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  • Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey

    Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again...
  • Obsidio by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Obsidio by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao...
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  • Gemina by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Gemina by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 60 ratings
    Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna’s social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed.The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault...
  • Don't Cross this Line by Michael Anderle

    Don't Cross this Line by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    It's been three years Bethany Anne and her team have been building, trying their best to stay off the radar and not fight with those they are trying to save. The emotions have boiled to the surface. The is a line drawn in the sand, and some idiots just have to step across it. Those that thought the cat didn't have claws are about to find out how very, very wrong they are...
  • Never Forsaken by Michael Anderle

    Never Forsaken by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Life is beyond dangerous when you are caught up in the ongoing war between Bethany Anne's group and the Forsaken.Both Vampires and Humans have been targeted, but if there is one thing that those who work with Bethany Anne learn, it is you are NEVER FORSAKEN.Never Forsaken, The Kurtherian Gambit 05 follows the story after Bite This. If you haven't read the preceding books YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO...
  • We Have Contact by Michael Anderle

    We Have Contact by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    When you least expect it, expect it. Bethany Anne has been notified there is a spaceship inside the system...but they can't find it. Is it Kurtherian, someone else? The governments have to be told about aliens, which sparks a worldwide effort by Governments to find what TQB has... Oh, and Eric wants to date Gabrielle but he wants her to know he can protect her if need be...
  • The Scientist, the Rat, and the Assassin by Sara King

    The Scientist, the Rat, and the Assassin by Sara King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is what happens when, in the chaos of an alien apocalypse where the all-powerful galactic empire of Congress has laid the smackdown on Earth for breaking its universal laws on genetic experimentation, the world's smartest human (sort of) swears to obey the galaxy's greatest assassin (definitely) on Wednesdays through Mondays, if she will give him Tuesdays in turn...
  • Under My Heel by Michael Anderle

    Under My Heel by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    "I love a good story especially if it can make me laugh, cry, cheer, and a host of other emotions. So far in this series I have hit them all." Europe is erupting is tension and violence. David is only adding to the conflagration by setting a trap, one that our team will trip to save those people still alive. There is one thing every enemy of Bethany Anne finds out...
  • The Legend of ZERO: The Scientist, the Rat, and the Assassin by Sara King

    The Legend of ZERO: The Scientist, the Rat, and the Assassin by Sara King

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    This is what happens when, in the chaos of an alien apocalypse where the all-powerful galactic empire of Congress has laid the smackdown on Earth for breaking its universal laws on genetic experimentation, the world's smartest human (sort of) swears to obey the galaxy's greatest assassin (definitely) on Wednesdays through Mondays, if she will give him Tuesdays in turn...
  • Kneel or Die by Michael Anderle

    Kneel or Die by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The ongoing story that is Bethany Anne and her team! Can you say 'Die Terrorist, Die?'I took time to sleep last night. For anyone who hasn't read the first 6 books in this series, you won't understand what that means. For the rest of you, you know how hard that was.I love, love ,love this series! I don't want it to end! Bethany Anne just keeps getting better every book...
  • Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

    Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 79 ratings
    Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our reach.Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted...
  • My Ride is a Bitch by Michael Anderle

    My Ride is a Bitch by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    It's out there, it's ALWAYS been out there - just no one believed it.Governments, Black Ops, Rich Businessmen...All want alien tech and some are going to great lengths, illegal lengths, to procure it.Someone went so far as to endanger a young girls family. A young girl who wrote a letter to the Queen Bitch. Now, those that are searching for the technology will have to deal with TQB...
  • Bite This by Michael Anderle

