Books tagged: hard scifi

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Transfection    by David Gaughran
Price: $0.99 USD. 7870 words. Published on May 21, 2011. .

Molecular biologist Dr. Carl Peters is under pressure on two fronts: his research grants are disappearing and his marriage is falling apart. But when medical researchers discover that genetically modified animal feed has tainted the food chain, he finally gets the funding he always dreamed of. Dr. Peters discovers the reason behind the cancer link, but it's so crazy, he barely believes it himself.
An Infinite Equation    by Simon Cutting
Price: Free! 107400 words. Published on June 29, 2011. .

BOOK 3 of the Halcyon Trilogy - The Demiurge has reached Earth to consume all matter in the solar system for the benefit of the sentient stars, and only the synthetic race of Neosapiens created by humanity can offer any chance of salvation. Unfortunately, some sections of humanity don't like either option, and will do anything to stop them from happening.
Lamppost    by Malcolm W. Keyes
Price: $0.99 USD. 16990 words. Published on July 5, 2011. .

"We’ve wandered outside God’s field of view to where there’s a hole in the sky, and if I doze off at my post or my instruments fail, then it's not Jesus coming through the clouds; it’s the slow, systematic destruction of our universe by a thing that doesn’t breathe or think or feel. How can anyone believe whoever made this universe had anything resembling love in their heart?"
The Darwinian Extension: Initiation    by Hylton Smith
Price: $1.00 USD. 74790 words. Published on July 28, 2011. .

The Darwinian Extension is the first volume in the Nexus Odyssey, and begins two and a half decades into the future. There exists a complex cocktail of human failings in addressing the planet's ability to sustain worldly trends. A new space age becomes a necessity. The unfolding events on Earth and Mars cause a political rift, which is eclipsed by a sinister discovery on the red planet.
The Darwinian Extension: Transition    by Hylton Smith
Price: $1.00 USD. 74430 words. Published on July 28, 2011. .

Transition is the second volume in the Nexus Odyssey series. A fragile foothold was established on Mars during the first volume. The sequel takes up the story of how humanity deals with the discovery of another life form and the schism which develops between the two planets. A second discovery on Mars throws the relationship into potential meltdown, sending a very a sobering message to Eatrh.
The Darwinian Extension: Completion    by Hylton Smith
Price: $1.00 USD. 74950 words. Published on August 1, 2011. .

The Darwinian Extension: Completion is the third volume in The Nexus Odyssey. Over twenty years have passed since the Martian colony was founded and the planet has a thin but breathable atmosphere, and more than 50,000 citizens. The efforts to develop interstellar propulsion seem to stagnate when a breakthrough is achieved. Nuclear weapon proliferation on Earth raises the tension to flash point.
Renewal    by Hylton Smith
Price: $1.00 USD. 83810 words. Published on August 3, 2011. .

Renewal is the fourth volume in The Nexus Odyssey. The city vessel Phoenix is in its 43rd year of the journey from Mars to the 55 Cancri system. The three species aboard are shocked to find Nexus is nothing like the Axis remembered. Renewal chronicles the struggle between the crew and a lifeform which tries to control them, while Mars is unaware of the same threat as the surface temperature rises.
The Nexus Odyssey    by Hylton Smith
Price: $3.75 USD. 305720 words. Published on August 6, 2011. .

The Nexus Odyssey is an epic journey of human exploration. Overpopulation and its attendant problems force colonisation of another planet. Having achieved this salvation, the relations between Earth and Mars become fractious, and this leads to the development of interstellar propulsion capability, a joint strategy of humans and intelligent aliens. The problems are immense, and benefits uncertain.
Anomaly    by Peter Cawdron
Price: $2.99 USD. 67660 words. Published on September 10, 2011. .

Anomaly is a hard science fiction look at the prospect of an alien intelligence discovering life on Earth. The technological gulf between mankind and the alien species is measured in terms of millions of years. The only way to communicate is using science, but not everyone is so patient.
Death of Civilization; The Apocalypse Begins    by Nathan Hale
Price: $5.99 USD. 253820 words. Published on December 20, 2011. .

The world's financial system is collapsing, and America is undergoing a coup. The prepared citizens hide in their retreats, watching as everything slides out of control and the cities burn. Then our civilization dies in less than an hour as the space based weapon systems fire, raining destruction onto the planet below. Now, the prepared citizens must fight to retain their supplies or die!