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The Crimson DeathbringerSeries
series1 book2019
Military science fiction, funny in tone, about aliens, set in near future.
“Soon after, their lives are set on a crash course with a galactic war that threatens the very existence of the human race.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Crimson Deathbringer →
VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Military science fiction, tense in tone, set in far future.
“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue
Start with Trading in Danger →
includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace
StenSeries
series11 books1982
completed
Military science fiction, about political intrigue, set in far future.
“The Sten Chronicles, also called The Sten Adventures, are a series of eight military science fiction and space opera novels by Chris Bunch and Allan Cole published from 1982 to 1993.”
from the catalogue
Start with Sten →
Fifth ImperiumSeries
series3 books1991
Tense in tone, about artificial intelligence and aliens, set in far future.
“The three novels were later collected as the omnibus Empire from the Ashes.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mutineers' Moon →
NovaNovel
Samuel R. Delanystandalone novel1968
About quests and revenge, set in far future.
“The plot concerns the spaceship captain Lorq Von Ray's search for a nova, which will produce the essential power source Illyrion, and his vendetta with the Red family, who seek to kill him.”
from the catalogue
Starship TroopersNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1959
Military science fiction, about coming of age, set in far future.