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Vatta's war volume 3
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English
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“Marvelously compelling . . . consummate military-adventure science fiction.”—SciFi
In the aftermath of the cold-blooded assassinations that killed her parents and shattered the Vatta interstellar shipping empire, Kylara Vatta sets out to avenge the killings and salvage the family business. Ky soon discovers a conspiracy of terrifying scope, breathtaking audacity, and utter ruthlessness. The only hope against such powerful...
In the aftermath of the cold-blooded assassinations that killed her parents and shattered the Vatta interstellar shipping empire, Kylara Vatta sets out to avenge the killings and salvage the family business. Ky soon discovers a conspiracy of terrifying scope, breathtaking audacity, and utter ruthlessness. The only hope against such powerful...
2) Redshirts
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Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Enjoying his assignment with the xenobiology lab on board the prestigious Intrepid, ensign Andrew Dahl worries about casualties suffered by low-ranking officers during away missions before making a shocking discovery about the starship's actual purpose.
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Vatta's war volume 5
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English
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Kylara Vatta has one final opportunity to muster the forces to destroy forever her enemy's power and to restore her family's name.
4) Cibola burn
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Expanse volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"The gates have opened the way to thousands of habitable planets, and the land rush has begun. Settlers stream out from humanity's home planets in a vast, poorly controlled flood, landing on a new world. Among them, the Rocinante, haunted by the vast, posthuman network of the protomolecule as they investigate what destroyed the great intergalactic society that built the gates and the protomolecule. But Holden and his crew must also contend with the...
5) Metal swarm
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Saga of seven suns volume 6
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Orbit
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English
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In the aftermath of a devastating war, swarms of ancient black robots built by the lost insectoid Klikiss race continue their depredations on helpless worlds with stolen and heavily armed Earth battleships.
Among the humans, the Hansa's brutal Chairman struggles to crush any resistance even as King Peter breaks away to form his own new Confederation among the colonies who have declared their independence.
And meanwhile, the original, voracious...
Among the humans, the Hansa's brutal Chairman struggles to crush any resistance even as King Peter breaks away to form his own new Confederation among the colonies who have declared their independence.
And meanwhile, the original, voracious...
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Saga of seven suns volume 3
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English
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Faced with a war between the Hydrogues and Faeros, Chairman Wenceslas and King Peter endeavor to unify the human race while struggling against the disparate clans that would conquer the old order by forging dangerous alliances
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Vatta's war volume 4
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English
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With most of her family dead, slaughtered in brutal attacks aimed at destroying the Vatta interstellar shipping empire, Kylara Vatta struggles to rebuild her family business and recruit allies to strike back against a fleet of pirates.
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Old Man's War universe volume 2
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English
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In this sequel to "Old Man's War," the Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created from the DNA of the dead and turned into the perfect soldiers for the CDF's toughest operations.
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Saga of seven suns volume 5
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English
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"In the fifth book of The Saga of Seven Suns, a climactic battle begins between the Ildiran Solar Navy, the Earth Defense Forces, the Roamers, green priests, Klikiss robots, and hydrogue warglobes--a fury that will destroy many and change the landscape of the Spiral Arm forever"--Provided by publisher.
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Saga of seven suns volume 2
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English
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Early in the 25th century, humans ignited a fierce war with the hydrogues. Now the gas-giant planets, once a major source of fuel for Earth, are off limits, and the fearsome hydrogues scour the solar system, incinerating humans and the trees of the worldforest. As political unrest spreads throughout Earth's space colonies, a possible ally is discovered: an ancient race of water-based creatures.
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Saga of seven suns volume 7
Publisher
Orbit
Language
English
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The conclusion to the Saga of Seven Suns series features a final stand in an epic clash against galactic civilizations that pits the factions of humanity against one another.
12) Scattered suns
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Saga of seven suns volume 4
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English
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The war between the hydrogues and the faeros rages with the humans and Ildirans caught in the crossfire. The many factions of humanity are bitterly divided as Chairman Wenceslas's vendetta against all independent colonies blinds him to outside dangers--the deadliest being the Klikiss robots that have infiltrated the entire human military and launched their long-planned extermination of all things flesh and blood. Meanwhile, Jora'h, the Ildiran Mage...
14) One good soldier
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Series
One day on Mars volume 3
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
15) Citadel
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Series
Troy rising volume 2
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Earth has managed to recapture the Sol system from their Horvath conquerors and begin entering the galactic millieu. But when the Rangora Empire rapidly crushes humanity's only ally it becomes clear the war is just beginning, and Troy (a two trillion ton nickel-iron battlestation) is humanity's best hope of survival.
17) Crossfire
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Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
c2003
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
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English
18) Out of the dark
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Series
Shongairi series volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A master sergeant prowling the back country of the Balkans and a firearms instructor and former Marine find themselves at the center of a growing network of resistance against an invading force of alien, carnivorous Shongari intent on annihilating the human race.
19) Awakening
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Series
Hellhole trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
A confrontation between General Adolphus and the fleets of Diadem Michella Duchenet is compromised by a shadow-Xayan mental blast, an imminent asteroid collision in the outer Candela system, and a fanatical band of rogue telemancers.
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Series
Frontlines (Marko Kloos) volume 2
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
Humanity is on the ropes, and after years of fighting a two-front war with losing odds, so is North American Defense Corps officer Andrew Grayson. He dreams of dropping out of the service one day, alongside his pilot girlfriend, but as warfare consumes entire planets and conditions on Earth deteriorate, he wonders if there will be anywhere left for them to go.
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