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Hostile Fire by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPost-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. Reed Clayton Sanders left home the minute he had his high school diploma in hand. He waited that long only because the Army wouldn't accept him without one. Now, ten years later, he's home. Home with no warning, no advance notice, no anything after being gone ten years with almost no contact with his family... -
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Zone War by John Conroe
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBook 1 of the Zone War series. A few short years from now, eco-terrorists unleash the worst attack the world has ever seen. Over 25,000 autonomous combat drones are released in Manhattan from the hold of a ship. Hundreds of thousands are dead, and the entire island is evacuated and quarantined in just a few days’ time... -
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Home Fires by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFire From the Sky: Book 5: Home Fires Publisher's note: The paperback version of this title is ASIN: 0692193936. Thank you. “No plan survives contact with the enemy.” An age old idiom that Clay Sanders knows very well. In this case however, it's surviving contact with the people who are supposed to be on his side... -
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Friendly Fire by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou can now pre-order Book 7! Amazon ASIN: B07RYFTVLY Post-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. Reed Clayton Sanders left home the minute he had his high school diploma in hand. He waited that long only because the Army wouldn't accept him without one. Now, ten years later, he's home. Home with no warning, no advance notice, no anything after being gone ten years with almost no contact with his family... -
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![Damned Nation by N.C. Reed]()
Damned Nation by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPost-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. ReedSo far, the Apocalypse has not gone according to plan. At least, not according to the plan Clay Sanders and his friends had laid out. Things are finally changing, though for better or worse remains to be seen... -
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Brimstone by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPost-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. ReedClay Sanders and company have not had the easiest time since the lights went out. Granted, much of their troubles are self-inflicted, but a lot of them were brought straight to their door by crooks and strongarm types in equal measure. Things are peaceful for a change around the Sanders’ Farms, however, and Clay barely knows what to do with himself... -
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Hell Fire by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPost-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. Reed Doom. Devastation. Death. Destruction. It seems that no matter what direction he looks, Clay Sanders can see little else... -
![Brutal Business by Franklin Horton]()
Brutal Business by Franklin Horton
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Mad Mick Series is a post-apocalyptic fan favorite. There's no prepper tips, no helpful information, just fast-paced post-apocalyptic adventure. When newcomers arrive in Conor Maguire's territory, they bring word of an enemy approaching from the north. They wear military uniforms, carry military weapons, and drive military trucks... -
![Brotherhood of Fire by N.C. Reed]()
Brotherhood of Fire by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBy the most ludicrous of means, Special Ops Soldier Clayton Sanders had a warning that something was going to happen to the world. Clay prepared for the worst, but just because you're well prepared doesn't mean everything is going to be okay. Clay has faced some of the worst humanity has to offer in all parts of the world, but now he is faced with something much worse than terrorists. His family... -
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Black Legion by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAbaddon returns from exile and raises the dreaded Black Legion. The Sons of Horus may be no more, but rising from their ashes come the Black Legion. Returning after his long self-imposed exile, Abaddon offers the disparate Chaos Space Marine warbands within the Eye of Terror a simple choice - join him or die... -
![The Worst Spies in the Sector by Skyler Ramirez]()
The Worst Spies in the Sector by Skyler Ramirez
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt sucks being dead...... especially when you're broke. Former Captain Brad Mendoza and former Commander Jessica Lin would be two of the most wanted people in the galaxy, except everyone thinks they're dead. Now, they're desperately trying to find a new way to make a living before they run out of fuel, food, and hope.Enter a mysterious stranger with an offer that's too good to be true... -
![Fortitude by Glynn Stewart]()
Fortitude by Glynn Stewart
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn offer that no one else could matchA mission that no one else could achieveAn enemy only a few know they share…Commodore Kira Demirci is now the commander of a small but powerful mercenary force—one of the most dangerous in the cluster of stars she now calls home. Her own actions have brought peace to the Syntactic Cluster, though, and a mercenary is in limited demand...Categorized as:
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![The Ranch: A Legacy of Violence by Sean Liscom]()
The Ranch: A Legacy of Violence by Sean Liscom
