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Legacies by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGalaxy'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.. -
![Brushfire by Craig Alanson]()
Brushfire by Craig Alanson
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsPeacetime can be a rough adjustment for the battle-hardened Merry Band of Pirates.Especially when aliens don’t get the memo that the shooting is over... -
![Livesuit by James S.A. Corey]()
Livesuit by James S.A. Corey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHumanity's war is eternal, spread across the galaxy and the ages. Humanity's best hope to end the endless slaughter is the Livesuit forces. Soldiers meld their bodies to the bleeding edge technology, becoming something more than human for the duration of a war that might never end.The first novella set in the universe of James S. A. Corey's epic Captive's War series... -
![Anarch by Dan Abnett]()
Anarch by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGaunt's Ghosts Book 15The battle for Urdesh has begun – and the outcome will determine the fate of the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. Ibram Gaunt, now right hand to the Warmaster, and his Ghosts hold the key to victory – but can they defeat the sinister Anarch and his Sons of Sek?READ IT BECAUSEIt's all been leading to this... -
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![Madame Guillotine by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole]()
Madame Guillotine by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLeave 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... -
![A Call to Insurrection by David Weber, Timothy Zahn]()
A Call to Insurrection by David Weber, Timothy Zahn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYesterday, the Star Kingdom of Manticore was a small, unimportant interstellar backwater. A quiet little star nation, only recently recovered from the devastating blow of the Plague Years. More affluent than some, perhaps, but with little to attract trade or interstellar commerce, it had little need for a navy . . . and even less interest in paying for one.But Manticore has now become a target... -
![Galaxy's Edge: Takeover: Season Two: Book One by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole]()
Galaxy's Edge: Takeover: Season Two: Book One by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvery disaster brings an opportunity. Goth Sullus and his empire have fallen. With the Legion and the rest of the galaxy watching from the still-smoldering galactic core, Carter, a former legionnaire turned private contractor, and Jack Bowie, a Navy spy with nowhere left to turn, sign up to work for an enterprising private contractor looking to make a statement on the planet Kublar... -
![Fallout by Craig Alanson, R.C. Bray]()
Fallout by Craig Alanson, R.C. Bray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsListening time 22 hours 29 minutesThe Expeditionary Force saga continues with Fallout, the eagerly awaited sequel to number one Audible-ranked and New York Times best-selling Breakaway, from an epic sci-fi writer at the top of his game. Join the millions of listeners who have enjoyed R.C... -
![Governor by David Weber, Richard Fox]()
Governor by David Weber, Richard Fox
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA NEW MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION SERIES FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AND CREATOR OF THE HONOR HARRINGTON SERIES DAVID WEBER AND BEST-SELLING AUTHOR RICHARD FOXSix Billion Dead—And One Man Intent on Putting a Stop to the Killing For more than fifty years, the Terran Republic and the Terran League have been killing one another... -
![Border Wars by Evan Currie]()
Border Wars by Evan Currie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe mission continues as Sorilla, the Green Berets of the Fifth, and the Lucian Sentinels take their investigation to the colony world claimed by Islamic separatists during the very earliest of Earth's Diaspora period... -
![Freefall by Craig Alanson]()
Freefall by Craig Alanson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Alien Legion has a new mission, and this time, they are working for the enemy. Also against the enemy. Like every operation that Emily Perkins plans, it’s complicated... -
![Deathtrap by Craig Alanson]()
Deathtrap by Craig Alanson
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe human soldiers stranded on the planet Paradise have been recruited into an Alien Legion, to do the dirty jobs that the high-tech species won't do. Their first mission is to kick the enemy off a backwater planet no one cares about. It's a simple assignment, except everyone has a hidden agenda, and the planet could become a deathtrap... -
![Behold Humanity!: May We Come In? by Ralts Bloodthorne]()
Behold Humanity!: May We Come In? by Ralts Bloodthorne
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe Unified Civilized Council, which has ruled for over a hundred million years has discovered new species in the Long Dark. Strange and unknown species that seem to have no rhyme or reason about them. Compounding the problem is the reappearance of the ancient Precursor Autonomous War Machines... -
![Legacies by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole]()
Legacies by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith 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… and the only way forward is to follow the footsteps of the legendary Tyrus Rechs... -
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![Though Hell Should Bar the Way by David Drake]()
Though Hell Should Bar the Way by David Drake
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA NEW NOVEL IN THE NATIONALLY BEST-SELLING RCN MILITARY SF SERIES. David Drake, Dean of Military Science Fiction, returns with another entry in his best-selling RCN series. FROM WEALTH AND POWER, TO POVERTY AND INSULTS! Roy Olfetrie planned to be an officer in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy, but when his father was unmasked as a white-collar criminal he had to take whatever he was offered... -
![Hard Contact by Karen Traviss]()
Hard Contact by Karen Traviss
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAs the Clone Wars rage, victory or defeat lies in the hands of elite squads that take on the toughest assignments in the galaxy–stone-cold soldiers who go where no one else would, to do what no one else could. . . . On a mission to sabotage a chemical weapon research facility on a Separatist-held planet, four clone troopers operate under the very noses of their enemies... -
![The Star Wars Trilogy by George Lucas, Donald F. Glut]()
The Star Wars Trilogy by George Lucas, Donald F. Glut
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMore than twenty-five years after the groundbreaking movie Star Wars: A New Hope first hit the silver screen, Star Wars remains one of the most beloved sagas ever told... -
![Valkyrie Rising by Evan Currie]()
Valkyrie Rising by Evan Currie
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTwo years after the initial invasion of Hayden's World, the newly reinforced Hayden Militia is in a state of stalemate with the remaining enemy forces but neither side is content to leave things at that.The alien alliance has dispatched their varsity to clean up the resistance on Hayden while the USF has officially activated Task Force V, the latest and most advanced combat ships built by humans... -
![For Honor We Stand by H. Paul Honsinger]()
For Honor We Stand by H. Paul Honsinger
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn 2315, the Earth Union is losing a thirty-year-long war with the Krag Hegemony.Having encountered the Krag before, Space Commander Max Robicheaux now faces daunting challenges aboard the USS Cumberland: the dangers from the enemy without… and clashes with crew and superiors within... -
![Triple Zero by Karen Traviss]()
Triple Zero by Karen Traviss
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFollowing the eruption of the bloody Clone Wars at the battle of Geonosis, both sides remain deadlocked in a stalemate that can be broken only by elite warrior teams like Omega Squad, clone commandos with terrifying combat skills and a lethal arsenal. . . .For Omega Squad, deployed deep behind enemy lines, it's the same old special ops grind: sabotage, espionage, ambush, and assassination... -
![Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric S. Nylund]()
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric S. Nylund
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsContinuing the saga of the award-winning Xbox(TM) game!The Spartan-II program has gone public. Tales of super-soldiers fending off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend... -
![Rage of Winter by Richard Fox, Scott Moon]()
Rage of Winter by Richard Fox, Scott Moon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne Shot. One Kill. One sniper to strike fear in the heart of alien invaders. Hoffman’s Strike Marines pursue enemy agents across a wintry world, desperate to stop an insidious threat festering in the heart of the Terran Union. Their hunt is disrupted when the fanatical Kesaht invade and the team is split across the snow and ice of a harsh planet... -
![He Who Dares by Rob Buckman]()
He Who Dares by Rob Buckman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Mike Gray, his life was a series of mysteries and unanswered question. Even the man who raised him, his paternal grandfather, was a question mark. Beyond the love, understanding, and nurturing lay the unanswered question of why a disgraced ex-Royal Naval Admiral would pulled himself out of a bottle and take upon himself to bring a one year old child home as raise him as his own... -
![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 ratingsAnakin, 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...Categorized as:
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![Flight of Freedom by Jeffrey Burger]()
Flight of Freedom by Jeffrey Burger
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmond Burke...The adventure continues - with one major difference: Jack Steele's Freedom is no longer the wounded duck she once was. They leave UFW Blackmount Station repaired and retooled, with a complete crew, fully armed and resupplied, ready to hunt... -
![The Black Planet by J.W. Murison]()
The Black Planet by J.W. Murison
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is the second adventure in the Steven Gordon Series, Steven and his friend reach out into our solar system. Halfway between our sun and the Great Barrier they come across a previously undiscovered Black Planet. While exploring this strange new world they come across a strange alien structure, and what they find inside will change human history forever... -
![Manxome Foe by John Ringo, Travis S. Taylor]()
Manxome Foe by John Ringo, Travis S. Taylor
