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  • Cover of Janissaries
    JanissariesSeries

    series · 4 books · 1979

    About 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.”

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    Start with Janissaries →

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    VattaUniverse

    universe · 10 books · 2003

    Science fiction and space opera, tense and adventurous in tone, set in far future and space.

    “Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”

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    Start with Trading in Danger →

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    includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace

  • Cover of Old Man's War
    Old Man's WarSeries

    series · 16 books · 2005

    Science fiction and military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war, set in far future and space.

    “Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”

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    Start with Old Man's War →

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  • Cover of Sten
    StenSeries

    series · 11 books · 1982

    completed

    Science fiction and military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in far future and space.

    “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.”

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    Start with Sten →

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  • Cover of Known Space
    Known SpaceUniverse

    universe · 142 books · 1964

    About aliens.

    “Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”

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    Start with Ringworld →

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    includes Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds, Ringworld

  • Cover of RCN
    RCNSeries

    series · 15 books · 1998

    completed

    Science fiction and space opera, tense and adventurous in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in far future and space.

    “David Drake's RCN series follows Daniel Leary, an officer in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy, and Adele Mundy, a librarian who moonlights as a spy, across a run of standalone-but-connected novels beginning with With the Lightnings.”

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