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Dead Eagles by Phil Ward
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn this sequel to Those Who Dare, U.S.Major John Randal, Commander of Strategic Raiding Forces is back, leading a crew of British Commandos, Royal Marines and Royal Navy raiders on bigger and bolder missions to foil Hitler's Third Reich. Off the Gold Coast colony in Africa, the Germans are operating a naval intelligence ring that gathers information about British convoys in the southern sea-lane... -
![Friendly Fire by N.C. Reed]()
Friendly Fire by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou 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... -
![Kobani: This is the Future of War by F.X. Holden]()
Kobani: This is the Future of War by F.X. Holden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"With compelling characters, cleverly written dialogue, and a riveting narrative that freezes your blood at times, Kobani is a blockbuster of a novel" - Readers' Favorite, 5 Stars."Kobani is a high octane drama of land and air combat fought with the best in futuristic weaponry.. -
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Anarch by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGaunt'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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![A Call to Insurrection by David Weber, Timothy Zahn]()
A Call to Insurrection by David Weber, Timothy Zahn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYesterday, the Star Kingdom of Manticore was a small, unimportant interstellar backwater. A quiet little star nation, only recently recovered from the devastating blow of the Plague Years. More affluent than some, perhaps, but with little to attract trade or interstellar commerce, it had little need for a navy . . . and even less interest in paying for one.But Manticore has now become a target... -
![Uncompromising Honor by David Weber]()
Uncompromising Honor by David Weber
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsUncompromising Courage. Uncompromising Vengeance. Uncompromising Honor. The Solarian League—for hundreds of years they have borne the banner of human civilization. But the bureaucratic Mandarins who rule today’s League are corrupt and looking for scapegoats. They’ve decided the upstart Star Kingdom of Manticore must be annihilated... -
![A Call to Vengeance by David Weber, Timothy Zahn]()
A Call to Vengeance by David Weber, Timothy Zahn
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter the disastrous attack on the Manticoran home system by forces unknown, the Royal Manticoran Navy stands on the brink of collapse... -
![Coalition's End by Karen Traviss]()
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... -
![A Call to Arms by David Weber, Timothy Zahn]()
A Call to Arms by David Weber, Timothy Zahn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLieutenant Travis Long of the Royal Manticoran Navy is the sort of person who likes an orderly universe. One where people follow the rules. Unfortunately he lives in the real universe. The good news is that Travis is one of those rare people who may like rules but has a talent for thinking outside them when everything starts coming apart... -
![We Few by David Weber, John Ringo]()
We Few by David Weber, John Ringo
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPrince Roger MacClintock was an heir to the galaxy's Throne of Man-and a self-obsessed spoiled young brat . . . until he and the Royal Marines sent to protect him were stranded on Marduk with only their feet to get them half way around the entire planet. So far, they've traversed a continent, crossed a sea full of ship-eating monsters, taken over an enemy spaceport, and hijacked a starship... -
![Traitor General by Dan Abnett]()
Traitor General by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsUnder the orders of Archon Urlock Gaur, the forces of Magister Sek have pushed into the Khan group of the Sabbat Worlds and captured a high ranking Imperial Lord General. Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt and a hand picked team of his Tanith elite have been tasked with the re-capture or assassination of this vital officer... -
![Soul Hunter by Aaron Dembski-Bowden]()
Soul Hunter by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe 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... -
![Mamelukes by Jerry Pournelle, David Weber]()
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... -
![A Pillar of Fire by Night by Tom Kratman]()
A Pillar of Fire by Night by Tom Kratman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook #7 in the popular Carrera military science fiction series.Carrera's held off his enemies coming by sea from the north, in the process dealing the naval and amphibious forces of the Zhong Empire a stinging defeat. The Zhong won't soon forget the blood-stained waters and the heaped up bodies on the shores of Balboa's Isla Real... -
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![War Zone: Homefront by Thomas A. Watson, William Allen]()
War Zone: Homefront by Thomas A. Watson, William Allen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIdaho! The compound! They had finally made it! After several months of harrowing, fraught with danger around every corner, never knowing what was going to come at them, they could finally rest and relax. Or could they? Some things are just not meant to be in a post-apocalyptic world, and Nathan and his newly adopted family realize there is no rest and relaxation anymore... -
![Star Fox: Book One by Rob Buckman]()
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... -
![The Last Squadron by Dan Jayson]()
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... -
![Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work by Guy Haley]()
Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work by Guy Haley
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWarhammer 40,000 fans rejoice - Belisarius Cawl has his own novel! Join him on his journey to the abandoned world of Sotha which hides a long-buried secret… and an ancient evil. Belisarius Cawl, Archmagos Dominus of the Adeptus Mechanicus is the most brilliant mind alive... -
![Project 19 by Matt Jackson, James Rosone]()
Project 19 by Matt Jackson, James Rosone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings. What if Saddam Hussein ……hadn’t stopped with Kuwait?Project 19 might have worked.No one knows how close Iraq came to invading Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. They wanted their money, and Saddam wanted revenge. In a world where the USSR ran a lend-lease program with the Iraqis, Saddam felt emboldened... -
![Ravenor Rogue by Dan Abnett]()
Ravenor Rogue by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn the third book of the series, Inquisitor Ravenor's pursuit of his arch-nemesis Molotch takes him and his team to places dark and dangerous. Unknown to Ravenor, one of his team hides a deadly secret that could doom them all... -
![March to the Stars by David Weber, John Ringo]()
March to the Stars by David Weber, John Ringo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsStranded on Marduk with his Royal Marine protectors, spoiled prince Roger MacClintock experiences a change in attitude during a long journey back to civilization across a sea filled with dangerous monsters and well-armed enemies... -
![Salvation's Reach by Dan Abnett]()
Salvation's Reach by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe Tanith First-and-Only infiltrate an Imperial underwater ship and must wrestle it from Chaos cultists in the thirteenth book of this popular Imperial Guard series... -
![Blood Pact by Dan Abnett]()
Blood Pact by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsTwelfth novel in the eternally popular SF series Gaunt's Ghosts, which follows the story of Commissar Ibram Gaunt and his regiment the Tanith First-and-Only on the bloody battlefields of the far future... -
![The Irish Brigade: A Fallen Empire Novel by J.F. Holmes]()
The Irish Brigade: A Fallen Empire Novel by J.F. Holmes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat’s a soldier to do when the war is over? When he’s only known conflict his whole life? Since time immemorial the solution has been to find another war, this time for pay. Whoever has the credits and wins the high bid gets the experienced fighter. Sometimes, though, the money isn't enough to cover the price... -
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![The Black Mamba by C.R. Daems]()
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]()
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... -
![Trident Fury by Richard Turner]()
Trident Fury by Richard Turner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptain Michael Sheridan and Master Sergeant Alan Cole are back. This time the stakes couldn't be higher. When word of a brutal Kurgan prison planet reaches Earth, the men and women of the Sixth Fleet are sent into action. From a smuggler's hideout, to a prehistoric planet to a deadly fight with the dreaded Kurgan Imperial Guard, the struggle to survive continues... -
![Reprieve by C.R. Daems]()
Reprieve by C.R. Daems
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou have glioblastoma, an incurable brain cancer, and have less than a month to live...Categorized as:
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![Spear of the Emperor by Aaron Dembski-Bowden]()
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... -
![Evolution by C.R. Daems]()
Evolution by C.R. Daems
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDragon Sapir is back, and the Jax Military will never be the same. The Jax Contract Committee has released Rivka to take assignments, and her first involves her in a plot by several Systems within the Helix collection of systems to destroy the Jax. As the plot spreads, she is given assignments to combat the threat... -
![Flight of Freedom by Jeffrey Burger]()
Flight of Freedom by Jeffrey Burger
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmond Burke...The adventure continues - with one major difference: Jack Steele's Freedom is no longer the wounded duck she once was. They leave UFW Blackmount Station repaired and retooled, with a complete crew, fully armed and resupplied, ready to hunt... -
![Last Stand: Bolos 4 by Keith Laumer, S.M. Stirling]()
Last Stand: Bolos 4 by Keith Laumer, S.M. Stirling
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 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. Almost. Nearly. A sufficiently determined enemy armed with nearly limitless firepower and willing to sustain terrible losses could destroy a Bolo... -
![The Unconquerable: Bolos 2 by Keith Laumer]()
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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![Ambition by Yoshiki Tanaka]()
Ambition by Yoshiki Tanaka
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the thirty-sixth century humanity has conquered the galaxy and colonized countless star systems. The Galactic Empire, modeled along Prussian lines, and the democratic Free Planets Alliance are at war, and the fate of every human being in the universe hangs in the balance. This classic Japanese space opera, adapted into a legendary anime, is finally available in English for the first time... -
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![The Triumphant by David Weber, Linda Evans]()
The Triumphant by David Weber, Linda Evans
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo new powerhouses of science fiction, David Weber and Linda Evans, continue the amplified history of the Bolo, the nearly indestructible tank/artificial intelligence that changed the shape of the galaxy... -
