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Old Man's WarSeries
series16 books2005
Set in other star systems.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue
Start with Old Man's War →
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Set in other star systems.
“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue
Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington), Manticore Ascendant, Expanded Honorverse, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction
Fifth ImperiumSeries
series3 books1991
About aliens.
“The three novels were later collected as the omnibus Empire from the Ashes.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mutineers' Moon →
The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries
series16 books2002
About aliens.
Start with Hidden Empire →
Humanity's FireSeries
series5 books2009
Set in other star systems.
“Two further novels, Ancestral Machines and Splintered Suns, continue the setting afterward.”
from the catalogue
Start with Seeds of Earth →
StenSeries
series11 books1982
completed
Space opera and military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in far future and space.
“The Sten Chronicles, also called The Sten Adventures, are a series of eight military science fiction and space opera novels by Chris Bunch and Allan Cole published from 1982 to 1993.”
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Start with Sten →