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The first book in the epic saga of humankind's war of transcendence. There is a milestone in the evolution of every sentient race, a Tech Singularity Event, when the species achieves transcendence through its technological advances. Now the creatures known as humans are near this momentous turning point. But an armed threat is approaching from deepest space, determined to prevent humankind from crossing over that boundary - by total annihilation if necessary.

This collection includes four classic TV novelisations in which the Doctor and friends are witnesses to alien invasion.

In the final days of World War II, the Allies ransacked Berlin, but they failed to capture one of the most vital members of Adolf Hitler’s inner circle. SS Obergruppenfuhrer Hans Kammler helped to engineer Auschwitz, but he was also a liaison with silent partners whose technological wonders nearly helped the Nazis win the war - the alien species the Germans called the Eidechse. More than seven decades later, US Navy SEAL Mark Hunter has witnessed the impossible, an unidentified flying object destroying a North Korean compound used to develop weapons of mass destruction.

Twenty years after the fragile truce with the Sh'daar, Koenig is now President of the USNA, and Gray is skipper of the CVS America…soon to be promoted to commander of the entire battle group, Koenig's old position, and one which he might not be ready for. The truce with the alien Sh'daar is unravelling as many predicted, and Humankind still knows little about them, or what they are.

The sixth book in this action-packed, New York Times bestselling science fiction series - Star Carrier. The clock is ticking in the struggle for galactic independence. Once rebels fighting all-out civil war with The Earth Confederation, over the demands of the Interstellar Sh'daar Collective, the United States of North America is now the dominant force in negotiations with the Sh'daar. But as the Marines root out the last violent dissenters, an alien ship of unknown origin suddenly flees Earth's orbit.

Trevor Gray has been stripped of his command of the starship America and is unsure what to do with his life. Having dedicated so much of himself to the service, he knew following the super-AI Konstantin’s advice could have severe consequences. He just never thought he would be out of the fight. Because that’s what Earth is in: a fight against a sinister alien force so technologically advanced that there seems little hope. That’s why he disobeyed his orders in the first place - to figure out a way to stop them. But now he’s beached.

In the evolution of every sentient race, there is a turning point when the species achieves transcendence through technology. The warlike Sh'daar are determined that this monumental milestone will never be achieved by the creatures known as human. On the far side of known human space, the Marines are under siege, battling the relentless servant races of the Sh'daar aggressor.

The United States of North America is now engaged in a civil war with the Earth Confederation, which wants to yield to the demands of the alien Sh'daar, limit human technology, and become a part of the Sh'daar Galactic Collective. USNA President Koenig believes that surrendering to the Sh'daar will ultimately doom humankind. But when highly advanced, seemingly godlike aliens appear through an artificial wormhole in the Omega Centauri Cluster 16,000 light years from Earth, President Koenig is faced with a tremendous choice.

it's 2425. The civil war between the United States of North America and the Pan-European Confederation is over. But before a new era of peace on Earth can begin, humankind must martial its interstellar forces as one fleet to engage in a war against an alien entity in Omega Centauri. Without provocation, it destroyed a Confederation science facility inhabited by 12,000 people, and it must be neutralised before it sets its sights on Earth.

By exposing the sinister Saurians, Navy SEAL Lieutenant Commander Mark Hunter and his team have more than proven themselves. Yet the war between humanity and the intergalactic aliens has only begun - now they must save themselves and all of civilization. The JSST - the Joint Space Strike Team Hunter has put together from all branches of the US military - is again deployed on board the Earth starcraft carrier Hillenkoetter on a mission to probe a possible historical connection between the Saurians and the Nazi Third Reich.

The Saurians have an agenda: dominance over Earth. Operating from the shadows, they plant conspiracy theories and instil fear among the human population. Too weak in numbers to militarily conquer a world they believe to be their own, they seek to revive Nazi ideologies to gain absolute control. With his species in danger, Commander Mark Hunter and his Joint Space Strike Team must join forces with time travelers and government psychics if they stand a chance at saving their planet.

