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The Ender Quartet Box Set (The Ender Quintet, #1-4) by Orson Scott Card
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis boxed set contains Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind. Ender's Game Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers... -
![Cold Eyes by Peter Cawdron]()
Cold Eyes by Peter Cawdron
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCOLD EYES is a FIRST CONTACT tribute to the 1974 science fiction classic, THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE.The UN warship Magellan is twelve light-years from Earth, exploring a cold eye, a tidally-locked super-earth called Bee. At least two advanced, intelligent species evolved on the planet, but no one is waiting for them in orbit. Dali Patel has to figure out why... -
![Who Can Own the Stars? by Mackey Chandler]()
Who Can Own the Stars? by Mackey Chandler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Kingdom of Central's sovereign, Heather Anderson, set L1 as a limit for armed ships to respect, de-militarizing the Solar System. Now that the Earth nations are experimenting with star drives they want to challenge this limit anew. The USNA starship, Constitution is intercepted violating the L1 limit and brings them to the brink of war again... -
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 by Robert Silverberg, Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIf you own only one anthology of classic science fiction, it should be The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964. Selected by a vote of the membership of the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA), these 26 reprints represent the best, most important, and most influential stories and authors in the field... -
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![Company by Hugh Howey]()
Company by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOut here on the edge of sector eight, I can be alone with my thoughts. Sometimes, this isn't a good thing... -
![Visitor by Hugh Howey]()
Visitor by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe worst part about having it all, is having it all taken away... -
![Grounding Gracus by Mikayla Lane]()
Grounding Gracus by Mikayla Lane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***WARNING!!! This book is a Part 1 and contains a heavy cliffhanger that will not be resolved until Part 2, True Traitor is released at the end of July 2015!*** Gracus Adrastor, First Commander of the ship Adaria, had been circling the planet Earth for more than two years now... -
![Saving Koda by Mikayla Lane]()
Saving Koda by Mikayla Lane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe gift was Emily Smith’s curse, and she’d have killed herself long ago if her mother hadn’t died giving birth to her autistic sister. The baby needed her, and that was enough to keep Emily in the world. She’d never known peace in her life; the curse kept them isolated and on the move as they sought to flee the spirits of the dead... -
![The Last Dancer by Daniel Keys Moran]()
The Last Dancer by Daniel Keys Moran
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Manhattan-based Unification government controls the earth, but rebellion brews in Occupied America as the American Revolution's tricentennial approaches... -
![The Philip K. Dick Reader by Philip K. Dick]()
The Philip K. Dick Reader by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMany thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount, and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K... -
![Extinction Point: Kings by Paul Antony Jones]()
Extinction Point: Kings by Paul Antony Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHIS IS THE END... The Caretakers are dead, destroyed by the revelation of their long-ago corruption at the hands of a mysterious alien race. But Earth and its human survivors are still not free; the alien scourge that brought about so much calamity to the planet are coming to claim what they believe is rightfully theirs... -
![The Artifact by Peter Cawdron]()
The Artifact by Peter Cawdron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFive hundred miles from the Mediterranean, deep in the interior of Libya, lost in the heart of the Sahara itself, lies an oasis trapped in the past. With no surface water, Harat Zuwayyah barely supports any life at all. The scorching wind howls across the desert, driving the sand and threatening to bury the village. Professor Susan Taylor excavates an Egyptian tomb dated to prehistoric times... -
![Bounty by Hugh Howey]()
Bounty by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI live in a tin can out on the edge of sector eight. Not much is supposed to happen here. Ships are supposed to fly by at twenty times the speed of light. My beacon is supposed to keep them safe. Things don't always go like they're supposed to... -
![Hive by J.K. Accinni]()
Hive by J.K. Accinni
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the rush to the Tampa Airport, Abby meets a small group of elephants from the famous Elizabeth Siggins Wildlife Foundation fleeing the political horrors of Africa. Putting them under her protection and that of the Hive, she meets Tobi, the elderly matriarch of the small herd who will sacrifice herself to save a human and in return is rewarded with the ultimate gift the Womb can bestow... -
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![Troop of Shadows by Nicki Huntsman Smith]()
