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The Rings of Hesaurun by Peter Harrett
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFleeing an alien menace of galactic proportions, a starship named The Dreamer crash-lands on Earth in the year 2436 BCE. Responding to the crash, the primitive earthlings discover the ship's commander Valerie Dunne is a 5,000-year-old woman from the future, forced to escape her nemesis, the Boecki, by hiding in the past... -
![His Name was Wren by Rob Winters]()
His Name was Wren by Rob Winters
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDuring the blackout of 1944, in the small English town of Hurstwick, something mysterious obliterates the church spire and slices through the nearby woods. Was it a secret Nazi weapon, as some locals suggest? Or just a downed plane? Evacuee George Moss finds an otherworldly explanation, then tries to keep it hidden.Years later, Max Cannon moves to town...Categorized as:
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![Paladin: Age of Expansion by Natalie Grey, Michael Anderle]()
Paladin: Age of Expansion by Natalie Grey, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBarnabas has traced the influence of the Yennai Corporation from High Tortuga to their secret base, which he has destroyed, killing both heirs to the company. Who hasn’t he killed? Koel Yennai, the patriarch and founder…who has sworn vengeance on Barnabas for killing his children and destroying his legacy...Categorized as:
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![Dispute by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle]()
Dispute by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo races. One war. Perpetual hatred. And the Magistrate crash lands right in the middle of it.Rivka and her crew take a much-deserved vacation, but find themselves on a jungle planet, cut off from the rest of the galaxy. Part by design, but mostly not. Isn’t that what a good vacation is supposed to be, disconnected from the rigors of everyday life? Until no one can hear your calls for help... -
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![Jatouche by S.H. Jucha]()
Jatouche by S.H. Jucha
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPyre’s humans suffer multiple cultural shocks. They discovered the Messinants dome, an ancient construction that houses a quantum-coupled gate. More shocking, they find that sentient alien races utilize a network of these domes to journey between their far distant worlds in pursuit of alliance matters... -
![Fair Trade: An Alien Invasion Story by Mackey Chandler]()
Fair Trade: An Alien Invasion Story by Mackey Chandler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMost of my writing is in a series people seem to enjoy but there is a constant small crowd who say: I'd really like your take on an alien invasion story. Well this is for them. The bulk of the aliens come to Earth stories assume their vast superiority, sometimes invincibility. Sometimes they suddenly appear on the white house lawn dictating terms... -
![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... -
![Lost in Transit by Jerry Boyd]()
Lost in Transit by Jerry Boyd
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCan Bob handle his biggest challenge yet, a couple days off? Will John ever find true love? What's aboard the colony ship Bob and Nikki found? The answers to these and other burning questions can be found in 'Lost in... -
![Race Rivalry by S.H. Jucha]()
Race Rivalry by S.H. Jucha
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe sisters’ leader, Miriamal, and three mining chairpersons investigate an unexplored wormhole for possible economic expansion. Aboard the Dominance, they exit the wormhole and are stunned to find the nearby system inhabited. More troubling, technologically advanced warships hold station above the system’s exoplanet... -
![Old Dogs, Older Tricks by Jamie McFarlane]()
Old Dogs, Older Tricks by Jamie McFarlane
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHe’s a Vietnam vet, with a new lease on life. To fight an out-of-this-world invasion, he’ll need a little help from his friends…Albert Jenkins never cared much for bureaucrats and politicians. So when the Galactic Congress refuses to act on the illegal invasion of Earth by parasitic aliens, he does what any self-respecting vet would do – he steals a spaceship... -
![The Gatekeepers by Nathan Hystad]()
The Gatekeepers by Nathan Hystad
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe portals are failing, the Theos inside mysteriously vanishing. Help is on the way. As Dean Parker takes a moment to celebrate the successful rescue of Magnus and Natalia, he’s reluctantly forced back into the field, the goal: save the dozen Gatekeepers trapped beyond the failing portals... -
![Return by Nathan Hystad, Flynn Earl Jones]()
Return by Nathan Hystad, Flynn Earl Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Rift opens once again. The battle for Earth continues. Only the Eureka and her crew can turn the tides. The Eureka returns to Sol through the Rift as an extreme time dilation creates complications. With a familiar face now the Earth Fleet's Grand Admiral, Ace and the others struggle to acclimate to their new reality... -
