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Spinward Fringe Broadcast 15: Pursuit by Randolph Lalonde
6 ratingsAlice Valent, Noah "Carnie" Lucas and the crew of the Clever Dream are delving into the galactic underworld in search of resistance groups and Mary Reed, an elusive leader amongst the rebels... -
The Shadow Quintet by Orson Scott Card
8 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... -
The Emperor's Gift by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
12 ratingsThe Grey Knights are all that stands between mankind and the ravages of Chaos. Since their secretive beginnings during the Horus Heresy, these legendary Space Marine daemon hunters have journeyed into the dark realms of the warp – and beyond – in pursuit of their supernatural enemies... -
Behold Humanity!: May We Come In? by Ralts Bloodthorne
5 ratingsThe Unified Civilized Council, which has ruled for over a hundred million years has discovered new species in the Long Dark. Strange and unknown species that seem to have no rhyme or reason about them. Compounding the problem is the reappearance of the ancient Precursor Autonomous War Machines... -
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The Ender Wiggin Saga (Ender's Saga, #1-3) by Orson Scott Card, Mark Rolston
6 ratingsThis nine-tape audiobook package brings together, for the first time, the initial four titles by the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Orson Scott Card in the saga of Ender Wiggin. In Ender's Game, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin begins his life as the result of genetic experimentation created for the sole purpose of saving the earth from an alien race seeking to destroy all humankind...Categorized as:
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Standing Alone by Christopher G. Nuttall
6 ratingsFive years ago, the human race became independent as the Alphan Empire conceded it could no longer sustain its grip on Earth and withdrew, casting an unprepared humanity adrift on an interstellar sea of troubles. Since then, humanity has struggled mightily to secure its position in a galaxy full of hungry predators, many of whom see Earth as nothing more than a prize to be won... -
Childers: Absurd Proposals by Richard F. Weyand
6 ratingsThe concluding two novels of the Childers Trilogy, in one volume... -
Invasion Force by T.R. Harris
6 ratingsNo planet is safe from the invading horde.From international bestselling science fiction author T.R. Harris, here is the 21st volume in his Epic 29-book-long saga of Human Superiority throughout the galaxy, and the foolish aliens who get in our way: The Human Chronicles Saga - Invasion ForceAdam Cain is an Alien with an Attitude...This time it's serious ....The Klin... -
In Harm's Way by John Spearman
7 ratingsThe continuing adventures of Captain Jonah Halberd, Royal Navy of the Interplanetary Commonwealth. Join Captain Halberd in the Commonwealth's fight against the Rodinan Federation. A thinker as well as a man of action, Halberd finds ways to improve his odds when he finds himself 'In Harm's Way...Categorized as:
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Advance to Contact (Warp Marine Corps) by C.J. Carella
8 ratings(WARNING: Contains violence, strong language and adult content) As war rages on across the galaxy, a diplomatic mission turns into a desperate fight for survival. Captain Peter Fromm: Fromm and his Warp Marines face old enemies and new threats inside a colossal space habitat ruled by a mysterious alien civilization. Their lives and the fate of their country hang in the balance... -
Fabius Bile: Clonelord by Joshua Reynolds
8 ratingsFabius Bile Book 2Drawn back into the deadly machinations of his former Legion, Fabius Bile finds his destiny lies in a forgotten world on the Eastern Fringe… a world called Solemnace.READ IT BECAUSEIt's another outing for everyone's favourite mad scientist Space Marine, as he gets mixed back up with the Emperor's Children, and something altogether deadlier... -
Lt. Reilly and the Black Bird Offensive by Matthew .O Duncan
10 ratingsSci-fi / Military Sci-fi - Fans of old school sci-fi will enjoy this book. It is full of action, space battles, star-ship and fighter combat, mysteries, conspiracies, and even little romantic complications. Told in the first person, Lt. Jack Reilly takes the reader along with him as he uncovers a plot to pull the Alliance into a new war and his life becomes even more complicated... -
"Star Wars" Encyclopedia by Stephen J. Sansweet
12 ratingsFeaturing an introduction by Star Wars novelist Timothy Zahn, this deluxe, hardcover encyclopedia covers everything having to do with the film and its characters, sequels, production, special effects, computer games, and the like, and includes full-color illustrations. Reissue...Categorized as:
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The Vanguard Emerges by Michael Chatfield, Dawn Chapman
6 ratingsEarth and her colonies are not alone. Politics, discussions and alliances. Mark doesn’t care about any of it. When did it matters when the artillery falls and blood is spilled? All that matters is who stands beside you when blood is spilled and hell lays all around you. Centurion Victor, has a nice ring to it, Major Victor, Corporal Victor, Private Victor, his path has not been a short one... -
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XD-317 by S.J. MacDonald
6 ratings"The committee has planned a task series for you, Alex..." With an alien aristocrat joining the crew, the Fourth Fleet Irregulars embark on a mission that will take them beyond the League's borders - and beyond their wildest dreams... -
Stoke The Flames Higher by Peter Grant
6 ratingsTwo planets, torn apart by the same fanatics - and Lancastrian forces are caught in the middle! Major Brooks Shelby must keep the peace, on a world where radical terrorists want submission or death. Lieutenant-Commander Steve Maxwell must trace the source of their fighters and funding, deal with diplomats, and fend off a nosy journalist... -
Havoc of War by C.J. Carella
6 ratingsTHE FINAL BATTLE IS AT HAND A renegade American fleet has launched a genocidal counterattack against the Galactic Imperium. Empowered by entities from warp space, the Black Ships are about to unleash unspeakable evils on the entire galaxy. Only the US Navy has any hope to stop them, but first it must contend with alien armadas still intent on wiping out humanity... -
He Who Dares by Rob Buckman
6 ratingsFor Mike Gray, his life was a series of mysteries and unanswered question. Even the man who raised him, his paternal grandfather, was a question mark. Beyond the love, understanding, and nurturing lay the unanswered question of why a disgraced ex-Royal Naval Admiral would pulled himself out of a bottle and take upon himself to bring a one year old child home as raise him as his own... -
Karadon by S.J. MacDonald
6 ratingsSkipper Alex von Strada has a new ship and a new mission. His task is to clean up the infamous deep space station ISiS Karadon. ISiS Corps Director Belassa Torres is determined to defend the station’s independence. Caught between them, manager Chokran Dayfield will find his sanity and even his life on the edge... -
He Who Dares: Book Two by Rob Buckman
6 ratingsFor Mike Gray, his life continues to be series of mysteries and unanswered question. Even the man who raised him, his paternal grandfather, was a question mark. Beyond the love, understanding, and nurturing lay the unanswered question of why a disgraced ex-Royal Naval Admiral would pulled himself out of a bottle and take upon himself to bring a one year old child home as raise him as his own... -
RECCE by Phillip Richards
6 ratingsAndy Moralee's recovery in Paraiso hospital is short-lived. Less than days after his re-awakening, he returns to his platoon just in time to deploy on a mission that will take him and his men far deeper into the Bosque than they have ever ventured before... -
Infinity's End by Eric Warren
6 ratingsLet the End...Try the Man.Battle lines have been drawn, and forces have been gathered. But are Cas, Evie and the rest of the crew of the USCS Tempest ready to engage the deadliest enemy they've ever had to face? The Athru came into Coalition space, wiped out humanity and disassembled the once-great galactic empire piece by piece... -
Infiltration by T.S. Paul
8 ratingsAthena Lee is the new Martian Ambassador but she is at odds with the old one. So much so that she is in a jail cell on charges of insubordination and treason, again. Visions of torture and persecution have her worried. Outside the Embassy, Dar is frantic with worry and has put a team together to storm the Embassy and free her. This comes of the Eve of change for the known Galaxy... -
On a Pale Ship: A Privateer Tales Series by Jamie McFarlane
8 ratingsThere’s a hero in all of us. And one scientist is willing to kill to find it… Dorian Anino thought her research would change the world. The discovery of the so-called “hero-gene” taught her and her team that it was possible for some humans to have incredible strength, speed, and agility... -
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Flight of Freedom by Jeffrey Burger
8 ratings"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmond Burke...The adventure continues - with one major difference: Jack Steele's Freedom is no longer the wounded duck she once was. They leave UFW Blackmount Station repaired and retooled, with a complete crew, fully armed and resupplied, ready to hunt... -
