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Compelling Evidence by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Bitch is back, and she means business. Two hundred years ago an alien race altered the course of the galaxy’s history. Just not in the way they intended.** AMAZON Top 100 Best Selling Author **Bethany Anne Nacht has denied the Kurtherians at every turn. After two centuries of war the Kurtherians have gone into hiding, and so has the Queen Bitch... -
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Ascension by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe end is nigh, and there is one small group willing to put their bodies in front of the insane. Sometimes, it isn't good people doing bad things but rather bad people without a conscience making decisions for the rest. Decisions that Molly has been fighting for years... -
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Jingle Stars by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a starship decides to play Santa Claus… Ahab is a mLa’an artificial intelligence embedded in the starship, Orion. The campaign for AIs to be recognized as full citizens of Galaxy Proper is within reach of its extraordinary goal. The only thing that could stop it now is if an AI did something foolish…like take a space station hostage to save seven orphaned children... -
![USS Hamilton: Miasma Burn by Mark Wayne McGinnis]()
USS Hamilton: Miasma Burn by Mark Wayne McGinnis
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaptain Galvin Quintos had returned home to Earth soon after liberating Ironhold Station from a ruthless band of Pylorian pirates. But the Grish had been waiting for his transport ship—an attack he barely survived. Now, three months later, he’s still recuperating within the walls of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center... -
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![Rebel by Jenny Schwartz]()
Rebel by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLife is complicated along the Hadrian Line. Decisions made on the border will decide the fate of the entire Human Sector.Nora is adjusting to her new role as a player in the games of the powerful. She's gained some interesting enemies and some even more dubious allies. She has also been presented with a unique opportunity, courtesy of Jonah... -
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Cajole by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIf life on the border was complicated, life on Capitoline is insane. Nora and Liam struggle to reconcile her abilities and his duty, while caught up in the dangerous games of the powerful.Political intrigue, family drama, and ancient alien technology combine in the fourth novel of the Human Sector... -
![Odysseus Ascendant by Evan Currie]()
Odysseus Ascendant by Evan Currie
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA mysterious entity may be the key to a starship’s survival—or a terrifying new threat—as the Odyssey One series continues… The Empire has set its sights on its next target: human Terrans. As effective allies of the Priminae, the denizens of Earth have proven themselves enemies to the Empire, and now the Imperial forces know more about the Terran home world than ever before... -
![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... -
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Liberty by Nick Webb
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWar. It rages across United Earth space, claiming millions of lives. The Swarm have returned, larger, more fierce, and more technologically advanced than ever before. The voice from Saturn's moon Titan claiming to be Tim Granger is warning humanity that this time, the Swarm may be unstoppable... -
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Resolve by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe unmissable conclusion to the science fiction series that has it all—ancient aliens, rogue AIs, beleaguered royalty, semi-repentant pirates, and the chance to go where no humans have gone before (well, not for five hundred years)—all wrapped up in the possibility of a happy-ever-after for everyone (bad guys excluded)... -
![Sector Force by Jamie Davis, Michael Anderle]()
Sector Force by Jamie Davis, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTardex is safe and the Marshals of Lone Wolf Squadron stand down for some much needed rest and relaxation.Needless to say, the frontiers of the Etheric Federation don’t stay peaceful for long.The growing squadron must battle sinister forces threatening their part of the frontier.A delegation arrives from a neighboring system to request aid from Commander Beau Ward and his pilots... -
![Committed by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle]()
Committed by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSean Royale is AWOL and in trouble. Molly’s Mom is encroaching on the operation on Gaitune. And the university is under threat from a new player in the system. Tensions mount as secrets unfurl, culminating in Molly walking down the aisle to try and save her ruggedly handsome friend... -
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Invasion by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a blip appears on the Ogg-Estarian military radar monitoring the Outer System, things in the system are set to change forever. Molly and her crew face one of their biggest challenges yet, and the problem isn’t the supposed threat from outside. It’s from the planet itself... -