![The Academy by Nathan Hystad]()
The Academy by Nathan Hystad
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Academy is a galaxy-class school, created to train the next generation of Gatekeepers. Jules Parker is attending the Academy, alongside her best friend Patty. When the Kold threaten everything her father and his friends have spent years building, she must reveal that her Iskios abilities are stronger than ever... -
![Sakar by Ella Blake]()
Sakar by Ella Blake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy two girls and I are going to be snowed in for Christmas and that’s fine with us, until an alien spacecraft crashes behind our wooded Maine home. I take the gorgeous Virilian, Prince Sakar, home with me. He’s injured and tracking an endangered alien dog with a taste for my neighbor’s goats... -
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![Federation Marine: Recruit by Jonathan P. Brazee, Jonathan P. Brazee]()
Federation Marine: Recruit by Jonathan P. Brazee, Jonathan P. Brazee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPreviously published as “United Federation Marine Corps”, now updated and re-edited. What would you do to change your life? How far would you go? How hard would you fight?Rather than work his bones into dust toiling away on a barren world, Ryck Lysander chooses to enlist in the Federation Marine Corps.But as he quickly finds out, this path isn't just a job. . . it's a calling. . -
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The Fallen Ship 2 by Mark Wayne McGinnis, Kim McGinnis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Stayed up all night reading - Love this series!" Carl Manding The epic battle for AI supremacy in the universe between the Geo-Mind and Gia continues. Beneath the isolation zone, 300 alien troops have been dispatched, and if that’s not discouraging enough, the 23rd Silarian Fleet has initiated terra displacement operations outside the energy dome... -
![Junkyard Veterans by Jamie McFarlane]()
Junkyard Veterans by Jamie McFarlane
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWith a price on their heads, grumpy old vets will risk everything to bring alien assassins to justice.Someone is killing off the old team of vets who repelled Earth’s first Korgul invasion. With the end of a war precious few even knew was happening, life’s been peaceful... -
![Charlie's Planet by Jerry Boyd]()
Charlie's Planet by Jerry Boyd
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBob and Nikki decide to take a honeymoon, to celebrate Nikki’s pregnancy... -
![Into the War by James Rosone]()
Into the War by James Rosone
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHumanity stumbles into a galactic war……a war of survival, a conflict with no endEarth has united under the banner of the Republic. Humanities brightest minds have deciphered the secrets to the alien technology and begin to reverse engineer it. An elder race takes notice of humanities strides and intervenes... -
![Quantum Entangled: A Quantum Series Mystery by Douglas Phillips]()
Quantum Entangled: A Quantum Series Mystery by Douglas Phillips
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwenty-three intelligent species. One ancient mystery. And two humans thrust into the middle.Daniel Rice hasn’t felt right since his return from a dystopian future now extinguished. Curious dreams repeat with detailed precision. A voice - or something - seems to be calling him. His problem isn’t medical, it’s not even scientific, and it’s driving his wife crazy... -
![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... -
![The Art of Smuggling by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle]()
The Art of Smuggling by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhy would anyone steal art? Who can you sell it to? The High Chancellor puts Rivka on the trail of serial art thieves. Dismantle the ring. Recover the art. Put the thieves behind bars, thieves who stay one step ahead.Insiders? Or maybe outsiders with inside knowledge? No suspects. No clues... -
![Wherever Seeds May Fall by Peter Cawdron]()
Wherever Seeds May Fall by Peter Cawdron
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAstronomers from around the world watch in awe as an extrasolar comet approaches Saturn, being drawn in by its immense gravity. When the comet grazes the planet rather than plunging beneath the clouds, speculation is rife... -
![Alien Hunter's Fate by Ava Ross]()
Alien Hunter's Fate by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alien insists I’m his fated mate. After we escape a deadly alien game called the labyrinth, he says he’s keeping me. This deal was supposed to be simple. Take a shuttle to the space station. Connect with an alien in need of Slaking—their term, not mine. One week between the furs with no hearts involved, something I’m determined to avoid after being burned... -
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![Space Mercenary's Prize by Lynnea Lee]()
