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Facets of Revolution by T.A. White
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe line between loyalty and betrayal has never been so fine.Chasing the trail of the woman who was once considered her best friend, Kira Forrest returns to the planet of her birth. When a near deadly incident jeopardizes her arrival, Kira will find the secrets she’s worked so hard to hide bubbling to the surface one by one... -
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Home Front by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCasmir and his allies have struck a devastating blow to the powerful prince who sent invaders into their star system, but war still rages at home. Worse, the prince has escaped with a lethal bioweapon, and he intends to wipe out all human life on Odin. Casmir could lose his parents, his friends, and everyone he holds dear... -
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Gate Quest by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsRoboticist extraordinaire Casmir Dabrowski has a new nemesis: astroshaman leader Kyla Moonrazor. She’s stolen the ancient wormhole gate the king ordered Casmir to retrieve, and she’s entrenched in an underwater base on a forsaken moon. Moonrazor is more educated and more experienced than Casmir, and she has legions of killer robots and cyborg defenders on her side. Casmir has his friends and..Categorized as:
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![Crossfire by Lindsay Buroker]()
Crossfire by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFor the first time in his life, roboticist Casmir Dabrowski is headed to another star system as an advisor for the Kingdom space fleet. He’s being given a chance to prove himself to King Jager by helping find the ancient artifact he inadvertently lost. It’s best not to think about what might happen if he fails..Categorized as:
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![Forever Defend by Michael Anderle, Emily Beresford]()
Forever Defend by Michael Anderle, Emily Beresford
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSome forget why she was called the Queen Bitch. Not Anymore. Bethany Anne is going stir crazy after more than a decade of having to be 'The Empress.' Now, her advisors have to deal with an Empress who is determined to be on the front line.The Ixtali's come to the Etheric Empire, hat in hand.Nathan decides that the best way to handle soft intelligence, is to create a new company...Categorized as:
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Compete by Vera Nazarian
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIt's one thing to Qualify…But do you have what it takes to Compete?With Earth about to be destroyed by an extinction level asteroid, teenage nerd, geek, and awkward smart girl Gwen Lark, and a few of her friends and loved ones, barely Qualified for rescue onboard one of the thousands of ark-ships headed to the ancient colony planet Atlantis...Categorized as:
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![The Renegade Akseli Cyborg by Dianne Duvall]()
The Renegade Akseli Cyborg by Dianne Duvall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDive into the next thrilling novel in New York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall’s fast-paced, humorous, and adventure-filled Aldebarian Alliance series.Too many years of hunting psychotic vampires night after night have left Rachel with a desperate need for change... -
![Hero Code by Lindsay Buroker]()
Hero Code by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsCasmir Dabrowski is finally heading back to his home world, determined to gain an audience with the queen and convince her to tell him the secret of his genes. But the terrorists who have been sending robot assassins after him are still there—and still want him dead. As soon as he lands, the trouble starts...Categorized as:
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![A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsMiles Vorkosigan has a problem: unrequited love for the beautiful widow Ekaterin Vorsoisson, violently allergic to marriage after her first exposure. If a frontal assault won't do, Miles thinks, try subterfuge. He has a cunning plan... Lord Mark Vorkosigan, Miles' brother, also has a problem: his love has just become unrequited again. But he has a cunning plan..Categorized as:
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End Game by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAlisa Marchenko has reunited with her daughter, and even though she hasn’t figured out how to get Jelena to accept Leonidas yet, she dreams of the three of them starting a new life together. They can return the Star Nomad to its original purpose of running freight and staying out of trouble (mostly)...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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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The Ceph Sector by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe legendary Ceph have been in stasis for forty two millennia. In a century, they’ll wake. History remembers them as an unstoppable force, employing a mysterious power to decimate sentient life on the planets they attacked. Jaya’s first mission as a new Shaman Justice is to lead an expedition into the perilous Ceph Sector...Categorized as:
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Treyvon by M.K. Eidem
