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Layers of Force by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe exciting conclusion to the Star Kingdom series!Even though Professor Casmir Dabrowski has been fighting for months to help the kingdom and humanity as a whole, few people in positions of power have appreciated his unorthodox methods. Now he's a captive of the king and being taken back to his home world without his friends or the crushers he relies upon to protect him... -
![Home Front by Lindsay Buroker]()
Home Front by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCasmir and his allies have struck a devastating blow to the powerful prince who sent invaders into their star system, but war still rages at home. Worse, the prince has escaped with a lethal bioweapon, and he intends to wipe out all human life on Odin. Casmir could lose his parents, his friends, and everyone he holds dear... -
![Critical Mass by Craig Alanson]()
Critical Mass by Craig Alanson
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Merry Band of Pirates are in desperate trouble after the end of their last mission, and the real danger to humanity is just getting started. Hostile aliens have discovered there is something odd going on with wormholes in the galaxy, and their investigations could lead to finding a shortcut to Earth... -
![Sentienced to Death by Barry J. Hutchison]()
Sentienced to Death by Barry J. Hutchison
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAccidental space adventurer Cal Carver has had a rough few months. He's fought spider-dragons, battled space clowns, and been repeatedly tortured by the galaxy's oldest assassin. And don't even get him started on the squirrel-tits. Now all that's behind him, Cal just wants to kick back and relax. The universe, however, has other ideas... -
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![Perilous Waif by E. William Brown]()
Perilous Waif by E. William Brown
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMy name is Alice Long, and I’ve always known I was different. When I was little I used to climb up to the highest branches of the housetree at night, and watch the starships docking at the orbital stations high above. Forty meters off the ground, watching ships thirty thousand kilometers overhead, with senses that could pick out radar pings and comm chatter as easily as the ships themselves... -
![残次品 [Can Ci Pin | Imperfections] by Priest]()
残次品 [Can Ci Pin | Imperfections] by Priest
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“这是最好的时代，也是最坏的时代。”——狄更斯《双城记》“我带着深藏骨血的仇恨与酝酿多年的阴谋，把自己变成一个死而复生的幽灵，沉入沼泽，沉入深渊，我想埋下腐烂的根系，长出见血封喉的荆棘，刺穿这个虚伪的文明。我到了淤泥深处……捡到了一颗星星。”It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.—— C. Dickens《A Tale of Two Cities》I took my hatred and plot for revenge with me down the mire, to the depths of the abyss, and returned as a ghost of the past... -
![Captain Caveman by Jerry Boyd]()
Captain Caveman by Jerry Boyd
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBob and the crew are off to deliver a shipload of lost property to its rightful owners. What dangers, seen and unseen, will they find at this lost colony? Will there be new crew members, waiting to be found? Find out in Bob and Nikki’s latest adventure... -
![No Quarter by Joshua Dalzelle]()
No Quarter by Joshua Dalzelle
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHumanity is fractured and on the brink of war…The United Terran Federation and the Eastern Star Alliance have been fighting in minor skirmishes along the border region for the last few years, but now it threatens to break out into a full-on war with the victor assuming control of all human space... -
![Book Night on Union Station by E.M. Foner]()
Book Night on Union Station by E.M. Foner
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStart series with first book, Date Night on Union Station The Stryx offer EarthCent help in reaching out to the wide-spread human communities, but as usual, it comes with a catch or two. Kelly see an opportunity to increase her book hoard, just as publishing on Union Station begins to take off and Donna's daughters enter a friendly competition... -
![Tiona by Laurence E. Dahners]()
Tiona by Laurence E. Dahners
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Tiona” picks up six years after the end of Vaz. Tiona, Vaz’s daughter, is starting grad school in physics, has a “bad boy” musician boyfriend, and does her own strange variety of charity work at a homeless shelter.Her professor has her start work on a project to try to achieve high temperature superconduction by doping the graphene membranes her lab partner has figured out how to precipitate... -
![Duty Calls: The adventure continues by James Haddock]()
Duty Calls: The adventure continues by James Haddock
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDuty Calls continues the story of Nic, Mal, Jazz and Jade as they fight to hold what belongs to them. The Corporations are becoming more aggressive in their effort to steal their inventions. Our four friends are matching the corporate's aggression blow for blow. The fight has already turned deadly, and the Corporation has shown they aren't afraid to spill blood... -
![Allora by S.H. Jucha]()
Allora by S.H. Jucha
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUntil the Confederation created Allora, it had produced SADEs (self-aware digital entities) for hundreds of years with enormous consistency and harnessed their capabilities to power the society. But this particular, young SADE was disturbed by her confinement... -
