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VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Military science fiction, tense in tone, set in other star systems.
“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
Military science fiction, set in other star systems.
“Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later.”
from the catalogue
Start with Old Man's War →
StenSeries
series11 books1982
completed
Military science fiction.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sten →
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Military 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 Honor Harrington, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Saganami Island, Wages of Sin, Expanded Honorverse, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)
JanissariesSeries
series4 books1979
Military science fiction, tense in tone, about slavery, set in other star systems.
“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 →
Starship TroopersNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959
Military science fiction, about coming of age, set in other star systems.