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• The Accidental War

  Williams, Walter Jon,

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  Blending fast-paced military science fiction and space opera, the first volume in a dynamic trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Praxis, set in the universe of his popular and critically acclaimed Dread Empire's Fall series--a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Aurora Rising

  Kaufman, Amie,

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  Told in separate voices, eighteen-year-old Tyler Jones, top graduate of Aurora Academy, and a group of misfits and troublemakers embark on their first mission with Auri, a stowaway from the distant past.

• Barbary Station

  Stearns, R. E., 1983-

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  Two engineers hijack a spaceship to join some space pirates--only to discover the pirates are hiding from a malevolent AI. Now they have to outwit the AI if they want to join the pirate crew--and survive long enough to enjoy it.

• The Children of Kings

  Bradley, Marion Zimmer

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  After an interstellar civil war, heir to the throne Prince Gareth Elhalyn takes on a secret mission to stop the seedy population of Darkover from arming the Dry Towners with forbidden weapons.

• Dune

  Herbert, Frank,

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  Future space fantasy concerning a time when the human race has reached a point of intellectual stagnation and receives the help of a space-age Messiah and prophet.

• Empire of Silence

  Ruocchio, Christopher,

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  It was not his war. On the wrong planet, at the right time, for the best reasons, Hadrian Marlowe started down a path that could only end in fire. The galaxy remembers him as a hero: the man who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky. They…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fifth Season

  Jemisin, N. K.,

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  Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, masquerading as an ordinary schoolteacher in a quiet small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Mighty Sanze, the empire whose…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gideon the Ninth

  Muir, Tamsyn,

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  Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Knights of Sidonia.

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  Nihei, Tsutomu, 1971-

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  Nagate Tanikaze was a homeless teen living in the depths of a space colony with a passion for simulation games and stealing rice. Now he is the lead fighter pilot, protecting said space colony from a race of shape-shifting space giants!

• The Last Watch

  Dewes, J. S.,

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  The edge of the universe is collapsing and taking everything with it. Can the exiles of the military stop it?

• Loki's Ring

  Leicht, Stina,

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  When Ri, the AI she trained from inception, is trapped in the depths of Loki's Ring, an artificial alien-made solar system where everyone has been infected and killed by a mysterious contagion, Captain Gita Chithra must save Ri and her crew from the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

  Chambers, Becky,

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  Rosemary Harper doesn't expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers a bed, a chance to explore the galaxy, and some distance from her past.

• The Mercy of Gods

  Corey, James S. A.,

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  Dafyd Alkhor is a simple man swept up in events that are beyond his control and more vast than his imagination. He will become the champion of humanity and its betrayer, the most hated man in history and the guardian of his people. This is where his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ninefox Gambit

  Lee, Yoon Ha,

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  Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics. Kel Command gives her the opportunity to redeem herself by retaking the Fortress of Scattered Needles, a star fortress that has recently…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nyxia

  Reintgen, Scott,

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  The number of zeroes on the Babel Corporation's contract has Emmett Atwater boarding their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough money to take care of his family-- forever. But it turns out he's one of ten recruits, all of whom have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Off Armageddon Reef

  Weber, David, 1952-

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  Earth has been destroyed by an alien invasion, and survivors are clinging to a precarious and primitive existence on a planet they have named Safehold. But they are divided into two major factions: a theocratic church opposed to all technological…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Pale Light in the Black

  Wagers, K. B.,

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  For the past year, their close loss in the annual Boarding Games has haunted the NeoG Interceptor Team Zuma's Ghost. With this year's competition looming, they're looking forward to some payback--until an unexpected personnel change leaves them…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Red Rising

  Brown, Pierce, 1988-

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  Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Revenger

  Reynolds, Alastair, 1966-

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  The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien civilizations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still thrives. And there are vast fortunes to be made, if you know where to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Salvation

  Hamilton, Peter F.,

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  Bursting with tension and big ideas, this standalone series highlights the inventiveness of an author at the top of his game, as the interweaving story lines tell us not only how humanity arrived at this moment, but also the far-future consequences…Read moreRead more of this annotation