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Angles of Attack
by Marko Kloos
A military sci-fi novel about a soldier's journey through the ranks as humanity fights for survival against alien invaders.
The alien forces known as the Lankies are gathering on the solar system's edge, consolidating their conquest of Mars and setting their sights on Earth. The far-off colony of New Svalbard, cut off ... (Goodreads)
Fields of Fire
by Marko Kloos
A group of soldiers fight for survival on a hostile planet, facing not only the enemy but also their own demons.
The time has come to take the fight to the Lankies. Mars has been under Lanky control for more than a year. Since then, the depleted forces of Earth's alliances have rebuilt their fleets, staffing ... (Goodreads)
Lines of Departure
by Marko Kloos
A space-age military tale of a soldier fighting for survival and honor.
Vicious interstellar conflict with an indestructible alien species. Bloody civil war over the last habitable zones of the cosmos. Political unrest, militaristic police forces, dire threats to the ... (Goodreads)
Old Man's War
by John Scalzi
Elderly citizens enlist in an interstellar war to save humanity, discovering new strength and purpose.
Old Man's War is about a soldier named John Perry and his exploits in the Colonial Defense Forces (CDF). The first-person narrative follows Perry's military career from CDF recruit to the rank of ... (Wikipedia)
Valiant
by Jack Campbell
A young woman disguises herself as a boy to join a spaceship crew and fight in an interstellar war.
Not sure what to expect after the heavy damage the Syndicate's inflicted on his fleet when they escaped 11 days before, John 'Black Jack' Geary discovers the Lakota system is practically undefended ... (Wikipedia)
The Last Colony
by John Scalzi
A group of colonists are sent to a new planet to establish a colony, but they soon find themselves caught in the middle of a political power struggle.
Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, ... (Goodreads)
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
A soldier's story of the horror of war and its consequences in the far future.
The monumental Hugo and Nebula award winning SF classic— Featuring a new introduction by John Scalzi,The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce ... (Barnes & Noble)
Dreadnaught
by Jack Campbell
A young officer is given command of a powerful warship and must navigate political intrigue and battle against an alien race.
The Alliance woke Captain John "Black Jack" Geary from cryogenic sleep to take command of the fleet in the century-long conflict against the Syndicate Worlds. Now Fleet Admiral Geary's victory has ... (Goodreads)
Leviathan Wakes
by James S.A. Corey
Space adventure of two unlikely allies in a fight to save humanity.
The ice hauling ship Canterbury (nicknamed the Cant by Belters) is en route from Saturn's Rings to Ceres Station when it encounters a distress signal . Five members of the Cant 's crew are dispatched ... (Wikipedia)
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
A collection of interviews recounting tales of the zombie apocalypse.
It has been nearly twenty years since the start of the apocalyptic worldwide pandemic known as the Zombie War, and about ten years since the war has ended in humanity's victory. The framing device ... (Wikipedia)
Relentless
by Jack Campbell
Captain John "Black Jack" Geary awakens from a century-long sleep to lead the Alliance Fleet against the Syndicate Worlds.
The plot of Relentless picks up in Dilawa. John 'Black Jack' Geary, commander of the fleet, after much deliberation, mostly due to struggling with potential losses regardless of his decision, sets ... (Wikipedia)
1632
by Eric Flint
A small West Virginia town is transported to Germany in 1632, and must adapt to a new world.
FREEDOM AND JUSTICE – AMERICAN STYLE 1632 And in northern Germany things couldn't get much worse. Famine. Disease. Religous war laying waste the cities. Only the aristocrats remained relatively ... (Goodreads)
Team Yankee
by Harold Coyle
A fictional account of a hypothetical World War III in Europe, told through the perspective of an American tank company.
The novel is set in West Germany and East Germany in the months of August and September; the year is unspecified. Team Yankee ("Y" in the ICAO and NATO phonetic alphabet ) is an armor-heavy ... (Wikipedia)
Redshirts
by John Scalzi
A group of space explorers uncover an unlikely conspiracy while on a mission to an alien planet.
In the prologue, several senior officers of the Intrepid , flagship of the Universal Union, lament the unusually high number of casualties of low-ranking crew members during recent away missions and ... (Wikipedia)
Oathbringer
by Brandon Sanderson
Epic fantasy tale of a world on the brink of destruction and the heroes trying to save it.
In Oathbringer , the third volume of the New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive, humanity faces a new Desolation with the return of the Voidbringers, a foe with numbers as great as their ... (Goodreads)
The Rose and the Thorn
by Michael J. Sullivan
A coming-of-age story of a young girl who must find the courage to save her kingdom.
