At the heart of the Concord, unrest is festering. Unrecognized by the Elite, the ruling class, an undercurrent of rebellion is surging through the enslaved Bond class. It's a threat that could bring down all of civilization, creating a third Dark Age. Lord Alexand, first born of the House of DeKoven Woolf, stands to inherit a vast industrial empire along with a seat on the Directorate, the Concord's ruling body. But he sees the writing on the wall...

Auf einem Planeten außerhalb des Unionsraums hat sich eine Katastrophe ereignet. Ragnar scheint der einzige Überlebende seines Planeten zu sein, doch die Tragödie muss aufgeklärt werden und so macht er sich auf den Weg zur nächsten Raumstation. Sein Notruf reißt Raumstation Void7.36 aus der täglichen Routine. Raumpilotin Max—mitten in der Ausbildung und nicht gerade mit dem Vertrauen ihres vorgesetzten Captains ausgestattet—muss sich den...

A thrilling space opera short story from Singaporean writer Manish Melwani, "The Dominion of Leviathan," a Tor.com Original. Lord Ajax! First and greatest Ascendant; conqueror of the Martian machine-minds; mighty Steward of Leviathan's Dominion! For a thousand years, Ajax has ruled the solar system's worlds and moons with an iron fist. But history catches up with everyone-even an immortal tyrant. On the frozen dwarf planet Ceres, a scribe composes...

Niel Bract, a reporter from Casinotoy planet from 2nd world Hibro, makes his first journey to Hyro, a 3rd world's planet, to interview soul-maker Mr. Erigostin and during the time he tries to find out secret of the universe and behind its mystery and about terrific political rules of rulers of galaxies against citizens. Could he reveal the fact? Why he is so interested about creators? Let's read the story to know better.

GET THE BRANDY TO BAZZ That's all Paymaster Stenstrom, the Lord of Belmont-South Tyrol, has to do and the old Warbird Seeker is his. He has dreamed of captaining a Fleet ship his entire life. Little does Paymaster Stenstrom realize that he is in the grip of an old Vendetta and the short trip to Bazz might very well be his last. Faced with a dead ship and a lost crew, Paymaster Stenstrom finds help in the strangest places: the jail-jockey Marine...

Extended edition with new material. Somewhere out in space, humanity's past is about to catch up with its future. When Morgan Selwood's spaceship is stranded in unknown space she is relieved to be rescued by humanoid aliens. But her unusual appearance and her extraordinary technical abilities mean that everybody wants a piece of her. Who's it to be? Autocratic Admiral Ravindra, who press-gangs her to help against a shadowy threat from the stars,...

After his most successful season yet on the field, Quentin's sister (his only family) is lost in the Portath Cloud, an area considered to be the "Bermuda Triangle" of the galaxy. To save her, Quentin and his teammates must first escape team owner Gredok the Splithead, and acquire a ship capable of surviving the unknown dangers that await. Quentin's leadership and intelligence are put to the test as Becca, the Tweedy Brothers, Denver and more risk...

For centuries, now, humanity has expanded into space without encountering an alien civilization. Suddenly, the peaceful outlying planet Omicron is attacked by an ominous outside threat-and the Imperial Special Investigation Service finds itself joining forces with the conspiracy it's been battling for years to save mankind from external danger.

Coming for her friends to hurt her wasn't very smart. Now she's out for payback. Jegra Alakandra was adapting to her new life as ruler of a galactic empire when her husband, the Lord Emperor Rhadamanthus Dakroth, suddenly went missing. She mounts a daring rescue mission to save him, but discovers too late she's walked into a deadly trap. To make matters worse, the blood-thirsty assassin, Ishtar Bantu, wants revenge and is out to destroy everything...

On a far-off planet, a virus continues to destroy the female reproductive capabilities of an alien species. Female humans are temporarily used as surrogates while scientists work on a cure, but things are not moving fast enough for the alien general of the USS mothership. He wants access to earth, to limitless female humans, and will do whatever it takes to locate the data chip that holds the code to bypass earth's tightly secured atmosphere.Rowen...