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series2 books1987

Space opera and science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in far future.

“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.”
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Start with In Conquest Born →

Death's Head (David Gunn)Series

series3 books2007

Set in space.

“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.”
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Start with Death's Head →

HonorverseUniverse

universe83 books1993

Set in other star systems and space.

“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
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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)

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Set in 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.”
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Start with Dune →

includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe

The Machineries of EmpireSeries

series10 books2012

Space opera and military science fiction, tense in tone, about political intrigue and war, set in far future.

“Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics.”
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Start with Ninefox Gambit →

Xan-Sskarn WarSeries

series1 book2010

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

“Under her petite exterior is a spine of solid steel and a disposition to laugh in the face of impending death.”
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Start with Ragnarok →

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