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universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue

Start with Heavy Time →

includes Company Wars, Chanur, Mri Wars, The Hinder Stars, Hanan Rebellion, Age of Exploration, Era of Rapprochement, Unionside

VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

Military science fiction, tense in tone, set in other star systems.

“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

StenSeries

series11 books1982

completed

Military science fiction, about war and political intrigue.

“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.”
from the catalogue

Start with Sten →

RevengerSeries

series3 books2016

Set in other star systems.

Start with Revenger →

Arcot, Morey and WadeSeries

series7 books1930

completed

About space exploration and aliens, set in other star systems.

“The books follow the same trio of scientist-adventurers through escalating, gadget-driven space adventures typical of early Golden Age SF, continuing through Islands of Space and Invaders from the Infinite.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Black Star Passes →

Keiko / Dark RunSeries

series3 books2015

Tense in tone.

“Captain Ichabod Drift attempts to make a dark run, delivering a special cargo to Earth aboard the Keiko, a ship full of smugglers, soldiers of fortune and adventurers, who are actually the good guys in a corrupt galaxy.”
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Start with Dark Run →

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