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I Dare by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe enemies of Korval have offered Pat Rin the Ring that would make all of Korval's holdings his own, and a Juntavas Judge has offered Pat Rin a world. When he appears with hired guns in tow, no one knows what he'll do. Pat Rin is a gambling man, and on his wild-card shoulders the fate of his Clan, his world, his civilization... -
![A Hop, Skip and a Jump by Mackey Chandler]()
A Hop, Skip and a Jump by Mackey Chandler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLee has a lot going for her, tons of money, true friends who will stand by her, an unexpected bonus of extended life from advanced medial treatments, and a start at unraveling some of the pesky secrets in the stars. But there is so much to do to take advantage of all these opportunities that she's overwhelmed. Keeping all they've gained may not be easy... -
![Secrets in the Stars by Mackey Chandler]()
Secrets in the Stars by Mackey Chandler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Lee Anderson and her parents discovered a new world teeming with life, it was the dream of every explorer: they were rich beyond their imaginations. But tragedy struck when a herd of creatures overran their camp and killed her parents. The only other adult in her life had been their partner Gordon, who adopted her as parent. Which didn’t turn out to be easy, because he wasn’t human... -
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Plan B by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"A real page-turner" (ANNE MCCAFFREY) in the Liaden Universe(r) series.Fugitive Val Con yos'Phelium plans a desperate gamble by forming an alliance with Clan Erob. But his cousin, Shan yos'Galen can't wait. With enemy agents closing in, he invokes Plan B-setting in motion a series of events that will have dire consequences-for all of Liad... -
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![Return by Nathan Hystad, Flynn Earl Jones]()
Return by Nathan Hystad, Flynn Earl Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Rift opens once again. The battle for Earth continues. Only the Eureka and her crew can turn the tides. The Eureka returns to Sol through the Rift as an extreme time dilation creates complications. With a familiar face now the Earth Fleet's Grand Admiral, Ace and the others struggle to acclimate to their new reality... -
![Scout's Progress by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Scout's Progress by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn the second novel of the Liaden Universe, Aelliana Caylon is a brilliant mathematician, but is convinced by her brother she has no worth beyond what value she might have in an arranged marriage. Then on a dare, she plays a game of chance and wins a starship. Now she must learn to fly if she is to escape her dastardly brother. Appeared in the omnibus "Pilot's Choice... -
![Slave Trade by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle]()
Slave Trade by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNo respect for life. Or the law. It’s the trade. In sentience. Run by the Corranites, creatures that have always traded in intelligent alien life.Bought and sold. Nothing more than property.Rivka is having none of it. With an eye toward taking the entire supply line down, she launches into the greater galaxy. All the way to the heart of the Federation.It’s bigger than anyone knows... -
![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... -
![Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA new novel in the popular and exciting science fiction Liaden Universe® series... -
![Necessity's Child by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Necessity's Child by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe kompani see none as an enemy, and yet few as friend. The kompani exist in many places, living quietly in the shadows, thriving off the bounty that others have no wit to secure, nor skill to defend. Their private history is unwritten; their recall rooted in dance and dream. The Clan Korval is in many ways the opposite of the kompani... -
![Pretender by C.J. Cherryh]()
Pretender by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsExhausted from a two-year rescue mission in space, the crew of the starship Phoenix return home to find disaster: civil war has broken out, the powerful Western Association has been overthrown, and Tabini-aiji, its forceful leader, is missing... -
![Diamond Mask by Julian May]()
Diamond Mask by Julian May
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe 21st century was drawing to a close, and metapsychic humankind was poised at last to achieve Unity to be admitted into the group mind of the already unified alien races of the Galactic Milieu. But a growing corps of rebels was plotting to keep the people of Earth forever separate in the name of human individuality...Categorized as:
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![The Shaman of Karres by Eric Flint, Dave Freer]()
The Shaman of Karres by Eric Flint, Dave Freer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptain Pausert just can’t catch a break! First, he became the mortal enemy of his fiancée, his home planet, the Empire—and even the Worm World, the darkest threat to mankind in all of space. All because he helped rescue three slave children from their masters... -
![Chasing Daisy by Scott Baron]()
Chasing Daisy by Scott Baron
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThrown for the biggest loop she would likely ever be forced to experience, Daisy found herself at a complete loss for once. While a course of action normally made itself clear to her, her new predicament made following her instincts impossibly dangerous. One misstep and she not only might harm those she cared for, but could even fracture the universe itself... -
