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  • Citadel by Marko Kloos

    Citadel by Marko Kloos

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    An interplanetary battle is renewed in an epic novel of a warring solar system by the author of Ballistic.The war should have been over. But it’s not for a group of nationalists grabbing for control.It’s been two weeks since a missile with a nuclear warhead tore through the planetary defenses in the most blistering large-scale attack ever committed in the history of the Gaia system...
  • Livesuit by James S.A. Corey

    Livesuit by James S.A. Corey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Humanity'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...
  • The Price of Liberty by D.J. Holmes

    The Price of Liberty by D.J. Holmes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    War has been declared. The Indian Star Republic has landed ground troops on the newly discovered colony of Haven as they seek to seize access to the alien worlds of Vestar and Kulthar. The British Star Kingdom has reacted. A battle fleet has been formed with orders to drive off the Indians and retake Haven...
  • Turning Point by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Turning Point by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Fight to Win. With the galaxy in turmoil, the Legion initiates Article Nineteen, a hard reset designed to halt the corruption and ineptitude that continues to spill forth from the Galactic Core. But when the House of Reason aligns itself with the bloodthirsty zhee extremists, the Legion has no choice but to commit to a savage campaign of Total War...
  • Fortitude by Glynn Stewart

    Fortitude by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An offer that no one else could matchA mission that no one else could achieveAn enemy only a few know they share…Commodore Kira Demirci is now the commander of a small but powerful mercenary force—one of the most dangerous in the cluster of stars she now calls home. Her own actions have brought peace to the Syntactic Cluster, though, and a mercenary is in limited demand...
  • 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 ratings
    Yesterday, 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 ratings
    Every 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...
  • Warrior King by Evan Currie

    Warrior King by Evan Currie

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Battle-weary after a desperate fight to save Earth from the Drasin alien onslaught, Confederation Captain Eric Weston is tasked with a perilous new mission. He and the crew of the Odysseus must hunt down those who unleashed the hellish attack on his homeworld and that of Earth’s Priminae allies...
  • Void Stalker by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Void Stalker by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The third in the bestselling Night Lords series.Talos leads First Claw further down their dark path, until the eldar of craftworld Ulthwe foresee a great conflict centered around the Night Lords, and the xenos muster for battle!The third book in the Night Lords trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Aaron Dembski-Bowden...
  • Rimward Stars by Glynn Stewart

    Rimward Stars by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A helpless ally calls for aid A ruthless enemy strikes without mercy The fate of empires turns on even the smallest actions When a minor trade partner sends the Castle Federation a desperate call for aid, they have few resources to spare from their all-consuming war against the Terran Commonwealth...
  • Iron Wolves by Jonathan Yanez, Jason Anspach

    Iron Wolves by Jonathan Yanez, Jason Anspach

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There can be no victory without sacrifice. The Iron Wolves are a company of legionnaires whose legendary exploits date back to the Savage Wars. When they are invited to be guests of honor at a ceremony on a small, backwater planet, they look forward to some precious time away from the constant conflicts of galaxy's edge...
  • Equilibrium by Glynn Stewart

    Equilibrium by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Peace forged on the edge of civilizationLies forged in the heart of mankindA legend rises to the final challengeExile to the Syntactic Cluster has been good for Kira Demirci and her friends. Once elite pilots of the Apollo System Defense Force, they now own the most powerful mercenary warship in the entire star cluster...
  • Return to Haven by D.J. Holmes

    Return to Haven by D.J. Holmes

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The revelation that the human race is not alone has sent shockwaves throughout Earth’s naval powers. Suddenly all eyes have turned to Haven and the trade routes to the Vestarian and Kulrean homeworlds.   Thinking he has nothing to lose, Haven’s First Councilor puts into motion a plan that threatens to turn star empire against star empire...
  • Governor by David Weber, Richard Fox

    Governor by David Weber, Richard Fox

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A 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 ratings
    The 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...
  • The Slab by Karen Traviss