Troop of Shadows by Nicki Huntsman Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA catastrophic pandemic ravages the globe, reducing the human population to extinction levels and cleansing the world of mediocrity. A doomsday prepper, a molecular geneticist, a journal-keeping loner, and a martial arts-trained nerd survive the disease that annihilated almost everyone else on the planet... -
![Krimson Run by Julia Huni, Craig Martelle]()
Krimson Run by Julia Huni, Craig Martelle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Federation will make you pay for your crimes, even the fake ones.Tony, a spy from a rival star system who is the scion of a galactic crime family. Quinn, falsely accused former military, betrayed by her husband. A conspiracy that intertwines their lives.Where did the government go wrong? When they separated Quinn from her kids... -
![The Embers of Hope by Nick Jones]()
The Embers of Hope by Nick Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlternate cover for this ASIN can be found hereAfter narrowly escaping the Shiryaevo Vault, Nathan O’Brien is on the run, adapting to life without Jennifer Logan. In his possession: a powerful mind control device known as the Histeridae and evidence of the Hibernation Program’s true agenda... -
![Catori's Worlds by Murielle Cyr]()
Catori's Worlds by Murielle Cyr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCatori has all the odds stacked against her: a loner with mismatched eyes who hates school and just about everybody who goes there. Her ability to see things nobody else does makes her an oddball at school. She accidently boards the wrong bus to school one morning and is transported to a strange parallel world... -
![Dark Matter by Jenetta Penner]()
Dark Matter by Jenetta Penner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArcadia was supposed to be Earth 2.0—a haven for humanity while they fought desperately to save their dying homeworld. But nothing has turned out like Cassiopeia Foster had thought.Another race, the Alku, already occupies the planet in a parallel dimension called Paxon... -
![The Maze Runner: by James Dashner | Summary & Analysis by Book*Sense]()
The Maze Runner: by James Dashner | Summary & Analysis by Book*Sense
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Maze Runner: by James Dashner | Summary & Analysis (The Maze Runner Series, Book 1) by Book*Sense This is a Summary & Analysis of The Maze Runner by James Dashner. Award-winning author James Dashner’s The Maze Runner shows the influences of the author’s broad reading... -
![Ender's Game Alive: The Full-Cast Audioplay by Orson Scott Card]()
Ender's Game Alive: The Full-Cast Audioplay by Orson Scott Card
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA dramatization written by Orson Scott Card, based on his bestselling novel and the upcoming theatrical film release. 70 years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion... -
![An Assassin's Accord by Michael Anderle]()
An Assassin's Accord by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes, the biggest monsters don’t have claws and look just like humans.Because they are!The world is different. An alien ‘infection’ of flora and fauna is contained by massive walls and substantial firepower over in the middle of Africa. It holds the promise of immortality, and infinite wealth.Now, when a country needs help finding and taking down the worst they have a new company to call... -
![Kept By The Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West]()
Kept By The Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHUMAN FEMALES CANNOT BE TRUSTED.She killed to escape her former slave master.Stowed away on my ship. Injected me with poison.Now she’s been remanded to me for probation.It’s my job to watch her. Rule over her. Discipline her.It’s up to me to decide if she’s worthy of asylum on our planet.And I’m dragging my feet on the decision.Because stars know, I like her right where I have her.In my home... -
![Origins by Isamu Fukui]()
Origins by Isamu Fukui
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFifteen years ago, the Mayor of the Education City was presented with an unwelcome surprise by his superiors: twin six-month-old boys. As the Mayor reluctantly accepted the two babies, he had no way of knowing that they would change the city forever….Raised in the comfort of the Mayoral mansion, Umasi and Zen are as different as two brothers can be. Umasi is a good student; Zen an indifferent one... -
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![The Oceans Between Stars by Kevin Emerson]()
The Oceans Between Stars by Kevin Emerson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt is Earth year 2223, but the Earth, along with the entire solar system, is gone... -
![Star-Crossed by Pintip Dunn]()
Star-Crossed by Pintip Dunn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPrincess Vela's people are starving.Stranded on a planet that lacks food, Vela makes the ultimate sacrifice and becomes an Aegis for her people. Accepting a genetic modification that takes sixty years off her life, she can feed her colony via nutrition pills. But her best friend is still getting worse. And she's not the only one.Now the king is dying, too... -
![Invasion Day by Scott Moon]()
Invasion Day by Scott Moon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDavid Osage is a dangerous man with a dangerous past, but these days he’s just trying to keep his head down, driving big rigs. One night he saddles himself with a hitchhiker, a nuisance who’s more than she seems. And that’s when everything changes.No one was ready for an alien invasion. Death is raining from the sky and the only question left is do you run, fight, or submit... -
