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Omega Force: Unleashed by Joshua Dalzelle
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe ConFed has ruled the galactic quadrant for nearly two thousand years. During that time a relative peace has been kept by threat of force from their mighty fleet. But as with all things, their dominance must come to an end.Now that the ConFed is crumbling and their fleet is withdrawing back to the Core Worlds, the strong are once again preying on the weak... -
![Vapor Trails by Joshua Dalzelle]()
Vapor Trails by Joshua Dalzelle
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHe was a rogue element, disobeying orders and pursuing mission goals of his own. His Scout Team had been burned, disavowed by his chain of command and the owner of the stolen ship he was flying was after them to get it back. To make matters even more complicated, the man Jacob had stolen the ship from is an infamous outlaw and mercenary named Jason Burke… his father... -
![The Starter by Scott Sigler]()
The Starter by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE STARTER is the sequel to THE ROOKIE, a hard-hitting, bone-crunching YA sports/scifi novel described as "Any Given Sunday" meets "The Godfather" meets "Star Wars." It's high-stakes, win-or-die football action in the far future, as aliens and humans fill positions based on physiology and leave their blood, sweat and tears on gridirons across the galaxy...Categorized as:
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![Empire by Joshua Dalzelle]()
Empire by Joshua Dalzelle
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe final fight for control of humanity begins now.The United Terran Federation is on the brink of collapse after a devastating attack by the Eastern Star Alliance that has left four planets depopulated and uninhabitable. Terrified member worlds are fleeing from the Federation and the remnant of their once-mighty fleet has retreated to the last place they are welcome: Earth... -
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![Destroyer: A Military Space Opera by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle]()
Destroyer: A Military Space Opera by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHumanity’s greatest export—Justice. Peace can never last.When things are going right, be very afraid. The laws of chance are coming.And they’re bringing an alien destroyer, invisible to systems, sensors, as well as the naked eye. Even Ted is stymied. Kill or be killed.Terry Henry Walton isn’t afraid to do things the hard way, and he shows everyone what that means...Categorized as:
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![To Hell and Back by Joshua Dalzelle]()
To Hell and Back by Joshua Dalzelle
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA new killer is cutting a bloody swath through the frontier worlds.Rumors of its exploits are spreading and, like a ghost, nobody even knows what it looks like.Captain Jason Burke and his crew watch this growing menace with a mix of unease… and guilt. They know who this killer is. He used to be one of them.Seven, as he now called himself, is their former crewmate... -
![USS Hamilton: Ironhold Station by Mark Wayne McGinnis]()
USS Hamilton: Ironhold Station by Mark Wayne McGinnis
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe surprise attack within the Auriga Star System was worse than brutal, it was heinous—leaving the US-Navy's 3rd Fleet decimated. Thousands of crew are reported dead, including the ship’s Captain. Reluctantly, the young XO, Galvin Quintos, will be taking command of the fleet's crippled dreadnaught, the USS Hamilton, while doing his best to bring fleet survivors back to Earth... -
![Overwhelming Force by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle]()
Overwhelming Force by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe keys to the universe……are hidden on two different planets, both at war. The Bad Company is the only force capable of unlocking destiny.Terry and Char take the Bad Company beyond the frontier, back to Benitus Seven. What they find shocks them to the very core of their beings.Marcie and Kae develop a new force, a land army to win the peace and keep it...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Discovery by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle]()
Discovery by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe hero the universe needed and her friends.People who embrace justice as much as she does. Her people. One team, holding villainy at bay, even if they are demons from the past come back to haunt them all.A Queen. Two colonels. A contract that's too easy. A vacation gone awry. Enemies and allies.Terry and Char find themselves trapped.Here comes Bethany Anne. Here comes the Bad Company...Categorized as:
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![Battleground by Joshua Dalzelle]()
Battleground by Joshua Dalzelle
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis war was inevitable.After two brutal, bloody struggles for their very existence against implacable alien foes, humanity is victorious, but not at peace.As distrust and accusations consume the political discourse between the two major factions, the Eastern Star Alliance military has already begun executing small raiding missions into United Terran Federation space... -
![Family Law by Mackey Chandler]()
Family Law by Mackey Chandler
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPeople love easily. Look at most of your relatives or coworkers. How lovable are they? Really? Yet most have mates and children. The vast majority are still invited to family gatherings and their relatives will speak to them. Many have pets to which they are devoted. Some even call them their fur-babies... -
![Among Enemies by Evan Currie]()
Among Enemies by Evan Currie
