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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorHalo: Contact Harvest
Joseph Staten · 400 pages
Based on the universe and characters from the multimillion selling Xbox video games Halo and Halo 2, Halo: Contact Harvest continues the story of humanity's next great battle in their ongoing wars against the seemingly infinite alien factions who consider the human race heathens. This is how it began... It is the year 2524. Harvest is a peaceful, prosperous farming colony on the very edge of human
The Armageddon Inheritance
David Weber · 344 pages
This is the second book of the DAHAK series. This sequel has Earth facing the Achultanni, Colin and a picked crew of earth soldiery are now out to find out why the old empire has not responded to the alert message from the outer sensor bouys. While they are searching for answers the earth is left in the hand of Horus and a very select group of generals. These men are responsible for overseeing the
Hell's Faire
John Ringo · 410 pages
With the defences of the Southern Appalachians sundered, the only thing standing between the ravening Posleen hordes and the soft interior of the Cumberland Plateau are the veterans of the 555th Mobile Infantry. Dropped into Rabun Pass, the only question is which will run out first: power, bullets or bodies.
The Exiled Fleet
J.S. Dewes · 432 pages
Conquest
B.V. Larson · 338 pages
Orphan's Journey
Robert Buettner · 416 pages
Halo: First Strike
Eric S. Nylund · 340 pages
Featuring author Eric Nylund at the helm, this tale bridges the events that take place in the game Halo: Combat Evolved (as novelized in The Flood) and its blockbuster follow-up, Halo 2. After destroying the first Halo, Master Chief and Cortana attempt to voyage back home among a myriad of deadly Covenant attacks. With a battle weary squad, that includes the last of the Spartan-II survivors and
Halo: The Flood
William C. Dietz · 341 pages
Fleeing the destruction of the planet Reach, the Master Chief and a few human survivors crash-land on Halo, where they race to unravel its secrets in order to gain control of a great source of power before the alien occupiers do.
Earth Afire
Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston · 399 pages
Traces the events of the First Formic War a century before the events of Ender's Game, following the unsuccessful attempt of Victor Delgado to warn skeptical Earth governments of an imminent alien invasion and the efforts of Mazer Rackham and the Mobile Operations Police to meet unprecedented threats.
Terms of Enlistment
Marko Kloos · 334 pages
The year is 2108, and the North American Commonwealth is bursting at the seams. For welfare rats like Andrew Grayson, there are only two ways out of the crime-ridden and filthy welfare tenements: You can hope to win the lottery and draw a ticket on a colony ship settling off-world, or you can join the service. Andrew chooses to enlist in the armed forces. But as he starts a career of supposed priv
Shadow of the Scorpion
Neal Asher · 272 pages
Ark Royal
Christopher G. Nuttall · 380 pages
Call to Arms
Joshua Dalzelle · 334 pages
Constitution
Nick Webb · 335 pages
Supercarrier
Scott Bartlett · 454 pages
Ender's Shadow
Orson Scott Card · 384 pages
This is Bean's installment of Orson Scott Card's Ender's saga. It is a great character building book for those who have read Ender's Game and want to know more about Bean and his background. Here is the description from the back of the book: > Welcome to Battleschool. > > Growing up is never easy. But try living on the mean streets as a child begging for food and fighting like a dog with
Earth Defiant
Richard Fox · 482 pages
All You Need Is Kill
Ryosuke Takeuchi · 550 pages
In Death Ground
David Weber, Steve White · 640 pages
Review -- "In difficult ground, press on; -- In encircled ground, devise stratagems; -- In death ground, fight". -- Sun Tzu in The Art of War (circa 400 B.C.)
Old Man's War
John Scalzi · 319 pages
John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about a future Earth engaged in an interstellar war against more advanced species. Citizens volunteer for the Colonial Defense Forces after retirement, in exchange for which they have their consciousness transferred into a young body, cloned from their DNA but enhanced. If, against the odds, they survive two years o
Halo: The Cole Protocol
Tobias S. Buckell · 368 pages
In the first, desperate days of the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC has enacted the Cole Protocol to safeguard Earth and its Inner Colonies from discovery by a merciless alien foe. When the Prophets send their best---an ambitious and ruthless Elite--to destroy the the Outer Colonies and acquire the location of Earth, a three-man renegade squad led by Navy Lieutenant Jacob Keyes fights to hold togethe
All You Need Is Kill
Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Ying Ban Yang · 256 pages
Fear the Sky
Stephen Moss · 394 pages
Jedi Trial
David Sherman, Dan Cragg · 368 pages
With these ominous words, Pors Tonith, ruthless minion of Count Dooku, declares the fate of the Republic sealed. Commanding a Separatist invasion force more than one million strong, the cunning financier-turned-warrior lays siege to the planet Praesitlyn, home of the strategic intergalactic communications center that is key to the Republic's survival in the Clone Wars. Left unchallenged, this deci