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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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Memento by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling authors Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff comes an Illuminae prequel digital novella that gives readers a hair-raising glimpse into the calamity that befell the invincible AI system known as AIDAN–and the daring young programmer who would risk her life to keep it from crashing.AIDAN is the AI you’ll love to hate... -
Coalition's End by Karen Traviss
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUnderstand what a world had to do to survive. When the Locust Horde burst from the ground fifteen years ago to slaughter the human population of Sera, mankind began a desperate war against extinction... -
Mamelukes by Jerry Pournelle, David Weber
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE FINAL NOVEL BY LEGENDARY AUTHOR JERRY POURNELLE, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR DAVID WEBER AND AUTHOR'S SON PHILLIP POURNELLENO REST FOR THE WEARYRick Galloway's still not sure what inspired him to volunteer to fight Cubans in Angola, and he certainly never expected to end his African adventure shanghaied by a flying saucer when his CIA superiors cut him and his... -
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Star Fox: Book One by Rob Buckman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a future not far from our own, Christopher Knight, a sergeant in the Royal Marines is transported to an alien world where the technology is so far advanced from his own it seems like magic. Chris tries to find a way home, but the beautiful alien woman responsible for dragging him into this situation, and the dreaded Tal-Shial agents chasing her make it impossible... -
Deep Space - Hidden Terror by Laurence E. Dahners
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis hard Sci-Fi novel is the sixth book in the “Stasis Stories,” a series of optimistic tales of technological innovation in the near future. They follow Kaem Seba, a young man with extraordinary math talents. With his friends, he’s come up with a device that allows time to be stopped within limited volumes of space-time... -
The Last Squadron by Dan Jayson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJust fifteen years from now, the world is polarised along ethnic and religious lines. Regional low-intenstiry wars have now been raging for thirty-five years. In the midst of the conflict, ninety-seven members of the Allied forces 9th Mountain Squadron enroute from the Northern Front for a long awaited period of rest and relaxation, are shot down over the Nordic wilderness... -
Return to Zero by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAll bets are off in this third and final book in the Lorien Legacies Reborn series!After the battle in Switzerland, the Fugitive Six find their allegiances torn, dividing them into two factions. Taylor, Kopano, and Nigel return to the Academy with Nine, but nothing is the same... -
Star Legions: The Ten Thousand Complete Series Box Set (Books 1 - 7) by Michael G. Thomas
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*** RELEASE DISCOUNT 50% OFF *** They are an unstoppable force of mercenaries from every known Terran planet in the Galaxy. They have little in common, other than their love of wealth and adventure, and a bitter hatred for each other. Known simply as the Black Legion, they will blaze a trail of death and destruction that will be remembered for generations... -
The Black Mamba by C.R. Daems
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe quiet, unflappable Rivka is truly a black mamba in a mouse's skin as kings, queens, and raiders are about to discover. Because of Rivka's successes, the Jax Contract Committee continues to accept more of the lucrative, non-standard projects, and General Issak continues to shamelessly call on Rivka to solve his impossible problems... -
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... -
Spear of the Emperor by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA Warhammer 40,000 novelThe Emperor's Spears are a Chapter on the edge of destruction, last watchmen over the Elara's Veil nebula... -
The Unconquerable: Bolos 2 by Keith Laumer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Unconquerable continues the amplified history of the Bolo--an almost indestructible, nearly unstoppable tank controlled by a sophisticated artificial intelligence. These stories by S.M. Stirling, William R. Forstchen, Christopher Stasheff, Shirley Meier, Todd Johnson and more tell of the faithful and tireless protectors of the human race: the Bolos.Contains:ANCESTRAL VOICES S. M...Categorized as:
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The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAlthough they had won a significant battle, the war between the Rebels and the Empire had really just begun. Soon, Luke, Han, the princess and their faithful companions were forced to flee, scattering in all directions—the Dark Lord's minions in fevered pursuit... -
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The Terminator by Shaun Hutson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 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... -
Retribution by Andrew Beery
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the fourth book in the best-selling Catherine Kimbridge series. This book picks up the story immediately following book 3. The GCP is facing an adversary called the Syndicate that has no respect for freedom or life. Even worse... the Syndicate may not be the ultimate power behind their empire... -
Early Years by Steven Campbell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCollection of short stories featuring Hard Luck Hank and his early days on Belvaille... -
The Rods and the Axe by Tom Kratman
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBooks #6 in the popular Carrera military science fiction series.Tarawa. Iwo. Normandy. Names that shine in the military history of two worlds, places where brave men stormed ashore and fought their way to victory no matter the odds. But then there are other names: Marathon. Malta. Gallipoli... -
