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Sinister Barrier by Eric Frank Russell

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The novel “Sinister Barrier” by Eric Frank Russell was published for the first time in 1939 in the magazine “Unknown” and in 1943 as a book in a revised and expanded version.

Bill Graham is shocked when two scientists his agency has funded die within a short time. A quick investigation leads him to discover that they were two of the many scientists who have recently died, and that some of them appeared to have gone mad. This situation immediately raises his suspicions.

When he turns to the police, Bill Graham is met with skepticism because there’s no evidence that the scientists were murdered, but Lieutenant Art Wohl helps him uncover other cases, making such a coincidence highly unlikely. Gathering fragments of information, the two of them discover that Peder Bjornsen had identified the presence of strange creatures, visible only in infrared light, which appear to be able to control humans.

Addendum by Randall Sharpe

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The novel “Addendum” by Randall Sharpe was published for the first time in 2023. It’s the second book in the Astral Alignment series and follows “Astral Alignment”.

For Annabelle, seeing a dead body near the local lake is traumatic, especially since various murders have occurred in the area. She and her friend Charon try to support each other in a difficult time in various ways. Other strange events see them sometimes as witnesses and, on other occasions, as protagonists. The presence of Darien Weever, who seemed like a normal substitute teacher at their school but turns out to be something else, adds to the strangeness. Their path also crosses that of a masked vigilante. Danger comes from strange creatures, but also from the Delta Freya and religious fanatics who show that humans can be the worst monsters.

Ray is a vampire but has no malicious intentions towards others. When she finds herself in legal trouble because of an empath she met by chance, her parents hire a lawyer to defend her, who turns out to be a vampire herself and a prominent one among vampires. Mallory alternates between transporting people and running a conspiracy website. The Delta Freya take at least some of her articles so seriously that they kidnap her and her husband and force her to take them to the depths of the Earth. Clover Field encounters a sasquatch who predicts a momentous future for her, but under circumstances that are shocking to her.

Nightshade by Mark Gatiss

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The novel “Nightshade” by Mark Gatiss was published for the first time in 1992. It’s No. 8 in the “New Adventures” range by Virgin Publishing.

The Seventh Doctor seems to be particularly burdened by the events he and Ace have recently experienced and feels ready to retire. He also thinks it may be time to separate from Ace. He takes her to the village of Crook Marsham in 1968 in search of peace.

What was supposed to be a holiday quickly turns into another dangerous adventure, as several people in Crook Marsham have died after seeing ghosts that seem very real. Actor Edmund Trevithick sees a monster that had appeared years earlier in the TV show “Nightshade”, which had brought him fame and success. The Doctor sees Susan.

Planet of Exile by Ursula Le Guin

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The novel “Planet of Exile” by Ursula Le Guin was published for the first time in 1966.

The natives of the planet Werel and the descendants of the Hainite colonists tend not to mix, but when young Rolery’s path crosses that of Jakob Agat Alterra, the situation turns out to be out of the ordinary. He warns Rolery that she must speak with Wold, an elderly chief of a community belonging to the Tevar tribe.

Jakob Agat Alterra’s motive for contacting Elder Wold is that he has received very disturbing information regarding the Gaal tribes. These nomadic tribes have started moving south, as they do every time winter begins. However, this time, they have united in an army capable of devastating cities like Tevar and the city of Landin, home to the descendants of the Hainites.

Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson

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The novel “Aurora” by Kim Stanley Robinson was published for the first time in 2015.

The Ship is approaching the Tau Ceti system, where the more than two thousand passengers plan to establish a new colony, following the plans begun by their ancestors some 160 years earlier. The leading candidate for colonization is the large moon of one of the system’s planets, which was named Aurora.

Freya is a teenager who sees what is intended to become her new home getting closer. She also sees the problems that, among other things, are progressively affecting the Ship’s biomes since her mother, the unofficial chief engineer, is called upon to solve all the Ship’s major problems.