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  • Revolution by Joshua Dalzelle

    Revolution by Joshua Dalzelle

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    For thousands of years the ConFed has been the most powerful force in the quadrant. It is the umbrella under which hundreds of planets and trillions of beings live in relative peace ... despite the corruption and waste, it's a system that most accept as preferable to the chaos that would ensue in its absence...
  • Never Surrender by Michael Anderle

    Never Surrender by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Bethany Anne and those in the Etheric Empire have conquered the Aliens who would conquer Earth.However, there are a few that do not appreciate the new rules. Dealing with insurrectionists down on the planet, or with a large military rebellion coming from another system, Bethany Anne and team are ready and willing to give everyone a piece of their mind...
  • A Grimm Sacrifice by Jeffery H. Haskell

    A Grimm Sacrifice by Jeffery H. Haskell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In order to survive, Interceptor must change the rules.The Consortium is in real trouble. Caliphate Naval forces have stepped up their raids on the border planets and are taking people by the thousands. They can defend the wormhole, or they can defend their planets, not both...
  • Forever Defend by Michael Anderle, Emily Beresford

    Forever Defend by Michael Anderle, Emily Beresford

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Some forget why she was called the Queen Bitch. Not Anymore. Bethany Anne is going stir crazy after more than a decade of having to be 'The Empress.' Now, her advisors have to deal with an Empress who is determined to be on the front line.The Ixtali's come to the Etheric Empire, hat in hand.Nathan decides that the best way to handle soft intelligence, is to create a new company...
  • Might Makes Right by Michael Anderle

    Might Makes Right by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The Leath are fighting for their Gods, but Bethany Anne is fighting for freedom. Then, the Leath make a very fatal mistake. On another planet, the Leath dishonor the Etheric Empire's warriors and Bethany Anne unleashes her new avatar and there will be hell to pay. For those that believe Might Makes Right, Bethany Anne is about to explain how that can be so, so wrong...
  • Sued For Peace by Michael Anderle

    Sued For Peace by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Greed and Fear, two emotions that rule both individuals...and Countries. Now, China has decided that they will do whatever it takes to acquire TQB technology. There was a glaring flaw in their plan. When they kill an unborn little baby in a raid, the Queen Bitch is Released. Now, China has two options...Kill Bethany Anne, or Sue For Peace...
  • Ahead Full by Michael Anderle

    Ahead Full by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Kurtherian's which rule the Leath have made a fatal mistake. Their prime intelligence officer finds what they have done in his past.Other people have made moves against the Queen Bitch's people, and she sends Baba Yaga after them...
  • Nightfall by Jay Allan

    Nightfall by Jay Allan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Night is falling. The unstoppable Hegemony invasion has reached the very heart of the Confederation. Battle after desperate battle has been fought, and each time, the Confeds have been pushed back, columns of battered and blasted ship retreating from system to system. Now, they prepare to grimly defend the capital world of Megara, the very center of the Confederation...
  • Odysseus Ascendant by Evan Currie

    Odysseus Ascendant by Evan Currie

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A mysterious entity may be the key to a starship’s survival—or a terrifying new threat—as the Odyssey One series continues… The Empire has set its sights on its next target: human Terrans. As effective allies of the Priminae, the denizens of Earth have proven themselves enemies to the Empire, and now the Imperial forces know more about the Terran home world than ever before...
  • Redemption by Joshua Dalzelle

    Redemption by Joshua Dalzelle

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    There is a fine line between right and wrong, good and evil. For years Jason Burke has straddled that line as best he can, always convinced that despite the violence carried out by him and his team they were firmly on the right side of that line. But as he reflects on his time with Omega Force, he begins to have his doubts...
  • Blockade Runner by Jamie McFarlane

    Blockade Runner by Jamie McFarlane

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Trapped in a far-off galaxy, Liam Hoffen receives news that a massive Kroerak fleet has found its way to Earth. Knowing an invasion is imminent stuns our explorers, but there’s nothing they can do when they discover the interplanetary Trans Loc system has been shut down to stem the tide of invading bugs...
  • Corsair Menace by Jamie McFarlane

    Corsair Menace by Jamie McFarlane

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Deep in debt and stranded, a suicide mission may be this crew’s only hope… Liam Hoffen thought saving the world would cut him and his friends some slack. Instead, they’re bankrupt, shipwrecked, and fugitives on a backwater planet. So much for gratitude… But, after discovering an ancient Kroerak ship, Liam sees an opportunity to locate the home world of the vicious alien species...
  • Secret of the Phoenix by Joshua Dalzelle

    Secret of the Phoenix by Joshua Dalzelle

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Captain Jason Burke has begun to suspect that the random attacks on his ship and crew over the last couple of years may not be so random after all. Evidence is mounting that there is something on the Phoenix ... something that powerful factions will stop at nothing to get their hands on...
  • Alien Arcana by Glynn Stewart

