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Vapor Trails by Joshua Dalzelle
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHe was a rogue element, disobeying orders and pursuing mission goals of his own. His Scout Team had been burned, disavowed by his chain of command and the owner of the stolen ship he was flying was after them to get it back. To make matters even more complicated, the man Jacob had stolen the ship from is an infamous outlaw and mercenary named Jason Burke… his father... -
![The Colossus by Jay Allan]()
The Colossus by Jay Allan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Hegemony strikes again… The Confederation and its allies have won their first victory, retaken their capital from he forces of the Hegemony. But the enemy is not beaten, far from it, and they are back, with an unstoppable weapon, a vast superbattleship, a deadly hybrid of imperial and Hegemony technology, called the Colossus...Categorized as:
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![Delphi Colony by Bob Blanton, Jessica Gurd]()
Delphi Colony by Bob Blanton, Jessica Gurd
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook 8 of the popular series Delphi in Space. The McCormacks are finally going to start an Earth Colony and the Paraxeans are finally getting a home. Catie is going to the Academy and Marc is going to Artemis...Categorized as:
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![Delphi Challenge by Bob Blanton, Jessica Gurd]()
Delphi Challenge by Bob Blanton, Jessica Gurd
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook 9 of the popular series Delphi In Space Delphi. In it, we find the McCormacks having to defend Artemis from the same Aliens that attacked the Paraxean colony fleet over 70 years before. Follow along as Catie finally graduates from the Academy...Categorized as:
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![Nua'll by S.H. Jucha]()
Nua'll by S.H. Jucha
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Omnian expeditionary fleet sails for the faraway place they call “the wall.” The worlds of humankind have consolidated their resources to create a powerful armada to confront the alien federation.During the Omnians’ previous encounter with an alien fleet at the wall, the Nua’ll comm sphere spoke to them in multiple languages...Categorized as:
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![Delphi Diversion by Bob Blanton]()
Delphi Diversion by Bob Blanton
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCatie is on her way back to Earth after having settled the Fazulan slaves when the wormhole her ship is traveling in collapses. They are diverted to another system where big chunks are flying around. They rescue a ship and find themselves in the middle of a series of mysteries...Categorized as:
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![Leviathan's Fear: A Military Sci-Fi Series by Craig Martelle]()
Leviathan's Fear: A Military Sci-Fi Series by Craig Martelle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrapped in Ga’ee space, Leviathan runs for its life.And the lives of its crew.Declan Payne and Harry Wesson decide to go on the offensive. They have no choice.They can’t go home. It only delays the inevitable.The Ga’ee march relentlessly into the space of the seven races while turning an inward eye toward the interloper, the ship they call God1...Categorized as:
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![Old Dogs, Older Tricks by Jamie McFarlane]()
Old Dogs, Older Tricks by Jamie McFarlane
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHe’s a Vietnam vet, with a new lease on life. To fight an out-of-this-world invasion, he’ll need a little help from his friends…Albert Jenkins never cared much for bureaucrats and politicians. So when the Galactic Congress refuses to act on the illegal invasion of Earth by parasitic aliens, he does what any self-respecting vet would do – he steals a spaceship...Categorized as:
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![Junkyard Spaceship by Jamie McFarlane]()
Junkyard Spaceship by Jamie McFarlane
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhen aliens threaten his country, one grumpy old vet will take the fight to the stars.Albert Jenkins would like nothing more than to putter around his junkyard, selling parts and working on old cars. When an alien spacecraft is shot down by US Air Defense and crash lands on his newly rebuilt home, he’s dragged back into the fight of his life...Categorized as:
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![All in Good Time by Mackey Chandler]()
All in Good Time by Mackey Chandler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLiving by bad neighbors is hard. Especially when there is a whole mob of them. Needing to do business with them makes it harder. Imagine nine billion noisy disrespectful neighbors who can’t keep their word and would be just as happy to see you dead... -
![The Long Voyage of the Little Fleet by Mackey Chandler]()
The Long Voyage of the Little Fleet by Mackey Chandler
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the first book of this series "Family Law", Lee's parents and their business partner Gordon found a class A habitable planet. They thought their quest as explorers was over and they'd live a life of ease. But before they could return and register their claim Lee's parents died doing a survey of the surface... -
![Stowaway by Z.D. Dean]()
Stowaway by Z.D. Dean
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLt Zade, on his last days of his last deployment to Afghanistan, still couldn’t find the excitement he so desperately needed. A chance encounter, on his last mission, sends him hurtling through space on the Unity exploration ship XES01. Surrounded by aliens, Zade must quickly learn to interact with the non-soldiers on the crew... -
![Omnia by S.H. Jucha]()
Omnia by S.H. Jucha
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlex Racine, who led an elite group of humans and SADEs (self-ware digital entities), left the newly discovered planet of Celus-5 under difficult circumstances. Few of the Harakens with Alex thought there was little he could do to bring peace to the embroiled planet...Categorized as:
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Celus-5 by S.H. Jucha
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor the Sojourn’s initial mission, the Haraken explorer ship undertakes the investigation of Celus-5, a world identified by Willem, a SADE (self-aware digital entity), and his team of scientists, as the best prospect for a new colony.What should be a routine survey mission becomes a disaster. To the Harakens’ surprise, they discover, not one, but two alien species engaged in conflict...Categorized as:
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![Fracture by Ken Lozito, Scott Aiello]()
Fracture by Ken Lozito, Scott Aiello
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsColonel Sean Quinn is stranded in another universe, along with two thousand people under his command. They've been hiding from the enemy long enough, now it’s time to return home. Outnumbered against a superior foe, Sean must risk everything in a daring operation, but the mysterious enemy has a few surprises of their own...Categorized as:
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![Emergence by Ken Lozito, Scott Aiello]()
Emergence by Ken Lozito, Scott Aiello
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs the colony grapples with the realization that New Earth is not as uninhabited as they’d once thought, tensions between the colonial settlements rise to new heights, and the Colonial Defense Force finds itself caught in the middle. When Connor uncovers evidence of a militant colonial faction secretly exploiting the NEIIS, he has to investigate...Categorized as:
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![Salvation Lost by Peter F. Hamilton]()
Salvation Lost by Peter F. Hamilton
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe comparative utopia of twenty-third century Earth is about to go dreadfully awry when a seemingly benign alien race is abruptly revealed to be one of the worst threats humanity has ever faced. Driven by an intense religious extremism, the Olyix are determined to bring everyone to their version of god as they see it...Categorized as:
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![Sol by S.H. Jucha]()
Sol by S.H. Jucha
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSol’s warships paid the ultimate price for threatening the Haraken and New Terran worlds. Now, Haraken President Alex Racine and his Méridien partner, Renée de Guirnon, are engaged in a desperate gamble to stop a war between their worlds and United Earth’s (UE) massive forces before it starts... -
![The Others by Jay Allan]()
The Others by Jay Allan
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFrom the deepest darks of unknown space, evil comes… Admiral Tyler Barron and the Confederation navy face a new threat, darker and deadlier than any that have come before...Categorized as:
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![Dark Moon Arisen by Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey]()
Dark Moon Arisen by Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe war continues! The Omega War is in full swing. Earth has fallen to General Peepo’s army, and the surviving Human mercenaries have taken refuge at the hidden Winged Hussars’ base in New Warsaw...Categorized as:
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![Star Force: Temple Wars by Aer-ki Jyr]()
Star Force: Temple Wars by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingshe bell has been rung, and the Return of the Reignor has come...Categorized as:
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![Shout of Honor by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Shout of Honor by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCommander Vepal is a Hero. He is also the Yxtrang ambassador to the greater universe. These two facts do not make Vepal's life easy. But they do make it interesting... -
![Alpha Contracts by Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey]()
Alpha Contracts by Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Before CASPers were the lords of the battlefield, men tested their metal against aliens one-on-one.” First contact has been made, and Earth’s militaries and its premier mercenary companies stand ready to take their first tentative steps outside the Solar System...Categorized as:
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![Acheron Redemption by Ken Lozito]()
Acheron Redemption by Ken Lozito
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSentinel warships were the answer to the Federation Wars. They brought peace and stability....or so they thought.The Sentinels are a menace, terrorizing spacers across the galaxy in their hunt. But change is coming, and spacers across the galaxy will have to choose whether to fight for their future or not... -
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![Stardust by Edward W. Robertson]()
Stardust by Edward W. Robertson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe invaders have arrived. The last battle for humanity is about to begin. STARDUST is the final book in the Rebel Stars series...Categorized as:
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![Valkyrie's Daughter by John E. Siers]()
Valkyrie's Daughter by John E. Siers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe alien Akara have a secret. They've discovered the location of a planet that is home to a primitive human civilization, another ancient "seeding" of the legendary Progenitors. But this planet lies in the territory of the Otuka, spacefaring alien predators who consider human flesh to be a delicacy and the planet to be their private hunting preserve...Categorized as:
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![Junkyard Raiders by Jamie McFarlane]()
Junkyard Raiders by Jamie McFarlane