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsPost-Apocalyptic Fiction by Sean Liscom Jason Sterling had a simple life by all accounts. He had worked the same job his entire adult life, he had never married and he had no children. He was used to doing things on his own. His comfortable life was shaken to the core the day he learned of his fathers death... -
![The Lion: Son of the Forest by Mike Brooks]()
The Lion: Son of the Forest by Mike Brooks
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Lion. Son of the Emperor, brother of demigods and Primarch of the Dark Angels. Awakened. Returned. And yet... lost.The Lion. Son of the Emperor, brother of demigods and primarch of the Dark Angels.Awakened. Returned. And yet lost... -
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![Echoes in the Deep by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert]()
Echoes in the Deep by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMark Tudor is learning a valuable lesson about being a Peacemaker.With Veteran pay comes veteran problems. And the Guild, more often than not, is the issue.He’s become an effective enforcer of the law, but unfortunately, crime is growing a lot more complicated...Categorized as:
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![Foundations of Glass by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert]()
Foundations of Glass by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe road between the stars was paved in platinum ore. But as Mark Tudor is about to learn, the cost of justice is paid in blood.And no one is truly safe.Gyl Mareth’s Rot corrupts the Guild, and Mark means to cut it out at the source. To do that, he’ll have to lobby powerful supporters—spindly, blue aliens, toads infatuated with buearcracy, and maybe even an influential bartender or two...Categorized as:
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![Fields of Fire by Marko Kloos]()
Fields of Fire by Marko Kloos
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsThe time has come to take the fight to the Lankies.Mars has been under Lanky control for more than a year. Since then, the depleted forces of Earth's alliances have rebuilt their fleets, staffing old warships with freshly trained troops. Torn between the need to beat the Lankies to the punch and taking enough time to put together an effective fighting force, command has decided to strike now... -
![The Ranch: Jack Sterlings Legacy by Sean Liscom]()
The Ranch: Jack Sterlings Legacy by Sean Liscom
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsPost-Apocalyptic Fiction by Sean Liscom Jason Sterling had a simple life by all accounts. He had worked the same job his entire adult life, he had never married and he had no children. He was used to doing things on his own. His comfortable life was shaken to the core the day he learned of his fathers death... -
![Tasmanian SFG, Book II: Devils to Me by C.R. Daems, Emily Woo Zeller]()
Tasmanian SFG, Book II: Devils to Me by C.R. Daems, Emily Woo Zeller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Devils to me," a siren call that would bring every Tasmanian running to answer no matter what they were doing. Repeated over and over by those answering the call, it would empty bars or a base or a city of Tasmanians, because no member of the elite unit would desert a brother in trouble, reinforcing their unofficial motto, Et Anima Una, Of One Mind... -
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Undercover by David Nees
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNot only is Hillsboro threatened but Jason’s family as well. Now it’s personal. In the fourth book of the action-packed “After the Fall” series Jason faces a deadly threat, to his family and to Hillsboro. He must deal with the enemy without any support or help in his high-risk mission. This suspenseful follow-up to “Rescue”, finds Jason Richards off on another dangerous adventure...Categorized as:
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![Border Wars by Evan Currie]()
Border Wars by Evan Currie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe mission continues as Sorilla, the Green Berets of the Fifth, and the Lucian Sentinels take their investigation to the colony world claimed by Islamic separatists during the very earliest of Earth's Diaspora period... -
![The Slab by Karen Traviss]()
The Slab by Karen Traviss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMARCUS FENIX. WAR HERO. LOYAL SON. TRAITOR. Ten years after Emergence Day, as the Locust Horde advances on humanity’s last defended area—Ephyra—in a bloody war that has seen billions die, Marcus Fenix does the unthinkable: he defies orders and abandons his post during a critical battle in a bid to rescue his father, weapons scientist Adam Fenix... -
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Spinward Fringe Broadcast 8: Renegades by Randolph Lalonde
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt has been months since the Siege of Port Rush. The Warlord, under the command of Jacob Valent, has been travelling to ports across the sector to gather intelligence, capturing ships and cargo as they go. Manpower and funds are still in short supply, but the Captain is winning the support of the British Alliance, and his crew suspects he has a long term plan that will lead to bigger prizes... -
![Coalition's End by Karen Traviss]()
Coalition's End by Karen Traviss
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUnderstand what a world had to do to survive. When the Locust Horde burst from the ground fifteen years ago to slaughter the human population of Sera, mankind began a desperate war against extinction... -
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![Orders of Battle by Marko Kloos]()
Orders of Battle by Marko Kloos