    Bite This by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    You take out one annoying vampire in revenge, and now you have to clean up the mess? What a pain in the ... something. Bethany Anne and crew are back! They need to grab a ship, figure out who is trying to dig into her businesses, get their hands around the potential for creating an A.I. and the ongoing mess with Anton and South America. One of these days, she will get a break...
  • Black Legion by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Black Legion by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Abaddon returns from exile and raises the dreaded Black Legion. The Sons of Horus may be no more, but rising from their ashes come the Black Legion. Returning after his long self-imposed exile, Abaddon offers the disparate Chaos Space Marine warbands within the Eye of Terror a simple choice - join him or die...
  • Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded.The year is 2575, and two rival mega-corporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than a speck at the edge of the universe...
  • The Talon of Horus by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    The Talon of Horus by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The rise of Abaddon, successor to Horus and Warmaster of the Black Legion.When Horus fell, his Sons fell with him. A broken Legion, beset by rivalries and hunted by their erstwhile allies, the former Luna Wolves have scattered across the tortured realm of the Eye of Terror. And of Abaddon, greatest of the Warmaster’s followers, nothing has been heard for many years...
  • Love Lost by Michael Anderle

    Love Lost by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    When one of Bethany Anne's loved ones gets caught in the crossfire between her and the Forsaken, she goes rabid in rage. She doesn't believe in seeking peace and harmony, but rather revenge and mayhem. Continuing the story of Bethany Anne and TQB team, Love Lost picks up after Queen Bitch...
  • The Legend of ZERO: Forgotten by Sara King

    The Legend of ZERO: Forgotten by Sara King

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's been 819 years since Congress abandoned humanity to a Stone Age fate on an Earth infested with man-eating monsters, and now the galactic government, in all its benevolence, has come back to force humanity back into citizen status in its great collective......Except this time, thanks to Prime Commander Dobbs, humanity has a surprise for our alien conquerors...
  • Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks

    Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters.It begins with a murder.And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself.Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit...
  • Into the Fire by Mark Tufo

    Into the Fire by Mark Tufo

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Mike reunites with his wife and his friend, Paul, aboard the Guardian only to find that things have gone from bleak to hellish on earth. Rampaging hordes of Genogerians plague the planet, as does an invasion from Progerians hell-bent on knuckling under the will of man through their relentless assault. Yet this may not be the worst of it, as an insidious "ally" has lent their support...
  • 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...
  • Tasmanian SFG: Welcome to Hell by C.R. Daems

    Tasmanian SFG: Welcome to Hell by C.R. Daems

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jolie was three when she found she was ugly and deformed. She was five when she found she was a sub-human and an outcast. She was seven when five boys and two girls dragged her out of the orphanage and beat her unconscious, leaving her lying bleeding and broken in the street. She was content to lie there and die, tired of being hated and abused...
  • Shakedown by Scott Sigler

    Shakedown by Scott Sigler

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "A gritty tale of cosmic dread.”— Pierce Brown, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of RED RISINGFew know the warship’s actual name. Fewer still know what it really is. And almost no one knows of its unique ability, an ability that could tilt the balance of power if not outright win the war.But everyone has heard the rumors. Rumors about the worst place the Planetary Union Fleet can send you...
  • Betrayer by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Betrayer by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The Shadow Crusade has begun. While the Ultramarines reel from Kor Phaeron’s surprise attack on Calth, Lorgar and the rest of the Word Bearers strike deep into the realm of Ultramar. Their unlikely allies, Angron and the World Eaters, continue to ravage each new system they come across – upon the garrison planet of Armatura, this relentless savagery may finally prove to be their undoing...
  • Valley of Vengeance by Franklin Horton

    Valley of Vengeance by Franklin Horton

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In this fifth installment in The Borrowed World Series, Human Resources Manager Alice Watkins is finally making it home. In her journey across Virginia, she experiences a country disintegrating and collapsing in on itself in the wake of a nationwide terror attack. Her trip home is agonizing; her experiences indescribable...
  • From The Ashes by Mark Tufo

    From The Ashes by Mark Tufo

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It has been three years since the Progerians left their mark of devastation upon Earth. The remaining humans are in a desperate race against time as they do their best to reverse engineer the alien technology they captured, in an effort to bolster their beleaguered defenses against the oncoming onslaught of Progerians hell-bent on revenge...
  • Only in Death by Dan Abnett

