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Stand Alone: Wolfhounds - Book One by John Van Stry
11 ratingsChase had it all planned out, do a little time in one of the emperor's jails, say a four year stretch for getting rid of some trash that no one would miss, and when he got out, the path to the leadership would be wide open... -
To Hell and Back by Joshua Dalzelle
12 ratingsA new killer is cutting a bloody swath through the frontier worlds.Rumors of its exploits are spreading and, like a ghost, nobody even knows what it looks like.Captain Jason Burke and his crew watch this growing menace with a mix of unease… and guilt. They know who this killer is. He used to be one of them.Seven, as he now called himself, is their former crewmate... -
Omega Force: Unleashed by Joshua Dalzelle
10 ratingsThe ConFed has ruled the galactic quadrant for nearly two thousand years. During that time a relative peace has been kept by threat of force from their mighty fleet. But as with all things, their dominance must come to an end.Now that the ConFed is crumbling and their fleet is withdrawing back to the Core Worlds, the strong are once again preying on the weak... -
Admiral's Oath by Glynn Stewart
11 ratingsCASTLE FEDERATION RETURNSAn empire broken by hubrisAn officer raised by chanceOaths that must be honoredOaths that must be betrayedRear Admiral James Tecumseh barely survived his last mission against the Alliance of Free Stars with his reputation and life intact... -
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Demon in White by Christopher Ruocchio
12 ratingsThe third novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe continues down a path that can only end in fire.Hadrian has been serving the Empire in military engagements against the Cielcin, the vicious alien civilization bent on humanity's destruction... -
She is the Principle: A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Michael Anderle
6 ratingsA teenage boy with a terminal condition, a group of school bullies, and an incognito Empress with a short temper…Kirian Larsen knows he won’t live to see adulthood. Dex and his gang only care that he’s a human living on “their” planet.Their determination to make his life harder bothers Kirian less than their efforts to do the same for their other victims... -
Commander by Richard F. Weyand
7 ratingsTHE EMPIRE’S NEW NAVYThe Emperor Trajan is building a powerful new navy for the Sintaran Empire. Remotely piloted warships can accelerate faster than humans can withstand, and ships spend so much time in hyperspace, a single crew can man multiple ships, solving the perennial manpower problem... -
Slave Trade by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
8 ratingsNo respect for life. Or the law. It’s the trade. In sentience. Run by the Corranites, creatures that have always traded in intelligent alien life.Bought and sold. Nothing more than property.Rivka is having none of it. With an eye toward taking the entire supply line down, she launches into the greater galaxy. All the way to the heart of the Federation.It’s bigger than anyone knows... -
Sentinel: Age of Expansion by Natalie Grey, Michael Anderle
8 ratingsSomeone sent three fully armed ships to High Tortuga to back the slave-owners running the mines, and Barnabas and Shinigami are determined to find out who. And take them down. As they look deeper, however, they’ll find traces of an organization that controls whole mercenary syndicates, industries, and even governments: the Yennai Corporation...Categorized as:
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Con Living by E.M. Foner
8 ratingsIn space, nobody can tell the aliens from the cosplayers.Science fiction meets the future as Flower, the sentient Dollnick colony ship working under contract for EarthCent, decides to host a con to bolster her anime business... -
Paladin: Age of Expansion by Natalie Grey, Michael Anderle
8 ratingsBarnabas has traced the influence of the Yennai Corporation from High Tortuga to their secret base, which he has destroyed, killing both heirs to the company. Who hasn’t he killed? Koel Yennai, the patriarch and founder…who has sworn vengeance on Barnabas for killing his children and destroying his legacy...Categorized as:
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Throne of Stars by David Weber, John Ringo
10 ratingsBooks 3 and 4 in the New York Times best-selling Empire of Man series: March to the Stars and We Few, both New York Times bestsellers.Prince Roger MacClintock was an heir to the galaxy's Throne of Man and a self-obsessed spoiled young brat - that is, until he and the Royal Marines sent to protect him were stranded by an assassination attempt on the wild and dangerous planet of Marduk... -
Usurper by Richard F. Weyand
7 ratingsTHE REFORMS MUST CONTINUEAt the age of twenty-seven, Deanna Dunham Garrity has become the Empress of Sintar, absolute ruler of 150,000 worlds and their 300 trillion inhabitants. She would continue the reforms of her predecessor, but the Imperial Council stands in her way... -
Your Life Is Forfeit by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
8 ratingsRed has a price on his head. Rivka is determined to find those who put it there. Criminals commit crimes. Career criminals do it in secret. They are good at hiding.Rivka’s latest case has her hunting fugitives. Red is on a mission to find them and make them pay for what they’ve done.Her search leads her through dark warrens of political intrigue and ecological disasters...Categorized as:
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Star Force: Rift by Aer-ki Jyr
