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  • Legacies by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Legacies by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Galaxy's Edge returns with an all-new adrenaline-fueled season of the military sci-fi series! With his duty to the Legion satisfied, Wraith sets out to find a lost member of his crew-the young girl, Prisma. But not only does the journey bring with it more death and destruction-and loss-than he ever imagined, it revives the shadows of a forgotten past..
  • Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Forced to abandon his undercover role as leader of the Dendarii Mercenaries, Miles Vorkosigan persuades Emperor Gregor to appoint him Imperial Auditor so he can penetrate Barrayar’s intelligence and security operations (ImpSec)...
  • Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

    Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 79 ratings
    Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our reach.Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted...
  • Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton

    Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Robust, peaceful, and confident, the Commonwealth dispatched a ship to investigate the mystery of a disappearing star, only to inadvertently unleash a predatory alien species that turned on its liberators, striking hard, fast, and utterly without mercy. The Prime are the Commonwealth's worst nightmare...
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    crime  military  war  action-adventure  adult  ai  aliens  audiobook
  • Deception by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle

    Deception by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lies & deceit leading to a domino of crimes.The Trans-Pacific Task Force is getting ready to deploy but they don’t have what they need. Someone’s been skimming. A contract won through mistruths. Incomplete payments limiting the army’s readiness.Colonel Marcie Walton is angry and calling anyone who will answer.Magistrate Rivka Anoa is on the job and thrown into the middle of two shooting wars...
  • The Last Hunter by J.N. Chaney, Terry Mixon

    The Last Hunter by J.N. Chaney, Terry Mixon

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.Two centuries after the Confederation staved off an invasion by the robotic Locusts, Captain Jack Romanoff faces mandatory retirement from an ever-shrinking Navy. Actions speak louder than words. The Confederation doesn’t think the Locusts are coming back...
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    military  war  crime  sci-fi  space-opera  fiction  aliens  audiobook
  • Miles, Mutants, and Microbes by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Miles, Mutants, and Microbes by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Content: Falling free Labyrinth Diplomatic immunity Miles Vorkosigan/Naismith : his life and times.Two complete novels and a short novel in one large volume:Falling Free—The Nebula Award-winning novel. Leo Graf was just your typical efficient engineer: mind your own business and do the job...
  • Young Miles by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Young Miles by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The Warrior's Apprentice 1The Mountains of Mourning 373The Vor Game 465Author's Afterword 829IT ISN'T EASY, BEING VOR...Being a Vor lord on the war-torn planet Barrayar wasn't easy. Being an officer in Barrayar's military wasn't easy...
  • The Red Admiral by C.R. Daems

    The Red Admiral by C.R. Daems

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Anna's success as the Eastar NIA station chief has catapulted her into the position of Director of NIA Stations. Anna is uncomfortable with the promotion and bored. She has a master chief secretary, a lieutenant aide-de-camp, and fifteen commanders and their staff to do the work. But she suspects not all of her commanders are happy with their new, very young admiral or are doing their jobs...
  • Iron Wolves by Jonathan Yanez, Jason Anspach

    Iron Wolves by Jonathan Yanez, Jason Anspach

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There can be no victory without sacrifice. The Iron Wolves are a company of legionnaires whose legendary exploits date back to the Savage Wars. When they are invited to be guests of honor at a ceremony on a small, backwater planet, they look forward to some precious time away from the constant conflicts of galaxy's edge...
  • Miles, Mystery, and Mayhem by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Miles, Mystery, and Mayhem by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Contains: Cetaganda Ethan of Athos Labyrinth.Diplomat, soldier, spy - Lieutenant Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan of the Barrayarayan Empire, a.k.a. Admiral Naismith of the Dendarii Free Mercenaries, is a young man of many parts...
  • Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A rich Komarran merchant fleet has been impounded at Graf Station, in distant Quaddiespace, after a bloody incident on the station docks involving a security officer from the convoy's Barrayaran military escort. Lord Miles Vorkosigan of Barrayar and his wife, Lady Ekaterin, have other things on their minds, such as getting home in time to attend the long-awaited births of their first children...
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    crime  humor  military  war  action-adventure  adult  aliens  audiobook
  • Earth Below, Sky Above by John Scalzi

    Earth Below, Sky Above by John Scalzi

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    At last, the Earth and the Colonial Union have begun formal discussions about their relationship in the futurea chance for the divisions in humanity to be repaired. The diplomats and crew of the Clarke are on hand to help with the process, including Ambassador Ode Abumwe and CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson, both of whom were born on Earth. But not everyone wants The Human Division to be repaired..
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    humor  military  war  action-adventure  adult  aliens  audiobook  book
  • Dark Victory by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Dark Victory by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Darkest Secrets Stay HiddenGalaxy’s Edge Season Two continues as a divided galaxy is navigated by heroes forced to chart their own dangerous courses.Wraith, seeking to acquire intel on the mysterious Kill Team Ice, finds himself teamed up with an unlikely Nether Ops ally. Zora and Garret, in pursuit of a lost friend, will have their loyalty to Captain Keel tested...
  • The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold

    The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    [A Miles Vorkosigan Story] Twenty year old Ensign Miles Vorkosigan plays detective in a murder case, and tests the balance of power as a member of the Barrayaran nobility. [Publisher's Note: The Mountains of Mourning was originally published as a stand-alone novella in the May 1989 issue of Analog...
  • 180 Proof Vega by Santino Hassell

    180 Proof Vega by Santino Hassell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emilio Vega is a shit-talking, eighteen-year-old gunrunner who is dragged out of the world of crime he grew up in, and forced to work for a covert organization that deals in assassination and political intrigue.The full version of Volume 1 is expected to be published in 2015.Note: The first three parts of Volume 1 are available for free on the author's GR profile...
  • Dire Wolf Stakes by Ramy Vance, Michael Anderle

    Dire Wolf Stakes by Ramy Vance, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love kills. So do bow-wielding assassins.Maine’s troubles are only just beginning. The Mantle is still catnip to assassins. News of her victory is out and another liqudator of the living is after her. That would be enough trouble, if her ex wasn’t also in town, proclaiming his undying love for her...
  • Auberon by James S.A. Corey

    Auberon by James S.A. Corey

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    A novella set in the universe of James S. A. Corey’s NYT-bestselling Expanse series, Auberon explores a new and alien world and the age-old dangers that humanity has carried with it to the stars. Now a Prime Original series.Auberon is one of the first and most important colony worlds in humanity’s reach, and the new conquering faction has come to claim it...
  • Stryker's War by Josh Hayes, Jason Anspach

    Stryker's War by Josh Hayes, Jason Anspach

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Feel the thunder! Stryker Company always brings the fight, but when they relieve embittered and embattled Republic marines, they find an enemy unwilling to stand up and face them. Tasked with protecting the Republic's interests on a mining world, the legionnaires face roadside ambushes, double-dealing locals, and constant sabotage...
  • Bombtrack by Sam Sisavath

    Bombtrack by Sam Sisavath

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    BEHIND ENEMY LINES, BUT FAR FROM HELPLESS.Six years ago, Gaby was the most popular girl in high school. Then the world ended. Times have changed, and everyone's unanimous choice for homecoming queen is all grown up.These days she's part of something greater than herself: a group whose sole mission is to restore order to a ravaged world that badly needs them...
  • Raiders by C.R. Daems

    Raiders by C.R. Daems

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Anna and her Naval Intelligence Agency, NIA, teammates have a new high-priority assignment: foreign raiders who are wreaking havoc within the United Alliance of Stars. They hit high value targets, have access to inside information, kill the security guards, and leave no witnesses. The NIA team soon discovers the raiders' system has been well thought out and has no weak links to exploit...
  • Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Komarr could be a garden with a thousand more years' work, or an uninhabitable wasteland if the terraforming fails. Now, the solar mirror vital to the terraforming of the conquered planet has been shattered by a ship hurtling off course. The Emperor of Barrayar sends his newest imperial auditor, Lord Miles Vorkosigan, to find out why...
  • The Worst Ship in the Fleet by Skyler Ramirez

    The Worst Ship in the Fleet by Skyler Ramirez

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Military Science Fiction Adventure!Brad Mendoza is an idiot. He knows it, and so does everyone else. A promising naval career down the drain just because he accidentally killed 504 civilians. So, it's time for him to give up and accept a dead-end command on Persephone, the worst ship in the fleet...
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    humor  military  crime  sci-fi  space-opera  fiction  anti-hero  poc-mc
  • Ravenor Returned by Dan Abnett

    Ravenor Returned by Dan Abnett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Following the adventures of Imperial Inquisitor Ravenor and his warband of the dark and gothic future, this title is the second in 'Ravenor' series...
  • Unto the Breach by John Ringo

    Unto the Breach by John Ringo

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Sequel to Ghost, Kildar and Choosers of the Slain.Michael Harmon has been there and done that. Rescued co-eds, killed major terrorists, stopped nuclear assaults. Now he'd just like to kick back and relax with his harem of lovelies. Unfortunately, the world keeps turning...
  • Red Zone by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Red Zone by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to the new world. Things have changed just a bit. Big Brother's not only monitoring important things like what toilet paper you buy--it now has direct access to everything you see thanks to the mandatory implant you get at birth. And Friday Jones has seen something she wishes she hadn't...
  • Defender by Janet Edwards