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![Artificial Evolution by Joseph R. Lallo]()
Artificial Evolution by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsArtificial Evolution is the third book in the Big Sigma series, building upon the story and characters introduced by Bypass Gemini and Unstable Prototypes. Lex, Michella and Squee are once again joined by the mercenaries Silo and Garotte. Along the way they'll need plenty of help from mad engineer Karter Dee and his AI Ma... -
![Lights on Wonder Rock by David Litchfield]()
Lights on Wonder Rock by David Litchfield
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHeather wants more than anything to go to outer space, where the stars sparkle with magic and wonder. When a UFO lands behind her house and she meets a friendly alien, it seems that all of her dreams have come true. But soon her new friend has to return home... -
![Dragon King Charlie by Scott Baron, Gary Bennett]()
Dragon King Charlie by Scott Baron, Gary Bennett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCharlie thought building a spaceship had been tough, so being king should be a piece of cake. Unfortunately, it was like a cake made of cement. Hard to swallow, and just might kill him.It was good being king, or so Charlie had believed. After an abrupt crash arrival, people had finally stopped trying to kill him - for the most part, anyway - and his new subjects respected him. Or feared him... -
![Between Mountain and Sea: Paradisi Chronicles by M. Louisa Locke]()
Between Mountain and Sea: Paradisi Chronicles by M. Louisa Locke
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBetween Mountain and Sea, a science fiction coming of age novel, introduces Mei Lin Yu, a young New Eden girl, and Mabel, her ancestor who took the journey to New Eden from Earth over a century and a half earlier. This work is part of the Paradisi Chronicles. Mei Lin Yu should have been looking forward to the next stage in her life...Categorized as:
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![The City and The Ship by Anne McCaffrey, S.M. Stirling]()
The City and The Ship by Anne McCaffrey, S.M. Stirling
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo novels in one large volume, both set in the same universe as The Ship Who Sang: The City Who Fought: Simeon was bored with running the mining and processing station that made up his "body." Then the invaders came. If anyone was to survive, somehow he must transform his wargaming hobby into the real thing and become The City Who Fought... -
![Lady Slings the Booze by Spider Robinson]()
Lady Slings the Booze by Spider Robinson
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDespite his employer's doubts that he is an authentic detective, Quigley is called in to investigate Lady Sally's establishment, a reputable place that caters to adults of all species and tastes. Lady Sally was the wife of the proprietor of Callahan's Place, the bar where human and other beings from all space and time come to cajole, drink, and occasionally save the world... -
![Swallow the Sky: A Space Opera by Chris Mead]()
Swallow the Sky: A Space Opera by Chris Mead
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNEW EDITION - August 2015. Professionally edited and proofed..Swallow the Sky embodies the essence of classic science fiction: real science, adventure, high spirits, and above all, a sense of wonder.Galactic culture is still reverberating from the nanotech disaster that destroyed Earth... -
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Wormhole Pirates on Orbis 3 by P.J. Haarsma
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHang on to your transport! Wormhole pirates close in on JT and his friends in part three of the cyber-fueled sci-fi adventure.It’s not a good sign: before Johnny Turnbull and his fellow knudniks even land on Orbis 3, a band of wormhole pirates invades their shuttle and deliver a cryptic threat to JT... -
![First Strike by Christopher G. Nuttall]()
First Strike by Christopher G. Nuttall
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe best defense… Starting a war with an enemy a hundred times stronger is insane. It’s desperate. And it’s Earth’s only hope. A massive alien power looms over humanity, claiming Earth as its territory and humanity as its slaves. The Hegemony has already taken over one colony, yoking hundreds of thousands under their brutal rule... -
![The Way to the Stars by Una McCormack]()
The Way to the Stars by Una McCormack
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDespite being an inexperienced Starfleet cadet, Sylvia Tilly became essential to the U.S.S. Discovery finding its way back home from the Mirror Universe. But how did she find that courage? From where did she get that steel? Who nurtured that spark of brilliance? The Way to the Stars recounts for fans everywhere the untold story of Tilly’s past...Categorized as:
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![Trade Secret by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Trade Secret by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Liaden Universe ® Saga Continues! Star-spanning galactic trader Jethri Gobelyn adventures are the focus in book 17 by master storytellers Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. Sequel to Balance of Trade... -
![Migration by Julie E. Czerneda]()
Migration by Julie E. Czerneda
