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  • Hostile Fire by N.C. Reed

    Hostile Fire by N.C. Reed

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Post-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. Reed Clayton Sanders left home the minute he had his high school diploma in hand. He waited that long only because the Army wouldn't accept him without one. Now, ten years later, he's home. Home with no warning, no advance notice, no anything after being gone ten years with almost no contact with his family...
  • Friendly Fire by N.C. Reed

    Friendly Fire by N.C. Reed

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You can now pre-order Book 7! Amazon ASIN: B07RYFTVLY Post-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. Reed Clayton Sanders left home the minute he had his high school diploma in hand. He waited that long only because the Army wouldn't accept him without one. Now, ten years later, he's home. Home with no warning, no advance notice, no anything after being gone ten years with almost no contact with his family...
  • Anarch by Dan Abnett

    Anarch by Dan Abnett

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Gaunt'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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    dark  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  military
  • 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...
  • Junkyard Bargain by Faith Hunter

    Junkyard Bargain by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Sometimes before you can face your enemies, you need to confront yourself.Time is running out for Shining Smith and her crew to gather the weapons they need to rescue one of their own...
  • Commune: Book Four by Joshua Gayou

    Commune: Book Four by Joshua Gayou

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The philosopher asks: faced with the mutually exclusive choice between moral principle and the survival of your family, which is the correct path?Philosophers love to pose such questions, and in the day-to-day struggle, such thinkers rarely attain to a level of relevance rivaling that of the simple hunger pang. Their careful considerations dissipate under the leveled gun...
  • Spinward Fringe Broadcast 1: Resurrection by Randolph Lalonde

    Spinward Fringe Broadcast 1: Resurrection by Randolph Lalonde

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Captain Jacob Valance has no memory of his past. Left on a strange ship in an unfamiliar sector of the galaxy, he's forced to begin a new life. Possessing a skill set that leads to bounty hunting and object repossession, he gathers a crew from the rough fringe of the galaxy...
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    dark  dystopia  war  action-adventure  adult  book  espionage  fiction
  • Push Back by R.E. McDermott

    Push Back by R.E. McDermott

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    PUSH BACK the second book of THE DISRUPTION SERIES is now available. Earth reels in the aftermath of a savage solar storm, a global disaster of unprecedented proportion which leaves most of the world without electrical power or the means to restore it. Across the world, the responses of unprepared national governments’ are too little, too late. In the U.S...
  • Deep Shadows by Bella Forrest

    Deep Shadows by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The heart-pounding second book of The Child Thief series. After the night's shocking events, Robin, Jace, and their team find themselves thrust into a race for their lives.Robin never could have imagined that things would go so wrong. Never could have dreamed that they would find what they found within that innocuous-looking building...
  • Operation Cobalt by Susan Hayes

    Operation Cobalt by Susan Hayes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Protecting the doctor was part of his mission…falling in love with her wasn’t. Dante’s assignment should have been simple. Sneak onto a corporate controlled planet and find a missing medical team. Simple goes out the airlock when a beautiful woman charges headlong into his life. She’s one of the missing doctors, and the sexiest woman he’s ever seen. Keeping her alive won’t be easy...
  • Warriors from the Ashes by William W. Johnstone

    Warriors from the Ashes by William W. Johnstone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Under the command of Ben Raines, the Southern United States have defeated all comers -- and carved out a stronghold in the Southwest desert. But now, two powerful forces are crashing in against the rebels from the North and the South, and Raines has no choice but to strike back with everything he's got...
  • Crisis in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone

    Crisis in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ben Raines and his patriot army have defeated all comers, from mutant night people to the blackshirted forces of Jesus Mendoza Hoffman and the enemy axis in the Great War. But now the socialist dictators of the USA, smarting from their defeat at the hands of the Southern United States of America, have unleashed their fury against Raines...
  • The Seraphim Sequence by Nathan M. Farrugia

    The Seraphim Sequence by Nathan M. Farrugia

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The world is reeling in the aftermath of genocide.Former black operative Sophia is among the remnants of the Akhana, a once-strong organized resistance against the all-powerful world government known as the Fifth Column. Branded as the world’s most wanted terrorist, Sophia barely escaped her last encounter with the organization with her life...
  • Black Hills Fall by Robyn VanDerSys, L.A. Bayles

