Dark Intelligence is the first novel in the Transformation series, a no-holds-barred adventure set in Neal Asher's popular Polity universe.One man will transcend death to seek vengeance. One woman will transform herself to gain power. And no one will emerge unscathed . . .Thorvald Spear wakes in hospital, where he finds he's been brought back from the dead. What's more, he died in a human vs. alien war that ended a whole century ago. But when he relives his traumatic final moments, he finds the spark to keep on living. That spark is vengeance. Trapped and desperate on a world surrounded by alien Prador forces, Spear had seen a rescue ship arriving. But instead of providing backup, Penny Royal, the AI within the destroyer turned rogue. It annihilated friendly forces in a frenzy of destruction, and, years later, it's still free. Spear vows to track it across worlds and do whatever it takes to bring it down.Isobel Satomi ran a successful crime syndicate. But after competitors attacked, she needed more power. Yet she got more than she bargained for when she negotiated with Penny Royal. She paid it to turn her part-AI herself, but the upgrades hid a horrifying secret. The Dark AI had triggered a transformation in Isobel that would turn her into a monster, rapidly evolving into something far from human.Spear hires Isobel to take him to the Penny Royal AI's last known whereabouts. But he cheats her in the process and he becomes a target for her vengeance. And as she is evolves further into a monstrous predator, rage soon wins over reason. Will Spear finish his hunt, before he becomes the hunted?Continue the action-packed adventure with War Factory and Infinity Engine.'Asher rocks with XXX adrenaline while delivering a vivid future' – David Brin, author of the Uplift trilogy Read more

How can a colony on Mars survive when the greatest danger on the planet is humanity itself.All contact is lost with the first human colony on Mars during a long, intense sandstorm. Satellite imagery of the aftermath shows extensive damage to the facility, and the fifty-four colonists who called it home are presumed dead. Three years later, a new mission sets down on the planet surface to investigate what remains of the derelict site.But, it’s not long before they realize the colony is not as lifeless as everyone thought. Someone is still alive -- hiding out somewhere. Yet, before they can find the elusive colonist a strange illness starts to affect the crew. Pressure now mounts on Biologist, Dr. Jann Malbec, to locate the source and find a way to fight it.However, as she investigates she begins to suspect a dark and deadly secret lurking within the facility. A secret that threatens not just the crew but the entire population of Earth. With limited resources and time running out, she must find some answers and find them fast. Because if she doesn't, none of them will be going home.What Amazon readers are saying:★★★★★ ‘Surpassed Expectations - This was an outstanding read!’★★★★★ ‘It's been a long time since a book made me stay up all night just to find out the ending. This book is superb!’★★★★★ ‘Fast paced, intriguing science fiction thriller that just rolls off the pages. Can't wait for the next installment…’★★★★★ ‘A wonderful adventure… Like a blend of Heinlein and Weir…’★★★★★ ‘This is a superior work of Sci-Fi authorship. The novel is totally engaging and highly believable The author is technically well versed which adds greatly to the authenticity of the narrative. A must read.’★★★★★ ‘I really enjoyed this book… A real roller-coaster. Great characters. believable plot-line and nail-biting suspense.’★★★★★ ‘Love it. Could not put it down. Action drama, death and mayhem. What's not to like?’★★★★★ ‘I don't normally read SF but my husband got it and I started looking at it… and couldn't put it down. I really enjoyed it.’★★★★★ ’Terrific novel! …my only comment is that I lost a lot of sleep reading… Think I will wait till morning to start Colony Two. On second thought what the heck - it's only 3:30 AM!’About Colony One Mars:This is the first book in a Sci-Fi series set in a human colony on Mars. The science depicted is, for the most part, plausible. In other words, what’s technically possible with either current technology or taking experimental research a step or two further. That said, you won’t need a calculator or a slide-rule to enjoy the story.Reading Order:Book 1: Colony One MarsBook 2: Colony Two MarsBook 3: Colony Three Mars (Completes the trilogy)Book 4: Jezero City, Colony Four Mars (Can be read as a stand-alone novel)Book 5: Surface Tension, Colony Five Mars (Can be read as a stand-alone novel)Book 6: Plains of Utopia, Colony Six MarsThe Belt Series:Book 1: EntanglementBook 2: EntropyBook 3: EvolutionBook 4: EnigmaBook 5: ExodusBook 6: EmergenceMoon Base Delta Series:Book 1: Solar StormBook 2: Resource ControlBook 3: Power Vacuum Read more

Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, first written in 1931 and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, inhabited by genetically modified citizens and an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that are combined to make a dystopian society which is challenged by only a single individual: the story's protagonist. Read more

‘Thrilling, terrifying and fascinating’Tim Peake, British ESA astronautThey looked into darkness. The darkness looked back . . .An utterly gripping story of survival and first contact on a hostile planet from Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Children of Time.A commercial expedition to a distant star system discovers a pitch-black moon alive with radio activity. Its high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen environment is deadly to human life, but ripe for exploitation. They named it Shroud.Under no circumstances can a human survive Shroud’s inhospitable surface – but a catastrophic accident forces Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste Etienne to make an emergency landing in a barely adequate escape vehicle. Alone, and fighting for survival, the two women embark on a gruelling journey across land, sea and air in search of salvation.But as they travel, Juna and Mai begin to understand Shroud’s unnerving alien species. It also begins to understand them. If they escape Shroud, they’ll somehow have to explain the impossible and translate the incredible. That is, if they make it back at all . . .* * *Praise for Shroud‘Clever, vivid and terrifying . . . No one has an imagination like Adrian Tchaikovsky’ – Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of BBC Radio 4’s The Life Scientific‘Crunchy, conceptual SF at its best’ – Richard Morgan, author of Altered Carbon‘This is hard-edged science fiction that never loses its soul’ – Sue Burke, author of Semiosis‘Makes Andy Weir's vision of Mars in The Martian look like a Caribbean beach resort’ – The Fantasy Hive Read more

They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . Alien Clay is a thrilling tale of alien encounter – from the acclaimed Arthur C. Clarke Award-winner Adrian Tchaikovsky.‘Unputdownable’ – Stephen Baxter, author of ProximaProfessor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life in person. But when his political activism sees him exiled to the planet Kiln, condemned to work under an unfamiliar sky until he dies, his idealistic wish becomes a terrible reality.Kiln boasts a ravenous, chaotic ecosystem. Its monstrous alien life means Arton will risk death on a daily basis – if the camp’s oppressive regime doesn’t kill him first. But, if he survives, Kiln’s lost civilization holds a wondrous, terrible secret. It will redefine life and intelligence as he knows it – and might just set him free.‘Heart-in-the-mouth fantastic’ – New Scientist‘Restlessly brainy and utterly involving’ – Daily Mail‘The perfect gateway into what makes Tchaikovsky great’ – SciFiNow Read more

Ever had a bad day? Try having one on the moon...'Fascinating' Tim Peake, Sunday Times bestselling author of Ask an Astronaut______________________WELCOME TO ARTEMIS. The first city on the moon.Population 2,000. Mostly tourists.Some criminals.Jazz Bashara is one of the criminals. She lives in a poor area of Artemis and subsidises her work as a porter with smuggling contraband onto the moon. But it's not enough.So when she's offered the chance to make a lot of money she jumps at it. But though planning a crime in 1/6th gravity may be more fun, it's also a lot more dangerous.When you live on the moon, of course you have a dark side...______________________Andy Weir's new stunning science-based thriller PROJECT HAIL MARY is available now.______________________What everyone's saying about the follow-up to The Martian: 'A smart, fun, fast-paced adventure that you won't be able to put down' Ernest Cline, bestselling author of Ready Player One'What a page turner!' Milda on Goodreads, 5 stars'Fast paced, high octane and highly entertaining' Chrys on Netgalley, 5 stars'Artemis does for the moon what The Martian did for Mars' Guardian'A first rate thriller, this had me hooked from beginning to end' Robert on Netgalley, 5 stars'An absolute must read' Lauren on Goodreads, 5 stars'A clever and action-fuelled story' Culturefly'For those who loved The Martian, you won't be disappointed' Liz on Netgalley, 5 stars Read more

