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The Darth Bane Series (Star Wars: Darth Bane #1-3) by Drew Karpyshyn
14 ratingsSet a thousand years before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, Drew Karpyshyn’s electrifying Darth Bane novels take us deep into the dark side. This action-packed series follows the transformation of a lost young man who becomes a legendary Sith Lord, able to wield the awesome power of the Force as never before... -
Hard Knocks by Nathan Lowell
14 ratingsIt pays to take a second look.In the Deep Dark, it's a long walk home.The Marva Collins runs into unexpected problems a long way from port. Faced with some hard decisions, and uncertain about the choices, Ishmael has to roll the dice with inadequate information... -
Working Class by Nathan Lowell
12 ratingsA Brand New ShipA Brand New CrewWhat could possibly go wrong?When Ishmael takes a crew of academy cadets into the Toe Holds, he's unprepared for the level of trouble green hands can get into.Meanwhile their academy liaison discovers what can go wrong when you learn the wrong lessons and try to teach the wrong students... -
Vendetta by Jonathan Yanez
8 ratingsWar is on the horizon. Daniel Hunt has no desire to lead the first coalition of corporations the galaxy has ever known. This is exactly why he's perfect for the job. In the face of humankind's greatest threat, old enemies will find redemption and new allies will answer the call... -
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Disc by Laurence E. Dahners
10 ratings“Disc” picks up right after Vaz and Tiona’s invention of an apparently reactionless drive in “Tiona.”Tiona and her brother Dante want to license the rights to the new thrusters to big aircraft and car companies, using the money from the licenses to develop a private space industry... -
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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Tiona by Laurence E. Dahners
12 ratings“Tiona” picks up six years after the end of Vaz. Tiona, Vaz’s daughter, is starting grad school in physics, has a “bad boy” musician boyfriend, and does her own strange variety of charity work at a homeless shelter.Her professor has her start work on a project to try to achieve high temperature superconduction by doping the graphene membranes her lab partner has figured out how to precipitate... -
Change Management by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
6 ratingsTimes are perilous, violence rife, and the future uncertain. Success and the survival of all you hold dear may hinge on how you manage change. Some people advise that we “Embrace Change!” Other people realize that change has edges, and if you embrace it the wrong way, it may feel a lot more like a knife than a bromide when it touches your guts... -
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...Categorized as:
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Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash by Yahtzee Croshaw
15 ratingsThe hero of Will Save the Galaxy for Cash returns to do what he does best. Which is - what again, exactly?With the age of heroic star pilots and galactic villains completely killed by quantum teleportation, the ex-star pilot currently named Dashford Pierce is struggling to find his identity in a changing universe... -
Crusade by Jonathan Yanez
6 ratingsThe book, the cup, the sword; ancient alien relics buried on Earth have been recovered. But before they can be put to use, two old friends must be saved. Angelica and Jax codenamed Angel and Spartan have been gone since the end of the Voy invasion. With no communication received from the two original members of the Pack Protocol, the search begins...Categorized as:
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Rebels by David Liss
6 ratingsA science fiction superfan is heading back to space on a new mission to save Earth in this hilarious follow-up to the “exhilarating” (Booklist, starred review) Randoms...Categorized as:
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Skyblaze by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
6 ratingsVertu dea'San, Delm of Clan Wylan, has her hands full with daughter, son, and taxi business, when she's offered an opportunity to solve several pressing problems in one fell swoop. All she needs to do is ferry a few people to a "picnic ground" to deal with an honorable matter of Balance... -
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Halfling Moon by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
6 ratingsAdventures in the Liaden Universe® Number 16Two Stories of a Tumultuous TimeThe Department of the Interior's bloody plot against planet Liad has failed, at least for now, but Clan Korval's firing upon Solcintra, Liad's capital city, to save it from the release of ancient killer machines has resulted in the clan's banishment... -
With Stars Underfoot by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
6 ratingsTwo short stories "Lord of the Dance" and "This House". "This House" first appeared in the anthology "Stars" edited by Janis Ian. This is the first appearance of "Lord of the Dance"... -
Quiet Knives by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
6 ratingsTwo short stories "Veil of the Dancer" and "Quiet Knives". "Veil of the Dancer" first appeared in the magazine Absolute Magnitude. This is the first appearance of "Quiet Knives"... -
Challenges of the Deeps by Ryk E. Spoor
6 ratingsSEQUEL TO GRAND CENTRAL ARENA AND SPHERES OF INFLUENCE. The climax of the Arenaverse adventure SF series!The Arena: a vast alien otherspace that all species were forced to enter when they discovered faster-than-light travel. The Arena: where the lives of entire species might hang in the balance in a single Challenge... -
Star Wars: Rogue One - The Ultimate Visual Guide by Pablo Hidalgo, John Knoll