    The Slab by Karen Traviss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    MARCUS FENIX. WAR HERO. LOYAL SON. TRAITOR. Ten years after Emergence Day, as the Locust Horde advances on humanity’s last defended area—Ephyra—in a bloody war that has seen billions die, Marcus Fenix does the unthinkable: he defies orders and abandons his post during a critical battle in a bid to rescue his father, weapons scientist Adam Fenix...
  • Order of the Centurion by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Order of the Centurion by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A PRICE PAID IN BLOOD “The Order of the Centurion is the highest award that can be bestowed upon an individual serving in, or with, the Legion...
  • Among Enemies by Evan Currie

    Among Enemies by Evan Currie

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    For Sorilla Aida, the war has been ongoing. Peace was called, officially, but in the shadows her battles continued. The Alliance and SOLCOM are ready to call an end to it all now, but no one has yet been able to tell her why. Why the fighting began, why her allies, and enemies alike, died. Not even why it was over.She had to know, or at least she had to try to find out...
  • A Call to Vengeance by David Weber, Timothy Zahn

    A Call to Vengeance by David Weber, Timothy Zahn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After the disastrous attack on the Manticoran home system by forces unknown, the Royal Manticoran Navy stands on the brink of collapse...
  • De Oppresso Liber by Evan Currie

    De Oppresso Liber by Evan Currie

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The war may be over, but the fighting continues as SOLCOM learns of an excursion by the Ross'El against an unaffiliated pre-space civilization in the no man's land between Earth and the Alien Alliance. With always more questions than answers, SOLCOM dispatches a ship to quietly survey the situation and determine what, if any, course of action is best...
  • Open Arms by Evan Currie

    Open Arms by Evan Currie

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With the war officially over, and years of fighting weighing on her, Sorilla has officially put in her papers and called in every chit she's owed. It's time to hang up her power armor, lay down her rifle, and try to build something for herself rather than for other people. The War, however, is only over when the powers that be say it is...
  • Sabbat Martyr by Dan Abnett

    Sabbat Martyr by Dan Abnett

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A new wave of hope has been unleashed in the Chaos infested Sabbat system when a girl claiming to be the reincarnation of Saint Sabbat is revealed. Despite private doubts from the military high command, she proves to be the perfect rallying point for beleaguered Imperial troops...
  • A Call to Arms by David Weber, Timothy Zahn

    A Call to Arms by David Weber, Timothy Zahn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Lieutenant Travis Long of the Royal Manticoran Navy is the sort of person who likes an orderly universe. One where people follow the rules. Unfortunately he lives in the real universe. The good news is that Travis is one of those rare people who may like rules but has a talent for thinking outside them when everything starts coming apart...
  • The Warmaster by Dan Abnett

    The Warmaster by Dan Abnett

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The latest novel in the hugely popular Gaunt's Ghosts series.After the success of their desperate mission to Salvation’s Reach, Colonel-Commisar Gaunt and the Tanith First race to the strategically vital forge world of Urdesh, besieged by the brutal armies of Anarch Sek. However, there may be more at stake than just a planet...
  • Ballistic by Marko Kloos

    Ballistic by Marko Kloos

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    There is a personal price to pay for having aligned with the wrong side in a reckless war. For Aden Jansen it’s the need to adopt a new identity while keeping his past hidden. Now he’s integrated himself aboard the Zephyr, a merchant ship smuggling critical goods through dangerous space. But danger is imminent on planet Gretia, as well...
  • No Fail by Doc Spears, Jason Anspach

    No Fail by Doc Spears, Jason Anspach

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Failure is a Hateful WordFor Dark Ops Sergeant Kel Turner, it’s unthinkable. Until now. Kill teams are accustomed to achieving the impossible, and Kill Team Three has done the impossible more than any other. Tasked with mission after mission, against a never-ending list of enemies, Kel and Three brace themselves to rise to the occasion yet again...
  • Dead Man's Debt by Elliott Kay