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFor Sorilla Aida, the war has been ongoing. Peace was called, officially, but in the shadows her battles continued. The Alliance and SOLCOM are ready to call an end to it all now, but no one has yet been able to tell her why. Why the fighting began, why her allies, and enemies alike, died. Not even why it was over.She had to know, or at least she had to try to find out... -
![Into the Battle by James Rosone]()
Into the Battle by James Rosone
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMankind has awakened a monster……Humanity must put aside its own animosities……or face extinctionThe origins of human history begin to unravel as Earth learns they are not the only humans in the galaxy. The sudden discovery of humans living on multiple planets beyond Earth has created more questions than it’s answered... -
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![Shout of Honor by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Shout of Honor by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCommander Vepal is a Hero. He is also the Yxtrang ambassador to the greater universe. These two facts do not make Vepal's life easy. But they do make it interesting... -
![Planet Fall by Toby Neighbors]()
Planet Fall by Toby Neighbors
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe highly anticipated conclusion to the Kestrel Class Saga is here.The crew of the Modulus Echo are trapped on the planet Gershwin. The Krah Empire has returned with overwhelming force, and the Royal Imperium fleet is divided by petty rivalries and opposing political views. The path to victory is clear - close the worm hole, defeat the aliens, and retake what has been lost... -
![Zero Friction by Toby Neighbors]()
Zero Friction by Toby Neighbors
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe bestselling space opera is back! The crew of the Modulus Echo is stuck in service to Brigadier General Alicia Pershing in exchange for their freedom. But while working for the Royal Imperium may have its perks, it is also extremely dangerous. From space battles to rescue missions, Ben and his friends will have to use all their resourcefulness if they hope to survive... -
![Sector Seventeen by S.J. MacDonald]()
Sector Seventeen by S.J. MacDonald
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor centuries, there have been glimpses of something very strange and very fast in the turbulent space beyond Telathor, known to spacers as the Space Monster of Sector Seventeen. Now the Fourth is sent to investigate the Phenomenon under orders never to use the M word – nobody, after all, wants to be on record as the person who sent warships to hunt for a space monster... -
![Twilight of the Gods by Christian Kallias]()
Twilight of the Gods by Christian Kallias
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChase tries to convince Thor and the Asgardians to reconsider Kvasir's fate as well as membership in the Earth Alliance. Oryn believes she knows a way to convince the Asgardians to join them in their fight against the Furies, but Thor is not easily manipulated. The Furies move en masse to Droxia to finish what they started earlier as Sarah is tested in unexpected ways... -
![Junkyard Raiders by Jamie McFarlane]()
Junkyard Raiders by Jamie McFarlane
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDumped on a backwater planet, heroic old vets will risk everything to take a stand against vicious alien invaders.On the pastoral, backwater planet of Fimil Alpha, something or someone is eradicating the tribespeople of the Gauder Plains. Back on Earth, Albert Jenkins and his crew are enjoying the short-lived fame that accompanied their last adventure... -
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The Contingency Four Book Boxed Set by G.J. Ogden
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGet all four books in The Contingency War Series for one low price. More than 1,100 pages of epic space opera action and adventure with unique heroes and twists that you won’t see coming. Over 1.5 Million Page Reads and counting! From book one: No-one comes in peace. Every being in the galaxy wants something, and is willing to take it by force. The Hedalt were no different...Categorized as:
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![Return Fire by Rick Partlow]()
Return Fire by Rick Partlow
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEarth is in turmoil.The enemy is bearing down on us with every warship they have, and our only allies are in chaos.Our one hope for survival is Andy Clanton - a hack science fiction writer trying to convince some aliens that humans are worth saving.It’s an uphill battle, because to the aliens, we are the monsters... -
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Counterattack by Dean Henegar
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAdrift in an unknown sector of space, Slater and the crew of the Franklin are cut off from friendly support and surrounded by enemies on all sides.The mysterious council means to destroy him, but a derelict core is a deadly opponent, and Captain Slater will stop at nothing to get his crew home safely... -
![The Spaceship in the Stone (The Space Legacy #1) by Igor Nikolic]()
The Spaceship in the Stone (The Space Legacy #1) by Igor Nikolic
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhat would you do if you found an ancient spaceship?Michael Freeman is a disabled veteran who had just been fired from his mind-numbing cubicle job, which allowed his opportunistic girlfriend to dump him. Now, he only wants to spend some time at his grandfather's mountain cabin so he can unwind, away from the drudgery of daily life and with a cold beer in his hands...Categorized as:
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![From Chaos Born by Michael R. Hicks]()
From Chaos Born by Michael R. Hicks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor long ages, the Kreelan race has been ruled by war. Only the priests and priestesses of the ancient martial orders have prevented the utter destruction of their kind. But a newly arisen ruler, the Dark Queen, seeks to destroy the ages-old equilibrium. All that stands before her is a child of prophecy, a child destined to unite their race. A child the Dark Queen must kill at any cost.. -
