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This fits sci-fi readers who want big ideas, layered worldbuilding, alien politics, and the kind of space opera that refuses to think small.
The Uplift Storm Trilogy
Sci-Fi · First Contact · Hard Sci-Fi
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A hidden refuge planet. A fugitive Earthship crewed by humans and dolphins. Multiple alien races one disaster away from total collapse. The Uplift Storm Trilogy throws together exile, pursuit, prophecy, and interstellar conflict on a scale that feels gloriously old-school and wildly ambitious. Across Brightness Reef, Infinity’s Shore, and Heaven’s Reach, David Brin builds a sprawling saga about survival, uneasy alliances, and secrets big enough to put the whole universe in play. This fits sci-fi readers who want big ideas, layered worldbuilding, alien politics, and the kind of space opera that refuses to think small.
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The Hugo and Nebula award-winning author's complete second Uplift Saga trilogy, featuring a refugee planet, a fugitive Earth ship, and her dolphin/human crew.
New York Times–Bestselling Author
Brightness Reef: Six outcast races hunker down on the off-limits planet Jijo when a mysterious starship lands. However, it doesn't bring the "law" they feared, but something worse—a dark secret the invaders will do anything to keep . . .
Infinity's Shore: Earthship Streaker, with its dolphin and human crew, has been on the run for three years after discovering a derelict armada whose mere existence seems to drive the Five Galaxies mad. With Earth under siege and nowhere to turn, Streaker has come to far-off, isolated Jijo in search of sanctuary amid its population of secret refugees. Unfortunately, they've been followed . . .
Heaven's Reach: With the arrival of deadly enemies, the peaceful isolation of Jijo's six exile races has ended. While the races join forces to fight invaders, the Earthship Streaker must lure other foes into weird layers of the unknown. Meanwhile, a dire prophecy may put the entire universe at risk . . .
Praise for the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning Uplift Saga
"An extraordinary achievement." —SFWA Grand Master Poul Anderson on Startide Rising
"An exhilarating read that encompasses everything from breathless action to finely drawn moments of quiet intimacy." —Locus on The Uplift War
"A timely, science fictional contemplation of the refugee experience."—Santa Fe Reporter on Brightness Reef
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What starts as a routine excavation turns into a fight for survival when anthropologist Claire Knowland uncovers evidence that could rewrite everything we think we know about human…
Deep Past
Sci-Fi · Thriller · Hard Sci-Fi
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What starts as a routine excavation turns into a fight for survival when anthropologist Claire Knowland uncovers evidence that could rewrite everything we think we know about human history. In Deep Past, speculative science and international intrigue collide as Claire and an unlikely ally race to protect a discovery powerful enough to change our understanding of consciousness and dangerous enough to get them killed. This is the kind of thriller that makes big ideas feel genuinely terrifying.
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“A fascinating thriller… Linden does a masterly job of integrating intriguing speculative science into a page-turning plot.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
The deeper she digs, the more people want her buried.
Anthropologist Claire Knowland is about to stumble upon a discovery that will rewrite human history. What begins as a routine excavation erupts into a high-stakes game of survival when her team unearths evidence of an ancient intelligence that defies everything we believed about evolution.
But some truths are too dangerous to uncover. As corrupt officials and ruthless oligarchs close in, Claire finds an unlikely ally in geologist Sergei Anachev, who harbors a secret of his own. Together, they race against time to protect a discovery that could revolutionize our understanding of human consciousness—or get them both killed.
From the celebrated author of groundbreaking works in science comes a pulse-pounding thriller that blends cutting-edge science with international intrigue. Deep Past takes readers on a journey where ambition collides with the powers that be, and the biggest scientific discovery of our time might be lost to the depths of history... again.
Perfect for fans of Michael Crichton and James Rollins, this hard sci-fi thriller explores the tantalizing possibility that human intelligence might not be as unique as we thought—and the lengths some will go to keep that secret buried.
"An immersive tale that is both intellectually enlivening and genuinely entertaining." —Kirkus Reviews
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Time Salvager fits sci-fi readers who want time travel under pressure, ruined Earth survival, outlaw tension, and a fast-paced story where one impossible choice puts all of humanity’s…
Time Salvager
Sci-Fi · Space Opera · Time Travel
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A condemned criminal makes his living stealing from the past until one forbidden rescue turns a routine mission into a future-shattering mistake. Time Salvager fits sci-fi readers who want time travel under pressure, ruined Earth survival, outlaw tension, and a fast-paced story where one impossible choice puts all of humanity’s rules at risk.
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Time Salvager: a fast-paced time travel adventure from Wesley Chu, the award-winning author of The Lives of Tao.
