Browsing: Colonization

From a giant of American literature comes a dazzling collection imagining humanity’s future on the Red Planet. “A modern classic” (The Washington Post) with over 67,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads!

As a pestilence ravages the galaxy, humanity sends Marjorie Westriding Yrarier and her family to investigate a seemingly immune planet. “One of the most satisfying science fiction novels I have read in years” (The New York Times Book Review), with nearly 4,300 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

A killer targets leaders of an interplanetary empire in this “mesmerizing page-turner” (Publishers Weekly starred review). Detective Sid seeks answers, but aliens, faulty clones, and a framed prisoner put him in danger. From a writer with “the most powerful imagination in science fiction” (Ken Follett).

In 2026, the largest spacecraft ever built transports the first colonists to Mars, beginning a multigenerational journey. A Nebula Award winner hailed as “staggering… The best novel on the colonization of Mars that has ever been written” (Arthur C. Clarke).

With over 4,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: On the remote planet of Safehold, the last surviving humans live under a repressive medieval religion. But when an 800-year-old android awakens, his secret mission threatens the oppressors in this “gripping far-future saga” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

From a New York Times bestselling novelist comes the epic chronicle of three unlikely adventurers in Europe’s Baroque period — a time of warfare, intrigue, and scientific discoveries destined to change the world. With over 11,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads!

In six days, a host of alien crafts will descend upon Earth — an event Meyer Dempsey has been anticipating for months. Can he and his family get to their safe house in Colorado before society breaks down and chaos ensues?

From a Hugo Award finalist comes this enthralling space epic: The dreadnought Conquest blasts its way into a hostile star system on a desperate mission that may be humanity’s last hope for survival… Can they colonize an alien star system?