    Alien Arcana by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    An alien ruinA murdered archeologistAn ancient secret—and a conspiracy that will kill to keep it! When a scientist is murdered after finding signs of alien magic in an archeological dig, Mage Damien Montgomery, Hand of the Mage-King of Mars, is sent to investigate both the murder and the alien runes...
  • Give No Quarter by Jamie McFarlane

    Give No Quarter by Jamie McFarlane

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Alternate cover for ASIN B01FQ57I7G can be found here: Give No Quarter Branded criminals and on the run from the most powerful corporation in the known universe, Liam Hoffen and the crew of Hotspur have a simple choice to make...
  • Madame Guillotine by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Madame Guillotine by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Leave no man behind. On Detron, a simmering protest boils over and turns deadly when militants hiding among the demonstrators deliberately shoot down a group of legionnaires, executing one survivor and taking two for ransom. The only Republic asset the captured leejes can rely on is a lone marine sniper who defies orders in a desperate attempt to save them...
  • Return of the Archon by Joshua Dalzelle

    Return of the Archon by Joshua Dalzelle

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Listening length: 9 hoursEach member of Omega Force carries his own baggage. Most of them are running from their pasts or simply trying to forget them. One member of the small mercenary crew is not who he claims to be, however. When his former life collides with his current one, the team is drawn into a conflict that could have profound consequences for the future of an entire species...
  • Zero Recall by Sara King

    Zero Recall by Sara King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    It's been 53 turns after the legendary Commander Zero graduated as a Congie warrior. Joe, now a battle hardened veteran, has spent his life surviving wars he had no right to survive. Yet his real test is coming: New forces are conspiring to start a great war like the universe has never seen, one that would rip apart the very fabric of Congress...
  • Bane of Worlds by Anthony James

    Bane of Worlds by Anthony James

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Following his successful mission to recover the missing warship ESS Crimson, Captain John Duggan finds himself unredeemed in the eyes of his superiors. His duties resume and this time he’s given something easy - escort a cargo ship to a distant planet and bring it home safely. But war is never so predictable and a straightforward mission becomes something much more important...
  • Excalibur Lost: a Space Opera Novella by Glynn Stewart

    Excalibur Lost: a Space Opera Novella by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A broken speciesA broken manA lost legend…Only dreams and stories remain of the worlds humanity once called home, but scattered refugees live in the corners of the empire of their conquerors, the Sacred Council of Races...
  • Vigilante: Age of Expansion by Natalie Grey, Michael Anderle

    Vigilante: Age of Expansion by Natalie Grey, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One man leaves the life of a lawman behind him and works to clean up a new area in space. On the planet now known as High Tortuga, the mine workers are far too close to being slaves so the ruler of the planet shut them down. Except for the mine owned by Venfirdri Lan. He's taken his mine off the grid and decided to keep everything running. With no need to pay the workers, profits should be good...
  • It Ain't Over... by Robert M. Kerns

    It Ain't Over... by Robert M. Kerns

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Buy a planet and disappear...That's all Cole wanted.He spent thirteen years hiding on the fringes of society, piloting freighters for criminals and building a stash to do just that.But life happens when you're busy making plans.When Cole chooses to save an ejected castaway and stumbles into a crew of his own, he starts down a path that will force him to choose...
  • Unforgiven by M.R. Forbes

    Unforgiven by M.R. Forbes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sheriff Hayden Duke was born on the starship Pilgrim, like his father, and his father before him. He’s got a long way to go before he can rest. How can he when the entire world is under siege?   By demonic aliens. By a brutal thug who calls himself King. By an unknown and powerful threat that may be responsible for the end of humankind. The road may be long. The odds may be bad...
  • Hand of Mars by Glynn Stewart

    Hand of Mars by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    ROGUE MAGE TURNED INTERPLANETARY ENVOYThree years ago, as Ship’s Mage of the starship Blue Jay, Damien Montgomery was pursued to the edge of human space by both the agents and enemies of the Mage-King of Mars — before being brought in from the cold.Now, trained in new skills by the Mage-King himself, Damien has been sent to the planet Ardennes alongside Alaura Stealey, Hand of the King...
  • The White Fleet by Jay Allan, Jeffrey Kafer

    The White Fleet by Jay Allan, Jeffrey Kafer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The war is over, but the struggle continues. Tyler Barron and his spacers have set out into the unknown, deep into the Badlands, seeking to discover the empire's old tech and the secrets of its tortured history before Gaston Villieneuve and the resurgent Union can beat them to it. The White Fleet is a vast force, powerful, and crewed by the toughest veterans from the war...
  • Fury of the Bold by Jamie McFarlane

