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TeixcalaanSeries
series2 books2019
Science fiction and space opera, reflective and tense in tone, about identity and political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.
“A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace pair court intrigue with Mahit's conflicted, outsider fascination with an empire she can't help admiring.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Memory Called Empire →
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.
“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
Imperial GalaxySeries
series2 books2012
Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.
“Garth Nix's A Confusion of Princes follows Khemri through the empire's ruthless military, its secret intelligence service, and a deadly, decades-long competition to determine who might one day take the throne.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Confusion of Princes →
VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Military science fiction, adventurous in tone.
“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue
Start with Trading in Danger →
includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace
CoDominiumUniverse
universe98 books1971
Military science fiction.
“The body of work runs along a few hard threads rather than one line.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Mote in God's Eye →
includes Moties, Falkenberg's Legion, War World, Laurie Jo Hansen
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Military science fiction.
“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, Expanded Honorverse, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington), Honor Harrington Universe short fiction