![Korval's Game by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Korval's Game by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Liaden Universe(R) series has enthralled thousands of readers, and now two of its most exciting space adventure novels are combined in one popularly-priced Omni-trade volume. Plan B: Val Con yos'Phelium is a fugitive. The heir of Clan Korval is wanted by the covert Liaden agency known as the Department of the Interior, whose rulers have declared unofficial war against the entire clan... -
![Due Diligence by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Due Diligence by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Clan Korval knows your name. . . Abandoned on a strange port by a scam gone bad, his license to pilot rescinded, and his pockets very much to let, Fer Gun pen'Uldra was teetering between trouble, more trouble, and bad trouble. Cornered in a cheap bar by a too-knowledgeable stranger with an unlikely offer, Fer Gun realized having no money and no license might be the least of his troubles... -
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![Changeling by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Changeling by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis novella set in the Liaden Universe first appeared in Absolute Magnitude #14, Summer 2000. It was then re-issued in chapbook form. It tells the story of Ren Zel dea'Judan, Clan Obrelt, who becomes first (space) pilot in an obscure clan of shopkeepers. Not all the other clans, however, are happy that Obrelt should field a pilot... -
![A Liaden Universe Constellation: Volume 3 by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
A Liaden Universe Constellation: Volume 3 by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBOOK 3 in the multivolume Liaden Universe ® short fiction collection. Tales of the Liaden Universe® brought together for the first time. Space opera and romance on a grand scale in a galaxy full of interstellar trading clans... -
![Dragon Ship by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Dragon Ship by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAlternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereFirst Class courier pilot Theo Waitley was already known as a nexus of violence - and then she inherited the precarious captaincy of a mysterious self-aware ship designed to serve a long dead trader... -
![Star Trek Encyclopedia by Michael Okuda, Denise Okuda]()
Star Trek Encyclopedia by Michael Okuda, Denise Okuda
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis reference book, designed for Star Trek fans, brings together all three incarnations of the Star Trek phenomenon: the original Star Trek, The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. It contains over 5,000 entries on alien races, planets and stars, weapons and tools and private jokes... -
![Disc by Laurence E. Dahners]()
Disc by Laurence E. Dahners
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 15 ratings“Disc” picks up right after Vaz and Tiona’s invention of an apparently reactionless drive in “Tiona.”Tiona and her brother Dante want to license the rights to the new thrusters to big aircraft and car companies, using the money from the licenses to develop a private space industry... -
![Trader's Leap by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Trader's Leap by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNEW ENTRY IN THE LANDMARK LIADEN UNIVERSE® SERIESThe only bridge between past and future is a leap of faith. Pursued by enemies, exiled Liaden clan Korval is settling into a new base on backworld Surebleak. Moving is expensive, as is war, and Korval is strapped for cash. Delm Korval has therefore instructed Master Trader Shan yos'Galan to design and implement new trade routes, quickly... -
![Eidolon by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Eidolon by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis chapbook contains two original stories: "Shadow Partner," and "Persistence." Each story features a well-known member of Clan Korval, portrayed as others see them... -
![Now Will Machines Hollow the Beast by Benjanun Sriduangkaew]()
Now Will Machines Hollow the Beast by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVishnu’s Leviathan: a half-beast, half-machine warship famed for its speed and might. The great prize that armies across the galaxies will kill to possess.Admiral Anoushka was once a ghost. Now she's the universe's most brutal commander with a debt to a godlike AI. To repay it—and to complete her long revenge—she’s set her sights on the leviathan... -
![Misfits by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Misfits by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBefore Miri Robertson met Val Con yos'Phelium she was an acclaimed mercenary soldier. Before she was an acclaimed mercenary soldier with the Gyrfalks, she was "Redhead," a young recruit in Lizardi's Lunatics. Meanwhile, there was a weatherman, Ichliad Brunner. A weatherman's job is to observe and predict... -
![Two Tales of Korval by Sharon Lee]()
Two Tales of Korval by Sharon Lee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChapbook with two short stories:To Cut an Edge: Val Con, a rookie scout, meets Edger the knife-making Clutch Turtle.A Day at the Races: Young Val Con and Shan run rings around prim and proper Kareen... -