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDumped on a backwater planet, heroic old vets will risk everything to take a stand against vicious alien invaders.On the pastoral, backwater planet of Fimil Alpha, something or someone is eradicating the tribespeople of the Gauder Plains. Back on Earth, Albert Jenkins and his crew are enjoying the short-lived fame that accompanied their last adventure... -
![Explorer by C.J. Cherryh]()
Explorer by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIt has been nearly ten years since the starship Phoenix returned to Alpha, the station orbiting the world of the atevi, which had been abandoned following a rift between a faction of the station's inhabitants and the spacers' Pilot's Guild...Categorized as:
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![The Prisoner of Eldaron by Jay Allan, Mark Boyett]()
The Prisoner of Eldaron by Jay Allan, Mark Boyett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Search for Erik Cain...The Superpowers of Earth have fought their final war, leaving Earth a devastated ruin, populated only by scattered groups of survivors living in primitive squalor. Out in space, however, humanity moves forward, and the former colonies of Earth's dead nations are now free from the yoke of the despotic governments that had long ruled over them...Categorized as:
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![Void Horizon by J.N. Chaney, Christopher Hopper]()
Void Horizon by J.N. Chaney, Christopher Hopper
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn enemy with otherworldly powers. A war fueled by insatiable bloodlust. No one will be spared. Following their first victory against a rogue unit of Repub Marines, Magnus finds his newly trained gladias pinned down by a squadron of Talons...Categorized as:
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![Delphi Forge by Bob Blanton]()
Delphi Forge by Bob Blanton
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter ADI informs the board, that with the stress of the new planets in the League, they will run out of platinum metals, Catie is asked to build a starbase so in another star system so they can have a reliable source. Of course, nothing is ever simple, and Catie has to struggle with those who’s personal greed puts everyone at risk...Categorized as:
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![The Alliance by Raymond L. Weil]()
The Alliance by Raymond L. Weil
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA mission to free a world from the Kleese has gone terribly wrong. Lieutenant Ryan Nelson and his Marines are trapped with no hope of rescue. On the Kleese home world, a division grows between the regular Kleese and the militaristic Zaltule. The war against the Kleese intensifies as the human led Alliance attempts a daring attack against the heart of the Kleese Empire...Categorized as:
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![Insurrection by Raymond L. Weil]()
Insurrection by Raymond L. Weil
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe final battle between the Humans and the Zaltule is drawing near. However, the Arachnids have a secret that will ensure victory and allow them to wipe out the Human race once and for all.In the Strell Empire, former Supreme Overlord Xatul plans his return. He has amassed a fleet to take back control of the Kleese Empire...Categorized as:
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![Fortress Earth by Vaughn Heppner]()
Fortress Earth by Vaughn Heppner
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEarth’s last Assault Troopers target the oldest being in existence. In the fourth book of the Extinction Wars series, Abaddon commands a Karg-Jelk Super Fleet bent on annihilating humanity. Years of intense terraforming has healed the Earth from the ravages of alien hell-burners and a deadly bio-terminator...Categorized as:
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![The Spaceship in the Stone (The Space Legacy #1) by Igor Nikolic]()
The Spaceship in the Stone (The Space Legacy #1) by Igor Nikolic
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhat would you do if you found an ancient spaceship?Michael Freeman is a disabled veteran who had just been fired from his mind-numbing cubicle job, which allowed his opportunistic girlfriend to dump him. Now, he only wants to spend some time at his grandfather's mountain cabin so he can unwind, away from the drudgery of daily life and with a cold beer in his hands...Categorized as:
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![Deep Black (Infinite Sky #1) by Samuel Best]()
Deep Black (Infinite Sky #1) by Samuel Best
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo crews return to Titan. Who will survive?Titan. Sixth moon of Saturn. A deadly enigma harboring the greatest secret in the history of humankind.In the wake of the first mission, two companies with very different goals plot a return to that distant moon. Their ships are safer, their technology has improved…and they want answers...Categorized as:
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![Legend of the Sword by Michael R. Hicks]()
Legend of the Sword by Michael R. Hicks
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSix months after the alien Kreelan Empire launched its invasion of human space, the Confederation of Humanity is rapidly growing. The planet of Saint Petersburg, however, would rather see the Confederation destroyed. With a secretly built navy, they have lured the Confederation fleet into a trap, even as the Kreelans prepare another devastating attack...Categorized as:
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![Prelude to Extinction by Andreas Karpf]()
Prelude to Extinction by Andreas Karpf
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEarth's first interstellar mission -- An alien colony in ruins -- Their fight for survival has only just begun.When Jack Harrison climbed down the short ladder from the airlock and stepped onto the debris covered soil, the ground crackled with the sound of dried leaves and twigs... -
![Starship Sakira by Bob Blanton]()
Starship Sakira by Bob Blanton
