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Diplomatic Agent by S.E. Weir, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow far would you go to discover the truth?Seraphina Waters embarks on her latest mission just as she’s on the verge of graduation.Armed with hard-earned skills, talent, and a mouthy companion, Phina pursues the identity of a traitor among the ranks of SpyCorps. Even if the answer could be a stab to the heart.Following shadows and rumors, Phina races time to discover the truth... -
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Never Submit by Michael Anderle, Kat Lind
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOne Last Hail Mary attack by those on Earth goes awry when the Queen herself shows up with John Grimes along for the ride.Five puppies have plans that surprise everyone.The Queen has a problem, and her closest friends travel to Earth to find her a solution.It's time for an audience with the King of Yoll, and he isn't going to like the outcome. Not one bit...Categorized as:
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We Have Contact by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen you least expect it, expect it. Bethany Anne has been notified there is a spaceship inside the system...but they can't find it. Is it Kurtherian, someone else? The governments have to be told about aliens, which sparks a worldwide effort by Governments to find what TQB has... Oh, and Eric wants to date Gabrielle but he wants her to know he can protect her if need be...Categorized as:
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![The Dark Messiah by Michael Anderle, Kat Lind]()
The Dark Messiah by Michael Anderle, Kat Lind
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMichael returns to fulfill a promise to his love, but the world isn't the same place. Michael, the Archangel himself, has returned after a hundred and fifty years rejuvenating in the Etheric Dimension. Now, the most powerful male Vampire the world had ever known is back. The problem? The world went through an Apocalypse and what little honor and justice that previously existed, is gone...Categorized as:
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![Liberty by Nick Webb]()
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...Categorized as:
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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)...Categorized as:
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Alien Scourge by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCharley and Angelina have a lot to deal with. Do they help their friend or turn him in for being an alien?In some situations, you don’t know how you will react until someone tries to kill you...And your alien friend keeps you safe.Angelina’s boyfriend believes she will come back with the right amount of coercion if he gets rid of her “friend... -
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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...Categorized as:
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Old Enemy by Nathan Hystad
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen all new threats are dealt with, old enemies emerge from the shadows. Dean Parker has brought his wife home, and he’s looking forward to relaxing and having a future with his family on New Spero. The Iskios vortex is gone, vanquished by the Hero of Earth, but unforeseen enemies linger in the universe. The Bhlat send a warning to the humans, one that suggests the Kraski may not all be dead... -
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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...Categorized as:
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![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...Categorized as:
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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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![Sanctioned by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle]()
Sanctioned by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsGeneral Lance Reynolds needs Molly’s team for a clandestine operation. The only problem? It kicks off in one week, and the Syndicate needs cleaning up once and for all. So what is a girl to do? Go on the offensive, of course. But with the ultimate take down planned for the bad guys of Planet Estaria, you know it’s going to be EPIC...Categorized as:
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![Reprisal by Charles Tillman, Michael Anderle]()
Reprisal by Charles Tillman, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAncient Warrior—Vampire—Queen’s Bitch...Akio accepted his Queen’s charge to stay behind and protect humanity from the Forsaken scourge.She never said it would be easy.An isolated police report about an island overtaken by feral, red-eyed creatures savaging humans spurs Akio to investigate... -
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![The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons]()
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 68 ratingsOn the world called Hyperion the mysterious Time Tombs are opening and seven pilgrims risk their lives to petition the entity called the Shrike - a creature that may well control the fate of all mankind... -
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How Firm a Foundation by David Weber
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Charisian Empire, born in war, has always known it must fight for its very survival. What most of its subjects don't know even now, however, is how much more it's fighting for. Emperor Cayleb, Empress Sharleyan, Merlin Athrawes, and their innermost circle of most trusted advisers do know... -
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Earth Bound by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s one stranded ex-lawman against a world full of homicidal psychopaths. Psychopaths who might, or might not, be human.Intergalactic lawman Terry Victor is betrayed by fellow officers and sent to a backwater planet on the interstellar arm of the universe.In short, he was sent to the planet called Earth.Fed up, he quits in a fit of disgust and seeks a peaceful retirement among the humans... -
