The novel “Winter World” by A.G. Riddle was published for the first time in 2019. It’s the first book in The Long Winter trilogy.

In her role as commander of the International Space Station, Emma Matthews is running the mission of space probes that aim to monitor solar activity to try to understand why temperatures on Earth are dropping rapidly. She barely has the time to realize that there’s an alien object near the Sun before the Station is destroyed and Emma puts on her space suit just in time.

James Sinclair is in federal prison where he’s serving a very long sentence. The situation becomes even worse when a revolt begins to avoid being abandoned during the evacuation to less cold areas of the world. James manages to save himself and ends up at NASA, where his skills are useful in participating in a space mission that aims to examine the alien object and possibly understand how to destroy it.

The novel “Stargazer: Judgment Day” (“Stargazer: Weltenrichter”) by Ivan Ertlov was published for the first time in 2022 and translated from German by Marly Gram. It’s the fourth book in the After Terra series and follows “Stargazer: Civil War”.

In the Council that rules the Protectorate, there’s confusion when the Plachtharr Alliance withdraws its fleets from the borders. This turns into panic when the Plachtharr Ambassador formally requests military support. The reason is the approach of a cosmic entity capable of devouring everything it finds, an entity part of the nightmares of all sentient species, even when they have never actually seen it. Humans know it as Yog-Sothoth.

When old enmities are put aside and even pirate fleets arrive to join the final battle, the situation seems desperate. However, hope comes from the ancient technologies that produced the starship Yrsha restoring its weapons to their full power. Frank Gazer and his crew are ready to join the fight with the knowledge that this time the enemy is the most dangerous entity they have ever faced.