An artifact that was never meant to be found.Robots are building a colossal telescope on the far side of the moon, with just two people supervising its completion. After a minor incident, these scientists become aware of an obstacle in the lunar soil. It's located outside the area reserved for the hypertelescope and is therefore none of their business.But their curiosity gets the better of them. The artifact seems to have properties that completely defy physics as they know it. As they investigate, they inadvertently plunge themselves, then the entire solar system, into a terrible, unavoidable whirlwind of events.Will they manage to make the mysterious black monolith harmless before we all run out of time? Read more

Lee seems to be getting a handle on this sovereign business. Mostly it is making sure you have exceptional people and then stay out of their way. She's learning moderation a little at a time and commissioned a self programming AI who may be a he instead of an it. Friendship is also a difficult process to master when you are torn between the standards of several species, but she manages to satisfy Badgers ideals, and her Human allies turn out to be very good friends too. A little working vacation with Jeff and April solidifies that bond and gives then a couple of adventures too. They really needed to check on the Bunnies and the Jeff had to teach the squids to keep their filthy tentacles off Lee.Now if the Earthies would just stop trying to kill her, and they figure out how to deal with the impending death of money, maybe she can do some stuff again just for fun. Read more

Humanity balances on the cusp of extinction. The Coven Empire is preparing one final push to penetrate Fleet lines and invade the inner planets. What follows will be servitude, suffering, and death.Cole Jackson and his small crew of misfits are trapped behind enemy lines, frantically trying to cobble together functioning starships while avoiding enemy patrols. It’s Fate that sees Jackson resurrect Freedom, the ship where he was first posted but now a derelict relegated to the military scrapyard. Using stolen alien technology, they seize a Coven prison colony and rescue captured Fleet personnel.Jackson receives word that Fleet is ready to launch one final Hail Mary; a taskf orce equipped with a revolutionary new weapon. But first they must learn the location of the Coven Home World and only Jackson is in position to gather that intel.Commanding a small fleet of salvaged vessels, Jackson ventures deep into Coven space. The human race is running out of time, and it’s up to him to find the Coven planet and rally the remnants of the task force in a last gasp attempt to defeat the aliens and save mankind.Book 3 of a science fiction thrill ride about a crew of young soldiers mustering the courage to fight back against both a vicious alien enemy, and the terrifying void of being stranded in space. It's perfect for fans of Daniel Gibbs, J.N. Chaney, and Vaughn Heppner! Read more

An alien attack leaves them adrift in space.Survive, rebuild, and rejoin the war.Fresh out of the Academy, Ensign Cole Jackson’s first posting to Freedom couldn’t have come at a worse time. All over the Alliance, planets and colonies are suddenly under attack by the vicious Coven Empire.Freedom and her sister ship, Hood, are ambushed by alien warships, leaving Hood drifting dead in the void.Cole is ordered to salvage parts from the powerless Hood, but when he arrives on the unpowered hulk, Freedom is called away, marooning him and a group of malcontent techs in deep space.With the timer on survival ticking down, Cole must find the confidence to take control, whip his tiny crew into shape, bring Hood back to life––repairing communications, propulsion and even weapons.He's got one chance to transform the derelict ship into a combat-ready vessel. One he can take into battle and alterthe course of the war.Don't miss the start of this science fiction thrill ride about a crew of young soldiers mustering the courage to fight back against both a vicious alien enemy, and the terrifying void of being stranded in space. It's perfect for fans of Daniel Gibbs, J.N. Chaney, and Vaughn Heppner! Read more