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSenior co-administrator of the Norcoast Salmon Research Facility, Dr. Mackenzie Connor was a biologist who studied the spawning habits of salmon. Then, last season, just as she and Dr. Emily Mamani were starting their research, they were interrupted by the arrival of Brymn, the first Dhryn to set foot on Earth...Categorized as:
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![Saltation by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Saltation by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTheo Waitley is a Nexus of ViolenceThrust mid-year into a school for pilots far from the safe haven of her birth home on scholarly Delgado, young Theo Waitley excels in hands-on flying while finding that she's behind the curve in social intricacies as well as in math...Categorized as:
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![The Stolen Moon by Rachel Searles]()
The Stolen Moon by Rachel Searles
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe action-packed sequel to The Lost Planet.This is what the boy is told:- His younger sister has an otherworldly (and sometimes annoying) ability.- The starship he now lives on has been infiltrated.- His friend Parker is working on the network hack of a lifetime.This is what Chase and Parker fear:- They won't be able to save the world in time... -
![Shakedowners by Justin Woolley]()
Shakedowners by Justin Woolley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome starship captains explore strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilisations. Some lead missions of discovery through wormholes to the other side of the galaxy. Then there's Captain Iridius B. Franklin, someone who spent too long seeking out strange new bars and new alien cocktails... -
![Vacuum Diagrams by Stephen Baxter]()
Vacuum Diagrams by Stephen Baxter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"And everywhere the Humans went, they found life..."This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself...Categorized as:
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![Sentenced to Prism by Alan Dean Foster]()
Sentenced to Prism by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe company had a big problem, it was illegally exploiting a fabulously rich planet maned Prism, a world where even the tiniest creatures were living jewels. But somehow, all contact had been lost with the scientist of the survey team. The Company didn't want to draw attention to itself by sending in a rescue mission so they assigned Evan Orgell, a self-confident problem-solver, to investigate... -
![Doctor Who: Engines of War by George Mann, Aslı Dağlı]()
Doctor Who: Engines of War by George Mann, Aslı Dağlı
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"The death of billions is as nothing to us Doctor, if it helps defeat the Daleks."The Great Time War has raged for centuries, ravaging the universe. Scores of human colony planets are now overrun by Dalek occupation forces. A weary, angry Doctor leads a flotilla of Battle TARDISes against the Dalek stronghold but in the midst of the carnage, the Doctor's TARDIS crashes to a planet below: Moldox... -
![Dragon and Liberator by Timothy Zahn]()
Dragon and Liberator by Timothy Zahn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJack Morgan 14, and Draycos, poet/warrior K’da dragon hiding as tattoo on his back face Neverlin, who killed Jack’s parents and destroyed the scout fleet of which Draycos was the sole survivor. When their friend Alison is captured, Jack gives himself up, and Draycos is imprisoned too...Categorized as:
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![Reborn Inception by Alex Kozlowski]()
Reborn Inception by Alex Kozlowski
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEric Peters has been reborn. Sent back in time to change humanity's fate.After experiencing a future where all of humanity’s planets and colonies had been purged, Eric refused to fall. And so, the Entity chose him to be humanity's last hope—to be Reborn...The Reborn are galactic boogiemen. Myths and legends used to terrify children and curb the aggression of advanced alien civilizations...Categorized as:
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![The Collectors by Christopher L. Bennett]()
The Collectors by Christopher L. Bennett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn all-new Star Trek e-novella featuring the Department of Temporal Investigations!The dedicated agents of the Federation Department of Temporal Investigations have their work cut out for them protecting the course of history from the dangers of time travel. But the galaxy is littered with artifacts that, in the wrong hands, could threaten reality... -
![First Contact by D.L. Harrison]()
First Contact by D.L. Harrison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlicia Jones is a genius, and a little odd. At just twenty three years of age, she is close to finishing her doctoral dissertation. But when she tests her latest theory in the lab to generate a strong EM field, it has very unanticipated results. Results that lead to faster than light travel, and first contact with another race... -
![Taking Care of Gods by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu]()
Taking Care of Gods by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne day two billion white beard in white came to earth, claiming that they were the creators of human beings... -
![The War of the Prophets by Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens]()
The War of the Prophets by Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe crew of Deep Space Nine must carry out their separate missions to ensure the survival of the Federation. But scattered across the Quadrant, they cannot know that Gul Dukat, Emissary of the Pah-wraiths, has raised an army of mindless warriors, the Grigari... -
