Item category 1: Science Fiction

The last installment in the 'Star Carrier' series, where first contact, space opera, and military adventure combine, from New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas! Will this be the end? Or a new beginning.

Their lives will never be normal again - but Yana, Kaz and Dora are coming to terms with that. When a terrible new threat arises, however, they find themselves facing unimaginable enemies - one of whom might be one of them.

Dean's got a bit of a problem. Just three days into his stint minding the family shop and already there's a jagged hole in the wall where the new smart-drugs vending machine used to be, courtesy of the local psychopathic heavy. But as the clock ticks down on his father's return, hope appears in t...

10 years after he died, Cari's grandfather is back. Or at least, his memories are. Stolen and repackaged into a corporate video by tech giant Merrywhile Industries to promote their latest project - digital immortality. When no one believes her, Cari's search for proof drives her into a lawless vi...

It is the end for the Gzilt. They've made the decision to follow the well-trodden path to Sublime, elevating themselves to a new rich and complex existence. Amidst preparations, though, High Command is destroyed. Lieutenant Commander (reserve) Vyr Cossont appears to have been involved and she is ...

There are reports of a funeral cortege in the night time city with mysterious pallbearers guarding a rotting cadaver. Torchwood should be ready for anything, but with Jack the target of an invisible killer, and Gwen trapped in a forgotten crypt, could a world of suffering be the undertaker's gift...

With the company in crisis and her boss absconded, Dr Geraldine Andersen struggles to get Project MUNKi back on track. But while her efforts to build the world's most advanced toy robot flounder, she is approached by an old friend in need of a favour. A friend whose paralysed, locked-in son is be...

Lone was the 'village idiot' who could look into your soul. Janie's thoughts could knock down buildings. The Twins could travel miles in an instant. When they came together for survival, they discovered they were capable of anything.

The Man Plus Programme involved reengineering a man to survive on Mars. Roger Torraway was the unfortunate who was chosen to become a hybrid but turned into a monster. His new biological status however, does not prevent him from suffering.

The Lathe of Heaven is George Orr's story - a man who dreams things into being, for better or for worse. It is a dark vision and a warning - a truly prescient and startling view of humanity, and the consequences of God-playing.