Books like 'Captain Atom, Vol. 2: Genesis'
Readers who enjoyed Captain Atom, Vol. 2: Genesis by J.T. Krul & Freddie E. Williams II also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
sc-fi military, war & conflict super-powered satire crime evolution military humor historical-fiction
-
Cataclysmic Mistakes by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe ZOO has pushed and pushed hard. What will the response be?Not everyone is happy about rumblings of the wall going up faster.Frustration abounds for everyone. The ZOO has changed tactics and moved the goalposts.Who is going to win, humanity or the Zoo?Niki needs to vent, and Taylor does his best to show her a good time... -
![One Decision Too Late by Michael Anderle]()
One Decision Too Late by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHuman greed conspires with bizarre coincidences to unleash a Zoo nightmare of epic proportions.Disgruntled ex-employees seize a lab and resort to blackmail. The cryptids they study are their ultimate weapon.A super-spy has Desk in his sights.An unsuspecting world hangs in the balance.The Zoo is ready to expand. This time, it could be impossible to stop it... -
![Hostile Negotiations by Michael Anderle]()
Hostile Negotiations by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes one must face one’s fears to get something accomplished. Even if death would be preferred.Poaching is a crime. Poaching when a person is using the ZOO to help make it happen is a crime against humanity.That’s when McFadden and Banks get involved.Unfortunately, the trail heads off in multiple directions and one of those arrows goes straight back to the ZOO... -
![Mage-Queen's Thief by Glynn Stewart]()
Mage-Queen's Thief by Glynn Stewart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s supposed to find a husband.He’s supposed to steal a shuttle.They’re each other’s only hope.Kiera Alexander is the Mage-Queen of Mars, ruler of a hundred worlds and the protector of humanity. She is also unmarried and in desperate need of an heir—a duty that has left her traveling the Core Worlds of the Martian Protectorate aboard the luxury liner Extravagant Voyage... -
-
![Sting of the Mustard Mines by Barry J. Hutchison]()
Sting of the Mustard Mines by Barry J. Hutchison
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Space Team Universe has been changed forever!Having journeyed through time in order to restore peace to the galaxy, Cal Carver and Space Team are a little dismayed to find out they may have inadvertently made things even worse.Whoops... -
![Invasion Force by T.R. Harris]()
Invasion Force by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo planet is safe from the invading horde.From international bestselling science fiction author T.R. Harris, here is the 21st volume in his Epic 29-book-long saga of Human Superiority throughout the galaxy, and the foolish aliens who get in our way: The Human Chronicles Saga - Invasion ForceAdam Cain is an Alien with an Attitude...This time it's serious ....The Klin... -
![Scorched Earth by T.R. Harris]()
Scorched Earth by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when the Adam Cain—the Alien with an Attitude—gets really pissed off?Hint: It ain’t pretty.The scorched earth in the title doesn’t refer to the Human’s homeworld... -
![Dire Wolf Stakes by Ramy Vance, Michael Anderle]()
Dire Wolf Stakes by Ramy Vance, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove kills. So do bow-wielding assassins.Maine’s troubles are only just beginning. The Mantle is still catnip to assassins. News of her victory is out and another liqudator of the living is after her. That would be enough trouble, if her ex wasn’t also in town, proclaiming his undying love for her... -
![Doctor Who: The Giggle (Target Collection) by James Goss]()
Doctor Who: The Giggle (Target Collection) by James Goss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBased on a script by Russell T Davies, this thrilling third adventure for Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary features David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble...Categorized as:
historical-fiction military super-powered sci-fi fiction action-adventure audiobook time-travel -
![All’s Fair In War by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle]()
All’s Fair In War by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor a merc company, better pay is...better, right? Not necessarily. Born from the fertile imagination of bestselling author Michael Anderle… Heavy Metal has benefited from promo videos, but unfortunately, someone figured out that some of the driving during the Russian Base operation... Was just too damned good... -
![Justice Comes Due by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle]()
Justice Comes Due by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes the good guys win and the bad guys end up dead. But that isn't how it always goes down. In the ZOO, you are either fast and lucky or you are dead. Heavy Metal has a few videos that are out gaining attention in parts of the world, and that doesn't bode well for them... -
![It All Falls Down by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle]()
It All Falls Down by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLieutenant Gregor Popov is on trial for his efforts along with Heavy Metal to save the Russian Scientists. Will they go after Sal, Madigan and Courtney next? Born from the fertile imagination of bestselling author Michael Anderle… Will Popov get a light sentence, or something worse?Savage has been tasked with an operation, hidden from everyone... -
![Get Out Of Our Way by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle]()