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Subversion by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMolly learns a lesson or two when what should have been a routine mission turns into a comical farce. Meanwhile down on Estaria Director Bates puts together pieces of a plot which point to a reality check for the Federenials who always thought that the Federation would be there to protect them. At some point, Molly grew up and it takes a Grimes to show her, and her team, how Molly has changed... -
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![Fractured Union by Craig A. Falconer, James Patrick Cronin]()
Fractured Union by Craig A. Falconer, James Patrick Cronin
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe long-awaited fourth book in the globally acclaimed Not Alone series is finally here!New to the series? Catch up on the first three books today with the best-selling Contact Trilogy box set, containing these books for one incredible price.Some doors aren't meant to be opened... -
![Archangel Rising by Evan Currie]()
Archangel Rising by Evan Currie
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsArchangel Squadron faces off against the forces of the brutal Protectorate to claim a prize, and save humanity, in a gripping novel of deep space jeopardy by the author of the Odyssey One series. At the helm of a commandeered freighter, Captain Steph Michaels has infiltrated the Free Star systems... -
![Called by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle]()
Called by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter earning access to a secret base beneath their safe house, Molly and her team are beyond excited by the "toys" they find. However, before they get to explore the super advanced tech and ships they find there, they need to pass one more test. A test which may be more convoluted and intriguing than they could possibly have imagined... -
![Retaliation by Paul C. Middleton, Michael Anderle]()
Retaliation by Paul C. Middleton, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThinking that Boris was dead - a mistake. Not making sure was a bigger one. They attacked his town – HUGE mistake. He knows who was responsible - for the attack, for the destruction, for the deaths. What comes next is justice, is RETALIATION! A third of his people have chosen to fight at his side...Categorized as:
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![USS Jefferson: Charge of the Symbios by Mark Wayne McGinnis]()
USS Jefferson: Charge of the Symbios by Mark Wayne McGinnis
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 15 ratings"McGinnis has pulled another rip-roaring page-turner out of his hat," Ben StratAfter the recent near-destruction of the USS Hamilton, Captain Galvin Quintos has been lying low, getting the USS Jefferson ready for service. In the midst of refurbishing the vessel, he gets a call for help from his former XO, new starship captain Gail Pristy... -
![Lucky Justice: Lucky's Marines | Book Seven by Joshua James]()
Lucky Justice: Lucky's Marines | Book Seven by Joshua James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA simple mission gone impossibly wrong. Ambushed by an enemy that shouldn't exist, Lucky and his Marines must overcome powerful forces with limitless resources – and a princess with limitless ego. But Sergeant Lucky Savage has a powerful weapon of his own. Whether he can manage to control it is an open question... -
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Ganesha's Spacemage by Timothy Ellis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEven a Spacemage must answer the call of a higher being.The Rawtenuga and Trixone wars are over, and Bud and his people have been relieved of the task of liberating the remaining Rawtenuga held planets.Jon and Jane have known about the Sanctuary system’s planetary alignment for some time.All they know is it points to the Outback system, where the Door to Gaia used to be... -
![Activated by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle]()
Activated by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the Future, Even the Broken Can Make a Change... When Molly gets called onto a case that she is uniquely qualified for, the team discovers a little more about her past.In the race against the clock to prevent the city of Spire from being subjected to a deadly toxin, it takes both new team members and new allies working together in order to save the millions of lives... -
![Rebirth by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle]()
Rebirth by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMolly is back from the dead. And now even more capable. But the transformation is not without more serious issues. Problems that not even ADAM can help with. Feeling cursed, she undergoes a Vision Quest. The rest of the team prepare for the General's clandestine assignment back at the base. But with the fate of the Federation hanging in the balance, a question arises... -
![Challenges by Natalie Grey, Michael Anderle]()
Challenges by Natalie Grey, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTabitha has one night to challenge her past, and her belief in herself. Normally, a person would fail. However, Tabitha has an ace in the hole. A female vampire with hundreds of years of life and wisdom and she is willing to protect Tabitha and tell her the truth. Whether Tabitha wants it, or not. And whether the Vampire wants to hurt others is not in question...Categorized as:
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![Hero to the End by Timothy Ellis]()
