Download or read book Gas Giant Jump written by Theo Baker and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-25 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth kids meet alien kids in this action-packed series that follows young athletes throughout the universe competing in the Galaxy Games. Who will prevail in the next out-of-this-world event?
Download or read book Gas Giant Jump written by Theo Baker and published by . This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the Galaxy Games, athletes don't sail the oceans, they sail the winds of Jupiter. In the Grand Relay Regatta, Jones will be the anchor of his sailing team. With the help of his wing-suit, Jones hopes to navigate the hurricane force winds in Jupiter's clouds and lead his team to victory. There's just one problem. Jones is terrified to Jupiter! It's so big, and he's so small. Will a chance meeting help him conquer his fears? Earth kids meet alien kids in this action-packed series that follows young athletes throughout the universe competing in the Galaxy Games.
Download or read book How Dark the World Becomes written by Frank Chadwick and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sasha Naradnyo is a gangster. He's a gangster with heart, sure, but Sasha sticks his neck out for no man. That's how you stay alive in Crack City, a colony stuffed deep into the crust of the otherwise unlivable planet Peezgtaan. Alive only¾because if you're human, you don't prosper, at least not for long. Sasha is a second generation City native. His parents came to this rock figuring to make it big, only to find that they'd been recruited as an indentured labor force for alien overlords known as the Varoki. Now a pair of rich young Varoki under the care of a beautiful human nanny are fleeing Peezgtaan, and Sasha is recruited to help. He'd prefer to rather leave the little alien lordlings to their fate, but certain considerations¾such as Sasha's own imminent demise if he remains¾make it beneficial for him to take on the job. Sasha discovers his simple choice has thrust him in the midst of a political battle that could remake the galactic balance of power and save humanity from slow death by servitude. Now all he has to do is survive and keep his charges alive on a hostile planet undergoing its own revolution. But it's the galaxy that had better watch out. For now the toughest thug in Crack City has gotten his first taste of real freedom. He likes it, and he wants more. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Download or read book The Dark Ascent written by Walter H. Hunt and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Hunt's debut novel The Dark Wing was favorably compared to Ender's Game, Babylon 5, Honor Harrington, and C.S. Forester. The publication of the second volume The Dark Path was heralded by Analog as "a quest that may well prove science fiction's version of The Lord of the Rings." The war with the zor is long over, and Admiral Marais, the legendary "Dark Wing" is long dead, though some of his companions on that campaign of xenocide still remain, and in the alien philosophies of the past their might exist man's hope for salvation in the very near future. The Dark Path introduced a new alien force into the delicate balance of power ... one that was the actual puppetmaster of the human-zor war and now wishes to bring both worlds under its madness inducing shadow. But the same ancient philosophy of the zor race that prophesized "the Dark Wing" has also foreseen a hero that will meet the new menace - a hero now mystically embodied in a rebellious space commodore by the name of Jackie Lappierre. As armadas clash and outposts fall, the overly confident alien menace is forced to confront a zor human alliance that has been warned, their covert and insidious plans of infiltration now exposed. ... though victory is hardly ascertained for either side in The Dark Ascent.
Download or read book Launch Sequence written by Travis Hill and published by Travis Hill. This book was released on with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Launch Sequence I - One week ago, Dennis Shaw was a typical twelve year old boy growing up on Daedalus-IV. Now, with an unstoppable Kai invasion fleet only hours away, Dennis is exposed to the challenges, the decisions, and the horrors of adulthood when his family is forced to flee aboard a strange starship hidden inside a secret mountain base. As Dennis attempts to come to terms the terrifying conclusion of the Kai's promise to exterminate humanity, he is overwhelmed by the implications of Project Genesis, Task Force Nightfall, and a newer, more dangerous threat: the sudden onset of puberty and the unpredictable, sometimes frightening emotions that come with it. * Launch Sequence II - Special Forces Commander Irina Drazek and Task Force Nightfall have assembled for one final mission: to ensure Project Genesis reaches a successful conclusion, even at the cost of their own lives. Alone and cut off from the Wire, the fifty-two ships of Silver Fleet are all that stands between the Kai's military might and the Genesis seedships -- humanity's last, best hope to avoid the fate of the Hanura and The Seven. As the stress and exhaustion of jumping blindly through enemy territory under extreme acceleration takes its toll on Silver Fleet's crews, Admiral Mattias Huang and Captain Rickus Meyer plan for a final showdown with their hated enemy. With time, space, and options running out, Huang is forced to rely on desperation, his own tactical brilliance, and the Kai's predictability to complete Nightfall's mission against impossible odds. * "Launch Sequence" is the highly anticipated sequel to "End of the Line." 60,008 words (250 pages)
Download or read book The Andromedan Fold written by Nick Adams and published by Elliptical Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crew of your starship are being systematically slaughtered. What do you do? The galaxies ruling council have lost two ships, thousands of light years distant on the outer fringe of the Milky Way. A civilian exploration vessel and the military ship sent to find it have disappeared without a trace. Edward Virr and the crew of the sentient starship Gabriel are tasked with a mission to discover what happened. They find, not only the two misplaced ships but a secret to intergalactic travel, the biggest invasion fleet ever assembled and a ruling alien race so cruel, it could end all of humankind. Join, Ed and company, for their second crusade into the depths of uncharted space. Only this time the team are alone, two and a half million light years from home, they’re being hunted, and nothing it seems goes to plan. #1 The Initial Fold #2 The Andromedan Fold #3 The Messier Fold #4 The Cygnus Fold Find out more at www.nickadamsbooks.com The Fold Series: it’s like the love child of The Martian and Red Dwarf – with a pinch of Star Trek thrown in for extra flavour!
