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Fields of Fire by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsVan's next mission has begun, and at the heart of it is the power to save lives.Meanwhile, a hungry galaxy looks to a brilliant young scientist for answers, making her the most wanted person in known space.After years of research, Adayluh Creel perfects a resource to feed sixteen races--or more, all with one golden plant capable of growing on the most hostile worlds...Categorized as:
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![Anvil Dark by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert]()
Anvil Dark by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe guild is under attack, and Van is right in the middle of it all.When Master Yewlo is abducted by unknown forces, the Peacemakers are thrown into chaos as the rescue mission begins. Finding Yewlo will be hard, but the search reveals secrets the guild might not survive—secrets about a system so corrupt, it will take Van and his team’s best efforts to untangle the truth...Categorized as:
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![Mage-Commander by Glynn Stewart]()
Mage-Commander by Glynn Stewart
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSome soldiers are the shields of innocent soulsOthers are the fanatics of their causeAnd for them…no war is ever truly over!Tempered on the anvil of the war against the secessionist UnArcana Worlds and tested against the evil of Project Orpheus, Mage-Commander Roslyn Chambers has risen through the ranks of the Royal Martian Navy to serve as second-in-command of one of their most prestigious... -
![The Colossus by Jay Allan]()
The Colossus by Jay Allan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Hegemony strikes again… The Confederation and its allies have won their first victory, retaken their capital from he forces of the Hegemony. But the enemy is not beaten, far from it, and they are back, with an unstoppable weapon, a vast superbattleship, a deadly hybrid of imperial and Hegemony technology, called the Colossus... -
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![The Price of Liberty by D.J. Holmes]()
The Price of Liberty by D.J. Holmes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWar has been declared. The Indian Star Republic has landed ground troops on the newly discovered colony of Haven as they seek to seize access to the alien worlds of Vestar and Kulthar. The British Star Kingdom has reacted. A battle fleet has been formed with orders to drive off the Indians and retake Haven...Categorized as:
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![The Grand Conspiracy by J.N. Chaney, Terry Mixon]()
The Grand Conspiracy by J.N. Chaney, Terry Mixon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKeep your friends close.After successfully striking back at the alien invaders, Commodore Jack Romanoff and his crew have liberated the cluster capital at Argent. For the first time, it seems like they might be getting their feet back underneath them.Keep your enemies closer...Categorized as:
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![The Lost Supernova by Vaughn Heppner]()
The Lost Supernova by Vaughn Heppner
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAndroids used to mingle among us, pretending to be human. Then an alien puppet-master altered their programming. Unknown to us, androids began leaving human society, burning their clothes and peeling off their skin to reveal the chrome-colored bodies underneath. They gathered in a system were a star had exploded, blowing away the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like planet... -
![The Lost Swarm by Vaughn Heppner]()
The Lost Swarm by Vaughn Heppner
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStar Watch stands guard over the Commonwealth, having defeated New Men, massed Swarm fleets and android attackers. The victories have cost lost ships, slain crews and smashed star systems. The accumulated damage means that Star Watch now strains to keep order as political instability, increased space piracy and rebellions stretch the stellar organization to the limit... -
![The Lost Artifact by Vaughn Heppner]()
The Lost Artifact by Vaughn Heppner
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStar Watch defeated the Swarm Invasion Fleet, but at a terrible cost in destroyed star systems, smashed battleships and billions of dead. In the aftermath of the costly victory, chaos threatens as worlds leave the Commonwealth of Planets, face mass starvation or succumb to increased piracy. The war against the Swarm Imperium has just begun. Humanity needs unity or each planet will fall alone... -
![Leviathan's Fear: A Military Sci-Fi Series by Craig Martelle]()
Leviathan's Fear: A Military Sci-Fi Series by Craig Martelle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrapped in Ga’ee space, Leviathan runs for its life.And the lives of its crew.Declan Payne and Harry Wesson decide to go on the offensive. They have no choice.They can’t go home. It only delays the inevitable.The Ga’ee march relentlessly into the space of the seven races while turning an inward eye toward the interloper, the ship they call God1... -