Space Mercenary's Prize by Lynnea Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a tiny form crashes into me in the alley behind my old haunt, I don’t expect to find a half-dressed human female in my arms. Jenny brings out my instinct to guard and protect. Drunk and eager for a fight, I knock out her attacker and vow to take her home to Reka 5.There’s only one problem: Jenny’s owner wants her back.We wake the next morning with an enormous bounty on our heads... -
![Alien Pirate's Plunder by Ava Ross]()
Alien Pirate's Plunder by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alien pirate promises to give me a child. But what if he steals my heart?Aliens are real and they’re eager to Slake. What’s Slaking, you ask? It seems Xilan males go into a voracious heat period every three years, and there aren’t enough females to fulfill the needs of these beastly aliens. Enter me and other Earth females eager to have children... -
![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... -
![The Line of Duty by Rick Partlow]()
The Line of Duty by Rick Partlow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDanger stalks the Republic once again. Raiders hijack their starships, biological weapons slaughter their colonists, and terrorists kill thousands of innocents in their mega-cities…and as the head of Fleet Intelligence, it’s Jason McKay’s job to track down the enemy, whether they’re on a world at the edge of known space or in the midst of a corrupt government... -
![Clone Crisis by S.H. Jucha]()
Clone Crisis by S.H. Jucha
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Sisterhood’s dangerous militarist sect finds a foothold in a broad swath of space inhabited by the descendants of Earth’s fourth colony ship, Destiny. They’re welcomed by the mining corporations, whose leaders see unbridled opportunity in the sisters’ advanced tech.Five powerful corporations own six mining planets... -
![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... -
![Fortitude by Jonathan Brazee]()
Fortitude by Jonathan Brazee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe aliens arrived… …they weren’t looking to make friends. Can Beth fight back the invasion? She has spent her career building a reputation. No one wants to mess with Beth when she’s behind the stick of her fighter, but this time, she’s not flying it. Can the Navy’s biggest badass ace get the job done without her tech? Now, three years into the struggle, the aliens have made a statement... -
![Acheron Redemption by Ken Lozito]()
Acheron Redemption by Ken Lozito
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSentinel warships were the answer to the Federation Wars. They brought peace and stability....or so they thought.The Sentinels are a menace, terrorizing spacers across the galaxy in their hunt. But change is coming, and spacers across the galaxy will have to choose whether to fight for their future or not... -
![Beyond the Great Dying by N.S. Austin]()
Beyond the Great Dying by N.S. Austin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B073ZW5F7Z In Beyond the Great Dying, Novelist NS Austin blends science fiction, humor, hope and gritty, realistic characters to create a post-apocalyptic world that is both strange and all too believable. Political intrigue, romance and unusual creatures combine to deliver an action-packed adventure for the last surviving humans on earth... -
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![Stardust by Edward W. Robertson]()
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... -
![The Last Revocater by G.J. Ogden]()
The Last Revocater by G.J. Ogden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Last Revocater is book five of the Star Scavenger Series. A thrilling space opera adventure with the mystery and adventure of Indiana Jones. With Goliath continuing its rampage through the network of portal worlds, Hudson Powell and Tory Bellona go on with their search for Logan Griff and the crystal. But first they must embark on a final, dangerous relic hunt inside a crashed alien wreck... -
![Revikk by Alana Khan]()
Revikk by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan their love survive his deepest secrets? Dawn is immediately attracted to bad boy Revikk and surrenders to her fiery impulses. Confident and skilled, Revikk satisfies. But with every layer Revikk reveals about his past, Dawn must decide whether it spikes her attraction or her fear. Dawn A year ago, I never would have dreamed I’d approach a male like Revikk for a fling...Categorized as:
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![The Start of Time by Marilyn Foxworthy]()
The Start of Time by Marilyn Foxworthy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was my second day on the ‘Red Planet’. Today I’d better find water. That had been the instructions in the box: learn to walk; find Water; make a weapon; find a nice Martian girl to teach you to speak the language. I figured that finding food would be a good idea too. It wasn’t exactly like I had expected, but how could it be? I had followed an unbelievable path to an unbelievable destination... -
![The Alien Tyrant's Conquest by Bella Blair]()