Prince of Crows by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Thramas Crusade draws to its inevitable conclusion, with the forces of the Dark Angels and the Night Lords locked in a struggle which neither side can abandon. The Night Haunter lies comatose after being mauled by his primarch brother Lion El'Jonson, and in his absence it falls to Sevatar and the remaining members of the Kyroptera to command the Legion... -
Shutdown by Heather Anastasiu
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe battle is all but over, and hope seems to be lost. Zoe and her fellow Resistance fighters are on the run, having lost their home, their protection, and their leader. They are outnumbered and outmatched by the powerful corporation that controls the world, and the cruel Chancellor is inches away from completing a scheme that would kill most of humanity... -
Bolo! by David Weber
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsControlled by their tireless electronic brains which were programmed to admit no possibility of defeat, the gigantic robot tanks known as Bolos were almost indestructible, and nearly unstoppable... -
Killswitch by Joel Shepherd
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo years after the unhatching of Callayan President Neiland's plot to make the capital city of Tanusha the center of the Federation, Callay is under siege. So begins the third installment of this gripping trilogy from an exciting new sci-fi author. A powerful faction of conservative Fleet captains has surrounded Callay, at Earth's behest, and is threatening a blockade – or worse... -
Strength and Honor by R.M. Meluch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCaptain John Farragut and the crew of the U.S.S. Merrimack face their greatest challenge as Caesar Romulus declares war on the United States of America with a direct attack on Earth. The Merrimack retaliates with an assault on the Roman capital world of Palatine, and in the midst of the chaos, the Hive descends on Earth... -
Delete by Kim Curran
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe country is at war. Beset by enemies within and without. And all because of the decisions changed by one boy, Scott Tyler. In this ravaged alternative world, Scott hardly recognizes himself. He's a war hero, a leader of a unit of Shifters and maybe the only one who can prevent the country's frail defenses from crumbling... -
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Terminator Salvation: Trial by Fire by Timothy Zahn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFollowing the dramatic events of Terminator Salvation, a recovering John Connor grants Barnes permission to return to the destroyed VLA lab and bury his brother, killed in the explosive opening of the movie. At the ruins Barnes and Blair Williams hunt through the debris for the remains of their comrade but instead uncover a mysterious cable leading up into the mountains... -
Slave of the Legion by Marshall S. Thomas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe O's had killed two billion humans. Beta Three wanted revenge. The Mound was in his sights. "There's no way the O's are going to inherit this world. It's going to glow in the dark first." When squad Beta is sent on a recon mission to Uldo in the Gassies, they find the Omni's--deadly aliens with unstoppable psychic power loose in the wrong universe... -
Androne by Dwain Worrell
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHumanity’s new war is an enigma with an enemy threat beyond all imagination in this near-future novel of mind-blowing adventure where the fate of mankind rests in the choices of one ordinary soldier.In one terrifying event called the Ninety-Nine, all major military installations on earth were eviscerated. But by whom? Foreign powers, AIs, ETs? Every conceivable adversary was ruled out... -
Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter a great war, the East Pacific is in ruins. In brutal Neo Seoul, where status comes from success in combat, ex-gang member Lee Jaewon is a talented pilot rising in the ranks of the academy. Abandoned as a kid in the slums of Old Seoul by his rebel father, Jaewon desires only to escape his past and prove himself a loyal soldier of the Neo State... -
By Force of Arms by William C. Dietz
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHaving stopped a mutiny against Earth's government, General Bill Booly and his troops face an even greater challenge: a battle for the future of every living being in the universe, against a fanatical human and his killer technology."Dietz's expertise in matters of mayhem is second to none... -
Terminator Salvation: The Official Movie Novelization by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe eagerly awaited fourth Terminator movie, Terminator Salvation, starring Christian Bale and directed by McG, reaches cinemas on 22 May 2009.In a brand-new chapter in the Terminator chronicles, Judgment Day has come to pass and Skynet has destroyed much of the world’s population. In this post-apocalyptic world, the resistance, led by John Connor, continues its brutal fight for survival... -
For Those Who Fell by William C. Dietz
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a galaxy where alliances shift like sand, the Legion of the Damned is humanity's first line of defense-and often last hope-against its enemies. Now, the acclaimed author of For More Than Glory delivers a gripping new novel of the soldiers-both human and cyborg-who step up when the chips are down.. -
Daylight On Iron Mountain by David Wingrove
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChange is on the air. The generals of the Middle Kingdom await the decision of the emperor. The campaign to secure the border from China to Iraq has reached a strange impasse. Two blood enemies—Arabs and Jews—have united against their common cause. But with the lives of thousands at his whim, the exalted Tsao Ch'un, the Son of Heaven, cannot decide... -
The Chronicles of Old Guy by Timothy J. Gawne
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn the distant future mankind creates sentient cybertanks patterned on the human brain to help fight their alien enemies. Then, inexplicably, the humans vanished. They just went away. All that is left of the human empire are the cybertanks who, in their own way, keep the human civilization alive... -
Citizens by John Ringo
