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

Red RisingSeries

series13 books2014

Dystopia, about class conflict.

“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
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Sun EaterSeries

series36 books2018

Science fiction and space opera, dark in tone, about war, set in far future.

“The galaxy remembers him as a hero: the man who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky.”
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Forever WarSeries

series10 books1972

Science fiction and military science fiction, set in far future and space.

Start with Hero →

Azean EmpireSeries

series2 books1987

Science fiction and space opera, dark and tense 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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Death's Head (David Gunn)Series

series3 books2007

Science fiction and space opera, dark and tense in tone, about war, set in far future and 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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