Convicted criminal
James Griffin-Mars is no one's hero. In his time, Earth is a toxic, abandoned world and humans have fled into the outer solar system to survive, eking out a fragile, doomed existence among the other planets and their moons. Those responsible for delaying humanity's demise believe time travel holds the key, and they have identified James, troubled though he is, as one of a select and expendable few ideally suited for the most dangerous job in history.
James is a chronman, undertaking missions into Earth's past to recover resources and treasure without altering the timeline. The laws governing use of time travel are absolute; break any one of them and, one way or another, your life is over. Most chronmen never reach old age; the stress of each jump through time, compounded by the risk to themselves and to the future, means that many chronmen rapidly reach their breaking point, and James Griffin-Mars is nearing his.
On a final mission that is to secure his retirement, James meets Elise Kim, an intriguing scientist from a previous century, who is fated to die during the destruction of an oceanic rig. Against his training and his common sense, and in violation of the chronmen's highest law, James brings Elise back to the future with him, saving her life, but turning them both into fugitives. Remaining free means losing themselves in the wild and poisonous wastes of Earth, somehow finding allies, and perhaps discovering what hope may yet remain for humanity's home world.
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It fits readers who want classic sci-fi with big ideas, far-future mystery, and a sense of awe that still hits.
The City and the Stars
Sci-Fi · Genetic Engineering · Space Colonization
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A billion years in the future, humanity has traded wonder for safety, and one dangerously curious boy is about to ruin that arrangement. In The City and the Stars, Alvin begins asking questions no one in Diaspar wants answered, setting off a search for the truth about his city, his species, and what became of the stars they once conquered. It fits readers who want classic sci-fi with big ideas, far-future mystery, and a sense of awe that still hits.
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This grand space adventure explores the fate of humanity a billion years in the future— A visionary classic by one of science fiction's greatest minds.
Far in the future, Earth's oceans have evaporated and humanity has all but vanished. The inhabitants of Diaspar believe their domed city is all that remains of an empire that had once conquered the stars. Inside the dome, the citizens live in technological splendor, free from the distractions of aging and disease. Everything is controlled precisely, just as the city's designers had intended.
But a boy named Alvin, unlike his fellow humans, shows an insatiable—and dangerous—curiosity about the world outside the dome. His questions will send him on a quest to discover the truth about the city and humanity's history—as well as its future.
A masterful and awe-inspiring work of imagination, The City and the Stars is considered one of Arthur C. Clarke's finest novels.
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Good for readers who want space opera with magic, conspiracies, interstellar conflict, and reluctant alliances.
Starship’s Mage
Sci-Fi · Galactic Empire · Space Opera
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Called “thoroughly engaging space opera” by Cat Rambo, Starship’s Mage follows Jump Mage Damien Montgomery and Captain David Rice as pirates and politics push them into a partnership across orbitals, prisons, and alien graveyards, with a 4.7-star rating from more than 800 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want space opera with magic, conspiracies, interstellar conflict, and reluctant alliances.
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Will magic save the galaxy... or tear it apart?
Damien Montgomery is as much a nobody as a Mage of the star-spanning Protectorate of Mars can be. Trained as a Jump Mage, one of the elite who teleport ships across interstellar space, he lacks the connections to find a ship that will take him.
Until pirates and politics strand Captain David Rice of the jump freighter Blue Jay in his home system. The two men's matching needs birth a choice and a partnership that will take them from high-end orbitals to prisons to alien graveyards in forgotten star systems.
And in the shadows of the Protectorate, Damien is faced with a simple question: who is he in the dark?
Starship's Mage is The Atlas Six meets Genesis: First Colony—combining Olivie Blake's magical conspiracies with Ken Lozito's vast interstellar conflict.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its release, Glynn Stewart and Faolan's Pen Publishing are releasing new revised editions of the first five books in this best-selling science fiction & fantasy adventure. The first Starship's Mage novel was initially released as a series of serialized Kindle books. In 2014, these episodes were combined and published as a single novel for the first time.
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For generations, carpetmakers have devoted their lives to weaving impossibly intricate carpets from the hair of their wives and daughters, never questioning why.
The Carpet Makers
Sci-Fi · Space Exploration · Space Opera
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For generations, carpetmakers have devoted their lives to weaving impossibly intricate carpets from the hair of their wives and daughters, never questioning why. In The Carpet Makers, that sacred tradition begins to unravel when the empire behind it suddenly vanishes and strangers arrive from the stars searching for answers. This far-future science fiction novel is quiet in scope but massive in implication, unfolding into something strange, unsettling, and far bigger than it first appears.
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"Enthusiastically introduced by no less than Orson Scott Card, this far-future novel does credit to everyone concerned, starting with its German author." —Booklist
Since the time of pre-history, carpetmakers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpetmaker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime.
This art descends from father to son, since the beginning of time itself.
But one day the empire of the God Emperor vanishes, and strangers begin to arrive from the stars to follow the trace of the hair carpets. What these strangers discover is beyond all belief, more than anything they could have ever imagined . . .