![Embracing Oblivion by Toby Neighbors]()
Embracing Oblivion by Toby Neighbors
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHumanity has a new enemy The threat is no longer in doubt Three questions remain: When will they come? How will they attack us? Can we survive? The Kroll are real, but very little is known about humanity’s strange new enemy...Categorized as:
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![The Lion and the Unicorn by Christopher G. Nuttall]()
The Lion and the Unicorn by Christopher G. Nuttall
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe war isn’t going well.In five years of heavy fighting, humanity and its alien allies have steadily been pushed back towards Earth, towards the very heart of humanity itself. The virus is steadily wearing the defences down, mounting campaign after campaign to infect and enslave every other alien race... -
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Battlelines by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom international bestselling science fiction author T.R. Harris ... here is the14th BOOK in his Epic Saga of Human Superiority throughout the galaxy:The Human Chronicles Saga - Battlelines Adam Cain is an Alien with an Attitude...His Adventures Continue... -
![Planetfall by Eric Warren]()
Planetfall by Eric Warren
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStranded.The crew of the USCS Tempest has faced many hardships, but none so dire as crashing on a planet with no way to contact their ship. Now with no power, no resources and no idea how to get back, they’ll have to find a way to survive on this strange, untamed world.But not all is as it seems... -
![Last Species Standing by T.R. Harris]()
Last Species Standing by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom international bestselling science fiction author T.R. Harris, here is the 20th volume in his Epic saga of Human Superiority throughout the galaxy: The Human Chronicles Saga - Last Species StandingAdam Cain is an Alien with an Attitude...It's amazing how quickly things can change, as Adam and his team go from heroes to hunted prey overnight... -
![Darkest Reach by Eric Warren]()
Darkest Reach by Eric Warren
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe tried to bury it. But some things refuse to stay hidden.Having survived his encounter with the mysterious Sil race, Caspian and the crew of the USCS Tempest receive a new assignment: investigate the threat emerging far beyond the Coalition’s borders. With its advanced engines, Tempest is the only ship fast enough to reach whatever is out there before they cross into Coalition territory... -
![No Plan Survives Contact by Kevin O. McLaughlin]()
No Plan Survives Contact by Kevin O. McLaughlin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe crew races against time to learn more about the deadly Naga, an enigmatic race of alien predators who will stop at nothing to find the starship Satori. A risky mission is put together: a return to the dead world where they first encountered the Naga... -
![Prelude to War by T.R. Harris]()
Prelude to War by T.R. Harris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe gang is back, and this time pitted against the most-dangerous enemy the galaxy has ever faced. Among the challenges our heroic trio encounters are a five-thousand-year-old mutant genius and a one-trillion-strong race of ravenous trans-dimensional invaders... -
![Star Force: Scorpion by Aer-ki Jyr]()
Star Force: Scorpion by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKara's fate is determined along with the revelation of the Zak'de'ron's true nature, forcing Star Force to list the Dragons as a future enemy while pretending all is normal in the present...Categorized as:
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![Cast Adrift by Christopher G. Nuttall]()
Cast Adrift by Christopher G. Nuttall
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFive hundred years ago, the human race discovered it was not alone in the universe when Earth was invaded and forcibly integrated by the Alphan Empire. Over the years, humans have grown used to their position within the empire, serving as soldiers and spacers for alien masters as well as building a place in the universe for themselves...Categorized as:
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![Welcome To The Wolfpack by Toby Neighbors]()
Welcome To The Wolfpack by Toby Neighbors
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEverything has changed… A new threat has emerged… The fate of mankind hangs in the balance… Dean Blaze is now a Captain in the infamous Off World Force Recon division of EsDef. His heroics on the Valkyrie have made him a celebrity, but all he wants is another platoon and a fresh assignment doing what he does best... -
![Star Trek: The Fall: A Ceremony of Losses by David Mack]()
Star Trek: The Fall: A Ceremony of Losses by David Mack
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE NEEDS OF THE MANYDespite heroic efforts by Thirishar ch’Thane, the Andorian species is headed for extinction. Its slow march toward oblivion has reached a tipping point, one from which there will be no hope of return.THE NEEDS OF THE FEWWith countless lives at stake, the leaders of Andor, the Federation, and the Typhon Pact all scheme to twist the crisis to their political gain—at any price... -
![The Expendable Few: A Spinward Fringe Novel by Randolph Lalonde]()
The Expendable Few: A Spinward Fringe Novel by Randolph Lalonde
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCommander Clark Patterson and several officers in the Freeground Military are ejected from regular service when a desire to look beyond Freeground Nation's borders is proven by an oppressive government. They are assigned dangerous missions by a special Intelligence Oversight Group... -
![The Eternal Tide by Kirsten Beyer]()
The Eternal Tide by Kirsten Beyer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs the Voyager fleet continues its exploration of the Delta Quadrant, investigating the current status of sectors formerly controlled by the Borg becomes a key priority. Two of the fleet's special mission vessels, the U.S.S. Galen and U.S.S...Categorized as:
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![Vanguard by Christopher G. Nuttall]()
Vanguard by Christopher G. Nuttall
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe third trilogy in the hit ‘Ark Royal’ series begins now! HMS Vanguard is the most powerful battleship ever to be commissioned by the Royal Navy, but she is not a happy ship. Her commanding officer is eccentric, rarely seen on the bridge; her former XO has deserted his post and her first middy is resentful because he hasn't been promoted as he deserves .. -
![Primary Targets by Rick Partlow]()
Primary Targets by Rick Partlow
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOld Marines never die... they just become Space Marines I thought the hard part of helping the Helta defeat the rampaging Tevynians would be the fighting. How wrong I was. To the Helta, we Earthers look just like the Tevynians, their mortal enemies. And convincing their government to ally with humans may be even beyond the crew of the starship James Bowie... -
![Hellfire by C.H. Gideon, Caleb Wachter]()
Hellfire by C.H. Gideon, Caleb Wachter
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMechanized Warfare on a Galactic Scale The Brick. An inhospitable planet in Finjou space. Humans settled there anyway. Now the aliens want them gone. Captain Xi Bao. Your orders are to conduct Operation Red Rock. Evacuate the human colonists from the Brick before the Finjou find them. Collect material evidence of the Jemmin conspiracy buried more than thirty kilometers below the surface... -
![Rise Like Lions by David Mack]()
Rise Like Lions by David Mack
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIN THE MIRROR UNIVERSE . . . Miles “Smiley” O’Brien struggles to hold together his weary band of freedom fighters in their war against the overwhelming might of the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. Each day pushes the rebels on Terok Nor one step closer to defeat, but with nowhere left to run, the time has come to make their last stand... -
![From the Black by Michael Chatfield]()
From the Black by Michael Chatfield
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Universe isn’t always as it appears, this is something that the Free Fleet has learnt time and time again. As a threat, thought to be wiped out returns, the Free Fleet will have to face an oncoming war. Salchar will have to overcome his anger and decide which of his enemies he will trust, and which one’s time has run out... -
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![From Furies Forged by Michael Chatfield]()
From Furies Forged by Michael Chatfield
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Kalu aren’t a long lost nightmare anymore. They came from the black. They destroyed Rosho. They ravaged Heija. That was just the scouting force. Their coming back. Power those reactors, charge those rail cannons and ready the fighters. The Free Fleet is going to war... -
![The Galactic Sentinel: Ultimate Edition - 1500+ Pages - 4 Books - And More by Killian Carter]()
The Galactic Sentinel: Ultimate Edition - 1500+ Pages - 4 Books - And More by Killian Carter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrab all 4 books in the thrilling GALACTIC SENTINEL series, in this great value 2000+ page sci-fi box set!Because you know you love ancient aliens, genius monkeys, and epic space adventures.Includes a Free New Exclusive.Jason Grimshaw has one job. Get the cadets to Colony 115. Just another day. Just another milk run. Or so he thought...Categorized as:
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![Wonderlands by Una McCormack]()
Wonderlands by Una McCormack
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn all-new novel based upon the explosive Star Trek TV series! In a desperate attempt to prevent the artificial intelligence known as Control from seizing crucial information that could destroy all sentient life, Commander Michael Burnham donned the “Red Angel” time-travel suit and guided the USS Discovery into the future and out of harm’s way... -
![Changing Fate by Patty Jansen]()
Changing Fate by Patty Jansen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNOTE: Alternate cover edition for ASIN B00S4RHB2Q.Fifty thousand years ago, a meteorite hit the planet Asto, giving its Aghyrian inhabitants mere days of notice. Three ships escaped the Armageddon. Two went to the neighbouring planet. The third, a massive generation ship, refused to take on refugees, and then vanished without a trace.It’s coming back...Categorized as:
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![Titan: Fortune of War by David Mack]()
Titan: Fortune of War by David Mack
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn original spin-off novel set in the popular Star Trek: The Next Generation universe from New York Times bestselling author David Mack.Death slumbers in the ashes of silent planets, waiting to be awakened and unleashed… Twenty years have passed since the interstellar scourge known as the Husnock were exterminated without warning by a being with godlike abilities... -
![Collateral Damage by David Mack, Robert Petkoff]()
Collateral Damage by David Mack, Robert Petkoff
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Star Trek: Discovery: Desperate Hours comes an original, thrilling novel set in the universe of Star Trek: The Next Generation!The past returns to haunt Captain Jean-Luc Picard--a crime he thought long buried has been exposed, and he must return to Earth to answer for his role in a conspiracy that some call treason. Meanwhile, the U.S.S...
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