    Only in Death by Dan Abnett

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    As the crusade to liberate the Sabbat Worlds continues, Colonel-Commissar Gaunt leads the Tanith First-and-Only into an unforgiving new warzone - the fortress world of Jago...
  • Blood Reaver by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Blood Reaver by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Driven on by their hatred of the False Emperor, the Night Lords stalk the shadows of the galaxy, eternally seeking revenge for the death of their primarch. Their dark quest leads them to a fractious alliance with the Red Corsairs, united only by a common enemy. Together with this piratical band of renegades, they bring their ways of destruction to the fortress-monastery of the Marines Errant...
  • The Lost Colony by Vaughn Heppner

    The Lost Colony by Vaughn Heppner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    We fought the invading New Men to a standstill and defeated the alien Destroyer sent to obliterate Earth. The worst should be over, but it’s not. Perfect android replicas are impersonating high-level officials so trust is failing. Worse, the New Men have found allies with an impenetrable stealth technology. This time, however, Earth is going on the offensive...
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    space-opera  war  action-adventure  adult  ai  aliens  audiobook  book
  • The Technician by Neal Asher

    The Technician by Neal Asher

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Theocracy has been dead for 20 years, and the Polity rules on Masada. But the Tidy Squad consists of rebels who cannot accept the new order. Their hate for surviving theocrats is undiminished, and the iconic Jeremiah Tombs is at the top of their hitlist...
  • Zero's Return by Sara King

    Zero's Return by Sara King

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    THE AMAZING NEW VOLUME IN THE #1 BESTSELLING LEGEND OF ZERO SERIES!In this apocalyptic addition to the #1 Bestselling Legend of ZERO series, the PlanOps Prime veteran, universal hero, and living legend Joe Dobbs has become an icon of heroism to the Congressional citizenry—but his real adventure is only just beginning...
  • Soul Hunter by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Soul Hunter by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Night Lords were once among the most potent forces of the Imperium, Space Marines who used fear itself as their weapon. Now, cast adrift from the Emperor's light and hunted as heretics after their monstrous betrayal, the Night Lords clad themselves in symbols of death and fight the Long War, bringing pain and terror to all who worship the corpse-god of Terra...
  • Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks

    Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action.The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought...
  • Rogue Cell by D.J. Molles

    Rogue Cell by D.J. Molles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...THE BLOOD OF PATRIOTS AND TYRANTS. The country has become a warzone, and with a Coalition troop surge imminent, the resistance is on the ropes. Walter is in the city of Durham, fighting to survive. He has no idea that his wife, Carolyn, is only miles away, desperately trying to find him. She has information on a special target--a last ditch mission that could turn the tide for the resistance...
  • The First Heretic by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    The First Heretic by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Amidst the galaxy-wide war of the Great Crusade, the Emperor castigates the Word Bearers for their worship. Distraught at this judgement, Lorgar and his Legion seek another path while devastating world after world, venting their fury and fervour on the battlefield...
  • The Shattered Skies by John Birmingham

    The Shattered Skies by John Birmingham

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Space opera on an epic scale – as it should be. Part two of a violently energetic and energetically entertaining three-part mil-SF extravaganza.Centuries after they were defeated and exiled to Dark Space, the Sturm have returned. Disgusted by the new technologies humankind have come to depend on, they intend to liberate us, by force if necessary...
  • A Thousand Sons by Graham McNeill

    A Thousand Sons by Graham McNeill

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Censured at the Council of Nikea for his flagrant use of sorcery, Magnus the Red and his Thousand Sons Legion retreat to their homeworld pf Prospero to continue their use of the arcane arts in secret...
  • River of Night by John Ringo, Mike Massa

    River of Night by John Ringo, Mike Massa

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A NEW NOVEL IN JOHN RINGO'S BESTSELLING BLACK TIDE RISING SERIES. Sequel to The Valley of Shadows. Tom Smith used to be somebody. Now he's just another refugee, fleeing the smoking ruins of civilization. Well, maybe not just another refugee. Late of the Bank of the Americas where he used to be the global managing director for Security, Tom and his fellow survivors watched New York City burn...
  • The Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F. Hamilton