Brought to the attention of Tor Books by Orson Scott Card, this edition of The Carpet Makers contains his special introduction.
"Eschbach's first novel will blow you away. Yes, it's that good." —Analog
"A considerable achievement, and one that suggests the presence of a world-class SF voice that we ought to know about." —Locus
"Andreas Eschbach is incontestably the shooting star of the German SF scene." —Heyne Science Fiction Yearbook
"That such a magnum opus has been allowed to languish in the shadows for ten years is damning evidence of how parochial SF publishing can be. Even more astounding, it was Eschbach's debut." —Kirkus Reviews
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It’s a great fit for readers who like space opera with ruthless politics, corporate warfare, brutal stakes, and a distinctly dynasty-driven edge.
Luna: New Moon
Sci-Fi · Hard Sci-Fi · Space Exploration
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On the Moon, survival is transactional, power is fragile, and family loyalty comes with a body count. Luna: New Moon follows the Corta dynasty as rivals close in on their hard-won empire and the next generation is forced to defend it from outside enemies and each other. It’s a great fit for readers who like space opera with ruthless politics, corporate warfare, brutal stakes, and a distinctly dynasty-driven edge.
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The scions of a falling house navigate a world of corporate warfare to maintain their family's status on the Moon in this thrilling space opera.
The Moon wants to kill you.
Maybe it will kill you when the per diem for your allotted food, water, and air runs out, just before you hit paydirt. Maybe it will kill you when you are trapped between the reigning corporations—the Five Dragons—in a foolish gamble against a futuristic feudal society. On the Moon, you must fight for every inch you want to gain. And that is just what Adriana Corta did.
As the leader of the Moon's newest "dragon," Adriana has wrested control of the Moon's Helium-3 industry from the Mackenzie Metal corporation and fought to earn her family's new status. Now, in the twilight of her life, Adriana finds her corporation—Corta Helio—confronted by the many enemies she made during her meteoric rise. If the Corta family is to survive, Adriana's five children must defend their mother's empire from her many enemies . . . and each other.
Perfect for fans of Kim Stanley Robinson and Ken Macleod alike.
Praise for Luna: New Moon
"McDonald's never written a bad novel, but [Luna: New Moon] is a great one." —Cory Doctorow
"With an action narrative driving this political commentary, Luna is actually a fantastically fun read as well as an important one. "—Los Angeles Review of Books
"McDonald creates a complex and fascinating civilization featuring believable technology, and the characters are fully developed, with individually gripping stories." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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The oceans have vanished, leaving a broken world where survival depends on constant movement.
Barren Waters
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Post-Apocalyptic
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The oceans have vanished, leaving a broken world where survival depends on constant movement. In Barren Waters, Jeremy Colt travels across a desolate America with his daughter Sam, racing toward the one place that might hold the medicine she needs to live. With supplies fading and danger closing in, their journey becomes a test of endurance, sacrifice, and the limits of a father’s resolve.
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In a desolate, post-apocalyptic world, how far will a father go to save his daughter’s life?
In a world ravaged by the collapse of Earth's oceans, humanity teeters on the brink of survival. Jeremy Colt is a father driven by an unyielding determination to protect his daughter, Sam. With only their bikes and the packs on their backs, they must reach San Diego before her medicine runs out. With resources dwindling and danger lurking at every turn, their journey westward through a fractured America is a desperate bid to find the one place that might hold the key to Sam’s survival.
Haunted by the sacrifices of those he’s loved and lost, Jeremy wrestles with the weight of his choices, the crushing uncertainty of hope, and the shadow of his own humanity. Together with Seth, a resilient boy who’s become like family, they traverse fire-scorched deserts, abandoned towns, and treacherous landscapes in search of a future that may not exist.
The clock is ticking.
Can they get there fast enough?
And if they do, will it even save her?
BARREN WATERS, the Hollywood Book Festival’s Best Science Fiction Novel of 2017, is a gripping tale of resilience, sacrifice, and the enduring power of love. As Jeremy, Sam, and Seth face impossible odds, they must confront the question: what does it truly mean to survive, and how far will they go to protect the ones they love?
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Ideal for readers looking for large-scale space opera with alien civilizations, mysterious origins, and an immense starship at its center.
Marrow
Sci-Fi · First Contact · Hard Sci-Fi · Space Exploration · Space Opera
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Called “an exhilarating ride” by The New York Times Book Review, Marrow follows the near-immortal crew of an enormous starship as they discover a hidden planet at its center and send their best captains to investigate. Trapped on Marrow, the team must build a new civilization and seek a way back, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 400 Amazon reviewers. Ideal for readers looking for large-scale space opera with alien civilizations, mysterious origins, and an immense starship at its center.