![The Missing Persons League by Frank Bonham]()
The Missing Persons League by Frank Bonham
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrian's sister and mother vanished without a trace over a year ago. It was not uncommon. People were disappearing everywhere. To Brian, life had become a frightening madness. He knows that in another two years the planet will be unable to support life.Now suddenly, his father is gone. Fighting the panic that haunts everyone, Brian resolves to find his family before it is too late...Categorized as:
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![Ajax by Olivia Hutchinson]()
Ajax by Olivia Hutchinson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's not easy being a girl, especially when there are only a few thousand of you left in the galaxy.Ajax fell from the sky on the same day my entire world shifted on its axis. The little safety I had was ripped away in a single morning, leaving me alone and destitute on an alien moon... -
![Losing Mars by Cidney Swanson]()
Losing Mars by Cidney Swanson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJessamyn has survived a terrifying crash but lost her ship, joining Pavel, Ethan, and others in the dissenter settlement of Yucca. Now, Chancellor Lucca Brezhnaya believes Jess is out to destroy the Terran government, and Lucca will stop at nothing to find Jess... -
![Mars Burning by Cidney Swanson]()
Mars Burning by Cidney Swanson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChancellor Lucca believes Jess and Pavel are dead, and now she's deadly determined to make certain Mars never interferes with her or her world again. Meanwhile on Mars, Mei Lo pleads with the Raiders to finish their second mission: disabling the Terran satellites. But the satellites aren't all that threaten the red planet... -
![Tempest And The Warrior by C.L. Scholey]()
Tempest And The Warrior by C.L. Scholey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHurting and angry, Cy, a lone Zargonnii warrior spends years banished from a planet he loves. Home. The word eats his soul. Planet after planet he travels, but there is only one place for him. His ship crashes during a battle with a mind altering Angano alien, landing him on a desolate planet with a human female and her young son. Tempest is his ticket home... -
![Beyond Reach by Siobhan Davis]()
Beyond Reach by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSOME SECRETS ARE WORTH FIGHTING FORBack on Earth, Ariana is caught in a dangerous crossfire between clandestine rebel organization Clementia and the power-hungry government. Refusing to divulge the location of the secret information entrusted to her by her late father, she desperately tries to bargain for her Mom, Lily, and Cal’s rescue. She’s fighting a losing battle, and the clock is ticking... -
![A Warp in Time by Jude Watson]()
A Warp in Time by Jude Watson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe harrowing tale of survival and suspicion takes its most dramatic turn yet when Molly, Yoshi, and the rest discover that there are more than just monsters in the rift.There are other kids, too.. -
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![Beneath a Trojan Moon by Anna Hackett]()
Beneath a Trojan Moon by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA flirtatious fortune teller + a sexy, single-minded marshal = a sexy, fast-paced sci fi romance Fortune teller Relda Dela-Cruz is a woman with a secret. One she'll do anything to conceal. She hides in plain sight on the market world of Souk, content with running her profitable fortune-telling business and never letting anyone too close... -
![Wanderer: Origins by Simon Goodson]()
Wanderer: Origins by Simon Goodson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHunted by a powerful Imperial fleet, his friends infected by the Taint, Jess has only one place to turn — the homeworld of his amazing ship, the Wanderer.But his journey will reveal the origins of far more than just the Wanderer, and both the Empire and the Taint will be ready to pounce at any moment... -
![Wanderer: Echoes of the Past by Simon Goodson]()
Wanderer: Echoes of the Past by Simon Goodson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFreedom was only the start. The crew of the Wanderer face ever greater challenges as their journey continues. Knowing the Empire will hunt them down Jess and the others must seek help from another source.Turning to the criminal underworld seems like their only option, but it soon threatens to end in disaster. Especially when past events return to haunt the present... -
![Intrepid by Nate Johnson]()
Intrepid by Nate Johnson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDiscovering new worlds. What could be better. What was supposed to be a six month cruise of discovery had turned into a gloried baby sitting adventure for a bunch of civilians. Leave it to the Imperial Navy to ruin a good thing. Petty Officer Tanner just wanted to finish the patrol and get back to normal. That, and as far away from the enticing Miss Nora Johnson as possible... -
![The Deep Beyond: Cuckoo's Egg / Serpent's Reach (Union-Alliance Universe) by C.J. Cherryh]()
