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  • Cover of Janissaries
    JanissariesSeries

    series · 4 books · 1979

    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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    universe · 83 books · 1993

    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 →

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    VattaUniverse

    universe · 10 books · 2003

    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 →

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  • Cover of The Stellar Legion
    The Stellar LegionNovel

    E. C. Tubb · standalone novel · 1954

    Military science fiction, dark and tense in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

    “When he is sent to the penal world of Stellar, he survives, winning promotion in the Stellar Legion, a brutal military system.”

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  • Cover of Death's Head (David Gunn)
    Death's Head (David Gunn)Series

    series · 3 books · 2007

    Military science fiction and 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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  • Cover of Azean Empire
    Azean EmpireSeries

    series · 2 books · 1987

    Space opera and science fiction, tense and dark 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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