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The Ship has traveled the universe for longer than any of the near-immortal crew can recall, its true purpose and origins unknown. It is larger than many planets, housing thousands of alien races and just as many secrets.
Now one of those secrets has been discovered: at the center of the Ship is . . . a planet. Marrow. But when a team of the Ship's best and brightest are sent down to investigate, will they return with the origins of the Ship--or will they bring doom to everyone on board?
Robert Reed, whose fantastic stories have been filling all the major SF magazines for the past several years, spins a captivating tale of adventure and wonder on an incredible scale in this novel based on his acclaimed novella.
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Ninety percent of humanity has become something feral, and the last line of defense waits alone in a bunker for orders that may never come.
The Remaining
Dystopian · Military Sci-Fi
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Ninety percent of humanity has become something feral, and the last line of defense waits alone in a bunker for orders that may never come. In The Remaining, Captain Lee Harden emerges into a devastated America ruled by hyper-aggressive survivors and collapsing systems. This post-apocalyptic thriller follows one soldier’s mission to restore structure in a world stripped to violence and survival.
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The first volume in D.J. Molles's bestselling series, now in a special edition with the bonus novella The Remaining: Faith.
In a steel-and-lead encased bunker a Special Forces soldier waits on his final orders.
On the surface a bacterium has turned 90% of the population into hyper-aggressive predators.
Now Captain Lee Harden must leave the bunker and venture into the wasteland to rekindle a shattered America.
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When humanity vanishes overnight, those left behind must build meaning from silence.
A Choice of Gods
Dystopian · First Contact
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When humanity vanishes overnight, those left behind must build meaning from silence. In A Choice of Gods, a small group of humans and their devoted robots evolve into a tranquil, near-immortal society on an abandoned Earth. But the sudden return of a long-lost explorer brings revelations about where everyone went and whether the fragile peace of this pastoral future can survive their possible return.
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A handful of humans and a multitude of robots create a new society on an abandoned Earth in this novel by the Nebula Award–winning author of Way Station.
What if you woke up one morning on Earth . . . and no one else was there?
That is the reality that greeted a handful of humans, including Jason Whitney, his wife Martha, and the remnants of a tribe of Native Americans in the year 2135. Their inexplicable abandonment had unexpected benefits: the eventual development of mental telepathy and other extrasensory powers, inner peace, and best of all, near-immortality.
Now, five thousand years later, most of the remaining humans live a tranquil, pastoral life, leaving technological and religious exploration to the masses of robot servants who no longer have humans to serve. But the unexpected reappearance of Jason's brother, who had teleported to the stars many years before, threatens to change everything yet again—for John Whitney is the bearer of startling information about where Earth's population went and why—and the most disturbing news of all: They may finally be coming home again.
Nominated for the Hugo Award when it was originally published, Clifford D. Simak's brilliant and thought-provoking A Choice of Gods has lost nothing of its power to astonish and intrigue. A masterwork of speculative fiction, intelligent and ingenious, it is classic Simak, standing tall among the very best science fiction that has ever been written.
The third author to be honored as a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA), Clifford D. Simak also received three Hugo Awards, a Nebula Award, an International Fantasy Award, and a Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award.
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An object waits beyond the edge of the solar system, silent and deliberate.
Artifact
Sci-Fi · First Contact · Military Sci-Fi
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An object waits beyond the edge of the solar system, silent and deliberate. The newly commissioned S.D.F. Jericho receives orders to retrieve the mysterious artifact drifting past Saturn, venturing farther than any fleet ship before it. As Captain Zeke Darius and his battle-hardened crew confront the unknown, Artifact launches a military science fiction series driven by first contact tension and high-stakes discovery.
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There’s something out there. We’ve known about it for a long time. No one knows where it came from or who sent it. But one thing is certain: it wants us to find it.
The S.D.F. Jericho is a new ship, built from a new design, with a single purpose — to retrieve the artifact. She’s still in the early stages of shakedown cruise when the call comes in. The artifact is at the far end of the solar system beyond Saturn’s orbit. Only one ship has ever been built to travel that far, and once they pass Jupiter, they will be completely on their own.
Like every Fleet vessel, the Jericho has a platoon of Space Marines. They are all combat veterans, special forces, and Black Ops commandos. The Senior NCO, Master Sergeant Steel, is fresh from winning the Medal of Honor, but nothing in their training or experience has prepared them for what’s to come.
Join the crew of the Jericho, led by Captain Zeke Darius, as they go on a mission that will change the course of human history forever. Artifact is the first book in a new military sci-fi series by master storyteller Toby Neighbors. Told from the point of view of the characters on the ship and full of action, Artifact will take your imagination to a place it has never gone before. Prepare yourself for an epic series that will instantly become one of your favorites. Artifact (Starship Jericho Book 1) is an all-out thrill ride that will keep you turning pages and leave you anxious for more.
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