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She is the Principle: A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA teenage boy with a terminal condition, a group of school bullies, and an incognito Empress with a short temper…Kirian Larsen knows he won’t live to see adulthood. Dex and his gang only care that he’s a human living on “their” planet.Their determination to make his life harder bothers Kirian less than their efforts to do the same for their other victims... -
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Home Run by Nathan Lowell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsTwo women. One mission. Do what ever is necessary. In this final volume of the Smuggler's Tales, Natalya and Zoya wind up on a mission of mercy back into Toe-Hold space to find out why one of Usoko Mining company's smelters has gone dark. They find an expanding cloud of debris, a crippled ship, and a fleet of mining barges that can't leave the system...Categorized as:
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![Suicide Run by Nathan Lowell]()
Suicide Run by Nathan Lowell
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA new ship. A young crew. A dream job gone horribly wrong. When circumstances drive Zoya and Natalya to accept an offer from the most powerful organization in the Western Annex, it looks like their ship - literally - comes in. The job fails to live up to its promise and the pair soon find themselves fighting for their lives against a booby trapped ship and its unseen master...Categorized as:
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Asylum by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAsylum is a stand-alone novel in the Star Kingdom universe. It introduces new heroes, but old fans will enjoy visits with Casmir, Kim, Qin, Laser, Oku, and other favorites from the original series.A young woman with cybernetic upgrades, Mari Moonrazor has decided to flee the restrictive machine-worshipping cult she was raised in... -
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![Reformer by Richard F. Weyand]()
Reformer by Richard F. Weyand
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTHE EMPIRE NEEDS A REFORMERThe Sintaran Empire rules three hundred trillion subjects on 150,000 planets. Two trillion of them are government employees. Ruling over this vast bureaucracy is the Imperial Council. It’s only check: The Empress, whose every decree is binding law.The uneasy balance of power between the Council and the Throne is eroding... -
![Soup Night on Union Station by E.M. Foner]()
Soup Night on Union Station by E.M. Foner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook #17 of the EarthCent Ambassador series. Start series with the three book bundle, Union Station 1, 2, 3. EarthCent bids to take over editorship of the All Species Cookbook, an exercise in galactic togetherness that has somehow gone off mission over the last couple million years. Samuel and Vivian struggle to find a balance between their co-op jobs for aliens and their personal lives... -
![Knight Protector by Lindsay Buroker]()
Knight Protector by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA sci-fi romance set in the Star Kingdom universe.The characters from this book will be introduced in book 6 of the series. An arranged marriage she can’t escape. A sexy bodyguard who will protect her at all cost... -
![Milk Run by Nathan Lowell]()
Milk Run by Nathan Lowell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAcademy graduate Natalya Regyri stood first in line for her pick of Engineering Officer jobs, until, at the graduation party, a classmate turned up dead. Now, betrayed by her friends and framed for murder, she must flee beyond the reach of the Confederation...and any semblance of civilized society... -
![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... -
![Rika Commander by M.D. Cooper]()
Rika Commander by M.D. Cooper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRika returns to the Albany System, to defend it from Nietzschea once more...Categorized as:
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![Degrees of Separation by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Degrees of Separation by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife. Luck. Love. Lowport. Life, so the wags tell us, is what happens while we're making other plans. Luck. . .or, as some have it, chance. . .Luck is what makes Life interesting; introducing spicy bits of chaos – good, bad, and neutral. Without Luck, there is no savor – no adventure – in Life. Love. Ah, Love... -
![Spinward Fringe Broadcast 12: Invasion by Randolph Lalonde]()
Spinward Fringe Broadcast 12: Invasion by Randolph Lalonde
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll signs point to a looming invasion. The Edxi, an intelligent insect race, will lead the charge as they attempt to take the Tamber moon and the worlds around it to hatch their broods and create a new strategic foothold in the Milky Way. The entire fleet is rushing to make last minute preparations as Alice is forced to take a short relaxation leave to recover from recent events... -
![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... -
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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... -
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![Advance to Contact (Warp Marine Corps) by C.J. Carella]()
