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Azean EmpireSeries
series2 books1987
Science fiction.
“C. S. Friedman's Azean Empire novels are set in a distant-future conflict between two competing human societies, the Azeans and the Braxins, contesting interstellar dominance.”
from the catalogue
Start with In Conquest Born →
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Science fiction, 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 Expanded Honorverse, Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)
The GapSeries
series5 books1990
Science fiction, about aliens, set in spaceship.
“Here, Donaldson gave a loose retelling of Wagner's Ring cycle.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story →
Xan-Sskarn WarSeries
series1 book2010
Science fiction, about aliens and revenge, set in other star systems.
“Under her petite exterior is a spine of solid steel and a disposition to laugh in the face of impending death.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ragnarok →
Forbidden BordersSeries
series3 books1991
Science fiction, set in other star systems.
“William Michael Gear, better known as W. Michael Gear, is an American writer and archaeologist.”
from the catalogue
Start with Requiem for the Conqueror →
Death's Head (David Gunn)Series
series3 books2007
Science fiction.
“Set in a chillingly realistic far-future world, and featuring a gritty antihero even more frightening than the evil empire he serves as soldier and assassin, Death's Head is sure to be one of the most talked-about novels of the year.”
from the catalogue
Start with Death's Head →