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The Rings of Hesaurun by Peter Harrett
8 ratingsFleeing an alien menace of galactic proportions, a starship named The Dreamer crash-lands on Earth in the year 2436 BCE. Responding to the crash, the primitive earthlings discover the ship's commander Valerie Dunne is a 5,000-year-old woman from the future, forced to escape her nemesis, the Boecki, by hiding in the past... -
Lost in Transit by Jerry Boyd
12 ratingsCan Bob handle his biggest challenge yet, a couple days off? Will John ever find true love? What's aboard the colony ship Bob and Nikki found? The answers to these and other burning questions can be found in 'Lost in... -
Hell's Rejects, Books 1-4 Box Set by M.R. Forbes
10 ratingsMillion-copy bestseller M.R. Forbes presents the first four books in the best-selling Chaos of the Covenant series...When the Earth Republic is savagely attacked, they recruit the universe’s most dangerous minds to retrieve their stolen warships... -
Junkyard Raiders by Jamie McFarlane
10 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... -
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Shady Oaks by Jerry Boyd
12 ratingsBob and the boys continue their crusade against the scourge of pedestrianism. John is taken hostage by desperate deserters. Can Dee save him with the power of sideways?The residents of Shady Oaks need exercise. Can Snitz get the whole place on their feet?Get the answers to these and other burning questions on the next episode of 'As the Frisbee Turns'... -
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... -
His Name was Wren by Rob Winters
8 ratingsDuring the blackout of 1944, in the small English town of Hurstwick, something mysterious obliterates the church spire and slices through the nearby woods. Was it a secret Nazi weapon, as some locals suggest? Or just a downed plane? Evacuee George Moss finds an otherworldly explanation, then tries to keep it hidden.Years later, Max Cannon moves to town...Categorized as:
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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... -
USS Jefferson: Charge of the Symbios by Mark Wayne McGinnis
10 ratings"McGinnis has pulled another rip-roaring page-turner out of his hat," Ben StratAfter the recent near-destruction of the USS Hamilton, Captain Galvin Quintos has been lying low, getting the USS Jefferson ready for service. In the midst of refurbishing the vessel, he gets a call for help from his former XO, new starship captain Gail Pristy... -
Return Fire by Rick Partlow
10 ratingsEarth is in turmoil.The enemy is bearing down on us with every warship they have, and our only allies are in chaos.Our one hope for survival is Andy Clanton - a hack science fiction writer trying to convince some aliens that humans are worth saving.It’s an uphill battle, because to the aliens, we are the monsters... -
Veklocks by S.H. Jucha
10 ratingsA triumvirate of Veklocks, emissaries of the Tsargit, the alliance governing body, negotiates with Harbour, the Pyrean envoy, about critical projects the Pyreans need. But it’s possible that the Veklocks ask for too much in return. The Veklocks require the Pyreans to explore the extent of the Colony’s usurpation of domes. The Colony is composed of two insectoid species, the grays and the reds... -
Into the Battle by James Rosone
14 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... -
USS Hamilton: Ironhold Station by Mark Wayne McGinnis
14 ratingsThe surprise attack within the Auriga Star System was worse than brutal, it was heinous—leaving the US-Navy's 3rd Fleet decimated. Thousands of crew are reported dead, including the ship’s Captain. Reluctantly, the young XO, Galvin Quintos, will be taking command of the fleet's crippled dreadnaught, the USS Hamilton, while doing his best to bring fleet survivors back to Earth... -
Wherever Seeds May Fall by Peter Cawdron
15 ratingsAstronomers from around the world watch in awe as an extrasolar comet approaches Saturn, being drawn in by its immense gravity. When the comet grazes the planet rather than plunging beneath the clouds, speculation is rife... -
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The Vigilante Chronicles Omnibus: Vigilante, Sentinel, Warden, Paladin, Justiciar, Defender, Protector by Natalie Grey, Michael Anderle
6 ratingsOne man leaves the life of a lawman behind him and works to clean up a new area in space. Grab this 7 book boxed set today learn what happens when a genetically engineered vampire leaves behind everything he's ever known and sets out to clean up a new area in space... -
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... -
Primary Targets by Rick Partlow
8 ratingsOld Marines never die... they just become Space Marines I thought the hard part of helping the Helta defeat the rampaging Tevynians would be the fighting. How wrong I was. To the Helta, we Earthers look just like the Tevynians, their mortal enemies. And convincing their government to ally with humans may be even beyond the crew of the starship James Bowie... -
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... -
The Arachnid by Kishore Tipirneni
10 ratingsU.S. spy satellites over Asia make a disturbing discovery. An arachnid, an elephant-sized creature created by an alien race, is roaming a forest in North Korea. How did it get there? What is its purpose? Is it a weapon of some kind? When there’s complete radio silence from the North Koreans, and further satellite images show the area around the creature being evacuated, the U.S... -
Invaders by Laurence E. Dahners