    The Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Not every fallen angel comes from heaven...The ancient menace has finally escaped from Lalonde, shattering the Confederation's peaceful existence. Those who succumbed to it have acquired godlike powers, but now follow a far from divine gospel as they advance inexorably from world to world...
  • Endymion by Dan Simmons, Guy Abadia

    Endymion by Dan Simmons, Guy Abadia

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    The multiple-award-winning SF master returns to the universe that is his greatest success--the world of Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion--to tell a story of love and memory, triumph and terror in a novel even more magnificent than its predecessors.Two hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the WorldWeb in Fall of Hyperion, Raoul Endymion is sent on a quest...
  • Commune: Book Three by Joshua Gayou

    Commune: Book Three by Joshua Gayou

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hunker Down and let the world go to Hell. Having been bolstered with supplies sufficient to carry them through the winter, the survivors of the Jackson commune must now hunker down and endure the bitter Wyoming winter. But as they flourish, hungry eyes are set upon them throughout the west...
  • First and Only by Dan Abnett

    First and Only by Dan Abnett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    In the Chaos-infested Sabbat system, Imperial Commissar Gaunt must lead his men through as much in-fighting amongst rival regiments as against the forces of Chaos. For a thousand years, the Sabbat Worlds have been lost to the Imperium, claimed by the dread powers of Chaos. Now, a mighty crusade seeks to return the sector to Imperial rule...
  • War Factory by Neal Asher

    War Factory by Neal Asher

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Thorvald Spear, resurrected from his death over a hundred years earlier, continues to hunt Penny Royal, the rogue AI and dangerous war criminal on the run from Polity forces. Beyond the Graveyard, a lawless and deadly area in deep space, Spear follows the trail of several enemy Prador, the crab-like alien species with a violent history of conflict with humanity...
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    space-opera  war  action-adventure  adult  ai  aliens  audiobook  book
  • Malleus by Dan Abnett

    Malleus by Dan Abnett

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    In the 41st Millenium, the enemies of mankind are legion, omnipresent and utterly deadly. While the warriors of the Imperium fight with firepower and faith, the Holy Inquisition hunts the shadows for the most terrible of foes – rogue psykers, xenos, and daemons. Inquisitor Eisenhorn must track down and defeat the forces who would destroy him or face the wrath of the Ordo Malleus...
  • Hereticus by Dan Abnett

    Hereticus by Dan Abnett

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    In this concluding novel of Dan Abnett's sensational trilogy, a dark figure from the past returns to exact a cruel vengeance upon Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn...
  • Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds

    Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Late in the twenty-sixth century, the human race has advanced enough to accidentally trigger the Inhibitors - alien killing machines designed to detect intelligent life and destroy it. The only hope for humanity lies in the recovery of a secret cache of doomsday weapons -and a renegade named Clavain who is determined to find them...
  • The Damned by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    The Damned by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The deadly hunt ends in the fourth and final installment of the bestselling Trackers saga...The mountain town of Estes Park, Colorado is scrambling to recover from the betrayal of two of their police officers, and prepare for threats outside their borders...
  • Horus Rising by Dan Abnett

    Horus Rising by Dan Abnett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    After thousands of years of expansion and conquest, the imperium of man is at its height. His dream for humanity nearly accomplished, the emperor hands over the reins of power to his warmaster, Horus, and heads back to Terra...
  • Gun Runner by Larry Correia, John D. Brown

    Gun Runner by Larry Correia, John D. Brown

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THRILLING SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE FROM BEST-SELLING AUTHORS LARRY CORREIA AND JOHN D. BROWNTHE HEART OF A WARRIOR Once, Jackson Rook was a war hero. Raised from boyhood to pilot an exosuit mech, he’d fought gallantly for the rebellion against the Collectivists. But that was a long time ago, on a world very far away...
  • The Lords of Silence by Chris Wraight

    The Lords of Silence by Chris Wraight

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The galaxy has changed. Armies of Chaos march across the Dark Imperium, among them the Death Guard, servants of the Plague God...
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