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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and 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
VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Military science fiction, adventurous in tone.
“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
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Start with Trading in Danger →
includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Military science fiction.
“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, Expanded Honorverse, Saganami Island, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)
The Kindom TrilogySeries
series3 books2023
About rebellion and revolution.
“A star system away, preternaturally stoic Chono and brilliant hothead Esek - the two most brutal clerics of the Kindom - are tasked with hunting Jun down.”
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Start with These Burning Stars →
Azean EmpireSeries
series2 books1987
Science fiction and space opera, tense and dark in tone, about political intrigue and war, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with In Conquest Born →
The Stellar LegionNovel
E. C. Tubbstandalone novel1954
Military science fiction.
“When he is sent to the penal world of Stellar, he survives, winning promotion in the Stellar Legion, a brutal military system.”
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