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Steel World

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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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Falkenberg's Legion

Jerry Pournelle · 432 pages

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Broken Angels

Richard K. Morgan · 400 pages

Welcome back to the brash, brutal new world of the twenty-fifth century: where global politics isn't just for planet Earth anymore; and where death is just a break in the action, thanks to the techno-miracle that can preserve human consciousness and download it into one new body after another. Cynical, quick-on-the-trigger Takeshi Kovacs, the ex-U.N. envoy turned private eye, has changed careers,

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The Prince

Jerry Pournelle, S.M. Stirling · 1,151 pages

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At Any Price

David Drake

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The Price of Glory

William H. Keith Jr. · 377 pages

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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

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Vorkosigan's Game

Lois McMaster Bujold · 492 pages

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Better to Beg Forgiveness

Michael Z. Williamson · 432 pages

When word comes that President Bishwanath, the local honest leader of Celadon, is dead, every corrupt politician and ruthless megacorp in the universe sets out to seize control of the planet, unaware that Bishwanath is not dead.

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Rogue Squadron

Michael A. Stackpole · 400 pages

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Constitution

Nick Webb · 335 pages

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Dreadnaught

Jack Campbell · 356 pages

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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

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Aspho Fields

Karen Traviss · 385 pages

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Ark Royal

Christopher G. Nuttall · 380 pages

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March Upcountry

David Weber, John Ringo · 608 pages

When his spaceship crashes en route to a boring ceremonial appearance, Roger MacClintock, a spoiled young prince, and his guardian Royal Marines must take a perilous trek across a planet filled with dangerous plants and hostile peoples.

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War Dogs

Greg Bear · 304 pages

"They came in peace, bearing gifts. The Gurus were a highly advanced species who brought amazingly useful and sophisticated technology to the human race. There was, of course, a catch. They warned of a far more malevolent life form, beings who have hounded the Gurus across the cosmos. The media have taken to calling them the Antagonists -- or Antags -- and they have already established a beachhead

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A Hymn Before Battle

John Ringo · 467 pages

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Earth Strike

Ian Douglas

The first book in the epic saga of humankind's war of transcendenceThere is a milestone in the evolution of every sentient race, a Tech Singularity Event, when the species achieves transcendence through its technological advances. Now the creatures known as humans are near this momentous turning point.But an armed threat is approaching from deepest space, determined to prevent humankind from cross

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Empire

Michael R. Hicks · 310 pages

EMPIRE is the coming-of-age story of Reza Gard, a young boy of the Human Confederation who is swept up in the century-long war with the alien Kreelan Empire. Nightmarish female warriors with blue skin, fangs, and razor sharp talons, the Kreelans have technology that is millennia beyond that of the Confederation, yet they seek out close combat with sword and claw, fighting and dying to honor their

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Poor Man's Fight

Elliott Kay · 434 pages

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Horus Rising

Dan Abnett · 416 pages

A Horus Heresy Novel - Book 1 After thousands of years of expansion and conquest, the human Imperium is at its height. His dream for humanity accomplished, the Emperor hands over the reins of power to his Warmaster, Horus, and heads back to Terra. It is the 31st millennium. Under the benevolent leadership of the Immortal Emperor, the Imperium of Man has stretched out across the galaxy. It is

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