Get Out Of Our Way by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSal needs to work on something that has bugged him from the beginning. His dissertation. Born from the fertile imagination of bestselling author Michael Anderle… There is a group engaging four new mercenaries, prepping them with simulated operations in the ZOO. How come? Courtney has approved a new member of her team in California and Sal isn't sure it was a good idea... -
![Backstabbing Little Assets by Michael Anderle, Michael Todd]()
Backstabbing Little Assets by Michael Anderle, Michael Todd
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNot every creature in the ZOO is out to eat you. Some are humans who intend to stab you in the back. Born from the fertile imagination of bestselling author Michael Anderle… Sal is hard at work trying to figure out if he can keep his crazy little company afloat, and now he wants to add more headcount? Kennedy isn’t sure what is going on inside his young and not-all-that-wise head... -
-
![Immortality Curse: Age of Expansion by Tom Dublin, Michael Anderle]()
Immortality Curse: Age of Expansion by Tom Dublin, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFollowing a slew of dangerous missions, the Shadows are looking forward to an easier assignment - conveying official condolences to the mourning monarch of an allied planet. They should be so lucky. How far would you go to mourn a lost love? Twisted by grief, the queen has tasked her top scientists with finding a cure for death itself, so that no one else must suffer like she has...Categorized as:
humor satire military aliens action-adventure fiction exploration genetic-engineering -
![Head Hunter by Michael Anderle]()
Head Hunter by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTaylor McFadden is in a military hospital recovering, and Niki is on the warpath, with Jennie visiting him in the hospital.Will Taylor live through an operation in which a helicopter dropped on him only to die when Niki gets hold of him?Further, he has decided to have the final word with the crime lord attacking his people... -
![She Is His Witness by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle]()
She Is His Witness by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSHE IS HIS WITNESS. Born from the fertile imagination of bestselling author Michael Anderle Can you get your PhD in the ZOO? Salinger Jacobs treats others as he is treated. Screw him over, and he might hold stuff back. You have his back? He will have yours... -
![The Copernicus Deception by T.R. Harris]()
The Copernicus Deception by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdam Cain is an Alien with an Attitude… His Adventures Continue. When Adam and Riyad journey to the planet Visidor to help free their alien friends Kaylor and Jym from vindictive local law enforcement, they thought all it would take would be wowing the locals with their celebrity. After all, they’d just saved the galaxy from the evil Sol-Kor menace... -
![Ghazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh! by Nate Crowley]()
Ghazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh! by Nate Crowley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsREAD IT BECAUSEFor the first time, get a grot's-eye view of the inexorable rise of the greatest ork warboss since the Great Beast, in a stunning limited edition novel packed with all the action and dark humour you'd expect from an ork tale... -
![The Orphan in Near-Space by Laer Carroll]()
The Orphan in Near-Space by Laer Carroll
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJane Kuznetsov, orphan of some cataclysmic stellar event a big fraction of a million years ago, or maybe several times that, is now a captain in the U.S. Air Force, the part informally called the Space Force. She is leading a crew of four friends and fellow Space Force officers doing research.She can travel routinely to the World Space Station to carry out that research and does so... -
![The Phantom Patrol by James R. Benn]()
The Phantom Patrol by James R. Benn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the nineteenth installment of James R. Benn’s acclaimed WWII mystery series, an investigation into a secret gang of Nazi-affiliated art thieves in post-Liberation Paris leads Billy Boyle and his comrades into the catastrophic Battle of the Bulge in winter 1944... -
![Slabscape: Dammit by S. Spencer Baker]()
Slabscape: Dammit by S. Spencer Baker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere’s a billion-kilometre-wide stop sign in Slab’s path but the interns in SlabCouncil insist on sitting on their hands. Louie Drago doesn’t do hand-sitting so he gives council the benefit of his mind and makes plans to save his photonic skin... -
![Barbarian Alien Part 2: Broken by Ruby Dixon]()
Barbarian Alien Part 2: Broken by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKidnapped by my alien ‘mate’, I’m struggling with the sensations in my body as well as silent Raahosh’s moods. We don’t get along…but I can’t help but want the guy. I blame the alien symbiont I'm forced to have in order to stay alive. It must be the reason why looking at the big, delicious alien gets me so hot and bothered, right?BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS... -
![Telegram Home by Kirsten McKenzie]()
Telegram Home by Kirsten McKenzie
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHistory will changeSarah Lester's mother is missing and the Indian uprising holds her father captive. The police want to question her, and even the church is demanding its pound of flesh. Her return to The Old Curiosity Shop raises more questions than answers.Waiting in the shadows is a vengeful Richard Grey...Categorized as:
historical-fiction military action-adventure adult book colonization fiction time-travel -
-
![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... -
![Devils' Due by Christie Golden]()
Devils' Due by Christie Golden
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was at times like this that Jim Raynor, former marine lance corporal, proud citizen of the Confederacy and erstwhile farm boy, felt most alive. At the speed at which he was urging the vulture, the wind cooled his face so that the oppressive heat vanished... -
![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... -
![Choose Your Enemies by Sandy Mitchell]()
Choose Your Enemies by Sandy Mitchell
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBook 10 in the Ciaphas Cain Series... -
![1636: The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz by Kerryn Offord, Rick Boatright]()
1636: The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz by Kerryn Offord, Rick Boatright
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA sparkling addition to the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire alternate history series created by Eric Flint. An alchemist of the 17th century confronts modern science with often amusing results.Phillip Theophrastus Gribbleflotz, the world's greatest alchemist and a great-grandson of Paracelsus—and a Bombast on his mother's side—was a man history had forgotten... -
![The Phoenix by Barry Sadler, Charlton Griffin]()
The Phoenix by Barry Sadler, Charlton Griffin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith Viet Cong Commander Ho van Tuyen using his invincible Ke sat Nhan assassins to terrorize the American troops, Casca--condemned to outlive the ages, wandering the globe as an eternal soldier--becomes a target. Reissue...Categorized as:
historical-fiction military action-adventure adult book fiction historical violent-conflict -
![Eureka: Road Less Traveled: Road Less Traveled by Cris Ramsay]()
Eureka: Road Less Traveled: Road Less Traveled by Cris Ramsay
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Global Dynamics researcher has a breakthrough on her project visualizing another dimension. And since GD's experiments have a bad tendency to affect the entire town, Sheriff Jack Carter heads over to check it out. What he sees blows him away... -
![The Mongol by Barry Sadler, Carol Eason]()
The Mongol by Barry Sadler, Carol Eason
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA slave of the savage Tatars, Casca is a champion in the blood-sports that make his masters rich…a rare prize for those who wager for his skills…and a nightmare for those who face him in a fight where only one survives. Then Casca is stolen by a Mongol rebel – a young outcast among his own people. Only blood and power can quench the burning thirst of his ambition... -
![A Call to Arms by Allan Mallinson]()
A Call to Arms by Allan Mallinson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1817 and 1818 have not been good years for Matthew Hervey. His beloved wife Henrietta is dead and he is no longer in the Sixth regiment. Now he is kicking his heels in a corrupt and unruly England far removed from its once glorious past. 1819 sees Hervey in Rome with his sister Elizabeth where a chance meeting with man of letters Percy Bysshe Shelley leads him to rethink his future... -
![An Act of Courage by Allan Mallinson]()
An Act of Courage by Allan Mallinson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Allan Mallinson brings us another compelling and deeply atmospheric adventure featuring Matthew Hervey. If you like Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and CS Forester, you will love this! "Most impressive.. -
-
![Out of the Soylent Planet (Rex Nihilo Adventure) by Robert Kroese]()
Out of the Soylent Planet (Rex Nihilo Adventure) by Robert Kroese
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsInterstellar con man Rex Nihilo has a price tag on his head. Railroaded into smuggling a shipment of contraband corn to a planet short on food, Rex finds himself on the run from an insidious corporation named Ubiqorp, which reaps obscene profits by keeping planets dependent on shipments of synthetic rations... -
![North Reich by Robert Conroy]()
North Reich by Robert Conroy
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Conroy's introduction: North Reich tells what might have happened if Hitler had not so foolishly declared war on the United States. FDR certainly understood that Germany was the greatest threat, but might have been helpless to do anything about it. War between the United States and Germany was still considered inevitable, but not in December of 1941...Categorized as:
historical-fiction military adult alternate-history book fiction historical violent-conflict -
![The Repairman by Harry Harrison]()
The Repairman by Harry Harrison
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy boss leaned back, wiped his hands on his handkerchief and gave me Lecture Forty-four on Company Duty and My Troubles. "This department is officially called Maintenance and Repair, when it really should be called trouble-shooting. Hyperspace beacons are made to last forever -- or damn close to it... -
![The Dog From Hell by Chris Bunch]()
The Dog From Hell by Chris Bunch
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhile escorting a group of privileged and wild girls from a finishing school on Earth to one of the luxury worlds, the Star Risk Ltd. team crosses paths with the huge security firm, Cerebus Systems--which has just put Star Risk Ltd. on the top of its enemy list. Original... -
![Star Trek: The Next Generation: Warped: An Engaging Guide to the Never-Aired 8th Season by Mike McMahan]()
