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universe83 books1993

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 →

includes Expanded Honorverse, Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)

Azean EmpireSeries

series2 books1987

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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Start with In Conquest Born →

Xan-Sskarn WarSeries

series1 book2010

About aliens and revenge, 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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Start with Ragnarok →

The GapSeries

series5 books1990

About aliens, set in spaceship.

“Here, Donaldson gave a loose retelling of Wagner's Ring cycle.”
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Start with The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story →

Death's Head (David Gunn)Series

series3 books2007

Military 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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Start with Death's Head →

Forbidden BordersSeries

series3 books1991

Set in other star systems.

“William Michael Gear, better known as W. Michael Gear, is an American writer and archaeologist.”
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Start with Requiem for the Conqueror →

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