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Remnant Faction by Glynn Stewart
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt is the first and final duty of any warship to put herself between the innocent... and the enemy.Henry Wong and Sylvia Todorovich have gathered the interstellar powers of the Ra Sector into a tentative alliance—an alliance that is tested by the return of the Sector’s former rulers: the Kenmiri Remnant...Categorized as:
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No Retreat by J.N. Chaney, Terry Mixon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen things are going to plan, check to see what you’re missing.Admiral Jack Romanoff and his crew are trapped inside the Confederation proper and facing an unknown number of alien attack ships. They’d thought the Tardan military was defeated, but they’d been wrong. Now they were trapped in a fight they couldn’t lose.When everything seems exactly as you’d hoped, figure out what you’ve missed...Categorized as:
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Under Siege by J.N. Chaney, Terry Mixon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOnly one world in the cluster remains in enemy hands.Admiral Jack Romanoff and his crew have one remaining nut to crack before they can turn their attention to the people that overthrew the Confederation. The Vesuvius system has become a fortress, so it won’t be an easy fight, but it is one they cannot lose and survive.When force alone won’t do the trick, add guile...Categorized as:
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Command Authority by J.N. Chaney, Terry Mixon
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVictory snatched from the jaws of defeat.Commodore Jack Romanoff and his ragtag crew have repaired their ancient battleship, scatteredtheir adversaries at New Copenhagen, and discovered what was really behind the invasion. Nowthey must make the enemy bleed and start liberating the cluster.Betrayal from the shadows...Categorized as:
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The Enemy Revealed by J.N. Chaney, Terry Mixon
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVictory, but at what cost?Commodore Jack Romanoff and his crew won the battle for New Copenhagen but lost their quantum drive in the fight. Now they must free the human prisoners and strengthen their defenses before the Locusts trap them.If it’s not already too late.Only the alien hyperdrive they recovered offers a chance to get a new quantum drive and more missiles before time runs out...Categorized as:
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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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When Words Fail by J.N. Chaney, Jonathan P. Brazee
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Galaxy is growing...and it's more dangerous than ever before.An all-out war within humanity has been narrowly avoided, and peace is finally at hand.Yeah, right.Human ships are being taken, their crews disappearing...Categorized as:
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Acheron Inheritance by Ken Lozito
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFirst, the Federation Wars toppled the galactic order.On a dying world along the galactic fringe, Quinton Aldren awakens in the body of an archaic android that’s barely operational. He has only vague memories of who he was and no idea what has happened...Categorized as:
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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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A Broken Alliance by J.N. Chaney, Jonathan P. Brazee
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWith the war against the Centaurs won, is a lasting peace finally at hand?Staff Sergeant Reverent Pelletier has been attached to the Congress of Humanity’s Home Guard, tasked with keeping the home system safe.Old rivalries and new enemies threaten the alliance, despite the counsel general’s mission to ensure humanity doesn’t fall into their old ways of conflict and war...Categorized as:
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Children of Angels by J.N. Chaney, Jonathan P. Brazee
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe war has only just begun.While rescuing a world from Centaur control, the Marines discover that not all humans on the planet are slaves. The Children of Angels believe their masters have been sent by the gods to lift up mankind.Humanity now has two enemies, one from the farthest reaches of the Galaxy and the other from within...Categorized as:
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Legacy of Stars by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThere are some things you simply can’t escape. For Van, it’s family.Out among the stars, his cousin, Carter Yost, drags Van and his team into a criminal ring run by the High Doctor- a dangerous con artist with delusions of grandeur. Working from the abandoned world of Pathway, the High Doctor has created a cult, stealing a fortune from the fearful, sick, and scared...Categorized as:
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Earth Ascendant by Raymond L. Weil
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Raymond L. Weil comes the second book in a new military science fiction series.The war between the seven alien races of the Confederation and Earth heats up as the two come into direct conflict over the former Human Empire. The people or Earth are determined to free it, and the Confederation is determined to keep it under their strict control...Categorized as:
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Ships of the Line by J.N. Chaney, Terry Mixon
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsVictory belongs to the strong and cunning warrior.Admiral Jack Romanoff and his crew have turned two enemies against one another via misdirection and timing. That gives them the breathing room to get back to their feet, but as any savvy commander knows, the footing on any battlefield is treacherous. One misstep could cost a warrior everything.Blood is the only coin that can buy victory...Categorized as:
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Song of Redemption by J.N. Chaney, Jonathan P. Brazee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn the midst of humanity’s greatest fight for survival, old rivalries threaten to pull allies apart in a rush for rumored alien tech.With the newly weaponized Sergeant Reverent Pelletier and his Marine Raiders at the tip of the spear, only they stand a chance at holding the shaky alliance together long enough to meet the enemy...Categorized as:
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Kinetic Strike by Rick Partlow
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe war made him a hero. Now the Marines need him to be a leader.Cam Alvarez is a Drop-Trooper. A warrior-knight wrapped in the futuristic armor of a high-tech battlesuit, and he’s one of the best. When he’s promoted to sergeant and asked to become a leader, he faces a whole new challenge. The Marines are striking deep into enemy territory and the casualties are mounting...Categorized as:
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Raven's Flag by Glynn Stewart
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn times of peace, alliances wither and are forgotten.In times of war, honor must reforge them in fire and steel!The United Planets Alliance fought the Kenmiri Empire with a hundred allies at their side. Bound in common cause until genocide broke the Kenmiri—and Kenmiri schemes broke the alliance in turn—those one-time allies still left deep debts of blood and friendship behind... -