![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...Categorized as:
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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... -
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Capital Games by R.K. Thorne
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTwo months have passed since Commander Ellen Ryu did the impossible and rescued mercenary Kael Sidassian—along with his mysterious cargo. Now the crew of Audacity is stronger than ever, protecting the galaxy against the abuse of technology...Categorized as:
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![Terminus Cut by Rick Partlow]()
Terminus Cut by Rick Partlow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMercenaries with a mission. Logan Conner has given up the life of a warrior prince to become Jonathan Slaughter, a mercenary captain of a rough-and-ready band of mech-jocks for hire. Already legendary throughout the Periphery, their next job brings them head-to-head with the Jeuta, militant aliens who seek to loot and plunder isolated human colony worlds...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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![Lucky Revenge by Joshua James]()
Lucky Revenge by Joshua James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe universe if FUBAR. Just when things couldn't get any worse, humanity finds a way. The invasion force is in shambles. The universe is on fire. An ancient enemy is about to end mankind for good. Sgt. Lucky Lee Savage saw it all coming. He warned all the right people. He took all the right steps. Look what that got him... -
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Lucky Empire by Joshua James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMankind's luck has run out... As humanity rushes toward universal slaughter, the last Marine standing in the way of extinction is the least qualified one around — just ask him. With the conspiracy now fully in power, Lucky & Co. have turned into fugitives within the Empire... -
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![Hero to the Rescue by Timothy Ellis]()
Hero to the Rescue by Timothy Ellis
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"I'm not in the rescue business," states Jonathon Hunter, to the amusement of his crew. But rescues are the least of his concerns. Darkness is coming, and there are still people out there who don’t like him. The Sirius system has always fascinated Jon, and he is drawn to solve its mysteries...Categorized as:
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Cascade by Joshua James
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOPERATION CASCADE IS UNDERWAY.The changes on Enceladus are causing ripples throughout the solar system — and beyond. But the Artifact isn't done yet.The end is only the beginning...Cascade, the second book in the Saturn's Legacy series, is a sci-fi thriller full of mystery, intrigue, and epic action from the depths of the ocean to the edge of outer space... -
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Artifact by Joshua James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFOR MILLIONS OF YEARS, SATURN HID AN ALIEN SECRET.IN 2065, HUMANITY WILL FIND IT.Lowell Carpenter is a disgraced Marine assigned to a remote US research station on Saturn's moon Enceladus, where scientists have made an extraordinary discovery in the ocean below.A special forces team, led by Lowell’s murderous former commanding officer, shows up to investigate... -
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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...Categorized as:
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At the Sign of Triumph by David Weber
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Church of God Awaiting's triumph over Charis was inevitable. Despite its prosperity, the Charis was a single, small island realm. It boasted less than two percent of the total population of Safehold. How could it possibly resist total destruction? The Church had every reason to be confident of a swift, crushing victory, an object lesson to other rebels... -
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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...Categorized as:
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![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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Alien Artifacts by Jasper T. Scott
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA DEADLY MISSION ON AN UNCHARTED WORLD RIDDLED WITH ANCIENT SECRETSOn his last job, Cade Korbin lost his ship, lost his credits, and barely escaped with his life, but it’s not over. His enemy is still out there, nursing a decades-old vendetta that has yet to be quenched. Making matters worse, his guild is coming after him for breaking their rules... -
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Penitent by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBook 2 in the Bequin seriesAlizebeth Bequin's world has been turned upside-down. Now she must choose who she will follow as Inquisitors Eisenhorn and Ravenor battle to discover the secrets at the heart of Queen Mab...Categorized as:
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![Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber]()
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsHumanity pushed its way to the stars - and encountered the Gbaba, a ruthless alien race that nearly wiped us out.Earth and her colonies are now smoldering ruins, and the few survivors have fled to distant, Earth-like Safehold, to try to rebuild...Categorized as:
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![Claimed By Honor: A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Justin Sloan, Michael Anderle]()