![A Darker Magic by Glynn Stewart]()
A Darker Magic by Glynn Stewart
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA bloody war has ended in a restored peaceAnd the shield of Martian magic guards the starsTwo centuries of spell and steel to ward all humanityTwo years ago, Lieutenant Commander Roslyn Chambers stood witness to the surrender of the last remnants of the Republic... -
![Give No Quarter by Jamie McFarlane]()
Give No Quarter by Jamie McFarlane
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAlternate cover for ASIN B01FQ57I7G can be found here: Give No Quarter Branded criminals and on the run from the most powerful corporation in the known universe, Liam Hoffen and the crew of Hotspur have a simple choice to make... -
![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... -
![Prince Peacemaker by Fred Huges]()
Prince Peacemaker by Fred Huges
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHazard survived the war… but can he survive the peace?The empire defeated the Swarm at the Battle of Iris, but it came at a great cost. To win, Hazard King needed to reveal he was Crown Prince Henry and take command of the Imperial Fleet as War Leader. Now their enemy is suing for peace, something many in the empire don’t want to give... -
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![Prince Commander by Fred Hughes]()
Prince Commander by Fred Hughes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHazard King was ready to get back to a normal life…Well, as normal a life as the next emperor of the Brittania Empire could expect, anyway. Hazard wanted to continue his naval career—to grow and take on positions of higher responsibility—because he knew the Swarm would be back, and he intended to be there to fight them when they returned... -
![Shield of Terra by Glynn Stewart]()
Shield of Terra by Glynn Stewart
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe mother, ruler of an entire world Sent to the heart of an old enemy to build a new peace The daughter, officer of a deadly warship Sent to the darkness to find the new enemy hunting them all A dozen inhabited worlds of the Kanzi Theocracy and the A!Tol Imperium are ash... -
![Galactar by Anthony James]()
Galactar by Anthony James
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFollowing decades of war and the recent catastrophic loss of an entire planet, the Human Planetary Alliance is riven by internal disputes and rivalries. The military’s old guard fights for power against those who see a chance to turn things around.After a series of hard-fought victories, Captain Carl Recker is becoming recognized as a man who gets results - a man who knows how to beat the Daklan... -
![Fulcrum Gun by Anthony James]()
Fulcrum Gun by Anthony James
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLost in hostile space and pursued by the most powerful warship in the known universe, Captain Carl Recker is losing hope and running out of options. His battleship Fulcrum is no match for this enemy and the Meklon aliens who might have helped him are dead, killed by the Galactar’s murderous weaponry.Somehow, Recker must find a way to succeed where the might of an alien empire already failed... -
![Laws of Ancidium by Anthony James]()
Laws of Ancidium by Anthony James
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHaving fought his hardest battle, Captain Carl Recker returns to planet Lustre, bringing the alien battleship Fulcrum with him.Recker is under no illusions that he’ll be offered backdated shore leave, but his feet don’t even touch the ground before trouble shows up. A heavily armed fifty-thousand-metre Meklon interstellar drops out of lightspeed near the planet... -
![The Dark Invaders by Raymond L. Weil]()
The Dark Invaders by Raymond L. Weil
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom USA Today Best Selling Author Raymond L. Weil comes the second book in the Star Cross series. Over fourteen months have passed since Fleet Admiral Kurt Vickers drove the Profiteers from Earth. Eighty million people died while the planet was being ransacked and its wealth stolen. Now a new and deadlier threat comes from intergalactic space... -
![Fracture by Ken Lozito, Scott Aiello]()
Fracture by Ken Lozito, Scott Aiello
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsColonel Sean Quinn is stranded in another universe, along with two thousand people under his command. They've been hiding from the enemy long enough, now it’s time to return home. Outnumbered against a superior foe, Sean must risk everything in a daring operation, but the mysterious enemy has a few surprises of their own... -
![The Lost Star Gate by Vaughn Heppner, Mark Boyett]()
The Lost Star Gate by Vaughn Heppner, Mark Boyett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Swarm is coming!This time, enemy science vessels study us as Hive Masters gather hundreds of thousands of starships for an avalanche invasion.Instead of facing massed bug fleets in hopeless battle, we have a desperate plan: use a Builder nexus, create a hyper-spatial tube and send suicide-ships thousands of light-years into Swarm territory... -