Having battled aliens to prove humanity’s worth as a star-faring species, Admiral Trevor Gray has a new mission: follow the directives of the super-AI Konstantin and lead the star carrier America on a mission through time and space to determine if humanity can truly transcend into Singularity...and avoid the pitfalls that have plagued so many of the aliens Earth has encountered since it gained faster-than-light travel. But there are those out there who don’t want an answer, who wish to maintain their own power with the status quo.

The third book in the epic saga of humankind's war of transcendence There is an unseen power in the universe - a terrible force that was dominating the galaxy tens of thousands of years before the warlike Sh'daar were even aware of the existence of Sol and its planets. As humankind approaches the Singularity, when transcendence will be achieved through technology, contact will be made. In the wake of the near destruction of the solar system, the political powers on Earth seek a separate peace.

2425. The civil war between the United States of North America and the Pan-European Confederation is over. But before a new era of peace on Earth can begin, humankind must martial its interstellar forces as one fleet to engage in a war against an alien entity in Omega Centauri. Without provocation, it destroyed a Confederation science facility inhabited by 12,000 people, and it must be neutralized before it sets its sights on Earth.

The year is 2162. Thirty-eight years after first contact, Lord Commander Grayson St. Clair leads the Tellus Ad Astra on an unprecedented expedition to the Galactic Core, carrying more than a million scientists, diplomats, soldiers, and AIs. Despite his reservations about their alien hosts, St. Clair is deeply committed to his people - especially after they're sucked into a black hole and spat out four billion years in the future.

Centuries in the future, the Galactic Authority reigns over millions of advanced civilizations throughout the cosmos. From deep within the Galactic Core, the Authority’s principal Mind has won the allegiance of myriad nations, offering security, connection, and access to a network of interstellar Gates in exchange for compliance.

Nie ma już czasu... Zawsze jest czas... Trevor Gray stracił dowodzenie nad lotniskowcem kosmicznym „Ameryka” i nie wie, co ze sobą począć. Wiedział, że zastosowanie się do rad super-AI zwanej Konstantinem może mieć poważne konsekwencje. Nie myślał jednak, że zostanie przez to wyłączony z walki. Ziemię czeka bowiem starcie ze złowieszczą obcą istotą, tak zaawansowaną technologicznie, że ludzkość ma niewielkie szanse na przetrwanie. Gray sprzeciwił się rozkazom właśnie po to, by ją zatrzymać.

Rok 2425. Wojna między Stanami Zjednoczonymi a Unią Europejską zakończyła się. Jednak zanim na Ziemi rozpocznie się era pokoju, ludzkość musi połączyć swe siły i stworzyć wspólną flotę kosmiczną do walki z nieznanym zagrożeniem przy Gwieździe Kapteyna. Bez ostrzeżenia obca potęga zniszczyła tam ludzką placówkę naukową. Zagrożenie musi zostać zneutralizowane, zanim obcy zainteresują się Ziemią. Admirał Trevor "Piachu" Gray, dowódca lotniskowca „Ameryka”, ma własną misję. Konstantin, sztuczna inteligencja o niezwykłych możliwościach, przekonał go, że jedyną szansą na przetrwanie ludzkości jest technologia, którą można znaleźć w pewnym odległym układzie.

Douglas kontynuuje swoja fascynujaca opowiesc o kosmicznej armadzie, która atakuje terytorium poteznego wroga, i która jest wykleta przez dowództwo na Ziemi. Koenig zdaje sobie sprawe, ze bedac w defensywie Ziemia nie przetrwa, tym bardziej, ze wróg zaatakowal juz Uklad Sloneczny. W trzecim tomie glówne skrzypce po raz kolejny graja Koenig i Trevor Gray. Polityka miesza sie tutaj z wojna, a heroizm nie jest niczym wyjatkowym, lecz staje sie sposobem zycia.

Czwarta czesc cyklu Star Carrier. Fabula "Otchlani" osadzona jest ponad dwadziescia lat po wydarzeniach z finalu tomu trzeciego. Nie zmienili sie glówni bohaterowie, przybylo kilku nowych. Trevor Gray jest kapitanem i sluzy na "Americe", ale pod rozkazami innego dowódcy. Admirala Koeniga spotykamy w powiesci tuz po wygranych przez niego wyborach prezydenckich w USA. Obca rasa atakuje ludzka placówke.