The Deep Beyond: Cuckoo's Egg / Serpent's Reach (Union-Alliance Universe) by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTwo of Cherryh's stand-alone SF novels--including the Hugo Award finalist "Cuckoo's Egg"--are now available in this omnibus volume. Original.Cuckoo's EggThey named him Thorn. They told him he was of their people, although he was so different. He was ugly in their eyes, strange, sleek-skinned instead of furred, clawless, different... -
![Evolution by Kyle West]()
Evolution by Kyle West
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo stop the virus, enemies must become friends.After two months in Skyhome, Alex and the crew are rested and healed from their ordeal in Bunker One. But the war against the xenovirus is only beginning.They must leave the safety of the space station to gain the favor of Emperor Augustus of Nova Roma. But when disaster strikes outside the capital, the team must scramble to save one of their own... -
![The Gabble And Other Stories by Neal Asher]()
The Gabble And Other Stories by Neal Asher
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMost of Neal Asher's stories are set in a galactic future-scape called 'The Polity', and with this collection of marvellously inventive and action-packed short stories, he takes us further into the manifold diversities of that amazing universe... -
![Vanquished by Tana Stone]()
Vanquished by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy planet made a deal with the ruthless Vandar. Now I belong to the most feared warlord in the galaxy.It was supposed to be a random lottery with just one unlucky woman chosen to seal the alliance between my frozen outpost and the Vandar warriors. One bride to guarantee we wouldn't betray them to the Zagrath Empire...Categorized as:
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![Defending Elysium by Brandon Sanderson]()
Defending Elysium by Brandon Sanderson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThis story originally appeared in the October/November 2008 Asimov’s Science Fiction (in the US) and the UPC Science Fiction collection (in Europe)."An image came to him. An image of humankind escaping into space. An image of human merchants trading and cheating, of human tyrants capturing the Varvax, Tenasi, and Hommar. Images of wars, of fighting, of a paradise destroyed... -
![Revolt in 2100/Methuselah's Children by Robert A. Heinlein]()
Revolt in 2100/Methuselah's Children by Robert A. Heinlein
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsRevolt in 2100: After the fall of the American Ayatollahs (as foretold in Stranger in a Strange Land) there is a Second American Revolution; for the first time in human history there is a land with Liberty and Justice for All. Methuselah's Children: Americans are fiercely proud of the freedom they seized in Revolt in 2100. Nothing could make them forswear it... -
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![Star Trek: Der Erste Kontakt by J.M. Dillard]()
Star Trek: Der Erste Kontakt by J.M. Dillard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom the deepest, darkest reaches of space came the greatest threat the federation had ever faced: the Borg. Half organic/half mechanical, the Borg were relentless and bent on conquering and "assimilating" all intelligent life; a single Borg vessel destroyed 39 Federation starships, decimating Starfleet... -
![Blacklisted by Gena Showalter]()
Blacklisted by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlien hunting can get a girl killed. It can also get her a date.High school senior Camille Robins and her best friend are determined to snag the attention of their crushes before graduation next month. Armed with red-hot outfits and killer hair, they sneak into the hottest nightclub in town -- which caters to the rich and famous, both human and alien... -
![The Trials by Stacey Kade]()
The Trials by Stacey Kade
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter being on the run, Ariane Tucker finds herself back where she started—under the cruel control of Dr. Jacobs, head of the research facility that created her. Now she must participate in the upcoming trials; a deadly competition pitting her against other alien hybrids, each representing a rival corporation. But Ariane is no one’s weapon... -
![The Fifth Element by Terry Bisson]()
The Fifth Element by Terry Bisson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery five thousand years, a door opens between the dimensions. In one dimension lies the universe and all of its multitude of varied life forms. In another exists an element made not of earth, air, fire or water, but of an anti-energy, anti-life. This "thing", this darkness, waits patiently at the threshold of the universe for an opportunity to extinguish all life and all light... -
![Beyond by Maureen A. Miller]()
Beyond by Maureen A. Miller
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt is the day after Aimee Patterson’s high school graduation. College beckons, as does her dream of becoming an engineer. On an early evening walk, her cocker spaniel charges into the woods on the other side of the pond. Aimee trails after him, and in the stillness of that forest the unthinkable happens. She becomes paralyzed and watches in horror as her hands vanish before her eyes... -
![Out of the Ashes by Pittacus Lore]()
Out of the Ashes by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSet in the world of Pittacus Lore’s Lorien Legacies series, this 100-page novella begins a new saga that coincides with the events of Generation One. Fan-favorite characters Six and Sam Goode return in this digital original companion series that’s The X-Files meets the X-men...
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