Download or read book To Do or Die written by Mike Shepherd and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the national bestselling author of the Kris Longknife series comes an all-new Jump Universe novel. Retired Colonel Ray Longknife and Marine Captain Terrence “Trouble” Tordon come to Savannah via different routes, but what they find is the same. One bully strongman is intent on keeping power no matter what the new rules are for peace. He’s got the population cowered by thugs, and tanks at the ready. He expects to win the coming elections handily. He doesn’t expect trouble. Or, in this case, Mrs. Trouble—aka Ruth Tordon—a Marine wife on a mission to find the drug lords that almost killed her and her husband and put them out of business—and she’s not about to be stopped by some barely trained roughnecks. Abandoned by their strongman and desperate in defeat, the heavy armor get ready to roll into town over anybody in their way. But Ray Longknife, Trouble and Ruth are standing in their way…and nothing is going to flatten them.
Download or read book Rise of Shadows written by Vincent Trigili and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Enemy of an Enemy, darkness came to the Empire, and magic was born from the bowels of men's fears. The great and mighty Imperial Navy had to face and overcome unspeakable horrors. In The Academy, fledgling wizards were gathered and trained to fight back and keep the light, while the darkness laid in wait, biding its time and silently gathering its forces. Now as warriors of light, those wizards must begin to make a stand against the rising tide of darkness or watch their realm be overcome! Shadow must build and train a team of wizards to venture out of the safety of their fortress to discover the source of the strength behind the powerful pirate forces that have taken control of the majority of space around Alpha Academy. This quest will put them on the road to discover a dark truth about their realm's past that none had ever even imagined.
Download or read book Anywhere But Here written by Jerry Oltion and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sequel to "The Getaway Special" finds Trent and Donna Stinson joining hordes of people who would journey into outer space in order to escape a domineering United States but who encounter the government's increasingly restrictive policies, which prove deadly to freedom-seeking citizens.
Download or read book Cepheus Light written by Omer Golan-Joel and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cepheus Light is a set of rules for playing classic science fiction games. It includes rules on creating characters, resolving actions, fighting other creatures, and engaging in space battles, generating worlds, handling the risks of interstellar speculative trading, exploring new worlds, and many other activities. While rules-light and designed for fast, action-packed play rather than an accurate simulation of reality, Cepheus Light encompasses a wide variety of rules and materials for building a science-fiction universe and playing in it. Cepheus Light draws its inspiration from old-school science-fiction roleplaying games. It shares a lot of similarities with these games. Material from older rules sets and those created with Cepheus Light, the Cepheus Engine Core, and old-school sci-fi roleplaying games are easily compatible with only a moderate amount of adjustment. The future awaits! Compatible with the Cepheus Engine System Reference Document and other OGL 2D6 Sci Fi games.
Download or read book Sirena written by Gideon Marcus and published by Journey Press. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One starship, six friends, 10,000 lives in the balance... Young captain-for-hire Kitra Yilmaz has gotten her first contract: escort the mysterious Princess of Atlántida beyond the Frontier and find her a new world. It's a risky job, fraught with the threat of pirates, dangerous squatters, and rising romantic tensions. Still, Kitra and her crew are up for anything - until they find a lush world, perfect for settlement...with an enormous ghost ship already in orbit. What secret does the crippled vessel hide? And is Kitra ready to take responsibility for its precious cargo? Praise for the Kitra Saga: "[The Kitra Saga] has a lot to offer: a diverse crew, convincing alien worlds, and an overall sense of adventure and companionship - with all the ups and downs it comes with." - Robin Rose Graves, Parallel Worlds Magazine "Kitra is successful in providing a compelling action/adventure tale while maintaining an emotional drive that proves to be the heart of the story... the reader is bound to fall in love with the characters and the relationships that develop along the way." - Dark Matter Magazine
Download or read book Kris Longknife Defender written by Mike Shepherd and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kris Longknife is back in the good graces of the brass—and to demonstrate that, they've promoted her to Admiral. Now her mission is to find the home base of the space pirates who are plaguing the fringes of the galaxy. But no mission is ever simple when your name is Longknife. And this time the complications range from the military to the personal, as Kris finds herself—reluctantly—having to make some command decisions about her future...