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn the midst of recovering from their successful if casualty prone first mission, the crew of the Alliance Space Ship "Vorpal Blade" are suddenly scrambled back into action. All other priorities take second place as word arrives on earth of a gate colony which has fallen to an unidentified alien assault... -
![The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1 by David Drake]()
The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 1 by David Drake
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis volume features all of the Hammer’s Slammer short fiction, as well as all of the interstitial material from the original Slammers collection, new artwork and new interstitial material. Volume 1 also features an introduction by Gene Wolfe and an original Slammers story, “A Death in Peacetime... -
![Vanguard by Christopher G. Nuttall]()
Vanguard by Christopher G. Nuttall
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe third trilogy in the hit ‘Ark Royal’ series begins now! HMS Vanguard is the most powerful battleship ever to be commissioned by the Royal Navy, but she is not a happy ship. Her commanding officer is eccentric, rarely seen on the bridge; her former XO has deserted his post and her first middy is resentful because he hasn't been promoted as he deserves .. -
![The Emperor's Gift by Aaron Dembski-Bowden]()
The Emperor's Gift by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe Grey Knights are all that stands between mankind and the ravages of Chaos. Since their secretive beginnings during the Horus Heresy, these legendary Space Marine daemon hunters have journeyed into the dark realms of the warp – and beyond – in pursuit of their supernatural enemies... -
![The City and The Ship by Anne McCaffrey, S.M. Stirling]()
The City and The Ship by Anne McCaffrey, S.M. Stirling
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo novels in one large volume, both set in the same universe as The Ship Who Sang: The City Who Fought: Simeon was bored with running the mining and processing station that made up his "body." Then the invaders came. If anyone was to survive, somehow he must transform his wargaming hobby into the real thing and become The City Who Fought... -
![In the Stormy Red Sky by David Drake]()
In the Stormy Red Sky by David Drake
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDANIEL LEARY IS CINNABAR'S MOST SUCCESSFUL SPACE CAPTAIN; HIS FRIEND, LADY ADELE MUNDY, IS ITS MOST EFFICIENT SPY--BUT THEY'VE GOT THEIR HANDS FULL THIS TIME AS THEY FACE:• A Cinnabar Senator furious at losing an election—and still powerful enough to make her anger deadly... -
![Trouble on Paradise by Craig Alanson]()
Trouble on Paradise by Craig Alanson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsBook '3.5' in the ExForce series: While the crew of the UN Expeditionary Force's pirate starship Flying Dutchman are enjoying a luxury vacation cruise (not!), UNEF troops are still stranded on an alien-controlled planet. Major Emily Perkins and her team are busy picking up the pieces, and it's not easy, because there is trouble on Paradise.. -
![Wraith Squadron by Aaron Allston]()
Wraith Squadron by Aaron Allston
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThey are the galaxy’s most elite fighting force. And as the battle against the Empire rages, the X-wing fighters risk life and machine to protect the Rebel Alliance. Now they must go on a daring undercover mission—as the crew of an Imperial warship... -
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![Halo: First Strike by Eric S. Nylund]()
Halo: First Strike by Eric S. Nylund
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe Human-Covenant war rages on as the alien juggernaut sweeps inexorably toward its final goal: destruction of all human life! Halo has been destroyed, and the threat it posed to sentient life, neutralized. But victory has come at a terrible cost for the UNSC. Thousands of valiant soldiers fell in the battle to prevent the alien construct from falling into the enemy’s clutches... -
![Brothers in Valor by H. Paul Honsinger]()
Brothers in Valor by H. Paul Honsinger
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIt is the year 2315, the 33rd year of the Krag Wars. The tide has been running against humankind and its allies. One small destroyer, the USS Cumberland, under the command of its young Cajun skipper, Max Robichaux, fights along with the rest of the Union and Allied navies to preserve the very existence of the human race... -
![Heirs of Empire by David Weber]()
Heirs of Empire by David Weber
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsRestoring the empire that had been destroyed 45,000 years earlier, Emperor Colin finds problems in the genocidal Achuultani and in his children Sean and Harriet, who have been marooned on a hostile planet...Categorized as:
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![Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe by Frank O'Connor, Tobias S. Buckell]()
Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe by Frank O'Connor, Tobias S. Buckell
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen humanity expanded beyond the safety of Earth to new stars and horizons, they never dreamed what dangers they would encounter there. When the alien juggernaut known as the Covenant declared holy war upon the fragile human empire, millions of lives were lost—but, millions of heroes rose to the challenge... -
![Claws That Catch by John Ringo, Travis S. Taylor]()
Claws That Catch by John Ringo, Travis S. Taylor