    Defender by Janet Edwards

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Becoming a telepath was hard. Being a telepath is harder. Eighteen-year-old Amber is the youngest of the five telepaths who protect the hundred million citizens of one of the great hive cities of twenty-sixth century Earth. Her job is hunting down criminals before they commit their crimes, but this time her team arrive too late. Someone is already dead. Someone that Amber knows...
  • State of Destruction by Summer Lane

    State of Destruction by Summer Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Lane is surely worth picking up and reading, whoever you may be." - Daniel M. Harrison, #1 Bestselling Author of Butterflies and Editor of MarxRand The destruction of California is at hand. Cassidy Hart and Chris Young have survived a dangerous mission into the heart of Sky City, a secret Omega base hidden deep in the mountains, but their vengeance has come with a price...
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    crime  military  war  action-adventure  apocalyptic  book  dark  drama
  • Bestiarii by James Tarr

    Bestiarii by James Tarr

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Mexican civil war had been grinding on for so long that the U.S. resorted to using private contractors—mercenaries—to prop up the failing Mexican Army. One of the many things the Mexican Army failed to protect was Pangaea, the famed animal park in remote northeast Mexico, a symbol of rampant capitalism. All the creatures inside were killed at the time. At least, that’s what was reported...
  • Space Murder by N.L. Haverstock, Nikki Haverstock

    Space Murder by N.L. Haverstock, Nikki Haverstock

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For everything there is a season…Once the star student of her training class, Captain Liz Laika is now an outcast, a casualty of family scandal. Now stuck in the worst post in the Fleet, she should keep her head down. But when a Cerulean passenger is found decapitated, and Liz is framed for the murder, she has no choice but to fight for her life...
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    military  humor  crime  mystery  sci-fi  cozy  fiction  space
  • Tidal Rip by Joe Buff

    Tidal Rip by Joe Buff

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A new world war has begun. It is the year 2012, and extremists in Germany and South Africa have succeeded in staging simultaneous coups to forge the Berlin-Boer Axis, a cabal determined to take over the world. The key instrument of this war is tactical nuclear weaponry, where a single torpedo or cruise missile can destroy an entire ship or city...
  • The Bronze Skies by Catherine Asaro

    The Bronze Skies by Catherine Asaro

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Major Bhaajan achieved the impossible. Born Undercity, the slums below the City of Cries on the planet Raylicon, she broke free to become a military officer with Imperial Space Command. Now retired from military duty, she works as a private investigator on retainer to the Majda Family.Hired by The Ruby Pharaoh herself, Major Bhaajan is tasked with finding a killer...
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    crime  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare by Jason Fry, Paul R. Urquhart

    Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare by Jason Fry, Paul R. Urquhart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Anakin, Rex, Ahsokaand a host of other characters from the Cartoon Network seriesleap off the page in full color. Devoted "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" fans will find all the stats they need, from Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber skills to Ziro the Hutt's scheming, and everything in between...
  • Hail the Hero by Timothy Ellis

    Hail the Hero by Timothy Ellis

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B015AYA7CGAs the war comes to an end, Jonathon Hunter sees the good and bad sides to being considered the hero, but which is which? All he wants to do is go home, but home isn’t any closer than it was a month ago, and this time, he's going the long way around...
  • Hard Luck Hank: Stank Delicious by Steven Campbell

    Hard Luck Hank: Stank Delicious by Steven Campbell

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Belvaille has cemented its place as the most important System in the galaxy and Hank is working as an official Factotum, negotiating deals between gangs and noblemen under the watchful eye of the Arch Minister. When his ever-capable butler, Cliston, is approached to become the general manager of a Super Class glocken team, Hank is hired not only as protection, but as a player...
  • Alien vs. Alien by Gini Koch

    Alien vs. Alien by Gini Koch

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini and the rest of the American Centaurion Diplomatic Corps are still recovering from their introduction to Washington D.C. politics, parties, and conspiracies. So when compromising pictures arrive, no one’s too surprised. They’re also the least of anyone’s worries...
  • Red Angel by C.R. Daems

    Red Angel by C.R. Daems

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Anna nearly dies, along with all her family, at age four from the deadly Cacao virus. But she survives, thanks to a poisonous red-headed krait. The medical community is excited since there is no known cure for the virus, but Anna and her snake, Red, have a symbiotic relationship—containment, not cure. If she is ever separated from Red, she will die.Anna struggles through foster homes...
  • The Hunted by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    The Hunted by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The deadly hunt continues in book two of the bestselling Trackers saga...Five days ago North Korea detonated three nuclear warheads over the United States, triggering an electromagnetic pulse that crippled the country. A second attack destroyed the nerve center of America in a nuclear blast that flattened the nation's capitol...
  • The Observers by John Scalzi