Hero to the End by Timothy Ellis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings'If we fall, humanity is lost. Those are the stakes.' The Darkness War rages on, and a war weary Jonathon Hunter faces obstacles which only humans can create, while an enemy which keeps growing stronger continues to force him to retreat...Categorized as:
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![Admiral of Gaia by Timothy Ellis]()
Admiral of Gaia by Timothy Ellis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Duchy of Hunter's Run has moved to the Gaia galaxy. But without its Duke. Twenty five billion people have appeared in the Gaia system unexpectedly, and only one person knows how or why. Yet preparations for fifteen billion exist, but only one person remembers the work being done. The one who knows, and the one who remembers, are the same, but Jane is not human... -
![Kingdom of Hunter's Run by Timothy Ellis]()
Kingdom of Hunter's Run by Timothy Ellis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Owls are arrogant, utterly convinced of their superiority, and hardly worth being called a threat.Jane is fighting a war she doesn’t understand. But the Owls are a threat to everyone else, and Jane is yet to find out the real stakes involved in this war...Categorized as:
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![Grower's Omen by Audrey Faye]()
Grower's Omen by Audrey Faye
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes the right choice feels like anything but. Tyra Lightbody lives steeped in family, community, and promises made long before she was born. Her next mission will try to take all that away. She’s being sent to an experimental-species biome to see why the locals are having bad dreams and throwing beakers at each other... -
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Shield by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf Cherry was a selfish witch, she'd keep running. She's an oracle. She KNOWS that trouble is closing in. However, there's an instant in which she could escape, and so could those she loves.Too bad she's surrounded herself with ridiculously noble allies. The kind of self-sacrificing, kind, clever, and resolute people who force you to love them .. -
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Divergence by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe twenty-first book in the beloved Foreigner saga continues the adventures of diplomat Bren Cameron, advisor to the atevi head of state... -
![Hero at the Gates by Timothy Ellis]()
Hero at the Gates by Timothy Ellis
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere are some days when you should just stay in bed. Jon Hunter begins to realize this, as the consequences of saying yes, when he should have said no, begin to add up. The trouble with making tech advances, is someone will always come up with a counter eventually... -
![The Final Call by Craig A. Falconer]()
The Final Call by Craig A. Falconer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey came in peace. But that was last time… As the world gears up for the first anniversary of Contact Day, Dan McCarthy’s year-long effort to stay out of the limelight collapses in an instant... -
![Ship Wrecked II by Mark Wayne McGinnis]()
Ship Wrecked II by Mark Wayne McGinnis
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Book 2 of the Ship Wrecked saga . . . this series is so much damn fun! " Brandon Sweeny, Ventura, CA It was a hard sell, but Cameron had convinced Heather to return to the exoplanet Sang-Morang—where he had hoped they could experience the wonder of this majestic corner of the universe, together... -
![The Regent's Shadow by Chris Wraight]()
The Regent's Shadow by Chris Wraight
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 2 in the Watchers of the Throne seriesA new day has dawned for the Imperium, but not everyone sees the light... -
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![Doctor Galaxy by Jenny Schwartz]()
Doctor Galaxy by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew ER doctor Alexi Sur always intended to join an aid agency. She'd just expected to work among humans. But when the Pax Galactica Corps becomes her only option (don't ask - the debts aren't hers, but the family is. Much to her regret), Alexi finds herself traveling the galaxy and learning alien physiology and culture, all while becoming a reality TV star...Categorized as:
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![Demigod 12 by Gail Carriger]()
Demigod 12 by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPuts the opera back into space opera.New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger continues her cozy and engaging scifi about the power of art, celebrity, and found family.Phex and his pantheon have become demigods and are taking their show on a galaxy-wide tour... -
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Betrayer by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsBetrayer (Foreigner, Book 12)The twelfth novel in Cherryh’s Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences…In the wake of civil war, Bren Cameron, the brilliant human diplomat of the alien atevi civilization, has left the capital and sought refuge at his country estate, Najida... -
![Cloaked by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle]()
Cloaked by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNot everything someone sees is real. Now, both sides of the story are tested by those who hide their reasons. For some, the reasons are good, for others not so much. Molly, Oz, Joel, Sean, Jack and the others are back in Action, supporting the Etheric Federation to stop a planet from being destroyed... -
![Independence by Nick Webb]()
Independence by Nick Webb