    Black Hills Fall by Robyn VanDerSys, L.A. Bayles

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mike and Angie Davis were just regular people who enjoyed the outdoors in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Their little community, hidden away in the pines, was the perfect place to raise a family—until everything, everywhere, went dark.The nearby town of Spearfish had always been quiet and peaceful...
  • Jacinto's Remnant by Karen Traviss

    Jacinto's Remnant by Karen Traviss

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Based on the blockbuster Xbox game, this is the stunning story of the men and women who stood between a planet and total destruction–and now have to face the consequences of their actions.After a brutal fifteen-year war for survival, the Coalition of Ordered Governments is forced to destroy mankind’s last city in a final bid to stop the Locust Horde...
  • Ghostmaker by Dan Abnett

    Ghostmaker by Dan Abnett

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Humanity's front-line defenders, the Imperial Guard, are aware of the risks to their bodies in defending the species, but they did not count on the damage to their souls. Reprint...
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    dark  dystopia  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Aliens by Alan Dean Foster

    Aliens by Alan Dean Foster

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Having survived one encounter with an alien, Ripley is persuaded to return to the planet where her crew found the alien ship. A colony has been established there, but suddenly all contact with the settlers has been lost. Accompanied by marines, Ripley is going to find out why...
  • The Terminator by Shaun Hutson

    The Terminator by Shaun Hutson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the Year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet devised the ultimate plan. They would reshape the Future by changing the Past. The plan required something that felt no pity. No pain. No fear. Something unstoppable. They created THE TERMINATOR...
  • Ragnarok by Ari Bach

    Ragnarok by Ari Bach

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Valhalla: Book Two After a year spent hunting for Mishka and Wulfgar, V team is no closer to finding them. If they're going to locate their nemeses, they're going to have to break some rules. As they begin their most dangerous mission yet, the stakes grow higher than they ever imagined as they uncover not only the subjects of their hunt, but the greatest threat the Earth has ever known...
  • Fire Caste by Peter Fehervari

    Fire Caste by Peter Fehervari

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Astra Militarum novelIn the jungles of the Dolorosa Coil, a coalition of alien tau and human deserters have waged war upon the Imperium for countless years.READ IT BECAUSEIt's a typically weird and twisted tale from Peter Fehervari, with intriguing characters, a plot that will keep you guessing and more mystery than you can shake a pulse rifle at...
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    dark  dystopia  war  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  grim-dark
  • Early Years by Steven Campbell

    Early Years by Steven Campbell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Collection of short stories featuring Hard Luck Hank and his early days on Belvaille...
  • Dawnbreaker by Jay Posey

    Dawnbreaker by Jay Posey

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wren is living in Greenstone under the temporary care of Charles and Mol, and the protection of Chapel. Unable to determine the fate of his mother and those he left behind in Morningside, Wren believes there is nothing left to do but wait for Asher’s final blow … until a man named Haiku walks into the Samurai McGann, looking for Three...
  • UNIT 78: Rescued by Mina Carter, Evangeline Anderson

    UNIT 78: Rescued by Mina Carter, Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A cyborg soldier with one mission: To rescue an innocent girl from a vicious cult But in order to fulfill his duty, he must do the unthinkable. Can Rich and Kyrin find each other when they are lost in the Breeding Compound? Unit 78, formerly Corporal Richard Hardgraves, is a Cyborg with a mission: to rescue the Admiral's daughter from the dreaded Tr'Low Cult on Beacon 5...
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    dark  dystopia  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  cyborgs
  • The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary by Ken Liu

    The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary by Ken Liu

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A scientific invention makes it possible to virtually travel back in time and witness historical events. It is only possible to witness it once from the same perspective, because the process eats up the record. The inventor and her husband draw attention to the atrocities of Unit 731 during WWII. They hope that eyewitnesses will shut down denialists. But Chinese versus Japanese, and U.S...
  • Sacrificial Pieces by Cosimo Yap

    Sacrificial Pieces by Cosimo Yap

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After failing to take down the United World Government, Alan is a wanted fugitive on Earth. With nowhere else to go he leads the Black Rose guild into the Abyss Labyrinth. But hidden agendas thrive within the mercenary guild, and Alan soon discovers larger forces at play. The Game is a war for survival, and a solo victory is virtually impossible—Alan needs to pick a side...
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    cyberpunk  dystopia  war  action-adventure  adult  ai  audiobook  book
  • Ender's Game by Frederic P. Miller

    Ender's Game by Frederic P. Miller

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is NOT Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Ender's Game (1985) is a science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. The book originated as the novelette "Ender's Game," published in the August 1977 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Elaborating on characters and plot lines depicted in the novel, Card later wrote additional books to form the Ender's Game series...
  • Zero Point by Neal Asher

