Alfred Coppel

Somewhere beyond the safe lanes of human travel, a silent prize comes tumbling out of the dark—vast, alien, and ripe for the taking. For a hard-bitten crew used to risk, rules are just paperwork and salvage is a religion. But this isn’t ordinary...

Dangerous Worlds gathers fourteen unforgettable vintage science fiction stories where every decision carries consequences and survival is never certain. These are tales of hostile planets, deadly inventions, ruthless justice, and ordinary people...

A routine mission turns into something far more unsettling when a battered ship begins to defy expectation and command. What starts as a desperate struggle for survival slowly becomes a confrontation with forces that blur the line between machine and...

Reaching the Moon should be the pinnacle of human achievement. In this haunting tale, it becomes a crucible that strips away every illusion about glory, ambition, and legacy. Alone on an alien world, a driven explorer confronts the consequences of a...

Humanity enjoys its miracles too easily. Vast farmlands bloom where deserts once stretched, and famine has become a distant memory. Few people ever ask how it happened—or who paid the price. In The Flight of the Eagle, an aging spacer finally tells...

Some journeys into space are fueled by ambition, duty, or the hunger for discovery. This one is driven by something far more dangerous: longing. The Hills of Home follows a man chosen for an impossible mission, not because he is fearless, but because...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.“Normality” is a myth; we’re all a little neurotic, and the study of neurosis has been able to classify the general types of disturbance which are most common. And some types (providing the subject is not...

An alien scientist undertakes a mission of immense importance, driven by logic, desperation, and absolute confidence in his own superiority. What begins as a careful reconnaissance soon unravels into a nightmare of misjudged assumptions, as the...

Some wrecks are left behind for a reason. Far beyond the busy spacelanes, a ruined ship circles Triton, carrying the silent weight of a terrible decision and a fortune worth killing for. Two men travel toward it with very different reasons for making...