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Best for readers who like military science fiction with political intrigue and divided loyalties.
Innes in Command
Sci-Fi · Military Sci-Fi · Space Opera
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Innes Kingsford rejects his powerful family's political ambitions to serve as a navy ensign, but his father arranges an assignment that puts him under the command of a rival family's officer. At remote Shiro Station, Innes confronts conspiracy, criminal enterprises, and the threat of interstellar war while trying to honor his oath and protect his commission. Best for readers who like military science fiction with political intrigue and divided loyalties.
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His Name Opened Doors. His Honor Closed Them.
Instead of joining the ranks of the political elite, Innes Kingsford chose to become an ensign in the navy, making him the black sheep of one of the greatest families in the Republic of Concordia. That wasn't enough for his family to keep from using him as a pawn. When his assignment to the strike cruiser Illustrious is orchestrated by his father as part of a political scheme, Innes finds himself stationed at remote Shiro Station under the command of Lieutenant Kyle Wexler, a member of his family's greatest house rivals. Things only get more complex as Innes discovers conspiracy, criminal enterprises, and possible interstellar war converging around him.
Caught between his oath to the navy and his father's machinations, can Innes manage to do his duty without losing his commission or his life?
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Ideal for readers of post-apocalyptic science fiction and sweeping quests.
Hiero’s Answer
Sci-Fi · Post-Apocalyptic
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On a planet recovering from near-total destruction, Per Hiero Desteen, a priest, telepath, and trained killer, has faced bloodthirsty tribes and extraordinary creatures while trying to protect humanity's survivors. Now his journey comes to its conclusion in a story completed by Sterling E. Lanier's goddaughter, Lucy Andrews Cummin. Ideal for readers of post-apocalyptic science fiction and sweeping quests.
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The world ended. People survived.
Per Hiero Desteen was a priest, a telepath-and a highly trained killer. Through his travels he has fought bloodthirsty tribes, met incredible creatures, learned unbelievable things, all for the sake of protecting the last vestiges of humanity on the remains of a planet that is regrowing after it was nearly entirely destroyed.
He has seen horrors and wonders. He has braved trials beyond belief.
And now, finally, his journey is coming to an end.
Finally completed by Sterling Lanier's goddaughter Lucy Cummin, Hiero Desteen's legend reaches its epic conclusion, more than fifty years after he was first introduced to the world.
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Best for readers who enjoy YA science fiction with virtual-reality gaming and military training.
Insignia
Sci-Fi · Teen + Young Adult · Military Sci-Fi
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Veronica Roth says of Insignia, “You won't be able to put this book down.” Teen gamer Tom Raines is recruited to an elite military academy, where his combat skills could make him a technologically enhanced soldier in World War III. But the life he's always wanted may come at a price. Best for readers who enjoy YA science fiction with virtual-reality gaming and military training.
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In this science fiction adventure trilogy debut, a teen's gift for games could help his country win a global war—and also seal his fate.
"You won't be able to put this book down." —Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Divergent series
More than anything, Tom Raines wants to be important, though his shadowy life is anything but that. For years, Tom's drifted from casino to casino with his unlucky gambler of a dad, gaming for their survival. Keeping a roof over their heads depends on a careful combination of skill, luck, con artistry, and staying invisible.
Then one day, Tom stops being invisible. Someone's been watching his virtual-reality prowess, and he's offered the incredible—a place at the Pentagonal Spire, an elite military academy. There, Tom's instincts for combat will be put to the test and if he passes, he'll become a member of the Intrasolar Forces, helping to lead his country to victory in World War III. Finally, he'll be someone important: a superhuman war machine with the tech skills that every virtual-reality warrior dreams of. Life at the Spire holds everything that Tom's always wanted—friends, the possibility of a girlfriend, and a life where his every action matters—but what will it cost him?
Gripping and provocative, S. J. Kincaid's futuristic thrill ride of a debut crackles with memorable characters, tremendous wit, and a vision of the future that asks startling, timely questions about the melding of humanity and technology.
"Hip, high-tech, and hilarious, Insignia made my heart soar and left me with impossible-to-shake questions about technology, reality, and war." —Rae Carson, author of The Girl of Fire and Thorns
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Best for readers who enjoy military space opera, political intrigue, and conflicts involving artificial intelligence.
The Killing of Worlds
Sci-Fi · Galactic Empire · Military Sci-Fi · Space Opera
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Called “just as fine a rip-roaring space opera” by Booklist, The Killing of Worlds follows Captain Laurent Zai as he faces an unwinnable battle against a Rix warship. On Legis, a planetary AI seeks to break an Imperial blockade, while Senator Nara Oxham tries to prevent a nuclear strike that would kill millions. Best for readers who enjoy military space opera, political intrigue, and conflicts involving artificial intelligence.
