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universe83 books1993

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and 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 →

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)

VattaUniverse

universe10 books2003

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

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

JanissariesSeries

series4 books1979

Adventurous in tone, 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 →

Death's Head (David Gunn)Series

series3 books2007

Science fiction and military science fiction, tense and dark 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 →

Old Man's WarSeries

series16 books2005

Adventurous in tone.

“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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