    Zero Point by Neal Asher

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Earth's Zero Asset citizens no longer face extermination from orbit. Thanks to Alan Saul, the Committee's network of control is a smoking ruin and its robotic enforcers lie dormant. But power abhors a vacuum and, scrambling from the wreckage, comes the ruthless Serene Galahad...
  • Rika Outcast by M.D. Cooper

    Rika Outcast by M.D. Cooper

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Begin Rika's journey in Rika Mechanized, a novella prequel leading up to the events of Rika Outcast.Rika is mech-meat, a cyborg killing machine, created by the Genevian military and cast aside when the war was lost.Now she slings cargo on Dekar Station, falling deeper in debt as she struggles to make enough money to keep her cybernetic body functioning...
  • Defender by Mike Shepherd

    Defender by Mike Shepherd

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Kris Longknife is back in the good graces of the brass—and to demonstrate that, they've promoted her to Admiral. Now her mission is to find the home base of the space pirates who are plaguing the fringes of the galaxy.But no mission is ever simple when your name is Longknife...
  • The Hands We're Given by O.E. Tearmann

    The Hands We're Given by O.E. Tearmann

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Aidan Headly never wanted to be the man giving orders. That's fine with the Democratic State Force base he's been assigned to command: they don't like to take orders. Nicknamed the Wildcards, they used to be the most effective base against the seven Corporations owning the former United States in a war that has lasted over half a century...
  • False Gods by Graham McNeill

    False Gods by Graham McNeill

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The human Imperium stands at its height of glory - thousands of worlds have been brought to heel by the conquering armies of mankind...
  • When the Bough Breaks by Christopher G. Nuttall

    When the Bough Breaks by Christopher G. Nuttall

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    “When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, “And down will come baby, cradle and all.”The Galactic Empire is dying. In their high towers, the Grand Senators plot and struggle to grasp a larger share of power while on the streets, the poor struggle to survive just one more day...
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    dark  dystopia  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Furious by Mike Shepherd

    Furious by Mike Shepherd

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Having used unorthodox methods to save a world—and every sentient being on it—Lieutenant Commander Kris Longknife is wanted across the galaxy for crimes against humanity. For her own safety, she’s been assigned to a backwater planet where her Fast Patrol Squadron 127 enforces immigration control and smuggler interdiction...
  • Double Eagle by Dan Abnett

    Double Eagle by Dan Abnett

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    In the blood soaked Sabbat worlds crusade, Warmaster Macaroth's Imperial Crusade Force is attempting to halt a massive counter attack led by the Chaos legions of the dread-lord Anakwanar Sek...
  • Choice of the Cat by E.E. Knight

    Choice of the Cat by E.E. Knight

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The alien Reapers have ruled Earth for forty-five years. David Valentine is a member of the human resistance, who is now being trained as a Cat-an elite stealth warrior. His first mission is to investigate the threat of the Twisted Cross, a mysterious new force under Reaper control...
  • Space Wolf by William King

    Space Wolf by William King

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    After being revived from a savage death on the battlefield, Ragnar is recruited into the fearsome Space Wolves Chapter. He is then thrown into a galactic war against the dark forces of Chaos. However, the implanting of the Canis Helix unleashes his primal instincts and Ragnar must fight to control the beast within him...
  • The Reformer by S.M. Stirling, David Drake

    The Reformer by S.M. Stirling, David Drake

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After the collapse of the galactic Web, civilizations crumbled and chaos reigned on thousands of planets. Only on planet Bellevue was there a difference. There, a Fleet Battle Computer named Center had survived from the old civilization...
  • Stark's Crusade by John G. Hemry, Jack Campbell

    Stark's Crusade by John G. Hemry, Jack Campbell

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Barnes & Noble ReviewStark's Crusade is the concluding volume of a popular military science fiction trilogy written by former U.S. Navy officer John G. Hemry. The first two books, Stark's War and Stark's Command, began chronicling the life of Sergeant Ethan Stark, a living military legend who is sent to the moon to take back control of what America believes is its property...
  • Claimed by Laurie Roma

    Claimed by Laurie Roma

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As one of Earth’s greatest leaders, Commander Jax Spartan lives his life by a strict code. Dedicated and alpha to the core, he is the epitome of what every Elite solider aspires to be. Second-in-command Sullivan Archer rules by his best friend’s side, and together they form an unstoppable force that few are foolish enough to challenge...
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    dark  dystopia  war  action-adventure  adult  aliens  book  fiction
  • Theories of Flight by Simon Morden