10 ratings“Invaders” is about events that occur several years after those in the novel “Disc.” GSI (Gettnor Space Industries) is beginning to investigate our solar system and mine the asteroids. Aircraft and automobile companies are beginning to switch over to thrusters from their more traditional products. New uses for thrusters are popping up in the healthcare and sports industries... -
Family Law by Mackey Chandler
10 ratingsPeople love easily. Look at most of your relatives or coworkers. How lovable are they? Really? Yet most have mates and children. The vast majority are still invited to family gatherings and their relatives will speak to them. Many have pets to which they are devoted. Some even call them their fur-babies... -
Space Merchant's Jewel by Lynnea Lee
6 ratingsJakkan I live a double life. To the Dominion, I’m a merchant who only cares about the luxuries credits can buy me. But to the outer planets, I am information. My crew and I are the reasons Reka 5 thwarted the last Dominion attack.Helping the outer planets is my entire life’s goal until I meet her. Jillian is a brave human female who calls Reka 5 home, but she doesn’t know my secret... -
Shout of Honor by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
6 ratingsCommander Vepal is a Hero. He is also the Yxtrang ambassador to the greater universe. These two facts do not make Vepal's life easy. But they do make it interesting... -
Infiltration by Joshua Anderle, Michael Anderle
6 ratingsThis time, Kaiden's friend needs a little support… Chiyo's father's company is being targeted, and she considers her options. Should she help him? The only problem? There is a dark enemy on the other side who wants her dad's company and wouldn't mind taking a bite out of Kaiden, either. Chief is more integrated than he was before and far more fragile due to his neural link with Kaiden... -
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Clone Crisis by S.H. Jucha
6 ratingsThe Sisterhood’s dangerous militarist sect finds a foothold in a broad swath of space inhabited by the descendants of Earth’s fourth colony ship, Destiny. They’re welcomed by the mining corporations, whose leaders see unbridled opportunity in the sisters’ advanced tech.Five powerful corporations own six mining planets... -
Sector Seventeen by S.J. MacDonald
6 ratingsFor centuries, there have been glimpses of something very strange and very fast in the turbulent space beyond Telathor, known to spacers as the Space Monster of Sector Seventeen. Now the Fourth is sent to investigate the Phenomenon under orders never to use the M word – nobody, after all, wants to be on record as the person who sent warships to hunt for a space monster... -
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... -
The Last Revocater by G.J. Ogden
6 ratingsThe Last Revocater is book five of the Star Scavenger Series. A thrilling space opera adventure with the mystery and adventure of Indiana Jones. With Goliath continuing its rampage through the network of portal worlds, Hudson Powell and Tory Bellona go on with their search for Logan Griff and the crystal. But first they must embark on a final, dangerous relic hunt inside a crashed alien wreck... -
Halo: Renegades by Kelly Gay
8 ratingsAn original full-length novel set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!Find. Claim. Profit. In a post-Covenant War galaxy littered with scrap, it’s the salvager’s motto—and Rion Forge certainly made her mark on the trade... -
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... -
The Alien's Blade by Ella Blake
8 ratingsWhat’s worse than waking up from a hibernation cell fifty-two years after being abducted?Nothing. No, wait—a wise-cracking alien hunk with a killer smile who doesn’t let me out of his sight, that’s what.Wulfrex knows every inch of his massive space cruiser and makes it impossible for me to steal it... -
Losing Mars by Peter Cawdron
15 ratingsDisaster strikes in orbit around Mars. A Chinese spacecraft is disabled, stranded near Phobos. Well over a hundred million miles from Earth, their only hope for rescue comes from the American base on the edge of the Vallis Marineris on the surface of Mars... -
Alien's Stone Heart by Lynnea Lee
6 ratingsLilyIf you think getting abducted by little green men is bad, try waking up with your stasis pod smashed into the side of a cliff. That’s what happened to me.To top it off, I get rescued by an alien gargoyle! He’s huge and hard as rock, with sharp teeth, horns, and a freakin’ tail. And now, we’re both on the run because of me.Xadren can’t keep me, but he promises to bring me somewhere safe... -
A Future for Zharor by Lynnea Lee
6 ratingsCHRISSY The alien captain rescuing me from the Dominion breeding facility is nothing like the other Tallean males I’ve met. He’s wild, untamed, and hot as sin. The fierce warrior sets my body on fire. He stalks right up to me and tells me I’m his... -
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Lost to the Alien Lord (Lords of Destra, #1) by Ella Blake
6 ratingsA Sci-Fi Alien Romance I signed up for a research mission with five other women. Instead, we crashed on an alien planet with too many dangers to count. Separated from the other women, I'm on my own until a huge alien with color-changing skin and a massive sword gets me out of a bad spot. I don't understand Savair's language, but I think he's under the impression that I'm his.I am NOT his... -
Master by Joshua Anderle, Michael Anderle
