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Centuries ago, the human race fought its first great war against an alien race and lost. A tiny population of human beings fled to distant Safehold. Centuries later, their descendants have forgotten their history; for them, life has been an eternal Middle Ages, ruled by the Church of God Awaiting, whose secret purpose is to prevent the re-emergence of industrial civilization. But not all of Safehold's founders were on board with this plan. Those dissidents...

"When the leaders and soldiers of the tiny island of Charis rise up behind cybernetic avatar Merlin to defend their home, a powerful Church of God Awaiting, pushed to the brink of defeat, draws on its formidable resources and forbidden technologies in an ultimate battle between freedom and oppression." -- From Novelist.

"I was on a dead ship on an unknown planet with three trainees freshly graduated into the Imperial Service. I tried to look on the bright side." He is the last to wake. The label on his sleeper pad identifies him as an admiral of the Evagardian Empire--a surprise as much to him as to the three recent recruits now under his command. He wears no uniform, and he is ignorant of military protocol, but the ship's records confirm he is their superior officer....

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.

Set between Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope. Follows Darth Vader, the Emperor's ruthless enforcer, as he embarks on a quest to rid the galaxy of the Jedi and confronts life-altering decisions that could change his destiny.

In the distant future humans are one of only three known intelligent species. One of the others, the Klikiss, has inexplicably vanished. But they left behind extraordinary technology that allows humankind to form new suns from gaseous planets. The first experiment is a success, but it quickly becomes clear that humans have awakened a wrathful, previously unknown species.

A survivor of the top-secret Order 66 massacre that identified all Jedi as traitors to the Galactic Republic, Cal Kestis leads the crew of the Mantis on an adventure that takes place after the critically-acclaimed Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. aA survivor of the top-secret Order 66 massacre that identified all Jedi as traitors to the Galactic Republic, Cal Kestis leads the crew of the Mantis on an adventure that takes place after the critically-acclaimed...

Dispatched to a distant world to aid a local dictator facing a revolution, Republic undercover agent Hallena finds herself surrounded by angry freedom fighters and questioning the Republic's methods--and motives. Meanwhile Captain Gilad Pellaeon--sworn to protect the Republic over all--is torn between duty and desire and Ahsoka encounters a new and different Jedi philosophy, which shakes the foundation of her upbringing to the core.