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When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen better days, offers her everything she could possibly want: a small, quiet spot to call home for a while, adventure in far-off corners of the galaxy, and distance from her troubled past. But Rosemary gets more than she bargained for with the Wayfarer. The crew is a mishmash of species and personalities, from Sissix, the friendly reptilian pilot, to Kizzy and Jenks, the constantly sparring engineers who keep the ship running. Life on board is chaotic, but more or less peaceful - exactly what Rosemary wants. Until the crew are offered the job of a lifetime: the chance to build a hyperspace tunnel to a distant planet.

<p>Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in this thrilling and romantic book from award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.</p> <p>In the ashes of a dying world, Red finds a letter marked “Burn before reading. Signed, Blue.”</p> <p>So begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents in a war that stretches through the vast reaches of time and space.</p> <p>Red belongs to the Agency, a post-singularity technotopia. Blue belongs to Garden, a single vast consciousness embedded in all organic matter. Their pasts are bloody and their futures mutually exclusive. They have nothing in common—save that they’re the best, and they’re alone.</p> <p>Now what began as a battlefield boast grows into a dangerous game, one both Red and Blue are determined to win. Because winning’s what you do in war. Isn’t it?</p> <p>A tour de force collaboration from two powerhouse writers that spans the whole of time and space.</p>

<p>After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home.</p> <p>They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe.</p> <p>Becky Chambers's new series continues to ask: in a world where people have what they want, does having more even matter?</p>

An antimeme is an entity with self-censoring properties. Some are benign; but others, less so… These entities can feed on your most cherished memories, the things that make you you – and you’ll never even know anything changed. And they aren’t just feeding on us. They’re invading. But how do you contain something you can't record or remember? How do you fight against an enemy with effortless, perfect camouflage, when you can never even know that you're at war? Welcome to the Antimemetics Division. No, this is not your first day.

<p>Deutschland 2033: Einhundert Jahre nach der Machtergreifung der Nationalsozialisten steht Deutschland vor einer Bundestagswahl – und die AfD geht als Siegerin hervor. Die Brandmauer hält nicht: In der Hoffnung, die AfD in der Regierung zu entzaubern, gibt die Union nach. Doch das Kalkül scheitert. Die Rechtspopulisten demontieren Schritt für Schritt den liberalen Verfassungsstaat. In nur einem Jahr wächst ein autoritäres Regime heran, das Menschenrechte und Demokratie verachtet.</p> <p>Der Zusammenbruch kommt leiser, als viele dachten: ohne revolutionäre Gewalt, ohne fanatisierte Massen – nur durch Verwaltung, Paragrafen und eine politisierte Justiz. Die Republik stirbt, aber es ist still im Land. Die Menschen sind müde und ratlos, Widerspruch verhallt. Sie hätten früher handeln müssen. Nun ist es zu spät. Justus Bender erzählt von einem Untergang ohne Spektakel – gerade das macht seine Vision so realistisch. Das Buch spielt in der Zukunft, handelt aber in Wahrheit von einer Gegenwart, in der es noch Hoffnung gibt: Es erklärt im Detail, welche Politik und Kommunikation heute nötig sind, um das Scheitern von morgen zu verhindern.</p>

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