8 ratingsThe essential, comprehensive guide to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story(TM).This exciting reference format accompanies the eagerly anticipated, first-ever standalone Star Wars(TM) movie: Rogue One. This beautifully detailed title features in-depth character profiles, plus 5 newly commissioned and fully annotated cross-sections of vehicles and mapped-out locations... -
The System by Skyler Grant
6 ratingsThe solar system has fallen and the galaxy awaits. The Sol system has now gained admission to galactic society, a junior member held in little esteem with obligations mounting... -
A Fighting Chance by William C. Dietz
6 ratingsThe all-new, thrilling conclusion to the Legion of the Damned series from the national bestselling author of When Duty Calls. Earth has fallen. And the men, women, and cyborgs of the Confederacy must dig deep within their warrior hearts to make one final stand against an alien aggressor.. -
Grand Central Arena by Ryk E. Spoor
10 ratingsWith new content by Ryk E. Spoor! It was supposed to be a simple test flight, one that pilot Ariane Austin was on only as a last-ditch backup; intelligent, superhumanly fast automation would handle the test activation and flight of humanity's first faster-than-light vessel... -
Ivory by Mike Resnick
8 ratingsIn the year 6303, when earth is bare of anything larger than an insect or a mouse and most people have left for the stars, Duncan Rojas receives a most unusual visitor. His name is Bukoba Mandaka, and he is the last of the Maasai.Mandaka wants Rojas, senior researcher for Braxton's Records of Big Game, to find the tusks of the Kilimanjaro Elephant, tusks that weigh over 200 lb. each... -
A Good Day to Die by Keith R.A. DeCandido
6 ratingsBEGINNING AN ALL-NEW SERIES OF KLINGON(TM) ADVENTURES!These are the voyages of the Klingon Defense Force vessel "I.K.S. Gorkon, " part of the mighty new Chancellor class. Its mission: to explore strange new worlds...to seek out new life and new civilizations..... -
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Renegades by Dan Worth
6 ratingsIt is two years since the events of ‘Exiles, Book One of the Progenitor Trilogy’.Humiliated by defeat, the K’Soth Empire has finally collapsed into civil war amongst the noble houses and now the Commonwealth stands victorious over its old enemy. Vast swathes of territory have been liberated from the alien oppressors and humanity struggles with the post-war burden of restoring order and rebuilding... -
Ships of My Fathers by Dan Thompson
6 ratingsAnother tale from Beneath the Sky's vast Hudson Confederacy universe...Michael was orphaned at seventeen, light-years from home. His inheritance: a starship, distant relatives he never knew existed, and inescapable questions that challenge everything he thought was true... -
Liberation by Andrew Beery
6 ratings2125 was the year the Proxy war began in earnest. The Heshe and Uruk, each with drastically different views of right and wrong, met in open conflict with disastrous results for the known universes. At the same time this was the finest year for the Galactic Coalition.. -
The Tomorrow Log by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
10 ratingsFreelance thief Gem ser'Edreth makes the calculated mistake of turning down a commission from the local crime boss. Gem's hidden past proves an unexpected liability as his plans to leave the planet go catastrophically awry... -
Postmarked the Stars by Andre Norton
10 ratingsTrouble started early for the free-trader Solar Queen the moment cargo-master Dane Thorson collected a package for transit from Xecho to Trewsworld. What was in the package Dane did not learn until after he had been kidnapped, knocked out, and a dead man bearing his credentials had been substituted for him aboard the ship... -
Crystal Healer by S.L. Viehl
8 ratingsNINTH IN THE "CONTINUOUSLY SURPRISING AND DEVIOUSLY WRITEN" SERIES Genetically engineered interstellar surgeon Dr. Cherijo Torin, her husband Duncan Reever, and a handpicked crew journey to the planet oKia to locate a strange black mineral that is the source of an intergalactic epidemic. When one of the crew members becomes infected, his body slowly begins to crystallize...Categorized as:
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Absent Enemies by John Jackson Miller
8 ratingsA thrilling e-novella based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, following the dramatic events as chronicled in the New York Times bestselling story arc The Fall!Newly promoted Admiral William Riker and the crew of the U.S.S. Titan are ordered to race to Garadius IV, a planet Riker knows all too well from an unsuccessful peace mission when he was still first officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise... -
The Halcyon Drift by Brian M. Stableford
6 ratingsIn a galactic culture that extends from quasi-Utopian worlds like New Alexandria to vermin-infested slums like Old Earth, starship pilots have become the great romantic heroes of the day. When Star-Pilot Grainger is rescued from a shipwreck, he finds himself pressed into reluctant service to fly the Hooded Swan, the prototype of a new kind of interstellar ship... -
The Root of All Rage by Bernd Perplies, Christian Humberg
6 ratingsThe Federation races to discover the culprits of several terrorist attacks, sending their flagship, the USS Prometheus, to stop war breaking out in the galaxy.A dangerous evil is growing in the Alpha Quadrant... -
Red Noise by John P. Murphy
6 ratingsCaught up in a space station turf war between gangs and corrupt law, a lone asteroid miner decides to take them all down.When an asteroid miner comes to Station 35 looking to sell her cargo and get back to the solitude she craves, she gets swept up in a three-way standoff with gangs and crooked cops... -
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Planet of Treachery: Family d'Alembert Book 7 by E.E. "Doc" Smith, Stephen Goldin
