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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...Categorized as:
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Claimed for Their Use by Ivy Barrett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHeld captive by a brutal drug cartel and facing an uncertain fate, the last thing Jessica Saint Claud expects is to be rescued by two huge, fiercely handsome alien warriors, but the real shock comes when the two Ventori commanders make it clear that she now belongs to them. They will use their beautiful little human as thoroughly as they please, and she will submit or be punished... -
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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..Categorized as:
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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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Dream Dancer by Janet E. Morris
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShebat came to the empire of the Kerrions from nowhere, brought by a renegade son into that vast family regime and its endless territorial possessions. Now she stood to inherit the majesty and riches which lay before her, stretching enticingly deep into the infinities of space... -
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Sector Thirteen by Sandy Mitchell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCiaphas Cain battles alongside the planet's custodians against the tyranid foe on the agri-world of Keffia.A short story from the 'Defender of the Imperium' omnibus... -
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The Beguiling by Sandy Mitchell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn Slawkenberg, Ciaphas Cain is a long way from the front lines and that's precisely what he wanted. However, Chaos is present on Slawkenberg and Cain finds himself back in the firefight against his better judgement.A short story from the 'Hero of the Imperium' omnibus... -
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Traitor's Gambit by Sandy Mitchell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn a tour of inspection on an aquatic world, in a sector uncomfortably close to Tau space, Cain and Jurgen take full advantage of the Governor's hospitality and conduct most of their tour from his luxurious submersible yacht - until a group of pro-Tau terrorists strike.A short story from the 'Defender of the Imperium' omnibus... -
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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...Categorized as:
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![Pitch Black: Fight Evil With Evil by Frank Lauria]()
Pitch Black: Fight Evil With Evil by Frank Lauria
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA fantastic futuristic thriller of a deadly new frontier.A rogue comet spears an earth-bound commercial spacecraft, forcing it to plummet to the surface of an unknown planet. With the captain dead, a brave pilot performs a perilous crash landing... -
![Outpassage by Janet E. Morris, Chris Morris]()
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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The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsBack in print for the first time in more than a decade, Gene Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cerberus is a universally acknowledged masterpiece of science fiction by one of the field's most brilliant writers.Far out from Earth, two sister planets, Saint Anne and Saint Croix, circle each other in an eternal dance. It is said a race of shapeshifters once lived here, only to perish when men came... -
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Battle Pod by Vaughn Heppner
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe brutal war of extinction enters a horrifying new round as the cyborgs arrive from the Neptune System, in this, the third book of the series. The Highborn are remorselessly crushing the obsolete Homo sapiens. Gambling with humanity’s existence, Supreme Commander James Hawthorne attempts to lure the dreaded Doom Stars into a trap. Social Unity’s combined Battlefleet is the bait... -
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Bio-Weapon by Vaughn Heppner
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHumans are the warheads in a lethal contest of missiles vs. long-range beams in deep space. The desperate Homo sapiens of Earth launch their experimental beamship. Its ultra-tracking and breakthrough technology allows it to out-range the Doom Stars. The Highborn want that ship. They send swarms of missiles, knowing few will reach it... -
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Dark Eden by Chris Beckett
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOn the alien, sunless planet they call Eden, the 532 members of the Family shelter beneath the light and warmth of the Forest’s lantern trees. Beyond the Forest lie the mountains of the Snowy Dark and a cold so bitter and a night so profound that no man has ever crossed it... -
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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...Categorized as:
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Star Soldier by Vaughn Heppner
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt’s survival of the fittest in a terrible war of extinction! Created in the gene labs as super soldiers, the Highborn decided to replace the obsolete Homo sapiens. They pirated the Doom Stars and captured the Sun Works Ring around Mercury. Now, they rain asteroids, orbital fighters and nine-foot drop troops onto Earth in a relentless tide of conquest. Marten Kluge is on the receiving end... -
![The God Engines by John Scalzi]()
The God Engines by John Scalzi
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsCaptain Ean Tephe is a man of faith, whose allegiance to his lord and to his ship is uncontested. The Bishopry Militant knows this -- and so, when it needs a ship and crew to undertake a secret, sacred mission to a hidden land, Tephe is the captain to whom the task is given...Categorized as:
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![Descent of Angels by Mitchel Scanlon]()
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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X-Men: Grand Design - X-Tinction by Ed Piskor
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe series that has critics and fans raving returns for its final installment! The ruination of the X-Men revisited! Re-live the now-classic storylines like Mutant Massacre and The Fall of the Mutants...
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