    Fury of the Bold by Jamie McFarlane

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A looming alien horde. A buried alien weapon. One last chance to save humanity. Liam Hoffen and his crew may have squashed a few alien bugs, but they’re nowhere near ready for the coming swarm. Left for dead on a backwater planet, Liam must crawl through ancient alien ruins in search of an advanced weapon...
  • Confederation by Michael R. Hicks

    Confederation by Michael R. Hicks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the second book of the In Her Name science fiction & fantasy series, Reza Gard has been banished from the Kreelan Empire and is once again a stranger in a strange land as he returns to the human Confederation. Befriended by a marooned Confederation naval officer leading a desperate fight against the Kreelans on a distant colony world, she reunites Reza with Nicole Carré...
  • Homeworld by Evan Currie

    Homeworld by Evan Currie

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    War comes home to the Sol system when the Drasin track a human ship back to Earth, with devastating consequences. Facing massive force of invading alien ships wielding terrible power, the crew of the NAC spacecraft, their allies, and the people of Earth must mount a desperate effort to stop them...
  • Starship's Mage: Omnibus by Glynn Stewart

    Starship's Mage: Omnibus by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In a galaxy tied together by the magic of the elite Jump Magi, Damien Montgomery is a newly graduated member of their number. With no family or connections to find a ship, he is forced to service on an interstellar freighter known to be hunted by pirates...
  • We Few by David Weber, John Ringo

    We Few by David Weber, John Ringo

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Prince Roger MacClintock was an heir to the galaxy's Throne of Man-and a self-obsessed spoiled young brat . . . until he and the Royal Marines sent to protect him were stranded on Marduk with only their feet to get them half way around the entire planet. So far, they've traversed a continent, crossed a sea full of ship-eating monsters, taken over an enemy spaceport, and hijacked a starship...
  • Odysseus Awakening by Evan Currie

    Odysseus Awakening by Evan Currie

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Defy the inevitable. Such is the stance of Confederation captain Eric Weston and the crew of the starship Odysseus, patrolling the outer limits of Priminae space, anticipating the Empire’s next attacks. Connected with the Terran FTL tech—the transition drive—humanity might stand a chance against the overwhelming forces. Until the entire planetary system goes dark...
  • Pursuit of the Bold by Jamie McFarlane

    Pursuit of the Bold by Jamie McFarlane

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A world-shattering invasion. A long-dead rumor. A death-defying risk to save humanity. If the Kroerak Empire had a soft spot, Liam Hoffen would have found it by now. After years of fighting the blasted bug invaders, he’s all but thrown in the towel. To make matters worse, intercepted enemy plans show the empire’s next attack could wipe them off the map...
  • Incursion at Elea Station by Jamie McFarlane

    Incursion at Elea Station by Jamie McFarlane

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    An alien invasion. A home-world destroyed. Can an embattled captain survive a daring fight to save the remnant of his colony? Privateer Liam Hoffen can’t wait to reunite with his family. But after he emerges from a 20-year stasis, he’s shocked to discover a hostile enemy has razed his home and exiled his people...
  • Deep Space - Hidden Terror by Laurence E. Dahners

    Deep Space - Hidden Terror by Laurence E. Dahners

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This hard Sci-Fi novel is the sixth book in the “Stasis Stories,” a series of optimistic tales of technological innovation in the near future. They follow Kaem Seba, a young man with extraordinary math talents. With his friends, he’s come up with a device that allows time to be stopped within limited volumes of space-time...
  • Lyel by Ava Ross

    Lyel by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An alien warrior seeking redemption meets a captured Earth woman being treated as a pet. Will their love survive in a hostile world?Kidnapped by four-armed, blue skinned aliens, Isabelle "Isi" is sold to the head of the Al'kieern kidnapping operation. Isi has accepted she'll live and die as a songbird pet to the queen. If nothing else, performing for the Al'kieern beats being sold as a breeder...
  • Rogue World by B.V. Larson

    Rogue World by B.V. Larson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The Galactics arrived with their Battle Fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spanned the Milky Way. Today, Battle Fleet 921 is returning to Earth. It hasn’t been seen by human eyes since our blissful day of Annexation...
  • Savage Homecoming by Joshua Dalzelle

    Savage Homecoming by Joshua Dalzelle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Ever since he joined Omega Force, Captain Jason Burke has lived with the underlying fear that one day Earth would be discovered. His desire to keep Earth’s existence and location a secret has driven him to extremes, and kept him far away from his homeworld for a long time.But now Jason’s greatest fear is realized, and a fleet of alien ships has attacked his planet...
  • March Upcountry by David Weber, John Ringo

    March Upcountry by David Weber, John Ringo

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Prince Roger MacClintock is a spoiled young princeling hardly worth the space he takes up. Now he must become a man, or the entire galaxy will suffer arrested adolescence...
  • The Hot Gate by John Ringo