    The Observers by John Scalzi

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In an effort to improve relations with the Earth, the Colonial Union has invited a contingent of diplomats from that planet to observe Ambassador Abumwe negotiate a trade deal with an alien species. Then something very bad happens to one of the Earthings, and with that, the relationship between humanitys two factions is on the cusp of disruption once more...
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    humor  military  war  action-adventure  adult  aliens  audiobook  book
  • The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads by John Scalzi

    The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads by John Scalzi

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    United States Diplomat Danielle Lowen was there when one of her fellow diplomats committed an unthinkable act, which had consequences for the entire planet. Now shes trying to figure out how it happened before it can happen again. Putting the puzzle pieces together could solve the mystery or it could threaten her own life...
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    humor  military  war  action-adventure  adult  aliens  audiobook  book
  • The Sound of Rebellion by John Scalzi

    The Sound of Rebellion by John Scalzi

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Colonial Defense Forces usually protect humanity from alien attack, but now the stability of the Colonial Union has been threatened, and Lieutenant Heather Lee and her squad are called to squash a rebellion on a colony world. It seems simple enoughbut theres a second act to the rebellion that finds Lee captive, alone, and armed with only her brains to survive...
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    humor  military  war  action-adventure  adult  aliens  audiobook  book
  • Valor's Trial by Tanya Huff

    Valor's Trial by Tanya Huff

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The rousing military adventure (Locus) continues with a brand new Valor novel. Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr is a Confederation Marines marine. She's survived more deadly encounters and kept more of her officers and enlistees alive than anyone in the Corps...
  • Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    In the wake of unexpected planetary peace and the disappearance of the Dendarii payroll, mercenary captain Miles Naismith attempts to discover the link between the insufferable Captain Galeni and the Komarran rebel expatriates. Reissue. AB...
  • Choosers of the Slain by John Ringo

    Choosers of the Slain by John Ringo

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Sequel to Ghost and Kildar.Former SEAL Michael Harmon (Ghost, Kildar) has a pretty good life. He's settled down in the country of Georgia and built a solid commando-quality militia out of his local retainers. The Keldara have an ancient history of being first-class mountain warriors and all they needed was a few million in modern weapons and training to bring them up to speed...
  • A Deeper Blue by John Ringo

    A Deeper Blue by John Ringo

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Sequel to Ghost, Kildar, Choosers of the Slain and Unto the Breach.Heart-sick over the deaths of so many of his Keldara followers, and one in particular, former SEAL Mike Harmon, hero of Ghost, Kildar and Choosers of the Slain, decides to sit this one out. WMDs headed for the US no longer matter to the Kildar...
  • Mission Inadvisable by J.S. Morin

    Mission Inadvisable by J.S. Morin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Part-time heroes. Full-time outlaws. Carl Ramsey has done the unthinkable: he turned down a lucrative job. When the deed is too despicable even for outlaws like the Mobius crew, someone nasty had to be behind it. Carl and his friends decide to hunt down their potential employer and turn him over to the authorities...
  • Maid of Baikal by Preston Fleming

    Maid of Baikal by Preston Fleming

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if a Siberian Joan of Arc had rescued the White Armies at a critical point of the Russian Civil War in 1919? MAID OF BAIKAL offers an alternative outcome to that war through the intervention of Zhanna Dorokhina, a young woman from the shores of Siberia’s Lake Baikal...
  • Stowaway to Heaven by J.S. Morin

    Stowaway to Heaven by J.S. Morin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If you can't beat 'em, hijack 'em. Push a man hard enough and long enough and he's going to push back. Carl Ramsey finally has a plan to deal with transgalactic megacorp Harmony Bay. With the aid of a new ace up his sleeve, the Mobius crew finally have a heist that can put an end to the company's harassment. They're going to steal the ship responsible for Harmony Bay's black ops...
  • The Ballad of Bad Jack by Anthony Ryan

    The Ballad of Bad Jack by Anthony Ryan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Asteroid Belt, home to mining corporations and those who prefer to live beyond the heavily policed habitats of Earth orbit - the perfect hunting ground for Bad Jack, captain of the Dead Reckoning and the most feared pirate in the solar system...
  • Destiny in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone

    Destiny in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ben Raines and his army won a war on two fronts, bringing law, peace, and prosperity to the Southern United States of America. But SUSA's northern neighbor and erstwhile enemy, the United States, is in chaos...
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