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"The successor to The Risen Empire is just as fine a rip-roaring space opera"—from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author (Booklist).
Captain Laurent Zai of the Imperial frigate Lynx is a walking dead man. Unjustly held responsible for the death of the Child Empress, sister of the immortal Emperor, Zai has been sent to fight an unwinnable battle. The Lynx must stop a vastly superior Rix ship from reaching the planet Legis, a suicide mission that will almost certainly end in oblivion for Captain Zai and his crew.
On the planet Legis below, a Rix compound mind—a massive emergent AI formed from every computer on the planet—has been isolated by their Imperial blockade. But the mind has guided a lone Rix commando, Herd, to the planet's frozen north, and will soon order a desperate attempt to seize a polar communications array and break the blockade.
Ten light-years away, Captain Zai's true love, the psychic (some say mad) Senator Nara Oxham is engaged in a deadly game of political intrigue. From her position on the Emperor's War Council, Senator Oxham must find a way to forestall the Emperor's final solution if the blockade is broken: a nuclear strike to destroy the compound mind, which will also kill millions of Imperial citizens. She suspects that the Emperor has a hidden weakness discovered by the mind, a secret so dangerous to his immortal dynasty that to prevent its discovery the Emperor is willing to countenance the ultimate crime . . .
The killing of worlds.
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A strong match for readers who like far-future science fiction, sprawling timelines, and traveling civilizations.
Cities in Flight
Sci-Fi · Space Exploration
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Called “A wholly new concept of the far future” by The New York Times, Cities in Flight collects four novels tracing a future in which antigravity lets entire cities leave Earth to roam the galaxy seeking work. Across millennia, the wandering cities face marauding rivals and a discovery that threatens the universe. A strong match for readers who like far-future science fiction, sprawling timelines, and traveling civilizations.
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From the Hugo Award–winning author, the classic millennia-spanning epic in one volume: "A wholly new concept of the far future." —The New York Times
Originally published in four volumes, Cities in Flight brings together the famed "Okie novels" of science fiction master James Blish. Named after the migrant workers of America's Dust Bowl, these novels convey Blish's "history of the future," a brilliant and bleak look at a world where cities roam the Galaxy looking for work and a sustainable way of life.
In the first novel, They Shall Have Stars, humankind has thoroughly explored the solar system, yet the dream of going even farther seems to have died in all but one man. His battle to realize his dream results in two momentous discoveries: anti-gravity and the secret of immortality. In A Life for the Stars, it is centuries later and antigravity generations have enabled whole cities to lift off the surface of the earth to become galactic wanderers. In Earthman, Come Home, the nomadic cities revert to barbarism and marauding rogue cities begin to pose a threat to all civilized worlds. In the final novel, The Triumph of Time, history repeats itself as the cities once again journey back into space, making a terrifying discovery which could destroy the entire universe. A serious and haunting vision of our world and its limits, Cities in Flight marks a milestone in science fiction.
"Compelling . . . If you haven't read this yet, I envy you. Blish's cities will fly through your dreams." —Stephen Baxter
"In a century that brimmed with human short-sightedness, James Blish was one of the very first genuine visionaries of a new millennium." —David Brin
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A strong match for readers who enjoy political science fiction, psychological manipulation, and struggles for power.
Politician
Sci-Fi · Space Opera
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From New York Times bestselling author Piers Anthony, Politician follows Hope Hubris, a former refugee and mercenary running for president of Jupiter. When his enemies erase his memory and attempt to sabotage his campaign, Hope must resist brainwashing, regain control of his mind, and challenge a corrupt incumbent. A strong match for readers who enjoy political science fiction, psychological manipulation, and struggles for power.
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From a New York Times–bestselling author: A former refugee and mercenary campaigns for president of Jupiter—even as his rival tries to brainwash him.
He awoke in a tiny lightless cell, groping for memory . . . memory that had been erased. Hope Hubris, Jupiter governor, progressive populist, warrior hero, and presidential candidate . . . a "mem-washed" tool of the enemy. And if his captors' plan worked, Hope would destroy his own political career, leaving the fate of his planet in the hands of its corrupt presidential incumbent—Tocsin.
But Hope Hubris had a destiny to fulfill. He had the cunning to discover code words that could reactivate his mind . . . the strength to resist addiction to their drugs . . . the power to win the support of his countrymen, and finally, the courage to make an agonizing sacrifice that would ensure his planet's future and his own destiny . . .
Tyrant of Jupiter.
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Best for readers who enjoy dark YA dystopian sci-fi romance with engineered soldiers, forbidden attachment, military secrets, and rebellion.
