For fans of science fiction, action, and adventure stories, a coming of age tale about two siblings who discover their mother is an alien from another planet and get caught up in an intergalactic war.Alice and Elias continue their outer space quest aboard the Phoenix to save their mother. They have arrived at the Imperial planet of Tenia and the crew need money to repair the ship from their previous battle.Syndra receives a mission from a relative to retrie...

Alice and Elias’ new home, a spaceship called The Phoenix, has crashed on the Empire’s old burial planet, Umbezra. It is a place where only the dead roam. At least, that is what the crew of The Phoenix believe until they receive a distress signal from Alice and Elias’ mother. Astonishingly, it seems that she is also on Umbezra. To reach her, the crew descend into the ancient catacombs, where monstrous beings and terrifying discoveries await, all while being hunted by their enemies.

The heist of the century saves the future of the Empire! Oskar Källner and Karl Johnsson's science fiction series for middle school children, Children of the Phoenix, has now reached its fifth book about the crew of the spaceship Phoenix. The Prison Break is packed with adventurous escapades, but also deals with the power of the past over the present and the courage to follow one's own conscience.Alice and Elias' journey through the galaxy continues. Brock has been...

Alice and Elias travel through the galaxy with the crew of the The Phoenix. They are searching for the Krao ship that holds their mom prisoner. The siblings and their new friends find the enemy ship docked to the space station The Iron Rose, the only problem is that it’s guarded by hundreds of Krao warriors. A rescue mission is planned, but just when they are about to execute it everything takes an unexpected turn …

When Elias and Alice’s mother disappears in a nearby forest, the siblings quickly embark on a journey to find her. But nothing can prepare them for what lies ahead–not when they come face-to-face with a crew of aliens who whisk them away to a spaceship where they meet terrifying creatures, dangerous attackers, and a secret that changes all Alice and Elias have ever known about their family. Amid the mayhem, will Elias and Alice be able to traverse through the stars and find their mother?

Issue 4 of FUTURE SF is themed Alien Invasion. It features eight stories from the UK, Russia, USA, China, Sweden, and Italy.Table of Contents:“They Are Coming” by Paul R. Hardy“The Building Atop the Hill” by Alexander Bachilo (translated by Alex Shvartsman)“A Typical Tale of Bloodlust and Conquest” by Mike Resnick“You Came to the Tower” by Shaenon K. Garrity“Through the Fog, a Distant Land Appears” by Wanxiang Fegnian (translated by Nathan Faires...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art.Our May 2022 issue (#188) contains:Original fiction by Rich Larson ("Wants Pawn Term"), Adriana C. Grigore ("Tea Parties around Nebula-55"), Bo Balder ("Hatching"), David D. Levine ("Kora Is Life"), Liang Qingsan ("The Possibly Brief Life of Guang Hansheng"), Oyedotun Damilola Muees ("A Manual on Different O...