6 ratingsEverything can’t be about School…The third-year students are about to take on those who know them best.Each other.Using a variation of the classic game of Capture the Flag, Kaiden and his friends must join teams and battle each other.It is time for Kaiden to learn what it means to lead.Then, when they are out on the town an opportunity is handed to the students on a silver platter... -
Glitch by Joshua Anderle, Michael Anderle
6 ratingsGIN SONNY IS COMING. It's personal. It's the end game. No one sees Gin's plans, which is what has made him one of the most successful killers Earth has conceived. Now Kaiden will find out if his friends, teachers, and the support staff are capable of stopping the killer from leaving him braindead. Sometimes you don’t come out of the Animus alive... -
Ronin by Edward W. Robertson
6 ratingsThe Hive has survived their first fleet action against FinnTech. But in the process, they've lost the Hive itself. With their manufacturing base in Finn's hands, it's only a matter of time before they're outnumbered and destroyed. As Rada searches for a path to victory, she stumbles on a horrifying secret: the aliens who've kept humanity confined to the Solar System are about to make their move... -
Orion Rises by G.J. Ogden
6 ratingsOrion Rises is book two of the Star Scavenger Series. A thrilling space opera adventure with the mystery and action of Indiana Jones. Kicked out of the Relic Guardian Force, Hudson Powell has started down the path to becoming a relic hunter. Fortune awaits inside the mysterious, alien hulks found on every planet throughout the vast network of portal worlds... -
Goliath Emerges by G.J. Ogden
6 ratingsGoliath Emerges is book three of the Star Scavenger Series. A thrilling space opera adventure with the mystery and action of Indiana Jones. News has spread of Hudson and Liberty’s unique ability to discover new portals; now every relic hunter wants a slice of the action.Starting out from Deimos Station near Mars, Hudson and Liberty take the Orion to a new portal world... -
Virak by Ella Blake
6 ratingsJessa Robson applied to the alien match program for the money. After a string of disappointing relationships and a childhood spent shuffling between foster homes, she doesn’t envision love in her future. When she’s chosen to be a mistress for a Virilian male, she sees that five-million-dollar fee as her ticket to an independent life, free from scraping by and dead-end jobs... -
Silenced by Heather Fox
6 ratingsCarrie: The new arrivals at our tribe may have their minds only on one thing, but I can't even think about finding my mate. Not when my voice has been stolen away by a broken promise. Unable to communicate with the others, I'm relegated to the edges of the tribe. But I'm not the only one. Endzoh, the quiet warrior I've always thought didn't much like us girls, is right here with me... -
Seduced by Heather Fox
6 ratingsLorna: After the awful mess that was my life back on Earth, living in the raskarran village is great. It's a simple life, but the big green guys provide for us, our huts are cosy and I get to spend my days looking after two adorable children. There's only one problem - the dreamspace. Much as I might want to have a family one day, I can't have anyone inside my head... -
Nkarri by Annabelle Rex
6 ratingsIt was as if his focus narrowed, the rest of the people in the room fading out as he took her in...Jas has spent years regrowing her confidence after getting burned by her ex. Now she has great friends, a beautiful home and a successful career - everything she thought she needed... -
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Raith by Annabelle Rex
6 ratingsIf he suggested it, she was absolutely going to unwrap him like a Christmas present.Mia made a promise to always attend her family’s Christmas ‘gathering’. Hard to call it a party when they’re about as much fun as a funeral. It’s the same thing every year... -
AL CLARK by Jonathan G. Meyer
8 ratingsA thousand specially selected people left a troubled Earth for a new start on a virgin planet thirty years away.Their ship is state-of-the art, and almost totally automatic; it's passengers safely sleeping through the journey - but something has gone wrong. Something unexpected.A man suffering from amnesia awakens to a new life, with more questions than answers, to begin a journey of discovery... -
Advance by Joshua Anderle, Michael Anderle
8 ratingsKaiden Jericho's life just went sideways. He has been working odd jobs since the first school year ended. (People have to eat, right?) The problem? He isn't as prepared as he thinks he is. Out in the jungles of the Amazon, Kaiden meets a new set of nightmares, and death there is permanent... -
Tempest by Philip C. Quaintrell
8 ratingsThe second volume in Philip C. Quaintrell's Terran Cycle continues to span the galaxy, exploring the origins of mankind. Kalian Gaines and the remains of humanity are forced to forge a new beginning in a galaxy that doesn't want them. After the Gomar wrought destruction across the Conclave, those taking refuge aboard the Gommarian are tainted by the same brush - humans are dangerous... -
The Hall of Heroes by John Jackson Miller
8 ratingsContinuing the milestone 50th anniversary celebration of Star Trek—an epic new trilogy that stretches from the events of The Original Series movie The Search for Spock to The Next Generation!The Klingon Empire stands on the precipice. In the wake of violence from the cult known as the Unsung, paranoia threatens to break Chancellor Martok’s regime... -
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...
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