TOR science fiction

John Perry is enjoying his quiet life with his wife and daughter on one of humanity's many colonies when he is asked to lead a new colony world that gives him the chance to explore the universe, but the opportunity takes a deadly turn when he becomes a pawn in an interstellar game of diplomacy and war.

The hopes of the Synchronized Worlds and Unallied Planets for peace, after centuries of war with the thinking machines, are dashed when Omnius unleashes virulent plagues throughout the galaxy, setting the stage for a final showdown in the Battle of Corrin.

Eighty-seven-year-old Dr. Sarah Halifax, the woman who decoded the first radio transmission from aliens nearly four decades earlier in 2009, is offered a chance to rollback time through an experimental rejuvenation procedure that would allow her to work on the just-received alien reply, but life gets complicated when she and her husband Don agree to the treatment, which works for him but not for her, leaving her with a twenty-five-year-old spouse.

Cent, the daughter of a man brutally pursued by the government and other dangerous adversaries for his ability to teleport, triggers an avalanche while illegally snowboarding and discovers her own teleporting abilities.

Struggling with outdated systems and claim-jumping corporate interests in the deeps of the Kuiper Belt, a family on board the mining ship El Cavador spots an object moving toward the solar system that triggers a catastrophic war.

Peter Wiggin, leader of the worldwide government in the aftermath of the victory over the alien Formics, makes a tactical error when he arranges for the rescue of his archenemy Achilles who is being held by the Chinese, only to learn Achilles is insane and determined to kill Bean, the genetic anomaly who served as second-in-command during the conflict.

Davy, a young man, discovers he has a power that sets him apart from others, teleporting.

A small human space colony struggles to survive despite shortages of supplies from Earth and a fanatical cult.

An unknown alien force gives Reva the ability to see and select different lines of reality, allowing her to work almost undetected as an assassin, until a series of events leave her longing to live a normal life on one Mainline.