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![Courier Run by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Courier Run by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo new Liaden Universe® adventures! Novelette "Kin Ties" explores the ties that bind beloved kin -- and desperate enemies. Short story "Guaranteed Delivery" is a tale of love, leadership, and insurance fraud. Both stories appeared in slightly altered form on the authors' Splinter Universe website... -
![Duty Bound by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Duty Bound by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPilot of Korval and Breath's Duty, two stories featuring Daav yos Phelium and including Er Thom, Clonak, and Shadia. Answers several Liaden Universe mysteries... -
![Certain Symmetry by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Certain Symmetry by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis chapbook contains two short stories set in the Liaden Universe."The Wine of Memory" features Moonshadow and Lute as they come off a rough road into a surprising visit to an old friend.In "Certain Symmetry," Pat Rin yos'Phelium, cousin to Val Con, becomes involved in a matter of Balance that takes him to unexpected places... -
![Dragon Tide by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Dragon Tide by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKareen yos'Phelium Clan Korval has always done everything that was proper, rising by study and by example to become the foremost scholar of the Liaden Code of Proper Conduct on Liad - and perhaps in the galaxy. Indeed, it seems that the only people she cannot influence to seemly action are the members of her own Clan. Now, wit Plan B in effect, Kareen must act... -
![Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell]()
Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsOcean’s Echo is a stand-alone, romantic space adventure, set in the same universe as Everina Maxwell's hit debut, Winter's Orbit.When Tennal—a rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster—is caught using his telepathic powers for illegal activities, the military decides to bind his mind to someone whose coercive powers are strong enough to control him... -
![The Vindication by C.J. Cherryh]()
The Vindication by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA compelling heroine…a future as detailed as that of Herbert's Dune…and finely orchestrated suspense right up to the end. Strongly recommended... -
![Entropy by Gerald M. Kilby]()
Entropy by Gerald M. Kilby
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe science vessel, Hermes, has been urgently recalled from its mission to survey the moons of Saturn, just as First Officer Miranda Lee receives bad news from home—her mother is dying so she must leave the ship and return to Earth—for good... -
![A Liaden Universe Constellation: Volume 2 by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
A Liaden Universe Constellation: Volume 2 by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBOOK 2 in The First Liaden Universe ® Collection. Seventeen short tales of the Liaden Universe® were brought together for the first time. Space opera and romance on a grand scale in a galaxy full of interstellar trading clans... -
![System Collapse by Martha Wells]()
System Collapse by Martha Wells
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe million-copy, New York Times bestselling Murderbot series is back in another full-length novel adventure!Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back.Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits... -
![Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy by Martha Wells]()
Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy by Martha Wells
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPerihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover.. -
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![Rebel's Quest by Gun Brooke]()
Rebel's Quest by Gun Brooke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn a world torn by war, two women discover a love that defies boundaries, challenges allegiances, and that just might mean the survival—or destruction—of all they hold dear.Roshan O’Landha, a Gantharian resistance fighter, works hard to maintain her cover as a wealthy businesswoman as war on occupied Gantharat seems imminent... -
![Fellow Travelers by Sharon Lee]()
Fellow Travelers by Sharon Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChapbook of three short stories set in the Liaden Universe all dealing with Priscilla Delacroix aka Moonhawk... -
![Stalwart by Mike Shepherd, Lee Moyer]()
Stalwart by Mike Shepherd, Lee Moyer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe foolish Iteeche clans that hauled Grand Admiral Kris Longknife back to the Iteeche Capital and interrupted her campaign against the rebels, are dead. Very dead. Their clans are disgraced and their palaces in ruin. However, while Kris was handling that noise, the rebels took back one of the planets she had recently captured, Arteccia, and are planning to take more... -
![The Zanari Inheritance (Children of Zanar, #1) by Niall Teasdale]()
The Zanari Inheritance (Children of Zanar, #1) by Niall Teasdale