CREATED
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Teen + Young Adult · Genetic Engineering
Our take
Genetically engineered to kill without emotion, a young Creation and her twin brother are sent to a military base ahead of schedule, where a spreading infection and her forbidden attraction to a soldier named Marc threaten their survival. Best for readers who enjoy dark YA dystopian sci-fi romance with engineered soldiers, forbidden attachment, military secrets, and rebellion.
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SHE WASN'T BORN TO REBEL.
SHE WAS MADE TO DESTROY ANYONE WHO DID.
They tell me that I can't feel.
They're wrong. I'm learning.
It started with a soldier who wasn't afraid of what they made me. Now I want him, and wanting anything for myself could get us both killed.
I am a Creation. Genetically engineered, conditioned to suppress emotion, and trained to kill without question. My twin brother, Lukahn, and I exist for their war. We were built to heal each other by latching. Skin to skin, palm to palm. We can't survive without each other. Rank is how we both live. And if we're going to stay alive, we have to be the best.
I've killed for them. I've put a bullet through a Creation who hesitated, and I didn't feel anything. That's what I was made for.
The real test comes with Separation, when the government finally claims the lives it created. We are ready.
We are not ready for Separation to come early. Or for the newcomer who ruptures my senses before I even learn his name.
They drag us to a military base before we turn eighteen. Inside, every sign of weakness is watched. Outside, something is spreading. It doesn't move like anything human. It doesn't stop when it should. The vaccines meant to protect us from it might be the very thing that exposes what I am.
Then I meet Marc.
A soldier who doesn't look at me like a weapon waiting for orders, or like my brother's missing half. He touches me like he's not supposed to. A hand at my waist. A thumb against my chin. He looks at me like he can see the nightmares I don't want to have. He takes them away, the way Lukahn does. I shouldn't let him get this close. My brother would kill him if he knew.
I tell myself I'll stay away. I run the drills. I take the rank. I don't look at him.
I look at him.
Near Marc, the silence I was trained to live inside begins to break. A pulse. A flaw. Curiosity. Attachment. Want.
I look up "want" in the archive. The definition is wrong. None of the words for it are right. It isn't supposed to apply to me.
That kind of deviation doesn't get you a trial. It gets you a muzzle to the skull and a trigger pull, and the compound moves on before the body's cold.
I'm the one behind the barrel.
Outside, the infection keeps spreading closer. Inside, our training intensifies, our orders change, and the truth behind why Separation came early may lie with the invaders.
I should be preparing for war. Watching my brother's back. Keeping my hands off Marc. But Lukahn and I have spent our lives keeping each other alive, and I'm beginning to wonder if I'll be the reason he dies.
I was built to destroy rebels.
And now I'm becoming one.
CREATED is Book One of the completed Separation Trilogy: dark YA dystopian sci-fi romance with engineered soldiers, forbidden attachment, and the alien truth behind the war they were created to fight.
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A strong match for readers who enjoy science fiction thrillers featuring time travel, historical adventures, and high-stakes mysteries.
The Eternity Project
Sci-Fi · Time Travel
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When community college history professor Reid Walton joins a billionaire’s mysterious science project, he discovers a working time machine powered by particles of unknown origin. As Reid and scientist Sara Dearborn investigate where the technology came from, they travel through history and alternate dimensions while facing a dangerous enemy who could destroy the timeline itself. A strong match for readers who enjoy science fiction thrillers featuring time travel, historical adventures, and high-stakes mysteries.
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A discovery that wasn’t meant to happen.
On a timeline that shouldn’t exist.
When Reid Walton, an unacclaimed community college history professor and obscure conspiracy author, is invited to join a billionaire’s mysterious science project as a history expert, he has no idea why they chose him, or what to expect. Sequestered in a secluded mountain laboratory, he is introduced to their mind-blowing venture: stable time travel, safe enough for a public attraction.
And they already have a working vehicle!
On the heels of this staggering revelation comes another. The time travel technology is suspected of being stolen property. If so, stolen from where? The faster-than-light particles that make the time machine work exist nowhere in the known world except the enigmatic inventor’s possession, who refuses to disclose his source. Could they have come from the future?
With help from the lab crew led by the genius and resourceful Dr. Sara Dearborn, Reid digs for answers to the mystery he was hired to solve. But uncovering the truth turns perilous. Reid finds there is much more at stake than just a time machine, and flushing out his quarry may get them all killed – and rip the timeline apart.
Catapulted across history, Reid, Sara, and their allies must survive alternate dimensions, Nazis, Vikings, and a psychopath willing to destroy anyone and anything, even the timeline itself, if it prevents him from his prize. A prize that offers power more seductive than just time travel. For a deadly price.
