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Eisenhorn: Xenos - Illustrated and Annotated Edition by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAn Illustrated Hardback Edition of Book 1 in the Eisenhorn SeriesInquisitor Eisenhorn faces a vast interstellar cabal and the dark power of daemons, all racing to recover an arcane text of abominable power – an ancient tome known as the Necroteuch.READ IT BECAUSEThe classic novel returns in a brand new hardback edition... -
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Dreadnought by B.V. Larson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCaptain William Sparhawk flies Earth’s single starship on a voyage of exploration. His crew of veteran spacers begins the mission with high hopes and the best of intentions, but the universe has other plans. Instead of space merchants and potential allies, they discover Earth’s impending doom... -
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Rapture by Kameron Hurley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAfter years in exile, Nyxnissa so Dasheem is back in service to the bel dames, a sisterhood of elite government assassins tasked with eliminating deserters and traitors.The end of a centuries-long holy war has flooded the streets of Nasheen with unemployed - and unemployable - soldiers whose frustrations have brought the nation to the brink of civil war... -
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Razor's Edge by Lisanne Norman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStill adjusting to the revelations about its long-buried past, the Sholan race must now also face the increasing numbers and independence of the new human-Sholan telepathic pairs. Meanwhile, Carrie, Kusac, Kaid, and T'Chebbi are sent to the planet Jalna on a rescue mission that will see them caught up in the midst of a local revolution.. -
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Stronghold Rising by Lisanne Norman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe catlike aliens return--in the sixth exciting novel in Lisanne Norman's best-selling Sholan Alliance series....Delicate negotiations for an alliance are underway with the Primes, a previously unknown faction of the hated Valytegan race. But the Sholans and Humans must avert a full-fledged rebellion--begun in a laboratory engaged in illegal breeding experiments.. -
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Fire Margins by Lisanne Norman
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA new race is about to be born on the Sholan homeworld, and it may cause the current unstable political climate to explode. Only through exploring the Sholan's long-buried and purposely forgotten past can Carrie and Kusac hope to find the path to survival, not only for their own people, but for Sholans and humans as well... -
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Outpassage by Janet E. Morris, Chris Morris
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWAR AND MYSTERY BEYOND THE STARS Sgt. “Det” Cox has just spent three years under psych observation on Earth; now that he’s out-system, he isn’t about to tell anyone he’s seeing aliens again. Paige Barnett has lost everything, even her name, because she knows too much about the rebellion spreading through the Earth-Space mining colonies... -
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Rocannon's World by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA world shared by three native humanoid races - the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, elvish Fiia, and warrior clan, Liuar - is suddenly invaded and conquered by a fleet of ships from the stars. Earth scientist Rocannon is on that world, and he sees his friends murdered and his spaceship destroyed... -
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Descent of Angels by Mitchel Scanlon
Rated: 3.51 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe next novel in the ground-breaking, bestselling series that tells the story of the Horus Heresy – the civil war that nearly tore the human Imperium apart, ten thousand years ago. This novel explores the early history of the Dark Angels Legion and their Primarch Lion El'Johnson...
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