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsGeneral Treyvon Rayner is the Supreme Commander of the Kaliszian Defenses. He is the cousin and trusted friend of the Kaliszian Emperor, Emperor Liron Kalinin, in spite of Treyvon’s ancestor being one of the causes of the Great Infection so many centuries ago. It is never far from Treyvon's mind, and he vowed he'd spend his entire life trying to make things right... -
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![Perilous Hunt by Lindsay Buroker]()
Perilous Hunt by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAfter failing to catch up with her daughter Jelena so many times, Alisa's optimism is battered, but her determination has never waned. She, Leonidas, and their eclectic crew are hunting down a Starseer research station in the heart of the Kir Asteroid belt—Jelena's supposed location. Alisa vows that she will find her daughter if she has to search a million asteroids to do so...Categorized as:
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Sara and the Spymaster by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan a passionate woman awaken a frozen warrior? Sara’s life is turned upside down when she is kidnapped by brutal aliens. Even after she’s rescued by an Imperial ship, she can’t return to Earth. The only person who seems concerned about her future is the icy alien warrior who interrogates her... -
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Angle of Truth by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhen Jelena Marchenko learns that her parents have incurred a huge debt due to her previous actions, she’s determined to find a way to pay it off. But running cargo doesn’t pay anything off quickly. She comes up with a scheme to turn herself and her eclectic crewmates into mercenaries, at least for long enough to make some money... -
![Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCaptain Ivan Vorpatril is happy with his relatively uneventful bachelor’s life as a staff officer to a Barrayaran admiral. Cousin to imperial troubleshooter Miles Vorkosigan, Ivan is not far down the hereditary list for the emperorship. Thankfully, new heirs have directed that headache elsewhere, leaving Ivan to enjoy his life on Komarr, far from the byzantine court politics of his home system... -
![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... -
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Confederation by Michael R. Hicks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the second book of the In Her Name science fiction & fantasy series, Reza Gard has been banished from the Kreelan Empire and is once again a stranger in a strange land as he returns to the human Confederation. Befriended by a marooned Confederation naval officer leading a desperate fight against the Kreelans on a distant colony world, she reunites Reza with Nicole Carré...Categorized as:
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Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsCordelia and Arol Vorkosigan's plans for a peaceful married life (after all the bloodshed and trials recounted in SHARDS OF HONOR) are soon shattered by the polital tumult on Barrayar. Resisting enormous pressure, they struggle to keep their family alive while while protecting the child Emperor from enemies who would murder him and assume absolute power over all of Barrayar... -
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Silver Shark by Ilona Andrews
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe World of KinsmenFamily is everything. Talent is power. And revenge is sweet.In a distant, future world Kinsmen—small powerful groups of genetically and technologically advanced families—control vast financial empires. They are their own country, their own rulers, and their only limits are other Kinsmen. The struggle for power is a bloody, full-contact sport: in business, on the battlefield.. -
![Of A Darker Void by G.S. Jennsen]()
Of A Darker Void by G.S. Jennsen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen man and machine are one and the same, death is no longer an inevitability. But in the darkest reaches of space, neither is life.Diplomat. Rebel. Fugitive. Nika Tescarav has lived many lives, though she no longer remembers most of them... -
![Roklyn by Alana Khan]()
Roklyn by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo stay alive, Roklyn buried his emotions. Can he risk everything to trust the ailing Earth girl he’s sworn to protect?PaigeI’ve come to this medical center to save my life. My grumpy but intriguing bodyguard can receive services also, but only if he’s my “mate... -
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![To Valor's Bid by M. Tress]()
To Valor's Bid by M. Tress
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDesmond McLaughlin was just getting through his life and trying to survive. A 9-5 job and a hobby that cost more than it earned left him just enough money to afford a crappy apartment and time to dream of something better. He was expecting to spend most of his life like this.He hadn’t expected to be greeted by a CIA agent waiting inside his house one evening... -
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Dark Ambitions by Michelle Diener
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's been months since Rose McKenzie was taken far from Earth. She's trying to make a place for herself amongst the Grih, with help from her Grihan lover, Captain Dav Jallan, and the dangerous and loyal Sazo, a powerful artificial intelligence who's integrated with an infamous Class 5 battleship... -