At seventy-five years old, John Perry is looking for a fresh start – in the army. But the universe is a dangerous place in John Scalzi's Old Man's War . . .'Gripping and surpassingly original' – Cory Doctorow, author of WalkawayEarth's military machine can transform elderly recruits, restoring their lost youth. But in return, its Colonial Defence Force demands two years of hazardous service in space. This is how Perry finds himself in a new body, crafted from his original DNA. A genetically enhanced and upgraded new body, ready for battle.But upgrades alone won't keep Perry safe. He'll be fighting for his life on the front line as he defends humanity's colonies from hostile aliens. He'll pay the price for his choices. And he'll discover the universe is even more dangerous than he imagined . . .'A space war story with fast action, vivid characters, moral complexity, and cool speculative physics' – Ken MacLeod, author of Beyond the Light HorizonOld Man's War is the first in the series. The gripping space war continues with The Ghost Brigades. Read more

Antigravity (an Ell Donsaii story #19)This is the nineteenth book in a series of near-future hard-science fiction Thrillers. Their heroine, Ell Donsaii, has a nerve mutation that’s made her a genius and provided her with astonishing athletic abilities. Her intelligence has let her revolutionize our world with a number of inventions, including instantaneous communications and trans-dimensional portals that deliver fuel, water, food, energy, and people all around the solar systemAntigravity is about a new invention that Ell and her husband, Shan, come up with. It enables the creation of tractor and pressor fields that can enable one to lift off into the sky, the same as antigravity. At first, it doesn’t seem like there will be a lot of uses for it, but as time passes, they keep finding more and more things they can do with it.Meanwhile, Zage decides he needs help running his company, Gordito. Ell helps him incorporate as Gordito Labs, aiming to “continue cutting-edge bioresearch to the benefit of mankind.”Ell’s twins, Caii and Raii, continue their painting and caring for their adopted sister. When they can get their parents to take them, they llove touring the famous art of Italy.But Vesuvius, the volcano that buried Pompeii, is about to erupt again.Can Ell and her company help? Read more

Hard-core military science fiction at its very best, John Scalzi's The Last Colony is the third in The Old Man's War series.'Gripping and surpassingly original' – Cory Doctorow, author of WalkawayThey must save themselves – or die trying.John Perry was living peacefully on one of humanity's colonies – until he and his wife were offered an opportunity these ex-supersoldiers couldn't resist. To come out of retirement and lead a new frontier world.However, once on the planet, they discover they've been betrayed. For this colony is a pawn in an interstellar game of war and diplomacy. Humanity's Colonial Union has pitched itself against a new, seemingly unstoppable alien alliance, dedicated to ending all human colonization.As this contest rages above, Perry struggles to keep his terrified colonists alive on the surface below – despite dangerous interstellar politics, violence and treachery. And the planet has yet to reveal its own fatal secrets.Continue the gripping space war series with Zoe's Tale. Read more

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIESThe Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon’s two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one that shaped science fiction as we know it today.The Galactic Empire has prospered for twelve thousand years. Nobody suspects that the heart of the thriving Empire is rotten, until psychohistorian Hari Seldon uses his new science to foresee its terrible fate.Exiled to the desolate planet Terminus, Seldon establishes a colony of the greatest minds in the Empire, a Foundation which holds the key to changing the fate of the galaxy.However, the death throes of the Empire breed hostile new enemies, and the young Foundation’s fate will be threatened first. Read more

Read the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-copy-selling science-fiction phenomenon – now a Netflix Original Series from the creators of Game of Thrones. Imagine the universe as a forest, patrolled by numberless and nameless predators. In this forest, stealth is survival – any civilisation that reveals its location is prey.Earth has. Now the predators are coming.Crossing light years, the Trisolarians will reach Earth in four centuries' time. But the sophons, their extra-dimensional agents and saboteurs, are already here. Only the individual human mind remains immune to their influence.This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a last-ditch defence that grants four individuals almost absolute power to design secret strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection from human and alien alike. Three of the Wallfacers are influential statesmen and scientists, but the fourth is a total unknown.Luo Ji, an unambitious Chinese astronomer, is baffled by his new status. All he knows is that he's the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants dead.Praise for The Three-Body Problem: 'Your next favourite sci-fi novel' Wired 'Immense' Barack Obama 'Unique' George R.R. Martin 'SF in the grand style' Guardian 'Mind-altering and immersive' Daily Mail Winner of the Hugo and Galaxy Awards for Best Novel Read more