![The Emperor's Gift by Aaron Dembski-Bowden]()
The Emperor's Gift by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe Grey Knights are all that stands between mankind and the ravages of Chaos. Since their secretive beginnings during the Horus Heresy, these legendary Space Marine daemon hunters have journeyed into the dark realms of the warp – and beyond – in pursuit of their supernatural enemies... -
![The Shadow of Saganami by David Weber]()
The Shadow of Saganami by David Weber
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Star Kingdom has a new generation of officers! And this elite group hand-picked and trained by Honor Harrington herself is going to be needed immediately, as their first assignment turns out to be more dangerous than anyone expected... -
![Bolos: Their Finest Hour by Keith Laumer, David Weber]()
Bolos: Their Finest Hour by Keith Laumer, David Weber
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScience fiction giant Keith Laumer along with New York Times bestsellers David Weber, Mercedes Lackey, and S.M. Stirling recount the exploits of Laumer’s dauntless, hard-fighting creations in this outstanding collection. It’s the legendary saga of the Bolos—artificially intelligent tanks with courage and moral sense often better than that of their human masters... -
![Lukas the Trickster by Joshua Reynolds]()
Lukas the Trickster by Joshua Reynolds
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRebellious young Space Wolf Lukas the Trickster finds himself facing a foe who might rival even his legendary cunning – the dark eldar corsair, Duke Sliscus.Among the Space Wolves there are as many sagas as there are warriors, but there are none quite like that of Lukas the Trickster... -
![The Rods and the Axe by Tom Kratman]()
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]()
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... -
![299 Days: The Community by Glen Tate]()
299 Days: The Community by Glen Tate
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the secure confines of the relocated state capitol building, to a rural self-sustaining farm, to the developing community of Pierce Point, 299 Days: The Community explores the mental, emotional, and physical changes everyone must make to adapt to a collapsed society... -
![Rolling Hot by David Drake]()
Rolling Hot by David Drake
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsColonel Hammer has only a mixed bag of recruits and battle-fatigued veterans to relieve a district capital that has to be rescued. Rolling Hot is sure to follow the success of David Drake's Hammer's Slammers (nearly a million in print) and the bestselling tie-in adventure game... -
![Counting the Cost by David Drake]()
Counting the Cost by David Drake
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe hottest science fiction mercenaries of the decade are back, so why count the cost? The other guy is going to pay for it! Hammer's Slammers must win a two-front war while maintaining the civilian power structure against hordes of religious fanatics... -
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![Honor of the Regiment: Bolos 1 by Keith Laumer, S.M. Stirling]()
Honor of the Regiment: Bolos 1 by Keith Laumer, S.M. Stirling
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAnthology: Bolos 1 (Bolo, Bk 4) Chronicles the history of the Bolo, a futuristic man-made machine that symbolizes brute force, defiance, and rigid will, and is responsible for defending humanity. The future of war, and the fate of man, lies with one machine: the Bolo... -
![Prince of Mercenaries by Jerry Pournelle]()
Prince of Mercenaries by Jerry Pournelle
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor a century, the Americans and Soviets had maintained an uneasy alliance based on the CoDominium, a world order in which no other power or combination of powers could threaten their mutual hegemony. Thus did the Americans and Russians learn to live at peace with each other.But nothing lasts forever, the CoDominium's energies are nearly spent, and internal conflicts are ripping it apart... -
![Fallen Star by Richard Turner]()
Fallen Star by Richard Turner
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA sudden and brutal attack on a coalition training camp in Iraq wipes out all but two survivors: Captain James Grant and Australian SAS Sergeant David Maclean. Drawn into a clandestine world that deals with unusual encounters the two soldiers volunteer to help with the investigation into an alleged UFO crash in Alaska... -
![Helsreach by Aaron Dembski-Bowden]()
Helsreach by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhen the world of Armageddon is attacked by orks, the Black Templars Space Marine Chapter are amongst those sent to liberate it. Chaplain Grimaldus and a band of Black Templars are charged with the defence of Hive Helsreach from the xenos invaders in one of the many battlezones... -
![After the Coup by John Scalzi]()
After the Coup by John Scalzi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn a universe of harsh interstellar conflict, the practice of interspecies diplomacy—when possible—is important. So being a Colonial Union officer attached to an interplanetary diplomatic mission sometimes means taking a fall. Literally... -
![Come and Take Them by Tom Kratman]()
Come and Take Them by Tom Kratman
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNumber five in the Carerra military science fiction series that started with A Desert Called Peace. Miltary leader Carrera faces down a threat from progressive totalitarians and wins the freedom of his country on a frontier planet.The Carrera saga continues with entry number five, and the sequel to Amazon Legion. Carrera. Relentless. Machiavellian. Without compunction. Victorious...
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