Books like 'Star Wars: Empire Ascendant #1'
Readers who enjoyed Star Wars: Empire Ascendant #1 by Charles Soule, Greg Pak, Simon Spurrier, Ethan Sacks, Riccardo Federici, Paolo Villanelli, Roland Boschi & Caspar Wijngaard also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Wistful Ascending by J.C.M. Berne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA superhero space opera for grownups. For fans of Invincible and Marvel Cinematic Universe films.If Thor and Harry Dresden combined in a transporter accident.The il’Drach have conquered half a galaxy behind the civilization-ending Powers of their mixed-species children.Half-human Rohan, exhausted by a decade fighting for their Empire, has paid a secret and terrible price for his freedom...Categorized as:
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![Invasion Force by T.R. Harris]()
Invasion Force by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo planet is safe from the invading horde.From international bestselling science fiction author T.R. Harris, here is the 21st volume in his Epic 29-book-long saga of Human Superiority throughout the galaxy, and the foolish aliens who get in our way: The Human Chronicles Saga - Invasion ForceAdam Cain is an Alien with an Attitude...This time it's serious ....The Klin... -
![Scorched Earth by T.R. Harris]()
Scorched Earth by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when the Adam Cain—the Alien with an Attitude—gets really pissed off?Hint: It ain’t pretty.The scorched earth in the title doesn’t refer to the Human’s homeworld... -
![Challenges of the Deeps by Ryk E. Spoor]()
Challenges of the Deeps by Ryk E. Spoor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSEQUEL TO GRAND CENTRAL ARENA AND SPHERES OF INFLUENCE. The climax of the Arenaverse adventure SF series!The Arena: a vast alien otherspace that all species were forced to enter when they discovered faster-than-light travel. The Arena: where the lives of entire species might hang in the balance in a single Challenge... -
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![The Copernicus Deception by T.R. Harris]()
The Copernicus Deception by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdam Cain is an Alien with an Attitude… His Adventures Continue. When Adam and Riyad journey to the planet Visidor to help free their alien friends Kaylor and Jym from vindictive local law enforcement, they thought all it would take would be wowing the locals with their celebrity. After all, they’d just saved the galaxy from the evil Sol-Kor menace... -
![Lost and Sound by Viola Grace]()
Lost and Sound by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSonic senses and determination take her to the Citadel, but only a sense of purpose can keep her there.Yllin has been raised in privilege and has never felt like it was the right life for her. She honed her skills for sonar as a waitress at a busy restaurant and jumped at the chance to apply for a position in Citadel Ohkhan.Her acceptance is a delightful surprise that isn’t enjoyed by her family... -
![The Orphan in Near-Space by Laer Carroll]()
The Orphan in Near-Space by Laer Carroll
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJane Kuznetsov, orphan of some cataclysmic stellar event a big fraction of a million years ago, or maybe several times that, is now a captain in the U.S. Air Force, the part informally called the Space Force. She is leading a crew of four friends and fellow Space Force officers doing research.She can travel routinely to the World Space Station to carry out that research and does so... -
![Frozen Soul by Stuart Grosse]()
Frozen Soul by Stuart Grosse
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 2016, Earth was invaded by the Rithenal Empire, a multispecies empire encompassing over a dozen star systems. Because of Sol System being at a strategic juncture of warp gates, if one could conquer the system, they would gain a great advantage over the other powers in this arm of the galaxy. Unfortunately for the Rithenalese, humankind was not so powerless as one might expect... -
![The Wrath of Darth Maul by Ryder Windham]()
The Wrath of Darth Maul by Ryder Windham
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe most anticipated Star Wars biography yet!One of the most feared villains of all time.One of the most iconic characters of the Star Wars saga.One incredible story...Categorized as:
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![Alien vs. Predator: Armageddon by Tim Lebbon]()
Alien vs. Predator: Armageddon by Tim Lebbon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Rage launch the ultimate assault on the Human Sphere. Their greatest weapons are the most fearsome creatures in the galaxy—the Xenomorphs. Having fled centuries before, the Rage return to take revenge and claim the planet for their own. Now, through a deal struck with the unlikeliest of allies, the human race may rely on the Predators to ensure mankind’s ultimate freedom... -
![Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder by Mark Morris]()
Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder by Mark Morris
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBased on a script by Russell T Davies, the spectacular second adventure for Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary features David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble... -
![The Academy by Jonathan Yanez]()
The Academy by Jonathan Yanez
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen cyber bullying goes extraterrestrial... And Earth’s about to be blindsided with annihilation...It’s up to Emma to rise up.Her problems go far beyond carb-counting mean girls. She’s got ears pointy enough to pass for an elf and a stuttering problem brought on by anxiety. A mother not of this world is about to enter her life with dire news...Categorized as:
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![Black on Black by K.D. Wentworth]()
Black on Black by K.D. Wentworth
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRescued from a slave market by a human trader and raised as his son, one question has haunted Heyoka Blackeagle through the years: who — and what — is he? He feels human, indeed he feels like a somewhat alienated member of his father's tribe... -
![Trek to Madworld by Stephen Goldin]()
Trek to Madworld by Stephen Goldin
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBlast off with Captain Kirk, Dr. McCoy and Mr. Spock as they hurtle through space with the crew of the Starship Enterprise. Plunge through an eerie pocket of spatial unreality as they risk death by radiation to save the endangered people of Epsilon Delta 4. See the marvels of Enowil, the mad gnomic master of an insane planet... -
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![Star Wars: Darth Vader - Dark Lord of the Sith Vol. 1 by Charles Soule, Jim Cheung]()
Star Wars: Darth Vader - Dark Lord of the Sith Vol. 1 by Charles Soule, Jim Cheung
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsExplore Darth Vader's early history! Picking up directly where Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith ends, follow Vader as he receives his legendary red lightsaber and rises to power as a Dark Lord of the Sith! When Anakin Skywalker fell, both to the pull of the dark side and the blade of Obi-Wan Kenobi, he rose back up, more machine than man... -
![The Thrawn Trilogy by Mike Baron, Olivier Vatine]()
The Thrawn Trilogy by Mike Baron, Olivier Vatine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFive years after the fall of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is the first in a new line of Jedi Knights. Han Solo and Princess Leia have married, together assuming many burdens of the New Republic's government... -
![The Sinestro Corps War by Geoff Johns, Patrick Gleason]()
The Sinestro Corps War by Geoff Johns, Patrick Gleason
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe landmark story arc that shook the Green Lantern Corps to its foundations is collected in this hardcover volume!Sinestro's army of fear has gathered: Arkillo! Karu-Sil! The Cyborg-Superman! And hundreds more of the most terrifying villains the universe has ever seen! Hal Jordan has overcome great fear throughout his life, but what fear still lingers inside him? Parallax knows, and Hal's about... -
![Darth Vader #5 by Charles Soule]()
Darth Vader #5 by Charles Soule
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe began his journey as a Jedi with wonder and hope. Now it is time to put away childish things. Vader's first and most vital test as a Sith concludes... -
![Star Wars: Darth Vader by Kieron Gillen Vol. 2 by Kieron Gillen, Jason Aaron]()
Star Wars: Darth Vader by Kieron Gillen Vol. 2 by Kieron Gillen, Jason Aaron
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVader's down..Categorized as:
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![Star Wars: Darth Vader #1 by Greg Pak, In-Hyuk Lee]()
Star Wars: Darth Vader #1 by Greg Pak, In-Hyuk Lee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“JOIN ME, AND TOGETHER, WE CAN RULE THE GALAXY AS FATHER AND SON!” In the shattering climax of The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader infamously reveals his true relationship to Luke Skywalker and invites his son to rule the galaxy at his side. But Luke refuses -- plunging into the abyss beneath Cloud City rather than turn to the Dark Side... -
![Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #4 by Charles Soule, E.M. Gist]()
Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #4 by Charles Soule, E.M. Gist
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSINS OF THE SON. The Rise of KYLO REN concludes, as BEN SOLO, once the Jedi's greatest hope, is swallowed by the Dark Side. It is his destiny - and if there was ever another path, SNOKE and the KNIGHTS OF REN made certain he could not see it. From Ben, to Ren...and now he is lost... -
![Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #2 by Charles Soule, Will Sliney]()
Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #2 by Charles Soule, Will Sliney
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSNOKE SINKS HIS CLAWS IN! YOUNG BEN SOLO FACES THE KNIGHTS OF REN! With the new Jedi school in ruins and fellow students hot on his trail for the murder of their master, Ben Solo flees to the only friend he has left in the galaxy…a man named Snoke. But Snoke has plans for Ben…and ideas about the Force that are as dangerous as they are intriguing for the troubled young Jedi... -
![Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #1 by Charles Soule, Clayton Crain]()
Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #1 by Charles Soule, Clayton Crain
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWITH BEN SOLO’S FALL… COMES KYLO REN’S RISE! Young Ben Solo is legendary Jedi Luke Skywalker’s most promising pupil. As the son of Rebel Alliance heroes Leia Organa and Han Solo, as well as Luke’s own nephew, Ben has the potential to be a great force for light in the galaxy... -
![Star Wars: Darth Vader by Greg Pak, Vol. 1: Dark Heart of the Sith by Greg Pak]()
Star Wars: Darth Vader by Greg Pak, Vol. 1: Dark Heart of the Sith by Greg Pak
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"JOIN ME, AND TOGETHER, WE CAN RULE THE GALAXY AS FATHER AND SON!"In the shattering climax of The Empire Strikes Back, DARTH VADER infamously reveals his true relationship to LUKE SKYWALKER and invites his son to rule the galaxy with him. But Luke refuses - plunging into the abyss beneath Cloud City rather than turn to the Dark Side... -
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![Darth Vader #1 by Kieron Gillen, Edgar Delgado]()
Darth Vader #1 by Kieron Gillen, Edgar Delgado
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEver since Darth Vader made his first on-screen appearance, he became one of the most popular villains to ever haunt an audience's dreams! Now, follow Vader straight from the ending of "Star Wars: A New Hope", (and the pages of the new Star Wars comic book), into his own series, showing the Empire's war with the Rebel Alliance from the other side! Writer Kieron Gillen and artist Salvador Larocca... -
![Star Wars: Darth Vader - Dark Lord Of The Sith Vol. 2 Collection (Darth Vader by Charles Soule, Chuck Wendig]()
Star Wars: Darth Vader - Dark Lord Of The Sith Vol. 2 Collection (Darth Vader by Charles Soule, Chuck Wendig
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDarth Vader's imperious rise continues! As the Empire's grip on the galaxy tightens, the stirrings of a rebellion begin in the Mon Cala system. The fearsome Darth Vader knows that order must be maintained at all costs - but bringing Mon Cala to heel means finding the surviving Jedi that foment this unrest... -
![Star Wars: Thrawn (2018) #1 by Jody Houser]()
Star Wars: Thrawn (2018) #1 by Jody Houser
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne of the most cunning and ruthless minds in all of the Star Wars, Grand Admiral Thrawn is back with his own six-issue miniseries! Written by Jody Houser (ROGUE ONE ADAPTATION) and drawn by Luke Ross (STAR WARS: DARTH MAUL, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS ADAPTATION), follow the comic adaptation of Timothy Zahn’s New York Times best-selling novel about Thrawn’s rise in the Imperial ranks, on his... -
![Darth Vader #3 by Charles Soule]()
Darth Vader #3 by Charles Soule
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVader sets his sights on a Jedi who's avoided Order 66…a Jedi Master who's long lived in seclusion…a Jedi more powerful than any Vader has faced... -
![Darth Vader #9 by Charles Soule]()
Darth Vader #9 by Charles Soule
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the threat of the Jedi continues to menace the fledgling Empire, Vader finds himself on the trail of Jedi his master has commanded him…to keep... -
![Darth Vader #10 by Charles Soule]()
Darth Vader #10 by Charles Soule
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVader's showdown with Jocasta Nu comes to a startling conclusion! What secret information has the Jedi librarian risked her life to protect? And can she stop Vader from getting...
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