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A strong match for readers who enjoy hard science fiction, space missions, and planetary disaster scenarios.
The Hammer of God
Sci-Fi · Hard Sci-Fi · Space Exploration
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Called “Entertaining . . . [Clark] handles both ideas and characters with deftness and wit” by the Chicago Sun-Times, this science fiction thriller takes place a century into the future, when a massive asteroid named Kali threatens to destroy all life on Earth. As scientists race to prevent disaster, Captain Robert Singh aboard the starship Goliath may be humanity’s only hope, though stopping the asteroid could require the ultimate sacrifice. A strong match for readers who enjoy hard science fiction, space missions, and planetary disaster scenarios.
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From one of the bestselling science fiction authors of all time comes this heart-stopping far future novel of an asteroid on a collision course with Earth.
A century into the future, technology has solved most of the problems that have plagued our time. However, a new problem is on the horizon—one greater than humanity has ever faced. A massive asteroid is racing toward Earth, and its impact could destroy all life on the planet.
Immediately after the asteroid—named "Kali" after the Hindu goddess of chaos and destruction—is discovered, the world's greatest scientists begin researching a way to prevent the disaster. In the meantime, Cpt. Robert Singh, aboard the starship Goliath, may be the only person who can stop the asteroid. But this heroic role may demand the ultimate sacrifice.
"Entertaining . . . [Clark] handles both ideas and characters with deftness and wit." —Chicago Sun-Times
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A great pick for readers who enjoy imaginative alien encounters, philosophical science fiction, and interconnected short stories.
The Draco Tavern
Sci-Fi · First Contact
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Larry Niven comes a collection of twenty-six science fiction tales set in Rick Schumann’s Draco Tavern, an interplanetary gathering place where humans and aliens exchange stories, ideas, and secrets. Called “A must for Nivenites” by Booklist, the collection explores encounters ranging from debates about the afterlife to dangerous alien hunting trips and forgotten Martians. A great pick for readers who enjoy imaginative alien encounters, philosophical science fiction, and interconnected short stories.
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The #1 New York Times–bestselling author presents twenty-six tales and vignettes from this interplanetary gathering place: "A must for Nivenites" (Booklist).
When a tremendous spacecraft took orbit around the Earth's moon and began sending smaller landers down toward the North Pole, the newly arrived visitors quickly set up a permanent spaceport at Mount Forel in Siberia. Their presence attracted many, and a few people grew conspicuously rich from secrets they learned from talking to the aliens. One of these men, Rick Schumann, opened the Draco Tavern, a public house catering to all species of visiting aliens.
In "The Subject Is Closed", a priest visits the tavern and goes one-on-one with a chirpsithra alien on the subject of God and life after death. Rick Schumann is invited to hunt with five folk aliens in "Table Manners", but he begins to wonder if he will be the hunted. And in the never-before-published tale "Losing Mars", a group of Martians arrive at the Tavern only to find that humans have mostly forgotten about their neighboring planet.
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Ideal for readers who enjoy science fiction thrillers involving quantum physics, scientific discoveries, and dangerous conspiracies.
Quantum Radio
Sci-Fi · Thriller · Techno-Thriller
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Quantum physicist Tyson Klein discovers mysterious particles in data from the Large Hadron Collider that appear to originate outside our universe and carry a signal across space and time. Decoding the message could unlock the secrets of existence, but someone or something is determined to stop him. Ideal for readers who enjoy science fiction thrillers involving quantum physics, scientific discoveries, and dangerous conspiracies.
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FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LOST IN TIME
Quantum Physicist Tyson Klein has spent twelve years on the trail of the Theory of Everything.
And he might just have found it.
Buried in the data generated by the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful scientific instrument, he's found traces of exotic subatomic particles.
Not only do the particles seem to have come from outside our universe, they also appear to be carrying a signal.
Deciphering this message sent across space and time could give Ty the key to everything – why the universe
exists, what humanity's role within it is.
But only if he lives long enough, because someone or something will do anything to prevent Ty from unravelling what is being broadcast by the quantum radio...
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Ideal for fans of the Terminator universe who enjoy action-packed science fiction, artificial intelligence threats, and post-apocalyptic warfare.
T2: The Future War
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Post-Apocalyptic
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In the final book of S.M. Stirling’s T2 trilogy, Sarah and John Connor discover that Skynet has become self-aware and humanity's worst nightmare is unfolding. As Judgment Day unleashes global destruction, John leads the resistance against the machines. Ideal for fans of the Terminator universe who enjoy action-packed science fiction, artificial intelligence threats, and post-apocalyptic warfare.
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The Machines are awake -- and aware ...
There is no destiny but the one we have created ...
There is no turning back -- the future war is now.
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