8 ratingsThe temporary truce between Star Force and the V'kit'no'sat sends shockwaves throughout the galaxy. No one has ever defied the V'kit'no'sat and lived, but now Star Force has and many races are taking notice...including one that no one expects, on either side... -
Freelance On The Galactic Tunnel Network by E.M. Foner
8 ratingsCan a food writer turned investigative journalist uncover financial fraud on a galactic scale?It's been less than a century since ancient alien AI saved us from financial suicide by adding our planet to their interstellar tunnel network... -
Soup Night on Union Station by E.M. Foner
8 ratingsBook #17 of the EarthCent Ambassador series. Start series with the three book bundle, Union Station 1, 2, 3. EarthCent bids to take over editorship of the All Species Cookbook, an exercise in galactic togetherness that has somehow gone off mission over the last couple million years. Samuel and Vivian struggle to find a balance between their co-op jobs for aliens and their personal lives... -
Warden: Age of Expansion by Natalie Grey, Michael Anderle
8 ratingsBarnabas has uncovered one of the biggest players in this sector, the Yennai Corporation. Now he’s in for a surprise - it turns out that the alien who’s been pulling the strings against him is none other than Uleq, the Torcellan who escaped Bethany Anne’s clutches. Barnabas isn’t taking any chances now. He’s going to find the Yennai Corporation’s main base and bring them down...Categorized as:
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Book Night on Union Station by E.M. Foner
10 ratingsStart series with first book, Date Night on Union Station The Stryx offer EarthCent help in reaching out to the wide-spread human communities, but as usual, it comes with a catch or two. Kelly see an opportunity to increase her book hoard, just as publishing on Union Station begins to take off and Donna's daughters enter a friendly competition... -
Fractured Stars by Lindsay Buroker
12 ratingsMcCall Richter finds criminals, con men, and deadbeats better than anyone else in the empire. She’s proud of her success and that she owns her own spaceship, especially since she struggles to understand human motivations, can’t tell when people are lying to her, and is horrible at recognizing faces... -
Star Trek Encyclopedia by Michael Okuda, Denise Okuda
14 ratingsThis reference book, designed for Star Trek fans, brings together all three incarnations of the Star Trek phenomenon: the original Star Trek, The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. It contains over 5,000 entries on alien races, planets and stars, weapons and tools and private jokes... -
Order 66: by Karen Traviss
18 ratingsAfter the fierce combat of Hard Contact, Triple Zero, and True Colors comes the spectacular culmination of New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss's gripping Republic Commando series. As a battle-scarred era nears its end, a shattering power play is about to stun the entire galaxy . . . and set in motion events that will alter destinies and resound throughout history...Categorized as:
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True Colors by Karen Traviss
18 ratingsAs the savage Clone Wars rage unchecked, the Republic’s deadliest warriors face the grim truth that the Separatists aren’t their only enemy–or even their worst.In the Grand Army’s desperate fight to crush the Separatists, the secret special ops missions of its elite clone warriors have never been more critical . . . or more dangerous...Categorized as:
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Star Force: Uriti Strike by Aer-ki Jyr
6 ratingsChanges with the Uriti alter the dynamics of the war against the V'kit'no'sat...and send shockwaves from the galactic rim to Itaru... -
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The Final Stroll on Perseus's Arm by M.D. Cooper
6 ratingsAfter finally getting beyond the Stillwater Nebula, the crew comes across a secret Orion Guard base that just might be their ticket home... -
Drake's Drum by Christopher G. Nuttall
6 ratingsHumanity is on the ropes. Despite military victories, the sheer grinding power of the alien virus is taking its toll. The space navies are pushed to the limit, the colony worlds are fighting a desperate war against the infected, the economy is on the brink of utter collapse and Earth herself has come under attack. But there is one ray of hope... -
Due Diligence by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
6 ratingsWhen Clan Korval knows your name. . . Abandoned on a strange port by a scam gone bad, his license to pilot rescinded, and his pockets very much to let, Fer Gun pen'Uldra was teetering between trouble, more trouble, and bad trouble. Cornered in a cheap bar by a too-knowledgeable stranger with an unlikely offer, Fer Gun realized having no money and no license might be the least of his troubles... -
Defiant Ruin by Marie Andreas
6 ratingsThe fight for the Commonwealth comes to an explosive conclusion! The good news is that Captain Vaslisha Tor Dain and most of her rag tag band of mercenaries managed to survive a devastating confrontation with the resurrected ancient enemy the Asarlaí. The bad news is that the WARRIOR WENCH has crash landed on a deserted planet in an unknown galaxy... -
Twilight of the Gods by Christian Kallias
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... -
Star Force: Dawn of the Apocalypse by Aer-ki Jyr
6 ratingsThe onslaught has begun and the galaxy must cope with a very slow moving certainty of its eventual destruction... -
Empire Night on Union Station by E.M. Foner
6 ratingsBook Eighteen of EarthCent Ambassador. Start series with Book One, Date Night on Union Station.The population of the Conference of Sovereign Human Communities hits a billion, triggering a previously unnoticed clause in the Tunnel Network Treaty... -