    Theories of Flight by Simon Morden

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Winner of the 2012 Philip K. Dick AwardTheorem: Petrovitch has a lot of secrets.Proof: Secrets like how to make anti-gravity for one. For another, he's keeping a sentient computer program on a secret server farm - the same program that nearly destroyed the Metrozone a few months back.Theorem: The city is broken.Proof: The people of the OutZone want what citizens of the Metrozone have...
  • The Sword by S.M. Stirling, David Drake

    The Sword by S.M. Stirling, David Drake

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For five years Raj Whitehall has led his men across the face of the planet Bellevue. With saber and bayonet he has conquered one barbarian nation after another. Now his greatest enemy is his own overlord, Barholm Clerett, who's so paranoid of Raj's victories that he is reduced to only one thought: Raj Whitehall must die...
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    dystopia  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  epic  fiction
  • The Anvil by S.M. Stirling, David Drake

    The Anvil by S.M. Stirling, David Drake

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With the aid of a sentient battle computer from before the collapse of interstellar civilization, Raj Whitehall has come close to reuniting the entire planet of Bellevue. Raj is loved by the people, who hold him in awe, but the half-mad jealousy and fear of his emperor is about to force Raj to revolt or face death by torture...
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    dystopia  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  epic  fiction
  • The Steel by S.M. Stirling, David Drake

    The Steel by S.M. Stirling, David Drake

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For five years, the computer in Raj Whitehall's mind has been using him as its instrument to reunite the planet Bellevue as the first step in restoring technological civilization across the galaxy. Now, Raj's mission is to take on hordes of the Holy Federation and regain territories lost to the Civil Government for centuries...
  • Grey Hunter by William King

    Grey Hunter by William King

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When the dark forces of Chaos seize one of their Chapter's holiest artifacts, Ragnar and his Space Wolf comrades embark on a perilous quest to retrieve it before an ancient and terrible foe can be set free. Reissue...
  • Flashfire by David Sherman, Dan Cragg

    Flashfire by David Sherman, Dan Cragg

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Packed with hard-core action written by battle-savvy combat veterans, the explosive Starfist series has become hugely popular across America. Now the saga of the courageous Marines continues in Flashfire, as the 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) ventures to the edge of Human Space to fight a number of enemies . . . some on their own side...
  • Survivor by Mike Shepherd

    Survivor by Mike Shepherd

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Seeking revenge for her brother’s death, Grand Duchess Vicky Peterwald underwent an unlikely transformation—from pampered heir to naval lieutenant. Now a new challenge looms: Vicky will need to use both her military and political ranks to rebuild war-torn planets, planets ruined both by the Peterwald Empire and by Kris Longknife’s revolutionary quests.   But not everyone shares Vicky’s goals...
  • Warden by Alex Knight

    Warden by Alex Knight

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit, Kaiden’s only hope of early release is in serving as a Warden in the game-world of Nova Online. Playing as a unique class while surrounded by aliens, pirates and warring guilds, he and his squad are tasked with protecting new players and enforcing the rule of law. But Kaiden has other ideas; he is intent on proving his innocence...
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    cyberpunk  dystopia  war  action-adventure  adult  ai  audiobook  book
  • Carcharodons: Red Tithe by Robbie MacNiven

    Carcharodons: Red Tithe by Robbie MacNiven

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Night has fallen on the prison world of Zartak. Renegades from the Imperium's dawn stalk the complex, bringing pain and death. But something just as dangerous awaits them: the loyal, but brutal and predatory, Carcharadons.On the prison world of Zartak, darkness has fallen on arbitrators and inmates alike. The Night Lords have come, and with them the shadow of fear and pain...
  • Eclipse Penumbra by John Shirley

    Eclipse Penumbra by John Shirley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE SA HAD BEEN HIRED TO MAKE ORDER.AND THEY PLANNED TO KEEP IT…FOREVER.From the beginning, thwarting the Second Alliance had been the first priority of the New Resistance; now the SA had decided it was time to return the favor. Resistance could not be allowed to interfere with the progress of the SA’s master plan...
  • Chimera by T.C. McCarthy

    Chimera by T.C. McCarthy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Escaped Germline soldiers need to be cleaned up, and Stan Resnick is the best man for the job. A job that takes him to every dark spot and every rat hole he can find...
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