![The Prince Awakens by Fred Hughes]()
The Prince Awakens by Fred Hughes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHazard King had always wanted to be an Imperial Fleet officer, just like his father.But he’s a Prince of the Realm, which make things a bit more… complicated. And when Hazard’s parents tell him that they don’t trust his older brother and want Hazard to be the Crown Prince—the heir to the throne—things go from bad to worse.And just when they can’t get any worse, the Empress is attacked... -
![Direct Fire by Rick Partlow]()
Direct Fire by Rick Partlow
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom street criminal to war hero.From outcast to Marine officer.The journey has been a long one, but now it’s reaching the end.Cam Alvarez leads his platoon of Drop-Troopers into the Tahni Imperium, into the final days of the war and the bloodiest battles yet... -
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![Emergence by Ken Lozito, Scott Aiello]()
Emergence by Ken Lozito, Scott Aiello
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs the colony grapples with the realization that New Earth is not as uninhabited as they’d once thought, tensions between the colonial settlements rise to new heights, and the Colonial Defense Force finds itself caught in the middle. When Connor uncovers evidence of a militant colonial faction secretly exploiting the NEIIS, he has to investigate... -
![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... -
![The Others by Jay Allan]()
The Others by Jay Allan
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFrom the deepest darks of unknown space, evil comes… Admiral Tyler Barron and the Confederation navy face a new threat, darker and deadlier than any that have come before... -
![When the Axe Falls by Jon R. Osborne]()
When the Axe Falls by Jon R. Osborne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe clouds of war continue to build…and not everyone is blind… Bjorn Tovesson III, the owner of Bjorn’s Berserkers, is a man tied to the past, but who’s not afraid to innovate. Whether it is new tactics or new equipment, Bjorn is willing to try anything, once, in an effort to grow his company into the status of the fabled Four Horsemen... -
![Dirty Deeds by Mark Wandrey]()
Dirty Deeds by Mark Wandrey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOld mercs don't die, you do. Abraham Murdock left his home of Sheridan Arkansas at seventeen to start a merc career that spanned almost 50 years, working for dozens of companies, killing aliens and getting paid across the galaxy. Near the end of his career, he landed a gig with Cartwright’s Cavaliers... -
![Dark Moon Arisen by Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey]()
Dark Moon Arisen by Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe war continues! The Omega War is in full swing. Earth has fallen to General Peepo’s army, and the surviving Human mercenaries have taken refuge at the hidden Winged Hussars’ base in New Warsaw... -
![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... -
![Alpha Contracts by Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey]()
Alpha Contracts by Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Before CASPers were the lords of the battlefield, men tested their metal against aliens one-on-one.” First contact has been made, and Earth’s militaries and its premier mercenary companies stand ready to take their first tentative steps outside the Solar System... -
![A Pale Dawn by Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey]()
A Pale Dawn by Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe tides of war have shifted, and humanity has the Galactic Union on the run. After a stunning victory at the Merc Guild shipyard of Golara, the leaders of the Four Horsemen mercenary units of Earth have decided it’s time to take back the colonies the Merc Guild has captured, and the Horsemen split up to liberate them... -
![Storm Clouds by Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey]()
Storm Clouds by Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Omega War ended, not with a bang, but with a whimper. The Peacemaker-enforced ceasefire brought an end to the hostilities, but not a resolution, and now it’s up to the Four Horsemen to forge a lasting peace... -
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![Do No Harm by Robert E. Hampson, Chris Kennedy]()
Do No Harm by Robert E. Hampson, Chris Kennedy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Todd’s critically damaged ship dropped out of hyperspace near the Human colony world of Azure, he had no memory of his past. He didn’t know who he was, or even what he was, and the Humans didn’t either. That didn’t stop the colonists of Azure—they took him in, anyway…even though they didn’t understand how he could do some of the things he could do... -
![Kill Box by Rick Partlow]()
Kill Box by Rick Partlow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 9 in the Amazon Bestselling Drop Trooper series by Rick Partlow is here... -
![Star Force: Phoenix by Aer-ki Jyr]()