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe battle against the Lankies has been won. Earth seems safe. Peacetime military? Not on your life.It’s been four years since Earth threw its full military prowess against the Lanky incursion. Humanity has been yanked back from the abyss of extinction. The solar system is at peace. For now... -
![Star Force: Temple Wars by Aer-ki Jyr]()
Star Force: Temple Wars by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingshe bell has been rung, and the Return of the Reignor has come... -
![No Fail by Doc Spears, Jason Anspach]()
No Fail by Doc Spears, Jason Anspach
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFailure is a Hateful WordFor Dark Ops Sergeant Kel Turner, it’s unthinkable. Until now. Kill teams are accustomed to achieving the impossible, and Kill Team Three has done the impossible more than any other. Tasked with mission after mission, against a never-ending list of enemies, Kel and Three brace themselves to rise to the occasion yet again... -
![Clad in Steel by Kevin McLaughlin]()
Clad in Steel by Kevin McLaughlin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the alien Naga attacked Earth, they took everything from Owen McInness. His home was destroyed, his parents killed in front of him. He hated the invaders with every fiber of his being and dedicated his life to making them pay for what they'd done. But that anger was burning him up from the inside. Soon his Academy career was in tatters... -
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Ashes by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIts Thanksgiving on the Sanders Farm.Clayton Sanders and his collection of friends, family and even a few strangers have managed to keep themselves moderately safe in a vicious new world, brought about by the most massive Coronal Mass Ejection ever seen or recorded. Anything electrical and not protected from the surge of power has been completely fried... -
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Blood and Banjos by Franklin Horton
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTwo men. Two life-altering decisions. One epic journey.In this eighth installment in the bestselling Borrowed World series, Jim Powell is convinced that his presence in the valley is putting his friends and family in danger. Hoping to buy them some time, he increases the security at his home, then sets off on a trip to allow the situation in his community to cool off... -
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Agony Of The World by Boyd Craven
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter the destruction of Laughlin Air Force Base, John Norton leads a group of American Patriots against the forces of the New Caliphate. Unable to stop their relentless march alone, they harass the troops as more of the military check in and the militia do all they can to prevent genocide... -
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Atoned: The Wardens: Book 1 by Steve J. McHugh
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Like a Saturday night 80's action film. Full of cool twists, grin-inducing banter, and explosive action. I loved it." Rob Hayes author of Never Die.Civil War tore across the Union Empire, leaving countless dead in its wake. It was a war started by one man, once beloved by the Empire. His betrayal still lingers in the memory of those who lived through it... -
![Spinward Fringe Broadcast 9: Warpath by Randolph Lalonde]()
Spinward Fringe Broadcast 9: Warpath by Randolph Lalonde
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe war is on! Conflict grips the Iron Head Nebula and the star system that Jake, Ayan, Minh-Chu and their loved ones call home. The Order of Eden, British Alliance and other organisations creeping in the shadows enter into an all-or-nothing conflict that will change the political shape of the galaxy for centuries while Freeground is forced to leave its home space in search of help and safety... -
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The Shadow Quintet by Orson Scott Card
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis set contains Orson Scott Card's Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant, and Shadows in Flight.At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied... -
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![The Siege of Earth by Richard Fox]()
The Siege of Earth by Richard Fox
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsOnly an ember of humanity survived the first Xaros invasion. Now, the Xaros return to deliver the final blow to Earth and her defenders. A moon carrying an armada of Xaros drones unleashes its deadly cargo on the solar system. Fortress Mars stands between the enemy and an ill-defended Earth... -
![Points of Impact by Marko Kloos]()
Points of Impact by Marko Kloos
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsHumankind may have won the battle, but a new threat looms larger than ever before.... Earth's armed forces have stopped the Lanky advance and chased their ships out of the solar system, but for CDC officer Andrew Grayson, the war feels anything but won... -
![The Battle of the Void by Richard Fox]()
The Battle of the Void by Richard Fox
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe Xaros drove humanity to the edge of extinction. Now, an immense alien fleet is on the way to Earth to end the human race. Earth's defenses are in shambles. The planet needs time to ready for the next invasion, time it doesn't have. The Xaros are en route to Earth, and it will take a daring mission to buy Earth the chance it needs to survive the next attack... -
![Star Force: Lost Destiny by Aer-ki Jyr]()
Star Force: Lost Destiny by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Humans are the hunted...Two siblings are abandoned on an alien world as children when their father is killed, then taken in by one of his business associates and sheltered on their remote farm. Kept isolated from everyone else on the cruel, primitive world, their adoptive Calavari parents ensure that Esna and Teren obey their father's dying wish.. -