    Dead Man's Debt by Elliott Kay

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    “WE REQUIRE A DIFFERENT BATTLEFIELD.” Nobody expected the war to last three hours, let alone three years. The star system of Archangel holds the line against invading corporate fleets, but a quarter of its territory is already lost. The navy can’t hang on much longer. Faced with this grim truth, Archangel’s leaders shift their strategy to diplomacy and espionage...
  • Throne of Stars by David Weber, John Ringo

    Throne of Stars by David Weber, John Ringo

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Books 3 and 4 in the New York Times best-selling Empire of Man series: March to the Stars and We Few, both New York Times bestsellers.Prince Roger MacClintock was an heir to the galaxy's Throne of Man and a self-obsessed spoiled young brat - that is, until he and the Royal Marines sent to protect him were stranded by an assassination attempt on the wild and dangerous planet of Marduk...
  • True Colors by Karen Traviss

    True Colors by Karen Traviss

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    As the savage Clone Wars rage unchecked, the Republic’s deadliest warriors face the grim truth that the Separatists aren’t their only enemy–or even their worst.In the Grand Army’s desperate fight to crush the Separatists, the secret special ops missions of its elite clone warriors have never been more critical . . . or more dangerous...
  • The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 3 by David Drake

    The Complete Hammer's Slammers Volume 3 by David Drake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With a veteran ’s eye for the harsh and gritty details of war, David Drake depicts a futuristic analog of Vietnam-era tank combat in his Hammer’s Slammers fiction. Upon this tactical foundation, Drake uses historical metaphor to provide a rich and detailed future-history that is both unique and strangely familiar...
  • Red Team Alpha by Jay Allan

    Red Team Alpha by Jay Allan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A New Adventure Set in the Crimson Worlds Universe (Over 800,000 Crimson Worlds Book Sold) Red Team Alpha. An elite military unit. Twenty highly-trained veteran warriors, Mars’ best. They are ready to face whatever dangers threaten the Confederation. They are capable, dedicated, armed with the best technology Mars has to offer. And they don’t exist, at least not officially...
  • Starship's Mage: Episode 5 by Glynn Stewart

    Starship's Mage: Episode 5 by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ship’s Mage Damien Montgomery and the crew of the Blue Jay have run to the edge of the Protectorate, beyond the reach of civilized law.But even at the outlaw station of Darkport, their enemies have sought them out – and now the very leader of the galaxy’s largest crime syndicate pursues them with a stolen warship...
  • Atoned: The Wardens: Book 1 by Steve J. McHugh

    Atoned: The Wardens: Book 1 by Steve J. McHugh

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Like a Saturday night 80's action film. Full of cool twists, grin-inducing banter, and explosive action. I loved it." Rob Hayes author of Never Die.Civil War tore across the Union Empire, leaving countless dead in its wake. It was a war started by one man, once beloved by the Empire. His betrayal still lingers in the memory of those who lived through it...
  • Wolf's Bane by Christopher G. Nuttall

    Wolf's Bane by Christopher G. Nuttall

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Commonwealth has won a great victory, smashing Wolfbane’s attempt to take Corinthian and driving Admiral Singh’s forces back into enemy space. Now, as the Wolves reel under the impact of their defeat - and powerful factions plot to take control of the government and military - Edward Stalker plans a final offensive to bring the Wolves to their knees...
  • Resurgence by Z.D. Dean

    Resurgence by Z.D. Dean

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Re-edit as of 31MAR2021Exiled from Unity core space and bent to get back to Earth, Zade starts his journey in the derelict ship provided by the chancellor. After a lucky bout of clumsiness, he learns that the ship he was given is much more than meets the eyes...
  • Raiders by C.R. Daems

    Raiders by C.R. Daems

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Anna and her Naval Intelligence Agency, NIA, teammates have a new high-priority assignment: foreign raiders who are wreaking havoc within the United Alliance of Stars. They hit high value targets, have access to inside information, kill the security guards, and leave no witnesses. The NIA team soon discovers the raiders' system has been well thought out and has no weak links to exploit...
  • Rich Man's War by Elliott Kay

