For decades, humans have searched for extraterrestrial life to no avail. Then a mistake reveals the message. We aren’t alone. Another voice in the universe, intelligent, advanced, and close—really close—calls to us.The discovery smashes the balance of power across the world. Everything and everyone is in play for the dominion of Earth. Now the youngest president in U.S. history, untested and beset by foes at home and abroad, faces people too rich or too dangerous to control in her ...

By 2040, robots force people into space to search for a better life. Aiden seeks a new home on an alien planet, but sometimes the known is better than the unknown. When his daughter, Sarah, resurrects the future that colonists abandoned on Earth, father and daughter must face forces of nature and Earth’s legacy or witness the destruction of their colony’s last refuge. Rules change; adapt or perish.Starred Review and a Science Fiction Debut of the Month—Library Journal“Impre...

Breathless, Adventurous & Triumphant Science FictionThe off-world remnants of a once mighty civilization thought themselves fortunate to have survived the annihilation of their home world. They couldn’t be more wrong. Their planet's destruction topples the interstellar balance of power, setting in motion a galaxy-spanning conspiracy that pits survivors against the quadrant's most powerful and ruthless factions. Now their fate rests upon three unlikely heroes.

“[H]ighly recommended.”—Midwest Book ReviewOur wounds were self-inflicted. We created without foresight. We erased ourselves and made pretensions reality. Now Snow falls.Kate Enrite lives in the near future where a person’s influence score determines what society offers. These influence scores have pervaded social structures to the point that privacy has been outlawed as a hindrance to influence measurement. With nothing to gain from her true identity or lose as a fake, Kat...

Imagine a world where technology understands the human condition—a world that values relationships more than diamonds—a place where people earn a living, not from selling, but from compassion. We stand on the threshold of such a world. The door is open.

"A well-written and worthy sequel to one of SF's enduring classics" —the Hugo and Nebula Award winner The Forever War —now with a bonus story ( Publishers Weekly ).Ranked at the top of virtually every list of the greatest military science fiction adventures ever written is Joe Haldeman's Hugo and Nebula Award–winning classic, The Forever War, now celebrating its 50th ann...

Are we alone? From War of the Worlds to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, ET to Close Encounters, creators of science fiction have always eagerly speculated on just how the story of alien contact would play out. Editor Marty Halpern has gathered together some of the best stories of the last 30 years, by today's most exciting genre writers, weaving a tapestry that covers a broad range of scenarios: from the insidious, to the violent, to the transcendent.

Compostela (Tesseracts Twenty) is an anthology of hard and soft science fiction stories that best represent a futuristic view of the sciences and how humanity might be affected (for better or worse) by a reliance in all things technological.The stories contained within the pages of Compostela are a refelction of the world we live in today; where science produces both wonders and horrors; and will leave us with a future that undoubtedly will contain...

Hundreds of thousands of miles away on the dark side of the moon, the Russian lunar base has self-destructed - all personnel are dead, except one. Olga Sobakin, the lone survivor, seeks refuge at the rival American base.Olga tells the Americans her base was attacked by a horrifying and nightmarish creature - the pattern was the same: people vanished, leaving nothing behind but shredded clothing and an unidentifiable waste product. The Americans are skeptical of her story at first, b...

**“If King had written a sequel to The Stand, it might look something like this monumental epic of a story.”—James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Kingdom of Bones“As great as Wanderers was, Wayward is better.”—Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Road of Bones**Five years ago, ordinary Americans fell under the grip of a strange new malady that caused them to sleepwalk across...

Gardner Dozois, science fiction's foremost editor, consistently selects the field's best work each year with this showcase anthology. This year's collection presents sterling short stories from veterans and newcomers alike, including Stephen Baxter, Alan Brennert, Carolyn Ives Gilman, James Patrick Kelly, Geoffrey A. Landis, Paul J. McAuley, Robert Reed, William Sanders, Howard Waldrop, and many others. Rounded out with Dozois's insightful Summation of the Year in SF and a long list of Hon...

Saveria's died twice before. Third time's the charm.The Gravedigger crashes on an uncharted world, stranding Chad Forradel—Imperial spymaster—and his ward, Saveria. What they find isn't just wreckage. It's a forgotten human colony, twisted by the Ezeroc.Humanity's oldest enemy has seeded the stars with corruption. The survivors of Viukde were sent back into space not as emissaries, but as weapons wearing human faces.Chad an...