Advance to Contact (Warp Marine Corps) by C.J. Carella
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings(WARNING: Contains violence, strong language and adult content) As war rages on across the galaxy, a diplomatic mission turns into a desperate fight for survival. Captain Peter Fromm: Fromm and his Warp Marines face old enemies and new threats inside a colossal space habitat ruled by a mysterious alien civilization. Their lives and the fate of their country hang in the balance... -
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Assisted Living by E.M. Foner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn space, you can never have too much fresh fruit. Or can you? Flower, the sentient alien colony ship on loan to EarthCent has a problem. Operating at just five percent of her capacity, she needs to attract more humans and give them a reason to stay. Join Harry, Irene, Julie and Bill for the fun in this sequel to Independent Living that shows you’re never too old to teach an alien AI a new trick... -
![Career Night on Union Station by E.M. Foner]()
Career Night on Union Station by E.M. Foner
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStart the EarthCent Ambassador series with the three book bundle, Union Station 1, 2, 3. Kelly returns from sabbatical and finally has the opportunity to expand her embassy with a conference room, providing she can find a contractor willing to take the job... -
![The Long Run by Daniel Keys Moran]()
The Long Run by Daniel Keys Moran
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFew of the telepaths survived the massacre by the United Nations Peaceforce. Seven years later, the last telepaths, Denice and Trent, are marked by the Peaceforce, and will die unless Trent can carry out his plan to avenge the deaths of his friends... -
![New Canaan by M.D. Cooper]()
New Canaan by M.D. Cooper
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTanis Richards has spent half her life on the Intrepid, guiding the great colony ship, and its two million passengers, across hundreds of light-years. She has risked life, limb and those dearest to her to get this far. Now she’s within reach of her goal; the New Canaan System, and a normal, stable life. The kind she's only dreamed about... -
![The Art of Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back by Deborah Call, Valerie Hoffman]()
The Art of Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back by Deborah Call, Valerie Hoffman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwenty years after it began, the Star Wars phenomenon is hotter than ever--and about to create another sensation when the trilogy returns to movie theaters, featuring newly restored and never-before-seen footage... -
![Rogue Agent by Skyler Ramirez]()
Rogue Agent by Skyler Ramirez
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen everyone else dies trying…they call her.Heather Kilgore is the most effective assassin and agent the Star Kingdom of Prometheus has ever produced. Young, focused, and coldly efficient, the King sends her in when all else has failed... -
![Admiral's Oath by Glynn Stewart]()
Admiral's Oath by Glynn Stewart
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCASTLE FEDERATION RETURNSAn empire broken by hubrisAn officer raised by chanceOaths that must be honoredOaths that must be betrayedRear Admiral James Tecumseh barely survived his last mission against the Alliance of Free Stars with his reputation and life intact... -
![You Have Been Judged by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle]()
You Have Been Judged by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRivka Anoa has a gift and a galactic mandate. She's a lawyer accused of a murder she did commit. She stands ready to accept her fate, even though her victim was a murderer. A second chance appears. Become more than a lawyer. Be one who judges and punishes the guilty.Could she look herself in the mirror after meting out justice? She's about to find out... -
![Destiny Lost by M.D. Cooper]()
Destiny Lost by M.D. Cooper
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSera leads a simple life. A little smuggling, some drinking contests, and captaining her star freighter, Sabrina. But when she picks up a mysterious shipping container on Coburn Station, things begin to go wrong. She finds herself at odds with The Mark, a dangerous pirate organization that wants the cargo on her ship...Categorized as:
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![Fractured Stars by Lindsay Buroker]()
Fractured Stars by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMcCall Richter finds criminals, con men, and deadbeats better than anyone else in the empire. She’s proud of her success and that she owns her own spaceship, especially since she struggles to understand human motivations, can’t tell when people are lying to her, and is horrible at recognizing faces... -
![Day's Hunt by Cheree Alsop]()
Day's Hunt by Cheree Alsop
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsConfronted with the truth about her origin, Liora has to make a difficult choice that can change the entire fate of the Macrocosm. Battling loss, Ketulans, and the desires of her own heart, Liora confronts an evil she thought long banished from her life and the cosmos. The fight she faces turns out to be the most difficult of her life in more ways than one... -
![Krimson Run by Julia Huni, Craig Martelle]()