    The Hot Gate by John Ringo

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    New York Times Best-Selling Author.The Big Showdown with an Alien Empire, to Keep the Earth Free—and Maybe Free the Galaxy as Well. The fight to free the Earth from alien domination began in Live Free or Die, and continued in Citadel. Now Tyler Vernon, and his troops aboard the gigantic battle station Troy, face a desperate battle with the forces of galactic tyranny...
  • ...Till It's Over! by Robert M. Kerns

    ...Till It's Over! by Robert M. Kerns

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Claim an inheritance.It's a simple goal, right?Nothing is simple when Cole returns to Centauri, the seat of Coleson Interstellar Engineering.  Challenges at every turn, with no idea who he can trust.  And then...the Solar Republic gets involved...
  • Judgment of the Bold by Jamie McFarlane

    Judgment of the Bold by Jamie McFarlane

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A retreating alien enemy. Civilization's new beginning. A terrifying threat could postpone his victory lap… forever. After discovering an indefensible weapon, Liam thought he had the Kroerak invaders on the ropes. But as he and his crew root out the last alien strongholds, he comes face to face with the staggering damage the invaders wreaked on the crew’s now-inhospitable homeworlds...
  • Tides of War by M.R. Forbes

    Tides of War by M.R. Forbes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After being saved from annihilation by the Old Gator’s daring plan, Gabriel and the crew of the Magellan find themselves in the most unlikely of places: a captured enemy starship. While learning to control the alien vessel introduces a new set of challenges, the secrets they discover within may prove to be the edge they so desperately need...
  • Formation (Forgotten Space Book 2) by M.R. Forbes

    Formation (Forgotten Space Book 2) by M.R. Forbes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After narrowly escaping destruction, Nicholas and his crew find themselves flung far across the universe with no way home. When a distress call from a nearby planet catches their attention, they decide to investigate with the hope the signal is somehow connected to their arrival.It isn’t long before the truth of Foresight’s mission comes into clearer focus, and Nicholas doesn’t like what he sees...
  • Weapons of War by M.R. Forbes

    Weapons of War by M.R. Forbes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the year 2280, an alien fleet stole our Earth. For fifty years they hunted us. For fifty years they enslaved us. For fifty years we lived in fear. Nothing lasts forever. They can try to quell us. They can try to break us. They can chase us to the ends of the Earth. They can chase us to the ends of the Universe. We’ve won our first battle. We’ve earned our first taste of hope...
  • Invasion by M.R. Forbes

    Invasion by M.R. Forbes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two hundred years ago, aliens invaded Earth. A violent war followed. The enemy won. Some of us escaped... ...most of us didn’t. On Proxima they flourished - the invasion forgotten. On Earth we floundered - the horror began. Their world is advanced, peaceful, and secure. Our world is broken, savage, and overrun. A new invasion is coming. A hunger that has swallowed half the universe...
  • Sanctuary by Ivan Kal

    Sanctuary by Ivan Kal

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    -NOTE- This book has been professionally re-edited as of March 23, 2016 A new start, six hundred light-years from Earth. Tomas Klein founder of Olympus had brought his people to a new world, freed them from constraints of Earth and its governments. But a new world brings new dangers. Tomas Klein will need to set aside past regrets and rise up to the challenge...
  • A Pocket Full of Lies by Kirsten Beyer, Martin Frei

    A Pocket Full of Lies by Kirsten Beyer, Martin Frei

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Full Circle Fleet has resumed its unprecedented explorations of the Delta Quadrant and former Borg space. Commander Liam O'Donnell of the U.S.S. Demeter makes a promising first contact with the Nihydron—humanoid aliens that are collectors of history...
  • Rogue Starship by David Alastair Hayden

    Rogue Starship by David Alastair Hayden

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When renowned archeologist Gav Gendin finds an Ancient starship, and a stasis chamber with a living member of the extinct alien race inside, he knows something strange is going on. Visions and dreams aren't the normal way archeologists uncover artifacts, but that's what guided him to the Ancient ship.The discovery should be the greatest triumph of his career...
  • Chains of Duty by Anthony James

    Chains of Duty by Anthony James

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Captain John Duggan, it seems like war never ends. Each success brings another mission and more death. Following events at the Helius Blackstar, Duggan is given the Space Corps’ newest warship – a heavy cruiser armed to the teeth with the latest weapons and technology...
  • Point of Origin by M.R. Forbes

    Point of Origin by M.R. Forbes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A starship lost. A creator found. A frantic race to save them both. For Colonel Mitchell “Ares” Williams, there is no giving up. There is no going back. The Goliath may have fallen into enemy hands, but the war must go on. After all, he and the Riggers have what they need to locate the Creator, the man responsible for the alien threat and the key to unraveling their unstoppable attack...
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