Download or read book Secret Insurrection Stories from a Novel of a Future Time written by Stephani Maari Booker and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secret Insurrection is an unpublished science fiction novel manuscript. This book contains two self-contained excerpts from the novel that have been previously published in these anthologies of speculative fiction by people of African descent: The Future of Us: An Anthology (Charlotte Bailey & Florence Okoye, editors, Afrofutures_UK, 2016) and Jalada 02: Afrofuture(s) (jaladaafrica.org, 2015).
Download or read book Flight of the 500 written by C. D. Tavenor and published by Two Doctors Media Collaborative. This book was released on 2020-05-25 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Raith on the adventure of a lifetime: The QuanCom Five-Hundred Light-Year Classic! A synthetic intelligence down on his luck, Raith loves to race. When given the chance to participate in a hyper-experimental faster-than-light space race, he welcomes the opportunity with open arms. He may have received more than he bargained for, though, as corporations and shadowy collectives fight over the technology making the race possible. If Raith is to survive—to win—he'll need the help of his new crew . . . and new friends. Together, can they defeat the hundreds of other racers all vying to be crowned champion of the first Five-Hundred Light-Year Classic? Flight of the 500: a brave SciFi odyssey, ready to take you on a ride between the stars. If you're looking for a fast-paced, high-flying space conspiracy, look no further. Sit back, relax, and join Raith on a faster-than-light adventure across the universe.
Download or read book Slingshot written by Tobias Klausmann and published by Tobias Klausmann. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kim expected significant trouble after stealing a prototype spaceship with an one-of-a-kind unfettered AI, but not this much. She finds herself on the run from radical AI liberation types, the military, and even intelligence agencies after her. As Kim realizes that she may not be the sole target, she scrambles to form new alliances and revive existing ones. Few people are keen on helping her, since one of the groups pursuing her is willing to kill thousands of bystanders to get to her.
Download or read book Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013 2022 written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-12-30 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, planetary science has seen a tremendous growth in new knowledge. Deposits of water ice exist at the Moon's poles. Discoveries on the surface of Mars point to an early warm wet climate, and perhaps conditions under which life could have emerged. Liquid methane rain falls on Saturn's moon Titan, creating rivers, lakes, and geologic landscapes with uncanny resemblances to Earth's. Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022 surveys the current state of knowledge of the solar system and recommends a suite of planetary science flagship missions for the decade 2013-2022 that could provide a steady stream of important new discoveries about the solar system. Research priorities defined in the report were selected through a rigorous review that included input from five expert panels. NASA's highest priority large mission should be the Mars Astrobiology Explorer Cacher (MAX-C), a mission to Mars that could help determine whether the planet ever supported life and could also help answer questions about its geologic and climatic history. Other projects should include a mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa and its subsurface ocean, and the Uranus Orbiter and Probe mission to investigate that planet's interior structure, atmosphere, and composition. For medium-size missions, Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022 recommends that NASA select two new missions to be included in its New Frontiers program, which explores the solar system with frequent, mid-size spacecraft missions. If NASA cannot stay within budget for any of these proposed flagship projects, it should focus on smaller, less expensive missions first. Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022 suggests that the National Science Foundation expand its funding for existing laboratories and establish new facilities as needed. It also recommends that the program enlist the participation of international partners. This report is a vital resource for government agencies supporting space science, the planetary science community, and the public.
Download or read book Megabook of Military SF and Technothrillers written by Dietmar Arthur Wehr and published by Dietmar Arthur Wehr. This book was released on 2020-12-16 with total page 1618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This megabook contains six complete novels where each one is the first novel in a series. In addition, there is also the first in a series of three, linked short stories, plus the first three chapters of six stand-alone novels including two technothrillers. Links to all series and stand-alone books can be found via the link to the author’s website which is included in the megabook. All the material in the megabook has been written by Dietmar Arthur Wehr, a USA Today bestselling author.