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA hard-hitting specialized anthology written by military veterans selected by armed forces veteran and New York Times best-selling author John Ringo and Hugo-nominated editor Brian M. Thomsen. Legendary science fiction writers, and citizen warriors, deliver science fiction military adventure tales on a grand scale. Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke, Laumer, Wolfe, and other greats... -
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Gorgon Child by Steven Barnes
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA virtual superman, a streetfighter trained by the Mob, Knight turns his awesome powers on those who created him. Fighting alongside his beautiful mate, he takes on a corrupt television evangelist who schemes to enslave America. The action-packed, near-future adventure sequel to Streetlethal... -
Lieutenant Colonel by Rick Shelley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLon Nolan, the newly appointed Lieutenant Colonel, prepares to lead the Corps into a savage war on a frontier mining planet... -
The Black March by Marshall S. Thomas
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the volcanic cauldron of Andrion 3, the young Legion trooper Thinker and his squad battle a merciless alien enemy that has never known defeat. The mission is victory or death, for failure will mean extinction of their species... -
Yorktown by Bill Robinson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour hundred years in our future, Captain Katana Krieger has just assumed command of the Union Navy’s new frigate, USS Yorktown, when suddenly she and her crew are assigned to find a missing convoy 200 light years from earth. What she finds instead is an alien invasion, one that only she and her crew can stop. Action and adventure await the reader... -
Scattered Suns by Kevin J. Anderson
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe war between the alien hydrogues and the faeros ravages the Ildiran Empire, dividing humanity. New Mage-Imperator Jora'h must quash the rebellion launched by his mad brother before the hydrogues destroy what is left of the empire. He sends his beloved half-human daughter on a desperate mission to make peace with the hydrogues... -
The Province by Skyler Grant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPower has two-edges. Emma has attained new heights in the Scholarium, and while that provides countless new opportunities for research it also means things have never been more perilous. Alliances will be forged and broken when a new war with the Righteous ignites and powerful new weapons come into play with the ability to reshape reality itself... -
Imperial Guard Omnibus: Volume One by Steve Lyons, Steve Parker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOmnibus edition collecting the novels, Fifteen Hours, Death World and Rebel Winter from the popular Warhammer 40,000 Imperial Guard series... -
For More Than Glory by William C. Dietz
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt's been six months since the Confederacy - and every one of its reluctant allies - united to face an invasion waged against all sentient creatures. Spearheading the battle was Legion General Bill Booly. But now, in the wake of the war, the general has found himself struggling to balance his military, political, and humane obligations ... and a daunting set of priorities... -
Star Guard by Andre Norton
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey were Terrans, considered by Central Control to be the ideal mercenaries of the galaxy. Divided into “Hordes” and “Legions”, the former serving on primitive worlds with hand weapons. The latter indulging in technical warfare on more advanced planets. These man of death followed orders perfectly – until rumors of whole unit annihilations began to spread...Categorized as:
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Soul Drinker by Ben Counter
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe human Imperium is in a perpetual state of war against alien aggressors, but the lines between humanity's defenders and enemies are blurred. Now on a mission to retrieve an ancient relic, the Soul Drinkers Chapter of the Space Marines is forced to make an impossible choice between remaining loyal to the Emperor of Mankind and being true to themselves... -
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Battlemind by William H. Keith Jr., Ian Douglas
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Web, a vast machine intelligence of unbelievable power, is steadily consuming the galaxy, indifferent to any species that stands in its way. Fighting the Web brings together an alliance between disparate societies and alien civilizations to stand against it in battle... -
Symbionts by William H. Keith Jr.
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDev Cameron helped the rebel Confederation defeat the Hegemony forces at Herakles, but his experience merging with an alien Naga consciousness has changed him irrevocably, and the rebellion rages on. After the passive DalRiss unexpectedly attack the Hegemony, Dev and Katya Alessandro are sent to meet with the aliens to determine if they have a common enemy... -
Meduson: The Ultimate Edition by Dan Abnett, Graham McNeill
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDriven almost to the brink of self-destruction by the death of Ferrus Manus, the Iron Hands now seek vengeance for the many horrors of Isstvan V... -
Terminator Salvation: From the Ashes by Timothy Zahn
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFrom The Ashes, written by Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn, sets the scene for the events chronicled in the movie Terminator Salvation, revealing the full story behind John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators... -
Gunheads by Steve Parker
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn the grim Warhammer 40,000 universe, an armored company is sent to recover a long-lost battle tank from a planet overrrun with orks, in a tale of savage warfare by the author of Rebel Winter. Original... -
Training Daze by Mike Shepherd
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAn exciting military Science Fiction novella set between Mike Shepherd’s third and fourth Kris Longknife novels. Kris Longknife dodges assassins, gains an unwelcome (though rather handsome) bodyguard, and puts together a training squad to travel from planet to planet, preparing crews for the newest, fastest, and deadliest fighting ship...
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