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhat would you do if you found a spaceship? Would you call the government, would you pretend you never saw it, or would you keep it a secret? What would you do with it? Use it to gallivant around the galaxy, conquer Earth, get filthy rich, or try to improve life on Earth? Read along and find out how Marc tries to convert Earth into a spacefaring world capable of defending itself and of being...Categorized as:
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![Scorpio by Marko Kloos]()
Scorpio by Marko Kloos
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOn a distant Earth colony, an orphaned survivor of an alien invasion discovers that the greatest world-ending dangers aren’t behind her.It’s been eight years since an alien invasion drove a small surviving group of settlers to seek refuge in an underground shelter... -
![Delphi Embassy by Bob Blanton]()
Delphi Embassy by Bob Blanton
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAfter the Delphi League defeats the Fazullan invasion of Onisiwo, Catie is tasked with managing the Onisiwoen transition to the Delphi League as well as the repatriation of all the slaves from the Fazullan fleet. She has to navigate the complex diplomatic circles as different interests complete for advantage in the new age of interstellar trade...Categorized as:
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![A.I. Battle Station by Vaughn Heppner]()
A.I. Battle Station by Vaughn Heppner
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWe defeated the invading death machines. But at a devastating cost, with smoldering radioactive craters on Mars, shattered moon-domes around Jupiter and floating junk where Saturn’s satellite cities used to orbit. We know more killing machines are coming and that the ultimate outcome seems hopeless. To win this war, we need more warships, more soldiers and a way to take the fight to the enemy...Categorized as:
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![A.I. Assault by Vaughn Heppner]()
A.I. Assault by Vaughn Heppner
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJon Hawkins and his crew are exhausted and homesick. They've destroyed the alien machine menace, going deep into the Kuiper Belt to annihilate the secret A.I. base. From out here the sun looks like just another star. It's a lonely existence. They're ready to go home.What they don't know - what no one could - was that the A.I. destroyer was only a scout.More alien vessels drop out of hyperspace...Categorized as:
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![Genesis by Rick Partlow]()
Genesis by Rick Partlow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFirst contact gone wrong...It was every starship captain’s nightmare, and for Travis Miller, it was his own personal hell. He’d done everything by the book, but when the Tahni had attacked him and his crew, there was no choice but to return fire and destroy the first alien vessel humans had ever encountered...Categorized as:
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![Attack Plan Alpha by Jay Allan]()
Attack Plan Alpha by Jay Allan
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA battle is coming, the greatest the Rim has seen in ten thousand years, a fight for freedom, for the future, for the very survival of all humanity holds dear. Tyler Barron and his comrades are ready for their greatest test, but even as they prepare to hold the line at Fortress Striker, to turn back the Highborn’s imminent attack, the enemy have opened another front, one far to the rear...Categorized as:
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A.I. Void Ship by Vaughn Heppner
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThrough desperate tactics and by deliberately keeping a low profile, we survived the machine assaults longer than any human or cybership thought possible. But now our luck has deserted us. The main A.I. brain-core has just given human extinction top priority. The robots are massing an armada to exterminate us...Categorized as:
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![A.I. Armada by Vaughn Heppner]()
A.I. Armada by Vaughn Heppner
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYears ago, Main 54’s brain-core had to flee his exploding planet-sized warship because of the treachery of Jon Hawkins. Later, Main 54 gained special processors, a new warship—something changed in him…greater clarity of purpose and superior combat skills.He has been taking over the AI Dominion around here ever since...Categorized as:
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![Stand or Fall by Kevin Ikenberry]()
Stand or Fall by Kevin Ikenberry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPeacemakers. The Galactic Union’s most capable enforcers and resolute negotiators, their name alone elicits fear and awe among the Union’s citizenry. While the occupation of Earth continues, MinSha mercenaries under the command of Major General Drehnayl have assaulted Human-held colonies in the outer rim, wiping them out completely...Categorized as:
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![Scorpion’s Fury by C.H. Gideon, Caleb Wachter]()
Scorpion’s Fury by C.H. Gideon, Caleb Wachter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMechanized Warfare on a Galactic Scale An 80-ton scorpion’s deadly sting. Firepower and mobility have been the Armor Corps’ key to success for over two-hundred years. The crew. Criminals freed from prison. Cannon fodder. Metal heads, thieves, and murderers.When the museum relic is called back to service, the crew gives Elvira all the love she needs...Categorized as:
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![Click Click Boom by Jonathan Yanez, Justin Sloan]()
Click Click Boom by Jonathan Yanez, Justin Sloan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRiot has tasted the turbulence of the universe, and she loves it. With echoes of wonder and cries for help, swarms of claws and clans under siege, the vastness calls out for a hero. Instead, Riot and her War Wolves will rush in to save them. But after she's blown some stuff up...Categorized as:
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