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Lyel by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn alien warrior seeking redemption meets a captured Earth woman being treated as a pet. Will their love survive in a hostile world?Kidnapped by four-armed, blue skinned aliens, Isabelle "Isi" is sold to the head of the Al'kieern kidnapping operation. Isi has accepted she'll live and die as a songbird pet to the queen. If nothing else, performing for the Al'kieern beats being sold as a breeder...Categorized as:
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Peace Maker by Michelle Diener
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFliss knows all about her ancestors, the Travelers, who were forced to land on Fjern thousands of years ago, but when it comes to the Gyr—the enhanced warriors who protect the people of Fjern from the monsters that inhabit the planet—she’s in the dark, even though she is one herself...Categorized as:
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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 ..Categorized as:
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![Relic of Sorrows by Lindsay Buroker]()
Relic of Sorrows by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsCaptain Alisa Marchenko finally has a lead on finding her daughter, but her passengers want her to take them on their quest instead. Even though the Star Nomad is her ship, they have power she cannot fight, and she finds herself with no choice but to accept another detour. But the ancient relic they seek has the ability to destroy worlds and is coveted by many...Categorized as:
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Unity and the Usurper by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA barbaric alien king. A fierce human female. A galactic conspiracy...After leading a rebellion to overthrow a tyrannical king, Cronan discovers a beautiful, defiant human female. She’s a responsibility he doesn’t need in the chaotic aftermath of the rebellion, but one he can't abandon... -
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Claimed by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat’s worse than being stuck on an alien planet? Being stuck on an alien planet when you’ve made an enemy of the local tribe King. Okay, so I may have stolen his favorite misua and snuck away to find my friends. But he should’ve known better than to forbid me to go. I’m a marine, and we leave no man-- or woman, behind... -
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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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![Arkadian Skies by Lindsay Buroker]()
Arkadian Skies by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWith the man who kidnapped her daughter imprisoned aboard her ship, Captain Alisa Marchenko is closer than ever to reuniting her family. But her new guest has been in a coma for weeks, with the secret to her daughter's location locked away in his mind. She must find a way to sneak him into a state-of-the-art hospital on Arkadius, a planet in the heart of Alliance territory...Categorized as:
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![Cleon Moon by Lindsay Buroker]()
Cleon Moon by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsNow that she’s retrieved the Staff of Lore, Captain Alisa Marchenko can finally dedicate herself and her ship to finding her kidnapped daughter. Her scant clues lead her to Cleon Moon. Unfortunately, since the fall of the empire, mafia clans have taken over the domed cities on the harsh moon, and exploring there isn’t easy...Categorized as:
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Final Battle by Michael R. Hicks
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFollowing Confederation, Final Battle is the last book in the saga of Reza Gard. Reza is caught up in a daring plot to assassinate the Confederation President, even as something goes terribly wrong in the Empire and its warriors lose their will to fight. Reunited with Tesh-Dar, Reza and his friends fight to save the woman he loves, with the fate of the Empire and Humanity hanging in the balance...Categorized as:
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![Pillaged by Tana Stone]()
Pillaged by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsI was promised against my will to an imperial general. . .so I escaped. Right into the arms of an even more ruthless Vandar warlord.I’d thought things had been bad when I’d been ordered to marry the repulsive Zagrath general. But then I’d been captured by the empire’s most deadly enemy--the Vandar raiders...Categorized as:
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![Jo's Journey by S.E. Smith]()
Jo's Journey by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsJo Strauss was committed to two things in her life – her family and her life as an acrobat/high-wire performer. She takes both very serious. Her life was orderly, in control, and she was finally settling down in one place so she could spend more time with her parents instead of moving all over the world every few weeks... -
![Taken by Harmony Raines]()
Taken by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChrissi always dreamed of being an astronaut, just like her dad, devoting her whole life to Operation Saviour, the human race’s last ditch attempt to find a new home. But days before her first launch, the project was cancelled, leaving her to pick up the pieces of her life. All thanks to the arrival of the Karal...Categorized as:
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![Dragon's Taming by Miranda Martin]()
Dragon's Taming by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey see me as broken, but it's up to me to save them all. They keep me locked away, too dangerous to be free, because they don't see what I do. They don't know the truth like I do. I was stopped from accomplishing my mission before but I can't fail. The fate of our entire planet, of every human and Zmaj both, rests in my hands. It was easier before she came... -
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Cosmic Catalyst by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsASIN B076PSPMHH moved to latest edition as per guidelinesEveryone has secrets. But some people will risk the galaxy to protect theirs. When starship shaman Jaya Romanov and her new mate partner, galactic bounty hunter and robot wolf shifter, Vulf Trent, saved the galaxy from the deadly actions of a determined geriatric terrorist, they forgot that old Earth truism: no good deed goes unpunished...Categorized as:
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![Lost in Barbarian Space: A Phoenix Adventures Sci-fi Romance by Anna Hackett]()
Lost in Barbarian Space: A Phoenix Adventures Sci-fi Romance by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA clash of cultures. Security agent versus barbarian warrior. On an expedition to a newly discovered barbarian world, an experienced security agent doesn’t expect to be working with a big, bossy barbarian warrior. Agent Honor Brandall enjoys her job as security agent for the Institute of Historical Preservation’s expedition ships. Adventures to distant planets – awesome... -
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Unfrozen by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the penitentiary ship she's incarcerated in gets sucked into an anomaly, Lydia barely survives the crash onto an alien planet. Only the sadistic experiments performed on her by the prison's scientist allow her to survive this harsh and dangerous world. The future looks grim until she stumbles upon a magnificent city of ice and its most unusual inhabitant... -
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Shattered Earth by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe scum of the galaxy are using Earth as a nuclear winter death camp. It outrages pirate captain Kohia Jekyll’s sense of justice. No one deserves to die agonizingly of radiation poisoning, especially not on the planet humanity had to evacuate seven generations ago. So Kohia intends to close the prison camp down... -
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![The Rogue Prince by Lindsay Buroker]()
The Rogue Prince by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStarseer, pilot, and animal lover Jelena Marchenko wants to prove to her parents that she’s ready to captain her own freighter and help run the family business. When she finally talks them into getting a second ship and letting her fly it, it doesn’t faze her that the craft is decades old and looks like a turtle. This is the chance she’s craved for years...Categorized as:
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Dark Planet Warriors: Escape by Anna Carven
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAbbey Ever since we left the Fleet Station, Tarak has been his usual cryptic self. For some reason, he’s keeping everything very low-key, to the extent that we’re trying to sneak in to Kythia. Something’s up, and he’s not telling me anything. Every time I try to get answers, he distracts me with his stupid sexiness. Stupid sexy, silver, stubborn, insistent alien... -
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Astray by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsNora Devi is a xeno-archaeologist with a complicated past. She has buried more secrets than she’s dug up. Widowed in the recently ended twelve year war between Capitoline and Palantine, she now makes a living as an independent tagger in border space.Captain Liam Kimani could be credited with ending the latest royal war. Instead, he’s blamed for it...Categorized as:
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![Forged in Shadow by Anna Carven]()
Forged in Shadow by Anna Carven
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSergeant Arin Varga has a problem on her hands. She's supposed to be in charge of a squad of peacekeepers. That's something she would normally handle with ease, except that now her people are stuck in Earth's orbit on a doomed superfreighter... -
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The Outlaw Cyborg by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCan a cyborg ranger save Mars - and the woman who won’t admit she needs him?Everything Serena Gatling ever wanted was taken away from her by a single horrific act of betrayal. Determined never to fall victim again, she closes her heart and dedicates her life to a cold-blooded quest to regain the one thing that still matters to her... -
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Starseers by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe mysterious and powerful Starseers have Captain Alisa Marchenko's daughter, and she will do whatever she must to get her back, even if it means traveling to their stronghold and confronting them personally. Unfortunately, her strongest ally, the cyborg Leonidas, may become a liability since the cyborgs and the Starseers have a long history of hating each other...Categorized as:
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