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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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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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Iron Sunrise

Charles Stross · 448 pages

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Master of Deception

Jude Watson, Judy Blundell · 157 pages

Ferus Olin's in full blown double agent mode and that's got him and his friends worried. Friendship and loyalty are certainly tested when it comes down to the question of "who do you serve?" or "How much hurt can one inflict while doing something necessary?"

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The Wolf Worlds

Chris Bunch, Allan Cole · 298 pages

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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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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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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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Star Soldiers

Andre Norton · 457 pages

The galactic civilization that considered Earthmen fit only to be their mercenaries in their constant conflicts - and Earthmen were not allowed to go into space in any other role - which wound up with the Earthmen rebelling against the galactic oppressors. After long centuries the last vestiges of the Galactic Union is falling apart and Earthmen are out to make their own stamp upon the galaxy I

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Second Stage Lensmen

E.E. "Doc" Smith · 262 pages

From back cover of Jove/HBJ paperback October 1977: **interplanetary spy** Kim Kinnison was Number One Man of his time. To him fell the incredible assignment of infiltrating the inner circle of Boskone. Kinnison's deadly job was to become a Boskonian in every gesture, thought, and deed. He had to work himself up through the ranks of an alien enemy organization, into the highest echelons

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Crown of Slaves

David Weber, Eric Flint

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Use of Weapons

Iain M. Banks · 400 pages

The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known as Skaffen

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Shards of Honour

Lois McMaster Bujold · 296 pages

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Dauntless

Jack Campbell · 400 pages

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Mass Effect: Revelation

Drew Karpyshyn · 336 pages

Every advanced society in the galaxy relies on the technology of the Protheans, an ancient species that vanished fifty thousand years ago. After discovering a cache of Prothean technology on Mars in 2148, humanity is spreading to the stars; the newest interstellar species, struggling to carve out its place in the greater galactic community.On the edge of colonized space, ship commander and Allianc

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Sunreach

Brandon Sanderson · 208 pages

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On the Imperium's Secret Service

Christopher G. Nuttall

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New Dawn

Chris Hechtl

It it always darkest before the dawn. For 700 years the scattered survivors of the Xeno-Federation war have known this. Sol and the core systems are gone. The scattered survivors on far flung worlds and space colonies must try to survive a universe gone mad. They have spent that time scratching an existence out of what ever they could. Those trapped aboard surviving space colonies waited until t

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The Star King

Jack Vance · 205 pages

Kirth Gersen carries in his pocket a slip of paper with a list of five names written upon it. These are the names of the five Demon Princes who led the historic Mount Pleasant Massacre, which destroyed not only Kirth's family but his entire world as well. He roams the universe, searching the endless galaxies of space, hunting down the Demon Princes and exacting his revenge. First he must find A

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Nemesis

James Swallow · 464 pages

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Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter

Isaac Asimov, Paul French · 174 pages

The sixth novel in the extra-terrestrial odyssey of David Starr. Sabotage of a revolutionary advance in space travel means every life is at hazard. Only a handful of highly trusted men were supposed to know the secret. But, someone else knew! For David Starr it was probably the most important and dangerous mission he had ever faced. He had to find the mysterious saboteur before the damage became

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Leviathan Falls

James S.A. Corey · 528 pages

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The Last Watch

J.S. Dewes · 480 pages

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Scrapyard Ship

Mark Wayne McGinnis · 272 pages

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