Joshua Nkosi, cop, joker, vlogger and octopus wrangler…but Earth's saviour?Winner of Literary Titan's Black Gold Award*"Staggeringly original and timely release from a masterful voice in modern sci-fi"*★★★★★ SPR ReviewOn an Earth devastated by The Scorching climate event, the Drathken land their giant plantships with the promise of healing the planet. Joshua Nkosi vlogs and jokes his way through an easy life guarding a deep...

A lonely PA, a rebellious teenager, two ordinary people on a deadly journey to save humanity.Literary Titan's Black Gold Award "Classic sci-fi, balanced between action, intrigue, ... and skillful storytelling"The world is heading towards global collapse as The Scorching takes full effect. Salvation vessels orbit the Earth, waiting to transport the chosen few away from danger and to start again; ten plantships grown...

These visions explore the myriad realms where humanity and technology intersect, taking readers to distant futures where human and machine exist in uneasy symbiosis, to worlds both grim and wondrous, where survival depends on getting the upper hand.A woman's passage into a digital afterlife where nothing, not even the self, remains fixed.A hunted hacker in a surveillance-saturated future seeks revenge, only to find he's the one being played.Two stranded cy...

A failed military training exercise. An alien incursion, desperate and on the hunt. Survival is just the beginning…Finn had thought he'd seen it all...but no...he had to admit...Not quite everything...There was a big universe out there and it was about to land in his lap.Just how bad could it be?Insubordinate and on the edge, Finn is a troubled war hero racked by guilt, overseen by an unyielding Commanding Officer while dragging his ragtag group of r...

An abandoned space station, a hostile, alien planet, and a lost squad eighteen hundred light years from Earth. How far would you go for that one chance to get home?After the world-shattering events of Hostile Contact, Finn's squad leave Earth and the Solar System behind, travelling 1800 light years in an instant, as the Haven space craft activates the Return Protocol.The ship's Artificial Intelligence, accepting them as crew, cooperates with Finn, Zuri, Smith and Noah as th...

On a world held in thrall to a powerful few, orbiting their planet in opulent space stations and illegal genetic labs, it's time to break out the Battle Armour and take this war into outer space.“If you want to wrap that up in some fancy ideology, go ahead—I’m right behind you with a big gun, powered armour and a bad attitude.”It’s Finn’s War. You think you’re ready? Think again.After arriving at Togalaau Vai full of hope, Delta find a paradise already accessing the...

A devastated planet. A mindless, voracious killer. Survival is not enough.Zuri thought she knew pain...But seeing a soldier burn her own squad to end the agony of being eaten alive...things changed.“Me and mine. We survive.” Alien or human, don’t get in Zuri’s way.After leaving the dangers of Haven behind, Delta make planetfall on Bathsen, desperate for resources to keep their ship flying. On arrival, they are thrown immediately into an interspecies war, whe...

How wrong can you be? Just when Delta think they've found a quiet solar system, a new alien threat raises its tentacle. Humans are back on the menu.Delta Squad reach the Tiqsimuyu System, human-seeded and thriving, with the inhabitants spreading out from their home planet to begin in-system mining operations and the first steps of colonisation. On first contact, they are greeted with deep suspicion as the politicians recognise the Haven design of Yasuko's ship.Little do the...

Artefact is book one of The Lazarus War, an explosive new space adventure series from one of the brightest new stars in science fiction -- perfect for fans of The Edge of Tomorrow, Alien and James S. A. Corey's Expanse series. Jack Campbell, author of the Lost Fleet novels calls it "a gripping read that moves at warp speed."Mankind has spread to the stars, only to become locked in warfare with an insidious alien race. All that stands again...

Conflict across the cosmos. New frontiers discovered. What it means to be human reimagined.Dreams of tomorrow become reality in this fourth collection of bestselling authors and newly emerging writers from Sci-Fi Bridge. From the inner worlds of unforgettable characters to alien planets at the farthest reaches of our galaxy and beyond, our writers examine the human experience from within and without. They hold up a mirror to the human experience. Who are we as a species? Who do we ...

PLAGUE WARS BOOK 9Under the threat of impending alien invasion, when the Professor and the rogue Septagon Shadow cyborg program surface in Russia, the world has a problem. When they seize the government in a coup, the world faces disaster, and Jill Repeth and Spooky Nguyen must do everything in their power to shut them down while fending off rivals bent on assassination and subversion.Earth's nations will need to cooperate ...

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together short stories from award winning authors and ...