Claimed By Honor: A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Justin Sloan, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMichael has moved on, can his Justice Enforcer make a difference?Does the Sun come up in the morning?The New York City-State wakes up and their world has been shaken to its core. The Enforcers have been scattered, but they aren't finished. This vampire is but a bump in their road to keeping the city-state in the hands of the CEO's...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...Categorized as:
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![Ruins of the Earth by Christopher Hopper, J.N. Chaney]()
Ruins of the Earth by Christopher Hopper, J.N. Chaney
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA secret buried in the Antarctic.A puzzle unsolved for thousands of years.And a Brooklyn-born Master Gunnery Sergeant who's royally pissed that he has to babysit the researchers sent to figure it all out.Patrick "Wic" Finnegan's last op as a Marine Raider before retirement sends him to the frozen Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands...Categorized as:
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![City of Phants by Isaac Hooke]()
City of Phants by Isaac Hooke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say fatherhood changes you. Rade returns his alien client to her secret base on the far side of the galaxy. When the ship arrives, his team finds the base destroyed beyond recognition. A dark discovery in the ruins leads the team to a new star system. There, Rade's client embarks on an important mission, leaving him and the team behind to guard valuable transportation technology... -
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Strange Company by Nick Cole
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStack bodies, get paid, get to the ship.“If you can survive Reaper Platoon in the Strange, then Ghost or Dog Platoons will get you for their own. Best to steer clear of the freaks in Voodoo, kid.”Surrounded and outgunned, a group of private military contractors known as “Strange Company” find themselves on a remote planet at the edge of known space, and on the losing end of a bad contract...Categorized as:
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![Revelation Run by Rick Partlow]()
Revelation Run by Rick Partlow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMission accomplished… until the enemy finds out. Logan Conner thinks his days pretending to be mercenary captain Jonathan Slaughter are behind him now that the ancient Imperial outpost of Terminus Cut has been uncovered. He’s returned to his duties while his brother, Terrin, leads a team of scientists studying the lost technology of the fallen empire...Categorized as:
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![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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![Rade's Fury by Isaac Hooke]()
Rade's Fury by Isaac Hooke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"No one harms my family." Alien invaders have come to Earth. Rade, vacationing in the south of France, is mightily pissed to have his liberty time so rudely interrupted by these extraterrestrials. But he was willing to let it go. He was done fighting wars, and more than ready to leave the grunt work to the professionals... -
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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... -
![Crossroads of Fate by A.K. DuBoff]()
Crossroads of Fate by A.K. DuBoff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe war's final battles are coming... With the Primus Elites' training almost complete, Wil and his men relocate to H2 to make their final preparations. Everything seems to be staged for a swift TSS victory over the Bakzen as Wil assumes the position of TSS Supreme Commander with Saera and his most trusted friends by his side.But, Tek won't let the Bakzen go down easily...Categorized as:
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![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...Categorized as:
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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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![Mechs vs. Dinosaurs by Isaac Hooke]()
Mechs vs. Dinosaurs by Isaac Hooke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alien entity has stolen a time weapon. Rade and the Argonauts must retrieve the weapon and travel back sixty-five million years to ancient Earth to stop the entity from intervening in humankind's evolution. The stakes are high. If the team fails, they will return to find a galaxy populated not by humans, but by the descendants of the dinosaurs. The mission won't be easy... -
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Nemesis by Jonathan Yanez
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVillainy has a new face. With the Voy recently dispatched, Daniel Hunt and the rest of the Pack think they have a moment of reprieve from the madness. They would be wrong. A stranger from the future comes with a story so wild it's hard to deny. If this wasn't enough a new Relic is introduced onto the field. Every faction will do whatever it takes to claim it as their own...Categorized as:
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The Enemy Within by Jasper T. Scott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDISCOUNTED FROM $3.99 UNTIL AUGUST 27thTHEY LEFT SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS FROM THE COSMOS AND FOUND AN EVIL AS OLD AS TIME Lucien, Garek, Addy, and Brak are all that's left of the Inquisitor's crew...Categorized as:
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![Revenge by Nathan Hystad, Flynn Earl Jones]()
Revenge by Nathan Hystad, Flynn Earl Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Rift has opened. The aliens invaded. The Eureka is on the other side. Flint, Wren, and Ace, along with Charles, are now members of the Eureka, a state-of-the-art vessel heading for a world in the far reaches of a new galaxy. Sixty years ago a colony ship was sent there, along with someone close to their benefactor...Categorized as:
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