‘Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human’Patrick Ness, author of A Monster CallsChildren of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky is an epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a hostile, terraformed planet.The last remnants of the human race have left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age – a world terraformed and prepared for human life.But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, its new occupiers have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare.Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who will emerge as the rightful heirs of this new Earth?‘A fabulous sense of scale that only someone as talented as Adrian Tchaikovsky can pull off’ – Peter F. Hamilton, author of Exodus: The Archimedes EngineDive into Tchaikovsky's chillingly brilliant universe with Children of Time, the winner of the 30th anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel.Continue the journey with Children of Ruin and Children of Memory. Read more

Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award for Best NovellaWinner of the Alex AwardA New York Times and USA Today BestsellerNow an Apple Original series from Academy Award nominees Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz and starring Emmy Award winner Alexander Skarsgård.A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence.“As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure.”In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern.On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid—a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is.But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.The Murderbot DiariesAll Systems RedArtificial ConditionRogue ProtocolExit StrategyNetwork EffectFugitive TelemetrySystem CollapseAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Read more

The best-selling series that readers label “wonderfully entertaining”, “packed with humor, geek references and thought-provoking storylines” returns as the Bobs face their deadliest challenge yet.The Bobiverse is a different place in the aftermath of the Starfleet War, and the days of the Bobs gathering in one big happy moot are far behind. There’s anti-Bob sentiment on multiple planets, the Skippies playing with an AI time bomb, and multiple Bobs just wanting to get away from it all.But it all pales compared to what Icarus and Daedalus discover on their 26,000-year journey to the center of the galaxy. Sure, it could settle the Fermi Paradox for good (and what Bob doesn’t want to solve a mystery of the universe?). But it also reveals a threat to the galaxy greater than anything the Bobs could have imagined.Just another average day in the Bobiverse. Read more

The Astute Class submarine, HMS Agincourt cruised on the surface on its final approach toward British waters. The Commander felt the cold sharp edges of the torn steel of the Fin (conning tower) beneath his hands, noticing that the sea had washed off the blood replacing it with dried salt deposits and long vertical streaks of rust.The Boat was the only survivor of ‘Operation Valhalla’, the British Royal Navy’s Nuclear attack on China.No surface threats had been detected from the direction of the French coast and in any case, he realized bitterly that there were no weapons left aboard; all Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM) had been expended upon the Chinese mainland and the two-ton Spearfish torpedoes; all had been used to enable their escape from the China Sea.The Commander also sensed that somewhere beyond the approaching cliffs of a dark, Dead England, 'The Last Warriors Of Albion' were waiting for him. Read more

An omnibus edition of books 1–3 in China's apocalyptic space opera trilogy, comprising The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest and Death's End.'This series will soon become a Netflix series... so get in on the ground floor while you still can' EsquireImagine a universe patrolled by numberless and nameless predators.Imagine what might happen to any civilisation unwise enough to broadcast its location.This is Cixin Liu's THREE-BODY PROBLEM TRILOGY.Weaving a complex web of stratagem, subterfuge, philosophy and physics across light years of space and 18.9 million years of time, this tale of humanity's struggle to reach the stars is a visionary masterwork of unprecedented scale and momentum.Available now in a single volume, including:1 THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM 2 THE DARK FOREST 3 DEATH'S ENDRead the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-selling phenomenon – soon to be a Netflix Original Series from the creators of Game of Thrones.Reviews for Cixin Liu: 'A milestone' New York Times 'Immense' Barack Obama 'Unique' George R.R. Martin 'SF in the grand style' Guardian 'Mind-altering and immersive' Daily Mail Read more