![Revolution's Shore by Kate Elliott, Alis A. Rasmussen]()
Revolution's Shore by Kate Elliott, Alis A. Rasmussen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the second volume of the Highroad trilogy, plucky interstellar adventurer Lily Ransome sets out with a ragtag group to defeat a cruel empire bent on consuming the universeLilyaka Hae Ransome grew up on the colonized planet of Unruli... -
![Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War by Hal G.P. Colebatch, Larry Niven]()
Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War by Hal G.P. Colebatch, Larry Niven
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first colonists from Earth named the planet Wunderland. Generations later, the felinoid alien invaders called Kzin came and turned it into a hell for humans... -
![Shield of the Gods by Christopher L. Bennett]()
Shield of the Gods by Christopher L. Bennett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn all new Star Trek e-novella featuring the fan-favorite Federation bureau the Department of Temporal Investigations!The stalwart agents of the Department of Temporal Investigations have tracked down many dangerous artifacts, but now they face a greater, more personal challenge: retrieving a time-travel device stolen from their own vault by a rogue agent of the Aegis, a powerful, secretive... -
![Time Lock by Christopher L. Bennett]()
Time Lock by Christopher L. Bennett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader... -
![Elusive Salvation (Star Trek: The Original Series) by Dayton Ward]()
Elusive Salvation (Star Trek: The Original Series) by Dayton Ward
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn all-new Star Trek adventure across time—the latest of the acclaimed Original Series novels!The Arctic Circle, 1845: Escaping the tyranny under which their people have lived for generations, aliens from a distant planet crash land on Earth’s inhospitable frozen wastes...Categorized as:
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![The Rebel Files: Collected Intelligence of the Alliance by Daniel Wallace]()
The Rebel Files: Collected Intelligence of the Alliance by Daniel Wallace
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis top-secret cache reproduces highly sensitive intelligence that traces the Rebel Alliance from its formation through its tireless fight against the Empire and the First Order. From its earliest beginnings in covert opposition to Imperial operations, the Alliance could not leave its most sensitive information open to the risk of digital interception... -
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![Awakening on Orbis 4 by P.J. Haarsma]()
Awakening on Orbis 4 by P.J. Haarsma
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe sci-fi series careens to a conclusion as JT comes to terms with the startling truth about his destiny on the Rings of Orbis.Johnny Turnbull now knows that his sister, Ketheria, is the Scion — a long-awaited being who will bring understanding and healing to the universe...Categorized as:
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![Liberation by Andrew Beery]()
Liberation by Andrew Beery
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings2125 was the year the Proxy war began in earnest. The Heshe and Uruk, each with drastically different views of right and wrong, met in open conflict with disastrous results for the known universes. At the same time this was the finest year for the Galactic Coalition.. -
![McCoy: The Provenance Of Shadows by David R. George III]()
McCoy: The Provenance Of Shadows by David R. George III
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIN A SINGLE MOMENT…the lives of three men will be forever changed. In that split second, defined paradoxically by both salvation and loss, they will destroy the world and then restore it. Much had come before, and much would come after, but nothing would color their lives more than that one, isolated instant on the edge of forever...Categorized as:
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![Time for Yesterday by A.C. Crispin]()
Time for Yesterday by A.C. Crispin
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTo keep the universe from collapsing, a reunited Enterprise crew must save Spock's son from the past. Read by Leonard Nimoy and James Doohan, this is the story of the crew's mission to Gateway, their goal being to bring Zar out of the past to contact the Guardian of Forever and save civilization... -
![The Gentle Giants of Ganymede by James P. Hogan]()
The Gentle Giants of Ganymede by James P. Hogan
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTHE END OF EXILELong before the world of the Ganymeans blew apart, millennia ago, the strange race of giants had vanished. No one could discover their fate, nor where they had gone, nor why. There was only a wrecked ship abandoned on a frozen satellite of Jupiter. And now Earth's code and scientists were there, determined to ferret out the secret of the lost race... -
![Summoning Light by Jeanne Cavelos, J. Michael Straczynski]()
Summoning Light by Jeanne Cavelos, J. Michael Straczynski
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe explosive space epic continues, as the techno-mages come face-to-face with the devastating evil of the Shadows . . . War against the Shadows is inevitable, and the ruling Circle has ordered the techno-mages into hiding. Many are unhappy with this decision--none more so than Galen, the only mage who has faced the Shadows and lived...
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