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JanissariesSeries
series4 books1979
About war and slavery.
“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
from the catalogue
Start with Janissaries →
VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Space opera, set in space.
“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
Old Man's WarSeries
series16 books2005
Space opera, about war, set in space.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue
Start with Old Man's War →
ConquerorsSeries
series3 books1994
First contact, about aliens and war, set in space.
“Zahn alternates perspective between the human and alien chains of command, using the shifting viewpoints to slowly unpick why the conflict started in the first place.”
from the catalogue
Start with Conquerors' Pride →
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Space opera, set in space.
“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, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Expanded Honorverse, Wages of Sin, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington), Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera.
“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, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe