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Fires of Oblivion by Anthony James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCaptain John Duggan rots in his cell, facing execution at the hands of his captors. Having discovered the secret which the Ghasts wished to remain hidden, he is left powerless to find answers to the questions which will determine the future of the Confederation. Elsewhere in the Garon sector, the Dreamers have been putting their own terrible plans into action... -
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... -
Veklocks by S.H. Jucha
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA triumvirate of Veklocks, emissaries of the Tsargit, the alliance governing body, negotiates with Harbour, the Pyrean envoy, about critical projects the Pyreans need. But it’s possible that the Veklocks ask for too much in return. The Veklocks require the Pyreans to explore the extent of the Colony’s usurpation of domes. The Colony is composed of two insectoid species, the grays and the reds... -
The Champion by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTHE CHAMPION is the fifth book in the Galactic Football League series.Seven centuries in the future, the sport of American football has never been bigger, never been faster, never been more lethal. Trillions of fans from all over the galaxy watch six unique races battle in contests so violent that deaths are part of the stat sheet... -
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All in Good Time by Mackey Chandler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLiving by bad neighbors is hard. Especially when there is a whole mob of them. Needing to do business with them makes it harder. Imagine nine billion noisy disrespectful neighbors who can’t keep their word and would be just as happy to see you dead... -
Allotropes by Laurence E. Dahners
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“Allotropes" is the eighth in a series of near future SciFi/Thrillers whose young heroine Ell Donsaii has a nerve mutation which has made her a genius as well as an athletic phenomenon.In “Allotropes,” she finds even more uses for the quantum entangled wormholes that she discovered... -
Stolen Destiny by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKidnapped from the education station, Sil is set loose on a huge warship, only to find herself bound in a contract no one expected.Silhouette watches the alien abductors trying to unload the entire shipment of stolen Terrans. She wished that she could sleep standing up, but it wasn’t a skill she had acquired.When a medical team comes in, a grey alien comes by and tests the humans... -
The Deadliest of Intentions by Marc Stevens
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Principal Investigator of the Chaalt people, has covertly enlisted the aid of Nathan Myers and the crew of the Legacy. They desperately need help gaining access to their secret Prule research station. The facility has gone dark, and the automated defenses activated... -
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... -
Stardust by Edward W. Robertson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe invaders have arrived. The last battle for humanity is about to begin. STARDUST is the final book in the Rebel Stars series... -
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... -
Orion Lost by Alastair Chisholm
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a catastrophic Unknown Event leaves the colony ship Orion stranded deep in space, it's up to thirteen-year-old Beth and her friends to navigate through treacherous and uncharted territory and reach safety... -
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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Deep Black (Infinite Sky #1) by Samuel Best
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo crews return to Titan. Who will survive?Titan. Sixth moon of Saturn. A deadly enigma harboring the greatest secret in the history of humankind.In the wake of the first mission, two companies with very different goals plot a return to that distant moon. Their ships are safer, their technology has improved…and they want answers... -
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Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven by Larry Niven, Rick Sternbach
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsRanging from the 20th Century to the 31st, these interconnected stories trace Man's expansion and colonization throughout the galaxy...Becalmed in hellHowie's spaceship had a malfunction...but it might be only psychosomatic!Wait it outHe was trapped on Pluto...and all his assets were frozen!The borderland of SolForward possessed the ultimate weapon..Categorized as:
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Skandia Seven: Ace Evans Book 4 by Toby Neighbors
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes disaster can’t be averted…Ace Evans leads his team of Titan battle suit clad Operators to level one planet Skandia Seven. Their mission is to protect the factory where his father works. But as the protests on Skandia Seven grow violent, and mega-corporations are targeted, there may be nothing Ace can do to protect the people he cares most about... -
Cronus Team by Toby Neighbors
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe heroes of the battle for Carthage return!Alex has discovered new abilities tied to his Implanted Neural Controller, but the galaxy is growing more dangerous by the day, and Ace always seems to find himself in the center of it.As Cronus team heads to Arcadia for a well-earned victory lap and some much-needed rest, secret forces are at work to destabilize the galaxy... -
Any Port in a War by Tim Marquitz, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA battle. A spaceship crashes on an alien planet. Its combat troops deploy. The aliens run for their lives. Until they can run no more. Then they fight back. Against a superior enemy, technology is key. But the aliens don’t have better tech. They have grit and catlike reflexes. And tails. Taj fights to unite a determined populace against a professional military vying for the planet’s future... -
Space Rogues 2: Big Ship, Lots of Guns by John Wilker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPreviously, on Space Rogues...Thanks to an intergalactic crime boss and all around horrible being, Xarrix, there's a price on the crews' heads, no good deed goes unpunished, as they say.What do you do to keep food on the table and fuel in the tank? Take jobs as privateers of course.This page-turning adventure kicks off with Zephyr answering a call from an old friend...Categorized as:
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Star Force: Mak'to'ran (2) by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMak'to'ran travels to the Hjar'at with information regarding the altered Hadarak and the alliance of extremely advanced races that Star Force has amassed...only to find even more treachery amongst the very militant Stegosauruses... -
Snow by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlpha male alien comes to Earth to pick up a bride and instead meets a beautiful scientist whose job it is to capture him.NYT Bestselling Author, Michelle M. Pillow, is back with a brand new sci-fi alien romance adventure.Tushar (aka Snow Chaos) knows there is little chance of finding a wife on his ice-ball of a home planet. Few can survive the subzero temperatures...Categorized as:
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Renegade Magic by Jennifer M. Eaton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn outer space, there is no right or wrong...unless you get caught.Cal turns to a life of smuggling to escape a death sentence for a crime he didn't commit, and when a galactic law enforcer lands far too close, Cal’s crew kidnaps her in hopes they can prove his innocence.Hey, what could go wrong?Dania, a powerful mage enforcer, is on a mission to eliminate a human trafficking ring...Categorized as:
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Ascending by Meg Pechenick
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTwenty-five years ago the Vardeshi came to Earth. Then they vanished without a trace. Graduate student Avery Alcott always knew they would return. When they do, she’s the only one who can speak their language. She’s quickly recruited to join the crew of an 11-man starship on a one-year mission into the depths of space. Avery leaps at the chance to leave behind everything she’s ever known... -
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...Categorized as:
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Stargate Atlantis: Inheritors by Jo Graham, Melissa Scott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEnd gameThe battle lines are drawn. Queen Death is mustering her fleet. But who will stand against her?As conflicts and betrayal threaten to shatter Atlantis’s fragile alliances with Guide’s Wraith and the Genii, humanity’s only hope of survival rests on the fate of an Ancient device — a weapon too terrible to use but too powerful to cast aside... -
Traitor by Edward W. Robertson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFinnTech has allied with the aliens who once pushed humanity to the brink of extinction. No one knows their next move. In desperation, Rada and Webber fly to the Locker. A pirate station in Uranus orbit, its fleet may be the only thing capable of resisting the FinnTech forces. But as Rada fights to bring the Locker to her side, she discovers a new conspiracy... -
Space Rogues by John Wilker
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens when your experimental spacecraft breaks down near Neptune? Dying alone in space is the likely answer, right?That's not how Wil Calder's story ends though; it's how it begins. Alien space outlaws rescue him and sell his pod for scrap. He's given a choice: join the crew or step out the airlock without his spacesuit...Categorized as:
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A Gift of Time by Jerry Merritt
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Micajah Fenton discovers a crater in his front yard with a broken time glider in the bottom and a naked, virtual woman on his lawn, he delays his plans to kill himself. While helping repair the marooned time traveler’s glider, Cager realizes it can return him to his past to correct a mistake that had haunted him his entire life... -
Carthage Prime: Ace Evans Series book 2 by Toby Neighbors
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere’s nothing like flying in the most advanced battle mech in the galaxy. But Ace Evans is still a rookie Operator, and trouble is brewing on Carthage Prime.The second installment in the Ace Evans trilogy is here! With his training almost complete, Ace and his team of Titan MBS Operators are getting called into action... -
Neutron Star by Larry Niven
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsCome to Larry Niven's Universe and meet all the natives: Thrints, Bandersnatchi, Puppeteers -- and a host of other wonderfully created characters.Visit Lookitthat, Down, and Jinx -- indeed, an entire galaxy of planets found only in these stories that trace man's expansion and colonization throughout Known Space.A spectacular cycle of the future . . -
Stranded by Douglas E. Richards
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of WIRED, its sequel, AMPED, and the adult science fiction/technothriller, THE CURE.Ages 9 to adult A fantastic alien city buried deep underground. What wonders - and what dangers - is it hiding? Ryan and Regan Resnick are the two youngest members of the Prometheus Project, a top secret team exploring a vast, abandoned alien city...Categorized as:
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Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe by Frank O'Connor, Tobias S. Buckell
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen humanity expanded beyond the safety of Earth to new stars and horizons, they never dreamed what dangers they would encounter there. When the alien juggernaut known as the Covenant declared holy war upon the fragile human empire, millions of lives were lost—but, millions of heroes rose to the challenge... -
Freak Factor by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLiving life on Kaddaka station was predictable and profitable. Mala's talent for undetectable repairs has made her quite wealthy and the station quite popular. When a Reflex ship comes in hot, out of control and unable to stop, she is the woman for the job... -
Entropy by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlia Morgan is a geothermal specialist assigned to the ice planet Yana, but she experiences a disruption to her routine when her best friend's brother arrives to invite her to participate in Ember's wedding, in two days. They are halfway to the main city when Symon drops the bomb... -
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Damaged Control by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe would do anything to survive, including getting herself damaged and off the companion list. A Hmrain finds her in an unlikely place for an unlikely partnership. Athena made it to a pickup point, past the physical, and up to the education station. Her training was difficult, but when she found out she was a likely candidate for companionship to a Hmrain, she took drastic action... -