Explorations by Raymond L. Weil
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDisaster has struck the Human Federation of Worlds. The Eternals have finally found Earth and are preparing to destroy it and the rest of the Federation. They begin gathering a massive fleet to overwhelm and destroy all of the Human worlds...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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. .Categorized as:
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Danger Close by Rick Partlow
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAll Cam Alvarez has known is war.For three years, he’s fought the marauding alien Tahni on one God-forsaken planet after another, leading a squad of armored Drop Troopers.But the war is about to change.Cam is an officer now, fresh out of OCS and taking charge of his old platoon, and things have reached a tipping point...Categorized as:
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Search for the Lost 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 Originator Wars series. The Eternals have decided to conquer Originator space. All that stands between them are the Originator AIs and the Humans, or at least that is what the Eternals believe. In preparation for the invasion, they begin gathering their massive warfleet...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...Categorized as:
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Shell Game by J.N. Chaney, Terry Mixon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you can't hide the game, conceal the pieces. Admiral Jack Romanoff and his people have located the system the Tardans are using as their command post for the invasion of the Confederation. Only they can't simply attack militarily because of the stellar terrain, so they need to improvise. When the stakes are high, leave no option unexplored...Categorized as:
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Lightning Strike by J.N. Chaney, Terry Mixon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn combat, speed is life.Admiral Jack Romanoff and his people have seized control of Faust and now have a base of operations, though the people of that world aren't completely pleased by his presence or actions. That's okay because he doesn't have time to worry about them. He needs to strike the Locusts before they spread even more than they already have in the wreck everything humanity has built...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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To the Stars by Raymond L. Weil
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a desperate battle, Earth has temporarily freed itself from the clutches of the deadly Trellixian Empire. Billions are dead and it's only a matter of time before the enemy return. Seeking aid against the Trellixians, two exploration ships are sent out to search the galaxy for allies. If they fail, then the Human race is doomed...Categorized as:
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Into the Battle by James Rosone
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMankind has awakened a monster……Humanity must put aside its own animosities……or face extinctionThe origins of human history begin to unravel as Earth learns they are not the only humans in the galaxy. The sudden discovery of humans living on multiple planets beyond Earth has created more questions than it’s answered... -
Unification by Jonathan P. Brazee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Corps has been integrated by imperial decree—but that doesn’t mean everyone accepts the wyntonan Marines. Despite an impressive combat record as a grunt, Corporal Leif Hollow struggles to become an effective NCO and leader of Marines. When then the trumpets of war sound, however, Marines forget about differences and come together to accomplish the mission... -
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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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... -
Hell's Reach by David VanDyke, B.V. Larson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUSA Today bestseller B.V. Larson and Dragon award finalist David VanDyke have released book six in their epic military space opera! The Breakers find a new home among the stars: Utopia. An engineered planet that is vast beyond comprehension with plenty of room to grow. They set up trade routes and work as mercenaries for their supplies… but trouble lurks. Pirates strike their merchant lanes...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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
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...Categorized as:
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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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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... -
Twilight of the Gods by Christian Kallias
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChase tries to convince Thor and the Asgardians to reconsider Kvasir's fate as well as membership in the Earth Alliance. Oryn believes she knows a way to convince the Asgardians to join them in their fight against the Furies, but Thor is not easily manipulated. The Furies move en masse to Droxia to finish what they started earlier as Sarah is tested in unexpected ways... -
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...Categorized as:
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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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The Pike Chronicles Books 1-8 - A Space Opera Adventure by G.P. Hudson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOver 3,000 pages of military science fiction action adventure. "An epic space opera adventure" The 1st 8 hit space operas from The Pike Chronicles. Book 1: Sol Shall Rise The Sol System was conquered and humans lived as slaves for 500 long years. Now, after years of brutal warfare, humanity has been liberated...Categorized as:
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Nexus of Chaos by J.N. Chaney, Jonathan P. Brazee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen humanity joins the cause, the war with the Naxli begins to tilt in the favor of the allied races.The Naxli have other ideas, though, and they launch a full-out blitz against the upstart humans. If they succeed, humanity’s very existence is at stake...Categorized as:
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Forge the Path by J.N. Chaney, Chris Kennedy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA major battle has been won. Now what?A joint task force of humans and synthetic intelligences (SIs) has defeated the Overlord’s Fleet Twenty-Seven and peace reigns throughout the region surrounding Earth… for now.But the Overlords are sure to return once they find out their fleet was destroyed, and they’ll be back with a strong enough force to ensure the Terrans don’t win a second time...Categorized as:
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The Fall of Cadia by Robert Rath
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Astra Militarum NovelCadia. This proud world stood defiant for centuries – a bulwark against the forces of Chaos residing in the Eye of Terror. All of this would change when it was targeted for destruction by Abaddon the Despoiler as part of his Thirteenth Black Crusade.READ IT BECAUSEThe Fall of Cadia is a touchstone moment of the Warhammer 40,000 timeline... -
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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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