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKaya Trevorny’s world came to an end in the student welfare office of Abertine University. The colony where she had grown up, her family, was gone, dead under circumstances the authorities seemed keen to hide. To find the truth, Kaya must team up with a mercenary and a rag-tag group of smugglers. And the truth is something which will change her life forever... -
![Kris Longknife's Successor: Grand Admiral Santiago on Alwa Station by Mike Shepherd]()
Kris Longknife's Successor: Grand Admiral Santiago on Alwa Station by Mike Shepherd
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the third book with Grand Admiral Sandy Santiago serving as Kris Longknife's Relief, then Replacement, and now Successor on Alwa. She has all the challenges a gal could ask for. Granny Rita is on the rampage, and the cats have gone on strike... -
![Family by M.C.A. Hogarth]()
Family by M.C.A. Hogarth
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsXenotherapist Vasiht'h always thought himself as lucky to have befriended one of the rare and fascinating Eldritch, a man who's served as partner in their counseling practice for years without Vasiht'h ever really learning anything of his background.. -
![Progeny by Dan Worth]()
Progeny by Dan Worth
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Commonwealth stands on the brink. As war engulfs the worlds of man, the Shapers are poised to strike at the very heart of human civilisation. The men and women of the Commonwealth Navy now find themselves at the forefront of a desperate battle for the very survival of the species against an enemy whose weapons and technology far exceed their own... -
![Pirate's Fortune by Gun Brooke]()
Pirate's Fortune by Gun Brooke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPirate and mercenary Weiss Kyakh works as a reluctant double agent for the Supreme Constellations. Her mission is to infiltrate a cutthroat band of space pirates along with a sentient bio-android, Madisyn Pimm. Pimm's sole purpose is to bring pirates to justice. Weiss soon realises that Madisyn has her own secrets... -
![The Lowest Depths of Shame by Niall Teasdale]()
The Lowest Depths of Shame by Niall Teasdale
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAneka and Ella have secured the end of the Herosian War. The Herosians are in disarray, disorganised and vulnerable. It seems that it is just a matter of time until everything can return to something near normal. There are worlds to liberate, but the Jenlay Navy has help from Old Earth and no one expects there to be any problem... -
![Chimera by N.J. Tanger, Rachael Tanger]()
Chimera by N.J. Tanger, Rachael Tanger
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn the verge of extinction, the Stephen’s Point colony must take desperate measures to save themselves. Without communication or resupply from Earth for the last fifteen years, the colony has but one chance to survive: restore the ancient starship Chimera and train a young crew to pilot her... -
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![Brother Death by Steve Perry]()
Brother Death by Steve Perry
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe ruling elite summons Bork, strongman of the Matadors, to save them from a secret brotherhood armed with the powers of an alien civilization... -
![The Greatest Heights of Honour by Niall Teasdale]()
The Greatest Heights of Honour by Niall Teasdale
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAneka Jansen, born on Earth in the twentieth century seems to have been revived after a thousand years of relative peace only to find herself in the middle of a war. As the Herosians manoeuver themselves into a better position for victory, their actions hidden behind subterfuge and high technology, there seems to be little anyone can do to stop the coming war... -
![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... -
![The Betrayal by C.J. Cherryh]()
The Betrayal by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe first part of C.J. Cherryh's award-winning triad introduces the planet and complex politics of Cyteen, part of the Alliance/Union universe. Resources are limited and the scientific compound of Reseune, which produces computer-trained clones called azis, is a major power center. Reseune's lead scientist, the fierce and cruel Dr. Ariane Emory, has dominated Cyteen's political scene for decades... -
![Alpha Centauri by Lisa Richman, M.D. Cooper]()
Alpha Centauri by Lisa Richman, M.D. Cooper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**### The Sentience Wars may be won, but the battle is not over...** The Sentience Wars in Sol have come to an end. In the wake of war, refugees still flee to nearby stars, but there are sinister forces at work in Alpha Centauri who would turn their plight into profit. None of this is apparent to an easygoing, self assured pilot-for-hire named Jason Andrews... -
![The Merro Tree by Katie Waitman]()
The Merro Tree by Katie Waitman
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn the far reaches of our galaxy, the artist will face the ultimate censorship.Mikk of Vyzania, the galaxy's greatest performance master, commanded stages on all the myriad worlds. His sublime, ethereal performances were unforgettable, drawing on the most treasured traditions of every culture, every people, throughout inhabited space...
![残次品 [Can Ci Pin | Imperfections] by Priest](https://48f-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/books/small/66263078a2b0b2ef052d2dbf.jpg)
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