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWe hoped, desperately, that they came in peace. We were wrong. Thirty years after the Second Swarm War devastated Earth and its colonies, a powerful, mysterious alien ship has invaded our space. Entire planets are ravaged, whole moons shattered. Any starship sent against it never comes home... -
![Initiate by Joshua Anderle, Michael Anderle]()
Initiate by Joshua Anderle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIt was just one fight, but it changed Kaiden Jericho's life forever.He was in a gang but was trying to change his future when a board member of the elite advanced academy NEXUS made a snap decision and offered him a chance. Then fate, or an unbalanced genius, offered him another...Categorized as:
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![Retribution by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle]()
Retribution by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes, retribution is a slippery slope towards self-destruction. When the General Invites Molly and her crew to the ArchAngel, it's not long before news also arrives of a serious threat to the Federation. It falls to Molly and her team to deal with the threat, which winds up in an intense hostage situation... -
![Bourne by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle]()
Bourne by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe same military base where Oz was created witnesses the birth of another AI. The only problem?The military is the one who sets the ground rules. So, what is a new daddy AI supposed to do? Meanwhile, others are attacking the college, and Giles has to get his game on to protect his students - Space Archaeologist style... -
![Click Click Boom by Jonathan Yanez, Justin Sloan]()
Click Click Boom by Jonathan Yanez, Justin Sloan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRiot has tasted the turbulence of the universe, and she loves it. With echoes of wonder and cries for help, swarms of claws and clans under siege, the vastness calls out for a hero. Instead, Riot and her War Wolves will rush in to save them. But after she's blown some stuff up...Categorized as:
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![Jane's Christmas by Timothy Ellis]()
Jane's Christmas by Timothy Ellis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Hunter family stopped celebrating Christmas not long after they left Earth, nearly 600 years ago. So it comes as a surprise to Jon to be wished a Merry Christmas on what he otherwise thinks is just another day. As his grip on the day starts to unravel, he's confronted with a crew expecting him to know what is going on... -
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![Leader of Sector Ten by Timothy Ellis]()
Leader of Sector Ten by Timothy Ellis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is always a hidden threat.The Kingdom of Hunter's Run is preparing for its first high profile wedding.But first, there is the problem of the Brotherhood to solve, lest the bride be assassinated before she can walk down the aisle. Four sectors have come together to deal with the threat, but only Jane has the Intel and forces necessary to do the job. But all actions have consequences...Categorized as:
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![End Game (The Kyron Invasion Book 3) by Jasper T. Scott]()
End Game (The Kyron Invasion Book 3) by Jasper T. Scott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFROM MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER JASPER T. SCOTTEARTH IS OVERRUN...Chris Randall and his family are on the run with a group of renegade soldiers led by General Gold. Having stolen a Kyron shuttle and escaped from the occupied cities, they are safe—for now.General Gold has a plan to strike back against the Kyra... -
![Worlds at War by Isaac Hooke]()
Worlds at War by Isaac Hooke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFifty-five of the most powerful warships humankind has ever developed. Thirty-five allied alien vessels. One man who just might be humanity’s last hope. The admiral has restored Jonathan Dallas to the captaincy of the USS Callaway, also placing him in direct command of the new alien allies that joined the battle group after the destruction of the Elk homeworld... -
![Fabius Bile: Manflayer by Joshua Reynolds]()
Fabius Bile: Manflayer by Joshua Reynolds
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFabius Bile Book 3As his Homo Novus project comes to fruition, Fabius Bile faces a new threat – the dreaded haemonculi of the Thirteen Scars... -
![Portals by Ann Christy]()
Portals by Ann Christy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world sees the portals as an invasion. For Lysa, they're an invitation. The portals appeared without warning. Every thirteen minutes they take a thousand humans, leaving exact duplicates in their place. Now, chaos reigns and no one is sure anyone is still the person they knew. Whoever is sending the portals has destroyed human society without firing a shot...Categorized as:
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![Rise of the Ultra Fury by Christian Kallias]()
Rise of the Ultra Fury by Christian Kallias
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhile Sarah is near the term of her pregnancy, Chase is at death's door. In a race against time, his friends risk everything in the hope of bringing him back. In order to do so Ares enlists the help of another Olympian as well as an unlikely ally. Someone they can't trust but desperately need on their side...
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