ANCIENT EARTH IS DOOMED...Earth's Sun will explode, not millions of years hence but in mere lifetimes—violently enough to scour Earth clean and leave the Empire of the Hundred Worlds adrift.The Empire's scientists deem that nothing can be done. The age of heroism is past: this is the long, stagnant afternoon of the human race.Until—over massive opposition—a single young woman makes her way to the Emperor with that rarity, a new scientific insight... and a plan, flow...

For centuries, the mountainous borders of the Inner Lands had kept the monstrous Grinth at bay, and people had finally found peace. But their complacency would be their undoing, for everything was about to change. As their world falls apart around them, an unlikely bond between a young girl, beaten by her father, and a conflicted warrior, haunted by his tragic past, could well seal the fate of all humanity.As they fight for their survival, a final battle looms. But before they can ...

For centuries, the mountainous borders of the Inner Lands had kept the monstrous Grinth at bay, and people had finally found peace. But their complacency would be their undoing, for everything was about to change. As their world falls apart around them, an unlikely bond between a young girl, beaten by her father, and a conflicted warrior, haunted by his tragic past, could well seal the fate of all humanity.As they fight for their survival, a final battle looms. But before they can ...

The epic saga continues.Five years have passed and tensions are mounting as the people of the Inner Lands grow tired of the claustrophobic caves of Rydan Fort. As pressure builds and new threats rise, the people closest to Sill become increasingly concerned about her use of power.Kallem has stayed away, choosing to spend his time on the mountainside above the Fort. Struggling to overcome his injuries, new conflicts soon force him back into a world of violence he'd ...

The climatic, all-action finale to The Inner Lands trilogyWith Kallem and The Guard lost, a darkness descends, plunging the Inner Lands into an endless night. Hunted and alone, Sill and Raffin search for remaining allies but help and hope are in short supply and danger lurks in every shadow.In a new land, Artell struggles to recognise friend from foe and uncovers incredible secrets about the past that could either save or condemn those she loves.As the worl...

Two hundred years ago, Adela de Montgarde, the brilliant astrophysicist, conceived the centuries-long plan to forestall the death of Earth's sun, thus preserving the original genetic material of the Empire of the Hundred Worlds-and of the Emperors who enabled her visionary plan.Now Adela emerges from cold sleep to oversee the final stages of her great work. She awakens to an Empire transformed: her son Eric is Emporer, faster-than-light travel has finally been achieved, and humanity...

Several hundred years ago a band of explorers were marooned on Planet Earth. Alas, the Little People are not strong on gadgetry, and they have had to while away the centuries of their youth, living for the day when they could get off this god forsaken mudball, this most benighted, desolate--and boring!--planetary slum in the Known Universe.At last, the time has come.All they need now is a human--a young one will do--to help them hijack a Shuttle to take them to where their re...

As on a Darkling Plain is the chronological first book in The Others Saga by SF master and six-time Hugo Award winner Ben Bova.The discovery of huge alien machines operating on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is just the beginning of a nightmare for Dr. Sidney Lee. He is convinced that, without the intervention of his crew, these machines will destroy mankind.

A small group of survivors fight to rebuild civilization after the Earth is devastated by a huge solar flare.Cities became ovens. Grasslands became seas of flame. As the touch of dawn swept westward across the spinning planet Earth, its fiery finger killed everything in its path. Glaciers in Switzerland began to melt, floodwaters poured down on the burning, smoking villages dotting the Alpine meadows. Paris became a torch, then London. North of the Arctic Circle, Lapplanders in the...

What would you do if you found yourself face to face with:—A computer that you fear may drive you insane?—A mathematical equation that proves you are about to die?—A seductive siren who promises you sex and death in outer space?—A brainwashing technique that will turn you either into a superman or a monster?—A machine that lets you fight imaginary duels-until someone programs it for real-life murder?These are just some of the future shocks in...

"Excellent. A thrilling and inventive retelling of the legend of Troy." —David Hagberg, New York Times –bestselling authorHugo Award–Winning AuthorThis is the tale of Lukka, the Hittite soldier who traveled across Greece in search of the vicious slave traders who kidnapped his wife and sons. He tracks them all the way to war-torn Troy. There he proves himself a warrior to rank with noble Hector an...

Battle Station collects short science fiction stories and nonfiction articles about the future of military space operations written by six-time Hugo Award winning author Ben Bova, whose hard science fiction has predicted the Space Race, virtual reality, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), and more.From the Foreword:"The sixteen stories and articles in this book deal with the prospects of war and peace in orbit, together with other ...