Krimson Run by Julia Huni, Craig Martelle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Federation will make you pay for your crimes, even the fake ones.Tony, a spy from a rival star system who is the scion of a galactic crime family. Quinn, falsely accused former military, betrayed by her husband. A conspiracy that intertwines their lives.Where did the government go wrong? When they separated Quinn from her kids... -
![Temporal Contingency by Joseph R. Lallo]()
Temporal Contingency by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTemporal Contingency is the fourth book in the Big Sigma Series. Trevor “Lex” Alexander’s life has been less than blessed. In the past year he’s had to battle corrupt corporations, deranged techno-terrorists, and a robotic scourge. Now he’s received the opportunity to finally return to the racing career that had been cut short by some poor decisions... -
![Taken by Ell Leigh Clarke]()
Taken by Ell Leigh Clarke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Protect the sword with your life!” When Bentley discovers she has incredible swordsmanship, she wonders if her problems are over.After all, if she can fend for herself, why hang out with three exiled gods in constant moral crisis?Unfortunately, any thoughts of change are forgotten when the crew find themselves being chased across the sector by Amroth and his army...Categorized as:
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![Genesis by Charles R. Case]()
Genesis by Charles R. Case
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cutting-edge starship and a pint-sized black cat; these are the weapons of a War Mage. Twins, Sara and Cora Sonders, are newly minted Captains in the United Human Confederation’s Fleet. But their first assignment might turn out to be their last. Thirty years ago, the Elif came from the stars. Their ships filling our skies. Unlike all the movies had taught us, they really did come in peace... -
![Challenges of the Deeps by Ryk E. Spoor]()
Challenges of the Deeps by Ryk E. Spoor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSEQUEL TO GRAND CENTRAL ARENA AND SPHERES OF INFLUENCE. The climax of the Arenaverse adventure SF series!The Arena: a vast alien otherspace that all species were forced to enter when they discovered faster-than-light travel. The Arena: where the lives of entire species might hang in the balance in a single Challenge... -
![Imperial Twilight by Eric Thomson]()
Imperial Twilight by Eric Thomson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe most powerful empire in human history is rushing headlong toward destruction, ending our species' supremacy in the known galaxy.Two men with widely divergent visions are on a mission to save civilization in at least one sector, far from the imperial capital where a demented ruler holds sway... -
![The Shrike: Book III of the Slave Empire Series by T.C. Southwell]()
The Shrike: Book III of the Slave Empire Series by T.C. Southwell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Shrike has made Rayne his wife to save her from the empty existence to which her empathy condemned her, shunned by all who fear her power. He has revealed his face to her and told her some of his secrets, and there are those who would do anything to discover what she knows... -
![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... -
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![Star Wars The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire by Chris Kempshall]()
Star Wars The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire by Chris Kempshall
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUncover a history of galactic evil."So this is how liberty dies—with thunderous applause." —Senator Padmé AmidalaWhen Sheev Palpatine declared the birth of his new Empire, he expected it would stand for thousands of years. Instead, it lastedonly 24. This is the story of how a tyrannical regime rose from the ashes of democracy, ruled the galaxy with an iron fist, and then collapsed into dust... -
![The Four Worlds: The Truth by Skyler Ramirez]()
The Four Worlds: The Truth by Skyler Ramirez
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Guard has kept peace in the galaxy for seven hundred years. Alan Daily was proud to be part of their ranks, to find his life’s meaning in protecting humanity from the darkness.But now that darkness has come for him... -
![Victory's Bright Dawn by Eric Thomson]()
Victory's Bright Dawn by Eric Thomson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCaptain Siobhan Dunmoore wanted to believe the long war against the invading Shrehari Empire had finally banished the ghosts of her past. But when her ship Iolanthe, a heavily armed man-of-war masked as a bulk freighter, finds itself in need of replenishment after a long patrol spent stalking human and alien foes, she is confronted with events eerily reminiscent of a past she thought buried... -
![Wanderer - Extinction by Simon Goodson]()
Wanderer - Extinction by Simon Goodson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJess and the Wanderer race to save the Universe from extinction. Will saving everything just mean handing it to the Taint? The destruction of the Universe has started and only Jess and the Wanderer have the slightest chance of stopping it, but that's only the start. Jess must also find a way to stop the all-consuming Taint once and for all... -