    Rich Man's War by Elliott Kay

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Tanner Malone is starting to enjoy his navy post in the honor guard. After surviving violent conflicts with space pirates in the void, he hopes to stay out of the stars for a while. But when the government of Archangel, a prosperous Union state including four terraformed worlds, makes a dangerous decision to defy the Big Three’s corporate dominance, war threatens the galaxy...
  • Savage Wars by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Savage Wars by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The greatest conflict the galaxy has ever known… They were the Savages. Raiders from our distant past. Elites who left Earth to create tailor-made utopias aboard the massive lighthuggers that crawled through the darkness between the stars...
  • Deception by Glynn Stewart

    Deception by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A new home on the edge of nowhereA new hope for a peaceful futureAn old enemy that won’t let goKira Demirci left her homeworld of Apollo pursued by assassins seeking revenge for her victories in the war against the Brisingr Kaiserreich. Now she has a new home and a new role: as the nova fighter wing commander aboard the mercenary carrier Conviction under Captain John Estanza...
  • Chasing the Dragon by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Chasing the Dragon by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They all want the Dragon dead. The Dragon was trained from his youth to operate as a lethal killing machine. He has tangled with crime lords, dangerous insurgents, even Nether Ops… and none of these forces has been able to bring the elusive warrior to heel. Enter the notorious bounty hunter Tyrus Rechs. Rechs takes on the job as a favor to an old Savage Wars buddy...
  • Stellar Fox by Glynn Stewart

    Stellar Fox by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    LEGENDARY … AND UNTESTED Captain Kyle Roberts delivered one of the Castle Federation’s few victories in the early days of the war. Even losing his ship in the process didn’t prevent him being elevated as the hero – the “Stellar Fox” – his country desperately needed...
  • Q-Ship Chameleon by Glynn Stewart

    Q-Ship Chameleon by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A heroic Captain denied commandA battered but relentless enemyA covert operation to strike at the heart of an unstoppable foe!Captain Kyle Roberts has commanded the carrier Avalon through the most vicious battles of the war against the Terran Commonwealth--but with Avalon in for repair, his political enemies deny him a new ship...
  • Rage of Winter by Richard Fox, Scott Moon

    Rage of Winter by Richard Fox, Scott Moon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One 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...
  • Valor's Child by Kal Spriggs

    Valor's Child by Kal Spriggs

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.Jiden's parents barely scrape out a living on the dry, dusty world of Century. Jiden wants more for herself and she is ready to step into a bright future, one which may lead her far from the frontier world of her birth...
  • Trident Fury by Richard Turner

    Trident Fury by Richard Turner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Captain Michael Sheridan and Master Sergeant Alan Cole are back. This time the stakes couldn't be higher. When word of a brutal Kurgan prison planet reaches Earth, the men and women of the Sixth Fleet are sent into action. From a smuggler's hideout, to a prehistoric planet to a deadly fight with the dreaded Kurgan Imperial Guard, the struggle to survive continues...
  • Reprieve by C.R. Daems

    Reprieve by C.R. Daems

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You have glioblastoma, an incurable brain cancer, and have less than a month to live...
  • Bound by Honor by Glynn Stewart, Terry Mixon

    Bound by Honor by Glynn Stewart, Terry Mixon

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    An enemy of newfound strengthA friend gone missing in the nightA threat that can be ignored no moreBrad Madrid, Commodore of the Vikings Mercenary Company, has once again been drawn into the war against the resurgent Cadre. Called into action in battles across the Solar System, from the fogs of Venus to the ice fields of Ceres, he faces deadly enemies at every turn...
  • Gods & Legionnaires by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Gods & Legionnaires by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Battle Lines Are Drawn. The Coalition is reeling. New Vega and its other worlds have fallen beneath the boot of the newly allied Savage marines, and the death count continues to rise at a staggering rate. One thing is clear: the war to come will be a fight for the very survival of the species. For both sides in this conflict, now is the time to become what fate, and victory, demand...
  • 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...
  • Vanguard by Christopher G. Nuttall

    Vanguard by Christopher G. Nuttall

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The 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 ..
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