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Master of Deception

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Second Foundation

Isaac Asimov · 225 pages

After years of struggle, the Foundation lay in ruins -- destroyed by the mutant mind power of the Mule. But it was rumored that there was a Second Foundation hidden somewhere at the end of the Galaxy, established to preserve the knowledge of mankind through the long centuries of barbarism. The Mule had failed to find it the first time -- but now he was certain he knew where it lay. The fate of

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Miles, Mystery, and Mayhem

Lois McMaster Bujold · 505 pages

Chronicles the adventures of diplomat, soldier, and spy Lieutenant Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan of the Barrayaran Empire.

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Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn

Isaac Asimov, Paul French · 144 pages

Earth officials were hard on the heels of the mysterious Sirian spy, Agent X, when he blasted off in a stolen spaceship. But before they could catch him, the master spy jettisoned the capsule that held his report into the icy rings of Saturn. In a flash, Lucky Starr and Bigman Jones found themselves in a race with the Sirian war fleet to recover it. When the Sirians couldn't find the capsule, t

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The Splinter in the Sky

Kemi Ashing-Giwa · 384 pages

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Ensign Flandry

Poul Anderson · 217 pages

From back cover Ace paperback November 1982: INTRODUCING... DOMINIC FLANDRY Before he's through he'll have saved worlds and become the confidante of emperors. But for now he's seventeen years old, as fresh and brash a sprig of the nobility as you would care to know. The only thing as damp as the place behind his ears is the ink on his brand new commission. Though through this and his su

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Deliverance Lost

Gav Thorpe

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The Agent Gambit

Sharon Lee, Steve Miller · 655 pages

"Agent of Change: Once a brilliant First-in-Scout, Val Con yos'Phelium was "recruited" by the shadowy Liaden Department of Interior and brainwashed into an Agent of Change--a ruthless covert operative who kills without remorse. Val Con has been playing a deep game, far from the orderly life of clan and kin. Fleeing his latest mission, he saves the life of ex-mercenary Miri Robertson, a Terran on t

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Jedi Twilight

Michael Reaves · 359 pages

'With the dark ascension of the Empire, and the Jedi Knights virtually wiped out, one Jedi who escaped the massacre is slated for a date with destiny—and a confrontation with Darth Vader.' Jax Pavan is one of the few Jedi Knights who miraculously survived the slaughter that followed Palpatine's ruthless Order 66. Now, deep in Coruscant's Blackpit Slums, Jax ekes out a living as a private invest

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The Colors of Space

Marion Zimmer Bradley · 130 pages

Synopsis - When Bart Steele goes to the Earth spaceport to meet his father for the first time in five years, he doesn’t realise that his life will never be the same again. Half- Mentorian by birth, he is able to understand and co-exist with the Lhari, the non-human species which has a strangle hold on space travel. Bart overhears the Lhari at the spaceport discussing the need to intercept an inco

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Heir to the Empire

Timothy Zahn · 402 pages

It's five years after Return of the Jedi: the Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven out the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting Jedi Twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights. But thousand of light-years a

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The Blighted Stars

Megan E. O'Keefe · 491 pages

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The Price of the Stars

Debra Doyle, James D. Macdonald · 440 pages

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Death on Naboo

Jude Watson · 147 pages

Who Are the Last of the Jedi? Ex-Jedi Ferus Olin has been imprisoned by the Empire. His crime? Trying to save the Jedi Order. The sinister Empire won't be able to hold Ferus for long—not when he has a friend on the inside. But escaping is only part of the problem. Ferus's quest is going to take him to the planet of Naboo, where a secret vital to the survival of the Jedi and the entire galaxy

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Annihilation

Drew Karpyshyn · 316 pages

Joined by hot-headed smuggler Teff'ith, with whom Theron Shan has an inexplicable bond, and wise Jedi warrior Gnost-Dural, Darth Karrid's former master, Theron Shan must match wits and weapons with a battle-tested crew of the most cold-blooded dark side disciples. But time is brutally short.

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Golden Son

Pierce Brown · 464 pages

"With shades of The Hunger Games, Ender's Game, and Game of Thrones, debut author Pierce Brown's genre-defying epic Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom from the overlords of a brutal elitist future built on lies. Now fully embedded amo

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The Wolf Worlds

Chris Bunch, Allan Cole · 298 pages

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Will Save the Galaxy for Food

Yahtzee Croshaw · 286 pages

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Admiral

Sean Danker · 309 pages

""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

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Section 31: Abyss

David Weddle, Jeffrey Lang · 292 pages

From the back cover: They are the self-appointed protectors of the Federation. Amoral, shrouded in secrecy, answerable to no one, Section 31 is the mysterious covert operations division of Starfleet, a rogue shadow group committed to safeguarding the Federation at any cost. Mere days after the startling events of Avatar, Dr. Julian Bashir faces his darkest nightmare when Section 31 compels h

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Juggler of Worlds

Larry Niven, Edward M. Lerner · 352 pages

Two hundred years before the discovery of the Ringworld, covert agent Sigmund Ausfaller represents Earth's secret weapon, humanity's best defense against all conspiracies--real and imagined. Who better than a brilliant paranoid to expose the devious plots of others? Yet he may finally have met his match in Nessus, representative of the secretive Puppeteers, the elder race who wield vastly superior

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Star Wars, Volume 1: In the Shadow of Yavin

Brian Wood · 147 pages

"Princess Leia forms a stealth squadron of her best pilots--including Luke Skywalker--to expose a spy and find the Rebel Alliance a safe home"--

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Gray Lensman

E.E. "Doc" Smith · 279 pages

From the back cover of Jove/HBJ paperback October 1978: **space duel to the death** Somewhere among the galaxies was the stronghold of Boskone -- a network of brilliant interplanetary criminals whose mania for conquest threatened the future of all known civilization. But where? Boskonian bases dotted the universe -- shielded by gigantic thought-screens that defined penetration. The best minds

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The Fight to Survive

Terry Bisson · 157 pages

Boba Fett is not like other boys. His father, Jango Fett, is a bounty hunter. His planet, Kamino, is home to an army of clones. He has no friends, no school. The one thing he does have is a future as a bounty hunter. This future comes quickly. Suddenly Boba Fett is all alone in a dangerous galaxy. He must struggle for safety — and vengeance — using his strength, his intelligence, and his father

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