Hiding by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaking herself unseen was Daphne’s skill until a forest encounter made her want to be noticed by the new Ambassador of the Nine. Daphne has spent her adult life since the Tokkel invasion fighting for jobs to support herself. With her parents dead, her family consists of one... -
Guiding by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTaking care of folks in the wild is her hobby, but when two of the Shadow Folk need her help getting everyone out alive, her skills as a guide will be tested.Teyha enjoys being a historian and educating the next generation of Gaia on how they arrived... -
Broken Glass by John Hindmarsh
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSteg de Coeur, his family murdered to further an armed takeover of Homeworld by the House of Aluta, flees to space just ahead of corporate mercenaries and warrants issued for his arrest for treason against the Empire. Adventures follow as his ability to link with computers develops, in emulation of the Acolytes who attend the mysterious Glass Complex of Homeworld... -
The Jupiter Catastrophe: Hard Science Fiction by Brandon Q. Morris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a long journey to Saturn’s moon Enceladus, spaceship ILSE is on its way back to Earth, carrying crucial cargo. The crew is exhausted and wants nothing more than a quick return home. Suddenly, a chain of malfunctions puts the expedition in peril. The difficulties appear to be related to planet Jupiter, whose orbit they are crossing... -
The Continuing Mission by Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor the first time, the creation of Star Trek: The Next Generation is explored from the inside, told by the people who were there everyday putting out a television series without realizing that they were creating a lasting legacy. A true collectors item, it contains over 700 full-color photographs, many of which are from the personal collections of the people who created the series... -
Designing by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA reclusive inventor meets a man who will give her wings. Well, he will let her use his.Ula has hidden from her own people in an effort to cease pressure from local government to create weapons against the Nine. When a man with wings comes knocking, she slams the door in his face... -
Raising Hell by Patty Jansen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNOTE: Alternate cover edition for ASIN B00I0RC8HI.THE SECOND-QUICKEST way to get yourself killed when dealing with Coldi people of the planet Asto is to look a superior in the eye. The Coldi people possess an instinct that demands the formation of hierarchical networks in which every person has a prescribed place. These networks provide stability. They also place one person at the top... -
Hostile Ground by Sally Malcolm, Laura Harper
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was meant to be an easy mission, a walk in the park. But SG-1's first trip off-world after Colonel O'Neill's return from Edora (STARGATE SG-1: One Hundred Days) proves to be anything but easy. Tapped for a covert assignment, O’Neill must conceal the truth from his team at all costs. So when Dr Daniel Jackson is injured and the mission begins to go awry, tensions quickly reach breaking point... -
Astonish by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCeelie was nothing exceptional until the moment she became the most important woman to an entire world…and its avatar.Trapped in a job working as an assistant for an ambassador, Ceelie is hoping for something better for her life, but she knows that it isn’t likely. While on an assignment to obtain some atmosphere scrubbing trees Ceelie finds herself courted and seduced before she can blink... -
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Asteroid by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSebena has spent her time in the Alliance using her accuracy to blow large rocks into tiny rocks suitable for refinement. When she picks up a heat signature she has to pursue it, even if it means doing it on her own time. Finding a life pod is not really a surprise, but having it functioning and its occupant alive is quite the shock... -
Harness by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUsing tech to hold her shape becomes a problem when she meets a man who drives her senses into overdrive.Alfreda has become used to the constant pressure of her harness, keeping her in a basic bipedal form and helping her back into her Terran shape. When she learns that her mixed blood makes the shapeshifter in her far stronger than the human, she has a choice... -
Latent Flaw by Andreas Karpf
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt has been three years since the crew of the Magellan returned…Earth may now be a target: “Latent Flaw” – The highly-anticipated sequel to “Prelude to Extinction.”A crescent moon set against a jeweled field of stars gracefully slid into view. The thin arc of its crater-filled landscape drew Jack’s mind in... -
Out of the Darkness by Peter David, J. Michael Straczynski
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCentauri Prime declares war on the Interstellar Alliance in Book Three of the epic trilogy that continues Babylon 5's brilliant legacy . . .Blind to the fact that he is a pawn in the Drakh's deadly strategy, Centauri prime minister Durla launches an overwhelming blitzkrieg, sending Centauri warships to devastate other races' homeworlds and pave the way for total conquest... -
Commanding by Mike Shepherd
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrand Admiral, Her Royal Highness Kris Longknife is up to her ears in problems . . . again. While summoned to the Imperial Iteeche Court to be humanity’s Emissary, it turns out that what the Iteeche really want is a fighting admiral! You see, they’ve got this huge civil war going, and the Imperial side isn’t doing so well. Kris now has command of the entire Imperial Combined Fleet. Sort of... -
Stargate Atlantis: Secrets by Jo Graham, Melissa Scott
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOld secrets, new truths…It is the aftermath of battle. Scattered and struggling to regroup, Colonel Sheppard’s team face their darkest days yet in the war against the Wraith Queen, Death.Continuing her perilous masquerade as Queen Steelflower, Teyla Emmagan’s friendship with Guide grows stronger...
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