The Alien Tyrant's Conquest by Bella Blair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI can offer her a queenship, but not my heart, still, I need her to be MINE.AUDRA: I knew pissing my boss off was a bad idea. But I didn't know how bad until I am sent to The Tribulations to become fodder for the contestants. Resigned to my fate, I can hardly believe it when this golden god appears from out of nowhere to save me... -
![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... -
![Tracker by C.J. Cherryh]()
Tracker by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTracker is the sixteenth installment of CJ Cherryh's acclaimed Foreigner series.It’s been a year of upheaval, since Bren Cameron’s return from space—a year when he and the aiji-dowager, one of his most powerful atevi allies, returned home from their two-year interstellar mission to find the government overthrown and their world in chaos...Categorized as:
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![Judgment Day by Rick Partlow]()
Judgment Day by Rick Partlow
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWe’ve won a battle…but we’re losing the war.Travis Miller, his image reformed from the moron who screwed up our first contact with aliens to one of the heroes of the Battle for Eden, is given a new assignment: retake the occupied colony of Brigantia. Losing it would be a glancing blow to the Tahni Imperium, but it would Earth’s first solid strike against them, a chance to go on the offensive... -
![Alien in Charge by Lili Zander]()
Alien in Charge by Lili Zander
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI have better things to do than babysit a human. And her cat.Someone has attacked the Human Federation Ambassador in Gehar territory, and out of an abundance of caution, the Empress has assigned me to protect the human until the culprit has been caught.The new Ambassador, and her kitten, Luna. (Short for Lunatic.)Yes, seriously... -
![Colonel by Jonathan P. Brazee]()
Colonel by Jonathan P. Brazee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRyck has proven himself as a warrior, a fighter, and sometimes, in a peacetime Corps, that can get a Marine into trouble. Ryck’s temper gets the best of him, and because of that and with a heavy heart, he resigns his commission. As an old enemy comes a-calling, a new threat surfaces, and Ryck’s services are once again needed. Given a second chance, Ryck answers the call, determined to make good... -
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![Void Horizon by J.N. Chaney, Christopher Hopper]()
Void Horizon by J.N. Chaney, Christopher Hopper
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn enemy with otherworldly powers. A war fueled by insatiable bloodlust. No one will be spared. Following their first victory against a rogue unit of Repub Marines, Magnus finds his newly trained gladias pinned down by a squadron of Talons... -
![Heretic by Philip C. Quaintrell]()
Heretic by Philip C. Quaintrell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe third volume in Philip C. Quaintrell's Terran Cycle continues to span the galaxy, exploring the origins of mankind. Now a man with nothing to lose, Kalian Gaines has chosen to travel through the Conclave’s new Starforge and explore what remains of the Terran Empire... -
![New Alliance by Nathan Hystad]()
New Alliance by Nathan Hystad
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDean Parker thought he was going to coast into retirement. He was wrong.Things have slowed down for Dean and Mary as they manage the expanding human colonies on Haven, New Spero, and Earth-until they receive a distress call from the Keppe.Magnus and Natalia are in the midst of a three-year exploration mission on the alien vessel, but mysteriously vanish with less than a year left to go... -
![The Alien's Blade by Ella Blake]()
The Alien's Blade by Ella Blake
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat’s worse than waking up from a hibernation cell fifty-two years after being abducted?Nothing. No, wait—a wise-cracking alien hunk with a killer smile who doesn’t let me out of his sight, that’s what.Wulfrex knows every inch of his massive space cruiser and makes it impossible for me to steal it... -
![Fratricide by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle]()
Fratricide by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSafety takes a back seat to profit. Until it crosses the line. Shipyard deaths. Labor complaints. Fear. Intimidation. Rivka gets called in to sort things out, investigate the safety issues, mediate the dispute.What she finds isn’t a negotiation at all. She puts on her Magistrate hat and gets to work sorting out crimes made to look like accidents... -
![Bastion of the Reaper by J.N. Chaney, Scott Moon]()
Bastion of the Reaper by J.N. Chaney, Scott Moon
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHalek Cain has one chance to save the people he loves.The Alon Empire has redoubled its efforts to conquer Yansden and strip the planet bare. Their massive fleet devours every star system it encounters. They demand total surrender and show no mercy. The Neverseen are rising from the forests, oceans, and desert wilderness and thirsty for blood...
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