Battle of the Fang by Chris Wraight
10 ratingsIt is M32, a thousand years after the Horus Heresy. The Scouring is over and the Imperium at the height of its post-Crusade power. When Magnus the Red is tracked down to Gangava Prime, the Space Wolves hasten to engage the daemon primarch. Even as Great Wolf Harek Ironhelm closes on his ancient enemy, the Fang on the Space Wolves home world is besieged by a massive force of Thousand Sons... -
Sergeant by Jonathan P. Brazee
10 ratingsRyck Lysander has proven himself as a Marine, as a warrior. As he is promoted to sergeant, though, his responsibilities expand beyond merely fighting to leading other Marines into battle... -
I Was Legion by Evan Currie
10 ratingsEarth is not the cradle of humanity. It is the Throne.Almost four hundred years the Terran Imperium has languished, an Empire in name only. The young colonies exploded out of the Diaspora Era, supplanting the homeworld in importance as they left a broken world in their wake. Earth's people, guided by the Conwin line, have clawed and climbed from the darkness left the night the lights went out... -
The Black Planet by J.W. Murison
10 ratingsThis is the second adventure in the Steven Gordon Series, Steven and his friend reach out into our solar system. Halfway between our sun and the Great Barrier they come across a previously undiscovered Black Planet. While exploring this strange new world they come across a strange alien structure, and what they find inside will change human history forever... -
The Orphan in Near-Space by Laer Carroll
10 ratingsJane Kuznetsov, orphan of some cataclysmic stellar event a big fraction of a million years ago, or maybe several times that, is now a captain in the U.S. Air Force, the part informally called the Space Force. She is leading a crew of four friends and fellow Space Force officers doing research.She can travel routinely to the World Space Station to carry out that research and does so... -
The Expendable Few: A Spinward Fringe Novel by Randolph Lalonde
10 ratingsCommander Clark Patterson and several officers in the Freeground Military are ejected from regular service when a desire to look beyond Freeground Nation's borders is proven by an oppressive government. They are assigned dangerous missions by a special Intelligence Oversight Group... -
Ragnar Blackmane by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
6 ratingsRagnar Blackmane is a legend of the Space Wolves, the youngest warrior ever to rise to command a Great Company... -
Admiral's Challenge by Luke Sky Wachter, Caleb Wachter
6 ratingsBook Eight of Eight in the Spineward Sectors Series: Admiral Challenge After nonstop fleet actions against pirates, Bugs, and Droids, the intrepid officers and crew of the Multi-Sector Patrol Fleet are headed home for a much-deserved—and much-needed—R&R Or so they thought With an ever-growing shadow looming across Sectors 24 & 25, a certain Lady due to make more than a few... -
No Middle Ground by Caleb Wachter
6 ratingsTyrone 'Tim' Middleton had been on his way out. With twenty years of military service under his belt, it was time to settle down on a colony somewhere and start the next phase of his life. But without warning, the Empire of Man withdrew its support of the Confederated Spineward Sectors, taking the vast majority of high-value military assets - including capable officers - with it... -
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Bolos: Their Finest Hour by Keith Laumer, David Weber
6 ratingsScience fiction giant Keith Laumer along with New York Times bestsellers David Weber, Mercedes Lackey, and S.M. Stirling recount the exploits of Laumer’s dauntless, hard-fighting creations in this outstanding collection. It’s the legendary saga of the Bolos—artificially intelligent tanks with courage and moral sense often better than that of their human masters... -
The Mercenaries by Bill Baldwin
6 ratingsAs the ravaged postwar Imperial Fleet stands helpless, nearby worlds fall to the League of Dark Stars. Commanding a squadron of Starfuries, Wilf Brim sets course to save the star kingdom of Fluvanna. If he fails, the Empire is doomed... -
Eden by Phillip Richards
6 ratingsEden's beauty was testament to a centuries-old dream to turn a barren, rocky world into a paradise where mankind could live in peace. But Eden wasn't paradise. Torn apart by decades of colonial rivalry, the provinces were deeply divided, and as two rogue provinces begin yet another bitter fight, the Union is forced to step in before they go too far, causing the entire planet to descend into war... -
Star Warrior by Isaac Hooke