![The Riss Challenge by C.R. Daems]()
The Riss Challenge by C.R. Daems
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith the galaxy-traveling aliens defeated, Nadya feels it's time that a new Leader be appointed to guide the Riss into the future. At last, they have the freedom to explore the stars with their own navy and their own home planet of Freeland... -
![Spheres of Influence by Ryk E. Spoor]()
Spheres of Influence by Ryk E. Spoor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSequel to popular space adventure, Grand Central Arena!Leader of the Faction of Humanity. It was a ridiculous title, but the Arena said that was what Captain Ariane Austin was since she'd led the crew of the Holy Grail in their discovery of the impossible, physics-violating place and their eventual return, and when the nigh-omnipotent Arena said something, it meant it... -
![Conviction by Glynn Stewart]()
Conviction by Glynn Stewart
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA starfighter squadron driven to desertionHunted by friends and enemies alikeWith one final hope for a new beginningThe last reward Kira Demirci expected for heroism in a time of war was to spend the rest of her life dodging assassins—but when her government betrays her as part of their surrender, she and her comrades flee the star system of Apollo to the edge of civilized space...Categorized as:
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![Rika Conqueror by M.D. Cooper]()
Rika Conqueror by M.D. Cooper
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith Iberia behind them, the Marauders are united. Now Rika looks toward the center of the former Genevian Alliance...Categorized as:
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![Rika Infiltrator by M.D. Cooper]()
Rika Infiltrator by M.D. Cooper
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRika's Marauders continue their inexorable advance on the Nietzschean Empire... -
![Devourer (Reality Benders Book #8): LitRPG Series by Michael Atamanov]()
Devourer (Reality Benders Book #8): LitRPG Series by Michael Atamanov
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe aggressive invaders from another galaxy cannot be stopped. The Composite keeps capturing system after system wiping out everything in its path, and there is no sign of a force capable of standing up to it.In the search for allies, Gnat embarks on a long journey aimed at uniting the various branches of the human race... -
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![Junkyard by Lindsay Buroker]()
Junkyard by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMcCall Richter works as a skip tracer, tracking down criminals, con men, and people who stop making payments on their fancy new spaceships. Her job description says nothing about locating vast quantities of stolen maple syrup, but thanks to her helpful new android employee, she finds herself tramping through a “sugar house” on a frosty moon full of suspicious characters... -
![I Was Legion by Evan Currie]()
I Was Legion by Evan Currie
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEarth is not the cradle of humanity. It is the Throne.Almost four hundred years the Terran Imperium has languished, an Empire in name only. The young colonies exploded out of the Diaspora Era, supplanting the homeworld in importance as they left a broken world in their wake. Earth's people, guided by the Conwin line, have clawed and climbed from the darkness left the night the lights went out... -
![Start the Game by Vasily Mahanenko]()
Start the Game by Vasily Mahanenko
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwelve players set off through the online world of Galaktogon, lured by the game owners' promise of an enormous payoff... -
![Rika Redeemed by M.D. Cooper]()
Rika Redeemed by M.D. Cooper
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRika is a Marauder. After years of drifting aimlessly after the war with the Nietzscheans, she has finally found a home with the Marauders—a mercenary outfit comprised of Genevian veterans. Back in the war, Rika hated her government, but always fought for the woman next to her. Now she fights for her teammates in Basilisk, an elite spec-ops team that takes on the toughest missions...Categorized as:
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![Desperate Fire by Christopher G. Nuttall]()
Desperate Fire by Christopher G. Nuttall
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn the fourth and final book in speculative-fiction master Christopher G. Nuttall’s Angel in the Whirlwind series, an epic battle pits the survival of hope against the locus of destruction. As the Commonwealth produces more starships and increases recruits, victory begins to slip from Theocratic control. This can only make the Theocracy more desperate to win…and more dangerous to fight... -
![War on a Thousand Fronts by M.D. Cooper]()
War on a Thousand Fronts by M.D. Cooper
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Orion War marches ever onward...The Allied fleet has stopped the Nietzscheans at Pyra, but the battlefront grows wider day by day.While Sera distributes the Transcend's fleets to protect the alliance, Tanis must come to grips with what happened to her on Pyra's surface. In addition, Bob conveys a number of hard truths that will force her to re-think her role in humanity's future...
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