Spinward Fringe Broadcast 12: Invasion by Randolph Lalonde
6 ratingsAll signs point to a looming invasion. The Edxi, an intelligent insect race, will lead the charge as they attempt to take the Tamber moon and the worlds around it to hatch their broods and create a new strategic foothold in the Milky Way. The entire fleet is rushing to make last minute preparations as Alice is forced to take a short relaxation leave to recover from recent events... -
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... -
Scorched Earth by T.R. Harris
6 ratingsWhat happens when the Adam Cain—the Alien with an Attitude—gets really pissed off?Hint: It ain’t pretty.The scorched earth in the title doesn’t refer to the Human’s homeworld... -
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Shadows of Olympus by Christian Kallias
6 ratingsWith the arrival of a powerful new threat in orbit around Earth, the Alliance is forced to vacate Earth space while a small group stays behind to ensure humanity isn’t enslaved or worse, wiped out. Meanwhile, the rest of the fleet splits into separate missions, each of them vital in rebuilding the Earth Alliance forces and strengthening what’s left of the fleet... -
Bound by Blood by Terry Mixon, Glynn Stewart
8 ratingsThe President is dead. The outer colonies are in revolt. One man will make himself Emperor. The Commonwealth must stop him…or fall. In the chaos after the death of President Barnes and the revelation of his betrayals, Brad Madrid has been imprisoned because of his relationship to the pirate known as the Phoenix... -
Evasion (Scattered Stars: Evasion Book 1) by Glynn Stewart
8 ratingsA captain on the run from the horrors of his pastA girl on the run from the trap of her presentA ship that will bring them togetherCaptain Evridiki “EB” Bardacki was once a nova fighter pilot for a nation he truly believed in. Betrayal and failure sent him into exile and flight... -
Heretic by Philip C. Quaintrell
8 ratingsThe third volume in Philip C. Quaintrell's Terran Cycle continues to span the galaxy, exploring the origins of mankind. Now a man with nothing to lose, Kalian Gaines has chosen to travel through the Conclave’s new Starforge and explore what remains of the Terran Empire... -
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... -
Assisted Living by E.M. Foner
8 ratingsIn space, you can never have too much fresh fruit. Or can you? Flower, the sentient alien colony ship on loan to EarthCent has a problem. Operating at just five percent of her capacity, she needs to attract more humans and give them a reason to stay. Join Harry, Irene, Julie and Bill for the fun in this sequel to Independent Living that shows you’re never too old to teach an alien AI a new trick... -
Career Night on Union Station by E.M. Foner
8 ratingsStart the EarthCent Ambassador series with the three book bundle, Union Station 1, 2, 3. Kelly returns from sabbatical and finally has the opportunity to expand her embassy with a conference room, providing she can find a contractor willing to take the job... -
The Art of Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back by Deborah Call, Valerie Hoffman
10 ratingsTwenty years after it began, the Star Wars phenomenon is hotter than ever--and about to create another sensation when the trilogy returns to movie theaters, featuring newly restored and never-before-seen footage... -
Jump Point by Toby Neighbors
10 ratingsLife among the stars isn’t always glamorous. The Modulus Echo is a Kestrel class starship, a rare hybrid that can fly in space and in almost any planetary atmosphere. Her crew consists of four very different people who have forged a friendship through trials and triumphs... -
Star Force: Origin Series by Aer-ki Jyr
10 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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From Chaos Born by Michael R. Hicks
12 ratingsFor long ages, the Kreelan race has been ruled by war. Only the priests and priestesses of the ancient martial orders have prevented the utter destruction of their kind. But a newly arisen ruler, the Dark Queen, seeks to destroy the ages-old equilibrium. All that stands before her is a child of prophecy, a child destined to unite their race. A child the Dark Queen must kill at any cost.. -
501st by Karen Traviss
18 ratingsThe Clone Wars are over, but for those with reason to run from the new galactic Empire, the battle to survive has only just begun. . . .The Jedi have been decimated in the Great Purge, and the Republic has fallen. Now the former Republic Commandos–the galaxy’s finest special forces troops, cloned from Jango Fett–find themselves on opposing sides and in very different armor...Categorized as:
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The Toll Road Between the Stars by M.D. Cooper
6 ratingsNo one ever said that travelling ten thousand light years would be easy.. -
Krimson Run by Julia Huni, Craig Martelle
6 ratingsThe Federation will make you pay for your crimes, even the fake ones.Tony, a spy from a rival star system who is the scion of a galactic crime family. Quinn, falsely accused former military, betrayed by her husband. A conspiracy that intertwines their lives.Where did the government go wrong? When they separated Quinn from her kids... -
Embracing Oblivion by Toby Neighbors
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...Categorized as:
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A Question of Faith by Glynn Stewart
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...
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