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Starsight

Brandon Sanderson · 481 pages

The #1 New York Times bestseller! From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, the Mistborn trilogy, and the Stormlight Archive comes the second book in an epic series about a girl with a secret in a dangerous world at war for humanity's future. All her life, Spensa's dreamed of becoming a pilot and proving herself a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the t

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The Star King

Susan Grant

Careening out of control in her fighter jet was only the start of the wildest ride of Jasmine's life; it was nothing like her loss of equilibrium when she landed. There, in a half dream Jas saw him, a man more powerfully compelling than any she'd ever encountered.

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Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue

Hugh Howey · 296 pages

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Genesis

Jack McKinney

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Rogue Squadron

Michael A. Stackpole · 400 pages

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Shattered Empire

Greg Rucka · 130 pages

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Black Squadron

Charles Soule · 212 pages

Poe Dameron, former Republic flyer turned Resistance fighter, is the best pilot in the galaxy. Hand-picked for the resistance by General Leia Organa to lead a squadron on a top secret and vital mission ... Poe sets off investigating sites of historical importance to the Force. COLLECTING: POE DAMERON 1-6.

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Sun of Suns

Karl Schroeder · 320 pages

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Hellburner

C.J. Cherryh · 359 pages

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Mercy Kill

Aaron Allston · 432 pages

Three decades have passed since Wraith Squadron carried out its last mission. Taking on the most dangerous and daring operations, the rogues and misfits of the elite X-Wing unit became legends of the Rebellion and the Second Galactic Civil War, before breaking up and going their separate ways. Now their singular skills are back in vital demand—for a tailor-made Wraith Squadron mission. A powerf

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The Cold Between

Elizabeth Bonesteel · 518 pages

"Deep in the stars, a young officer and her lover are plunged into a murder mystery and a deadly conspiracy in this first entry in a stellar military science-fiction series in the tradition of Lois McMaster Bujold. When her crew mate, Danny, is murdered on the colony of Volhynia, Central Corps chief engineer, Commander Elena Shaw, is shocked to learn the main suspect is her lover, Treiko Zajec. Sh

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Leviathan

Scott Westerfeld · 444 pages

**Choose Your Weapon: Beastie or Clanker** Alek is a prince without a throne. On the run from his own people, he has only a fighting machine and a small band of men. Deryn is a girl disguised as a guy in the British Air Service. She must fight for her cause--and protect her secret--at all costs. Alek and Deryn are thrown together aboard the mighty airship *Levithan*. Though fighting side

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A Soldier's Duty

Jean Johnson · 422 pages

"Ia is a precog, blessed--or cursed--with visions of the future. She has witnessed the devastation of her home galaxy three hundred years in the future, long after she is gone, but believes she can prevent it. Enlisting in the modern military of the Terran United Planets, Ia plans to rise through the ranks, meeting and influencing important people and building a reputation that will inspire others

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Target

Mike Shepherd · 326 pages

Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Victoria Maria Teresa Inez Smythe-Peterwald, daughter of wealth and power, was raised to do little except be attractive and marry well. Then everything changed--her brother, her father's favorite and the heir apparent, was killed in battle by Lieutenant Kris Longknife, daughter of the Peterwalds' longtime enemies. Vicky vowed revenge, but her skill set was m

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Captain Marvel, Volume 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More

Kelly Sue DeConnick · 136 pages

"Captain Marvel, Earth's Mightiest Hero with an attitude to match, is launching headfirst into an all-new adventure! As Carol Danvers comes to a crossroads with a new life and new romance, she makes a dramatic decision that will alter the course of her life-- and the entire Marvel Universe. But as Carol takes on a mission to return an alien girl to her homeworld, she lands in the middle of an upri

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A Thousand Words for Stranger

Julie E. Czerneda · 367 pages

The tenth anniversary edition of Julie Czerneda's debut science fiction novel, the story of a woman on the run, from the law, her own people, and an unknown pursuer. Her memory taken from her by a stasis block, Sira must stay free long enough to regain her identity and the full use of her telepathic powers-for failure may cost not only her own future but that of her entire race.

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Fire with Fire

Charles E. Gannon · 570 pages

Cyrocelled for twelve years, Caine Riordan wakes up to a different world and embarks on a mission to investigate whether primitive beings in Delta Pavonis were once sentient life forms, but someone does not want his mission to succeed.

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Jaran

Kate Elliott · 495 pages

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A Galaxy Unknown

Thomas DePrima · 413 pages

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Zoe's Tale

John Scalzi · 320 pages

Zoë Boutin-Perry travels to the fledgling colony world of Roanoke with her adoptive parents, John Perry and Jane Sagan, who have accepted positions as administrators. When her biological father develops the technology to give the Obin consciousness and self-awareness, she suddenly becomes the center of a critical but endangered treaty between the Obin and the Colonial Union.

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Crystal Soldier

Sharon Lee, Steve Miller · 352 pages

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The Oncoming Storm

Christopher G. Nuttall

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Shards of Honour

Lois McMaster Bujold · 296 pages

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The Last Watch

J.S. Dewes · 480 pages

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