill Enigma
When the Jupiter Probe disappeared…
…NASA blamed the programming.
Why were they hiding the truth?
Bavin’s career at NASA came to a halt when all the data he had to prove his software wasn’t at fault mysteriously disappeared. He was baffled at why his boss didn’t want to learn what happened and he was terrified when someone began following him.
What was going on?
On a research vessel in the Antarctic Ocean, Isabella, a marine biologist, makes a wonderful discovery. At least, that’s what she thought initially. The population of krill had stabilized. When she learned why, it changed everything.
Who was behind the genetic engineering of the krill?
And why?
You’ll love this hard science fiction thriller because the possibilities of fiction becoming reality are far too real for comfort.
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More info →The Rift
There is a huge, bold black streak in the sky. Branches appear out of nowhere over North America, Southern Europe, and Central Africa. People who live beneath The Rift can see it. But scientists worldwide are distressed—their equipment cannot pick up any type of signal from it. The rift appears to consist of nothing. Literally. Nothing. Nada. Niente. Most people are curious but not overly concerned. The phenomenon seems to pose no danger. It is just there.
More info →Impact: Titan
250 years ago, humanity nearly destroyed itself in the Great War. Shortly before, a spaceship full of researchers and astronauts had found a new home on Saturn's moon, Titan, and survived by having their descendants genetically adapted to the hostile environment.
The Titanians, as they call themselves, are proud of their cooperative and peaceful society, while unbeknownst to them, humanity is slowly recovering back on Earth. When a 20-mile-wide chunk of rock escapes the asteroid belt and appears to be on a collision course with Earth, the Titanians fear it must look as if they launched the deadly bombardment. Can they prevent the impact and thus avoid an otherwise inevitable war with the Earthlings?
More info →Into the Light
The spaceship Majestic Draght reaches a star system whose only planet is bombarded with deadly radiation from its sun.
Here, of all places, something happens that should never happen – and the crew sees their only salvation in landing on the mysterious planet orbiting the hostile star.
More info →Lost Moon: Lunar Eclipse
The year is 2099. Steve Knight, commander of NASA's moon base, is about to be replaced. The shuttle that is to take him home is already waiting. But then Earth simply disappears from the sky. Neither the NASA crew nor the crews of the other moon bases understand what has happened. The three bases form a 40-strong community of fate as it quickly becomes clear that their combined resources provide only for the survival of, at most, ten people. Together they face a difficult choice: 30 voluntary deaths now, or watch each other die within the next two years. Then a shocking third option comes to light.
Lost Moon: Lunar Eclipse depicts the time of bitter decisions that Steve and his comrades-in-arms must make.
Lost Moon: Earth Storms, presents you with the other side, as author Tim L. Rey describes the fateful rescue mission to reunite the planet with its moon.
More info →The Portal
Tyler’s wealth bought him adventures…
…but this time he was in over his head.
Could the legendary underworld be found?
After years of hard work, Tyler built his IT Security company into a massive success. He trusted his people and now it was time to enjoy the fruits of that labor. Everything was perfect until an unexpected discovery. Should they go through the Maya portal?
Adriana’s small diving instruction shop is popular enough with the tourists for her to scrape out a living, but it’s not the life she expected. When she got the call, it seemed impossible. Wasn’t Xibalbá a myth?
In a fantastic world of danger and possibility, two people want to discover the truth, but for entirely different reasons.
Have they opened Pandora’s box?
You’ll love this Portal Science Fiction thriller because the story pulls you in and leaves you guessing about what might happen next.
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Portal Science Fiction – an underwater star gate.
More info →Proxima Rising
Late in the 21st century, Earth receives what looks like an urgent plea for help from planet Proxima Centauri b in the closest star system to the Sun. Astrophysicists suspect a massive solar flare is about to destroy this heretofore-unknown civilization.
More info →Impact: Earth
2312: In the first-ever terraforming program, millions of drones are repairing the home of humanity, which had been rendered virtually uninhabitable by the Great War of 2299. Megacorporation Olympus manufactures and controls the autonomous repair swarms, and is building a widespread mining system in the asteroid’s main belt to harvest the resources urgently needed to restore Earth.
When the control center on Psyche loses contact with an automated mining station in the main belt, Olympus hastily assembles a small team to reboot the errant software. As soon as they land on the asteroid, Sara Renberg and her two teammates discover they are in the grip of a mysterious and powerful force – and Earth itself is the target of a devastating attack!
More info →The Hole
Un objet mystérieux menace de détruire notre système solaire. La survie de l'humanité est en danger, mais personne ne prend au sérieux l'avertissement de la jeune astrophysicienne Maribel Pedreira. Au même moment, un équipage exilé de parias exploite des mines de minéraux rares sur un astéroïde solitaire.
Lorsque d'autres scientifiques reconnaissent enfin la découverte alarmante de Pedreira, il devient clair que ces parias sont les seuls à pouvoir sauver notre monde, sachant que THE HOLE se précipite inexorablement vers le soleil.
Hard Science Fiction, c'est science-fiction dure, ou : Tout ce qui se passe pourrait aussi se produire dans la réalité.
More info →The Disturbance 2: The Answer
The spaceship Shepherd-1 is on its way to the star closest to the sun. Halfway there, the crew succeeds in using gravitational lensing technology to take sharp pictures of the origin of the universe - and thus obtain the answer that reveals how the cosmos came into being and whether or not God had a hand in it.
But no sooner does the crew tell Earth this than the radio communication goes silent, even though the ship is apparently functional. Is it a case of sabotage - or were the three astronauts overwhelmed with the answer that science and religion have been searching for for millennia?
There is only one person who can figure it out: Former crew member Benjamin, who now lives on Earth, has his consciousness sent to Shepherd-1. Benjamin finds the spaceship empty. His friends seem to have fled. He is alone, 1.5 light years from the sun. There is no way back.
But suddenly Benjamin realizes that he is not the only living being on board after all ...
More info →The Portal 2
Months after the expedition through THE PORTAL, Tyler Drake is still struggling with the gruesome consequences. So the call for help from Mexico comes just in time: Adriana's brother is missing – and seems to have made the journey alone to the world beyond the cave.
Another race against time begins – and this time the team has to contend with not only the dangers of an exotic world, but also with terrestrial adversaries and an extraterrestrial threat, the existence of which they never even suspected. Will they succeed in saving not just one boy, but an entire world?
Portal Science Fiction – an underwater star gate.
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