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Imperial GalaxySeries
series2 books2012
About coming of age and political intrigue.
“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.”
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RadchaaiUniverse
universe11 books2012
About political intrigue.
“Civilization is what the Radch calls itself, and civilization is a courtesy extended at gunpoint.”
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includes Imperial Radch
Citizen of the GalaxyNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957
About coming of age and slavery.
“On a planet far distant from Earth, a lame beggar buys a young boy slave who has forgotten his origins.”
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Double StarNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1956
About political intrigue, set in mars.
“Lorenzo Smythe, the excellent yet unemployed actor, meets Dak Broadbent in a bar.”
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The Stars My DestinationNovel
Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956
Dark in tone, about revenge and survival.
Mickey7Series
series2 books2022
About cloning and survival.
Start with Mickey7 →