6 ratingsClassic space opera adventure, Book #7 in the "Family D'Alembert" series. For centuries, the planet Gastonia has been a planet of exile, an escape-proof prison world for the worst sorts of traitors. But now, it seems, prisoners are indeed escaping, and all evidence points to the sinister, all-knowing conspiracy that continues to shadow the Throne... -
Training Daze by Mike Shepherd
10 ratingsAn exciting military Science Fiction novella set between Mike Shepherd’s third and fourth Kris Longknife novels. Kris Longknife dodges assassins, gains an unwelcome (though rather handsome) bodyguard, and puts together a training squad to travel from planet to planet, preparing crews for the newest, fastest, and deadliest fighting ship... -
Winner Lose All by Timothy Zahn
10 ratingsTimothy Zahn’s upcoming novel Scoundrels, starring Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Lando Calrissian, returns to the excitement of the classic Star Wars films. In this thrilling prequel eBook novella, Winner Lose All, Lando and a pair of unlikely allies find themselves involved in a dangerous game. Fortunately, Lando can survive against the odds—a skill that he will need in spades... -
Med Ship by Murray Leinster
10 ratingsScattered through the galaxy are thousands of worlds colonized by humans. Many have native microbes dangerous to the human immigrants. Others have diseases brought to them accidentally -- or on purpose -- by visiting ships. When millions of lives are threatened, it's a job for the Interstellar Medical Service, and a Med Ship is sent to solve the problem... -
Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps by Greg Keyes
10 ratingsLong before the Babylon 5 space station brought Humans face-to-facewith alien races, they discovered an extraordinary breed among their very own . . .The year is 2115. Shock waves follow in the wake of astonishing news: science has proven the existence of telepaths... -
Cauldron by Jack McDevitt
16 ratingsIn 2255, veteran star pilot Priscilla Hutch Hutchins spends her retirement supporting fundraising efforts for an organization devoted to deep space exploration. Soon, Hutch finds herself on the verge of discovering the origins of the deadly Omega clouds that continue to haunt her... -
Wrath of the Prophets by Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman
6 ratingsWhen a fatal disease spreads over Bajor, threatening the entire planet with extinction, Captain Sisko must accept aid from an unexpected source: Ro Laren, Starfleet officer turned Maquis renegade. Major Kira and Ro reluctantly join forces to track the alien plague to its source -- even as the disease claims new victims on "Deep Space Nine" itself. Dr... -
The Rings of Tautee by Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
6 ratingsAn entire solar system begins to disintegrate into cosmic rubble, and Captain Kirk suspects that rumors of a new Klingon superweapon are all too true... -
Equinox by Diane Carey
6 ratingsCaptain Janeway believed she commanded the only Starfleet vessel in the Delta Quadrant--until the U.S.S. Voyager came to the rescue of the U.S.S. Equinox, a battered starship besieged by a ravening horde of extradimensional predators... -
Thousandstar by Piers Anthony
10 ratingsThe CLUSTER series of adventures is set in a future focused on colonization of distant planets, where every living thing has a Kirlian aura that can be measured. Through transfer, a refinement of mattermission technology, the mind and personality of individuals with high aura can be sent to animate a body physically distant... -
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Crucible of Stars by Erica Lindquist, Aron Christensen
8 ratingsA chance for escape becomes a chance for redemption.Maeve Cavainna is running and her wings won’t save her. The infamous bounty hunter, Logan Coldhand, chases close behind her and intends to drag Maeve back to the planet of Axis to collect the high price on her head... -
The Badlands, Book One of Two by Susan Wright
6 ratingsLocated dangerously near the Cardassian border, the unstable region of space known as the Badlands has long been a hazard to interstellar navigation, characterized by violent plasma storms and other even stranger phenomena. Many starships have faced destruction there, including at least two incarnations of the Starship Enterprise...James T... -
Gemworld, Book Two by John Vornholt
6 ratingsSparkling like a three-dimensional snowflake in the depths of space, Gernworld once was one of the Federation's greatest marvels. Six different alien races coexisted peacefully on an artificial world composed entirely of crystal -- until the very substance of Gemworld began to multiply out of control, tearing the world apart... -
The Ghost Machine by James Lovegrove, Джеймс Лавгроув
12 ratingsThe third original novel tying into the critically acclaimed and much-missed Firefly series from creator Joss Whedon.Mal and the crew take receipt of a sealed crate which they are being paid to transport to Badger, no questions asked. Yet once their cargo is safely stowed aboard, River insists Mal should "space" it out of the airlock, for it contains, she insists, ghosts... -
Spirit Walk by Christie Golden
10 ratingsThe eagerly awaited continuation of "HOMECOMING" and "THE FARTHER SHORE!"Captain Chakotay is ready to prove himself as the new commanding officer of the "Starship Voyager" -- but skeptics back at Starfleet Command are watching him closely for any sign that he will revert to his renegade Maquis ways... -
The Final Nexus by Gene DeWeese
8 ratingsUncounted centuries ago, an unknown race from beyond our galaxy built a series of interstellar gates -- shortcuts through the cosmos -- and then disappeared, leaving no clues to their identity nor to the workings of their system. The "EnterpriseTM herself has used the gates twice before, without gaining any insight into the mystery...
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