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Warped: An Engaging Guide to the Never-Aired 8th Season by Mike McMahan
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader... -
![The Cursed by Barry Sadler]()
The Cursed by Barry Sadler
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo avoid death by hanging in colonial China, turn-of-the-century British soldier Casca must penetrate the heart of the country and bring back word of an impending revolution. Reissue...Categorized as:
historical-fiction military action-adventure adult book fiction historical violent-conflict -
![Peace on Earth by Stanisław Lem]()
Peace on Earth by Stanisław Lem
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIjon Tichy is the only human who knows for sure whether the self-programming robots on the moon are plotting a terrestrial invasion. But a highly focused ray severs his corpus collosum. Now his left brain can’t remember the secret and his uncooperative right brain won’t tell. Tichy struggles for control of the lost memory and of his own two warring sides... -
![The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted by Harry Harrison]()
The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted by Harry Harrison
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe 25th century's most outrageous outlaw is back - and this time it means war! "Slippery Jim" diGriz, better known as the Stainless Steel Rat, is seeking revenge for the murder of his mentor-in-crime, the fabled archcriminal known as The Bishop... -
![The Shadow Wars by Rod Rees]()
The Shadow Wars by Rod Rees
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe shadows of war grow ever darker across the Demi-Monde.Norma Williams knows she was a fool to be lured into the virtual nightmare that is the Demi-Monde. When the agent sent in the game to save her goes rogue and a long forgotten evil is awoken, it falls to Norma to lead the resistance...Categorized as:
crime historical-fiction military action-adventure adult alternate-history book cyberpunk -
![Overdraft: The Orion Offensive by John Jackson Miller]()
Overdraft: The Orion Offensive by John Jackson Miller
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the twenty-second century, humanity has journeyed to the stars, and found them open for business. And when it comes to protecting that business, Chief Bridget Yang and Surge Team Sigma—her squad of heavily armed space marines—are up to the task. Unfortunately, Jamie Sturm is one problem they can’t just vaporize... -
-
![Eureka: Brain Box Blues by Cris Ramsay]()
Eureka: Brain Box Blues by Cris Ramsay
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEven the brightest of Eureka's residents can't read someone else's mind. Then Global Dynamics develops the Brain Box: a device capable of capturing and storing human thoughts. When the Box starts messing with people's minds, Sheriff Jack Carter will have to keep his thoughts to himself if he's going to save the town from going out of their heads... -
![Manual revisado del boy scout by William S. Burroughs, Genesis P-Orridge]()
Manual revisado del boy scout by William S. Burroughs, Genesis P-Orridge
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBefore the era of fake news and anti-fascists, William S. Burroughs wrote about preparing for revolution and confronting institutionalized power. In this work, Burroughs’ parody becomes a set of rationales and instructions for destabilizing the state and overthrowing an oppressive and corrupt government. As with much of Burroughs’ work, it is hard to say if it is serious or purely satire... -
![Dr Strangelove by Peter George]()
Dr Strangelove by Peter George
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe novel that made the Stanley Kubrick film possible: a hilarious, serious savage farce. Major Kong is the commander of the air bomber nicknamed Leper Colony. He has orders to proceed to their primary target. General Jack D. Riper, in command of Burpelson Air Force Base, sips his glass of grain alcohol and rainwater and calmly puts the base on condition Red... -
![Shadow of the Jaguar by Steven Savile]()
Shadow of the Jaguar by Steven Savile
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingssees evolutionary zoologist Nick Cutter make the terrifying discovery that prehistoric creatures are alive and well in the twenty-first century. The natural world is turned on its head and humanity faces extinction as unexplained anomalies rip holes in the fabric of time and allow creatures from the earliest stages of Earth's development to roam the modern world... -
![The Final Incoherent Adventure by Harry Harrison, David Harris]()
The Final Incoherent Adventure by Harry Harrison, David Harris
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBILL - the army's made him what he is today - the perfect Starship Trooper, proud possessor of two right arms and a lockerful of feet suitable for every occasion. BILL - this time he really put his foot (the Swiss-Army one with the special attachments, secret compartments, collapsible mess-kit and condom-dispenser) right in it... -
![Exterminator! by William S. Burroughs]()
Exterminator! by William S. Burroughs
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsConspirators plot to explode a train carrying nerve gas. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself to be the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. Science-fantasy wars, racism, corporate capitalism, drug addiction, and various medical and psychiatric horrors all play their parts in this mosaiclike, experimental novel. Here is William S. Burroughs at his coruscating and hilarious best...
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.
