The Year is 2499.
Humanity is enslaved.
In the twenty-fifth century, a handful of mega-corporations control all of human space. Faster-than-light travel depends on Drivers — psionically gifted humans who navigate ships through the enigmatic Space II using sacred mistletoe blossoms from Yggdrasil, the primordial cosmic tree.
But the Drivers are slaves. Owned by the corporations. Controlled by the ruthless Gray Guards and their supreme commander, Max von Valdec, Chairman of the Council of Corporations.
Then a young fugitive Driver named David terGorden — the prophesied Heir of Power — emerges from hiding. And across the galaxy, a forbidden organization called the Terranauts begins to stir.
The rebellion has begun.
Six Arcs. One Destiny.
The Rebellion
David terGorden emerges as the Heir of Power. The Drivers rise against the Council of Corporations.
Marooned on Rorqual
Stranded on a dimension-trapped world, David must survive without his PSI powers.
The Exile
The Terranauts fight from exile. Visions of the past reveal the origins of Yggdrasil.
The Return
David forges alien alliances and returns to save Earth from cosmic annihilation.
The Restoration
A new Yggdrasil grows. The Second Driver Space Age begins. David becomes Lord Colonel.
The Cosmic Mandate
David discovers his role as one of nine Spectra. The Duel of Dreams decides the fate of reality.
99 Episodes
From the opening rebellion on Syrta to the cosmic Duel of Dreams. Each episode a self-contained adventure within an epic continuous saga.
The Heir of Power
Rebel Starship
The Emperor's Gambit
Insurrection of the Terranauts
The Driver Fleet
The Psi Inferno
The Children of Yggdrasil
City of Madness
The Hour of the Strapman
Revolt on Luna
Planet of the Lodge Masters
The Supreme Colonel's Gambit
The Outsider
In the Realm of the Winged
The Mages' Covenant
Marooned on Rorqual
The Pirates of the Crimson Depths
Odyssey of the Forsaken
Operation Doomsday
Comet of Oblivion
Oxide Death Zone
Cataclysm
The Outcasts of Terra
The Starship Thieves
Excursion to Tomorrow
The Road to Argus
The Transmitter Tree
The PSI-Seekers
Invasion of the Soulless
Glimpse of Yesterday
The Solitary of Ultima Thule
The Exiles of Oxyd
The Battle for Aqua
The Renegade
The Pirate Lodge
Flames Over Shondyke
Star Legend
Narda's Stand
The Gravity Trap
A Glitch in the Machine
The Emerald World
The Gatherer
Breeding Ground of the Hyperdrive
The Escape Vessel
Llewellyn's Gambit
The Ice Devils
The Hate Plague
Narda and the Sky Marshal
The Computer's Ultimatum
Threat from the Stars
World in Turmoil
The Somasa's Long Journey
The Alien's Sanctuary
The Fall of the High Lord
The Wreckage Nebula
The Dragon Witches
Voyage to World's End
The Heart of Rorqual
A World for Yggdrasil
Duel in Solitude
Death Awaits on Sarym
Arioch's Inferno
War of Minds
Planetfall
The Life Givers
In the Light of the Murder Sun
The Planet Plunderers
The Programmed Assassin
The Bio-Invasion
The Emerald Sanctuary
The Aeon Curse
Legacy in Ice
The Machines of Ultimate Thule
Yggdrasil's Legacy
Starship Pursuit
War of the Castes
Target Perculion
Breakthrough to Shondyke
Dying for Terra
Sky Mountain
Driver Pirates
The Mistletoe Conspiracy
Chaos Over Sarym
The Gene-Parasites
Valdec's Return
Hunted on Terra
Labyrinth of Dread
The Exile Planet
The Emperor of Berlin
The Ship of Serenity
The Swamps of Genessos
The Secret of the Genessans
The Galactic Archive
The Elderwood
Rendezvous in Star City
Planet of Illusions
The Preventive Strike
Duel of Dreams
The Eco-Shock
Encyclopedia Galactica
Over ten thousand entries documenting every character, planet, ship, technology, species, and organization in the Terranauts universe. The most comprehensive archive ever assembled.
Hear the Universe
Full audiobook productions available on Spotify. Experience the saga as it was meant to be heard.
The Terranauts
The Original Saga
The complete English audiobook of Die Terranauten. 99 episodes of rebellion, cosmic wonder, and the fight for freedom across the galaxy.
Star Empire Terra
The Mirror Saga
The empire has a story too. The saga retold from the other side — through the eyes of Valdec, the corporations, and the Gray Guard.
Collector's Edition
The definitive English translation in premium hardcover compendiums. 800+ pages per volume.
The Universe Grows
New story arcs expanding the Terranauts universe beyond the original 99 episodes. The saga continues.
The Mandate of Order
Star Empire Terra
The Great Festival. The destruction of Zoe. The exile and return. Every pivotal moment of the saga, retold through the eyes of Max von Valdec. Nothing is black and white. The empire has reasons of its own.
More Arcs Ahead
Prequels exploring the origins of Yggdrasil. The Merlin Chronicles spanning 1,500 years of guardianship. The Rorqual novels. The Gray Guard political thrillers. The universe is infinite — and it never stops expanding.
Cutaway Drawings
Detailed technical blueprints of the ships and technology that define the Terranauts universe. Based on original 1981 artwork by Georg Jörgens.
The Anti–Perry Rhodan
Published by Bastei Verlag from 1979 to 1981, Die Terranauten was explicitly conceived as the ideological counterpoint to Perry Rhodan, Germany's dominant science fiction series. Where Rhodan celebrated military heroism and imperial expansion, the Terranauts gave readers eco-rebels, corporate resistance, and a hero who chose symbiosis over domination.
The Frankfurter Rundschau called it the "Öko-Skywalker" — a saga that married ecological consciousness with cosmic adventure. Written by a team of eleven authors under pen names, the series ran for 99 weekly installments plus 18 collected paperback editions, producing over 2.6 million words of interconnected space opera.
Despite critical praise, declining newsstand sales led to cancellation. The series fell into obscurity for decades. Now, for the first time, the entire saga has been translated into English and is being expanded with new story arcs, an audiobook production, and the most comprehensive encyclopedia of its universe ever created.