Star Force: Phoenix by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCal-com's journey is not at an end. In fact, it's just beginning.. -
![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... -
![Star Force: Reclaimers by Aer-ki Jyr]()
Star Force: Reclaimers by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDoes Star Force have enough races in it yet? No...not even close...Categorized as:
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![Star Force: The Powers That Be by Aer-ki Jyr]()
Star Force: The Powers That Be by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn youth you'd lay awake at night and scheme.. -
![Valkyrie's Daughter by John E. Siers]()
Valkyrie's Daughter by John E. Siers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe alien Akara have a secret. They've discovered the location of a planet that is home to a primitive human civilization, another ancient "seeding" of the legendary Progenitors. But this planet lies in the territory of the Otuka, spacefaring alien predators who consider human flesh to be a delicacy and the planet to be their private hunting preserve... -
![The Lyons' Pride by Chris Kennedy, Marisa Wolf]()
The Lyons' Pride by Chris Kennedy, Marisa Wolf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo other Human is more enigmatic than the LyonOn the African savanna, the male lion is the lord who watches over his family, while the females of the clan do the real work.Joel, “The Lyon” Lyons thought that owning a mercenary company would be similar—he could sit back and allow the Lyoness to run the Pride... -
![Imperial Command by D.J. Holmes]()
Imperial Command by D.J. Holmes
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTrapped behind enemy lines, the survivors of the raid on Jaranna have been forced to flee deeper into enemy territory. Behind them Karacknid fleets gather to exact revenge. With danger at every turn, Admiral Lightfoot must find a way to get his ships home or Earth will be left defenceless.On Earth the Empire has been formed and is bringing the outlying colonies into its fold... -
![Corvus by Marko Kloos]()
Corvus by Marko Kloos
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen the aliens evolve, so does the threat against humanity in this thrilling sequel to Scorpio that finds Alex Archer in an epic battle of survival against the odds and the alien invaders.Alex Archer is a soldier now, the only civilian survivor from Scorpio to join the NAC Defense Corps... -
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![The Prisoner of Eldaron by Jay Allan, Mark Boyett]()
The Prisoner of Eldaron by Jay Allan, Mark Boyett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Search for Erik Cain...The Superpowers of Earth have fought their final war, leaving Earth a devastated ruin, populated only by scattered groups of survivors living in primitive squalor. Out in space, however, humanity moves forward, and the former colonies of Earth's dead nations are now free from the yoke of the despotic governments that had long ruled over them... -
![Star Force: Origin Box Set #93-96 by Aer-ki Jyr]()
Star Force: Origin Box Set #93-96 by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Origin Series is empire building at its finest, with 100 episodes and over 2.5 million words in the military science fiction serial detailing the rise of Star Force from corporate entity into an interstellar empire over the course of more than a millennium...Categorized as:
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![Star Force: Origin Series by Aer-ki Jyr]()
Star Force: Origin Series by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Origin Series is empire building at its finest, with 100 episodes and over 2.5 million words in the military science fiction serial detailing the rise of Star Force from corporate entity into an interstellar empire over the course of more than a millennium... -
![Star Force: Origin Series by Aer-ki Jyr]()
Star Force: Origin Series by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Origin Series is empire building at its finest, with 100 episodes and over 2.5 million words in the military science fiction serial detailing the rise of Star Force from corporate entity into an interstellar empire over the course of more than a millennium... -
![Star Force: Origin Series by Aer-ki Jyr]()
Star Force: Origin Series by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Origin Series is empire building at its finest, with 100 episodes and over 2.5 million words in the military science fiction serial detailing the rise of Star Force from corporate entity into an interstellar empire over the course of more than a millennium...Categorized as:
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![Star Force: Origin Series by Aer-ki Jyr]()
Star Force: Origin Series by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Origin Series is empire building at its finest, with 100 episodes and over 2.5 million words in the military science fiction serial detailing the rise of Star Force from corporate entity into an interstellar empire over the course of more than a millennium...
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