Out This Week! 1st December 2025
1st December 2025 – Echoes of Deceit – Douglas E. Richards & Brandon Ellis
Multimillion-copy bestselling authors Douglas E. Richards and Brandon Ellis return with the explosive second installment of the Epic of Atlantis.
They saved the world once. But the world refused to stay saved. And if you try to change history . . . history has a way of biting back.
Armed with a warning of a future Atlantis drowning in its own ruins, Robert Shaw, Kira Shelton, and Matt Jones return to the ancient past carrying a device that can shield civilization itself.
But Kairos Daedalus is waiting—scarred, vengeful, and no longer entirely human in his ambitions. Behind him stand the Draconians: a species that has played the long game across galaxies and millennia.
As old allies become fugitives, new enemies rear their lethal heads, and deceit becomes the rule, the trio from the future are devastated to learn the truth: the stakes have elevated beyond belief. Their earlier efforts failed, leading once again to the same cataclysmic events that sent civilization reeling.
But this time, failure threatens far more than just the Earth. This time, failure threatens the entire galaxy . . .
4th December 2025 – Hello Earth, Are You There? – Brian Aldiss
A new collection for 2025 of classic science fiction stories from a master of the genre, including the story that inspired Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster film, AI: Artificial Intelligence
Hello Earth, Are You There includes twenty-seven short stories from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author, Brian Aldiss, OBE.
A Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America and vice-president of the international H.G. Wells Society, Aldiss wrote nearly one hundred books and over three hundred short stories.
This collection, celebrating Aldiss’ centenary, gathers some of the best short stories from across his stellar career, with an introduction written by William Boyd.
From the tale of a boy who finds companionship from his robot Teddy – which was the basis of Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster film A.I Artificial Intelligence – to robots controlling Earth in the 44th century, to the time-travelling hunt for a brontosaurus, this collection is a must-have for all Aldiss fans and an excellent introduction to the work of a true science fiction master.
4th December 2025 – Wheels in the Sky – Scott W. Cook
Is that glow on the horizon humanity’s bright future… or a herald of fiery death?
It’s 2029, and America’s space program, once a beacon of hope for the future, is now a guttering candle. Even as Roscosmos thrives and China’s manned space program reaches new heights, NASA prepares to send the last symbol of a once-mighty dream of exploration —the International Space Station —tumbling to its fiery death.
Then, from out of the darkness, something slams into the station, sending it spinning out of control… a new deep-sea habitat suffers a mysterious explosion after a visit from the Chinese Navy. Suspicions grow, tensions flare, and decades of economic and political posturing threaten to ignite a third global war.
Each passing day drags the major powers closer to conflict… almost as if someone, somewhere, is manipulating events to their advantage…
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