TWO THIEVES WANT ANSWERS. RIYRIA IS BORN. For more than a year Royce Melborn has tried to forget Gwen DeLancy, the woman who saved him and his partner Hadrian Blackwater from certain death. Unable to ... (Goodreads)
Black Powder War
by Naomi Novik
A thrilling adventure full of political intrigue and magical dragons.
In Black Powder War , Captain William Laurence and Temeraire - along with the surviving members of their crew - are ordered to make all haste and return from the mission to China via Istanbul , where ... (Wikipedia)
Artificial Condition
by Martha Wells
Murderbot, a rogue security unit, investigates its past and uncovers a conspiracy. Action-packed sci-fi adventure with a relatable protagonist.
A, USA Today, bestseller,The "I love Murderbot!" —Ann Leckie, Artificial Condition, is the follow-up to Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning,, New York Times, bestselling, All ... (Barnes & Noble)
Throne of Jade
by Naomi Novik
A daring sea captain and a magical dragon embark on an epic voyage to save a royal family.
When Britain intercepted a French ship and its precious cargo–an unhatched dragon’s egg–Capt. Will Laurence of HMS Reliant unexpectedly became master and commander of the noble dragon he named ... (Goodreads)
Captain's Fury
by Jim Butcher
A captain of the King's army must battle forces of evil and protect an ancient secret.
Two years have passed after the Night of the Red Stars and the Battle at the Elinarch (in book three of the Codex Alera , Cursor's Fury ). Rufus Scipio/Tavi had been repelling attacks from the Canim ... (Wikipedia)
Caliban's War
by James S.A. Corey
War between rival colonies on a hostile planet, with humanity's survival at stake.
On Ganymede , Mei Meng is kidnapped from her preschool by her doctor. Several hours later, Earth and Martian space marines are attacked and effortlessly killed by a super soldier , with Bobbie ... (Wikipedia)
Academ's Fury
by Jim Butcher
A wizard and his cadre of allies embark on a mission to protect their world from magical destruction.
Approximately two years after the events in, Furies of Calderon, , Tavi is attending the finest school in Alera, The Academy. His patron, the ruler of Alera, has generously paid for his schooling and ... (Wikipedia)
Cursor's Fury
by Jim Butcher
A wizard embarks on a quest to save his world from chaos and destruction.
Gaius Sextus ha salvado la vida y el Imperio ha conseguido aplastar la amenaza antigua e insospechada de los vord, una raza extraña y parasitaria que amenaza con dominar todo el mundo de Carna. Tavi ... (Goodreads)
Night School
by Lee Child
A former military policeman investigates a mysterious school where students have gone missing.
In 1996, U.S. Army Major Jack Reacher is in Virginia to receive a medal for eliminating two militants in the Balkans when he receives orders from his superior officer and trusted friend, Leon Garber, ... (Wikipedia)
Iron Gold
by Pierce Brown
A new generation rises to fight for freedom in a solar system torn apart by war and political turmoil.
NEW YORK TIMES, BESTSELLER • In the epic next chapter of the Red Rising Saga, the #1 bestselling author of, Morning Star, pushes the boundaries of one of the boldest series in fiction. “Mature ... (Barnes & Noble)
Red Country
by Joe Abercrombie
Epic fantasy tale of a family in search of justice in a war-torn land.
A, New York Times, bestseller!,They burned her home.,They stole her brother and sister.,But vengeance is following. Shy South hoped to bury her bloody past and ride away smiling, but she'll have to ... (Barnes & Noble)
A Princess of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
An Earthman is transported to Mars, where he must fight to survive in an alien world.
John Carter , a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War , goes prospecting in Arizona immediately after the war's end. Having struck a rich vein of gold, he runs afoul of the Apaches . While ... (Wikipedia)
Kings of the Wyld
by Nicholas Eames
A reunion of aging warriors on a daring quest to save a beloved daughter.
Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best – the meanest, dirtiest, most feared crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and ... (Goodreads)
Red Storm Rising
by Tom Clancy
An all-out war between NATO and the Soviet Union, as seen through the eyes of the soldiers.
Militants from Azerbaijan destroy an oil production refinery in Nizhnevartovsk , threatening to cripple the Soviet Union's economy due to oil shortages. After much deliberation, the Soviet Politburo ... (Wikipedia)
Gates of Fire
by Steven Pressfield
Epic tale of ancient Spartan warriors on a mission of heroism and sacrifice.
The novel is narrated by Xeones, a perioikos and one of only three Greek survivors of the Battle of Thermopylae . His story is dictated to King Xerxes and transcribed by his court historian , ... (Wikipedia)
