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    Xan-Sskarn WarSeries

    series · 1 book · 2010

    About aliens, set in other star systems.

    “Under her petite exterior is a spine of solid steel and a disposition to laugh in the face of impending death.”

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    universe · 83 books · 1993

    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.”

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    Start with On Basilisk Station →

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    universe · 10 books · 2003

    Adventurous in tone, set in other star systems.

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

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    series · 3 books · 2007

    Science fiction and military science fiction, 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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    Start with Death's Head →

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    series · 5 books · 1990

    About political intrigue and aliens.

    “Here, Donaldson gave a loose retelling of Wagner's Ring cycle.”

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    series · 9 books · 2014

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

    “Eric Thomson's Siobhan Dunmoore novels follow the title character, a starship captain in a human interstellar navy, as she takes on progressively higher commands amid escalating war and political rot within her own military.”

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    Start with No Honor in Death →

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