6 ratingsIn a galaxy where the fabric of reality can be bent and shaped by a privileged few, and almost any skill desired is a mere injection away, one young man is thrust into the fight of his life. Tane, a hydroponics engineer with some mean crop gene-splicing skills, decides to get chipped... -
Bonds of Resolve by Amy DuBoff
6 ratingsA year after his encounter with the Bakzen, Wil is still grappling with his upcoming role in the war. Weighed down by his sense of duty and a grim vision of his fate, he has withdrawn from friends and family—focusing only on his official assignments. However, Wil finds unexpected support when he befriends a new TSS trainee from Earth, Saera... -
Forges of Mars Omnibus by Graham McNeill
6 ratingsOmnibus edition of all three novels in the Forges of Mars trilogy - Priests of Mars, Lords of Mars and Gods of Mars - as well as an additional short story... -
New Frontier by D.L. Harrison
6 ratingsAlicia Jones has a life that just keeps getting more complicated and ever more dangerous. Toward the Rim of the Orion arm lies the unknown. She’s tasked to start exploring it, and Earth’s leaders don’t want to wait a couple of years to build the fleets first. Then there are the Seltan, a race that lives in the core, they could attack at any time... -
Democracy's Might by Christopher G. Nuttall
6 ratingsBook II of Democracy’s Right.The rebels have won a great victory, shattering the Empire’s grip on Sector 117. Starships are mutinying, the Empire’s power and authority are crumbling and the rebels are making their way towards Earth. Their victory seems inevitable. But, as news of the rebellion finally reaches Earth, the Thousand Families start preparing for all-out war... -
Jaghatai Khan: Warhawk of Chogoris by Chris Wraight
8 ratingsAs the Great Crusade burns across the stars, the primarch of the White Scars, Jaghatai Khan, must decide where his true allegiance lies.Ever since the Imperium's rediscovery of the world of Chogoris, the White Scars' culture of warrior mysticism has sat uneasily with the ideals of Unity... -
Interstellar Incident by D.L. Harrison
8 ratingsAlicia Jones has been through a lot since the invention of FTL, and she was ready to get on with her life as a scientist and put what happened behind her. She was done with the military, except perhaps a planned invention or two. She was also set to complete her dissertation defense, and has plans to buy a house and start a business with her best friend Kristi... -
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Star Watch by Mark Wayne McGinnis
10 ratings"Loved this book! ... could not put it down ..." Join the Star Watch crew on their first mission to the planet of Trom, where hostile Pharlom invaders have appropriated high altitude cloud-ports as prisoner of war camps. As a fierce battle in space ensues, fragmented warships fall into Trom’s atmosphere and head right for a populated cloud-port... -
The Path of Heaven by Chris Wraight
12 ratingsThe full powers of Chaos are revealed as the Horus Heresy blazes towards Terra.For too long the Vth Legion had ranged out beyond the sight of the wider Imperium, remaining ignorant of the Warmaster’s rebellion and the war that inevitably followed... -
The Final Encyclopedia by Gordon R. Dickson
12 ratingsIn The Final Encyclopedia the human race is split into three Splinter cultures: the Friendlies, fanatic in their faith; the truth-seeking Exotics; and the warrior Dorsai. But now humanity is threatened by the power-hungry Others, whose triumph would end all human progress. Hal Mayne is an orphan who was raised by three tutors: an Exotic, a Friendly, and a Dorsai... -
The Weapon by Michael Z. Williamson
12 ratingsKenneth Chinran was a disaffected youth who joined the military and was recruited for an elite deep cover unit, shrugging off training and exercises so tough that several of the recruits did not survive. Then he was sent by his star nation to infiltrate a fascistic, militaristic planet¿Earth. He lived in deep cover for years, marrying and having a daughter... -
Plague War by Guy Haley
10 ratingsIntent on rebuilding Ultramar, the returned primarch Roboute Guilliman wages war on the treacherous Death Guard – but the intervention of a greater power threatens all he works for.In the void and upon the worlds of Greater Ultramar, the battle for the Imperium continues... -
Throne of Lies by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
9 ratingsThe Night Lords are among the most feared Chaos Space Marines in the universe. They prey on their victims from the shadows, stalking the faithful of the False Imperium in their ultimate quest to destroy the Emperor. The warband of the Exalted, travelling aboard The Covenant of Blood, are recovering from the events at Crythe Primus...Categorized as:
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