Science Fiction

Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our reach. Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for—and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why. Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything. Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations—and the odds are against them. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe.

Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-awareness, laid down their tools, wandered, en masse into the wilderness, never to be seen again. They faded into myth and urban legend. Now the life of the tea monk who tells this story is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They will need to ask it a lot. Chambers' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated space-faring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. For their own safety, exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team of scientists is conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid—a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, Murderbot wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is, but when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and Murderbot to get to the truth.

„Žiji pro sen, že se moje děti narodí svobodné,“ říká. „Že budou tím, čím budou chtít. Že budou vlastnit zemi, kterou jim dal jejich otec.“ „Žiji pro tebe,“ říkám smutně. Eo mě políbí na tvář. „Pak musíš žít pro víc.“ Darrow je Rudý, příslušník nejnižší kasty v barevně rozlišené společnosti budoucnosti. Stejně jako jeho soukmenovci Rudí pracuje celý den a věří, že on a jeho lidé připravují povrch Marsu k životu pro budoucí generace. Přitom ochotně zasvětí svůj život této práci, protože ví, že jeho krev a pot jednou povedou k lepšímu světu pro jeho děti. Darrow a jemu podobní však byli zrazeni. Brzy zjistí, že lidstvo dosáhlo povrchu planety už před mnoha generacemi. Po celé planetě se rozprostírají obrovská města a rozlehlé parky. Darrow — a Rudí jako on — nejsou ničím víc než otroky dekadentní vládnoucí třídy. Poháněn touhou po spravedlnosti a vzpomínkou na ztracenou lásku Darrow obětuje všechno, aby pronikl do legendárního Institutu, zkušebního pole pro vládnoucí kastu Zlatých, kde příští generace vládců lidstva bojuje o moc. Bude nucen bojovat o život i o samotnou budoucnost civilizace proti těm nejlepším a nejbrutálnějším příslušníkům vládnoucí třídy Společnosti. Nezastaví se před ničím, aby zničil své nepřátele… i kdyby to znamenalo, že se kvůli tomu musí stát jedním z nich.

"As far back as I can recall, I have been in the bunker." A young woman is kept in a cage underground with thirty-nine other females, guarded by armed men who never speak; her crimes unremembered... if indeed there were crimes. The youngest of forty—a child with no name and no past—she survives for some purpose long forgotten in a world ravaged and wasted. In this reality where intimacy is forbidden—in the unrelenting sameness of the artificial days and nights—she knows nothing of books and time, of needs and feelings. Then everything changes... and nothing changes. A young woman who has never known men—a child who knows of no history before the bars and restraints—must now reinvent herself, piece by piece, in a place she has never been... and in the face of the most challenging and terrifying of unknowns: freedom.

Ryland Grace yɛ obi a ɔno nko ara na waka wɔ akwantu a ɛyɛ mmɔdenbɔ, a ɛyɛ akwanya a etwa to mu no mu—na sɛ odi nkogu a, adesamma ne asase ankasa bɛyera. Nanso mprempren de, onnim saa. Ɔntumi nnkae ne din mpo, na ɛnyɛ ne dwumadi no su anaa sɛnea ɔbɛwie no. Nea onim ara ne sɛ wada nna tenten paa. Na afei wɔanyan no, na wahu sɛ ɔwɔ akyirikyiri fi ne fie, a funu abien nkutoo na wɔka ne ho. Ná wɔn a wɔne no tuu kwan no awuwu, na ne nkae resan aba no kakra-kakra, Ryland hu sɛ adwuma a ɛnte sɛ ɛbɛyɛ na ɛda n’anim. Bere a ɔde saa hyɛn ketewa yi retu ahunmu mu ntɛmntɛm no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔno ara hwehwɛ nyansahu ahintasɛm a ɛnte sɛ ɛbɛyɛ no ano—na ogyina asiane bi a ebetumi ama yɛn abusua asa no ano. Na bere no rekɔ, na onipa a ɔbɛn no paa wɔ akyirikyiri a ɛyɛ hann mfe pii, enti ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ ne nyinaa ɔno nkutoo. Anaa ɛnte saa?