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIt's Not Over Til The Skinny Lady Sings . . . Working off of a piece of intelligence from the alien Hexosehr, the Vorpal Blade is dispatched to investigate rumors of an ancient and powerful civilization that may have been the creators of the “black box” that drives humanity's only space ship... -
![Clidepp Requital by Thomas DePrima]()
Clidepp Requital by Thomas DePrima
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe long-awaited second book in the AGU: Border Patrol series, resumes the storyline of the first book. The severely damaged SC Destroyer Perry, nearly destroyed while battling the Clidepp destroyer Glassama, is awaiting the arrival of a Space Command ship-transporter vessel, which will convey it to the Mars shipyard for repairs... -
![Bolos: Their Finest Hour by Keith Laumer, David Weber]()
Bolos: Their Finest Hour by Keith Laumer, David Weber
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScience fiction giant Keith Laumer along with New York Times bestsellers David Weber, Mercedes Lackey, and S.M. Stirling recount the exploits of Laumer’s dauntless, hard-fighting creations in this outstanding collection. It’s the legendary saga of the Bolos—artificially intelligent tanks with courage and moral sense often better than that of their human masters... -
![First Light Chronicles Freeground by Randolph Lalonde]()
First Light Chronicles Freeground by Randolph Lalonde
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first book in the First Light Chronicles Series. Large enough to support an entire civilization, one of the last free ports all alone in the dark, Freeground Station is about to come under siege... -
![Star Wars The Last Jedi™ Incredible Cross Sections by Jason Fry]()
Star Wars The Last Jedi™ Incredible Cross Sections by Jason Fry
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis beautiful hardback book reveals the inner workings of 13 key vehicles from Episode VIII of the Star Wars™ saga, Star Wars: The Last Jedi™. Each vehicle is shown as an intricately detailed, full-colour cross-section artwork, complete with callouts to the important features of each ship... -
![The Crucible of Empire by Eric Flint, K.D. Wentworth]()
The Crucible of Empire by Eric Flint, K.D. Wentworth
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen humans and their Jao overlords joined forces in a desperate battle to save the Earth from the malevolent race called the Ekhat, the relationship between the two species was changed forever. Two years later, humans and Jao are learning to work together in an uneasy alliance. Then, in a distant nebula, three Jao ships detect signs of another sentient species during a battle with the Ekhat... -
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![Teardrops In The Night Sky by J.W. Murison]()
Teardrops In The Night Sky by J.W. Murison
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPursued across the great barrier, two self-aware ships and their crews escape with their lives from marauding pirates; but the neutrons from our solar system are deadly to the crews and the ships are soon left desolate and alone. On hearing a distant signal they follow it to Earth. On Earth young Steven Gordon, a child protegee, is nearly killed in a horrific crash... -
![The Riss Survival by C.R. Daems]()
The Riss Survival by C.R. Daems
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Raider clans have been defeated and their planet under the supervision of the Riss, with Captain Reese the station commander. But while Reese sees the Raider clans as on probation, many in the SAS task force she commands, perceive them as prisoners and hope to break the Treaty and get revenge.As Nadya attempts to maintain the fragile peace, the three empires are being invaded... -
![Metal Boxes by Alan Black]()
Metal Boxes by Alan Black
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsComing of age can be hard for anyone. But for Blackmon Perry Stone it is life threatening. At 15, he barely manages to graduate from the empire's cadet training by a talent for unusual problem solving. He has trouble settling into navy life, but life becomes harder when he uncovers a ring of thieves aboard the huge ship. Life becomes difficult when they killed him... -
![Fallen Star by Richard Turner]()
Fallen Star by Richard Turner
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA sudden and brutal attack on a coalition training camp in Iraq wipes out all but two survivors: Captain James Grant and Australian SAS Sergeant David Maclean. Drawn into a clandestine world that deals with unusual encounters the two soldiers volunteer to help with the investigation into an alleged UFO crash in Alaska... -
![When the Tide Rises by David Drake]()
When the Tide Rises by David Drake
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen the Republic of Cinnabar doesn't have enough battleships to deal with all the crises in its war with the Alliance, it sends the next best thing: Commander Daniel Leary and his friend, the spy Adele Mundy... -
![Beginnings by David Weber, Charles E. Gannon]()
Beginnings by David Weber, Charles E. Gannon
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe hottest military science fiction series of all time continues with a collection of tales by New York Times bestselling authors Timothy Zahn, Charles E. Gannon, David Weber and more, set in Weber's Honor Harrington Series.The hottest military science fiction series of all time continues...
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