The novel “The Eris Anomaly…beyond Pluto” (“Il Mistero di Eris…oltre Plutone”) by Angelo Messina was published for the first time in 2023 and translated into English by the author in 2025.

Adam is traveling to the dwarf planet Eris to investigate a strange anomaly in its orbit. That journey represents an important milestone in a journey that began thirty years earlier, changing his life and leading him to have a growing influence on humanity.

Thirty years earlier, Adam was taking what he thought was a normal walk in the woods when he found himself in a completely different place. There, he begins a contact with an object that seems to possess a consciousness and progressively increases his mental abilities, allowing him to develop technologies useful to humanity, but only if he manages to avoid certain negative tendencies.

The novel “Austral” by Paul McAuley was published for the first time in 2017.

Austral “Stral” Morales Ferrado is a corrections officer in a labor camp. She’s also in a relationship with Keever Bishop, the most dangerous inmate, who continues to run his criminal enterprise from his cell. She has discovered she’s pregnant but is keeping it a secret for fear that Keever decides to get rid of her. Keever is planning his escape, and the opportunity comes when the inauguration of three new bridges will feature a prominent presence, Honourable Deputy Alberto Toomy, who is also Stral’s uncle.

The escape plan is well-conceived and involves Stral confronting her uncle, taking advantage of the fact that the two of them belong to branches of the family that had virtually opposite destinies. Stral realizes that some of Keever’s accomplices are trying to kidnap Kamilah, Alberto Toomy’s daughter, and decides to intervene without considering the consequences. She quickly realizes she’s in deep trouble and decides to kidnap her cousin herself for a ransom that will allow her to leave Antarctica and seek a better life.

The novel “Enhancement” by Anthony J. Melchiorri was published for the first time in 2014. It’s the first book in the Black Market DNA series.

When Chris Morgan is stabbed during a prison riot, he thinks it’s the end for him. Instead, another inmate protects him until the guards intervene and stop the riot. Chris is even more surprised when he’s told he’ll be released early.

As soon as Chris Morgan is released from prison, a stranger offers him a job in genetic engineering, the same field that got him into trouble when he started selling illegal modifications. Suspicious, he tries to stall, but only one biotech company is willing to hire him. Chris tries to approach the new job honestly and even begins a relationship with his colleague Tracy, but when his boss is killed, he realizes that things are still complicated for him.

The novel “The Man in the Maze” by Robert Silverberg was published for the first time in 1968.

Charles Boardman leads an expedition to the planet Lemnos, where Richard Muller, a diplomat who nine years earlier had established his home in the middle of an ancient, huge labyrinth, exiled himself. Boardman’s goal is to reach Muller, but the labyrinth is full of deadly traps.

To limit the risks, Charles Boardman uses a series of drones built directly on his spaceship. They enable finding many traps, yet some men die trying to reach the labyrinth’s center. Ultimately, young Ned Rawlins is the one who encounters Richard Muller, an event not by chance but planned by Boardman to exploit the boy’s innocent appearance to gain Muller’s trust.