Future space fantasy concerning a time when the human race has reached a point of intellectual stagnation and receives the help of a space-age Messiah and prophet.

Considers the plausibility of alien life and what creatures living on extrasolar planets might be like, drawing on scientific sources to depict alien creatures who have adapted to the unique characteristics of their respective environments.

The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, disappeared into the desert wastelands of Arrakis nine years ago. Like their father, the twins possess supernormal abilities -- making them valuable to their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of the House Atreides. Facing treason and rebellion on two fronts, Alia's rule is not absolute. The displaced house Corrino is plotting...

Earth's Interstellar Marine Expeditionary Unit embarks on a ten-year voyage to a hostile world to face a vicious alien race determined to enslave humankind.

Star Child wants very much to visit Earth, but his elders tell him that to do so he will have to be born a human child.

"A deep-dive exploration into the many theories and discoveries surrounding the possibility of extraterrestrial life beyond Earth"-- Provided by publisher.

Earth has been decimated by climate change, pandemics, and war. Years after the ruling elite escaped to another planet, a mission was launched to find out if a return to an uninhabitable Earth were possible. That mission was lost. Now, a lone astronaut in search of answers struggles to survive the hostile planet, and she must ultimately make a choice that will seal the fate of the wasteland's remaining populace.

Discusses the discovery of a meteorite suggesting to scientists that primitive life may have existed on the planet Mars over three billion years ago.