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82) Berserker's star
Author
Series
Berserker series volume 15
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
83) Tiamat's wrath
Author
Series
Expanse volume 8
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"As humanity builds its interstellar empire in the alien ruins, the mysteries and threats grow deeper. In the dead systems where gates lead to stranger things than alien planets, Elvi Okoye begins a desperate search to discover the nature of a genocide that happened before the first human beings existed, and to find weapons to fight a war against forces at the edge of the imaginable. But the price of that knowledge may be higher than she can pay....
84) Hidden empire
Author
Series
Saga of seven suns volume 1
Language
English
Description
Humans have colonized the worlds of the Spiral Arm and the rest of the galaxy seems to be theirs for the taking. The Klikiss Torch is a device capable of transforming gas giants into new suns, however, the Jovian worlds are home to an alien species. The victims of unintentional genocide, the advanced hydogues aren't looking for an apology or reparations when they launch their warships on a single mission to annihilate every last human in the universe....
85) At all costs
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Honor Harrington has been called to command Eighth Fleet against the Republic of Haven, but when she discovers the Star Kingdom is badly outnumbered by the Republic's fleet, the cost of victory will be agonizingly high.
Author
Series
Empire without end volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Princess Altagracia has lost everything. After a bloody civil war, her twin sister has claimed not just the crown of their planet Szayet but the Pearl of its prophecy, a computer that contains the immortal soul of Szayet's god. Stripped of her birthright, Gracia flees the planet-just as Matheus Ceirran, Commander of the interstellar Empire of Ceiao, arrives in deadly pursuit with his volatile lieutenant, Anita. When Gracia and Ceirran's paths collide,...
87) Ion curtain
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
For decades there has been a tense interstellar Cold War between the UN and the Russian military. When scavenger and pirate Solitaire Yeung and his salvage crew discover top secret artificial intelligence in a destroyed Russian battleship, they steal the AI and run. Now the UN is after it. The Russians are after it. And, worst of all, an even more powerful foe in the darkness of space is after it. Will humanity itself be able to survive?
Author
Series
Vatta's war volume 5
Language
English
Description
Kylara Vatta has one final opportunity to muster the forces to destroy forever her enemy's power and to restore her family's name.
89) Redshirts
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
317 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
90) Trinity
Author
Series
Trinity (Dave Bara) volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Rim rebellion was glorious-and doomed from the start. Brilliant Rim Confederation Navy spaceship captain Jared Clement skuttled his career and professional life by joining the rebels against the overwhelming force of the 5 Suns Alliance. The rebel cause was just. That didn't matter. Ten years later, Clement regrets nothing, but would prefer to be left alone to his thoughts and drink. But a new chance to command a ship of incredible potential...
91) Devil's gun
Author
Series
Disco space opera volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Life is hard when you're trying to outrun a vengeful pirate king. When the intergalactic Gate Niko and her crew plan to use is out of commission, they make the most of things and create a pop-up restaurant to serve the dozens of other stranded ships. When archaeologist Jezli Farron shows up claiming to be able to fix the Gate, the path leads to one of the most dangerous places in the known universe. As each crewmember faces their own ghosts, their...
92) Babylon's ashes
Author
Series
Expanse volume 6
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood. The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them. James Holden and his crew know the strengths...
93) Leviathan falls
Author
Series
Expanse volume 9
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again. In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if it means compromising herself and the half-alien children who bear the weight...
94) Deceiver
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The eleventh novel in Cherryh’s Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences…
The civil war among the alien atevi has ended and Tabini-aiji, the ruler of the Western Association, has returned to power. Bren Cameron, Tabini's human paidhi, decides to return to his recovered home on the coast, but when Tabini's son Cajeiri flees his responsibilities...
The civil war among the alien atevi has ended and Tabini-aiji, the ruler of the Western Association, has returned to power. Bren Cameron, Tabini's human paidhi, decides to return to his recovered home on the coast, but when Tabini's son Cajeiri flees his responsibilities...
Author
Series
Saga of shadows volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Blood of the Cosmos: the second book in Kevin J. Anderson's Saga of Shadows trilogy. An epic space opera of the titanic conflict of several galactic civilizations against a life-destroying force of shadows, a dark cosmic force that has swept through the undercurrents of the human interstellar empire. The intertwined plots, overflowing with colorful ideas, a large cast of characters, and complex storylines, span dozens of solar systems, alien races,...
96) Peacemaker
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"At last--Cajeiri has his young guests from the starship, three young folk entranced by weather and trees and creatures with minds of their own. It's all he dreamed of...But now safety is foremost: Cajeiri's grandfather has been assassinated, hostile Assassins Guild invaded Great-uncle's house, and now Bren Cameron, paidhi-aiji, who was sent to keep the aiji's son safe, has more than the young guests on his mind. The aiji-dowager knows who's to blame...
Author
Series
Jason Wander volume 4
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen years after the defeat of the Slugs on Bren, Jason Wander is assigned to command an invasion force to expel the Slugs from a small moon, but his mission is complicated by interplanetary conflicts, political intrigues, and the totalitarian Tressel, who will do anything to defeat the Slugs, regardless of the human cost.
98) You sexy thing
Author
Series
Disco space opera volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Just when they thought they were out. TwiceFar station is at the edge of the known universe, and that's just how Niko Larson, former Admiral in the Grand Military of the Hive Mind, likes it. Retired and finally free of the continual war of conquest, Niko and the remnants of her former unit are content to spend the rest of their days working at the restaurant they built together, The Last Chance. But, some wars can't ever be escaped, and unlike the...
Author
Series
Old Man's War universe volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When humanity is threatened by three adversarial races who would halt the world's expansion into space, Jared Dirac, a super-power clone, tries to discover why the scientist who gave him his DNA has revealed key military secrets.
100) The last Emperox
Author
Series
Interdependency novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency, has accelerated. Entire star systems--and billions of people--are becoming cut off from the rest of human civilization. This collapse was foretold through scientific prediction . . . and yet, even as the evidence is obvious and insurmountable, many still try to rationalize, delay and profit from, these final days of one of the greatest empires humanity...
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