![Nomad's Journal: A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle]()
Nomad's Journal: A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say that behind every great man is a great woman…but what if that woman is a Werewolf? Nomad’s Journal is a supplement to the Terry Henry Walton Chronicles. This collection of short stories fills in some timeline gaps from the main series, adds depth to some of the characters, and hopefully adds more color to TH & Char’s universe... -
![Embracing Oblivion by Toby Neighbors]()
Embracing Oblivion by Toby Neighbors
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHumanity has a new enemy The threat is no longer in doubt Three questions remain: When will they come? How will they attack us? Can we survive? The Kroll are real, but very little is known about humanity’s strange new enemy... -
![Operation Cobalt by Susan Hayes]()
Operation Cobalt by Susan Hayes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsProtecting the doctor was part of his mission…falling in love with her wasn’t. Dante’s assignment should have been simple. Sneak onto a corporate controlled planet and find a missing medical team. Simple goes out the airlock when a beautiful woman charges headlong into his life. She’s one of the missing doctors, and the sexiest woman he’s ever seen. Keeping her alive won’t be easy... -
![A Question of Faith by Glynn Stewart]()
A Question of Faith by Glynn Stewart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo star nations struggle for primacyA protectorate of both left defencelessA call for help from any who can hearThe Castle Federation and the Coraline Imperium have built pocket empires on the fringe of human space. Tiny by the standards of the behemoth Commonwealth born of Terra, they remain unchallenged in their own sectors—but their fleets watch the border between them with careful eyes... -
![Halo: Point of Light by Kelly Gay]()
Halo: Point of Light by Kelly Gay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn original full-length novel set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! August 2558. Rion Forge was once defined by her relentless quest for hope amidst the refuse and wreckage of a post-Covenant War galaxy—years spent searching for family as much as fortune... -
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The Irish Brigade: A Fallen Empire Novel by J.F. Holmes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat’s a soldier to do when the war is over? When he’s only known conflict his whole life? Since time immemorial the solution has been to find another war, this time for pay. Whoever has the credits and wins the high bid gets the experienced fighter. Sometimes, though, the money isn't enough to cover the price... -
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![Howling Stars by Eric Thomson]()
Howling Stars by Eric Thomson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery Marine has a story about someone he couldn't save, a face that would haunt him forever. When Command Sergeant Hal Tarra, one of Decker's oldest friends, vanishes on the Commonwealth frontier shortly after taking early retirement from the Corps, Zack knows what memories are driving the former Pathfinder, because he sees the same face in his worst nightmares... -
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Topia by Brandon Hale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook Three in the Day Soldiers Trilogy.After more than a decade of fighting, the end has finally arrived. The war is almost over.Topia has been born.A few courageous Day Soldiers have chosen to make a final stand against a world of vampires. They know it’s a battle they’ll probably lose, but they made a promise to protect the day and it’s a promise they intend to keep... -
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Fatal Blade by Eric Thomson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomeone was setting fire to the Commonwealth Rim, nurturing a storm to drag humanity through the horrors of colonial warfare and thereby hasten the rise of Empire. Their plan had just one fatal flaw: it didn’t count on an ex-Marine pathfinder with a grudge, a dagger and a deadly partner... -
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EMP Backdraft by J.J. Holden, Henry Gene Foster
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBOOK 4 OF THE DARK NEW WORLD SERIES The Clan is reborn amidst pain and blood, scarred but stronger than ever, only to find that new threats face them from all sides. New friends also make their appearance, however, and Cassy must forge these into the beginnings of a greater alliance to have any chance of keeping their newfound freedom... -
![Warriors from the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Warriors from the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnder the command of Ben Raines, the Southern United States have defeated all comers -- and carved out a stronghold in the Southwest desert. But now, two powerful forces are crashing in against the rebels from the North and the South, and Raines has no choice but to strike back with everything he's got... -
![The Halls of Montezuma by Christopher G. Nuttall]()
The Halls of Montezuma by Christopher G. Nuttall
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn all-new story of The Empire’s Corps!Earth has fallen. The Core Worlds have collapsed into chaos. War is breaking out everywhere as planetary governments declare independence, entire sectors slip out of contact and warlords battle for power. The remnants of the once-great Empire are tearing themselves apart...
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